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Fan Oven Heating Element - 2000W Stock Number: ES546769
Genuine spare part suitable for select models of Hotpoint, Indesit and Ariston cookers
Will this part fit my Appliance?
Fan Oven Heating Element - 2000W
The function of the fan oven element is to heat the oven cavity. When the cooker knob is turned on for your electric cooker, electricity will flow to the element which then proceeds to heat up. Once the element reaches the desired temperature, the electricity flow switches on and off to maintain the temperature.
If the internal element filament burns out, this can cause the element to short circuit - and will lead it to fail. Potential signs that the element has blown can be visual things, such as a split, bulge, or blow hole on the element.
eSpares has the replacement fan oven element, that could soon be yours, to help get your fan oven back to the required temperature - so you can continue to make your delicious meals!
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- Wattage: 2000W
- Voltage: 240V
- Length: 210mm
- Width: 180mm
- Bracket: 70mm
- Tags: 25mm
Genuine spare part suitable for select models of Hotpoint, Indesit and Ariston cookers.
Please check the suitable model fit list to ensure that this is the correct part for your appliance.
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replaced element but still nothing
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For information on your repair see our video: How to diagnose problems with your oven http://www.espares.co.uk/advice/1/2145
When l switch my oven on l have to give the fan a tap in order to start working, then after an hour or so the oven cuts out and l have to wait about 10 mins for it to start working again. Any ideas??? 1 Answer
Chris at eSpares says...
The fan motor is likely to be binding and not circulating the air correctly. Replacing it will improve if not eliminate the second problem completely.
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The element and fan have started working intermittently, If I leave it turned on after a while they will start to work then they stop again. DO you think a new element will sort it or will I need a fan as well or is it something different.
Chris at eSpares says...
If on switch on the element starts heating and the fan struggles to turn the problem is likely to be the fan motor and this can cause the element to overheat and fail. Replace the fan motor as soon as possible if this is the case.
Joshua at eSpares says...
If the indicator light comes on when turning the thermostat up then the element is likely to be at fault, but if the light fails to come on then it could be a fault with a cut-out, wiring or the thermostat.
when i switch my ovan on the fan does not go round so ive ordered a new one. how do i know if it is just the fan that is broken or the element as well hope somebody can help .thanks w 1 Answer
- Hi, not that I'd call myself an expert, but I've just replaced the element on my oven. For us, the fan came on ok, but, as the element had gone...no heat. If your oven is getting hot,then my educated guess is the element is ok, just the fan has gone .On my cooker the fan sits inside the element and there is no connection between the two (element you can replace from within the oven, the fan , looks like you need to take the back off the cooker).


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A dog's efforts to revive a pair of fish as they lay motionless on concrete has gone viral online.
The compassionate pet can be seen trying to splash water onto a fish with its tongue, perhaps in the hope of reviving the creature.
Seeing his efforts fail to have the desired effect, the dog then transfers his resucitation attempt to a second fish lying nearby.
Reportedly filmed in Taiwan, the video has gone viral online, with over 150,000 views on Liveleak.


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A follow up from the previous post, I collaborated on a 5 string fretless bass with Abraham, the goal — to build a chambered bass with great acoustic bass properties and capable of sounding like an upright bass. Here is Abraham's first test drive of this bass.]]>
Abraham discusses the process that he and Randy went through to figure out and design his first Wyn bass.
The topic of this video was what advice does Abraham have to offer on how to become a great musician. But by the end of this heartfelt interview, you realize everything Abraham has to say can apply to any and everything in life. Gems of wisdom from on Old Soul.]]>
I've been thinking for quite some time that a "tone demonstration video" for the web site was long overdue. So, I recently gathered some friends in my shop to collaborate on this video. It's purpose was to answer using audio and video rather than words, many of the questions that potential customers almost always seem to ask. How many tones can I get out of a Wyn bass? If it plays great slap and pop, will it also produce mellow R&B tones? Describe the difference in tone you get from one of your fretless basses. Talk about a fool's errand to put all of that into words!! I was writing way too many emails that weren't really doing the job.
Fortunately I'm smart enough not to attempt the demonstration myself. I talked my talented Brazilian friend Isaias Elpes (who recently finished two years of study with the master Abraham Laboriel) to do the demos. Two Wyn guitars are going direct into the mixing board, that's it. No compression, effects or processing. Enjoy!!]]>
This update is intended to give the flavor of the variety of things I'm doing as I attempt to finalize the first six basses before jumping onto the next six. (or seven or eight. Every time I seem to make a rule, I break it) Last year I pretty much built 27 basses all at the same time. Madness I tell you!! They all got done, but it felt like everything was going way too slow. This time, I will concentrate on smaller groups, finish, ship, and go to the next group. It already feels better to me in that I have more of a variety and more of a feeling of progress and completion.
This first photo looks like it's far along, but other than the top Koa bass, all the others have bodies of unglued sandwiches. I have just cut out the layers and set them with the floor with the necks, and fret board and headstock blocks to start to give the eventual feeling of each bass.
This first photo shows how the bass components have taken over my work bench. Seriously, I'm working on a couple of sawhorses wondering how my work bench turned into a giant storage unit!!
Below there are twenty seven "mug shots". At this point the necks are put together as a laminated block. The body wings the same. It's the first time I can set the major component pieces together and we can all see it's going to be a bass guitar one day!! (the tops haven't been sanded and there's no finish on them. Just dry wood but you can already see how incredible the grain will be once they have a final finish.) I have listed the guitar top wood with each photo.]]>
I will miss the conversations and the fun and listening to the best bass players on the planet, but I promise I'll return next year and we can just pick up where we all left off last year!!!
Happy Holidays and a Great 2013 to Everyone!!
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What are the rewards and what is the price to leave your established career and start again at the bottom? How many nine-to-fivers contemplate the same "great escape"? How many times a day while sanding guitar bodies can I ask myself what in the heck was I thinking?
The film makers are two Canadian cinematographers named Mike Enns and Ralph De Groot. They are a couple of great and super creative guys and the principals at their company – Enns Visuals. Somehow they find my story compelling. There is no explaining Canadians!! But it's an adventure and I completely trust these guys to make me appear more interesting than I am!!]]>
I have worked with Jermaine off and on over the course of more than a year to brainstorm, make crude drawings, cut out cardboard mock-ups, make the basic guitar block and hang a strap on it to see if the ergonomics were right, and of course, (of course) went shopping for the exact right Swarovski Crystals. Yes………….
Through this entire process, Jermaine has been like a little kid. So in awe of the concept that his idea could actually become a tangible playable bass. Okay, I'm a bit in awe of that myself!! I spent a lot of time explaining the "prototype" thing to Jermaine. There were just a lot of things that I did on this bass that I haven't really done before, it's a work in progress, there are no guarantees this will be anything you'll want to play, etc………. handle in the middle of the top, working with Jermaine's logo "J" as the basic body shape and coming out with something you could put on your knee and actually play, inlaying the entire fretboard with pearl, and the Crystals………
Did I have my moments?? You bet I did!! But some how (as usual, luck played a role) the "prototype" turned into a very playable, very funky sounding growly bass! Our wild and crazy scheme actually came together as a real bass!! I now know how Geppetto felt when all of a sudden Pinocchio started talking!!
The magic day arrived when Jermaine was ready to drop by the shop and I had the guitar tuned up and ready to go. Glee I tell you, one of those super fun days you do not forget!! Here, Jermaine poses in my crowded little lunch room/ guitar storage area/ office space, surrounded by my other in progress basses. Obviously the other basses are a bit miffed that they didn't get the jewel treatment. I tell ya, they won't shut up about it!!
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We had to pose in my shop space/ space port wood shop! All of the dust tubes make you question whether this really could be ready for outer space travel. (The truth of the matter is that when I put on my special helmet, it is ready!!)
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Here Jermaine in front of a giant Waterfall Heart and Sap Bubinga board. I look at this board every day and wonder if I'll ever have the guts to cut into it, it's so beautiful just like it is. Well, it's not only the guts, it's kinda heavy too!! Like 280 pounds heavy!!! It will crush my saw horses I fear!! Speaking of dangerous things, at this point we discussed the need under stage lighting for the entire audience to be fitted with very dense sun glasses!!
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Outside to check out how the guitar worked in sunlight. It worked!!! Jermaine stood in the middle of the parking lot and I moved the guitar from side to side. Shards of wild colorful light emerged. In the mid day sun, you could actually see the colored light across the cars. This is more than a guitar. On the right sunny day, it could rob a 7-11!!!
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And finally, the "walk on stage carrying the guitar by the handle moment!!" Life doesn't get any funner than this!! We discussed the stunning fact that someone (some guy named Leo Fender?) seems to have already invented the "J" bass. What!!!!!????? We were only 50 years late with ours!!!?? I think Jermaine will come up with another name and who knows where this will all lead!! a
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Dustin Pedroia surging since wrist scare; Grady Sizemore struggling at the plate
Credit: Stuart Cahill
A few nuggets from frigid Fenway, where the Red Sox will open a three-game series tonight against the rival Rays:
--Was it really only two weeks ago that the Sox were holding their breath that Dustin Pedroia hadn't severely injured his left wrist? Since the MRI exam didn't reveal any structural damage and Pedroia received a cortisone injection to reduce the inflammation, Pedroia is 16-for-51 (.314) with six doubles, five RBI, 10 runs scored, a .417 on-base percentage and a .970 OPS. "What that tells us is, not only is the aggressiveness there, he's feeling pretty much freed up mentally," manager John Farrell said. "So much was made last year when he had the thumb issue that base hits or extra-base hits to the pull (left field) side were less than. That's come back into play. He doesn't complain of anything with the wrist. He's 100 percent full to go."
-- With a lefty (old friend Erik Bedard) on the mound tonight for Tampa Bay, Grady Sizemore is taking a seat on the bench in favor of righty-hitting Jonny Gomes. For now, at least, think of the Sizemore-Gomes arrangement like the Daniel Nava-Gomes platoon from last season. Sizemore will start against most right-handers, while Gomes plays against lefties. And considering Sizemore is in a 3-for-37 dry spell that has lowered his overall average to .208 (with a .275 OBP), that's not necessarily a bad thing. "There's been a willingness by the opposition to throw a little bit more offspeed at him," Farrell said. "We've got a chance to rotate him in a little bit more now, with (Shane Victorino) being back, but I think it's just been more offspeed and some elevation of some fastballs where he's chasing at times."
--The full lineup tonight against Bedard:
2B Pedroia
RF Victorino
DH Ortiz
1B Napoli
LF Gomes
SS Bogaerts
C Pierzynski
3B Middlebrooks
CF Bradley
Lackey starting
--Farrell allowed that the Red Sox still are trying to achieve continuity, something that has been difficult when they have made personnel changes at positions as critical as catcher, shortstop and center field but might be more easily accessible now that Victorino and third baseman Will Middlebrooks have returned from the disabled list. Regardless, the best way the Red Sox can improve on their 12-14 start: Play better at home and get more consistent starting pitching. "Every year is going to take on a different set of circumstances," Farrell said. "You've got three young players that we didn't have a year ago. I put Will in that category maybe to a lesser extent. But we've changed out three out of four guys on the backbone of our team between behind the plate, shortstop and center field, so there's going to get familiarity and continuity from the defensive side. That's why, the change in defensive side of it, it still comes down to consitency on the mound. That's the one thing that we'd like to even out a little more."
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You won't run into a single individual who doesn't want the classic "six pack" abs. Ripped, muscular, lean abs are right up there, if not higher on the list than huge, peaked biceps. A well-defined midsection is the hallmark of fitness; it is the benchmark of your level of leanness.
But what to do if those always sought after ripples of muscle are not yet visible? What principles can you apply to your training to finally help you down the path to your very own six pack? Although it is well known that diet has a paramount role in the outcome, there are certain training principles you can put into action to ensure success. Below are 20 key points to help you reach that goal.
The Abs
1. Rectus abdominis: This is the coveted six pack. It is actually a single muscle separated by connective tissue that works to stretch and flex the rib cage and pelvis. Although it is a single muscle, most trainees like to split the area into upper and lower. The entire area is contracted during any exercise; however, you are able to stress the upper or lower abs with specialized training focusing on those specific areas.
2. Obliques: The internal and external obliques aid in the rotation of the torso – think twisting and crunching down. They are located on each side of the abdominal wall and give the tight appearance of the abs. Moves to target this area include twisted crunches, leg lifts and sit-ups, Russian twists and seated twists.
3. Upper abs: As noted earlier, although the entire abdominal wall is contracted for a given movement, it is possible to focus most of the stress on the upper region when warranted. For example, some upper ab moves that mainly flex down the rib cage include floor crunches and sit-ups, incline crunches, sit-ups, and ball crunches.
4. Lower abs: As with the upper region of the rectus abdominis, focused contraction of the lower region by pulling in the pelvis will help stress this area. Some examples of lower ab moves include straight leg and bent leg lifts, Roman chair raises, hanging leg raises, and bicycle crunches.
5. Transverse abdominis: This area has had a lot of press lately regarding training the core sufficiently. The transverse abdominis lies underneath the abdominal wall and wraps around either side of the torso. Its function includes providing thoracic and pelvic stability. Although it is stressed in almost all abdominal moves, it is especially important during static exercises such as planks, side planks and any other static hold exercise. It is also vitally important during many weight training moves.
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Training The Abs
1. When to work them: It has been thoroughly researched that abdominal training is best performed after weight training. Reason being, since your core plays a significant role in overall strength, power, and stability; weakening the region prior to the big lifts isn't advisable. However, there is nothing wrong with performing a few low intensity abdominal movements at the beginning of your workout to help warm-up the core and assist in blood flow.
2. Frequency: Midsection muscle is best worked with a relatively high frequency. Having a propensity for quick recovery, the abs are considered an endurance muscle. In other words, they can take a hit and be worked over and over again. Now, this isn't to say you NEED to train them every single day. Three days per week is a good plan for enough frequency to significantly impact their development.
3. Intensity: Much like frequency, intensity is another key ingredient for better results. Abs are like everything else, you have to apply focused and deliberate intensity. Without it you will find yourself spinning your wheels and with nothing left to show for your pitiful efforts at the end of the day. Whatever your program calls for, be sure to apply intensity to every square inch of the movement; stretch, contract, hold, flex. If you are going to spend the time, spend wisely and make it worth it.
4. Volume: Working abs doesn't constitute a couple of sets of crunches thrown in at the end of a workout – the area of interest deserves more attention and volume. The good thing is that abs are a great candidate for such training techniques as supersets, giant sets and staggered sets. You can superset upper and lower moves, do a series of four of five moves as a circuit or even do a set while you are resting during a chest or arm workout. There is no excuse to skimp.
5. Work all areas: Be sure to cover all bases; rectus abdominis, internal and external obliques, transverse abdominis, serratus anterior. Train all areas of the midsection or "core" as many call it now. Leave no area untouched. Many moves will cover several sections if done properly and with the right volume, intensity and frequency. You don't need an exhaustive list, just a few moves to annihilate your abs such as leg lifts, floor crunches and three-point planks, for example.
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Keep Your Abs Guessing
1. High reps: High reps and ab training have gone hand-in-hand since the days of Jack Lalane, but there still is some merit to this old-fashioned technique. High rep training has some performance benefits to help you with other lifts. Increasing your endurance capacity can help with endurance issues on moves like squats and deadlifts by helping to maintain power in the abdominal area over a period of time. As you continue your sets over an entire workout, your abs will be less fatigued over the duration.
2. Low reps: Just as high reps have their benefit, so do low reps – utilizing a lower rep range will normally call for adding weight and/or slowing down the rep cadence, but this technique will call on more of the strength side of the midsection. This, in turn, will help provide a strong core for big lifts like squats and deadlifts. Lower reps will also force you to slow down and focus on form, range of motion and the stretch and contraction of each rep.
3. Fast reps: We've all seen those in the gym flying through short, fast, choppy sets of crunches and sit-ups and we've all read about how we need to slow down and feel every inch of the move, but do faster reps really have any benefit? Recent research has shown as you increase the speed of your reps, the more number of muscles get involved in the move. For example, as you increase the pace of crunches, oblique activity increases as well. So, for variety, increase rep speed at times.
4. Slow reps: Just as fast reps have benefit, so do slow reps; whether it involves a low rep range or adding weight to certain moves, slowed reps ensure a complete development over the entire range of motion. This will also help strengthen the core at all points of flexion such as for squats, overhead triceps moves, biceps curls and overhead presses.
5. Use weight: This goes right along with lower reps and slower reps – adding weight strengthens the midsection which helps stabilize the core during the big, multi-joint lifts. Stabilizing the abdominal wall centralizes power and helps control strength distribution focusing on the lift and improves form. Avoid an exorbitant amount of weight – a little goes a long way. Weighted leg lifts, crunches and planks are good choices.
6. Static moves: As mentioned above, static moves are those that do not require any dynamic effort or movement. In addition to planks, other modes of exercise that specialize in holding and strengthening static positions include yoga and pilates which call upon all areas of the midsection.
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The Diet Disclaimer
One of the most overlooked factors in building and shredding an award-winning midsection is diet. This is not to say you must enter into starvation mode and sacrifice your hard-earned muscle and strength; it is just a little advice that you can do 1000 reps for your abs every day and still not see a single line or cut. Following a sound eating plan is paramount on the road to your goals. Bottom line, you will not have visible abdominal muscles until you get your body fat percentage down. We recommend checking how How To Get Shredded
Benefits Of Getting A Six Pack
Assistance on all moves: The importance of midsection strength cannot be stressed enough regarding the application it has toward assisting other major resistance training lifts. Increased ab strength and stability play a major role in holding in and centralizing total body power so that power can be transferred to the leveraged limbs and joints involved in the specific lift. For example: Abdominal pressure is increased dramatically during the decent and initial accent of the barbell squat. By "holding in" the abs during this critical times of the lift will ensure not only the ability to power through the bottom of the lift, it will also help with spinal stability.
Lower back first aid: Many trainees with hurt lower backs and/or with chronic pain in that area often (not always) suffer from a weak abdominal wall. One can possess a strong lumbar region, but without a strong abdominal area to balance out strength and stability, they will not be able to tap into the full potential of strength and, subsequently, more muscle. The trigger of the lower back episode may have been caused by an acute action, but more than likely, the underlying problem may stem form a weak midsection.
The sought after six pack: Everyone wants a ripped midsection, but you have to stop for a moment and seriously think about your priorities and habits as they apply to your goals. Are you taking the correct steps toward those goals? Are your training, diet and recovery habits in line with those goals? Are you setting a realistic timeline? Only you can answer these questions honestly. Don't sell yourself short and make the best of your time and efforts.


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Final goodbye: As the escrow is about to close on The Gathering restaurant in Mission Hills, owner Dan Thomas is also bidding goodbye to his long restaurateur career.
He started as a busboy at Oscars drive-in in 1965, then moved on up the ladder to the Family Tree on Shelter Island, the Boathouse, Hamburger House, Ivy Barn, The Spice Rack, Café in the Valley, Willie's American Bistro and finally he became an owner when he opened The Gathering in 1986.
He gave his employees two-months' notice and long termers received engraved iPads. The Jan. 5 closing party was so well attended, his bartender made $1,100 in tips and money was raised for Parkinson's services.
Buyers John and Jill Ealy, who own Zelda's in Santa Cruz and a restaurant in Hawaii, plan to remodel and open their third eatery.
Thomas, whose battle with Parkinson's disease prompted his early retirement, will pop in occasionally. He still owns the building.


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Johann Gottfried Müthel
BiographyJohann Gottfried Müthel (January 17, 1728 – July 14, 1788) was a German composer and noted keyboard virtuoso. Along with C.P.E. Bach, he represented the Sturm und Drang style of composition.
As far as is known, he was the first to use the term fortepiano in a published work, in the title of his Duetto für 2 Clavier, 2 Flügel, oder 2 Fortepiano (1771), which reflects the rising popularity of the fortepiano at that time.
He was born in Mölln in the Duchy of Lauenburg, the fifth of nine children. His father was Christian Caspar, an organist and friend of Georg Philipp Telemann. He studied music with his father, and later Johann Paul Kunzen in Lübeck. In 1747, at age 19, he became a court organist and cembalist for Duke Christian Ludwig II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, in Schwerin.
In 1750 he was given leave to study with Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig. He became Bach's last pupil, beginning study only three months before the master's death. In that time, he notated a number of the blind composer's final works, including the Chromatic Fantasia and parts of the Orgelbuchlein. According to Bach's biographer Philipp Spitta, he was present at Bach's deathbed, and took over his duties for nine weeks. Afterwards, he continued study with Johann Christoph Altnickol, who had also been living and studying with Bach. Afterwards he took the opportunity to travel and meet other composers, the most notable of whom was C.P.E. Bach (then residing at the court of Frederick II of Prussia at Potsdam), with whom he maintained a lifelong friendship and correspondence. In 1751 he returned to the ducal court, where he remained for two more years, eventually being replaced by his younger brother.
In 1753 he moved to Riga (now in Latvia, then part of the Russian Empire), where one of his brothers had moved. It was here that he published his first works, in 1756; he only published a few works in his lifetime. At first he worked as a conductor for a private orchestra; later, he was appointed organist at St. Peter's Church, which he served from 1767 until 1788, when he died in nearby Bienenhof.
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1. Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes
Set to be a prologue to PSP title Peace Walker and not the Metal Gear Solid 5 that many might have been hoping for, Hideo Kojima unveiled 14 minutes of stunning gameplay footage from the open world Ground Zeroes at PAX 2012 to mark the 25th anniversary of the iconic stealth game. Running on Konami's Fox Engine, the game has been confirmed for the PS3 and Xbox 360 with no mention of future generation consoles, but judging what has been shown off in the video we definitely wouldn't rule it out.
2. Watch Dogs
One of the most talked about games at E3 2012, the GTA-style sandbox title which involves hacking into criminal records and phones could well be earmarked for the 'Xbox 720' having shown off the game behind closed doors using Microsoft's innovative SmartGlass tablet and smartphone technology. Watch Dogs has been confirmed by publisher Ubisoft to land on the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC but the SmartGlass intergration could hint to the game also making an appearance on the next Xbox as well.
3. $#@! of the Orient
TeamBondi, the team behind LA Noire looks set to turn its attention to the Far East for its follow up to the innovative motion capture based cop drama which the developer revealed will launch on the PC and next generation consoles. The above screenshot and a game description on the Team Bondi website indicates that the equally gritty game will be based in Shanghai in 1936 where a 'group of Western cops' try to restore order to the most 'corrupt and decadent city on the planet'.
4. Destiny
5. Star Wars 1313Courtesy of a contract document signed by Activision and original Halo-makers Bungie which was revealed as part of a recent lawsuit case, the planned series of sci-fantasy action shooter games was outed with an Autumn 2013 release date for the Xbox 360 and plans to launch on Microsoft's next gen console currently being dubbed the 'Xbox 720'. Set to be available in four instalments, Bungie has since introduced a range of t-shirts on its online store featuring the Destiny logo registered by Bungie adding further weight to its release. Halo: Combat Evolved was of course a launch title for the original Xbox, so Microsoft could follow suit for its next console offering.
Creating plenty of buzz prior to its official E3 2012 unveiling, the gritty-looking take on the Star Wars world from LucasArts has yet to receive a console platform we can expect to play it on or even a release date. Set in the dark and seedy underworld of Coruscant, gameplay footage of the third person shooter/adventure title from amazing, detailed visuals to the impressive motion capture appears to point to life on consoles that Microsoft and Sony are still saying nothing about.
I cant wait for next gen.
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5 Games we could be playing on the PS4 and Xbox 720
09-04-2012 #2
Also FIFA 14 (there better be a new console end of next year start of year after) but 15 defo
Cod 10 or 11 depending when console is released
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I can't wait either. And these are all perfect next-gen candidates.. some of them like $#@! of the Orient and Destiny we KNOW are next-gen but Watch Dogs and Star Wars 1313 are still unknown but will most likely be.
The thing with MGS like the article said, is that its currently planned for PS360, it said so at the end of the trailer... but of course it could get delayed for the new platforms... or versions on both!
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*Prays for Legend of Dragoon 2*Thank You Shaq...For Everything
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09-04-2012 #6
BF4 also and FF Versus XIII, oh and Last Guardian lol.
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After just winning the Denmark Global Innovation Award, we thought we had to give you a look inside the incredible Normann Copenhagen flagship store.
The design brand, founded in 1999, has today about 38 design objects in its own collection. A couple of years ago they took over a 1700 qm space in Copenhagen, previously housing a theatre, sound studio, cinema and water distillery. Paying tribute to the former uses of the space, the store was renovated by the brand. Today the concept store carries next to their own products, a wealth of design objects, furniture, clothing, gadgets, art and more, making it a must visit on your next trip to Copenhagen.
Take a look inside the store after the jump.


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Following is the latest roundup of firm news for the week of October 4, 2010.
Kate Fluker, Meredith Edmonds, and Julie Phillips joined accounting firm Barfield, Murphy, Shank & Smith as staff accountants. All three previously were interns at the firm.
Calvetti, Ferguson & Wagner, P.C. (CF&W), a Houston-based CPA firm, recently announced the launch of AcctTwo, a strategic new business venture that will provide mid-market companies in Houston with a fully integrated finance and accounting services solution.
Chris Hegarty, a Certified Public Accountant and partner of the accounting, tax, and business consulting firm Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP, in Philadelphia, was awarded the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's MS Leadership Award. Hegarty was recognized for his philanthropic efforts at the organization's MS Leadership Class Awards Reception hosted by honorary chair and former president of the 76ers, Pat Croce.
Atlanta-based accounting firm Moore Colson CPAs, recently announced the winner of the firm's coveted Peak Award. The second quarter 2010 Peak Award winner is Business Assurance Associate Ben Colley. The Peak was presented to Colley by Managing Partner Bob Kiser for his team work and outstanding performance on a very important firm client engagement. The Peak Award is presented on a quarterly basis to an individual who makes a significant contribution to the firm or worked on a project that is considered above and beyond expectations.
Weaver, a regional independent certified public accounting firm in the Southwest, recently announced the appointment of the following partners as industry practice leaders. These appointments demonstrate Weaver's commitment to providing a full range of assurance, tax and advisory services to dedicated industries. John J. Mackel III, CPA, will oversee all of the firm's industry practices. The firm's industry leaders include Financial Services: Kevin A. Sanford, CPA; Manufacturing, Distribution and Retail: Mark D. Walker, CPA; Oil and Gas: Melvin F. "Trey" Hunt, CPA; Public Sector: Jerry L. Gaither, CPA; Real Estate and Construction: Andrew J. Freundlich, CPA; Renewable and Energy Compliance: Wade L. Watson, CPA, CFE; and Technology: Gregory L. Bailes, CPA.


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San Jose--August 27, 1998--PDF Solutions, Inc. (San Jose) announced the appointment of four new members to its senior executive team. Andrzej Strojwas, chief technologist, P. K. Mozumder, vice president, Performance Optimization Practice, Paul Marella, vice president, Yield Modeling and Prediction Practice, and P. Steven Melman, vice president of finance and administration and CFO have been named to the senior management team, reporting directly to John Kibarian, president and CEO of PDF Solutions.
Currently a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, Strojwas has held senior technical positions at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Harris Semiconductor, Hitachi, KLA-Tencor, NEC, Sematech, and Texas Instruments. His research includes modeling of IC equipment, fabrication processes and semiconductor devices, computer-aided design and verification of VLSI circuits, and control and diagnosis of the IC fabrication processes. He has also consulted for several semiconductor companies in the area of statistically based CAD/CIM of VLSI circuits. Strojwas received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
Mozumder previously was a branch manager at Texas Instruments' Semiconductor and Process Design Center in Dallas. He has worked jointly with organizations such as Sematech and SRC to develop a roadmap for TCAD, process synthesis, control, and diagnosis for the U.S. semiconductor industry. Mozumder holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
Marella most recently held the positions of director of product planning and director of applications engineering for the Wafer Inspection Group at KLA-Tencor, where he developed product concepts for next generation yield management systems. He previously held management and technical positions at Park Scientific Instruments and Nchip. Marella holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
Melman previously was VP of Finance and CFO at Animation Science's Business Resource Group. He has also held senior financial management positions at Apple, Schlumberger, and Stardent Computer. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Boston University and is a CPA.
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Iain Macarthur
Iain Macarthur is a talented Illustrator and artist from Swindon, England and has been obsessed with art, drawing odd fantasy drawings and Anime characters since he was 8 years old.
His work can be described as surreal and unique in its own way as he mostly uses pencil, watercolours and pigment pens to create it. He specializes in shirt designs, print designs, posters, album art, logos, branding, editorial illustration and private commissions and his clients list includes the likes of Depthcore, Umbro, Nike, Ride Snowboards, Rote Raupe, Dynamic Style Clothing, MTV Playground and Iron fist clothing.
Mathieu Beaulieu
Mathieu Beaulieu is a talented illustrator based in Montreal (Canada) who creates colorful, enchanting and funny illustrations filled with crazy characters. Mathieu has had the opportunity to work in various industries, including video games, animated series and advertising.
Be sure to visit his blog to view his latest work. Links provided after the jump.
Nigel Evan Dennis a.k.a. Electric Heat
Nigel Evan Dennis is a prolific designer and artist based in Chicago and works under the name "Electric Heat". Implementing a variety of elements from photography to typography to free-hand illustration, his compositions are a wonderful mixture of fine art and innovative designer-advertising.
His client list includes names like Coca Cola, Sony, Universal, Nike, McDonald's, Samsung, Hitachi, Lipton, Pepsi, Converse, Smirnoff, Adobe, Playboy, Ferrari, Motorola, Boost Mobile, MTV, CBS,Manchester United, Sandisk, Sansa and many more.
Be sure to visit his blog to view his personal artwork which is again a mixture of beautiful colors, patterns and textures (all links provided after the jump).
Mike Harrison
Mike Harrison is a multi-disciplinary freelance designer and illustrator, currently based in London. His vast set of skills range from graphic design, illustration and typography to motion graphics, 3d, photography and web design. One look at his work and you can see that he utilizes and mixes all his skill sets perfectly to create some really good creative pieces, which he has created for brands like Nike and The Wall Street Journal.
Mike has received worldwide recognition as an illustrator and his work has been featured in leading design magazines such as Computer Arts and IdN. View his remarkable work after the click and be sure to visit his website and blog through the links provided.
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Andy Smith is a illustrator and designer based in East Sussex, U.K. He has studied illustration at the University of Brighton and the Royal College of Art, London. His work combines illustration and typography to create images that have humour, energy and optimism and all are executed with a handmade, hand-printed, tactile feel. Andy has an impressive client list of advertising, publishing and editorial clients including Orange, Mercedes, McDonalds, The Guardian, Expedia, Sony, Vodafone, Random House and Penguin Books.


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This article explores country-by-country differences in academic performance and attitudes towards school between students who repeated a grade in primary school, in secondary school or never repeated a grade. The analyses use PISA 2009 for 30 countries in which a relatively high proportion of students repeated a grade before the age of 15.
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the welfare effects of birth-related leave (BRL) in terms of life satisfaction. To do so, we exploit variations in BRL policies to assess their impact on life satisfaction.
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Emissions trading systems (ETS) can play a major role in a cost-effective climate policy framework. Both direct linking of ETSs and indirect linking through a common crediting mechanism can reduce costs of action. We use a global recursive-dynamic computable general equilibrium model to assess the effects of direct and indirect linking of ETS systems across world regions.
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This article assesses various underlying driving factors for the evolution of household earnings inequality for 23 OECD countries from the mid-1980s to the mid-2000s.
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This article seeks to study how intra-OECD trade in manufacturing goods has affected technological heterogeneity across member states during 1988-2008. To this aim, we derive a panel data version of the Eaton and Kortum (2002) normalised trade model to estimate, annually, the technological heterogeneity of OECD countries.
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This paper uses panel regression techniques to assess the policy determinants of private-sector innovative activity – proxied by R&D expenditure and the number of new patents – across 19 OECD countries. The relationship between innovation indicators and multifactor productivity (MFP) growth is also examined with a particular focus on the role of public policies in influencing the returns to new knowledge.
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In many OECD countries debt has soared to levels threatening fiscal sustainability, necessitating its reduction over the medium to longer term. This paper proposes a stylised model, featuring endogenous interactions between fiscal policy, growth and financial markets, to highlight how economic shocks and structural features of an economy can affect consolidation strategy and resulting growth and inflation developments.
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Despite sustained efforts made in recent years to rein in budget deficits, a majority of OECD countries still face substantial public finance consolidation needs. While essential to avoid the disruption and large costs ultimately associated with unsustainable public finances, fiscal consolidation complicates the task of achieving other policy goals. In most cases, it weighs on demand in the short term.
Mexico has embarked on a bold package of structural reforms that will help it to break away from three decades of slow growth and low productivity. Major structural measures have been legislated to improve competition, education, energy, the financial sector, labour, infrastructure and the tax system, among many, and implementation has started in earnest.
As other high-income countries, Spain has experienced competitive pressures from China and other emerging economies that have resulted in a loss of global market share.


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Whinge that's set to be a winner
A GROUP of amateur actresses who have played to audiences of just 10 people in a village hall are on the verge of being catapulted to stardom in London's West End.
The original cast of 14 women, which included housewives, a receptionist, a teacher and an accountant, opened the show Whingeing Women in their local village hall last summer.
Some of the women, from Llanrwst in North Wales, had never even been in a school play.
Just seven tickets were sold before the first night, but word of mouth about how funny the show was quickly spread and it turned into a smash hit.
After selling all 50 tickets each night during the run in the village hall, they went on "tour" and staged it in other nearby community centres and small venues.
The cast of "whingeing women", who are aged between 18 and 65, got rave reviews wherever they went.
In the show they each give a monologue about their lives, which includes everything from their thoughts on sex to shopping, cosmetic surgery and other racy revelations.
The main thread that links them all is "what unites women". The result is both hilarious and harrowing.
Now top West End producer Bill Kenwright, the multi-millionaire impresario behind shows like Evita and Blood Brothers, has agreed to back Whingeing Women.
He became interested after a copy of the script arrived in the post at his London office – together with a purple bra.
"I knew that would get his attention," said Craig Ryder, creator, director and producer of Whingeing Women, which has been described as "Calendar Girls meets The Vagina Monologues".
He said: "Once he had read the script he expressed an interest, and e-mailed me the next month. I went to London and we had a meeting."
Housewife Lorraine Jones, 51, said she and other members of the cast are stunned the show has already been booked for a run at the Theatre Royal in Windsor in July. If it does well there, it is expected to transfer to the West End.
Some of the women, from Llanrwst in North Wales, had never even been in a school play.
"I can't believe it," said Lorraine. "It doesn't get bigger than this. We are just housewives or people with ordinary jobs. To have someone like that take us on is amazing.
"A couple of us have done a school play but most have not even done that."
Steve Potts, the commercial director at Bill Kenwright's production company, said: "Once in a while you come across a project which you are totally compelled to try out.
"Whingeing Women is very funny for sure but what is unique is that it has an honesty one seldom encounters."
The only downside for the women from Llanrwst is that Bill Kenwright's team has decided the original cast of 14 will have to be trimmed down to just four cast members plus an understudy in the show they produce.
Whingeing Women opens at the Theatre Royal, Windsor, on July 8.


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Golf Thrives in The Palm Beaches
With a huge golf tournament and two recently revived courses, the area's golf scene is sitting pretty.
The Palm Beaches and Boca Raton area continues to draw both golf spectators and golfers. From star-studded PGA Tour tournaments to municipal course renovations, golf is alive and well in Palm Beach County.
Honda Classic Bigger than Ever
Many people don't know the Honda Classic has a long and celebrated history. It was originally known in 1972 as the Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic, when Tom Weiskopf sank a 30-foot putt on the 71st hole to win the tournament, winning $52,000 in the process.
Skip to last year, when Y.E. Yang dominated the final round to win more than $1 million. The tournament has changed venues over the years and seen different champions, and now that it's played at PGA National, it's attracting bigger crowds than ever before.
This year, Yang, who went on to beat Tiger Woods at the PGA Championship, will be back to defend his title with other golfing luminaries like Lee Westwood, Retief Goosen, Angel Cabrera, Boo Weekly and others in a strong field.
This year's tournament is expected to bring in around $23 million and nearly 100,000 fans to the Palm Beach Gardens area on March 4-7 at PGA National, according to tournament organizers. When the event moved to PGA National in 2007, attendance nearly doubled.
Floyd Redesigns Palm Beach Par-3
After two years of planning and eight months of construction, the venerable Palm Beach Par-3 Golf Course reopened in late 2009.
The Raymond Floyd redesign of the Par-3 course is a story of city and residents coming together for the betterment of the community. The 50-year-old course had a recent, $4.5 million redesign: $2 million from the city and about $2 million in donations from Palm Beach residents excited by the presence of the Hall of Famer.
Floyd did the design work for free, and he's getting a tournament, the Raymond Floyd Open, named after him.
The aim of the redesign was, among other things, to get more and better ocean views. There had been four "ocean holes" in the old design and now there are six, making it one of the few courses in the state to have that many ocean holes.
Floyd also added tees, practice greens, collection areas around the greens and extended the driving range. The greens were contoured, and two lakes were added.
"It's beyond our expectations," city recreation director Jay Boodheshwar told the Palm Beach Daily News.
Officials say they are on track to build a new clubhouse.
West Palm Beach Municipal Reopens
Mark McCumber's recent redesign of the West Palm Beach Municipal golf course drew one of the biggest names in the history of golf. The historic course re-opened late last year after a seven-month restoration, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Arnold Palmer's win at the West Palm Beach Invitational, which was a regular stop of the PGA Tour in the 1950s and '60s.
Palmer got a key to the city and saw a day declared in his name.
Dick Wilson, who also designed the Blue Monster at Doral, was the original architect, and McCumber's goal was to restore Wilson's original intent. To that end, thousands of trees were cut and there are now vast, sandy-white areas that give the course an old-Florida look and feel.
What makes the restoration even more unusual is that the project was paid by user fees, by the people who use it: The popular course hosts around 70,000 rounds a year.
This article is brought to you by the Palm Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau. For more about golf in The Palm Beaches and Boca Raton, visit http://www.palmbeachfl.com/visitflorida.


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Sweet Connie, what a good life you had. Lots of love and lots of happy times. God love you.
Thanks, petsmom. I think it's helping me to share Connie's pictures with others - kinda part of the grieving process. I haven't been without a cat for this long before - always seemed to get another one within a few months when my others passed away (Tosca, Moyshe, Nishka). I went to see another cat a few days ago and think maybe it's time to have another one as there are so many out there needing a home. Will keep you posted!
Connie looks so fluffy. I know you miss her very much. She's a cutie. Great pic.
Thanks Ardy - I have about a dozen of these where she's not looking in the right direction, etc, before I got a few good ones!
Great picture. Wish I could get a good one of Fluffy Thanks for sharing.
Thanks lauralyn, aggie and chickiemama. tabbycat - I had to get my husband's beard trimmer out on her coat on occasion cos her coat would really matt up if I didn't brush her every day! She was good and docile to have it done, but would scowl at me and sulk afterwards!
My kitty can eat like a pig, barf on the carpet, and shed on everything in sight. But if he rolls on his back like Connie all is forgiven. I think "rollies" is a secret weapon all cats use to get away with just about everything. Resistance is futile!
What a beautiful kitty niccolino!
That's looks like a happy kitty.


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Swapp your notebook ODD with an HDD/SDD thanks to Donya's new universal adapter
Shanghai Donya launched this morning in Japan the DN-69810, a new universal HDD and SSD adaptor for notebooks. If you own a notebook that comes with a DVD or Blu-Ray drive chance that you may have the possibility to remove it and swap it with another one, at least most of the notebook I own in the past at this possibility, and having the possibility to easily upgrade your computer by offering it a new HDD or even an SSD could be a perfect for those of you who are in needs for more storage space!
Thanks to Donya's new DN-69810, installing a second HDD on your notebook is now made possible and as easy as swapping your ODD. Supporting both SATA and IDE interface for older notebooks, this DN-69810 will fit in laptop supporting either 9.5 or 12.7mm (Thick) ODDs and is sold online at around 1,999 Yen in Japan
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Vican sank to the ground in despair, head in his hands. The Le-Matoran wasn't sure how long he had been here, or how much longer he would be here. The past few weeks, or months - he could no longer tell - had been spent in this cold, dank, damp, cell barely the size of a small room. He was flanked on his left, right, and back by cold concrete walls, and in front of him were the bars made out of pure shadow. The cell was large enough to allow him to move back and forth a few paces, but little else. Beyond the bars of shadow, there was a large rectangular chamber, with stasis tubes containing strange creatures and vats of curious liquids lined up against the walls. Two lightstone fixtures provided a dim illumination, shrouding the entire chamber in an aura of eeriness. A single table stood at the other end of the room, with a collection of fearsome looking scalpels and knives neatly arranged on it. The coat of arms of the Brotherhood of Makuta - the Mask of Shadows - was carved onto the far wall of the chamber. The room had a single entrance - to his right, beyond the bars of his cell, Vican could see a metal doorway, leading into a dark corridor. Since he had been imprisoned here, his captor - the Makuta calling himself Mutran, had often materialized in that doorway, inexplicably and unexpectedly, often to check on the twisted creatures in the stasis tubes, scarcely ever acknowledging Vican's presence. There were no footsteps to herald Mutran's presence, he just kind of appeared and vanished into that one doorway at will, as if the shadows in the corridor beyond had suddenly and randomly chosen to coalesce themselves into a physical being, who just as quickly dissipated back into the darkness.
Someday, thought Vican, when the Makuta lets his guard down, I will slip through these bars somehow, run through that doorway, and find my way home.
Initially, when he had first been taken captive, Vican had tried to keep track, mentally, of the cyclical passage of day and night that was certainly happening outside. Soon, however, he had given up, surrendering himself to the perpetual twilight that defined the atmosphere of this chamber. The world outside - his past, his friends, and the former existence he had once led outside the cell as a free Matoran, were slowly fading from him. His former life and home now seemed like a distant abstraction to him, an idea rather than a reality.
At some point during his incarceration, Mutran had thrown a huge, disgusting six-foot leech into the cell with him. Although Vican had resisted, the creature had latched on to his mask. He had experienced an odd feeling of dizziness, as if the strength was being sucked from him, and had collapsed, drifting into unconsciousness. When he had awoken, both Mutran and the creature were gone.
I wonder what it did to me, thought Vican, and what it is turning me into.
Perhaps as a consequence of contact with the leech, or because of some other phenomenon, Vican had noticed subtle, minute, but definite and disturbing changes to his body. The green hue of his armor had blackened considerably, and although he had no mirror, Vican was certain his mask had mutated in some way as well.
No matter what he does to me, Vican thought, I will not crack.
He heard the sound of something moving to his right. Vican raised his head, and saw that Mutran had once again appeared in the doorway of the chamber. Muttering something under his breath, the Makuta walked over to one of the stasis tubes pressed the button to release the trapped creature inside. Through the cloudy, frosted glass of the tube, Vican could make out a faint shape, but was unsure of what it was.
The device whirred, as the glass portion of the tube slowly retracted itself into its casing, then suddenly ground to a halt. The machine was jammed. Mutran grumbled, then swung his arm, almost casually, and smashed the glass to pieces. The creature inside dropped to the ground, squirming amidst pieces of shattered glass and preservation fluid. Mutran grabbed it by the neck and hauled it to the table on the other side of the room. The creature then let out a terrifying scream, in the almost unmistakable pitch of a Matoran voice. Vican averted his eyes and covered his ears. He didn't want to hear, or see, any of this. Whatever that thing was, whether it was or had once been a Matoran, he didn't want to witness what horrific fate awaited it.
The screams stopped abruptly as Mutran brought the creature to the table. Cursing, Mutran held his hand against it for a moment, then threw it to the ground.
"Stupid thing's dead," he muttered, "I knew it was an unstable hybrid."
Vican couldn't take any of this insanity anymore. From what he had seen, Mutran was prone to random instances of violence and cruelty, and he was worried that if the Makuta was ever in an unhappy mood, he would not hesitate to kill Vican and use his body for experimentation. It was at this moment he lost it.
"Let me out!" he yelled, even though he was fully aware that the Makuta had no obligation to listen to, let alone act on, his wishes.
"This isn't what I agreed to! I agreed to be your servant, your lab assistant, to go places with the Brotherhood, to be free."
Mutran, still facing the other side of the chamber, uttered quietly, "this is freedom."
"No it isn't!" said Vican, "how do I experience freedom, when I'm trapped in this tiny enclosure, fearing for my life!"
The Makuta slowly turned to face him.
This is it, thought Vican, I'm finished. But perhaps death is preferable to perpetual imprisonment.
To his surprise, the Makuta made no threatening actions, only stared at him with those cold, hollow eyes. Then, in a smooth motion, Mutran waved his hand in the direction of Vican's cell.
In an instant, Vican's surroundings melted and shifted, his cell and the chamber around him disappearing. Everything became a blurry whir of green and brown. Slowly, calmly, his vision cleared again. Now, instead of his cell, he was sitting in a corner of his room, back in his home village. Emerging from his house, he saw that the sun shone beautifully in the sky, and the trees were greener than they had ever been. All around him, his neighbors, friends - fellow Matoran, went about their business, happy. There was no cell to restrict his movement, no chamber to confine him. He was free again. Everything seemed to real to be true.
It is to real to be true, Vican realized, I'm not really here. This is a vision, a hallucination.
The village Turaga was gathering everyone in a the central square to give a speech of some sort. Vican merrily hopped over to listen. The Turaga spoke about the Three Virtues, about Unity, Duty, Destiny, and service to Mata Nui - all the principles the Matoran had been taught since birth.
As Vican listened, he felt a hand on his shoulder. Turning around, he saw Makuta Mutran, looming above him.
"Mighty interesting, isn't it?" the Makuta said sarcastically. None of the other villagers seemed to notice the presence of a huge dark being in their midst, making the already surreal scene all the more unbelievable.
"Listen to this old man speak - about his 'virtues', and 'service'," Mutran slowly intoned, pausing, "do you think this really makes you free?"
"Yes," said Vican firmly, "it does. I am free to go where I want to, to do the job I want to"
Mutran laughed, "but what is the point of your movement? What is the point of your job? To serve the 'three virtues' you Matoran cling to? Are you not a tool to that end? And if you are, how can you be truly free?"
The world around him suddenly melted again, even as he screamed to return to the vision of his home. When everything cleared, he found himself sitting on a beach, that stretched out as far as the eye could see, with clusters of palm trees swaying slowly in the wind. Behind him was a tall mountain, densely covered in thick forests.
Great, another vision, he thought.
As he stood, he heard a chattering noise behind him. Turning around, he saw a single red Bohrok fire a jet of flame at one of the trees. As the target was consumed by fire, the Bohrok turned and began hunting for another tree to destroy.
Turning, Vican realized that the greenery on the mountain had vanished, replaced by a sea of Bohrok, systematically destroying all natural features that still existed on the landscape.
"See those Bohrok?" Makuta Mutran appeared behind him once again. The horde of Bohrok rushed towards them, and Vican braced himself for the inevitable impact. None came. The Bohrok simply rushed right through their bodies, as if the two of them were ghosts spying on the living.
"They serve the will of Mata Nui mechanically, sacrificing their lives to a purpose they do not know, a goal they cannot comprehend themselves. They have no minds, no autonomy, no sentience. Are they free?"
Vican had no answer to that.
The world around him warped yet again, and Vican found himself on the back of a Kikanalo beast, running at full speed on a flat wasteland, towards what appeared to be a huge drop into massive canyon in front of them. Vican pulled on the reins as hard as he could to stop the creature, but it did not slow down. Curiously, he noticed the saddle of the creature had a tag which read "Mata Nui".
This time, Mutran manifested himself as a shadowy tentacle that appeared on the ground to his right, extending itself further as it kept pace with the Kikanalo.
"Your universe, and your way of life, is coming to an end, Matoran," Mutran's disembodied voice spoke from the tentacle. "A steep drop, from which you will never be able to recover. A Master Plan even I cannot stop is going to wheel malevolently into place. You have two options - you can continue to live 'freely' by these doomed virtues, which fate assigned to you and you had no control of. Or you can exercise your true freedom - to choose to define your own destiny based on your own principles. Jump off the doomed creature that is Mata Nui - it might hurt, but it will be an fulfillment of your own freedom as a sentient being."
Vican jumped, just as the beast threw itself off the cliff. The split second before he landed on the ground, the scene around him disappeared once again.
He now found himself lying in a prone position on the cold, concrete floor of his cell. Mutran was standing where he had been - at the other end of the room.
"This is what you volunteered for," the Makuta said quietly, "a chance to not be used as a mere tool, to protect a Great Spirit who probably does not even know your existence, a Spirit who you likewise have never seen before. This is a chance for you to be exist, not as an instrument, but as an individual who made a conscious choice about his destiny. This is true freedom."
Vican noticed that the bars confining him to his cell had vanished. He took a tentative step out of the cell into the chamber. Mutran handed him a broom.
"Clean this mess off my floor," he ordered, pointing to the dead creature and the shattered bits of stasis tube glass on the ground.
"Yes, sir" said Vican, walking over.
It was in this manner he spent the subsequent months, in his new home, serving Mutran's every whim and fancy. He never thought about escaping into the doorway to the dark corridor beyond. For, within this chamber, obeying the orders of his Makuta Lord, never seeing the world outside again, he thought of himself as truly free.
Edited by Karzhani the Utahraptor, Dec 13 2012 - 08:25 AM.


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The Mini-Series:
Back in 2006, the first sketch aired on the British comedy series That Mitchell and Webb Look, starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb of the popular sitcom Peep Show, portrayed two Nazis on the Russian front some time during the wane of World War II. One Nazi comes to his comrade with concerns: he has been thinking about the way Nazis dress and behave, and he is forced to ask his friend, "Hans... are we the baddies?" The new German-produced mini-series Generation War portrays that same soul-searching situation, but with a straight face.
At first, Generation War appears like it is going to unfold through slight variations on creaky old mini-series tropes -- more Rich Man, Poor Man than Band of Brothers. We start off with five friends in 1941 Berlin: brothers Wilhelm (Volker Bruch) and Friedhelm (Tom Schilling) are joining up with the army, Charlotte (Miriam Stein) is going to become a nurse in a field hospital, while budding chanteuse Greta (Katharina Schüttler) and her illicit Jewish boyfriend Viktor (Ludwig Trepte) remain in Berlin. Clearly, these bright-eyed, optimistic young people are in for a severe shock, and they are going to be changed tremendously by the war. However, what screenwriter Stefan Kolditz does from here is a little surprising. He starts his naive characters on their path toward inevitable disillusionment, and while he does throw in some melodramatic twists that seem cribbed from time-tested formula, he doesn't stop there: he takes each character's journey beyond the point of predictable irony and lets things get much stranger and much darker.
For instance, the two brothers who go off to war are archetypal opposites: Wilhelm is the good son and a decorated soldier while Friedhelm is the smart-assed black sheep who doesn't believe in the war. As the story develops, and Wilhelm becomes resistant toward carrying out orders that seem illogical and immoral to him, and Friedhelm realizes that the well-being of his fellow soldiers depends on him becoming a competent fighter, the brothers' archetypes begin to switch. One could see this type of ironic character arc being the conclusion of their stories, but by this point in Generation War, they still have about three years worth of fighting to do.
Charlotte and Greta's stories both involve betrayal, intentionally and unintentionally. Charlotte is so obsessed with serving the Reich initially that she turns in a Jewish woman (Christiane Paul) working at her field hospital. Recovering from the guilt of this betrayal, Charlotte's journey becomes a kind of hybrid of both Wilhelm and Friedhelm's: she slowly grows to realize that doing her job and caring for the well-being of her patients is more important than ideology. Greta, meanwhile, starts a secret affair with Gestapo officer Dorn (Mark Waschke), in order to use his connections -- both to jump-start her singing career and to get her Jewish boyfriend Viktor papers allowing him passage to Marseille. Greta's betrayal of Viktor is initially just sexual, but it becomes something more when Dorn reneges on his agreement, sending Viktor off on a train headed to somewhere much bleaker than Marseille.
The goal of Generation War is clearly to explore the psychology and circumstances of "reasonable" Germans who lived, with varying levels of comfort, during the Third Reich. To that end, the cast -- especially Bruch and Schilling as the brothers -- invest their characters with depth and understandable motivations that allow modern viewers to more fully empathize. Even so, the makers of the series are smart enough not to make excuses for their characters when they make horrifying choices, nor do they ignore the fact that the majority of Germans did not face these kinds of changes-of-heart during the war.
When it comes to Generation War's many combat scenes, director Philipp Kadelbach takes a page out of the Saving Private Ryan handbook, and shoots the battle footage in almost-monochromatic gray and brown tones, with the camera set at a high shutter speed to give the action a stutter. It's an effective approach, as it has been for the past fifteen years or so, but it begs the question: why do so many directors post-Spielberg assume that fighting in World War II looked exactly like that?
Generation War got a limited U.S. theatrical release back in January, but it's hard to imagine watching all four hours and forty minutes in one sitting. The length is not what is discouraging; after all, binge-watching is an incredibly popular sport these days. Instead, the dark tone and the tragic nature of the story makes each ninety-minute episode emotionally draining when viewed separately, and has the potential to be utterly devastating if viewed in its entirety. So, while I enthusiastically recommend viewing Generation War, it is probably best to choose your approach according to your own temperament.
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One of the top tight ends in the Midwest made the long trip south to Auburn last weekend for the Tigers' Big Cat Weekend and he's glad he did.
Will Johnson, a 6-foot-7, 245-pound tight end from Osseo, Minnesota, has an offer from Auburn and while he had been to the South before he had never been to the region for anything related to football. He was impressed by the entire experience and Auburn helped their cause while he was in town.
"It was a real fun weekend there," he recalled. "They had it real planned out. I got to meet a lot of the coaches and I got to talk to Coach (Gene) Chizik.
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"I had been down in that area before but not for football. They're real into the family thing and being a football team. I can tell football is a big priority there, as it should be."
Jay Boulware, Auburn's tight ends coach, spent a good amount of time talking to Johnson.
"He and I spent about an hour just talking about how I'd fit in," Johnson explained. "He talked about how they use their tight ends. He seems like a real good guy and a real good coach."
Johnson will be traveling to the Deep South again on June 17, when he will be visiting Ole Miss. He also has upcoming trips to Michigan State and Boston College. Coaches from those schools know he's coming but don't have any dates carved out yet.
These trips are crucial because Johnson may have a decision sooner rather than later.
"I'd love to get it done before my season," he said. "I just want to focus on my senior year and my team.
"Right now I've got to get out and see some more schools. I'm liking the ones I've seen so far. I really like Iowa, I liked Minnesota and Auburn was real fun. I would say I have a top (school) or anything, though."


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According to MLBTradeRumors.com, the Astros are close to signing free agent infielder Jose Lopez.
Lopez, who is currently playing in the Venezuelan Winter League, said during a press conference Saturday that he's flying to Houston on December 26, and that everything will depend on a physical exam. The 29-year-old hit .246/.270/.356 with four home runs and 28 RBI in 81 games between the Indians and White Sox in 2012.


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This column will focus on players that are good values in FanDuel's salary cap contests. Typically, I'll try to cover a player or two at each position every week throughout the season. Remember, a value here could be a minimum-priced player ($2,200) or a higher-priced option that is still undervalued based on expected production.
Dioner Navarro, $2,600 - I don't think a lot of people realize that J.P. Arencibia is now a Ranger and it's Navarro rather than Josh Thole who sits atop the Jays' catcher depth chart. Further, he's been hitting fifth or sixth in the Jays' order, a nice place to be. He hit 13 home runs last season in only 266 plate appearances while carrying a .300 average. Navarro is in a much more potent lineup this season and Rogers Center is a plus-park for hitters.
Mike Zunino, $2,300 - It's funny how quickly the catcher of the future label in Seattle shifted from Jesus Montero to Zunino. It appears he'll get the bulk of the starts for Seattle to start the season and is currently priced just $100 above the minimum price. The Mariners have a much better lineup that should see more secondary pitching this year, and there's plenty of power upside here. Use him if you're looking to save money and punt at the position.
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Jose Abreu, $3,100 - I love this price given that there are 68 million reasons why Abreu will play every day and hit in the heart of the White Sox's order. He wasted no time this week making a splash, going 2-for-4 with a double, a run and an RBI in his first game in a Chicago uniform. He doesn't have the same typed of speed, but the potential is here for Abreu to make an impact similar to fellow Cuban Yasiel Puig. Remember this price; it's likely the last time you'll see it this low this season.


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CENTENNIAL, Colo., May 23 (UPI) -- Search warrants reveal Aurora, Colo., mass shooting suspect James Holmes received six deliveries from an online ammunition vendor, BulkAmmo.com
He also had other packages sent to his apartment on an almost-daily basis, the documents indicate.
The release of the documents Wednesday came after The Denver Post and other media outlets sued to have the information unsealed.
Holmes, 25, is charged with 166 counts of murder, attempted murder and other offenses for allegedly staging a shooting attack at an Aurora movie theater July 20 during a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises." Twelve people were killed and 58 were injured.
He has formally asked to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity, the Post said.
Lawyers on both sides will argue about his request Thursday in court before a judge decides whether to accept the plea change.


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CHICAGO, April 15 (UPI) -- The Chicago Cubs and the City of Chicago announced an agreement on a $500 million plan to renovate Wrigley Field, the Cubs' iconic stadium.
The agreement, announced Sunday, ends years of discussions between the team and the city, and allows the Cubs to submit formal plans for rehabilitation of the 99-year-old ballpark and the construction of a nearby hotel and office building Cubs' management insists is necessary to raise money to turn the team into a contender, the Chicago Tribune reported Monday.
Additional outfield advertising signage and a large and electronic scoreboard screen are part of the proposed improvements to the stadium, the newspaper said, noting the scoreboard could impede the view from clubs on nearby residential rooftops.
A contract between the rooftop clubs and the Cubs gives the team 17 percent of the clubs' revenue, but a statement Sunday from the office of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the team and Chicago Alderman Thomas Tunney, who played a key role in negotiations, said the Cubs "will work with the city on placement of both signs to minimize impact on nearby rooftops."


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Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolour Field Set
I get so little completely free time that when I do get it, I tend to squander it wondering what to do. I'll decide to take a nap, then on the edge of dozing off decide that I'd rather be thumbing through an O magazine or something. I'll scan the table of contents then realize I should be at the gym instead. I'll open my drawers to find my gym clothes and then realize that my time might be best spent getting rid of clothes I never wear. I'll start to collect clothes I never wear and then get filled with fatigue and get mad at myself for not having nodded off in the first place. Next thing I know my kids are home again and I have nothing to show for my down time. No restful mom, no finished magazine, no morale-boosting work-out, no weeded out clothes. I hate that. I remember who I was in my pre-kid life, and I remember that the Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolour (they're British) Field Set was an important part of my solitude. I've recommended it to art students over the years, and even though I haven't touched mine in some time, I do have romantic ideas of returning to being that kind of person. At some point. In my former life I made many little paintings using my set. It travelled with me to Portugal, Chile, Madagascar, Israel, and the little cakes of color aren't close to running out. It's got a cute little collapsible (but very solid) brush, and I used to keep a few Q-tips in the set for instant-erasing. I'd also use a water bottle cap full of water to keep the set going for a long time (I've been known to use beer too if that's all that's available). But from the look of it, they've added a few new features. It comes with a little sea sponge, and a canteen for keeping water. There's also a little tray table that you snap in that doubles the amount of paint you can have going at any given time. It's really a great little set. Technically, if a cake of color runs out you can just purchase one other little chunk. I suppose if I had a little water color painting for every tiny chunk of down time I've happened across in the last nine and a half years I could fill a gallery with my artwork. And I might have ordered a few more cakes of color by now. One testament to how much I love my Cotman Watercolour Field Set is that I can locate my set at a moment's notice. And that's saying a lot in this house with the closets and the drawers and the shelves that have never really been properly organized--given how unfocused I've been known to be during those moments when I should be taking care of them.
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Political Battles of the Jacksonian Era - The Bank War
Reading 1:
It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes. Distinctions in society will always exist under every just government. Equality of talents, of education, or of wealth cannot be produced by human institutions. In the full enjoyment of the gifts of Heaven and the fruits of superior industry, economy, and virtue, every man is equally entitled to protection by law; but when the laws undertake to add to these natural and just advantages artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive privileges, to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society--the farmers, mechanics, and laborers--who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their government. There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing.
Reading 2:
This message...denies to the judiciary the interpretation of law, and claims to divide with Congress the power of originating statutes. It extends the grasp of executive pretension over every power of the government. But this is not all....It manifestly seeks to inflame the poor against the rich; it wantonly attacks whole classes of the people, for the purpose of turning against them the prejudices and the resentments of other classes.
Reading 3:
The Bank Veto.--This is the most wholly radical and basely Jesuitical document that ever emanated from any Administration, in any country....It impudently asserts that Congress have acted prematurely, blindly, and without sufficient examination. It falsely and wickedly alleges that the rich and powerful throughout the country are waging a war of oppression against the poor and the weak; and attempts to justify the President on the ground of its being his duty thus to protect the humble when so assailed. Finally, it unblushingly denied that the Supreme Court is the proper tribunal to decide upon the constitutionality of the laws!!
The whole paper is a most thoroughgoing electioneering missile, intended to secure the mad-caps of the South, and as such, deserves the execration of all who love their country or its welfare.
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The United States Bank, as at present constituted, ought never to be renewed. The reasons are obvious.
The capital is too vast. In proportion to the wealth of the country, it is the largest moneyed monopoly in the world....Republican America, the Virgin of the New World, the Government which is especially charged by wholesome legislation to prevent all extreme inequalities of fortune, has surpassed every country in Europe in the lavish concession of influence and privileges to a moneyed corporation.
Political influence is steadily tending to the summit level of property....When a life and trust company ask for privileges, which enable capital to consume the moderate profits of the farmer by tempting him to incur the hazards of debt, it is the clamor of capital, deafening the voice of benevolence and legislative wisdom.
When the creditor demands that the debtor may once more be allowed to pledge his body and his personal freedom, it is the clamor of capital.
When "vested rights" claim a veto on legislation, and assert themselves as the law paramount in defiance of the constitution which makes the common good the supreme rule, it is the clamor of capital, desiring to renew one of the abuses of feudal institutions.
When the usurer invokes the aid of society to enforce the contracts, which he has wrung without mercy from the feverish hopes of pressing necessity, it is the clamor of capital, which like the grave never says, It is enough.
When employers combine to reduce the wages of labor, and at the same time threaten an indictment for conspiracy against the combinations of workmen, it is the clamor of capital
The feud between the capitalist and the laborer, the house of Have and the house of Want, is as old as social union, and can never be entirely quieted; but he who will act with moderation, prefer facts to theories, and remember that every thing in this world is relative and not absolute, will see that the violence of the contest may be stilled, if the unreasonable demands of personal interests are subjected to the decisions of even-handed justice....
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The national bank, though not properly a political institution, is one of the most important and valuable instruments that are used in the practical administration of the government.... As the fiscal agent of the executive, it has exhibited a remarkable intelligence, efficiency, energy, and above all, INDEPENDENCE. This...has been its real crime. As the regulator of the currency, it has furnished the country with a safe, convenient and copious circulating medium, and prevented the mischiefs that would otherwise result from the insecurity of local banks. As a mere institution for loaning money, it has been...the Providence of the less wealthy sections of the Union....Through its dealings in exchange at home and abroad, the bank has materially facilitated the operations of our foreign and domestic trade. The important advantages which have thus been derived from this institution have been unattended by any countervailing evil.
Questions to Think About
1. Why does Andrew Jackson oppose recharter of the second Bank of the United States?
2. What positive functions were served by the bank? What were some of the bank's negative consequences?
3. What should be the proper relationship between finance, business, and government?
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Mumbai (PTI): As the Congress celebrates its 131st Foundation Day today, an article published by the party's Mumbai unit has caused a stir as it blames Jawaharlal Nehru for the state of affairs in Kashmir, China and Tibet.
The article states that Nehru should have listened to freedom fighter and former home minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's views on international affairs.
The article, which does not bear the name of the writer, has been published in this month's issue of 'Congress Darshan' Hindi edition as a tribute piece to mark Patel's death anniversary on December 15.
"Despite Patel getting the post of deputy prime minister and home minister, the relations between the two leaders remained strained, and both had threatened to resign time and again," the article says.
If Nehru had embraced Patel's foresight, many problems in international affairs would not have arisen, it adds.
The article cites a letter that Patel reportedly wrote in 1950 to caution Nehru against China's policy towards Tibet and where "Patel described China as unfaithful, and a future enemy of India."
"Had Patel been heard (by Nehru) then, the problems of Kashmir, China, Tibet and Nepal wouldn't have existed now. Patel opposed Nehru's move of taking the Kashmir issue to the UNO," stated the article, adding, "Nehru did not agree with Patel's views on Nepal."
Mumbai Regional Congress Committee chief and editor of the journal Sanjay Nirupam said he is not involved in the day-to-day functioning of the magazine and was unaware of the article.
"I do not agree with the article. It seems to have been sourced, but I don't know who the writer is," Nirupam, who in his earlier stint with Shiv Sena edited Hindi newspaper 'Dopahar Ka Saamana', said, adding that corrective measures would be taken.
Queried about the controversial articles, Congress leaders present at the party headquarters in Delhi to mark the 131st Foundation Day said if something of this sort has come out, it should be looked into seriously.
Congress leader Salman Khurshid said that he has not read the article and it was not possible for him to comment on it.
"However, if something like this has come out in the Congress article, then AICC will take it up. How can I comment on that. According to me it is absolutely wrong. But AICC will officially comment on that," he told reporters later.
Similar reactions were echoed by another senior leader Raj Babbar who said that if something of this sort has come out, it should be seriously looked into.
"I do not know in what reference it has been written or what has been said, but I do know that Congress party's article cannot use such language or cannot talk about such thoughts," he said.