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A company behind the redevelopment of a village pub as houses has submitted plans to convert an 18th century Burley-in-Wharfedale landmark to new homes.
Yorparks Ltd, the firm behind the conversion of The Malt Shovel in Burley, has drawn up plans with York and District Investment Company for 15 homes at Burley House, in Bradford Road.
The late 18th century house itself would be converted to nine homes under the scheme, and a former stable block and coaching house demolished to make way for six new houses.
A public consultation took place in the village last month.
A planning application has now been submitted to Bradford Council. The house itself dates back to the late 1700s.
It became a hotel in the early 1900s and later uses included a nightclub and a restaurant, before it became offices.
But it is claimed there is no significant demand for substantial offices of this type - and the general preference is for modern open-plan offices.
In a design and access statement, David R Bamford chartered architects said: "Returning the property to a residential use would appear the only solution to give this fine property a sustainable future."
More than 30 people attended a public consultation session held at the St Mary's Parish Centre in February, and the proposals were said to have been received positively.
The main house was previously used as offices for a development company, but has been out of use for several years. Attempts were made to let the buildings as offices.
Listed building consent has also been applied for, as one building on site is Grade I listed, and two are Grade II listed.
The architects also worked on Yorparks' scheme for redeveloping The Malt Shovel, which stands near to Burley House, on Main Street.
The listed pub and hotel building is being converted to four homes, and a further five cottages are being built on the Malt Shovel's car park.

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1 tsp. fresh chopped thyme or 1/4 tsp. dried thyme
1 tsp. rosemary or 1 tbsp. fresh rosemary, chopped
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1/4 tsp. Pepper
2 tsp. Dried parsley, optional
1 tsp. finely grated parmesan cheese, optional
2 lb. small red potatoes-quartered
Stir the first 6 ingredients together and pour into a large Ziploc bag. Add potatoes. Shake well in the bag. Arrange potatoes on aluminum foiled lined pad covered with cooking spray. Bake uncovered at 450 degrees for 30 minutes or until done. Sprinkle with parsley and parmesan after they bake for extra color and flavor, if desired. Yield 6 servings.
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Tokyo - A report released Tuesday said that Japanese prosecutors will launch an investigation into possible insider trading involving shares of Wal-Mart's Japanese subsidiary Seiyu.
According to Reuters, which cited the Nikkei business daily website, the trading is suspected to have occurred when Wal-Mart turned Seiyu into a fully owned unit in 2007.
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Campaigner Jean Taylor said it is appalling that Hayley Richards' family were not told her killer was deported to Portugal before it happened.
Mrs Taylor campaign and support group Families Fighting for Justice in 2008 to lobby for tougher sentences and to support families of victims, after losing her sister in 1998, a son in 2000 and a daughter in 2004 to acts of homicide.
Hayley Richards' family have raised money for the group and took part in the Life for Life rally, which Families Fighting for Justice held in London in 2010.
The group, which has a drop-in centre in Liverpool, has also been fighting for families of murder victims to have more information about the perpetrators of the crime and not be left in the dark.
Mrs Taylor said: "I am appalled, but not shocked. The system needs a big shake up, because families should know as much information as possible and it is a disgrace that Quintas was deported to Portugal without them knowing before.
"One of the things we have campaigned for is more information for families of victims. It should be like tracking a parcel, with families being given information on the perpetrator every step of the way.
"I find the lack of information absolutely appalling to say the least and I'm speaking from experience, as I only found out my daughter's killer was moved from a category A to category B prison when I was contacted by a national newspaper.
"Families need as much information as they can get and there is no excuse for them not getting it. Also, if you kill someone in our country, the rules of our country should apply wherever they go."
In a similar case, the family of murdered Somerset woman Catherine Wells-Burr recently set up a petition to call for her killers to serve their sentences in the UK, rather than be transferred to their native Poland.
Mrs Taylor said she will be on a Victims' Panel set up by Justice Secretary Chris Grayling and Policing minister Damian Green, where those affected by crime can tell ministers directly how the system could better serve families.
She said: "It is issues such as this that I will bring to the Victims' Panel as there needs to be more support for families.
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Marquee striker Alessandro Del Piero has been ruled out of Sydney FC's A-League away clash with Wellington Phoenix on Sunday after scans revealed he has a hamstring strain.
However new coach Frank Farina took some heart on Thursday from the fact the scan results showed there was no tear in the Italian superstar's hamstring.
Del Piero has been bothered by hamstring tightness for several weeks and he had to be replaced late in struggling Sydney FC's scoreless draw with Melbourne Heart on Sunday.
"It's a long flight (to Wellington) and, with time differences, it's not an option for him to play (on Sunday)," said Farina.
"The positive news is that there is no tear but we will re-evaluate how the injury has progressed and what we do going forward next week when we get back into training."
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Topic: ASCO's 2011 Annual Report on Progress Again Cancer.
Below is the link to the above report. it is relative long and general,but you can have a better understanding about the advancement chemotherapy had become and the trend of the future treatment in cancer.
it is 48 pages long but very easier to understand. and please remember beside chemo and targeted therapy;we have also the advancement of techniques in interventional radiology to combat cancer too.
The future looks bright but it will take time; so hang in there for the best of it to come for us.
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Recently, after eight years of not playing and struggling to get my timing back, it's felt like the timing of the plant is off. Watching Dan Beto in slo-mo here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOMbSi_-3-k), it looks like the disc starts forward from the reachback an instant before the front leg plants.
It's felt recently like my plant leg is hitting the ground too early, negating some rotational energy, so I just wanted to throw this out if anyone wanted to comment. I assume what Dan is doing is right (he throws a Star Wraith 527' on one throw, so, yeah).
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Help please!
If you are trying to keep the 8 precepts at home, what do you sleep on?
I think I may just put the duvet cover on the floor and make a sandwich with it!
With metta
TheDhamma wrote:The main point of that precept is to have humility and not sleep on a high and luxurious bed. Any simple bed will do, in my opinion. I notice that the Sri Lankan monks sleep in typical, average twin beds, nothing that low or unusual.
I use a platform bed which sits very low, but is kind of like cheating if I want to do 8 precepts, since the mattress is still comfortable. If you really wanted to be authentic as possible, like the Thai monks do, then a sleeping bag or quilt cover on the floor followed by the blankets will work.
TheDhamma wrote:There are a lot of different interpretations in regard to food after the noon hour. But in my opinion, food means food; so no milk, no 'liquefied food' either. The only allowable items to be ingested in my opinion and in my practice are tea, water, and sometimes fruit juice, but fruit juice only if I am really hungry and can't make it.
Some others have interpreted 'whole juice,' milk and others into the acceptable category, but that's not for me.
jcsuperstar wrote:for magha puja i'll be staying at the wat this weekend, taking the 8. at this wat i've seen chocolet, cheese, milk,yogurt, smoothies, ice cream all eaten after noon. in thailand we only ever had this green drink.. i remember my mom telling me once you could buy like coke or pepsi in jugs and add it to water to make soda, i think it was similar. i never liked kool aide or those types of drinks so i didnt much like the green drink either.
we have cots or we sleep on or the floor. in thailand i slept on a hard floor though they said i could have some meditation mats to make a little bed if i wanted.
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Hi guys, in this post I would like share my experience with financial information exchange (FIX) Connections which is essential to setup FIX connectivity for trading purposes. Financial information exchange (FIX) Connections used in both Client Connectivity and Exchange connectivity space (in case exchange supports financial information exchange (FIX) Protocol or you are connecting to any broker via FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE (FIX) Protocol).
So whenever a new client comes on board a new Fix Session will be needed for him who will be identified by host, port and comp ids e.g. SenderCompID and TargetCompID. Before you setup a new financial information exchange (FIX) session in your fix engine you will need to require network connectivity between client's network and your network, this usually done by network team and for security reasons some firewall rules also needs to be setup. While working on this part you may face several network connectivity issue based on what are you choosing e.g. Radianz, VPN or internet.
Once network connection gets established you are ready to connect to client. Now client will send logon request (MessagType=A) with sequence no 1, 1 (At start of day) and with SenderCompID and TargetCompID agreed upon. On TCP layer first of all socket connection gets established in client IP and your IP and your Fix Engine listens on port specified. once your Fix Engine gets logon request its validate content and authenticity of client and if all is OK it replies with another logon request message. Now your financial information exchange (FIX) session is established and you are ready to send orders via this connection.
Some important points to remember while troubleshooting FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE (FIX) connectivity issues:


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Poffertjes are the glamorous European sister to those mini Hong Kong hot cakes you can get from carts on Canal street. While the Chinatown ones run 10 pieces for $1, the ones from The Poffertjes Man down at the Fulton Street Market are 8 for $3 or 15 for $5. They're different though, very different. These have a distinct contrast between the decidedly crisp exterior, the crunchy edges, and a superb, fluffy and airy light interior. But you know what makes them extra addictive? The fact that they're topped with lashings of salted butter and powdered sugar. The butter melts quick, securing on the sugar and giving that sweet-salty balance no one can resist. Eat quick lest the butter soak though and turn the poffertjes soggy.
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Batman: Arkham Asylum Review 1
This is the best Batman game ever made. This is perhaps the best comic-based game ever made. It's probably also the best stealth-action game this year. So, what makes this such a great game?It makes you think like Batman. It's that simple. You have to think like Batman in order to survive. There are three aspects to Batman: Arkham Asylum. The brawler, where you're dropped into a room of unarmed goons and have to knock them all out. The predator, where you're dropped into a room of armed goons a...28 out of 28 found this review helpful.
Holy 5 star review Batman! 3
Batman, Batman, Batman! Where to begin with Batman: Arkham Asylum. First off this game is well worth the price of admission. From the opening interactive cinematic that has you as Batman ecsorting the Joker back into the bowels of the namesake asylum, to the final ( & somewhat) anti-climatic batlle with ol' Ruby Lips himself, this is a ride worth taking. Not since MGS4 has a game pulled you into it's storyline with great voice acting & dialogue that is this crisp, engaging, & in the ...26 out of 27 found this review helpful.
You'd be insane not to enroll at Arkham Asylum 0
NOTE: I used an Xbox 360 pad to play Batman: Arkham Asylum.There have been many Batman games over the past few years which have tried to capture the essence of the comic book hero, but none have captured it quite like Arkham Asylum, not by a long stretch. Make no mistake; if you want to play a game that truly honours the Batman source material, you need to play Arkham Asylum.The game starts off with Batman apprehending The Joker and returning him to Arkham Asylum, you first gain control of Batma...14 out of 14 found this review helpful.
The game Gotham needs, or the game Gotham deserves? 2
I always envisioned that the ideal Batman game would be encapsulated in a sandbox. Imagine it now; patrolling the streets of in the Batmobile, beating up thugs and keeping the citizens safe from crime and itself. Unfortunately, recent sandbox games, both with real superheroes (Spiderman: Web of Shadows, Superman Returns) and imitation heroes (Infamous, Prototype) have taught me better. All of those games featured redundant gameplay mechanics realized the notion that the life of a superhero is...18 out of 19 found this review helpful.
Inmates aren't the only ones crazy for Batman: Arkham Asylum 0
Simple and satisfying martial art combat, stealthy take-downs, bat shaped gadgetry, and detective intelligence gathering are all delivered so well in Batman: Arkham Asylum that you will leave this game with no less than a wonderful taste in your mouth. How that taste got there is due to the interesting character interaction between Batman, his allies, and the villains that fans and newcomers alike will find intriguing, humorous, and authentic. The bottom line is this game is really fun and you...9 out of 9 found this review helpful.
A Great Game for Hardcore Fans and Gamers Alike 0
In my opinion Batman: Arkham Asylum was going to be just another comic book game that was destined to suck due to the fact that it was a comic book game. As more and more footage of it came out I became more and more interested. Also, as more and more time went on I wanted the game to suck less and less. My excitement and expectations for it was built up by the hype and constant delays and in short: all were surpassed. Batman: Arkham Asylum was develo...7 out of 7 found this review helpful.
Batman Beyond our expectations 0
This is just so manly. Srsly. We've all told stories, joked about and generally shunned the genre of video-games that is 'licensed material' at some point or another, so it would be difficult to blame you for having some doubts about Batman: Arkham Asylum. As well as that when Lego Batman is the best Batman game in approximately 18 years, well, let's face it, you might start getting a little worried about your franchise. However Arkham Asylum does stand on it's own merits. It has a lengthy enou...7 out of 7 found this review helpful.
Batman: Arkham Asylum Review 86/100 0
Overview Batman: Arkham Asylum is good. I stress this greatly. If Arkham Asylum were a bath, it would be comfortably warm but lacking bubbles. There are so many things done wrong, it's a shame because the things done right make it a pleasure to play. Let's break it down. Presentation 43/50 8/10 Graphics - It's getting too common these days to say a game has 'good graphics'. Most of them do and so does Arkham Asylum. Batman's model accumulates a number of cuts and tears as he progresses and mo...7 out of 7 found this review helpful.
Batman's Greatest Game Ever 0
We can all admit Batman's previous appearances in the gaming world were never all that impressive. So it was weird to be quite excited about his latest gritty outing in Arkham Asylum. Rather than produce a game version of the Dark Knight's latest movie, Rocksteady had created a third-person action game that was not only special to Batman fans but also to gamers as a whole. After only 20 minutes of popping in Arkham Asylum into my Xbox 360 and loading up the title I realised that this was not onl...7 out of 7 found this review helpful.
A Game That Truly Makes You Feel Like The Dark Knight. 0
Batman has always had a hard time in the world of games. For some reason developers have never truly been able to nail the feel of The Batman, until now. Batman: Arkham Asylum is the game fans of The Caped Crusader have been waiting for with an excellent presentation and satisfying game play that truly makes you feel like The Dark Knight. The game is an original story that has Batman, voiced by Kevin Connroy of Batman: The Animated Series fame, trapped inside the infamous Arkham Asylum, a prison...6 out of 6 found this review helpful.
The Dark Knight Rises, or in this case, swoops down. 1
With both Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan achieved sophistication with a character and a universe that had been stuck in shitty comic book revisions for decades. While Batman always had the potential to be an interesting character, he never seemed as vivid to me as his super-villain counterparts. (Notice I say vivid instead of, say, lifelike; because honestly, there's nothing lifelike about an eleven-foot tall crocodile mutant, or most of these characters if you really think...6 out of 6 found this review helpful.
The Caped Crusader Punches His Way Into Our Hearts 0
Rocksteady Studios had to overcome a lot of public doubts with Batman: Arkham Asylum. The Batman franchise has suffered numerous releases of sub-par games that have really marred the Caped Crusader's reputation with gamers. Given the fact that comic book games have a notorious reputation for being either hit-or-miss, it was difficult for a lot of people (including me!) to accept the fact that an original Batman IP could ever be any good. Fortunately, we were all proven wrong. Arkham Asylum open...5 out of 5 found this review helpful.
Batman: Arkham Asylum 0
Batman: Arkham Asylum Written by: L.T.I don't ussually get pumped up about batman games, I mean who does. When I first saw the preview for this I thought "just another lame batman game". When it came out i saw a lot of it on gaming sites like IGN and Gamespot and they all had excellent reviews. I then decided to download the demo and during the session I thought "I need more of this, this is great!" so I took my leftover christmas money and purchased the game. playing through the game my mi...5 out of 5 found this review helpful.
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The best of everything 0
We've all heard enough of the rhetoric already- Batman: Arkham Asylum is not only the best Batman game ever made, but also the best comic book game ever made. While that's all certainly true, it's also selling the game way too short. Batman: Arkham Asylum shouldn't be limited by the mediocre competition provided by past comic book games, as it's good enough to be judged by the same standards as the best games out there. Batman: Arkham Asylum is, simply put, an absolutely fantastic video game by ...5 out of 5 found this review helpful.
BATMAN'S IN FOR ONE HELL OF A NIGHT AT ARKHAM ASYLUM!There is a reason why Batman is so beloved by so many people, he's human afterall and one of the easiest comic book characters to relate to. He can't fly naturally, he can't shoot webs from his wrists and the last time I checked he wasn't able to become an angry green monster of destruction. It's because of all these factors that Batman as stayed in the hearts of comic book fans, movie lovers and gamers. While Batman's recent movie adventures ...4 out of 4 found this review helpful.
Only The Insane Would Avoid This Game 1
Nobody really expects a game based around a comic book character to be very good. Multiple games in the past have tried to pull off this feat, but none have come anywhere close to Batman: Arkham Asylum. This game utterly surprised me. After playing the demo, I was hooked. Everything about it seemed so polished and so refreshing that it was hard to pass up. The quality of the package is so high that it's unlikely anyone would be disappointed. Great, now you've done it The game beings with Batman...4 out of 4 found this review helpful.
Holy awesome videogame, Batman! 0
It's understandable to be a little sceptical coming into Batman: Arkham Asylum. Whenever developers Rocksteady have shown trailers, gameplay and screenshots, the game has looked fantastic; but that uncontrollable doubt is always lingering in the back of the mind purely because it's a licensed comic book videogame. For that reason alone, Arkham Asylum is the surprise game of the year. It might not be difficult to exceed such minimal expectations, but the Dark Knight has gone so far above and beyo...4 out of 4 found this review helpful.
Batman Arkham Asylum Review 0
Step into the boots of the Dark Knight as you visit Arkham Asylum to watch Joker get checked back in. Unfortunately that's where the routine-ness ends as all hell breaks loose and all the inmates start taking over the Asylum. Joker heads of the crew of super villains as he has a special surprise for Batman, but he wants to make sure everything is ready before you can see it, so you'll have to battle through characters such as Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, Killer Croc, and Scarecrow. You'll also have...4 out of 4 found this review helpful.
The Joker Sucks 0
Playing as the Joker is a pretty interesting twist, but his weapons are limited, he's hard to maneuver and it can get frustrating at times.You just don't feel... powerful and in control like you do when you play as Batman. But then again, this add-on is free so no complaints from me......4 out of 4 found this review helpful.
An amazingly well crafted adventure in every way. 0
Batman Arkham Asylum has a long legacy of comic book to video game adaptations behind it. Unfortunately, that legacy is one of shame and, to be frank, simply bad games. For that reason I was skeptical when I first heard of Arkham Asylum, but it didn't take long after actually seeing the game in action for me to hope against all hope that this game was actually going to be different. Different, as in, good. Amazingly, my hopes were not only met, but exceeded by this game, which could possibly...4 out of 4 found this review helpful.
The Joker and The Asylum Steal the Show 0
Batman is an Incredible Experience and is clearly this years Bioshock (a game with such high quality it surprises even the fans). I don't want to get into a detailed description like most reviews concerning the Free Flowing Combat & Detective elements being satisfying, or how the Stealth is slick, or how the gadgets are cool. Just know it all works well and is fun. What I really want to let readers know is how Arkham Asylum and The Joker are really this games "Aces up it Sleeve" (see what...7 out of 9 found this review helpful.
Front runner for 2009 Game of the Year 0
I can't tell you much that you haven't seen or heard already so I'll jump straight to the highlights... Positives: Brilliant storyExcellent voice actingLarge open world that changes as the story progresses.Map exploration that reminded me of MetroidWell balanced combat system that encouraged timing over button mashing Great use of classic Batman gadgetsCollectible system with special in game maps to help keep track of the ones that haven't been foundFan service in the way of bios, interviews an...3 out of 3 found this review helpful.
Arkham Asylum ups the superhero game bar considerably 1
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-Batman-Batman-Batman! Batman has always been one of the most beloved of comic book franchises, and with 2008's The Dark Knight, such resounding success was had that even people who didn't care about any superhero shenanigans enjoyed watching Bruce Wayne doing his thing. In the world of video games, superhero games are generally looked upon apprehensively. True, there have been some good ones, such as The Incredible Hulk, but there's no denying gamers are right...3 out of 3 found this review helpful.
Dark and excellent, Arkham Asylum captures the essense of Batman. 0
From Eidos and Rocksteady studios comes the best Batman game ever made. This may initially seem like a backhanded compliment considering the poor quality of most Batman (or even DC Comics) licensed games to date, but Batman: Arkham Asylum is an absolute must-play title. Arkham Asylum applies the Batman license to gameplay elements pulled from a variety of sources, and it ties them together very well. Many have compared Arkham to Bioshock, which is fitting. Throughout the game, reel-to-re...2 out of 2 found this review helpful.
Batman Finally Gets What He Deserves: A Kickass Game 0
This Review May Contain Spoilers (such as the names of villians). "More times than not, when a company doesn't have a movie tie-in, or some famous license to follow they can create more inventive and all around better things than if they did have some license to follow." That was the first line in my inFamous review. It has been true since the NES days that licened/movie games just don't hold up to their unlicenesed counterparts. Occasionally you will get a really good licened game...2 out of 2 found this review helpful.
The definitive Batman 0
Forget about the movies, this game is the definitive Batman. It's remarkable that super hero video games are usually lame, when you consider how awesome the source material is. This game is a refreshing change. Batman is awesome, and most importantly true to form. What makes the game so good, is the fact that it tries to capture Batman as Batman, as best as it can. The result is that the game is awesome.The melee combat is hands down the best I've ever seen for hand to hand against multiple enem...2 out of 2 found this review helpful.
A triumph for not just licensed games but gaming overall- 0
Lets be honest here Licensed games have a bad reputation and superhero games have always been some of the worst when it comes to licensed games. Batman: Arkham Asylum is not a bad game, its not an average game, its a stellar game and one of the standout titles of the year. When B:AA was announced it was partially shunned for being announced around the time of "The Dark Knight" release in theaters and some assumed the game would just be a crappy tie-in. Thankfully this is not the case as the ga...2 out of 2 found this review helpful.
Technically proficient and better than the sum of its parts! 0
After the summer draught I've been looking forward to the new releases. After the seemingly mediocre Wolfenstein I decided to purchase Batman, the stronger of the two. Batman does leave a very strong first impression. It is a solid product without any real technical flaws. The graphics are great without any real dips in framerate and loading times are nearly non-existent (while playing of HD). I'm not going to go into any depth in analyzing the story, it is enough to drive the gameplay with th...2 out of 2 found this review helpful.
A super hero based title that hangs with the triple-A big boys? 0
Could it be? A super hero based title that hangs with the triple-A big boys? Since I feel this game is a 9/10, I'd say so. I played this joint on the xbox360, it's also out for PS3 and PC. The Good – Awesome 3rd person adventure that juggles many gaming styles. Obviously you play as Batman, who captures the Joker, while transporting him to Arkham Asylum, Joker gets loose and has sinister plans in place, taking over the asylum and trying to put Batman through a night of hell. It's got a great st...2 out of 2 found this review helpful.
The best third person action game since Max Payne 0
At the very beginning of the game Batman has arrested the clown prince, The Joker and is taking him to Arkham Asylum, Gothman's notorious island prison for the criminally insane. Yet the Dark Knight remains suspicious: The Joker has never let himself be captured this easily. Batman with the help of Commissioner Gordon and the prison staff escort The Joker through Arkham. Yet once the prisoner is separated from Batman he manages to escape custody and begins a riot, taking over the prison. Batman ...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
A visceral, dark and super-polished rendition of the Dark Knight and probably the best Batman game out there 0
As every other geek on this planet, I am a big fan of the dark knight (even though I thought his last film was not that good despite the hype) and I am thrilled to say that this has been the purest Batman gaming experience I had the pleasure to taste so far. Yes, there are some shortcomings, but all fade away in the bright light of quality that Rocksteady delivered with Arkham Asylum.The visuals, sounds, music and the great voice acting (especially Batman and the Joker) create a very broody, ye...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
More fun than dressing like a Bat and acting like a monkey 0
I've been waiting to play Batman: Arkham Asylum for a good long time know. I was excited by the initial buzz and surprised by the reviews. I even bought the game as a gift to my cousin. As gaming goes however I was otherwise occupied and only got around to playing it this year (2011). The wait was well worth it and here are my thoughts on one of the most engaging game-play experiences I've had in a while. From the outset B:AA works hard to immerse you in the world of Batman. The personalities o...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Arkham Asylum is a must-play, no matter who you are. 3
Batman doesn't exactly have a good history when it comes to video games. The best thing you can say about the Batman games is that some of them are decent. But Arkham Asylum has abandoned the generic, repetitive beat-em-up structure that made other games in the same universe so dull and has instead opted for an experience that's part stealth, part action and part exploration. The result is a game that's not only a fantastic Batman game, but an incredible achievement in its own right. The stealth...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Batman Arkham Asylum Review 0
Batman is back and is facing his biggest challenge yet! All the crooks Batman has ever faced have united under Jokers banner and have taken over Arkham Asylum. Will Batman thwart whatever Joker has planned up his sleeve? Better yet, was Rocksteady able to bring the classic DC comic hero to life in an interactive Video Game? Batman makes a glorious return to the world of video games after countless disappointments that have preceded it in the past. Arkham Asylum is a gloriously crafted masterpie...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Worth The 60$ 0
This version of Batman definitely left me awestruck. I found myself aching to finish up school, finish up my work, and finish up the homeWORK. All of this, Just to get home and play this great game. The game play was great. Boss battles were extravagant. The open "go kick some ass" environment left me HOOKED. The story was very well thought out. The skill and strategy necessary was very tasteful, in that, I had to think pretty hard to achieve the goals set out. After the story, there's still s...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Where does he get those wonderful toys? 0
By now, everyone pretty much knows Batman: Arkham Asylum was not only a big surprise but that it became a serious contender for GOTY of 2009. A comic book character who's never really been in an actually good game, an unknown developer and they somehow managed to make not only a great comic book game but a game anyone can enjoy even if they didn't know Batman's comic book roots. Graphically gorgeous, well-told story and some downright genius pacing, even the minor blemishes I can throw at it are...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Can superhero games really be anything more than good? Absolutely 0
Going into this game I was skeptical. I've played many superhero games over the years and I struggle to think of one I would want to revisit. Hearing good things beforehand I wondered whether a Batman game could ever be anything better than OK. Yes. Yes it can."...depositing the newly captured madman."The game begins with Batman, having apprehended his nemesis The Joker, driving to Arkham Asylum to deposit the newly captured madman. All is well it would seem until the plan backfires and Batman m...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Arkham has never been so great 0
He's totally Batman Batman Arkham Asylum has garnered quite a bit of hype since it was first revealed. For many reasons, it looked interesting, it didn't seem like just another 'comic book game', and of course, it's frigging' Batman.Going into the game, having played the demo, I knew to expect a very good game but I still underestimated it a bit.First thing you see when you launch up this game is good ol' Batman and Joker. That is pretty great in itself but if you want more, Bane? He's the...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
The definitive Batman experience. 0
Batman Arkham Asylum is a very ambitious game. On the one hand you have the stealth gameplay and exploration techniques, on the other you have the beat-em-up action and problem solving abilities. These both lie on top of a very in-depth universe and compelling story. But do they all work well together? Do they live up to your expectation of what being Batman would be like?.... Absolutely!The game begins with Batman who has apprehended Joker and is escorting him in the Batmobile to Arkham Asylum ...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
The Dark Knight returns 0
As far as comic book characters go, Batman has been treated better by videogame developers than say Superman. Nonetheless most people would say he hasn't enjoyed a good game since the original Batman game on the NES. That changes dramatically with Arkham Asylum which is not only a fantastic Batman game, it's an original and solid title all in it's own right. Arkham Asylum's atmosphere is unmatched and sets the perfect tone throughout. It feels suitably gritty as most people want their Ba...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
The Triumphant Dark Knight 0
Pros: *Beautiful visuals and great sound design creates a very immersive atmosphere. *Simple yet rewarding free-flowing melee combat. *Stealth system is mind-blowing. *Engrossing story, uses the voice actors from the cartoon. *The Scarecrow sections of the game are incredible.Cons: *Boss battles are boring and bad. *You'll spend way too much time in Detective Mode.Superhero games have a long lineage of sucking badly, and continue to do so. But from the shadows of Gotham City comes Batman to...1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Batman: Arkham Asylum: I am the Batman! 1
Time to play the choking game?Arkham Asylum served as one of those out-of-left-field titles of 2009. Developed by Rocksteady, whose only other published title was Urban Chaos: Riot Response, they aimed to create a game based on the super-popular Batman character, given the hype the movies were getting at that time. This had the entire world gazing on this game with the stigma of many sub-par superhero licensed games they had to endure prior to its release.I have always been proud to say that Ark...2 out of 6 found this review helpful.
Repetition Killed This Game For Me. 0
Repetition killed this game for me and I am surprised that more people have not chimed in on it. Backtracking through the entire island multiple times, roughly the same fighting mechanic, the same puzzle mechanics drove me insane. I am surprised I made it 5 hours into this game. The game has a great first impact when you play it. The controls are well done, the fighting is impressive (the first time) and the voice acting is incredible. But once you start beating up the same group of thugs in ...1 out of 3 found this review helpful.
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I hadn't bought Hello! magazine for years. I think the main reason is because I always considered it to be too expensive - at £2 a copy, I think that it is far too expensive for a weekly magazine. However, the other day I decided to treat myself to a different magazine (I always buy the same ones and so fancied something else) and so chose Hello as featured the Middleton's on their family holiday and I wanted to be nosy.
I am fascinated with the Royals as I just love having a nosy and seeing how they live their lives and what they have been up to and so I thoroughly enjoyed this part of the magazine, which did take up a huge part of the magazine. There was also a lot of features on other countries Royal Members, which I wasn't interested in as I had no idea who they were and so it seemed a bit pointless to me. I loved reading about all our Royals though.
I would say that this magazine is more for the middle-class person as it is quite classy and features a lot of 'Royalty' and rich celebrities. I noticed that there are no 'rude words' or offensive language. For example there was a tiny article regarding Tulisa and her 'famous tape'. Whilst it was all 'massive front page' news on other trashy magazines and called a 'sex tape', Hello was calling it an 'intimate home video'. If you understand what I mean.
I would also say that this magazine is suitable for all ages, as it features people of all ages; The Queen, and older celebrities, whereas usual celebrity magazines would only focus on younger celebrities.
I like that the magazine is very respectful towards Royal members and celebrities. It only features positive stories and focuses mainly on the good rather than the bad. This is huge difference when compared to other celebrity magazines, who thrive of giving celebrities bad publicity. It's refreshing to see the magazine focusing on the positive things the stars have done and doesn't feature anything negative - it gets a bit too much when you read magazines which only feature bad things the stars have done. So well done Hello for only featuring positive articles.
The magazine features expensive celebrity homes - I love having a nosy around. This particular issue featured Steven Gerrard's home as well as the house where Downton Abbey is filmed - I couldn't believe how grand this house was.
The magazine is also a fan of celebrity weddings and babies. In this particular issue we meet Una from The Saturdays' new baby and we see the wedding of a Hollyoaks actress.
I read a huge amount of magazines and a lot of the time, I like 'mini articles' as they are easy to read and you don't have to think to much. I found that the articles in Hello are very lengthy and the language isn't that simple either; when I am reading it, I have to think about what I am reading as there is so much font. I can't just sit and read. I did find at times that some articles were too long and so ended up being boring. I wouldn't really call this magazine a 'light-read' in terms of the amount of text it contains - although it does have a huge amount of pictures which are good to look at.
One thing which I found with the pictures is that they give quite an in-depth description of what is in the photo - although it's pointless information. For example there is a photo of Kate Middleton skiing and it has a full photo of her and the caption says something along the lines of 'Kate wears red trousers, white jacket, and is wearing her hair loose under her hat - she is skiing down the hill' - well we can see all that from the photo ourselves, so I don't know why they have to tell us in the caption.
There are quite a few adverts in this magazine; whilst the adverts are quite affordable places; Next, Loreal and Clarks etc, the products (especially the fashion ones) they advertise are very expensive. Some of the clothes they advertise cost hundreds and some of them thousands, and so it's obvious that this magazine isn't aimed at us mere 'normal' people. I enjoy reading about all these rich people though.
The magazine is large in size; whilst in a way this is good as you can see the pictures clearly etc, the size does make reading it slightly difficult as it is so large that you can't 'hold it up'. It needs to be placed on a table etc. The size also means that it won't fit in your bag unless you fold it.
Other features include; horoscopes, fashion articles (although not too many), and recipes etc.
I did enjoy this magazine to some extent. I love how 'classy' it is compared to other magazines. I would buy it again but only as an occasional treat.
Thanks for reading!
April 2012
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I love all kinds of trashy magazines, from Love It! to Glamour, whether that's for the comedy value alone or interesting stories and discussion. However, a few weeks ago I noticed that Hello was on sale for just £1. I never normally buy it as I think it's too expensive, so I picked it up thinking it would make a nice change.
A couple of pages in, I remembered why I never buy it. Even if they were handing it out free, I probably wouldn't pick up a copy. I love words (though I appreciate visuals) and this magazine is mainly big pictures with captions. The first few pages were photos of some clothes designer's home in Italy, and despite being a large, glossy paged magazine, the quality of some of the images was exceptionally poor and grainy. This is something I complain about in gossip magazines that sometimes have no other picture resources, not a supposedly high-brow image-focused magazine where the full page pictures are taken especially for them. I think they have some resolution and printing issues to sort out, or maybe some sacking of lazy or incompetent staff.
Secondly, there was a distinct lack of information. It was all 'This bed is from x century, this carpet was designed by y' etc. I didn't even recognise the designer, but if I had I would know barely more about him (except for the fact that his swimming pool is surprisingly small for such a large house). There was no story. There was no development, no detail, not even any tacky clichés to be found. It was kind of like if you switched on the news and the newsreader said 'This is a tree' with a picture of a tree in the background. Hello needs to be renamed 'So what?'. It completely failed to hold my interest at all.
Normally I greedily read my magazines, then instantly feel I should have made them last longer for the cost. It's been a good couple of weeks now and I'm not even halfway through this magazine because it's basically the world's most boring collection of pictures with tiny boring captions and short, pointless blocks of text, mostly about people I don't know and have no interest in. Maybe I'll get to the article about Victoria and Brooklyn Beckham soon, but I fully expect that to be more non-news, and pictures of them I've probably already seen on the Internet.
There are plenty of different magazine styles out there, from celebrity gossip to real life stories, to discussions and debates and statistics, helpful articles etc., but Hello has none of these things. It's too big to read comfortably, being a larger size than typical magazines, and if they made it smaller if would be easier to hold and turn the pages, and they'd have less of a problem with poor quality images. Not recommended.
One day I'll understand the appeal of Hello, its basically a magazine ofr people window shopping on the rich and famous' private lives and for me is totally pointless.
Hello has been around for about 10 years or so and is genuinely a market leader, indeed its more a market definer spawning a huge range of imitators like Ok and the glossy sunday newspaper mags. Hello features articles on the rich and famous at home, they are posed shots of the famous person supposedly in their home even though I know for a fact that some of the sets are in fact hired apartments. The magazine also buys the rights to famous weddings, christenings, and special events. There was for a while a belief in a curse of the Hello marriage, in which a set of marriages had broken up not long after featuring on Hello.
Hello!! (totally sarcastic) but if your selling your wedding pictures for huge amounts of money to a magazine then is it a suprise when the wedding fails?
Hello also features new babies and has a bizarre habit of describing a famous persons new baby as "introducing" and then moan a few months later about intrusion into their private lives and the endless presence of the paparazzi wherever they go. Hello! you've just sold your childs image rights for a few quid and had the baby spread all over a glossy magazine.
MY views on Hello! is two-fold firstly it spreads the desire to have what the celebrity has and therefore creates envy and envy is only a step away from hatred, my other is the creation of the shrine of celebrity and without Hello! I doubt we'd have half the TV shows currently cluttering up saturday night TV.
So its far to say I dislike the mag and have only ever bought it once when my wife was ill and wanted something to read, I bought her a book and Hello! to look at the pictures.
Why don't more people buy a book and let their imagination fill in the pictures rather than buy a glossy piece of rubbish.
If you are in a dentist surgery or waiting at the opticians or dentists, pick this up - it's a very light read, in fact there is,compared to most magazines, very little to read- it is mainly pictures- and I have to say top quality photography. Now to the confession, I am not into celebrity gossip and news. I love reading, but with all the books available I cannot understand why reading this magazine is how you want to spend your time. I know their readership must be huge as otherwise how could they afford the millions they pay for exclusives. I am honest enough to acknowledge that if celebrity is your interest you couldn't do better than Hello Magazine, as on the occasions I have read it- I noted that it was never in any way malicious and didn't revel in taking unflattering photos- in fact quite the opposite. The Magazine is full of celebrity, royal and high society news and features-it is very much a peek into the lives of the rich and famous. Almost every week there is an exclusive- a wedding or christening or similar together with interviews with the faces we see on our tv and movie screens. There is a page which keeps you informed of the week's celebrity news, together with puzzles, a tv guide and some tasty recipes.So from that perspective I couldn't fail to recommend it to it's target readership.
I can remember the first ever `Hello` magazine that I ever bought as if it were yesterday, my GP was getting remarried to an actress and they had sold their story and photographs to the glossy magazine. The local newsagents cant have known what had hit them that week. The GP was a well respected member of the community and everyone wanted to see the photographs.
The pictures didn't disappoint and the fairytale romance story of how they met and so much enjoyed each others company had all the females in town in raptures.
The `Hello` photographers always seem to capture the moment perfectly, the pictures are crystal clear and the photographs seem to bring out the best in everyone...mind you I'm sure some manic air-brushing must go on before we end up seeing it!
I suppose you could say the magazine was a picture book for adults, the story of the event is told by photograph and under each picture the stars or celebrities in question answer the interviewers questions...Was it love at first sight?...Where did you meet?...How did you propose?
I have to read it all in triplicate lol.
The magazine comprises largely of photographs of high profile people, celebrities and film or pop stars, where they eat, where they party, who they keep company with and most importantly what they wear. I'm no fashionista by any means but I do like to see what the designers have created for the Hollywood stars, the outfits worn to the Oscars and the Golden globes.
To see if Cate Blanchett looked better than Nicole Kidman lol.
At the moment they are running a `Most attractive Celebrity` competition, I'm plumping for Colin Firth, dark and smouldering. Mmmm..
Of course there's the usual sob stories which are in most mags these days, Alexandra Burke, winner of the 2008 X Factor only manages to pocket £250 a performance and Paul Gasgoine avoids bankruptcy, Ulrika Johnson wants to be the first to get voted off of `Big Brother` and Pete Doherty is moving to Paris.
The magazine makes a good job of telling you who is up for what award, I enjoy a goggle at the Awards ceremonies when they are televised, the fashions, the debates over whether they deserved the award or not. Who has been nominated for a Bafta or a Grammy.
A couple of pages are dedicated to the pop stars, Lily Allen has been on a diet, Britney is in `Mum` mode, Charlotte Church`s baby is a week overdue and Kylie Has a new man in her life.
There is a section dedicated to travel, a couple of pages of recipes ( I have to admit I have never tried any!) and the usual Beauty tips which usually include using the most expensive cosmetics on the market,so tey are way out of my reach.
Apart from all of the glossy photographs I have another favourite section, the back few pages.
These pages show the Royal family at different functions, charity balls and dinners and I just love to see what they wear and read any interesting snippets of gossip.
A lot of the photos are taken casually which makes them a whole lot more interesting.
All I seem to have talked about are the Stars, the glossy photos and the gossip, but that really is what `Hello` is all about.
I wouldn't ever describe it as a mans magazine, it is a woman's mag through and through.
The horoscopes? I only believe mine if its good!
At £2 a month it has to be a luxury but if I'm on track with my budget I am always sorely tempted to buy a copy.
As I have stated in my other reviews, I am a bit of a nosy parker and I love looking at what is going on in other peoples lives. Why? No other reason then because I love people watching. Looking at what others are doing, how others live their life. Everyone is different. This also includes celebrities. I am not a huge fan of the news, but, celebrity news... now that is what I am interested in. You can call me shallow, sad, whatever.... But I can not help it and I am not ashamed to say I actually reading about Victoria Beckham and her day out shopping for specially made blue metallic Bonsai trees (or something along those lines....!)
One way of me to get my weekly gossip is through the glossy HELLO! Magazine.
It is a weekly roundup of all things rich and famous. Now I will admit, I do not actually BUY the magazine. (Neither do I steal the magazine!) I work in a reception that gets it delivered every week. So before we put it out for the general public to destroy, we have a gander ourselves. Cheeky? Yes. Clever. Yes! It means we recycle at least!
HELLO! Started in 1988 and is one of the biggest selling women's magazines. 427,054 copies are circulated per week, which is an average of 19 million copies each month! That is a lot of gossip! Its photo journalism is what makes it famous and it as one of the few magazines to get access to the social elite and exclusive access to events and gatherings. The magazine itself contains everything from general celebrity news, to royal family interviews and worldwide political updates.
The magazine costs £2.00 per issue, some would say expensive, I say you get what you pay for... don't believe me? Well here is what you get......
Every weekly issue has certain regular features and a few extra things added in for spice. I will explain the main layout of the magazine and relate back to the issue I have at hand which is for the week 4th November 2008 (the issue that came out in the shops today)
Hello! Magazine prides itself on getting the most up to date interviews with the rich and famous. 'Exclusive' interviews mean that they are the ONLY magazine who have the rights to publish the pictures for this event or are the first company to grasp a juicy story. Every issue of Hello! Opens with an exclusive story. This one is about Nicky Byrne's 30th Birthday 9one of the guys from Westlife) It lasts over a couple of pages and has pictures of the famous people at his celebrations as well as an interview with the man himself. They also have an exclusive story about Princes William and Harry on their charity road trip across South Africa, Exclusive information about Madonna and guy Ritchie, Melinda Messenger talks about her marriage,
Topical photo-coverage of high society events: cocktail parties, receptions, gallery openings, charity dinners. The place to be and be seen in the social calendar
Here HELLO! Delve into the lives of the rich and famous and give a glimpse of what some famous people are up to. They are half page articles and are small glimpses of gossip. This week for example there is Elizabeth Hurley and a small article about her trip to Mumbai, why she was there, what she was wearing etc.
This is a roundup of celebrity news from the entertainment industry. In other words nothing really serious, no politics, sad stories or royal families. Just plain juicy gossip from the people that are usually on our TV screens.
This is a weekly roundup of interesting things from around the world. There is usually 4 or 5 interesting pictures with a light hearted article explaining what's happened, in this weeks edition to give you an example there is a half page picture of hundreds of clowns (yes clowns!) who have celebrated their 13th international convention in Mexico city. I always find these pictures interesting and different. Something out of the ordinary. At times it can be nice to compare what others are doing while you sitting at a desk at work! (In my case)
In HELLO! They usually give a 6 or 7 page spread on a certain look or designer. It is what they call 'beautiful people, beautiful clothes'. These articles highlight what the trends are at the moment and where to get them from. Usually they talk about the high end market which is unrealism to people like me. £5000 on a jacket. Yes of course, I shall buy that tomorrow, in fact, I will buy one in every colour.... Oh sorry, i have woken up now! However from time to time they do throw in the 'normal' high street name which makes it more accessible to the non-celebrities of the world.
HELLO! Have their own award-winning beauty editor, Nadine Baggott who talks about the latest beauty products and best buys that have gone on sale. Once again these are usually high end products but it is interesting to see what it new on the shelves. They also have a weekly health article, this week they cover sleeplessness and how to combat it.
Something you might not expect from a gossip, celebrity magazine. There are usually 4 or 5 very nice recipes, as well as advice on nutrition, healthy eating and world cuisine.
Every week they have numerous celebrity interviews and celebrity pictures; in this issue they have Jason Donovan, Anastacia, Kennedy Jones, DJ Emma b, Nicole Kidman, Zoe Ball, Sir roger Moore and lots more.
They also have the week TV listings, puzzles and star signs.
Phew! You can breathe now! That is a lot of news! I do think HELLO! Is aimed at the female audience, due to the type of fashion it publishes and the advertisements such as perfume, jewellery etc. However it's still broad enough for men to have a browse through if they get bored.
I know HELLO! Is not too many peoples taste but it is a weekly edition to my life that gives me quick glimpse into high society life. It is never really too serious and nothing so important that it stays in your mind for the afternoon. But it is full of glossy pictures which pass a few minutes and if that isn't enough for you on the odd occasion they give away freebies, including chocolate... anyone would thing they are bribing us to buy their magazine!
Recommended as a light read, something to look at. Not as an in depth look in to the worlds news. Even better if you get to borrow someone elses!
Thankyou for Reading
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I've never bought a copy of HELLO! magazine before, merely flicked through it at the hospital but I was one of the suckers who wanted to see the pics of Bradgelinas new babies which HELLO! had spent millions of pounds to publish.
HELLO! amazingly has a readership of almost 400 000 copies per week of their glossy magazine which normally retails at £2 per copy. This week they will obviously sell a lot more and have pushed the price up to £2.50. I've no idea who the readership are since I dont know anyone who buys it.
The front cover of this weeks magazine has a lovely full sized picture of Brad, Angelina and the new babies. Inside we are treated to a 17 page spread starring the Jolie-Pitt clan. The pictures are gorgeous, the twins clearly inheriting their parents good looks and the whole family look happy. The accompanying text is a bit simpering describing Angelina as never looking so beautifull or content despite her obvious lack of sleep and describing the couples close relationship.
The rest of the magazine is full of stories about the royals and soap stars. There are two royal stories, one about the opeining of the Queens state banquet room to the public again with wonderful pictures and a second telling us how Wills and Harry will revolutionise the palace. I dont really think hiring a new PR team is revolutionary myself and Williams helicopter gaffe we are told is all the fault of his senior officers. They manage to get it an indirect dig about Camilla here cleverly telling us that the princes were helpless to act as the royal machinary set the wheels in motion for their step mum to become publicly acceptable.
Celebrity weddings and babies are a HELLO! favourite. We learn that Scot Maslen (Jack in Eastenders) is getting hitched to his jewel Estelle and there is loads of name dropping going on as we learn how many of his 200 close friends on the wedding guest list are famous too. We also get to see pictures of a pregnant Gillian Anderson and Charlotte Church.
We also get an inside glimpse of the Cartier Polo event. Obviously HELLO! doesnt care about the sport itself but there are loads of glossy pics of the royals including Prince Charles (without Camillia!) and celebs wearing nice frocks.
Theres also a limited fashion spread, a poor TV guide offering no regional variations and some recipes. The recipes dont escape the celebrity touch with Dr Christian Jessen and two minor celebrity chefs sharing their fish recipes.
HELLO! never criticises anybody within its pages. It's simpering and sucking up to the royals and minor celebs becomes extremely grating after a few pages. Everyone looks good, have wonderful relationships, wear lovely clothes and produce perfect children here. Even Paris Hilton, who we all love to laugh at, gets portrayed in a sympathetic light.
If you want to escape to a world where everyone is perfect then you might like HELLO! but I think I'll stick to reading old copies at the doctors from now on. I dont really want to hear how great the Royals are and I want to hear all the juicy celebrity gossip without all of the simpering and sucking up that goes on in this magazine.
There is one phenomenon which grew in enormous leaps in the 1990s. It is the cult of celebrity. We have, so we are led to believe, developed such an insatiable appetite for news of celebrity lifestyles and royal minutiae that an entire industry has been built.
Journalists, photographers and publishers compete to find stories about these wonderful people who live wonderful lives. Often an article can be created around little more than a snap of the celebrity walking down the street.
Hello! (to give it its full title including the obligatory exclamation mark) is the pre-eminent title amongst the magazines devoted to celebrity. It places itself a distinct level up market from OK! (to give it its full title including the obligatory exclamation mark) which has a Beckhams obsession.
I personally do not like these magazines at all. I am interested in news certainly and I have more than a passing interest in popular culture. However when I watch a television programme or a sports event or listen to a CD I do not have an instant desire to see the people involved draped around the various rooms of the houses wearing different outfits. Still less do I wish to see a parade of stars arriving for some self-serving event.
when younger HELLOused to glisten on the newsaagents shelf like baby oil on a chippendale. Withit's glossy thick paper it held so much appeal to ten year old me. I viewed it as a glamourous grown up magazine, i thought is bound to be amazing after seeing the champagne luch lifestyles eddie and pats dah-ling indulged in on a day to day basis as glossy mag editors in Absolutely Fabulous- i didn't want the drink i think i should add just in case the thought of a ten year old have champagne goggle eyes alarmingly sprang to mind. just the fun looking life.
in my young mind i concluded the mag must be full of wonderful things.
fast forward 14 years i finally got hold of a copy- the appeal of it faded as i got to my teens when the likes of just seventeen, now took precedence, hence forgeting about it till 'older'.
And my god it was..total tripe! at an extortionate £3.50 or something similar. all we are paying for it seems is the photographers salary because there is not one article of interest. Maybe it once was a bit more credible as a celebrity glossy featuring the creme de la creme of hollywood royalty as well as the real thing and eurotrash nouveau riche. but the cult of celebrity has somewhat changed since then and now its filled with footballers and their WAGs, and tacky beyond belief. if pics of z list celebritys' posing by a pool are your thing go for it. But if you prefer a magazine you can read. i suggest you look elsewhere.
Hello has long been an institution in publishing providing a ready source of money for celebrities wanting to cash on on their wedding / birthday/ birth of children/ barmithza (excuse spelling, divorces and probably funerals if the purse strings will stretch that far.
For me it is one of those magazines that you pick up in the doctors surgery while you inhale other peoples germs waiting for your turn to see a doctor.
Hello and it's rival OK can often be seen trying to out do each other with exclusive pictures of the celebrity event of the year and recently this spilled over into the courtroom.
Tha magazine itselffocuses on the rich and famous with large full colour pictures of either the celebs or royals lounging around in their homes or while on holiday in some exotic location. The editorial style is gushing to the point of being vomit inducing and those featured are always painted in the best possible light, both in words and pictures.
The Beckhams often warrant a few pages in every edition particularly Victoria often seen attending the latest fashion show.
The magazine costs £1.90 and is good value if you are brain dead. As you can guess I'm not a fan and would much rather give my hard earned pennies to the Bg Issue seller at least then I get a quality read and I'm helping someone who is in business for themselves.
Hello! Magazine - Who on earth buys this dross? "Leading sportsmen and women rubbed shoulders with a host of glamorous celebrities at this year's Laureus World Sports Awards in Monte Carlo, but it was Catherine Zeta Jones who undeniably stole the show. Looking every inch the Hollywood superstar, she set flashbulbs popping as she stepped out for the prestigious sporting ceremony in a dazzling low-cut black Versace gown." The smugly optimistic and naively fawning style of writing is happily pretty damn unique with its yearning desire to transport the reader back in time to when the only people we knew where sparkling stars of stage and screen who spoke with plums in their mouths, wouldn't have been seen dead in anything but DJ and/or evening gown and thought a four letter word indicated "Ma'am". Truly unmistakable and singularly reprehensible, stand up ladies and gentlemen who take the victors' laurels for putting together the one, the only, the totally despicable Hello! Magazine... (To furnish me with the hard facts and even harder stiff upper lip, I'm picking issue number 715, May 28 2002 of the so called 'International Magazine of the Year' - who says so exactly?) If you've never actually read this awful example of everything that's appalling about the British class system, then I envy you, but surely everyone will have just the slightest inkling of what Hello! is or, far more accurately, what it represents - a fawning, slobbering, mutual admiration society's glossy appreciation of everything with form but no substance, a big eyed, glib, chundering mass of froth and bunting for aspiring celebs everywhere. The simpering begins with the contents page, oddly positioned on page 49 which promises (threatens) "Subscribe to Hello! Give yourself a weekly treat or your family and friends a special present. For celebrity news updated daily plus profiles, games an
d lots more, or to subscribe to Hello! visit us at www.hellomagazine.com." Gawd, how could you resist an offer like that, treasures? Before the acid tongue grows too spiteful and vindictive, let's just give you some of the facts and credits which you've known to grow and love ... Hello! is a(n) (almost) full colour glossy tribute to the glitterati, their lives, loves and fascinations, trotting in each week at a bumper 140 or so pages, with around a quarter of them dedicated to high class adverts. Its cover price is £1.85 in the UK, but the advent of the Euro doesn't seem to have led to a standard price for our continental cousins, with Spain and the Canary Islands forking out 2.85, Portugal just 2.25, Italy 3.10, France 2.90, but the dear old Germans a whopping 4.90 - ah well, serves the rich buggers right, I say - while Australians need to spend $6.50, while in Canada and the US it's $4.95. Hello! is distributed by Associated Newspapers, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT, telephone 020-7938-6000. Overall, the lasting impression of Hello! is the glorious photo shots couple with the most fawning and sickly prose you have ever seen - examples are liberally sprinkled throughout this entire review, so hold tight. I'll give you a whistle stop tour of this latest issue, to give you the merest flavour of what to expect. Cover page feature - Old Man Michael Douglas proudly exhibits the subject of his cradle snatching, the very, very lovely but very, very shallow Catherine Zeta Jones - a slobbering 11 page spread explores the relationship and times of Methuselah and Baby Jane - now get this - "When Welsh superstar Catherine Zeta Jones jetted into the South of France last week to attend a string of glamorous events, she didn't just bring bodyguards, couture gowns and the latest beauty products with her. Packed inside her numerous designer suitcases were also vests, nappies and ba
by wipes, because this time baby Dylan was coming, too." (Does anyone really talk like this anymore. But if you thought that was bad, then just take a gander at the photo captions, you can taste the sugar.) "With devoted husband Michael Douglas in tow carrying toddler Dylan, Catherine leads the way onto the yacht the family had been lent (!) for their outing off the coast of Monte Carlo (!). Despite a string of glitzy commitments on the Riviera last week, the couple built in plenty of family time, mainly dressing down during the day and then getting glammed up for their evening appointments." (Yes, but it's so much easier to deal with the pooey nappies when you've got a full entourage in tow, ain't it Mikey?) Also here, pandering to the middle aged, middle class Little Englanders everywhere, we also get "Unique Jubilee pictures of the Queen and her family". Aah! But worry not, lager louts, you also get Vets In Practice star Trude Mosture putting the trauma of her stalker ordeal behind her on an exotic trip to Dubai as she looks forward to the birth of her bay daughter with the prospective child's father, a real thick necked thug, in tow, and Prince Harry going very red in the face when getting a peck on the cheek after a tiring game of polo. As well as these special features, you get the normal woman's magazine staple diet of TV, films, property, shopping, puzzles,recipes and soaps, ho hum... Ach! I canne go on, captain, this is more than flesh and blood can honestly endure, ye'd have to be a particularly thick skinned lover of the rich and famous to find all of this fawning garbage pleasant or even relevant, but plenty of empty headed women fall over themselves to snatch a glimpse of how the other side live and love, but it's SO very remote from the reality of everyday life. I suppose it's an antidote to the mundane and tedious happenings which confront us lesser mor
tals, but that ain't really much of an excuse for something so shallow and abysmal as this particular excuse for a magazine. But oh yes, sneaking in there, we find pix of Vinnie Jones, Sara Cox and Zoe Ball, even though they're suitably kitted out, and there's a film review which contains a slightly risqué word - "Thunderpants is a gas - methane to be exact. Peter Hewitt's family comedy is the story of a young boy Patrick Smash, who has the gift of high velocity flatulence. The film is - by its very design - one protracted FART gag, but there's a sweetness to many of the characters, and rising star Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley in Harry Potter) delivers another terrific performance as a child genius with no sense of smell who tries to harness the boy's power. When NASA learns of Patrick's gift, the film really blasts off." Be warned!!!! Hello! simply drips from pages to page with positive, upbeat words like excellent, terrific, fantastic... it's quite the most optimistic piece of garbage you're ever likely to read - sometimes such escapism can have its place, but not when it is quite as unremittingly nice as it is here. By the way, in case you were wondering, I don't have much time for Hello!
****Update at the bottom of this op!**** It's a rainy Saturday afternoon - the rugby has finished, the pub has quietened down and in my post alcoholic haze I bought a copy of Hello on the way home as it has vouchers for a free newspaper every day for the next week and two bars of chocolate stuck on the front. Baragain I thought!! One cup of tea and chocolate bar later the utter drivel inside this 'publication' has almost completely sobered me up. No longer do I find any of the men I was chatting to, drinking with, and cheering the lads on in Oz with, attractive. Hello magazine has achieved more in half an hour than several cups of strong black coffee have ever achieved. My £1.95 was not wasted, I got to gasp at what people were wearing to Boy Georges 40th birthday party, admire photo's of Gloria Hunniford at another opening of an envelope and weep with joy at the news that Samantha Janus is finally happy having had a baby with a man 12 years older than herself.....watch this space.... I'm not sure what I was expecting, having only briefly flicked through the pages (OK it was ten minutes) at the newsagents before. But the editorial content was conspicuous by it's absence. If you are in the market for a Dior dress then this is a nice little magazine to have a look at what everyone else is wearing, but if you actually wanted to learn more about the charity these celebrities are supporting then don't hold your breath. There is not one photo of a child without legs due to landmines, not one poverty stricken family have been invited to eat the sumptuous buffet laid out on tables groaning under the weight of the food and the candelabras. In fact you will not see any children unless they have double barrelled names, are wearing party dresses, have blonde hair and alice bands. There is always one soap actress getting married, although surely we must be running out of single soap a
ctresses by now, and at least one art exhibition by an artist we have never heard of where there are no celebrities but lots of 'old money'. Yes - it is nice to see how the other half lives, but I don't want to see just the superficial party scene, I want to know how difficult it is to look glamourous for so much of the time, or how they balance the books at the end of the month, or how they treat their staff... If nothing else this magazine confirms that I am happy to live in the real world, and although I must admit I would like the showbiz glamout occasionally, there is no way I would like to end up so shallow that I fret for hours over what hat to wear and change four times before finding the perfect outfit. OK OK - on a first date I admit that may happen but not when going for a quick shopping spree. All in all - a shallow magazine, for people who are unhappy with their lot and want to immerse themselves in someone elses life. My advice - eat the chocolate, get the free paper and read about real life. If you have to read this don't pay for it, go and sit in the doctors waiting room for half an hour! ********************************************* UPDATE - Just to check that I wasn't being unduly unfair and that I had been unfortunate to read a particularly bad copy of this I stood at the newsagents today and flicked through it for five minutes or so - this weeks copy is exactly the same as last weeks but without the free chocolate! There was nothing of any substance, the soap stars were in evidence as was Gloria Hunniford - does she have a contract with these people??? And why is she always with Cliff Richard??? Anyway - no change to my opinion I'm afraid -Awful still stands!! :-)
I'm against these new women's magazines. This is because of three reasons, the first being their pointless names. I think the people who came up the names for these magazines, didn't really come up with them at all. How I see it is they recorded or wrote down a conversation, randomly picked a word and BOOM! Now you've got the "Hello" magazine, the "OK" magazine, the "I", "You" and "She" magazine. These are a few of the pointless chosen names taken out of the hat with no meaning or reference to the magazine at all. In my opinion, they should really try to come up with a name like "Vogue". I'd be happy that way if they had names like "Phoenix" or "Mystic", not names like "Red" and "People" magazines. The second is the advertising of the magazines. Recently I was watching adverts on ITV and one these women's magazines came up. Basically this girl was walking around a room talking to her friend, describing this new magazine. Saying and I quote "I think of this magazine as a real person, who shares the same insight and interests as me. I know, I know, it's only a magazine but it seems so…" goggle-eye look means they're about to tell the name of it "…REAL!" Real. That's the best name today's enthusiasts can come up with? Pathetic and another spark in my mind reminded me that was meant to make me buy that as well! Good luck to them! The third is I found they all feed off of each other. Once when I went into the newsagent to do my paper round, I noticed the week's newest stories from these women's magazines. It was the week when on Eastenders Steve and Mel got married. What do I find 2, 5, 10, 15, 70 magazines of the couple on the front cover, some with even the same photo! Saying stuff like "Steve and Mel wed", "Steve and
Mel together at last" and one which I couldn't stop mocking at was one which had a photo of the couple in their wedding outfits, saying "Find out if Steve and Mel got married". Surprisingly, the program when this did happen was last Wednesday! It's really quite poor. I had a flick through 1 or 2 of them and they all seem to have the same thing inside them. Usually there's a letter from the Editor, a horoscope, the latest of Eastenders, and a fashion section. I mean don't get me wrong. I'm not against the actual idea of magazines for women; I just think that today they all offer the same thing as the next magazine and they should be improved. Because in my view, they look like the interesting bits from newspapers, transformed into a modern language and jazzed up to be copied by 13 others. I do find it hard to balance my opinion, because I really CANNOT see anything good in these magazines. But this is only my 3rd opinion so I'm a bit sketchy doing these opinions.
How do I describe Hello! magazine? It is a celebrity magazine, which gives us an insight into the lives, loves and homes and the rich, and famous, but what I have noticed is that it is more of the rich and less of the famous. The current issue has a picture of Michael Jackson at Uri Geller's wedding blessing on the front, and Mr Jackson looks very scary indeed. The contents include model turned designer Normandie Keith, talking about her fathers death and her own cancer fears. Very touching I am sure, but who is she?? There are normally fashion pages with over priced clothes modelled by overpaid wannabees, or the obligatory first publicity shot of a celebrity with their new baby. There is also a section at the back with photos of the latest social gatherings, and it just proves my point that the captions have to be placed under to pictures, just so we know their names, but are still none the wiser on their celebrity status. In fact they are not famous, just very very wealthy. Even less interesting I think! I think that priced at £1.20 for what is basically a lot of photos, it is the ultimate voyeurs magazine. I am 100% sure that the homes the celebrities are pictured in are not their own, and it just has a such an air of falseness around it. Yes I admit I am not a fan of this magazine, and due to the limited amount of reading I would not advocate anyone spending money on this unless you like looking at pictures, and if the truth be known you are very nosey!!
Are you one of those people who sit by their window twitching their curtains to see what your neighbours are doing? Do you love to gossip over the fence about other people's lives and spread malicious rumours? Do you really need to get a life? If the answer is yes to any or all of the above then you will love Hello magazine. Hello is a pathetic glossy magazine which features nothing but pictures of the rich and famous posing for the cameras in various situations. Gaze in admiration as one strikes a poze before entering a movie preview, gawp in amazement as another shows you around their home, coil back in horror as another is seen with a woman/man who is not their partner! It saddens me that there are people out there who find this sort of thing interesting, that people have so little going on in their own lives to actually be so interested in what other people are doing with theirs. There are so many people out there prying into other's lives (see the debate on traitor authors as well on Dooyoo) which would not be happening were people such as Hello readers paying them to do so. For God's sake grow up people! Go out and get a life rather than trying to be part of someone unobtainable's.


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Another round of sneaker waves are forecast for this morning and early afternoon on the Northern California coast, which means beachcombers are advised to use caution and not be fooled by an ocean that appears calm.
"We think there will be some sneaker wave behavior, meaning that a person could be fooled by the ocean on Saturday," National Weather Service spokesman Troy Nicolini said. "We think it's kind of a moderate case, but it's not a well-known science. We're the first office in the nation trying to forecast them."
Sneaker waves are large waves that seem to come out of nowhere during calm conditions. They can catch people off-guard and quickly pull them into the ocean. Survival is unlikely because of strong currents, turbulent surf and very cold water, according to a National Weather Service press release.
In the past few months, a Shelter Cove woman, a Freshwater family and a man walking on the beach near Point Reyes all lost their lives after being swept out to sea by sneaker waves.
Today's waves are forecast to be about 12 feet high.
People are encouraged to stay away from steep beaches including Big Lagoon, Fresh Water Lagoon and Agate Beach among others, said Kevin Harder, a ranger at Patrick's Point State Park and Water Safety Coalition member.
"Those are just unique beaches and really have no place whatsoever for recreation," Harder said. "Things can go wrong so quick."
Beaches such as Clam and Moonstone are a safer bet, Harder added.
Humboldt County is prone to sneaker waves because of the steep coastline and unpreparedness. He said when many people visit local beaches, they are wearing boots and parkas, and aren't ready to swim in the cold water.
"It's not that we get a lot of waves, it's just the sneaker waves mixed with the deep slope and how people's behavior on the coast is," Nicolini said.
He said that while sneaker waves are common in Humboldt County, they impact the coast from San Francisco into Canada.
The waves are caused by offshore storms that generate big waves. When the waves travel 3,000 miles to the Northern California coast, they bunch up into little groups. The bunching then leads to the behavior that creates the waves.
The National Weather Service encourages beachcombers to take the following safety tips: choose your beach well, avoid rocks and jetties, stay back, never turn your back on the ocean and don't go in after dogs.
At a glance: Beach safety tips
* Choose your beach well
* Avoid rocks and jetties
* Stay back from the water
* Never turn your back on the ocean
* Don't go into the water after dogs
Source: The National Weather Service
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Only 360+ days until the draft the process starts all over again!!!
I have watched a ton of guys on tape mostly scouting last year. A lot of really good players returning to school. Elfrid Payton is probably my favorite returning player that no one knows(first saw him vs Tony Mitchell last year). He reminds me so much of Rondo at Kentucky. If he adds strength and can improve his shooting he may play himself out of our range. He is my type of pg finishes with both hands and simply defends his tail off.
T.J. Warren is another guy I loved this season, he really does a lot as a wing. He passed my eye test all year last year as a freshmen I expect a huge breakout year.
Semaj Christon is another guy at the pg spot I like a bit, his handle is really suspect right now. I want to see him in another year he has all the physical tools, but his decision making needs help.
I think Ohio States wings will be a duo to follow next year. I like McGary, Sam Thompson and Gary Harris out of the Big 10 in terms of returning guys.
Rasheed Sulaimon is a guy who could break out at Duke this year with Curry gone. He should be the ball handler along with Parker.
I like a ton of others, but just a few to get started. Payton and Sulaimon are playing in the U19s right now.
I can't wait for the season to start evaluating the incoming freshmen and how returning guys have improved!!


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text: In Short: Nov. 8-14, 2012 By Staff reports November 7, 2012 Story Share Here comes Santa ClausSanta arrives at the Charleston Town Center at 5:45 p.m. Thursday. The celebration, which begins in Center Court, includes an appearance by Bob the Builder and a sing-along. Call 304-345-9525 or visit www.charlestontowncenter.com.Fest of AleThe Comedy Zone's "Fest of Ale" returns from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday. For $35, sample 10-12 seasonal craft beers and take in a comedy show with CeeJay and Roger Keiss. The club is located in the Holiday Inn, 400 Second Ave., South Charleston. Call 304-414-2386 or visit www.comedyzonecharleston.com.Opera at the moviesThe Metropolitan Opera's performance of Thomas Ades' "The Tempest" will screen live at 12:55 p.m. Saturday at Great Escape Nitro and Cinemark Huntington Mall. The production is three hours and 50 minutes long.Tickets at Nitro are $20 for adults and $16 for seniors and children. At Huntington, they are $22 for adults, $20 for seniors and $15 for children. Call 304-769-0405 (Nitro) or 304-733-3984 (Huntington).'Richard III' auditionsThe Alban Arts Center will hold auditions for Shakespeare's "Richard III" from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the center, 65 Olde Main St., St. Albans. Production dates are Feb. 22-24 and March 1-3, 2013.Marlette Carter will direct the show. Parts are available for nine men, five women and two children, ages 8-12. Auditioners may bring a prepared classical monologue, but selected readings also will be provided. Call 304-721-8896 or visit www.albanartscenter.com.WVU-MU Clay Center exhibit closingThe art exhibit "Gallery Divided: A Head-to-Head Matchup Between Marshall & WVU Art Faculty" closes Sunday at the Clay Center. It features works by five artists from each school. Call 304-561-3570 or visit www.theclaycenter.org.Clay Center Veterans Day specialOn Sunday, the Clay Center will offer free museum, film and planetarium show admission to all active, Reserve and retired military personnel. Visitors must present military ID or proof of service to redeem. Call 304-561-3570 or visit www.theclaycenter.org. Choir festivalThe sixth annual Charleston Choir Festival begins at 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Mark's United Methodist Church, 900 Washington St. E. Participating choirs sing two selections representing their church's denomination.Participants are Canaan United Methodist Church, Charleston Baptist Temple, Emmanuel Baptist Church, First Presbyterian Church, St. George Greek Orthodox Church, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, St. Timothy Lutheran Church and St. Mark's United Methodist Church. Admission is free, but a collection will be taken to benefit the Davis Child Shelter. A reception follows. Contact Larry Stickler at firstname.lastname@example.com 'Mountain Stage'"Mountain Stage" is at the WVU Creative Arts Center in Morgantown this Sunday. The 7 p.m. show features Mike Doughty, Charlie Mars, The Iguanas, Jeffrey Foucault and A City On A Lake. Tickets are $18 in advance or $23 the day of the show. Call 800-745-3000 or visit www.ticketmaster.com. Ron White tickets"Blue Collar Comedy" co-star Ron "Tater Salad" White will perform at WVU's Creative Arts Center in Morgantown at 7 and 10 p.m. April 19. (Mature audiences only.) Tickets for the show, $39.75, go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday. Call 800-745-3000 or visit www.ticketmaster.com.Parkersburg choral concertThe Parkersburg Choral Society presents its free fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church, 1001 Juliana St. The program includes Bach's "Jesu, meine Freude" and Ola Gjeilo's "Sunrise Mass" with string and organ accompaniment. A reception follows. Call 740-373-8504 or www.parkersburgchoralsociety.com.'To Kill a Mockingbird'In celebration of the film's 50th anniversary, special screenings of "To Kill a Mockingbird" will be held at 2 and 7 p.m. Nov. 15 at Great Escape Nitro and Cinemark Huntington Mall. The event includes behind-the-scenes stories about filming and archival interview with key people from the production.Tickets at Nitro are $12.50 for adults and $9.50 for seniors and children. At Huntington, they are $11.50 for adults, $10.50 for seniors and $9.50 for children. Call 304-769-0405 (Nitro) or 304-733-3984 (Huntington).'Twilight' marathons"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2" opens at 10 p.m. Nov. 15. Prior to the movie, which is the final in the franchise, all area theaters are holding marathons of the entire series starting at 12:30 p.m. (noon at Park Place Cinemas). Tickets also are available to see just "Breaking Dawn -- Part 1" before "Part 2." All theaters have different prices and purchase requirements. Call or visit their websites. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 2 WVU hopes to get injured defenders back for TCU 3 Teen pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting 4 Huggins, WVU tap South Florida hoops talent 5 Safety shutoff disabled prior to June coal-mining death, report says Kayton Roberts cooks on 'Valley of the Roses' Previous Story In Short: Nov. 15-21, 2012 Next Story


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Topic: Painful Port
Five weeks ago when the nurse accessed my port I felt instant pain which I have never felt before. I called my doctors office a couple of weeks ago because the pain has continued. The doctor said they could have hit a muscle or nerve and to take Advil. The pain is still there and it does feel muscular in that it hurts when I stretch or reach, the pain goes out from the port to the left and right. I have an ultrasound tomorrow to rule out a blood clot. Has anyone else had port pain ? Mine was put in about two years ago.
Thanks, Lisa


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|This is the article on chapter 367 of the manga. For chapter 220, head to Itachi and Sasuke, Brothers. For other uses, see Itachi and Sasuke.
|"Itachi and Sasuke"
|(イタチとサスケ, Itachi to Sasuke)
|Chapter Info
|The Ultimate Art!! (#40)
|Naruto #367
|"Intelligence Gathering"
|Itachi Pursuit Mission
|Naruto Shippūden #126Naruto Shippūden #129Naruto Shippūden #134
Itachi tries to make casual conversation with Sasuke, who instead attacks him. Impressed by how much stronger he has become, Itachi makes arrangements for them to meet in person before his clone disperses. In Konoha, Jiraiya sets out for Amegakure to investigate Akatsuki. Tsunade warns him to be careful and asks to request her help if things get difficult. Jiraiya points out that, as Hokage, Konoha needs her, but she responds that Naruto will inevitably replace her in the position. They discuss Naruto's similarities to his parents, Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze. Having taught Minato, Jiraiya says that he feels like Naruto is his grandson. He warns Tsunade about Danzō before leaving. He arrives in Amegakure but is immediately detected by Pain.