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Remembering Jackie Collins
Jackie Collins passed away on Saturday, September 19th after a six year battle with breast cancer. Survived by her three grown daughters and her sister, the actress Joan Collins, Collins was best known for her novels about Hollywood debauchery. Some of her books were so steamy, they were banned not just by a single library, or from certain stores, but by entire countries including Australia and South Africa. Not that banning really harmed her sales. Collins earned millions from her books ("Hollywood Wives," "Lucky," "The Santangelos," "The Stud" among many others) and frequently topped bestseller lists. She sold over 500 million copies in her lifetime, more than four times that which "Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James has sold.
The Nazi-Holocaust Survivor Romance Novel You Weren't Waiting For
A few weeks ago in New York City, Romance Writers of America held their annual conference. The agenda included the RITA awards, the equivalent of the Oscars of the romance writing world, and one of those nominees, for "Best Inspirational Romance" and "Best First Novel," was a book called "For Such a Time" by Kate Breslin.
Throwback Thursday: Novellas About Sexy Tel Aviv
Regina Kolitz // Copyright Forward Association
Let's Cancel Valentine's Day!
It's February, and I have a suggestion. Let's eliminate Valentine's Day and replace it with Tu B'Av.
Talking 'Trash' With Romance Novel Queen
Blogger and self-proclaimed "man-titty media pundit" Sarah Wendell posts witty and wicked reviews of romance novels at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, and has also written two books about the genre. The Sisterhood caught up with her to talk "trash," sex and David Beckham in his underwear, plus what she really wants to know about "50 Shades of Grey."


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Crop Culture Report: Bounce Interspecific Impatiens
This year, Selecta introduces all-new genetics of interspecific impatiens for a great opportunity to grow and merchandise a shade product with confidence. Bounce is highly resistant to Impatiens Downy Mildew, making it the best replacement option for spaces where I. walleriana has failed in the past. Use compact Bounce for hanging baskets or patio pots, and use more vigorous Big Bounce in the landscape or large-size containers.
Unlike New Guinea impatiens, Bounce has the walleriana habit and flower count, growing wide without apical dominance. It truly fills growers' and retailers' needs for a shade alternative. And as the names imply, watch it "bounce" back after wilt or complete dry-down without losing blooms or buds.
For 2015 retail sales, Bounce is available in several top-selling colors: Cherry, Lavender, Lilac, Red, Violet and White.
This article shares some growing and culture tips for excellent-quality interspecific impatiens for shade garden confidence.
Rooting Guidelines
To root Bounce, we recommend a cell size of 25 mm. No rooting hormone is needed. Place it on a mist for an average of six to nine days. Reduce the mist starting day 5, careful not to overwater.
An early PGR spray is recommended. Cover the plants and avoid run off as much as possible. For vigorous products, the first application should be done about seven to 10 days after sticking and the second is when needed (testing before use). Average propagation is four to five weeks. No pinch is needed.
Rooting & Finishing
The best results are achieved if media with the correct pH is used starting with propagation. Aim for a pH of 5.8 to 6.2. For fertilizer, start with low concentrations after roots show and increase with plant development to the recommended levels: 175- to 225-ppm nitrogen.
Water management in rooting and finishing is half the success and the best way to prevent root-bound diseases, improve performance and control plant quality. Avoid drying out Bounce or overwatering the substrate as this will affect plant quality and finishing time. The root system will suffer when conditions change from one extreme to the other. "Growing on the dry side" means letting the substrate become dry (substrate color turns light brown and substrate starts to separate from the pot edge) before watering.
Finishing Guidelines
During rooting, keep soil temperature measured in the liner at 70° F until cuttings are well-rooted. After planting the liner, keep temperature up until roots have developed nicely. Afterward follow recommendations: 68 to 79° F / 59 to 64°F .
The use of "Cool Morning" treatments will improve plant quality, flower and foliage color. It will also improve the plant habit and harden the plants. Lower the temperature by 8 to 12° F two hours before sunrise until two to three hours after sunrise. Start treatments after plants are rooted in, well-branched and cover the media (reach the pot edges). To avoid delayed flowering, keep the average day temperature under a close watch, and if necessary, increase night temperatures. Finishing of the crop depends on the average day temperature, and positive or negative DIF methods as well as "Cool Morning" can be used to improve plant quality.
No need to pinch after transplant. Light levels should be maintained at 4,000 to 9,000 foot-candles.
Plant growth regulator recommendations at this stage: Bonzi 5-25 ppm (spray) or 1-2 ppm (drench), B-Nine 1,500 ppm (spray).
Inspect for pests and fungal diseases: thrips, aphids, mites, INSV, Botrytis and Pythium.
Crop Time
4- to 5-inch Pots, Quarts : 6 to 8 weeks, one plant per pot 6-inch Pots, Gallons: 8 to 10 weeks, one plant per pot 10- to 12-inch Tubs or Baskets: 10 to 13 weeks, three to four plants per pot Are you looking for a way to confidently replace your impatiens walleriana? Are you looking for a way to confidently replace your impatiens walleriana?
4- to 5-inch Pots, Quarts :
6 to 8 weeks, one plant per pot
6-inch Pots, Gallons:
8 to 10 weeks, one plant per pot
10- to 12-inch Tubs or Baskets:
10 to 13 weeks, three to four plants per pot
Are you looking for a way to confidently replace your impatiens walleriana?
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Written on: 26/01/2014 by tinybopa (1 review written)
Laterooms is great for booking hotels, I use it for both short and long stays. I would highly recommend this to friends and family( I always do) You always get a great verity of hotels from budget B&Bs for a quick stop over to luxury hotels for that special night away. I like that you can view the hotels on the map, plan your route and also filter your results to ensure that you have chosen the right hotel for you.


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Recent News for Adoption & Rescue
10 Equine Rehabilitation and Reconditioning Resources
April 30, 2015
Rehabilitating and reconditioning injured or out-of-shape horses can be daunting, but don't worry … we're here to help. ... Read More
Equine Rescue Groups to Compete to Help At-Risk Horses
April 19, 2015
More than 100 participants will take part in the ASPCA's 2015 Help a Horse Day grants contest.... Read More
Accused Louisiana Horse Shooter Arrested
April 14, 2015
A Louisiana man has been arrested for allegedly starving and shooting a pair of horses and maltreating two others.... Read More
Poll Recap: Adopting a Wild Horse
March 31, 2015
Of the 620 poll respondents, 266 (43%) said they would like to adopt a wild horse, but have not yet. ... Read More
TRF Launches Seventh Annual Hay Drive
March 18, 2015
The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation expects its hay costs in 2015 to exceed $220,000.... Read More
Charges Dismissed in Vermont Arabian Horse Cruelty Case
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Animal cruelty charges against a Vermont woman accused of maltreating 23 Arabian horses have been dropped.... Read More
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Good Horse Keeping and Other Advice From Equine Rescuers
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November 20, 2014
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Vermont Horse Herd Seized
November 18, 2014
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A horserider who injured her back after falling off her horse in Cubbington has been rescued by the air ambulance.
The 23-year old woman came off her horse on Saturday morning (May 24) and, at the request of the land ambulance service, an air ambulance was dispatched to the scene.
After being immobolised and given pain relief, the woman was airlifted to the University Hospital in Coventry for further treatment.


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ZIMMERS HOLE, the Vancouver-based project featuring guitarist Jed Simon and bassist Byron Stroud of STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, has begun writing material for a new CD, tentatively due in 2007. Jed recently issued the following update:"Things are good at Camp ZH... we're all fired up and going strong. I sense a monstrous new album in the works...after being away from it for so long, and so busy with SYL, it's very inspiring writing right now. And going through the 'riff vault' has turned up some classic, if not, hilarious stuff! "Anyway...just letting everyone know that the HOLE is in good form and gearing up for what looks like a good 07..." ZIMMERS HOLE recently posted a teaser video for their upcoming DVD at this location. The footage was shot with five cameras on May 28, 2005 at the The Brickyard in Vancouver, B.C. A March 2007 release is expected. ZIMMERS HOLE released its sophomore album, "Legion of Flames", in 2001.
ZIMMERS HOLE: 'All Fired Up And Going Strong'
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PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon State University professor Jon Lewis will lead a discussion of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and its film ratings process after a Saturday, Sept. 16, showing on opening weekend of the new documentary, "This Film Is Not Yet Rated."
Lewis is featured prominently in the film, which opens Sept. 15 at Cinema 21 in Portland. His 2000 book, "Hollywood v. Hard Core: How the Struggle Over Censorship Created the Modern Film Industry," caught the attention of director Kirby Dick, who was nominated for an Oscar for his 2004 documentary on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church titled "Twist of Faith."
Lewis will introduce the 7 p.m. showing and lead a 20-minute discussion with audience members following the film.
Cinema 21 is at 616 NW 21st Ave., Portland.
"This Film Is Not Yet Rated" is rated NC-17.


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New York To Implement Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
Governor David A. Paterson today signed into law a landmark bill to grant workplace protections to domestic workers, the first such law to be enacted in the nation.
Domestic workers had been excluded from many of the rights granted to other employees by legislation enacted in the past.
Among other provisions, this bill provides for:
The right to overtime pay at time and a half after 40 hours of work in a week, or 44 hours for in-home workers;
A day of rest every seven days, or overtime pay if it is waived;
Three paid days of rest annually after one year of work;
The removal of the domestic workers exemption from the Human Rights Law, and the creation of a special cause of action for domestic workers who suffer sexual or racial harassment;
The extension of statutory disability benefits to domestic workers, to the same degree as other workers; and
A study by the Commissioner of Labor on the practicality of extending collective bargaining rights to domestic workers.
Governor Paterson added: "I understand that similar legislation is now being considered in California. I profoundly hope that New York's efforts in this area will serve as a national model, and remove the exclusions which have wrongly applied to this class of workers for too long."
Senator Diane J. Savino said: "Today New York State is again making history in passing legislation to protect working families. We were the first to establish child labor laws, minimum wage laws, and workplace protections in sweatshops. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a former New York State Senator himself, signed the National Labor Relations Act, legislation that gave us the basic labor protections that we all enjoy, but which unfortunately excluded domestic workers. Since then they have toiled without any rights whatsoever. That changes today. With the signing of the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, we will dramatically improve the lives of those who care for our children, our seniors and our homes, those who make all other work possible. More importantly, it sends a clear message to the rest of the country that domestic workers are indeed employees, and deserve to be treated with respect and dignity."


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Hills' Hookups
The cast of The Hills has been awfully busy lately.
Check out Lauren Conrad and Stephen Colletti catching a hockey game. What do you think? Are the pair considering another shot at romance or are they just old friends hanging out at a game?
Meanwhile, rumors are swirling about Brody Jenner and Lindsay Lohan's supposed hookup in NYC on Friday night. Of course, this comes a day after he talked to People.com about his new girlfriend, Cora Skinner:
"She's met the parents. She's part of the family. But no, she's not on the show," Jenner, 24, told PEOPLE at the Pepsi Stuff launch party at Pacha in New York Thursday. "I'm choosing to keep her away from being on The Hills because that would bring a lot of conflict [and] drama to the relationship concerning me and Lauren."
And, finally, Audrina Partridge was spotted with her new boyfriend at LAX after a trip to Sundance.


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by Anthony Mirhaydari | June 12, 2011 8:53 pm
Stocks are in the midst of their worst downturn since 2002, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average on track for its sixth weekly decline. The catalyst, of course, has been concerns over the future path of economic growth as high inflation, rising gas prices, the withdrawal of monetary and fiscal stimulus, and supply chain disruptions out of Japan all take their toll on output.
As a result, the smallest, riskiest stocks in the market are flirting with the lows from January and March. But some sectors, especially financial issues, have been hit even harder. The likes of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC[1]) and Citigroup (NYSE: C[2]) have returned to levels not seen since the spring of 2009. Two years worth of gains have evaporated on worries over regulatory zealotry and a housing double dip.
But here's the thing: Savvy Wall Street traders aren't panicking.
Indeed, the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), which is based on S&P 500 option premiums and rises when people are afraid and looking for protection, has been stalled in a two-month trading range. It remains well below the heights reached during the Japanese earthquake and nuclear disaster in March.
Translation: Options traders, who tend to be some of the more sophisticated operators believe the selloff will be limited and is nearing its end. And that means it's time to start looking for opportunities on the long side again.
For sure, history is on their side. Jason Goepfert at SentimenTrader looked back at what happened when the S&P 500 dropped at least 4% and hit at least a one-month low with no corresponding rise in the VIX since 1986. The results are encouraging. A month later, the S&P 500 sported a positive gain seven out of eight times averaging a return of +6.1%. Only twice did the maximum loss exceed -5% while six times the maximum gain exceeded +5%.
The best opportunities to play the reversal seem to be among emerging market stocks, as well as financial issues. Russia in particular looks very strong as the country takes an increasingly assertive role in the global energy markets after OPEC's latest meeting fell apart in acrimony. The Market Vectors Russia ETF (NYSE: RSX[5]) looks very strong. For individual picks, I like Russian steelmaker Mechel Steel (NYSE: MTL[6]).
As for the financials, they're benefiting from a surge of buying demand late on Friday after CNBC reported a possible relaxation of capital requirements from the Federal Reserve. This provided a much needed dose of positive news for the beleaguered group. Industry titan Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS[7]) looks very strong. A simple return to its 50-day moving average would be worth an 8%+ move from current levels.
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text: Ive signed up to Club Nintendo and Registered a game Ive got but ive been trying to register Wii Sports and the Wii console with the code suppyled but its not working what so ever. Ive tried changing 0 and O's along with L l i and I's to see if thats a problem but still nothing. Is there a way I can do it direct from the Wii or something I can do. I want my Wii Points! Thanks


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We've just returned from a nice long weekend and I wanted to get my impressions down while they were fresh in my mind.
No breakfast places to report (we ate at the hotel breakfast), but we did try the cider donuts at White Mountain Cider Co while picking up sandwiches and they are worth every calorie.
Sandwiches from White Mountain were a far cry over the food available at Storyland and I totally recommend bringing food into the park.
We had one dinner at the Scarecrow Pub in Intervale since May Kelly's was full. It was fine, nothing special but good for what it is. The service was very slow, but pleasant.
Our other dinner was at White Mountain Cider Co and was outstanding. They are totally kid-friendly and have several off-menu options for kids, such as plain pasta and burgers. My husband had the polenta torte over eggplant caponata and loved it (and he hates eggplant!). I had sautéed fiddleheads and ramps followed by the burger (technically a kids burger but they fancied it up with sautéed mushrooms and a nice tomato chutney). My older kid got the meatball trio which was outstanding. Service was very professional and helpful with wine choices, cocktails were really good. I would almost drive back to the area from Boston just to eat here again!


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Thanks for visiting the University of North Carolina Asheville Men's Track scholarship and program details page. Here you'll have access to information about the school and details on their Men's Track program like who to make contact with about recruitment, names of past alumni, what scholarship opportunities are presented and how to start the recruiting process.
University of North Carolina Asheville Men's track Program Coaching & Recruiting Personnel
If you are hoping to get recruited it's important to understand who to build a relationship with - and NCSA provides the details you'll need. The Assistant Coach of the University of North Carolina Asheville Men's Track program is Adam Puett. Other essential staff are:
265-acre campus in Asheville (population: 75,000), 125 miles from Charlotte. Served by air and bus; major airport serves Charlotte; train serves Greenville, SC (60 miles). Public transportation serves campus.
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Melanie Jackson's early roots were from the church choir and years of studying the flute. She sang on her first national commercial when she was 14 years old, and received the John Philip Sousa Band Award for her flute playing when she was 16. She then attended the University of Southern California studying for two Bachelors (Music and Broadcast Journalism) by day, and singing in blues and rock bands at night.
While she was in college she fell in love with the song stylings of jazz vocalists, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. She also became involved with crafting lyrics and became published when she was 20 years old. She started a jazz group that was rated one of the best jazz groups in Los Angeles by Music Connection Magazine in Los Angeles. She received the Westinghouse Broadcasting Scholarship and moved to work in a television production internship in San Francisco (KPIX-TV) which lead to a production assistant job in New York City (NBC Network) for the Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder in 1980. She still sang in groups and recorded, while she worked in broadcast production.
In 1981, she moved back to California to pursue her singing career, but on the way, also recorded a demo of some of her original songs in Nashville.
Back in Los Angeles, she worked in the studios recording commercials (Budweiser, Toyota, Michelob, Disney), network promos (NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, E-Entertainment, Playboy) and background vocals for various recording artists. (She has worked and collaborated with hit songwriters such as Tom Kelly (Madonna, Whitney Houston, Cyndi Lauper) and Elliot Wolff (Paula Abdul). She has had songs of hers covered in films, and lyrics recorded by other singers. She has toured as a background vocalist with such acts as REO Speedwagon, Latin artist- Jose Luis Rodriguez on CBS International, and Leonard Cohen. Since then, she teamed up with her husband, Grammy-nominated trumpeter, Sal Cracchiolo, to record their own CD, Fly, which was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2001. They were flown to perform for Pope John Paul II to sing in the Millennium Choir for the Jubileo and also performed for H.M. King Bhumibol of Thailand. In 2005 to 2006 the California Arts Council sponsored both Melanie and Sal. Melanie has also just finished recording on Tower of Power's new album to be released in late 2013.
Today, Melanie lives in the Norwalk/Cerritos area of Los Angeles, California with her husband and their two terriers. She continues to perform locally and has teaches voice privately and classes in Jazz History at Santiago Canyon College and Santa Ana College. She was also an artist-in-residence at Whittier College in Whittier, California from 2008 to 2009. She is a member of SAG-AFTRA, BMI, and the Jazz Educators Network (JEN). She gives lectures and clinics in, jazz and pop vocal development, jazz history and some aspects of music therapy.


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10 Dec 2014, 01:51pm by Brian Fremeau
Brian Fremeau dives into the TCU vs. Baylor debate for the last time -- this season.
1 comment, Last at 13 Dec 2014, 12:14pm by DFJinPgh
09 Dec 2014, 11:43pm by Brian Fremeau
How would an eight team college football playoff change the likelihood of a championship for each of the contenders this year?
25 comments, Last at 24 Dec 2014, 3:11pm by Alex51
03 Dec 2014, 04:08pm by Brian Fremeau
The surging Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets hit No. 3 in the FEI ratings, and seem more than capable of knocking off undefeated Florida State this weekend.
3 comments, Last at 04 Dec 2014, 9:54pm by Brian Fremeau
26 Nov 2014, 12:00pm by Brian Fremeau
Florida State has yet to lose a game this year, but there's a reason you won't find them at the top of most rankings.
7 comments, Last at 29 Nov 2014, 10:06am by Brian Fremeau
25 Nov 2014, 11:39pm by Brian Fremeau
If the Iron Bowl and Egg Bowl contenders had swapped schedules this season, would they have swapped records as well?
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19 Nov 2014, 10:43pm by Brian Fremeau
What does Alabama's victory over Mississippi State tell us about the best ways to measure field position?
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12 Nov 2014, 10:08pm by Brian Fremeau
We identified the key statistical measures that may hold back each of the top six teams from claiming a spot in the College Football Playoff when the final rankings are announced next month.
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12 Nov 2014, 01:17pm by Brian Fremeau
Turnovers and the sequence of events that follow have had a major impact on key games in the last few weeks.
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07 Nov 2014, 01:59pm by Brian Fremeau
Comparing the top six teams in this week's College Football Playoff rankings to recent BCS Championship game participants across key efficiency measures.
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04 Nov 2014, 10:59pm by Brian Fremeau
Florida State is definitely not the best first-half team in the country, but they have been spectacular in comebacks this season.
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I haven't seen any mention of this game yet or anyone talking about it.
Does that mean nobody cared it came out? It seemed like it might be somewhat interesting, if you are into actionRPGs or something. At least I think that's what kind of game it is, with running around and fighting enemies on the same screen instead of a separate battle area.
I actually got this and Tales of Vesperia mailed to me on the same day since Hurricane Gustav screwed up last week (and Amazon mailed me ToV a bit late as well). I haven't actually put in either game in my 360 yet, though.
A stupid thing about me is that I own Blue Dragon, Eternal Sonata, Lost Odyssey, and now those two games. I haven't opened LO, played BD for about 3 hours, and a bit more for ES.
So which one should I get through first? I know, I know, I'm really dumb for buying all these long JRPGs for full price, especially without even getting close to beating a single one. I really have no explanation for it.
I've heard a few rumblings that IU is good, but it feels a bit unpolished or something. Like it could have used a bit more work or thought into some stuff, but I don't know any further than that with what some people are talking about.
Anyway, any thoughts on the game? Is it great, good, alright, bad, horrible? I'm thinking closer to the middle or lower, since there isn't really all that much discussion for such a new game. Though there are a ton of new games coming out at this point and in the near future, so that may have something to do with what people are deciding to pick up.
I'm curious as well since this one was on my list of possible purchases. All I've heard about it so far is IGN and the rest of the press saying it's yet another bland JRPG w/ some below average stuff for a Square-Enix title. But I still haven't heard a peep outside of reviews, and we all know how reliable the gaming press can be.
The only real knocks I recall reading against it was a fair bit of slowdown that happens way too often.
I think it has the most ridiculous title I've seen in quite some time. I'm pretty sure that's at least -1 full point right there, geez.
The slowdown isn't anywhere near the level I've seen described in reviews. I'm guessing that they got "review copies" with unfinished code. This game is very much like one of my favorites on the PS2: Rogue Galaxy. In many ways, I think it's Tri-Ace's trial run for Star Ocean 4.
However... the first four hours or so of the game are quite lame. You have to slog you way through it to get to the good stuff. It seems like one of the least polished games ever in that early section so when later parts (especially on the second disc) actually get quite good, the difference is dramatic.
I'd play Infinite Undiscovery before Tales of Vesperia just because it's a shorter game by half and slogging through the early sections of the game will be easier when you don't have the more polished Vesperia fresh in your mind.
Yeah, I've only played about 8 hours into IU and it feels kinda... odd. There are a lot of minor nuisances, like it just didn't get final polish. Like the camera when you get smacked into a corner >_<
Tales of Vesperia I'm almost done with now, and find it truly amazing. There's a three page thread on it, but I think that's on page two of the forums now. My only complaint in ToV is that the combat AI is mediocre at best, as always it's better to play with friends. I really wish IU had been multiplayer too, or at least let you control someone other than Cappell. IU feels like a lesser version of Radiata Stories kinda so far; a project done on the side by Tri-Ace while figuring out how to do a game in their main series. I hope they learned from it for Star Ocean 4.
The general consensus is that the game is very unpolished and feels rushed. Knowing Tri-ace, a company which is chronically incapable of finishing anything they start, this seems pretty par for course for them. Even their most polished series, the Star Ocean games, are quite rough around the edges. Also I heard the final dungeon of IU is a joke, it's all palette swaps of the same enemies and bosses you fight the whole game.
Rogue Galaxy was a quality title, even if the story was a throwaway giant pile of cliches. IU doesn't seem to be in that league. Tri-ace had better not screw up Star Ocean 4.
This game was on my radar, but the reviews have all scared me away. It sounds pretty uninspired.
There are a few posts alluding to length, but I haven't heard anything about that. Does anyone know how many hours to expect from IU?
Bought it, hate it. I couldn't even get over the fact of how horrid the sync'ing of voice to animations were. It was like I was playing a psone game. Given that I bought it I will probably slug my way through it and trade it in. Overall, I was disappointed though, this may change once I get a bit further in (about 3 hours in atm).
I'm thinking get through undiscovering infinity first. Don't want to start with the better game of Tales of Vesperia and work your way down to this.
I'm with you on having a collection of JRPG that I haven't even started. I buy them knowing it will be more of a down the road kind of thing.
I'm not saying that Infinite Undiscovery even approaches Rogue Galaxy in Quality, just that it often feels very much like it, specifically in the combat and in some of the level design.
Rogue Galaxy was an amazingly fun game and I put a good 50 some hours into it. A bit too tough sometimes (required some grinding) but that's about the only complaint I had while playing it.
I could fill paragraphs with my complaints about Infinite Undiscovery - but there's still some real fun to be had.
It looks like it was a good decision for me to wait on picking IU up? Money's a bit tight right now so I wasn't planning on buying anything new until Fallout 3 hits. It definitely a solid buy at the sub-$40 pricepoint though? Even though it seems to take twice as long as last-gen for console game prices to fall that far.
I'm finding it acceptable so far; I'm only a very little way in. The one thing I really hate is that not all NPC scenes are VO'd, which just seems so wrong in this day and age. More than anything that makes me feel like this is a low quality, rushed kind of title.
I'm also not much of an action-RPG fan, so I basically button-mash through the fights to try and get to the next VO'd scene, which can be OK. The PC is quite nice, personality-wise.
Sadly ToV isn't out in the UK, otherwise I think I'd be playing that instead.
For those that are interested, Gametrailers has some good hd video reviews of both Infinite Undiscovery and Tales of Vesperia. They liked both (ToV more than IU, although they felt that ToV doesn't offer anything more than a graphics refresh over ToS). But there's enough gameplay video that you should be able to draw your own conclusions.
Haven't loaded it up yet, still. It's gotten to the point where I have so many unplayed games that I want to play, I'm having a hard time just picking one to put in.
I stand there looking at the stack of games and feel overwhelmed, and usually end up loading Madden or Halo. Yeah. I = pretty dumb.
I think I have a mental block not allowing me to start yet another RPG when I already have two started yet nowhere near completion. So that makes me go play a completely different genre instead.
Its so strange, every jRPG on the XBox feels like a trial for one of the big franchises. They are mostly good, but none have reached perfection.
Enchanted Arms - Wild Arms without the old west
Blue Dragon - Dragon Warrior without slimes
Eternal Sonata - not sure, but kick ass battle system
Lost Odyssey - Final Fantasy? How cool would it have been if they named it 'Last Odyssey'?
I admit, it's odd having the 360 by my main console due to the JRPGs going to it for the most part >_< But, I'd have to disagree with your list since you left one game off, and it's attained perfection, but I guess it wasn't so much a trial...
Tales of Vesperia - Tales of... series
Oh, also... Blue Dragon is nothing compared to even the worst Dragon Quest game >_< Mind you, I'd consider that to be DQ8 and lord knows most Americans would disagree with me on that.
Eternal Sonata was the trial run for Tales of Vesperia, actually.
While the combat systems both take place in a circular area, comparing a Turn Based combat system with a Real Time combat system, especially from two different companies, seems very odd. It's like saying a grid based strategy game is like a real time strategy game, both are very different. And I won't even talk about plot.
I'm not comparing the combat systems at all, though Eternal Sonata had a hybrid turn-based/realtime system. I'm simply talking about how they're both from Naamco Bandai and the technology behind Eternal Sonata is in Tales of Vesperia as well.
Do you really think the tech from a Tri-Crescendo game was used by the Tales development team? While Bandai Namco is the publisher of both, they were created by different companies altogether.
I was under the impression that it was. If I'm wrong, I'll certainly cop to it.
I also bought my 360 for jRPG's as they are what I live for. I was just giving rough comparisons as it seems like companies are practicing particular styles and trying new combat systems before actually doing a high profile franchise. Nothing wrong with that all as it can only be better when the franchise game is actually released. I am really glad Square released FFIII and Chocobo Tales before FFIV on the DS.
Practice games can be a lot different in gameplay. I can see how Eternal Sonata and Vesperia could be compared for things besides combat. The graphics seem especially similar.
I have only played DQ VII and VIII and enjoyed them both quite a bit. I would love a true DQ game on the 360. It seems they are doing quite a bit of DS stuff for now though.
Well, the reason for this is that MS gives money to Japanese devs to make JRPGs. The Japanese devs aren't stupid, they know that Xbox games sell like 2 copies in Japan. So they take the money, crap out something quickly, and laugh all the way to the bank. This is the problem when your strategy for development is centered around the moneyhat, you can give them the money, but you can't make them create something good with the money you give them.
PS3 has far fewer JRPGs than 360 right now, but the ones which are exclusive to PS3 actually kick ass. Disgaea 3 is just the beginning of that, there are 2 Megami Tensei titles in development for PS3 (one of which is rumored to be a Persona title) and White Knight Story should be good if previous Level 5 titles are any indication. Of course, FFXIII remains exclusive to PS3 in Japan where it really matters, MS moneyhatting Squenix to get simultaneous launch of FFXIII in North America and Europe only fucks us gaijin in the asses, the nihonjin will still get their FFXIII on time when it's finished without any delays.
Any idea what the song at the beginning of the Vesperia review is called?
I played through 3 hours of it. I liked the art direction on the characters. But some of the places you travel to feel really uninspired visually. I stopped playing at a castle stage that felt as bare bones as a 360 game can get.
What really annoyed me is the lack of direction of where you should be next. I spent about 30 mins searching for this castle before I finally happened upon it. The lack of save points was another huge knock against it for me. I'm fine with not saving anywhere, but I hate going 45mins-1 hour without saving. Or going through an entire dungeon/castle without saving. Luckily, I didn't need to replay any of the tedious bits.
The battle system felt okay, but wasn't anything special. Targeting was a little cumbersome for me. Others may enjoy it more than I did. I strongly recommend renting this before purchasing it even when it drops to $40 (which I doubt will take more than a few months).
I'm stuck at the start of disc 2. It's night time, I've walked around everywhere and triggered conversations with most of my party members. But there's no save point, and I can't leave the town, and there's nothing more that I can find to do.
How do I continue?
(I've never been more frequently clueless, lost and without any idea how to continue in any other game; but this problem I can't even find a solution for via google)
Edit: found it. I had to go back to somewhere I'd already checked, after having talked to everyone else. *sigh*
The environments will get much more interesting.


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After original M&M publisher 3DO went bankrupt in 2003, new license holder Ubisoft said M&M X was unlikely to ever happen because of branding choices. However, an unofficial open-source M&M X project emerged last year, and is still in development.
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The passengers disembarked from Delta Flight 3 from Heathrow Airport Monday in an area of Terminal 4, which has domestic baggage claim, a passenger on the flight, Andrew Rostron said.
Airport employees realized the passengers were in the wrong place. They were then taken through immigration and customs, CBS News reported.
Any passenger who had a carry-on bag, though, would have been able to walk right out of the airport, Rostron said.
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On the morning of October 31, an Ocean Beach resident ("Don") awoke to find that the front of his house had been vandalized with spray paint. While the drawings weren't offensive, they are an eyesore and can be seen from the street.
Upon closer inspection of his property, Don found in his mailbox a picture that showed someone he knew holding a gun with the words "you die" written on the side.
Don said he called the police, and several officers showed up to gather information. Don said the police said the picture is considered a felony threat. Don also discovered that his neighbor's truck and two other houses had similar spray-paint damage.
According to Don, this was the latest chapter in an ongoing saga of crazy behavior by two alleged meth addicts, X and his girlfriend Y.
Reader: How do you know these two people abuse meth?
D: I've seen them do it. They live in a known tweaker house down the street.
R: How did you meet them?
D: I was walking down Ebers Street around a year ago and Y came out and started talking to me. Both X and Y are into New Age stuff, which interested me. I felt sorry for them so I helped them with some legal stuff.
R: When did things start going wrong?
D: I used to go to their house and watch movies, and one night their roommate told me that X stole an expensive parrot from a pet store in Kearny Mesa and bit its head off in a satanic ritual. I know that X has stolen stuff from my house, and he's broken in three times to sleep on my couch. X told me that he spent six years in jail. They support themselves by shoplifting, and they're banned from…local businesses for being caught. I've been trying to distance myself from them, but they won't leave me the hell alone.
R: Go on…
D: I'm an executor for someone who has slight mental problems (we'll call him "Billy") that lives in a local house. I found out that Billy had been going down to X's house for dinner, and they were treating him really well while also saying that I was stealing his money and abusing him, which isn't true. I told Billy that they were trying to steal his house [by signing it over to them], and he went and told X and Y. Well, that really pissed X off, so he vandalized my place and left the picture in my mailbox. You can't get much stupider than that! The police went to his house three times but didn't find him.
R: Have you had contact with X recently?
D: Just this past Monday [November 4] he called me up and said, "Don, what's going on down there? I'm up in L.A. and I've heard some things." I said, "X, you know what's going on." And he said, "No, no, I've been in L.A. for a week..." Just then, a jet flies over Ocean Beach and I heard it overhead and also in the phone. I said, "That jet just flew overhead and I heard it in the phone, so I know you're not in L.A., you're in O.B."
He tried to deny it and said he was near LAX, but another jet flew overhead and the same thing happened. It was pretty funny. I caught him in five or six more lies and I eventually hung up.
First of all, they'll lie and stick to their story no matter what. They're a deluded bunch that thinks they're smarter than anyone. Then they will steal, and steal, and steal and when you confront them they will passionately sometimes with tears in their deceptive little eyes, vehemently deny any such thing while the object they stole is sticking out their back pocket. The sad part is that while they are responsible for putting that poison in them, once that drug takes hold all bets are off and they are off to the races. The nicest and most considerate and loyal friend will turn into a monster. They'll want to stop but they can't. Jail, Hospitals, or an air tight casket. Thats where they're headed unless they stop. This drug is killing america from Rhode Island to Hawaii where they call it Ice because its ten times more powerful than what the Hells Angels were making in the '80s. Yes, TWEEKERS SUCK!
Just another reason to be careful whom you associate with, Tweakers are the worst of the worst. I am sorry to hear of all the trouble that poor guy has had.
"While the drawings weren't offensive, they are an eyesore and can be seen from the street." Hey world, if anyone spray paints ANYTHING on my house, car, truck, or anything else I own, I'M OFFENDED. And I assume that anyone who does that is intending to offend me. It works. So, the conclusion that I have to reach is that the threshold for crap in OB is extraordinarily high, and that many of its residents are accustomed to being used as doormats for the low-lifes who hang out there, live there, and provide the local color there.
Nothing good can come from associating with drug addicts.


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This is the final level of the great game Call of Duty 4. If you follow these tips and steps, you will be the victor of the virtual war in Call of Duty 4.
1First, you will come down a hill in a truck being chased by the Russians in their trucks. When you collide onto the road with another car coming on the highway you should try to pick off all the enemies directly behind you in the first truck.
2Next, when you have taken all the enemies out in the first truck, reload and get ready to defeat the next group of enemies. These guys will have at least two RPG's on them and the captain will signify these by telling you these. After you have defeated all of the trucks a helicopter will start chasing you and your squad. You don't need to really worry about this because the helicopter misses a lot. All you need to do is shoot the RPG at the helicopter and it will stay away from you.
3By now you will have ran into the last part of the mission where you tip over your truck and you have to escape the falling bridge. When you first look up, you will be dazed, then move forward and jump the two ledges. This is the hard part so if you want to win the easy way without killing any enemies this is the way to do it. When you get above the ledges if you look to your left you will see and red car and a crack in the ground with a hole in front of it. Go prone and crawl as far forward towards it as possible. When you do this the enemies chuck grenades at you ad they will bounce off of your body and go down the hole.
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As barely a year has passed since England's disastrous Rugby World Cup campaign levered open the can of worms that was the sport's administration south of the border, it is tempting to ask Sir Ian McGeechan what on earth he had been smoking in the moments before he agreed to lead a review of the affairs of the Twickenham-based Rugby Football Union.
But then, McGeechan has a bit of previous in these matters, and far from being daunted by the back stabbing, the plots and the Machiavellian intrigues of the RFU, he can reflect on another period of his life where such shenanigans were also commonplace. Or, as he puts it himself: "After SRU politics, this is easy."
The 66-year-old is referring, of course, to that interlude, between 2003 and 2005 when he took over the reins as Scotland's director of rugby from his coaching compadre Jim Telfer. He arrived just at the point when Murrayfield was heading for one of its periodic meltdowns, an episode ignited by the reluctance of the SRU general committee's blazeratti to relinquish age-old powers and pass them to people who actually knew what they were doing.
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It was an uncomfortable time, not just for McGeechan but for those who preferred to cherish the memories of his contribution to the Scottish game as a stylish fly-half/centre who won 32 caps between 1972 and 1979 and, subsequently, as the head coach who plotted England's downfall in that momentous Grand Slam match at Murrayfield in 1990. After his departure from Edinburgh, he admitted it had been a mistake to take on the role in the first place.
In truth, McGeechan, who was born in Leeds to Scottish parents, has spent his entire life with one foot on either side of Hadrian's Wall so it would take a particularly febrile mind to see his association with the RFU as some sort of treachery. In any case, when he sat down to talk rugby at a venue in central London the other day, his lingering affection for the game in Scotland was unmistakable.
So although his professional head may be focused on Twickenham next weekend – England take on Fiji on Saturday – his heart will be in Edinburgh the following day as Scotland host the All Blacks at Murrayfield. As the Scots have never beaten New Zealand in 107 years of trying, it is a ferociously difficult assignment, but although McGeechan stops short of predicting a home win he is happy with what he has seen of the side just lately.
"Edinburgh had a superb season in Europe," he observes. "Glasgow are going well now. It is important that they are competitive and getting results because it builds up the support base and gets people talking about rugby all year rather than just at international times.
"Overall, I think the Scotland squad at the moment probably looks as good as it has for seven or eight years. I think Andy Robinson has done a really good job there. I'm one step back, but the vibes seem so much better than they were.
"The summer tour [which produced wins against Australia, Fiji and Samoa] was brilliant. Sometimes you just need to win by an odd point rather than lose by an odd point and the whole feeling changes and confidence increases."
The weight of history is an onerous burden for the Scots who take to the field in a week. McGeechan made his Test debut against the All Blacks in 1972, but played more often against them in the red of the British & Irish Lions than his native blue. Yet in four matches for the Lions and three for Scotland against the All Blacks, he tasted victory only once – the second Test of the Lions' 1977 tour to New Zealand.
After hanging up his boots and donning a tracksuit, he did have the joy of guiding the Lions to a 20-7 victory against the All Blacks in Wellington in 1993, but the series was lost when they went down 30-13 in Auckland the following week. It was a painful experience for McGeechan, but still not a patch on the agony he suffered when Scotland came within three points of breaking their hoodoo in losing 21-18 on the same Eden Park ground three years earlier.
"My biggest disappointment still is losing to the All Blacks in 1990. We should have beaten them and it would have happened but for some refereeing decisions," he says. "Even the New Zealand public accepted that Scotland should have won that day. That was the best Scottish performance I was ever involved in. Tactically and technically we showed what we could do. When you lose a game like that your disappointment is much greater. The opportunity was undoubtedly there to come out with a win in New Zealand against the All Blacks side who hadn't lost since the 1987 World Cup. That was one of the special Scottish performances."
Even in the context of last season's Six Nations whitewash, some eye-catching cameos by individual players led some commentators to suggest that Scotland's representation on the Lions' 2013 trip to Australia could look far healthier than in 2009 when McGeechan, as head coach for the fourth time, selected just two of his countrymen in the original party – another two were added as later replacements – for the combined side's tour to South Africa.
McGeechan will accompany the Lions next year, but will have no say in the running of the tour. But even in light of his earlier remarks about the quality of the current Scotland squad, he does warn that places will not come easily.
"Lions selection is so different from any other that you do," he said. "A player is picked out of his peers in four countries. As Lions coach, you can see what a player can do in one context but you have to think of how they will play in another. Sometimes it's about drawing something out of a player and you have to look beyond the individuals to the team.
"The back row is going to be incredibly competitive. There are back-row players around just now who would normally go on the Lions tour but just won't be able to win a place because the competition is so strong. There are so many good players in all four countries, so a lot of it will come down to performance over the next five or six months."
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Animal Species:Bluestriped Goatfish, Upeneichthys lineatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
The Bluestriped Goatfish is a shallow water species that occurs in temperate marine waters of eastern Australia.
Standard Common Name
Bluestriped Goatfish
Alternative Name/s
Blue-lined Goatfish, Blue-spotted Goatfish, Blue-striped Red Mullet, Red Mullet
The Bluestriped Goatfish has a small mouth with fleshy lips. There is a single row of conical teeth in both jaws. It has two fleshy barbels protruding from the chin (as do all the goatfishes). These are used for digging in soft substrates and sensing prey.
The colouration of the species is highly variable from pale, almost white, to deep red with various spots and markings on the head and sides.
Size range
31 cm
Similar Species
The species looks similar to the Bluespotted Goatfish, which has a slightly longer head and more distinct stripe along the side of the body.
The Bluestriped Goatfish is endemic to Australia. It occurs mostly in sheltered bays and harbours from southern Queensland to eastern Victoria.
The map below shows the Australian distribution of the species based on public sightings and specimens in Australian Museums. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Distribution by collection data
Ozcam map of Bluestriped Goatfish specimens in the Australian Museum.
Divers see the species in small schools at depths from 5 m to 40 m. It is occasionally trawled in water down to 100 m.
- Species:
- lineatus
- Genus:
- Upeneichthys
- Family:
- Mullidae
- Order:
- Perciformes
- Class:
- Actinopterygii
- Subphylum:
- Vertebrata
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Hutchins, B. & R. Swainston. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete Field Guide for Anglers and Divers. Swainston Publishing. Pp. 180.
- Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Gary Allen. Pp. 437.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's president, returned home to what was officially described as a warm welcome yesterday after causing outrage at a UN anti-racism conference in Geneva, where he attacked Israel as a "racist state" created on the "pretext" of Jewish suffering.
Irna, the state news agency, reported a "sensational scene" awaiting Ahmadinejad in Tehran. "People from all walks of life, including university students, [who] had gathered as of the early hours of Tuesday morning, warmly welcomed their political leader at the airport," Irna said. Those who opposed his speech were described as "hooligans".
On Monday Ahmadinejad lambasted the creation of a "totally racist government in occupied Palestine" in 1948, calling it "the most cruel and racist regime".
His words prompted a co-ordinated walkout by 23 EU delegates, including those from Britain. The US boycotted the event altogether. But Bernard Kouchner, the French foreign minister, said the decision could hurt Barack Obama's effort to reach out to Iran. "Leaving an empty chair, it's easy," he said. "You leave, then you yell at the rest."
It also emerged yesterday that Ahmadinejad omitted remarks from his prepared text which described the Holocaust as ambiguous and dubious. But he did speak of "abusing the Holocaust". He also dropped a section about Zionist "penetration" of western society. It is not clear why he deviated from the text, but he took the podium following a meeting with Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, who had cautioned against the use of divisive language. Ban said yesterday that it was "very regretful that the conference was misused by the Iranian president for political purposes".
Iran's foreign ministry attacked the walk-out. "Some western governments do not tolerate freedom of speech when it concerns Zionism," it was quoted as saying by Fars news agency.
Official Iranian media praised Ahmadinejad but Etemad, a reformist paper, called his speech controversial. Alireza Ronaghi, correspondent for al-Jazeera TV in Tehran, said: "Ahmadinejad's speech seems to have had the same effect within Iran as it has abroad: antagonising his critics further while forcing his supporters into a unified position."
Ahmadinejad, facing an election in June, is popular in rural Iran but widely blamed for the country's economic crisis. Many Iranian critics say his grandstanding has brought the country into disrepute. Tehran is at odds with the US, the west and Israel over its alleged nuclear ambitions and support for groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Israel, marking its annual Holocaust memorial day, attacked the speech as "shameful". Iran was "trying to do everything they can in order to wipe Israel off the map and at the same time to undermine the moderate Arab Muslim regimes in the Middle East," the deputy foreign minister, Silvan Shalom, said at the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Syria, Iran's only Arab ally, called for tolerance and said it was "natural" that there were such disagreements at a UN conference.
At the end of the conference yesterday, more than 100 countries signed a 143-point declaration to fight racism and discrimination against minorities. The declaration also warned against stereotyping people because of their religion, a key demand of Islamic states which say Muslims have been unfairly targeted for their beliefs since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US.
Riyad al-Maliki, the Palestinian foreign minister, was applauded yesterday when he called Israel's occupation of the West Bank "the worst violation of human rights" and "the ugliest face of racism and racial discrimination".
But there was criticism from some Arab commentators. "How will the Iranian president's speech contribute to the Palestinian issue or the good of the occupied Arab lands?" asked Tariq Alhomayed, editor of the al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper. "All he did was push the international community to rally around Israel."
Victor Kattan, a UK-based Palestinian academic who was in Geneva, reported on his blog: "Over the weekend, there was a clear attempt by the Iranian delegation at the UN to hijack the Palestine event I was attending. They brought their own literature and leaflets with them in which they equated the Star of David with the Nazi swastika and labelled Zionism racism. Their literature was promptly removed by one of the Palestinian organisers who objected to it, causing a rift with the Iranians.


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Character » Cyclops appears in 9133 issues.
This should be on the Cyclops forum.Cyclops has his own forum?
@CitizenBane said:
This should be on the Cyclops forum.
tbh there is a lot about cyclops i dont like such as IMO boring personality and very 1 dimensional power.
but one thing i always liked about cyclops, is that whenever xmen get ambushed or whatever, if cyclops is around you know that 9/10 cyclops will immediately hit back with a powerful and accurate ranged attack. as member of team that is just always useful,
as a feat i guess he destroyed wolverine hand in AOA so at the very least his optic blast is powerful enough to break adamantium, so very very powerful indeed
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well... he can put on his pants by himself. for him that is a feat
lol u mad?
His greatest feat was finding a beer bottle in Wolverine and the X-men. Otherwise he is worthless and should die.
When was the last time Cyclops was shown drunk? Outside of a cartoon?
The facts speak for themselves Cyclops = worthless drunk!
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@TheCrowbar said:@DrGannon said:When was the last time Cyclops was shown drunk? Outside of a cartoon?
The facts speak for themselves Cyclops = worthless drunk!
@Obtrusive: I agree that he's not the end all be all kind of character. But the character as he stand during the Utopia move and in schism is very intriguing and multilayered.
Wasn't he drunk at the Hellfire Club just after his squabble with darling Jean? Fantomex and Wolverine dragged him off to infiltrate the World and such? (I think)
And by the way - Cyclops is a GOOD man, dammit! :)
Very true but thankfully he isn't a full-time drunkard as some of the earlier post suggest.
Personally, I believed that Cykes goes through a whirlwind of events. Despite the loss of TWO wives, a son, and now his original crew of friends and allies, he continues to persevere! But hey, haters gonna hate.
Cyclops FTW
Pretty sure beating the x-men with broken ribs is a credible feat. He normally owns Logan, which is also a credible feat since the guy fights people like thing, colossus, and hulk. He's a way better leader than Charles, Storm, Magneto, and what wolverine is trying to be. Even with one power he's used it to it's peak and doesn't rely on it all the time. The guy knows Judo and Aikman, have a vast knowlegde of trigonometry, has studied the stats of all the other x-men and other people in the marvel universe. Scott doesn't even have to be out in the field since he can effectively set up a plan for a team to use and have them hop to it while multitasking with say serveral other missions, the fact that when he does go out in the field it just provides assurance of the completing of the mission and the welfare of the troops. Cyclops haters be learners today.^3^
Whats with the hate for Cyclops?? He's the mutant version of Cap. Why is it ok for Cap to be militant and whiny about Bucky sometimes while overseeing his people & doing what it takes to protect them but not Cyclops?
@homeslice: I guess there are a lot of Nazis among comic book readers too if they hate Cap!
@homeslice: Yeah it's sad the best characters are usually never given a big roles in media. The big guns will always sell like wolverine, hulk, Spiderman, now ironman, and even deadpool(I would say captain america, but he's not as big anymore just to people who originally liked him.). For Dc it's basically Batman and superman.(used to be flash, gl, ww, and aquaman with them, but times changed.) Marvel only makes movies/shows of their most grossing chars and Dc's only really good movies and shows are from batman old and new or like justice league featuring their top dogs supes and bats.@god_spawn: I dare you to try.
@GRider: I find Cap to be a bit of a boring character. I'll agree with the other poster, I don't particularly fondle over characters with a high morals just because they usually feel that they are the higher power and that there way is the right way. Cyclops is no exception, I've never been attracted to Cyclops character for a lot of reason, which I won't get into, but he's a pretty one-dimensional character power wise, far as I'm concerned.
@Aero_gt: I agree completely- there are tonnes of great characters that deserve to have their own animated and live-action series/movies and quality videogames. I wish cap would get a solo animated series and that cyke would get some more recognition in the xmen movies/series. I also think its about time flash and other heroes got an animated movie for the very least. I was glad that ww managed to get one. I love supe, bats, spidey and the xmen etc but they aren't the only characters... I feel lucky that supe, spidey and bats are in my top 5. too bad characters like cap, cyke and dd and in dc-the rest of the league- wont get as much recognition.
@GRider: haha indeed.
@homeslice: I'm not a mega fan of Bats and supers, but I love to keep tabs on them and grew up with them. Same for Cap and Spiderman and to some extent the avengers. To me the animated movies do some characters a lot of justice. Dc has it's show cases and the wonder woman movie was pretty tight. The spectre, Captian Marvel, Johan hex, and Green Arrow showcases were good. Young justice surprises me everytime with their show, Cameos from the four gls of earth, Dr.Fate, queen bee, joker, lex luthor, ra'as al ghul, Billy Batson, the brian, 4 ape villians i think unless gorilla Grodd wasn't there yet, the ice villians and so on, needless to say it's my fave dc show since justice league . Now marvel on the other hand should do more animated movies and shows that don't suck . Wolverine and the x-men was interesting ofcourse it's mainly about old edward scissorhands, but I liked the diffent type of cyclops, Jean grey was only in there for the beginning and end (+ for me), emma frost finally got some decent screentime, polaris was there, and It had a diffent direction than just the usual arcs.
@Aero_gt: Alrighty then, so first off I'll just clear out the most common fact that yeah he is a great leader and has saved the mutant from extinction and if anyone has picked up an x-men comic over the course of the last few years you would understand that so I won't post any scans of that.
Even with one power he's used it to it's peak and doesn't rely on it all the time. The guy knows Judo and Aikman
I have the scans all separate but I don't want to click on all them so this will suffice.
have a vast knowlegde of trigonometry,
sinks a pool table in one shot.
has studied the stats of all the other x-men and other people in the marvel universe
The universe bit is pushing it, but he does know his team inside and out.
Scott doesn't even have to be out in the field since he can effectively set up a plan for a team to use and have them hop to it while multitasking with say serveral other missions,
I do have scans that Scott is always analyzing and he does come up with plans on the fly like before he dealt with his own team transitioning from person to person. Scott has a lot of planning feats.
I do have more scans of his trigonometric ability, fighting ability, accuracy, destructive powers. The whole deal.
@god_spawn: Great scans there really aren't enough about his martial arts abilitys let alone sowrdsmanship
@BlackArmor: Thanks and I totally agree, aside from tossing around the X-men which I understand cause of his prediction ability when taking on his team is stellar, he's taken on thugs and disarmed a gunman in uncanny before the relaunch in fear itself which is basic street level 101. If he makes such a bold statement as to being the premiere super hero team he wants to be, I'd like some more h2h abilities from him at least on Moon Knight's level. The sword is cool but a bit unnecessary IMO though I wouldn't mind him carrying one with him but he doesn't need it.
@god_spawn: Cycke with a sword does seem kinda weird but it's good to see he has the skill. i'd like to see cyke hold his own against a series martial artist even if he lost it would be saying alot
@Aero_gt: Woot woot, as long as Andy doesn't find out and beats me with a stick we should be ok.
@BlackArmor: And that's what I agree with, I mean the most he has done was tussled with Wolverine, but considering Wolverine held back in Schism or goes in like a dumba$$ on Scott, it doesn't say much in comparison to Wolverine. I'd like to see Scott train with someone like Cap. T'Challa or Daredevil or something. He does need more h2h feats since he just pulls one out every now and then.
@Aero_gt: yeahh DCs animated movies are awesome. They really got the characters and I hope marvel could do the same. I really liked ultimate avengers but that was basically since it was the only animated appearance of cap in recent times. Young justice is great and i really appreciate all the cameos. Ultra humanite and malla I think were the ape characters I'm not sure if I'm forgetting any. The latest marvel series I really liked was spectacular spiderman tho it got cancelled. i never caught up on wolverine and the xmen since cyke was demoted lol but i I think i'll give it a try.
@god_spawn: training from those characters would really be great since I agree that he needs more hth feats. Cyke is rarely seen without the xmen tho and he doesn't have his own book so it might probably be a while before anything like this happens unfortunately.
@homeslice: Yeah Wolverine and the X-men wasn't really the place for Cycke fans Cyke had a random and stupid demotion and once again was placed in second stringer position. there is one really good episode where cyke goes rouge to take out sinister but they even ruined that at the end
@BlackArmor:That's why i never bothered to watch it- I thought that I should heed the blatant demotion as a sign of things to come. I heard that a first class sequel is being written and i hope they find some way to include him and give him justice. btw do you remember the name of the episode u described where cyke goes rogue?
I wouldn't be suprised if he had a bit part in 2nd class but i doubt hollywood will give him justice you have to read the comics to see cyke for the great charecter he is and not enough people in show biz read comics, ironically they all want to make comic movies but apparently sitting down with a copy of uncanny X-men is beneath them. if cyke doesn't have to be sacrificed to make wolverine look good though he has a much larger chance of shining in whatever role he has
looked it up it was "eXcessive Force"
@homeslice: A little birdie also told me that x men the anime is out, but I have to witness this myself. As for cykes being a bigger part in the movies, he needs a known actor to play him and some screen time. It seems like in every movie he gets lamer, but not only him, but anyone that's not the main protagonist or a antagonist. Toad , Mystique, Mags, Pyro, Striker and new Sabretooth got pretty decent villian roles, heck even evil Jean grey got way more attention when she went bad. Cyce did get the worse end though out of the good guys, he gets beaten up in the first two, "dies" in the third, is a wimpy kid in the x-origins, and no where in first class if you don't count that minuscule cameo. Iceman had a good run, Storm was under powered and just eye candy to the viewers, Beast only got to be in the 3rd, nightcrawler only got to be in the second, rogue was insignificant, the professor got a few hits and misses, and colossus and Kitty didn't get enough screen time. Oh and i heard that sebastian shaw and emma frost got some justice in 1st class.
@Aero_gt: The X-movies are to Cyke what Super Friends is to Aquaman
they make everyone who doesn't read the comic hate him
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Agriculture is South Dakota's number one industry. It generates over $21 billion in annual economic development and employs more than 122,000 South Dakotans.
Some of the success of South Dakota's agricultural development is owed to the industry's ability to ship products to and from South Dakota via rail. Rail service allows South Dakota products to enter regional and global markets. When our products are shipped by rail, it saves money for producers and consumers.
Across the state agriculture shippers are experiencing a shortage of rail cars. This shortage is caused by several factors: the cold long winter we have experienced across the Midwest, the influx of traffic to support the Bakken, the record 2013 harvest, and delays caused by construction on the rail system outside the state.
I am very concerned about this problem because our agriculture economy is highly dependent on the state's commodities getting to the market.
Over the last few weeks my staff have been communicating with representatives of the Burlington, Northern & Santa Fe Railroad, the Canadian Pacific and the Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad to urge them to do whatever is possible to restore service to typical levels. We have also ensured the Surface Transportation Board, which regulates railroads, is aware. Next week the Surface Transportation Board is conducting a hearing about this issue. I will be submitting testimony for the Board to consider and I have asked Secretary of Agriculture Lucas Lentsch to attend the hearing and provide additional testimony about the how the issue is affecting South Dakota.
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Words and music fight depression and despair in "Unplugged"
For Paul McComas, a project is seemingly never done. Whether it's simply some of his old music made in previous bands or old childhood videos of homemade episodes of "Star Trek," the local author and musician is always coming back to his old material, tweaking and revising and expanding upon it.
On some level, "Unplugged" – a live performance rock show coming to the Henke Lounge in Marquette's Alumni Memorial Union Tuesday, March 25 at 7 p.m. – fits right in with those other projects featuring McComas collaborating with his past self and past works.
It started life as a novel written by McComas in 2002, but it soon grew into something much larger and more elaborate, including a live performance and a CD compilation – now expanded, improved upon and released this past January with all of the proceeds going toward the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN). For McComas, however, "Unplugged" is much more than simply another project.
"(Paul) told me from the beginning: he'd done all sorts of things, but this one – the book, the music – is the most important," said Maya Kuper, McComas' fellow performer, musician and collaborator on "Unplugged," as well as multiple past projects.
Much of that is due to the performance's mission: combating rape, depression and despair, topics that sadly still desperately need just as much attention and discussion today as they did when McComas originally wrote the novel "Unplugged" 12 years ago.
"Sadly, this will always be a relevant story, whether we're talking about issues of depression and suicide or issues of rape and abuse," McComas said. "There are a lot of people who have been fortunate – blessed even – not to experience it first or second-hand, and for a lot of them, I think the closest they can come up with to relate is, 'Well, I've had some bad days.' They don't understand that it's a neurochemical phenomenon, that it has a hereditary predisposition element to it. This isn't something anybody would choose."
The show is an hour-long journey of inner struggle and triumph told with a mix of acted out, spoken sequences adapted from McComas' 2002 novel of the same name and songs from, as well as inspired by, the events and emotions of the story. The Center for Peacemaking at Marquette is bringing the free, open to the public event to campus with any and all donations going toward RAINN.
"At first blush, it may seem like an odd marriage, this show and peacemaking because it's not explicitly about war or combat," McComas noted. "Peace broadly defined – inner peace, interpersonally, between different parts of yourself and different parts of a community – I think is all over this book and this show."
The story's base origins, however go back even further than the book's 2002 publishing date. The first seeds for "Unplugged" were planted in McComas' mind back in the mid-'90s. At the time, the musician was performing and running a program called "Rock Against Depression," a tribute to the famously talented – and troubled – Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.
"The purpose was to pay tribute to him in a way that would also serve as a way to educate his younger fans about depression and suicide awareness," McComas said. "It was about halfway through the run of that project that it occurred to me: I'm addressing these issues through someone else's work and through music, but not through my own work and not through fiction. So I decided to tell the story of a character in some ways similar to Cobain – but obviously not based on him – who has the opportunity to step back from the brink and live and grow and heal."
The character wound up being Dayna Clay, a bisexual alt-rocker struggling with depression and her past demons, leading to a spiritual and personal journey to inner peace. Her emotional search in the novel and the live performance takes her to the rocky Badlands of South Dakota, which plays a character itself in the novel.
"For the Lakota Sioux, it's a place of sanctuary and hiding, which is exactly what Dayna is looking for," McComas said. "Then the central metaphor of the book involves the formations in the area, which are not rock mountains but dirt, silt and clay compacted together. As you climb them, they can break away under your foot or come off in your hand. What happens over time is not that the unstable foundation magically firms up for you, but you become more adept at navigating its inherent instability. And that, to me, is recovery."
The centerpiece of "Unplugged," however, is Dayna, a character that means a tremendous deal to McComas. The author did a great deal of research in order to accurately and respectfully write not only from the woman's point of view (a notion McComas dismisses, saying, "There's no such thing as 'the woman's point of view'; there are 3.5 billion of them, and I only need to be authentic to one."), but from the perspective of a bisexual woman struggling with depression and being a rape survivor.
McComas then mixed that research with a composite of real-life inspirations. There's a little bit of Kurt Cobain in the character of Dayna, as well as a bit of McComas himself and his own personal battles with depression. Elements of the character are also inspired by McComas' first girlfriend, Julia, a talented acting and performing student at UWM who was raped and, less than a year later, went to the top of the tallest building on campus and tragically committed suicide.
"On some level, I think I wanted to rewrite that last chapter of Julia's life and let her live," McComas said.
The second track on both the album and the live performance, the essay "For Julia," serves as a tribute and explanation of how her sad story informed and inspired everything that is about to follow. McComas and Kuper noted that some audience members struggle with the tragedy of the story, but there's a reason why it opens, not closes, "Unplugged."
"That's not where the story ends," McComas said. "We must not let the story end there. And we're not letting the story end there."
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World: Europe
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US President Bill Clinton has given a fresh warning to Serbia that Nato is ready to attack it if President Milosevic refuses to accept a peace agreement to end the conflict in Kosovo.
President Chirac said the time had come for President Slobodan Milosevic of Yugoslavia to choose the path of wisdom rather than war.
Peace negotiations between the Serbs and the Kosovo Albanians have been taking place in France for the last two weeks.
Milosevic standing firm
Mr Hill saw the Yugoslav foreign minister instead and told him that Belgrade must sign a peace deal for Kosovo or face the consequences.
And he repeated his opposition to ''a foreign occupation'' of Nato troops to police any settlement in Kosovo - a key clause in the peace plan drawn up western leaders.
The Pentagon has ordered six B-52 bombers, armed with cruise missiles, to fly to bases in the UK in preparation for possible strikes.
On Wednesday, the US announced it was sending more than 50 additional military aircraft to Europe, in case strikes were ordered.
Bleak prospects
BBC Diplomatic Correspondent Barnaby Mason, who is at the talks, says they are going on into the night but the prospect of an agreement is bleak.
British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said on returning to to the talks at Rambouillet, near Paris, on Friday evening that he would try to inject momentum into the talks but it would be tough..
US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has said she will return on Saturday.
She said she would tell the delegations they must seize the opportunity for peace, or Serbia would be hit very hard by Nato air strikes.
Embassy staff leave
Western embassies in the Yugoslav capital, Belgrade, are withdrawing staff as the deadline for the Kosovo peace talks approaches.
The Canadian and British embassies have already started evacuating dependents and non-essential personnel and the United States may follow suit later in the day.
Germany has also warned its citizens to leave Yugoslavia. The Netherlands is pulling out non-essential diplomatic staff and Denmark has reportedly put its diplomatic personnel on standby to leave.
Russian warning
Russia has voiced disagreement with its fellow members of the Contact Group - the US, Britain, France, Germany and Italy - on the issue of Nato strikes.
The Western nations in the Contact Group want Belgrade to allow a 30,000-strong Nato force to police any accord on the ground.
But Moscow says there can be no Nato deployment in Kosovo without Belgrade's full approval.


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Dilly Landers Swann is buried in Friendship cemetery close to Jacksonville, Calhoun co. AL.Her grave was unmarked for many years but a few years ago, Miss Emmie Boozer had a marker placed on it.I don't know what death date is on it.My sister may have a picture of it.I will ask her.
I am a descendent ofDilly Landers through her 1st husband Benj. Page.I read your postings on the Cartledge site of Genforum and you mention several mysteries.I have some info that may help or maybe you can help me with the answer.My line of Landers and Page families were in Calhoun county and Etowah county AL.I subscribe to Ancestry.com and as I was looking through the 1920 Calhoun co. census, ED2, Jacksonville, I came across the following:
Thomas Cartledge age 58, widowed, born GA, father b. GA, mother b. Maine.He is a minister and has his 3 children living with him; Grover age 21 (an electrician), Annie Lane age 18 (telephone operator), and Mary age 16.Is this Thomas the son of Grover H and wife Annie Marie Lane?I don't have his descendents but since Thomas named a son and da. Grover and Annie Lane it would seem probable that they would be related.I haven't run across many, if any Cartledge's is this area so I thought this might be of interest to some researching this line.


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