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At Edelman, we recognize not everyone has a life as fortunate as ours. This is why as part of our "Summer of Service" global pro bono efforts our offices around the world have supported hunger and poverty alleviation through a pro bono partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger. As part of these efforts, Edelman Munich has worked to come up with creative public relations ideas to support WFP. From creative tactics to meet-and-greet sessions with journalists – the Munich office has taken everything into account!
Below is an overview of some our efforts:
Let's Help Party
Our creative team developed a concept for the fiftieth birthday of the WFP in Germany and came up with a variety of innovative tactics including an oversized paint by number birthday card!
Let's Shout It Out
Facebook – that's where the action is! For this reason our digital experts showed the WFP how to implement the latest social media trends into their own Facebook page.
WFP Goes Media
Edelman organized an editorial tour for WFP to meet with prominent German lifestyle media. Through this editorial tour, the WFP will be introduced to a network of key contacts that can also be engaged in the future.
WFP Goes Public
Even when they're not at their desk the employees of the Munich office show high performance. Our employees envision a WFP info booth in the city centre and will ensure that no pedestrian passes without stopping for a short chat.
Star Cooks for WFP
Who has heard about the new cook book by WFP? No one? Edelman is about to change this. From Amazon to eBay, from local malls to bookstores; Edelman Munich is checking on every possibility to make sure the cook book gains additional visibility!
Distributions from A to Z
No matter how thrilling a press release might be – without a suitable distribution list it fades away. Our press team is helping WFP broaden and enhance their distribution list to ensure their next press release will produce lots of coverage!
Share Your Meal
Edelman Munich doesn't just support the WFP with its workforce, but also financially. For the monthly employee breakfast that is sponsored by the office, for once we won't go shopping but cook our own food in the kitchen! The money saved will go directly to the WFP and will provide hungry children around the world with meals.
Vera Grossmann is an Assistant Account Executive in the Munich office which focuses on technology clients. In her free time Vera loves reading and cooking.


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The Law; The Multi-Jury Trial: A Delicate Balancing Act
By JOSEPH P. FRIED
Published: May 26, 1989
As the detective described how the defendants had been captured, the jurors at the murder trial listened raptly - all 24 of them.
Later, as the detective told of incriminating statements one of the three accused men had made after being caught, only 12 of the jurors were in the courtroom. Still later, as another detective recounted the post-arrest statement of another of the defendants, those jurors were not in court, but the other 12 were.
The shifting jury scenes occurred recently at a New York City trial of three men charged with killing a police officer. The trial in Queens received wide attention because of the brazenness of the crime, in which drug dealers, avenging a confederate's jailing, put five bullets into the officer's head as he guarded the home of a witness.
But the trial had additional significance: It was the latest in an unusual, little-known series of cases going back nearly two decades in which more than one jury was used in a single criminal trial. Here, the 24 jurors made up two separate juries, one responsible for reaching the verdicts on two of the three defendants, the other responsible for the fate of the third.
Multiple-jury trials of criminal defendants - mostly with two juries, but in few cases with three - are not new, but they have remained a rarity since what is believed to have been the first such proceeding, in Federal District Court in Los Angeles in 1971. Such trials have occurred when the presiding judges decided that a single trial of several defendants would be more expeditious than the two or more separate trials that would otherwise have been legally required. Praise and Criticism
Whether multiple-jury trials should be used more is disputed by judges and lawyers who have participated in them. The approach has been praised as an innovation that can cut court backlogs and criticized as an illusory fix inimical to defendant rights and burdensome in their own way.
''It's an efficient way of disposing of two cases at the same time, though like everything else, it has to be used where appropriate,'' said Judge Charles R. Richey of Federal District Court in Washington, who has conducted a two-jury trial involving three defendants in a bribery case.
''The trouble with our profession is that we're tied to an awful lot of tradition,'' the judge continued in a recent interview as he speculated on why more such trials had not been held. He recalled the ''stunned courtroom'' when he announced that he would take that route in the bribery case.
But Gary Brownfield, a lawyer with the Cook County Public Defender's Office in Illinois, said he does not like the multiple-jury proceedings. He has been involved in two of them, including a triple-jury trial in Chicago stemming from a 1981 sexual assault.
''Theres's too much shuffling,'' Mr. Brownfield said. ''You're having all this movement of people in the courtroom and the jury room.'' He recalled that although the judges in his cases had been ''very competent and it was no circus,'' there still had been ''shifting and the waiting.''
Legal specialists said they did not know how many multiple-jury trials had been held nationwide. But such trials have occurred in the criminal courtrooms of at least 10 states and several Federal jurisdictions; the judges involved had rejected the more common solution of separate trials where co-defendants could not legally be tried by the same jurors. Need for Separate Juries
Separate juries are often required when some evidence in a case is admissible against one defendant but not another, a situation more frequent recently because of United State Supreme Court rulings designed to protect the fair-trial rights of defendants where their co-defendants have implicated them in the crime. Separate juries are also used where the defenses offered by co-defendants are deemed ''antagonistic.''
Where judges have decided to solve such problems with a multiple-jury trial, they often have cited a desire to reduce court time and resources devoted to the case, and a desire to lessen the burden on victims and witnesses.
Some witnesses in such a trial testify with all the jurors in the courtroom, some with only one of the juries present. Some might give part of their testimony before all the jurors and part before one jury, as did the detectives in the case of the slain New York City police officer, Edward Byrne. The judge, Thomas A. Demakos, ruled that the detectives' accounts of the capture of two of the defendants were admissible before both juries, but that their testimony about the incriminating statement each man later made was admissible only before that defendant's panel.
As in all such trials, the Byrne juries deliberated separately, reaching their guilty verdicts an hour and a half apart. In the month of testimony and arguments in State Supreme Court in Queens, one jury sat in the regular jury box, the other in two rows of chairs placed in front of the box. The prosecutors gave a separate opening statement and a separate summation to each jury.
''There has been no conviction reversed that I know of because this procedure has been used,'' said Bruce Whitney, chief of the appeals bureau in the Nassau County District Attorney's office. His office prosecuted what is believed to have been the first of four such trials in New York State, a 1984 case in which two juries convicted two defendants of criminally negligent homicide.
''Some appellate courts said they don't like the procedure and indicated it shouldn't be done in the future,'' he said of the situation nationally. ''But they did not reverse in the case at issue because they found there was no prejudice to the defendants.'' Problems With Procedure
According to a 1985 survey by American Law Report, appellate benches in Maryland and New Jersey have warned that the procedure involved significant risks of prejudice to defendant rights and greater chance of reversible error. Among the problems these and other courts have cited are the increased prospect that a jury will inadvertently hear something it is not supposed to and the constant vigilance required of the judge to prevent this and to keep the trial running smoothly despite the shuffling of juries.
But a Florida panel deemed multiple-jury trials the kind of innovation that kept the law vital. The Supreme Court has not ruled on the issue, having declined to accept appeals in several such cases.
Other states whose courts have seen such trials include Louisiana, Michigan, California, Arizona and Idaho.
Several lawyers who had participated in multiple-jury proceedings said they had not had to alter their normal courtroom tactics and did not believe the method had prejudiced their clients. But Michael Fishman, one of the defense lawyers in the Byrne murder case, spoke of what he termed a subtle disadvantage arising from the ''gaps'' when a jury does not hear testimony steadily.
''You demolish the credibility of one witness, then another, then a third,'' he said, but the impact is ''dissipated'' when it happens over several days rather than in close succession.
Although the Byrne case is not the only one in which Justice Demakos conducted a dual-jury trial - he also did it last year in the Howard Beach racial-attack case - he does not recommend the approach unless there is the prospect of lengthy trials, a ''great many witnesses that apply to all the defendants'' and ''difficulties in bringing back crucial witnesses a second time.''
Justice Thomas A. Demakos, who presided at dual-jury trials in the Howard Beach and Edward Byrne cases, said he does not recommend the approach ''unless there is the prospect of lengthy trials.'' (NYT/John Sotomayor)

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With week one of the George Zimmerman trial behind us, legal experts, media outlets, and the general public can't seem to stop talking about Rachel Jeantel; the friend of Trayvon Martin who was on the phone with him the night of his fatal confrontation with George Zimmerman.
Her demeanor, speech, and highly-charged interactions with defense attorney Don West reflected "a labyrinth of cultural nuances," according to a Huffington Post article.
Did Rachel Jeantel's testimony help or hurt the prosecution's case; or both?


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WOMEN who are dealing with life after cancer treatment are being encouraged to attend a special support group.
The Snowdrop Group is aimed at women under 49 years old who have had initial treatment for cancer within the last couple of years and have no known secondary disease.
The next meetings will be on May 8 for a series of ten weekly sessions on Wednesday evenings between 7 and 9pm. The group meets at St Richard's Hospice in Wildwood Drive, Worcester. It is free and open to all, not just those who are patients of St Richard's.
Jenny Hull, a specialist St Richard's nurse who runs the group, said: "Although treatment is over, many women still have lots of issues to deal with and can really benefit from support from others in a similar position and from specialists.
"Some might feel they are living with the fear that their cancer will return and also the impact their diagnosis has had on their families, their jobs and other aspects of their lives."
The group aims to look at some of the complex issues such as coping with the longer term side effects of treatment, fertility issues, family concerns, self esteem and looking to the future.
For more information about the group contact the triage nurse at St Richard's Hospice on 01905 763963 or email firstname.lastname@example.com


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" Savour the taste of Asian cuisine. "
Purasia, as you would probably guess, is a range of packet sauces that allow you create Asian (Chinese, Thai and Indian) meals in your own home, in 3 easy steps. They produce 6 type of sauces at the moment, 2 of each cuisine.
These are:
Chinese - Black Bean and Szechuan
Indian - Royal Korma and Tikka Masalla
Thai - Green and Red Curry
My review is of the Purasia Black Bean mix but the rest of the range work in exactly the same way.
The packaging is eye catching, with cut-out sections on the front of the cardboard box that gives a tantalizing glimpse of what you are actually buying.....an attractive plate of food is featured, along with the details that many of you will be wanting to know already - the nutritional details (see the end of the review!), how many it serves (3) and what it actually is - a trio of spices, oils and pastes for Black bean sauce.
The back of the packaging details the contents:
Ginger & Chilli aromatic oil;
Onion, garlic, ginger and chilli paste; and
Black bean stir-fry paste
The additional requirements - 2 chicken breasts, stir-fry vegetables - it suggests mushrooms, green peppers and spring onions -but you could use whatever you choose.
Then comes the three step guide to preparing your black bean dish:
Prepare the chicken and spring onions, slice the onions, peppers and mushrooms. Heat your pan and add the contents of packet 1 - the ginger and chilli oil (17ml of sunflower oil, ginger extract, chilli extract and rosemary)
Add the contents of packet 2 - the onion, garlic, ginger and chilli paste (80g of roasted onion, roasted onion paste, sunflower oil, garlic, ginger, water, chilli paste and lemon juice concentrate). Add the chicken pieces and cook through before adding the vegetables until they begin softening.
Lastly, add the black bean sauce (100g of Water, sugar, lime juice, fermented black bean, soy sauce, sherry, sunflower oil, cornflour and sesame oil). Allow to coat the chicken and vegetables and simmer gently - now enjoy!
Following the steps I found easy, nothing too arduous there at all. I followed it and used chicken but you could use beef, pork, tofu or simply vegetables - the Purasia pack is perfect for vegetarians. I chose to serve with freshly made egg noodles (by myself, of course). The taste and consistency of the end product is actually quite authentic - and not too 'gloopy' like so many ready made sauces. If it does go too gloopy, it's probably going to be due to over-cooking, so simply add a splash of water to thin the sauce.
At £3.29 a pack, it's a relatively expensive way of making a Black Bean stir-fry when you add in the cost of the chicken/meat and vegetables. But, if you can't be bothered to peel and dice the onions, prepare the vegetables, chop the chilli, crush the garlic and find the black beans, it's a bargain - great taste, great consistency and an authentic meal in 20-30 minutes.


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Another Round Of Sunny, Pleasant Weather Expected On Thursday
Your Doppler 10 Forecast
This Evening: Partly cloudy, warm and humid. Only a slight chance for a scattered thunderstorm.
Tonight: Partly cloudy and muggy. Low 69.
Tomorrow: Sunny skies. High 86.
Friday: Sunny and comfortable again. High 89.
Special Information:
Another warm and humid day with highs in the upper 80s to near 90. Only a few scattered showers and thunderstorms expected this afternoon and evening. We have a much better chance for storms tomorrow and a few could approach severe limits.
Alerts : None
Inconvenient Weather: Showers and thunderstorms likely tomorrow afternoon. A few of the storms may be strong to severe. If you have outdoor plans tomorrow… be prepared to move inside if storms develop.
Stats: Today's averages 84/64…Record High 101 (1983) Record Low 50(1977) Sunset 8:21 PM Sunrise 6:49 AM


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St. Patrick's Day is next week and my latest romantic suspense, DEADLY DECEPTION, comes out on that day. I hope it's a lucky book, but at the very least, the release date is easy to remember.
Superstitions and lucky charms—where would humans be without them? Cameron Diaz believes she would age faster without her special charm necklace. Madonna and Britney Spears wear red strings on their wrists supposedly to ward off negative energy from others who want to sabotage their success. Literary legend Isabel Allende began writing her first published book on January 8, so that's the day she's started all subsequent books as well. The list goes on and on.
One of my previous books had a superstitious heroine. In my Super Agent novel, PROOF OF LIFE, Brigit is of Irish decent and believes strongly in lucky charms. She wears four-leaf clover jewelry, carries a rabbit's foot, and has a tattoo depicting a rainbow on her lower back. Since I love lucky charms – I even eat a bowl of the so-named cereal regularly – I had a blast giving Brigit the same penchant for superstition and luck.
Lucky charms come in all shapes and sizes. Coins, rocks, angels, dragonflies, ladybugs, horseshoes…you name it, someone believes in it. I have a compass my hubby gave me a long time ago that I carry with me as my lucky charm. That way if I get lost, I'll be able to find my way back to him. 🙂
As PROOF OF LIFE progresses, Brigit is able to shift her belief in lucky charms to something stronger – love. For many of us, that's the real luck in whatever charm we carry, because where there is love, there is always hope…and in the end, isn't that what a lucky charm or superstition gives us? Hope that we'll be protected from evil, that we'll be successful in our endeavors, that we'll find our way home.
I believe books can be lucky charms as well. As Maya Angelou once said, "If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities." That's the type of *luck* I hope each of my stories provides my readers…transforming their real world into an adventuresome fictional world for a few hours.
To close, I'll share this short and sweet Irish wish…
Wherever you go and whatever you do
May the luck of the Irish be there with you.
Do you have a lucky charm or superstition? How has it helped you?


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February 26, 2012 BY John Kim
The 2012 NBA All-Stars were ready for lift-off in Orlando as they left the crowd in a daze with spectacular dunks, unthinkable passes, and of course, a series of sneakers that left us startled and thoroughly impressed. Sneaker News has been keeping you up to date with all the 2012 All-Star kicks by showing you the official All-Star team photos and portraits and a preview of the 'Galaxy' PE's, but there's nothing better than to see them in action. Starting with the East, LeBron James showed off his radiant orange LeBron 9s, while teammate Dwyane Wade went with the Air Jordan 2012 with the royal blue bootie (switching to the Fly Wade 2 for the second half). Carmelo Anthony wore his All-Star PE of the Melo M8, while East starters and adidas Basketball pillars Derrick Rose and Dwight Howard showed off their neon orange PEs. Andre Iguodala's Nike Zoom Hyperenforcer PE got a lot of attention (especially with his lefty windmill in the first half), and Rajon Rondo recorded the second All-Star on-feet moment of the Galaxy Foams. Both Derrick Rose and Dwight Howard switched up their PEs, going with the hot orange in the first half and changing up in the second to different Royal and Grey PEs.
Out West, Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant provided waves of scoring while rocking their Nike Basketball signatures. Clippers star Chris Paul hooked up with teammate Blake Griffin on several occasions, flashing the CP3.V and Hyperdunk 2011 'Galaxy' in the process. Russell Westbrook dunked his way into the spotlight with his golden 'Galaxy' PE of the Zoom Hyperenforcer, while Tony Parker and Steve Nash dished and swished with the Zoom Brave V and Nike Zoom Hyperdunk 2011 Low. Kevin Love, the 3-point champion, brought Peak to the ASG with his 361-degrees PE. The game itself was filled with spectacular moments; the East came back from a huge deficit to take the game down to the last shot, while teammate Dwyane Wade recorded the third triple-double in All-Star Game history. Kobe Bryant got his nose bloodied for a short moment while becoming the highest-scoring All-Star in history, while Kevin Durant bloodied the entire East squad by pouring in 36 points and taking home the All-Star Game MVP award. All in all, the 2012 NBA All-Star Game was one of the best we've ever seen; great high-scoring action, exciting weekend events, pre-game and half-time performances, and of course, one of the best sneaker spreads ever to make it to an All-Star Game floor. Check out the entire 2012 NBA All-Star Game recap after the jump and be sure to stick with Sneaker News for more NBA Feet features as the 2012 NBA season approaches the second half. via ESPN/Yahoo
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Available at participating retailers, while supplies last. Game download codes inside. Download from Xbox Live; ISP fees apply. Significant storage required. 4K streaming with select apps, see Xbox.com. HDR functionality available with supported games and TVs. Xbox One Backward Compatibility feature works with select Xbox 360 games, see http://www.xbox.com/backcompat. Xbox Live and broadband internet required for initial download of game to console. Gears of War 4 and Halo Wars 2 coming soon.* Works only with the Xbox One S console, released in 2016.


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Gates of Andaron
Review by LordShibas
"A free alternative to WOW, but it's not without its problems"
It's been a little while since I've written a review on Gamefaqs, and part of the reason is the amount of time I've recently spent playing Gates of Andaron. Periodically, I will get addicted to an MMO, and then I'll totally neglect the rest of my games, and that's exactly what happened with Gates of Andaron. While I do love the formulaic MMO game design, I usually only play them for a few weeks and then move on, since I quickly tire of superfluous grinding and monotonous questing systems.
For those of you that are oblivious to what Gates of Andaron is all about, I'll try to explain the game a bit. Gates of Andaron is a free MMO from Gameforge that sticks very closely to the gameplay style of WOW (World of Warcraft). Unlike many other free MMOs, Gates of Andaron has an extensive questing system, which helps to alleviate some of the grinding that pervades most other free MMOs.
Gates of Andaron takes place in Iberia, which is a nation that has been divided into two factions, the Derions and the Valorians. You can choose to play on either side at the beginning, but conflicts between the two factions won't be taking place for a long time, since the early portions of the game focus on PVE.
There are three races you can choose from: Humans, Neveds (cat-like people), and Fairies. The Fairies look like tiny little Elves. You can choose from six character classes from the onset. There's no need to play as a base class for the beginning portion of the game, like other free MMOs. The character classes are pretty reminiscent of other MMOs, they are: Warrior, Night Walker, Archer, Magician, Priest, and Evocator. The only two that might need a little explaining are the Night Walkers and the Evocators. Night Walkers are similar to Rogue class characters, and Evocators can call forth enemies to fight for them, so they don't have to get their hands dirty if they don't want to.
During the time I spent playing Gates of Andaron, I chose to be an Archer, which is my favorite character class in MMOs. So my take on the game will be from an Archer's perspective. The Archer class is pretty well rounded. It plays much like the Hunter class from WOW, minus the ability to summon beasts to aid you. Your main form of attacking will be with your bow or crossbow, and you have access to either a single handed or double handed sword for when the enemies get in your face. Some of the archer skills include status ailment arrows, evasive buffs, and some basic sword skills.
The questing system in Gates of Andaron is twofold. All perceivable quests have level requirements before you can partake in them, and they are broken down into story quests and hunting quests. The story quests occur every few levels, and keep you systematically moving through the giant land of Iberi. These quests might include delivering messages to NPCs, finding hidden items from enemies, extrapolating information about the opposing faction, taking out bosses, or traversing instanced dungeons.
The hunting quests also become unlocked at certain levels, and these can be completed as many times as you want to do them. These quests boil down to slaying a certain number of monsters and getting Seals of completion. Once you have these, you will get your rewards and exp. from the NPC that gave you the quest. At first, the hunting quests seem like a great way to level up, but as your levels get higher and higher, you will need to incessantly repeat these quests just to get to the next story quest. It's still a much better system than straight up grinding, but the lines between grinding and questing start to blur the further you get into the game.
Speaking of Gates of Andaron and grinding. I have one warning about this game. Do NOT play this game with the intention of solely grinding. The exp you get from straight up grinding is pathetic. When used in conjunction with the hunting quests, the grinding is tolerable, and this is really the only way to level up at a decent pace and become somewhat complacent.
Well that's the basic layout of the game, and if you have ever played an MMO before, then you should be able to fill in the cracks and see how this game pertains to many other MMOs out there. Despite how similar Gates of Andaron may be to other MMOs, I found myself enjoying the game a good bit after getting past the initial quests and learning the ins and outs of the game.
However, MMOs tend to have a breaking point with me where I no longer feel like the time investment is worth it, and I end up stopping to pursue other, less demanding games. Now let's take a deeper look at Gates of Andaron.
Graphics 6/10
Gates of Andaron is not a very good looking game. It's incomparable to the vibrant visuals of Aion and its artistic style fails in comparison to the creative visuals in WOW. Overall it's a rather plain looking game that doesn't do much to differentiate itself from other MMOs. The character models are somewhat bland, the equipment upgrades don't get even remotely interesting until level 16, and the enemy models get recycled over and over again.
Not only do the enemy models get recycled, but some of the enemies look identical to one another, but they will simply have different names and be a bit stronger. Fighting orcs for the hundredth time can get boring after a while, regardless of the context the quests may put them in.
Some of the spell effects are impressive, and even the Archer class has some aesthetically pleasing spells like Rain of Arrows, which pelts your enemies with a swarm of arrows from overhead.
There are two more things about the visuals in Gates of Andaron that I would like to mention. First, while the equipment may not be all that impressive at first, you can augment your gear with Magic Scrolls that boost the stats of your items. When you do this, it gives the equipment a nice, shiny finish that looks kind of cool. The more you refine your equipment, the more in glows, and it's easy to tell who has powerful equipment due to how much it shimmers.
Next, the areas you will be exploring can sometimes be rather barren and lifeless. While exploring, you will find pockets of enemies and towns, but there are also large stretches of filler land that can be rather drab to navigate through.
Gates of Andaron may not look too impressive, but it does seem to run very well. Even low end computers should be able to run the game without a hitch. When I played Gates of Andaron, I frequently partied with a guy that ran the game on his laptop, and he never had any graphical problems with the game at all.
As long as you are not expecting to get blown away by the visuals, Gates of Andaron can be a pleasant journey, just get ready to fight the same enemy types over and over again.
Sounds and Music 7/10
The few music tracks that play in Gates of Andaron do get repetitive, but for some reason I didn't mind them too much. The starting area of Horusland has some heroic sounding music that helps you get into the mood of the game, and every subsequent area has new music to break up the monotony. When you travel to darker areas like Chesed, the sullen musical tones seem to fit the game well, even if they may not be the best MMO music tracks around.
On the other hand, I really thought the sound effects were well done. Questing your way through the land of Iberia sounds great in and out of battles. In battles, you will hear the string on your Archer's bow let loose from every arrow you fire, and then hear the arrows swish towards their targets. Each enemy impact produces a nice, loud confirmation slash that really makes your attacks seem like they count. Swinging around a two handed sword also sounds great, and each time you swing your sword it will be accompanied by the sounds of the blade cutting through the air, and then you will hear the inevitable collision between your blade and your enemy.
There is a small bit of voice acting in the game, and it's really bad. The voice acting only comes into play when you first approach NPCs and they acknowledge you. None of the voices and character models match up at all, and it seems like Gameforge went out to the streets and recorded people saying random lines.
Technical Issues and the Community 5/10
MMO communities can be a large factor in your enjoyment of the game, and Gates of Andaron's community is mediocre at best. Perhaps it's the fact that most of the early content in the game is solo content, but people seem to be reluctant to party with you and help you. Fortunately, I was able to find another player that was the same level as me, and played about the same amount that I did, so I always had a consistent party member. Partying is not really a necessity in the game, but it makes questing much faster, and can make certain boss fights much easier.
Once you get around level 25, the best place to level is an area called Chesed, and this is a free battle zone. It's the first point in the game where the opposing faction (The Derions in my case) can take pot shots at you. I'm not really into PVP, so it kind of annoyed me when I was trying to quest, and ended up getting swarmed by Derions and killed. There is no penalty for dying, but you have to run back to your corpse, which kills some time.
I prefer the style of PVP in other MMOs I've played, which is having PVP arenas. If you want to PVP, go to the arena and do it all you want, just don't interfere with other people questing. The Derion attacks wouldn't even be so bad if you got attacked out where you where fighting other enemies, but when I played, the Derions would often attack the Valorian Encampment in Chesed, and cherry pick people that just showed up through the warp portals ..yeah, really fair. How attacking defenseless players fills one with conceit I'll never know.
While the community may not be the greatest I've ever seen, the technical aspects of the game were pretty solid. The game client ran fine and only crashed on me a few times. I never ran into much lag, and the online experience seemed to be pretty smooth. The one bad thing is when you do run into lag, the entire game client freezes, so your screen just stops, giving you no indication of what is transpiring. Luckily, this didn't happen to me too often.
The actual support from Gameforge leaves much to be desired. I ended up having a problem with a certain character harassing me when I played the game, and the GM's tepid resolutions showed a severe lack of caring and concern.
I would say that Gates of Andaron is about average when comparing its online community and technical issues to other MMOs. In both cases I've seen better and I've seen worse, so take that for what it's worth.
Gameplay 5/10
Gates of Andaron plays like any other MMO you may have played in the past. Questing and grinding will be at the forefront, and the major towns will be your main source of conversing with other players, repairing your gear, and picking up quests. Controlling the game is pretty easy. You can choose a point and click movement method, or you can use the WASD keys for movement. Your skills can be fired off with the F1-F11 keys and the number keys. This gives you quite a few options for hotkeys, and you will need them with the large amount of skills that leveling up will grant you.
I prefer the point and click style of movement, since I've used it in other free MMOs, and I like how it frees up my hand for skill launching. However, the point and clock method of movement presents one of the first and most prominent issues with Gates of Andaron. In Gates of Andaron, the corpses of slain enemies have a very large circumference. This is great for looting purposes, but if you kill an enemy and another is attacking you, it's sometimes tough to click on the next enemy, and you will end up looting a corpse instead. This will sometimes require you to retreat from the downed foe, just so you can target the next enemy.
This wouldn't be so bad if the game gave you ample time to move on to the next enemy, but after about level 12, EVERY single enemy is set to aggro, and it's very common to get swarmed quickly when you're simply trying to take out specific enemies. The aggro distance is also quite harsh, and looting the corpse of a dead enemy almost always sets off another enemy to your presence. Fighting battles in Gates of Andaron takes some perseverance on the part of the player, since fighting one enemy often leads to a confrontation with two or three enemies.
I also had a problem with continuous arrow shooting. When firing your arrows from a distance at enemies, some of your enemies will fire back, and others will run towards you. The enemies that fire at you will often knock your bow firing animation away, and cause you to press your attack button again to keep attacking the enemy. This would be okay if it was situational, but it seems more like a bug than anything else. The reason I say it's a bug, is that it also happens when you adjust the camera around your attacking character. Sometime moving the camera in the slightest way will cause your character to cease their attack and just stand there, taking damage.
Now it's time to talk about the inevitable free MMO cash shop that Gates of Andaron uses. When you purchase credits in the cash shop with real money, you get Moonstones. Moonstones can then be used to purchase enhancing items from a special shop that can give you a slight edge. I like to dabble in free MMO cash shops when I play games that have them, just to see how well they are implemented, and to see how reasonably priced they are for what you get in return for your real money.
I'm quite pleased to say that the cash shop in Gates of Andaron is fairly priced on most items. EXP boosts, mounts, and town warp scrolls can all be attained for a good price and can really increase your enjoyment of the game. On the flip side, the Magic Scrolls that allow you to refine your weapons and armor can drain your cash extremely fast if you are not careful. The best way to refine items is to buy the base Magic scrolls, buy Survival Tinctures, that ensure that your item will not be destroyed if you fail at refining it too many times, and finally, buying Serendipity Potions, which doubles your chance of a successful refinement. This combination of items can really set you back if you are not careful, but in moderation, they are really useful.
Refining items may be expensive, but the rewards for having a decked out set of armor are great. Gates of Andaron is balanced around characters that are NOT using the cash shop for equipment upgrades, so delving back into the action with your high level armor will make you a walking fortress. I rarely needed to use health potions when I had full sets of refined armor.
The biggest problem with refining items is that when you successfully refine an item, it sends a shout to the entire server that says X person refined item X to X level. This is the point where people start bombarding your with whispers, begging for you to refine items for them. This gets really annoying, and many other players in the game will try to leech off of your opulence if you refine items through the cash shop.
While actually playing the game, it does take a little while to get into the swing of things with the questing system. Once you hit about level 6, you will start to make your biggest strides, and this will continue until about level 20 or so. This is when the game starts hitting hardcore grinding mode, and you will need to keep repeating the hunting quests just to level up at a decent rate. I kind of grew tired of the grinding at level 20, but I kept playing because I had such a great, consistent party member that had the same PVE ideals as I did. I'm no longer playing the game, but I had a moderate amount of fun with the game when I did.
Gates of Andaron attempts to quell the melancholy of grinding by incorporating a questing system to justify the madness, and while it works for the first 20 or so levels, the game just gets too repetitious and boring for its own good. Killing enemies that look identical will get old, going to the same NPCs for quests will become burdensome, and small bugs that kill the enjoyment of the game will crop up all too often.
Longevity and Re-Playability 7/10
Most MMOs have a lot of content, and Gates of Andaron is no exception. I played the game for about a month, and I was able to get my Archer to level 35, but the level cap is currently at 76. Iberia is a vast land, and there are plenty of things to keep you occupied. The questing system will hold your interest for a while, but it does get pretty stale before too long, and grinding your way to the next level may or may not be to your liking.
If you are looking for a free game that is similar to WOW, then you should give Gates of Andaron a try. It's not as polished as WOW, and there are not as many people playing it, but it mirrors the questing system from WOW to an acceptable degree, and has lots of driving factors that will keep you playing. Just keep in mind that the game gets much more demanding the higher your level gets, and the community is not exactly the most friendly you are going to find in an online game.
There is a lack of credible online information for Gates of Andaron, and I hope that I was at least able to shed some light on the game, and convey whether or not Gates of Andaron might be a game for you to try. Either way, I would recommend giving the game a try. It may not be perfect, but it's free, and it won't cost you more than your precious time. Unless you willingly decide to invest in the Cash Shop.
Reviewer's Rating: 3.0 - Fair
Originally Posted: 11/20/09, Updated 11/24/09
Game Release: Gates of Andaron (US, 07/28/09)
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Drover is a tool, included with depot tools, that allows developers (committers) to rapidly merge and revert changes on our trunk/branches without any previously checked out working copy. A typical drover command to merge or revert with no conflicts takes about 1 minute to run from start to finish.
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Merging to a branch and don't know the branch number? The TPM (release manager) approving the merge will have it.
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Man United defender Chris Smalling does not believe another side will ever go through a season unbeaten.
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Manchester United defender Chris Smalling does not believe another side will ever go through a Premier League season unbeaten.
United have yet to lose after a third of the campaign, despite not firing on all cylinders in each game, and claims have been made that Sir Alex Ferguson's side could emulate the Arsenal 'Invincibles' of 2003/04.
However, Smalling thinks the top-flight is a lot tighter nowadays and says it is unlikely the achievement will ever be replicated.
"I am not sure we will ever see a team go through a whole season unbeaten again," he said.
"So many sides are losing matches unexpectedly now you would have to applaud any team who did do it.
"For us at the moment, it is just about continuing the momentum.
"We didn't get into top gear during the first month of the season. Now it is time for us to kick on and send out a message because we are getting stronger as a team."
United have a tough test when they take on the current Arsenal crop at Old Trafford on Monday, with the Gunners sitting top of the table.
Smalling moved to the Red Devils from Fulham back in January and the 21-year-old is expected to become a regular centre-half when either Rio Ferdinand or Nemanja Vidic call it a day.
"I am really happy with the way it (the season) has gone so far," he added.
"The manager has given a lot of the younger lads a chance and has shown faith in me.
"You want to be involved in games and this is going to be a hectic time.
"There are a lot of games to be played over Christmas so the manager will want to use his squad.
"Rio and Vida are the first-choice central defenders but I have to be ready if called upon.
"I have been watching on from the sidelines and learning from them in training, so I am confident I will be ready to step in if required."
On the Arsenal clash and upcoming matches, he remarked: "When the fixtures first came out everyone saw this as a pivotal period.
"Monday is a massive game but we don't have any need to fear them.
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BEIJING — Ai Fukuhara got off to a winning start to her singles campaign in the Beijing Olympic table tennis competition Wednesday, cruising past the third round with a five-game victory.
Fukuhara, who is ranked 12th in the world and had early round byes, beat Melek Hu of Turkey 11-6, 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 11-5 to set up a meeting with world No. 1 Zhang Yining of China in the fourth round Thursday.
Fukuhara started strongly to take three straight games before her pace slowed and she squandered five consecutive points in losing the fourth. But the popular 19-year-old, the most well-known Japanese athlete in China, quickly regained her rhythm to seal the victory at the Peking University Gymnasium.
"I was able to play in a relaxed manner," Fukuhara said. "I've known her since I was an elementary school student. But I had once defeated her in South Korea so that made me feel a little pressure (to win) today."
Earlier in the day, Japanese compatriot Haruna Fukuoka beat Nanthana Komwong of Thailand 11-9, 11-7, 11-9, 11-5 in the women's second round.
Zhang advanced easily, needing only 25 minutes to beat Belarus' Viktoria Pavlovich in straight games.
Zhang dominated her 34th-ranked opponent with speedy returns and near-flawless execution but insisted she had to work hard.
"When she chops at the ball, the shots are long and have a lot of spin and she doesn't hit them high. It's difficult to hit them hard," Zhang said after the 11-7, 11-2, 11-7, 11-5 win. "It's like picking the bones out of a piece of fish, you have to be patient until you get the chance to attack."
None of the other teams in the Olympic competition threatened China's path to the team gold, which it won Sunday.
But, Zhang said the singles event — where the loser of a match is eliminated — would be a challenge.
"The team competition was only a good beginning," she said. "This singles competition will be very tough. We'll definitely face some difficulties. So we can only take it one match at a time."


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Almost immediately, the wins went to leftist heads at the Daily Kos.The headline was "Romney's 47% Fiasco Fuels MSNBC Ratings Rout For Rachel Maddow." "News Corpse" insisted, "Viewers are responding to the editorial content of MSNBC and its most dynamic presenters. It's still way too soon to make definitive statements or projections, but the gathering trends are promising. Now all MSNBC has to do is capitalize on the new attention they are receiving and bring in new talent." His recommendation: disgraced ex-congressman Anthony Weiner.
Ed Schultz, who has not been contributing to this upswing, may be due for a makeover or a co-host. And there's no need to repeat Hardball in the early evening when a new show could could broaden the audience.
My long-shot pick: I'd give former Rep. Anthony Weiner a shot. If Eliot Spitzer can get a show on Current, Weiner should have a second chance too. He's smart, experienced, and entertaining. And the publicity would help bring in a curious audience.
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Cape Town - A Cape Town man has reportedly admitted to police that he killed his mother, stuffed her in a cupboard for days and then dumped her corpse in a wheelie-bin.
This week forensic teams have been frantically searching the woman's Grassy Park home and rubbish dumps in the area to find her body.
Her son is currently behind bars after he was arrested earlier this month on separate burglary and shoplifting charges.
But the Daily Voice has learnedthat the 32-year-old told officers investigating the disappearance of his 62-year-old mom that he killed her.
The woman's family also told the newspaper that he confessed his terrible crime to an uncle who visited him in Pollsmoor Prison.
"This has torn our family apart," said the suspect's brother.
"My uncles and aunties are still in shock, especially because my mom's body hasn't been found."
The brother and his girlfriend share the house where his jailbird brother and mother lived.
But he says he has hardly spoken to his younger brother since he came out of prison in September, where he was serving a sentence for burglary.
When the suspected killer was released from jail, he was under house arrest, so he was at home alone with his mother every day.
His brother said he became suspicious when he returned home on the afternoon of Saturday, October 13, to find his mother was not there.
"(He) told me she had left with people in a blue Golf. He said my mother would be home later."
The family really began to panic when the woman had not returned home by the following Monday.
"(He) couldn't tell us who she left with and it wasn't like her to stay away for so long," said the brother.
"[He also] said we should wait until the following Wednesday, 3pm, before we report my mom missing."
The family said the suspect then began acting very strangely.
"He never let anyone into his room, not even the kids. And he burnt incense sticks around the house the whole day," the brother's girlfriend explained.
Days later the man bizarrely tore down his bedroom door and started painting the wall outside his room.
The family now believe the mother's body was stuffed inside his cupboard for almost a full week after she first went missing.
"The Friday after my mom disappeared I saw that the dirtbin had been slightly emptied and the rubbish was lying in the yard," added the suspect's brother.
"I think (he) probably moved my mom's body in the middle of the night and put it in the bin."
The brother said his mother's remains may have lain in the wheelie-bin outside their home for another three days.
"On Tuesday I took the bin out. [I noticed] it was not normal for the bin to be so heavy."
Police are now investigating the possibility that her remains could have ended up on a rubbish heap.
Police confirm that the suspect was first questioned about his mother's disappearance last Friday, November 23.
He appeared at the Wynberg Magistrates' Court on charges of burglary the same day.
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On Sunday, investigating officers returned to the family home to search for fresh clues.
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Ancient Armies.
The Early Germans are Blue Moon Miniatures and comply with the II/47g list.
These are based on 40 x 20mm triplex wood (1.5 mm thick).
This size is recommended in DBA 3.0 for larger figures; in this case the large shields are positioned better.
The Gauls were mistakenly mentioned in our correspondence but are Ancient British II/53.
I do have two packs of chariots that will make the collection adaptable for either list.
The collection was meant to be used for the rebellion during the late 2nd century AD and passed the date when chariots were used, therefore the CV general.
The six chariots are from War & Empire (Forged In Battle) and size well with Old Glory.
These are valued at GPB 20.00 ($29.00) for the two packs.
As they were recently bought they are not painted but I do have bases cut for them.
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Santiago lies at the foot of the spectacular Sierra Maestra mountains and is known as the most "Caribbean" and exotic town in Cuba.
Courses in Santiago de Cuba
Spanish lessons take place at the teacher's home, or in the host family home or in a nearby cultural centre. Students can take a mini-group course of 20, 25 or 30 lessons per week, or private lessons. Lessons are 50 minutes in length and the maximum group size is 3 students per class.
Course DurationFrom 1 to 8 weeks
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Vincent Price's Chocolate Butter Cream Frosting
Recipe by Julesong
Posted by request, here is Vincent Price's blender-made butter cream from "A Treasury of Great Recipes." (Which is a highly recommended cookbook, by the way. Get yourself a copy!)
Top Review by caillagh
We have had Price's "Treasury" cookbook for 30 years and just love it. This Chocolate Butter Cream Frosting is the only one I use and has been the single most requested topping -for just about every cake I make- over the years. I make it as directed in his cookbook (steps include double-boiler not blender, cooling etc) and like the consistency better than with the blender, although this blender technique is certainly fast. I also use 70% bitter Cacao bars, crushed, for that outrageous bittersweet full-bodied chocolate flavor. Spread when the consistency is just thick enough to leave raised trails. I do find the frosting does much better if chilled. Remember too that this is a true butter cream and the frosting will begin to spoil if left out for more than a day.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 170.09 g semisweet chocolate pieces, at room temperature
- 118.29 ml hot coffee
- 4 egg yolks
- 29.58 ml dark rum or 29.58 ml brandy
- 118.29 ml butter, cut into smallish pieces and slightly softened
Directions See How It's Made
- Using your electric blender, blend together at high speed the hot coffee and the chocolate pieces (make sure the cover is on) for about 20 seconds or until smooth. (Mr. Price does not indicate what he means by "chocolate pieces" but I think semi-sweet chocolate chips would probably serve well.).
- Add the egg yolks and dark rum or brandy, cover, and mix at high speed for about 10-15 seconds until the yolks are well incorporated.
- With the blender running, individually drop in the pieces of butter. From Mr. Price: "If vortex ceases to form, break surface of mixture with a rubber spatula, being careful not to dip too deeply into the blades.".
- You may needs to use a small rubber spatula to occasionally work the sides of the blender to make sure all the butter is incorporated.
- When all butter is into the mixture, you should have enough butter cream to fill and frost an 8-inch layer cake. Final note from Mr. Price: "In very warm weather it may be necessary to chill the cream before spreading over a cake.".


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Published: December 1 2012 - 3:00AM
IT'S not yet a juggernaut, but it is beginning to take on all the characteristics of a bandwagon.
Melbourne Victory posted its fourth win in five games on Friday night when a goal from the classy Kiwi international Marco Rojas was enough to see off Perth Glory 1-0 on Victory's first visit of the season to AAMI Park. The win consolidated Ange Postecoglou's side in third position on the ladder.
Central Coast and Adelaide, who meet in a top of the table clash on Saturday night, will be keeping a wary eye on Victory's progress, which has been dramatic in recent weeks.
The loss continues Glory's poor run - it hasn't won in its past four starts - and ensures the West Australians will stay marooned in mid table when this round is completed.
If stylistic variation is the key ingredient for an absorbing contest, then these two sides could well be tailor-made for each other. Both teams were handicapped by international call-ups, with Victory missing Archie Thompson and Mark Milligan, Perth doing without Michael Thwaite and Scott Jamieson, as well as suspended skipper Jacob Burns.
The West Australians are an experienced side full of tough, hard-nosed campaigners who can also play a bit, even though they went into this game further handicapped by the loss close to kick-off of their most creative player, Liam Miller, who injured his back in the warm-up. Adrian Zahra, the former Melbourne Heart winger, was promoted into the starting line-up.
Victory is still a work in progress but with 10 points from a possible 12, Postecoglou's team took the field on Friday night with plenty of reasons to believe in itself and the passing game the coach is seeking to inculcate.
In Gui Finkler, Rojas and Marcos Flores they have the players with the touch and guile to open up defences and play their way through the most obdurate rearguard.
Glory's game is physical and full of hard running and hard work. With the league's sharpest predator, Shane Smeltz, leading Glory's attack, it set its stall out to create space down the flanks and get the ball into the box as often as possible.
In the opening 20 minutes it gave better than it got, hustling and pressing Victory to make it harder for the hosts to play out from the back. Smeltz and Billy Mehmet chased and harried, giving Billy Celeski and Jonathan Bru little time to begin attacks as they compressed the space. Perth also broke quickly, getting plenty of men into its opponents' penalty area whenever they streamed forward.
Nick Ward should have given Glory the lead against his old team, but his header went just wide after Nathan Coe failed to collect.
Victory took a little time to get into the groove, but when it did it began to assert itself with the impressive Rojas playing a key role out on the flanks.
He linked well with Andrew Nabbout, the teenage sensation who capped a remarkable month by signing a full-time professional contract with Victory on Friday afternoon, and came agonisingly close to opening the scoring with a chip that beat Danny Vukovic but fell just over the bar.
This was Victory's cue to take control, and Flores, dropping deep, looked to become the creative fulcrum with Finkler alongside and Rojas always dangerous. Flores, the club's marquee player, certainly hasn't yet hit the target as much as he did during his Johnny Warren medal-winning season with Adelaide. But even though he is not scoring he is looking to be a creator in a key role in Postecoglou's attacking structure. As he and Finkler play more together that combination will only improve.
Victory took the initiative after the interval and when they broke through after 58 minutes it was perhaps inevitable that Rojas would do the damage, notching his fifth goal of the season with a sweetly struck curling shot from the left that left Vukovic a frustrated spectator as the ball lifted and then dropped inside the keeper's far post.
The move began with Celeski, who fed Finkler for the Brazilian to slip the ball wide inside the penalty area for Rojas to take maximum advantage.
This story was found at: http://www.theage.com.au/sport/a-league/victory-takes-the-glory-20121130-2amzc.html


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Rays 7, Indians 5: As you probably read yesterday, Joe Maddon screwed up the lineup card by listing two third basemen and no DH, thereby causing the pitcher to have to bat because, hey, rules are rules. Even worse: Sonnanstine had to bat third. Even worse, for the Indians anyway: he went 1-3 with a double and an RBI. Ban the DH!
Padres 3, Reds 1: OK, it's probably a good time to stop saying things that imply that Jake Peavy isn't awesome anymore (CG, 4 H, 1 ER, 8K). It's also time to stop, for a while anyway, saying that the Reds are serious challengers, because serious challengers don't get swept by the Padres.
Mariners 3, Red Sox 2: a key error by Nick Green led to the loss. A team as good as the Red Sox don't have any business not having a solid shortstop. Makes me think that we're going to see the 2004 Orlando Cabrera deal redux sometime in the next couple of months.
Astros 6, Cubs 5: I've also made some Ivan Rodriguez = corpse jokes this season. Looking up and seeing him with a .286/.336/.509 line, however, makes me think I need to can that stuff for a while too. Pudge goes 1-3 with a homer — his 300th — and 2 RBI in the win.
Royals 7, Orioles 4: John Buck had a triple — his third of the year — which has me wondering if the Kauffman/Kougar renovation didn't do something unexpected. Buck also distinguished himself by trotting off the field and flipping the ball into the stands following the second out of the second inning, so the day was something of a mixed bag for him. Luke Hochevar pitched better than his debut (3.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 BB), but that's damning with faint praise. Trey Hillman basically said after the game that if he doesn't shape up for his next outing, he's out of the rotation. As for the Orioles, when your opponent commits four errors, pulls their starter in the fourth inning, blows a late lead and strands 10 men on base and you still don't win, man, you're probably suffering some Karmic justice of some kind, aren't you?
Brewers 8, Cardinals 2: Prince Fielder is on a tear, with four home runs and 10 RBIs in his last five games. His three-run job in the seventh did the trick today, putting the game basically out of reach. The Cards are sputtering, but got some good news yesterday when it was announced that Chris Carpenter is coming off the DL and will start against the Cubs on Wednesday. Well, at least it sounds like good news. If he gets shelled, it will be something of a downer, now, won't it?
Rangers 3, Angels 0: The Rangers have won seven straight and are 13-3 in the month of May. Good for them, but I gotta tell ya, seeing them win low scoring games that last less than three and a half hours is a somewhat disorienting experience.
Pirates 11, Rockies 4: Ubaldo Jimenez left after six, no doubt thinking "well, if they can just hold on for me, I've got a win." Er, yeah. Ten runs cross in Pirate 7th, as the Rockies couldn't retire any of the first 11 batters they faced that inning. Pirates' reliever Matt Daley started the hit parade, and was mercifully removed from it when an umpire threw a bad out of the way, Daley stepped on it, and he sprained his ankle. He's probably happier that happened to him than he's willing to let on, given how ugly it was out there.
Phillies 8, Nationals 6: An ugly series all around, but if you're a Phillies fan, you'll take it.
Blue Jays 8, White Sox 2: Its Roy Halladay's world (7.2 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 8K), everyone else is just livin' in it. I am fully aware of the limitations of the "on-pace" game, but it is fun to note that Halladay is on pace for 275 innings pitched. No one has pitched 275 innings since Dave Stewart did in 1988.
Yankees 3, Twins 2: Alex Rodriguez homers again, but it was Johnny Damon's walk-off job in the 10th that won this one. The last time New York had three consecutive walk-off wins was August 27-29, 1972, which is back before people used initially-catchy, but since then played terms like "walk-off."
Dodgers 12, Marlins 5: I think it would be fun to start pushing the meme that the Dodgers seemed lost until they met with Manny Ramirez in their hotel down in Florida, at which point they started kicking butt. Laud Manny as a motivational hero or something. Doing such a thing would be worthy because (a) it would be based on just as much — actually a little more — evidence than your typical "Player X is a leader for Y" reasons story; and (b) because it would drive people absolutely nuts to have to switch to their "Manny is the savior" story lines early, because you know they're saving all of them up for the playoffs. Kershaw carried a no-hitter late into the game. Oh, and Juan Pierre continues his torrid start (3-5 2 2B, 3 RBI).
Tigers 11, A's 7: Armando Gallaraga retired only two of the batters he faced and the A's were spotted to a 6-0 lead. You lose a game like that and, really, I don't even want to talk to you for a while. Detroit outscored Oakland 34-9 over the three game series.
Giants 2, Mets 0: The Mets pounded the Giants for the first three games of the series but went really quietly last night, with Matt Cain pitching six shutout innings, and Bob Howry, Jeremy Affeldt and Brian Wilson finishing it off.
Diamondbacks at Braves: Postponed: Long as I remember the rain been comin down. Clouds of mystry pourin confusion on the ground. Good men through the ages, tryin to find the sun; And I wonder, still I wonder, wholl stop the rain.


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The orders will be delivered on Friday or Saturday within a 15-mile radius of The Well House on North Kentucky Street.
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A good vacation can change your life.
That's what happened to Paul Cowell in 1963 when he visited a resort in New York.
"I grew up on a dairy farm, and my family never went on vacations or went to eat at restaurants," Cowell said.
"I was out of college in 1963, and my wife [Jean] and I went to a resort in the Adirondacks," he remembered of that fateful excursion.
"I had never been on a vacation and thought it was a wonderful experience.
If I told you, "We had a barbecue at Schrock's Roadside Café," and you knew where we went – you may be a senior citizen.
This "Out to Lunch" adventure took place in that same location, 708 W. Race St. in Kingston – now known as Smokehouse Bar & Grill.
I wrote about Smokehouse in October 2009. At that time, it was still the same size building when Bob and Wilma Schrock operated the Café several years ago.
"Out to Lunch" readers know that I often mention my Oak Ridge High School Reunion Committee members in my articles.
"Why don't we have our next committee meeting at the new HoneyBaked Ham Café in Oak Ridge?" Janet Harlan emailed me.
Several "Out to Lunch" readers have asked my wife, Carol, and me, "Where's the best place to eat?"
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Le Noir – A Southern Belgian Bistro, With an American Touch in Lenoir City (Broadway at Kingston Street) was certainly an enjoyable adventure.
Roane County's employment front is in much better shape than it was a year ago, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
The state's numbers show that Roane County's unemployment rate for November was 6 percent. That's 1 percent less than was reported for the same period in 2014.
The rate, however, was up a bit over October's 5.7 percent.
Samantha Lane of King University will discuss ways to build professional relationships during the next Roane County Employers Association meeting.
The luncheon session will be from noon-1 p.m. Jan. 12 in the faculty lounge on the main campus of Roane State Community College between Harriman and Rockwood.
Lunch is provided to members and first-time guests of non-member organizations. Non-members pay $15 to attend.
Lane will discuss using networking to build relationships to genuine, beneficial and lasting career connections.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure. — Colin Powell
The common question that gets asked in business is, "why?" That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, "why not?" — Jeff Bezos
There is only one boss: the customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else. —Sam Walton
The Shoppes of Walden Ridge will have a new business in six weeks and it will be aimed at children, as property owners Larry Allen and Jane Long are opening what will be an 8,000 square foot facility called Party Zone.
The facility will feature bounce houses, an arcade, six party rooms and a concession stand designed for kids.
"We've found out the kids in this county have nothing to do. They go to Knoxville or Crossville for something like this," Allen said.
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