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[PPIE_SCHMA] PPIases accelerate the folding of proteins. It catalyzes the cis-trans isomerization of proline imidic peptide bonds in oligopeptides.
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Treatment of schistosomiasis, a widespread human parasitic disease caused by the helminth parasites of the genus Schistosoma, relies mainly on one chemotherapeutic agent, praziquantel, although several other compounds exert anti-parasitic effects. One such compound is the immunosuppressant cyclosporin A, which has been shown to significantly diminish worm burden in mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni. Given the well established interaction between cyclosporin A and the cyclophilin superfamily of peptidylprolyl cis-trans isomerases, we solved the structure of cyclophilin A from S. mansoni (SmCypA) by x-ray crystallography in the reduced and oxidized states at 1.5 and 1.8 A of resolution, respectively. Oxidized SmCypA contains a disulfide bridge between two C-terminal cysteines (Cys-122 and Cys-126). This is the first example of a cyclophilin containing this disulfide bridge. Parallel functional studies suggest a mechanism for regulation of SmCypA activity via oxidation of its thiol groups; in fact, whereas oxidized SmCypA is inactive, reduced SmCypA is an efficient isomerase active at nanomolar levels with a k(cat)/K(m) of 1.1 x 10(7) M(-1) s(-1), and it is inhibited by cyclosporin A (IC(50) of 14 +/- 4 nM). The lack of conservation of this cysteine couple within the CypA superfamily, their close proximity to the active site, and the importance of thiol groups for peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase activity render this structural feature a challenge for the development of alternative and more effective anti-schistosomiasis inhibitors and may in addition imply an alternative function of SmCypA in the schistosome.
The three-dimensional structure of two redox states of cyclophilin A from Schistosoma mansoni. Evidence for redox regulation of peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase activity.,Gourlay LJ, Angelucci F, Baiocco P, Boumis G, Brunori M, Bellelli A, Miele AE J Biol Chem. 2007 Aug 24;282(34):24851-7. Epub 2007 Jun 25. PMID:17591771[1]
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The widow of a Cuban prisoner who reportedly died after a 50-day hunger strike acknowledged Monday that his legal troubles stemmed from a domestic violence incident and that he aligned himself with the opposition only after he was detained for that, but accused the government of negligence leading to his death.
Maritza Pelegrino said her late husband, Wilman Villar, was first arrested after her mother alerted neighbors and police in July 2011 about a marital dispute. Authorities say Villar beat Pelegrino, but she downplayed the seriousness of the incident.
"There was an argument between us like in any marriage," said the 28-year-old Pelegrino, whose husband died Jan. 19, a week after he was hospitalized in the far-eastern city of Santiago.
Pelegrino, who now herself has joined a dissident group, spoke at a news conference in the Havana home of a prominent rights activist and appeared with former political prisoner Jose Daniel Ferrer, head of the Patriotic Union of Cuba opposition group in the island's east.
Dissidents say Villar's death was provoked by complications from pneumonia related to his refusal to eat in protest of his incarceration, while the government maintains that he was not on hunger strike and says authorities gave him all necessary medical attention.
Pelegrino told journalists that during the July arrest, Villar, who apparently had been drinking, was treated roughly by authorities.
"We had our argument and afterward my mother went (to seek help). That's when the police arrived and took him away by force, mistreating him. They put him in the car and took him away," Pelegrino said.
Villar was released while a court considered his case. He first joined up with anti-government activists in August or September, according to Pelegrino and Ferrer.
Villar was taken into custody again in November when a court sentenced him to four years for disrespecting authority, assault and resisting arrest arising from the domestic violence case. Authorities call him a "common criminal."
"After committing his crime, while remaining free during the prosecution, Villar began to link himself to counterrevolutionary elements in Santiago de Cuba who led him to believe that his supposed membership in mercenary groups would help him evade justice," the government said in an official declaration published Jan. 20.
Pelegrino attributed her husband's political activism to anger over his father's death in custody five years earlier, though she could not explain why he joined the movement only last year.
Ferrer said Villar protested his sentence by refusing to eat but intended to continue drinking liquids.
The two said family members visited Villar on Dec. 23 and he lifted his hunger strike, only to stop eating again six days later when he realized his sentence would not be reconsidered. He was hospitalized in mid-January, and his health continued to decline.
The government has said "there is abundant proof and testimony demonstrating that he was not a 'dissident' nor was he on hunger strike," though authorities have not made such evidence public.
Cuba accused the opposition and the U.S. government of using Villar's death to demonize the revolution. It considers dissidents to be mercenaries trying to topple the communist-run government at the bidding of Washington.
Villar, 31, was little-known before his death even among island dissidents.
Human rights watcher Amnesty International determined Villar met its criteria for recognition as a "prisoner of conscience" and had planned to launch a campaign Jan. 20 calling for his release, but he died the previous evening.
Pelegrino was clad in white at the news conference and said she had joined the dissident group known as the Ladies in White while her husband was in jail.


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Can sync calendar or send mail but not both
In order for my calendar in Outlook 2007 to pick up appointments entered on my iphone, the icloud outlook ad-in must be active. However, when it is active, any email I attempt to send just sits in the sent mail folder, showing "date: none", and the sender subject line in bold, not italic. When I uncheck the icloud ad-in, emails send, but of course, the calendar fails to sync.
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Hi jdkoener,
Here is list of iCloud and Outlook Sync Problems and Solutions: iCloud and Outlook Sync Problems and Solutions - Slipstick Systems
Hope it will solve your issue also!!
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Thanks for the suggestion; I will study this carefully and see if I can figure out a permanent solution. I've been to slipstream before; it's not exactly syncing for dummies. But perhaps with my additional experience I will be able to find the solution I'm looking for.
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- Pregranulomatous phase of sarcoidosis: immunohistochemical diagnosisKaz Jaskiewicz
Department of Pathology, University Medical School of Gdansk, Gdansk 80211, Poland
Acta Histochem 107:473-7. 2006..Lymph nodes with pregranulomatous sinus histiocytosis labelled with both antibodies. This profile of immunolabelling can be used in the differentiation of this condition from reactive sinusoidal lesions...
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Dig Dis Sci 51:241-4. 2006..The 10.2% rate of this type of colitis in patients with chronic watery diarrhea indicates the necessity to consider these lesions in older individuals with diarrhea and normal endoscopical colonic mucosa...
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Dig Dis Sci 53:785-8. 2008..Obese patients with type 2 DM and insulin resistance develop more severe NAFLD and early sinusoidal fibrosclerosis...
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"Be glad and rejoice, for the Lord has done great things." Joel 2:21
There are times when I read those words in the midst of great sorrow and I wonder who are these rejoicing people? Who are the people of God who feel as though 'great things' have been done? Can they not see my brothers who are suspected of crime simply because of their skin color? Can they not see my sisters who struggle to feed their children while working tirelessly at low-paying jobs? Can they not see our mothers wrenched in grief at the loss of their children to harrows of war? Can they not see our fathers demeaned and discouraged at the loss of meaningful work? Can they not see our neighbors and friends spatting endlessly? Where is God in the midst of this crazy mucked–up world? Why would I rejoice?
Between the years of 1992-1996, the city of Sarajevo in Bosnia-Herzegovina was decimated by years of warfare and siege. The people who managed to survive the fight and live in the city lost access to water, electricity, gas, and public transportation. In 1993, in the midst of this unimaginable anguish, people of the city gathered in a basement, avoiding sniper fire and held the Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant. Participants carried banners that read "Don't let them kill us."
Beauty pageants in wartime seem futile and silly. But in 1993 in Sarajevo, the Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant was a gathering of hearts and minds in resistance against the evils and anguish of war. It was a moment to celebrate the gift of beauty and life and to remember that life is not mere survival. Taking time to celebrate life told the world that the people of Sarajevo were not giving up.
Imagining life in Sarajevo in 1993 is next to impossible for me, but the wreckage of life isn't far from my doorstep. Sometimes, the holiday season doesn't turn my heart towards warm gratefulness, but towards embittered pain. Rockwellian images of peaceful tables full of turkeys and smiling families remind me that life isn't as it should be, or what I want it to be. Despite these vast differences, the people of Sarajevo remind me that pain, fear and fighting (whether in war or in our families) is not the final word on life. The prophet Joel, who gave us these words to be glad and rejoice, also gives us these words of the Lord, "You shall know that I am in the midst of Israel that I, the Lord, am your God and there is no other." (Joel 2:27).
God exerts a real and abiding presence in the midst of Israel, proclaiming that death and sorrow and hunger and fear for the future are not the final word. God does not leave His people in pain, but enters into our pain and bears it with us. This isn't an abstract idea, but a real and living person in Jesus Christ. We can take time in the midst of our lives and our struggle to be glad and to rejoice because we do not struggle alone. Whether Thanksgiving and the impending holiday season is a time of easy rejoicing or wrought struggle, we can peel back the corners of our daily existence and see that there is God with us, Immanuel. And for this God, we lift up our hearts and say a Great Thanksgiving.
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A police officer held a supporter of opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi yesterday near his candidate's base in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Partial results showed President Joseph Kabila as the winner, setting the stage for clashes. (Jerome Delay/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Violence might erupt if president wins reelection
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After days of tension in Congo's capital as the nation awaits election results, traffic began to flow once more, women selling cassava leaves took up their usual positions on the sides of roads and a few international airlines allowed their planes to resume flights to Kinshasa yesterday. But anxiety remained high that the Central African nation stretching over a territory as large as Western Europe would descend into violence, with supporters of opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi vowing to take to the streets if President Joseph Kabila is declared the winner.
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if you have kids,
you no doubt have the songs from frozen running through your head
as you pick up toys, drive through town and most often,
as you go to sleep at night.
as i watched frozen, the designer in me was drawn
to the rich colors and beautiful patterns of the girls' dresses
and decorations in the castle.
i knew i had to create a party featuring these designs.
lucky for me, i have made some wonderful party planner friends,
and you don't have to twist their arm to throw a good party!
here in chicago, we need a distraction from this brutal winter and
this frozen playdate by lillypaul designs definitely brought out
the best of winter for these girls.
welcome wreath
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do you see those adorable olaf cake pops by
{printable backdrop posters}
{printable 3 inch circles - perfect to make applesauce cups extra cute}
{printable food labels}
{printable banner}
{printable name or food label tents}
{printable 2 inch circles - used to decorate cups here}
{printable favor tags decorate these adorable gumball tube favors}
{printable "let it go" sign}
faux snowball fight
{i'm olaf & i like warm hugs - printable mini banner}
shown here with a pin the nose on olaf game
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Everybody likes prizes, and everybody likes games, so wouldn't it be great to combine the two together in a fun sweepstakes app? This app does exactly that. The Great Contest is a subscription-based contest app that allows you to play fun games and be entered into drawings for real prizes. And these aren't just some lame "break-the-first-time-you-use-them" trinkets. This is a Great Contest, so why not have great prizes, such as Xbox Kinects, vacations, or even cold hard cash!


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Stand tall America! The pride is back! Walk with your head held high secure in the knowledge that we live in a country where two terrible people can put aside their petty differences and come together to create an unnecessary pile of garbage.
Yes! Michael Bay has announced that Megan Fox will be a part of the upcoming "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie." Miracles can happen!
Many have thought that their split was irreparable after Fox compared Bay to Hitler (a comparison that many have criticised her for but I'd like to think she was comparing Bay to Hitler in the sense that both of them are terrible artists) but apparently Bay is letting bygones be bygones.
It's unknown at this point what role Fox will be playing in the movie. Some have speculated that she'll be playing reporter April O'Neil but I also seem to remember that a female Ninja Turtle with a disturbing pair of unnatural turtle boobs was introduced at one point. So, y'know, she could be playing that role.


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In any group or team it is likely that there will be members who are willing and eager to talk - sometimes over-eager so that they hog the floor. Equally, there will be others who are quiet and retiring and need to be encouraged to talk. Teams are most successful when everyone contributes. This is a tool you can use during discussion sessions that will encourage everyone to join in. Because it is a timed activity, it encourages the participants to be succinct and the discussion becomes more disciplined and to the point.
Tool aim
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Savanna is the newest arrival to the Cincinnati Zoo. The 5-week-old cheetah cub loves her new companion, Blakely the dog. The pair have a special bond after they were recently introduced to one another. Savanna loves to give Blakely kisses and play with the dog's tail.
Savanna was born at the Zoo's regional cheetah breeding facility in Clermont County on June 22, but she had to be moved to the Zoo's Nursery after her mother, Lucy, could not provide adequate care.
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What Is Japan's Fetish This Week? Giant Breasts
The 3D breasts were inevitable. After Nintendo revealed its glasses-free 3D portable, the Nintendo 3DS, it was only a brief matter of time before gamers in Japan could ogle 3D boobs them. Senran Kagura, the first of what's likely to be many games with that feature, includes a bevy of top-heavy, jiggly ninjas.


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For a look inside a 21st century art classroom, look no further than Betsy Logan's class at Auburn Junior High School. The list of supplies Logan hands out to students at her Alabama school includes "Portable mouse, computer, monitor … and imagination."
Sixth-grade students create PowerPoint slideshows, which are then posted online. Eighth-graders use such high-tech tools as the Wacom Drawing Tablet and Painter Classic Drawing Program to create works of art on a computer screen. A website allows students to check on class assignments or post work samples online.
The marriage between the visual arts and technology seems to be a natural one. Innovations such as digital cameras, image scanners, and computer graphics programs open up entirely new possibilities for students to get creative. Using technology also helps art teachers get the attention of a plugged-in generation of youngsters who were raised on computers, play "Guitar Hero" games, and create visual arts and music using software like GarageBand or iPhoto.
"Technology is here to stay and we must prepare our students in current methods of technology as well as a variety of art media such as painting, ink, drawing, and other techniques," says Logan, a National Board Certified Teacher.
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Wimbledon 2012: Loss Isn't the End for Venus WilliamsJune 25, 2012
Venus Williams stumbled to a heart-breaking first round loss at Wimbledon, but that doesn't mean the tennis legend should call it quits.
In just her sixth tournament since taking a seven-month layoff to treat her Sjogren's syndrome, Williams showed none of the fight that made her one of the most dominant female athletes in history.
She missed her first five serves and dropped the first five games of her 6-1, 6-3 loss to Elena Vesnina—the 79th ranked player in the world.
For everyone who watched Venus win four of six Grand Slams in 2000 and 2001, then take home Wimbledon titles in 2005, 2007 and 2008, it was simply sad to watch.
There's no other way to describe it. To watch someone who was once so fiery and competitive lethargically saunter around the court, it was just plain sad.
That being said, her performance on Monday doesn't mean she should hang up her racket and walk away from the game she loves.
Venus was defiant in the post-match press conference, insisting that she still had some great tennis left in her. Although I highly doubt she'll be winning Grand Slams again, I agree with her basic sentiment.
If we have some patience and lower our expectations a little, we will see Venus Williams have success on the tennis court again.
Sjogren's syndrome causes extreme fatigue in those who carry it. It limits the amount of time you can train, forcing you to rest when normally, before the disease, you would have been able to carry on.
With such a unique condition, it would have been ridiculous to expect Venus to compete at a high level this early. She only returned to competitive play four months ago, with just five post-syndrome announcement tournaments under her belt before coming into Wimbledon.
Venus will never return to her championship form. There's just no denying that.
But, let's see how she performs in her next five, six, or seven tournaments before we completely write her off.
No one likes watching a legend fade into mortality, but calling for Venus to retire is just selfish. If she wants to keep competing, and her condition isn't being worsened by it, then she should continue to play.


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Vandana in Mumbai | February 06, 2009 10:24 IST
Top Satyam [Get Quote] executives accelerated sales of their shares in the company in close to three months before the company's aborted December 16 bid to buy two developers controlled by Ramalinga Raju's family.
Five executives reaped Rs 2.5 crore (Rs 25 million) from a combined sale of 106,000 shares from October 1 to December 16, according to data posted on the Bombay Stock Exchange. The shares were sold in 16 transactions.
A S Murty, Satyam's new CEO, sold 40,000 shares in two transactions on December 12 and 16 for Rs 90 lakh (Rs 9 million). His percentage holding now stands at 0.01 per cent after this transaction.
Manish Mehta, Satyam's global head of SA, sold shares on seven occasions starting November 28 to December 15. His holding now stands at 0.03 per cent. Similarly, K Sriram, vice- president of Collaborative Enterprise Solutions, sold 13,000 shares in four transactions between October 21 and December 11. His holding after the last transaction came down to nil.
Analysts said that these five executives sold shares at a time when the stock price had already started sliding due to the overall slowdown in the markets.
However, former chief financial officer Vadlamani Srinivas, who is now in jail, made no such mistake. He sold 92,358 shares in two transactions in September and pocketed Rs 3.07 crore (Rs 30.7 million).
Ram Mynampati, the dislodged interim CEO of the company, sold 25,000 shares on June 4 when Satyam's stock price was ruling at Rs 486. Mynampati got richer by Rs 1.21 crore (Rs 12.1 million) on that day.
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Today, December 22, 2011, is the first official day of Winter and by definition the shortest day of the year — even though it's not the earliest sunset or latest sunrise — in the northern hemisphere. Perhaps we should mark the occasion, as our distant ancestors did, with some sort of recognition and related social ceremony, celebrating and welcoming the sun as it moves back to beckon plants and animals into the light of quickening Spring? Oh, wait, yeah, Christmas and all … well, anyway, some researchers at Notre Dame are still thinking of the hot summer sun and all the free energy, about 4 trillion terrawatts to be precise, and ways to make it easier for consumers to get at it. One solution, solar-cell paint!
(TGDaily) — The 'Sun-Believable' paint uses semiconducting nanoparticles to produce energy – and while it's nowhere near as efficient as the current standard, it's inexpensive and easy to produce in large quantities … "We want to do something transformative, to move beyond current silicon-based solar technology," says professor Prashant Kamat, who led the research. "By incorporating power-producing nanoparticles, called quantum dots, into a spreadable compound, we've made a one-coat solar paint that can be applied to any conductive surface without special equipment."
Sci-fi writers have envisioned this for decades. It's good to see science fact catching up as the post carbon world looms ahead. And it makes sense: why worry about building fusion reactors, or sucking out the last gooey bits of ancient caramelized alga, when there's already a massive fusing core of hydrogen conveniently located overhead topped off with enough fuel to last 5 billion more years?


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We're whizzing up trouble here in the Spilled Milk test kitchen, as your hosts make milkshakes and mistakes in equal measure. Follow us down the rabbit hole. Recipe: Chocolate malt. NOTE: Even though this episode has the Explicit tag, it is probably safe for Grandma's house, but don't say we didn't warn you. Includes suggestive blender noises.
Episode 3: Milkshakes
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There is nothing like a good shake. Great cast guys. Loved every second of it. Made me laugh more then once.
Great episode! I gotta tell you guys – I've been a rabid Orangette fan for about a year and a half (I'm a lurker though). My fave recipes are chana masala, chocolate featherweight cookies, and rhubarb crisp with orange zest (yum), but once I got wind of Matthew via the podcast I had to pick up "Hungry Monkey". I knew by page 14 that I was going to LOVE the book. I hardly ever laugh aloud while reading, but I laugh practically every other page with this one. I've already run out to buy dark soy sauce and sticky rice. Thank you both for bringing your infectious joy and knowledge of food to the world (and me).
Good timing guys, I was sitting at my desk at work in a bad mood and just checked to see if there was a new podcast and there was! And it was about Milkshakes, even better since ice cream is my favorite food! 🙂 Thanks for making my day, you guys are great! And hilarious, I had to stop myself from laughing out loud so my coworkers wouldn't catch on to my brief break in productivity…
I am not normally a milkshake drinker but y'all made it sound so good, I am going to have to make some. Yes, probably both kinds to see which one I like better. My husband will be so happy. :o)
You guys are killing me! Last week I just HAD to make some butternut squash soup (America's Test Kitchen recipe – the requisite weird twist is to steam the squash over the squash innards, which seemed fitting after your anatomy lessons) and now I'm craving a chocolate malt something awful.
Loved this cast! In the middle of this dreary, cloudy winter, this tasty reminder of summer was much-needed.
I've got malt powder (Carnation, at that!) languishing in the cupboard. I'm breaking it out tonight!
That lemon sorbet-buttermilk-sesame concoction sounds intriguing and perfect for a summer night on the patio.
Thanks for another great one, guys!
[…] prepares a fantastic-sounding lemon sorbet-buttermilk-sesame concoction that I would love to try on a summer […]
The wrestler's wife would be THE Crunch.
Is there anything more disappointing than ordering a milkshake in a restaurant or diner and having it be too small? "Here's your 6 ounces of choc mal."
I dunnoh … I had high hopes for this podcast … but to find out that Molly didn't know what a carney was. That's going to alienate a huge slice of the foodie demographic.
On the other hand, if Spilled Milk can bring together fluffy white bottoms and crispy lacey edge types …
RIP Black Tiger Espresso Milkshakes??? Say it ain't so!!
Yay! I was so excited to see a new show downloading in my iTunes. Great episode – you guys made me laugh all the way through. Malt Enthusiasts of the world, untie! Umm…..what?! 🙂
Coop shake! My husband and I both went to Pomona and I currently work in the administration and we've both enjoyed plenty of Coop shakes in our day. He a 2/3 cookies and cream 1/3 mint chip and me a 1/2 cookies and cream 1/2 coffee … certainly nothing as special as a chocolate malt, but we were both pretty excited to hear the Coop Fountain shout out!
Hi. I liked the first episode, just caught the second. I just wonder – why would you peel a beautiful squash? I've always chopped them in half and shoved and them in the oven. Fire and forget, easiest dinner I've ever made. I mean, if you want to make soup, I could see it – or scoop out the seeds and stuff the hollow with sausage or bacon. Mmmm Mmmm. Will catch third episode very soon.
Gosh I wish you guys could do one a day. I listened to this today on the way to work, it was 36C today with humidity through the roof. Stinky travellers all around, unwashed teenage boys, bad breathed oldies, sweatie biggies, this kept me sane, although made me look mad as I laughed out loud. Thanks so much for the public service!
I had a bourbon spiked milkshake at BLT Burger in NYC, outrageous but good. They call it Grandma's treat. Their menu is at:
I listened to this last night. I cannot stop thinking about malts. I'm off to Swensen's to buy one for dinner. I blame this on the two of you…


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The aim of data mining is to find novel, interesting and useful patterns from data using algorithms that will do it in a way that is more computational efficient than previous method. Current data mining practice is very much driven by practical computational concerns. In focusing almost exclusively on computational issues; it is easy to forget that statistics is in fact a core component. The Conventional decision tree classifies the data whose values are known and particular, but in this paper such classifiers handle data with tentative information. The value vagueness arises in many applications during the data collection process.
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After Sunday, we should have a much better sense of where Texas is going with its plans for the 2013 running backs.
Dontre Wilson (DeSoto, Texas/DeSoto) and athlete Kyle Hicks (Arlington, Texas/Martin) have both confirmed they'll attend this weekend's junior day. So will James White.
The 5-foot-11, 195-pound back from Pearland Dawson said he has an open-door policy when it comes to his recruiting process these days.
White went to Baylor's junior day last month and will attend one at Texas A&M later this month. He's also been hearing from LSU, Michigan State and Texas Tech recently and officially has offers from Tech and Baylor.
"As of right now, I don't have any timeline," White said. "As the offers start coming in, I'll narrow it down."
And what if Texas offers this weekend?
"I would take that into consideration," he said. "That would be pretty nice. Anything is possible. Like I said, my door is open."
White is aware of the heavy competition for snaps he'd get at UT with Malcolm Brown, Joe Bergeron and Johnathan Gray in front of him, but said that scenario "doesn't concern me at all."
Though White likes his recruiter, Major Applewhite, he hasn't spoken with the Texas co-offensive coordinator since the coach stopped by Dawson in January. He would like to stay in-state for college, but with few offers so far he's open to considering any program.
White ran for more than 1,700 yards and 23 touchdowns for Pearland Dawson last fall. While the environment and campus of the schools he's considering are important to him, finding the right offensive scheme is just as critical.
"I'm not one of those downhill runners; I'm more of a balanced running back," he said. "I prefer the spread offense. I just like the way the tempo of it. That's what we run at my school, a really fast pace."


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One of the main problems with Tom Eyen's campy 1974 comedy is that the films it most resembles, a string of B-movie exploitation flicks issued by American International Pictures in the early 1970s, are themselves parodies of lurid, low-budget '50s programmers such as Women's Prison. Eyen's script is less razor-sharp, more broad — love that pun? — sendup. While taking the material outrageously over the top is the only way to make it work, director Jay Michael Fraley holds close to the letter of the text, generating only sporadic laughter.
While some of Fraley's cast members crystallize their characters, sketched as takeoffs on familiar figures from the worlds of stage and screen, others move just part of the way there. Jennifer Bridge creates the right campy, ironic tone with her Mary-Eleanor, the Snow-White ingénue whose first appearance makes her an apt combination of Alice in Wonderland and Dorothy Gale. In the same spirit are Kristin Elliott's giggling, whacked-out Ada; Brenda Glim's butch lifer Gloria; Jami McCoy's Jerseyish, Marilyn-coiffed Cheri; and Shannon Lee Blas' sentimental, high-haired Puerto Rican, Guadalupe.
Ruling the ward through fear, The Matron should be a comically malicious sadist — a female equivalent of Ernest Borgnine in his best villain roles. Sharyn Case's portrayal is devoid of comedic juice, a loud cackle her only identifiable trait. The idea of rendering the Matron's crony and main squeeze, Louise (Jessica Woodard), as a junior of Case is inspired. So is the show's opening, a black-and-white version of the trailer for 1971's The Big Doll House, followed by a roster of the play's credits (including a directorial credit for the pseudonymous "Alan Smithee"). Tighter pacing would mask many of the script's flaws, and the use of harsher lighting and cheesy music and sound effects would go a long way in duplicating the world Eyen's material purports to ridicule.
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DETROIT -- Sandi DiPaola, a stay-at-home mom, traded in her family's big conversion van for a Dodge Caravan minivan this past year.
Her reasons for doing so were as straightforward as they always have been for those who buy minivans: DiPaola, 38, travels heavy. She needed space for her husband, twin 9-year-old sons, a 4-year-old daughter and a gaggle of friends and possessions. She also wanted something fuel-efficient.
DiPaola considered a Chrysler Pacifica crossover for a moment, but ultimately decided on the minivan.
"Nothing else really met our needs," she said. "We did not like anything else."
If more DiPaolas were out there, Detroit automakers might not have so much to worry about in the profitable minivan segment, which has made up about 12 percent of all light-truck sales for the past few years.
But across the country, automotive consumers are finding they have other choices, such as the Pacifica, when it comes to finding a fuel-efficient vehicle that has a lot of cargo space.
Thousands of minivan drivers are switching to cars and crossovers: vehicles that look like SUVs or tall wagons but are more fuel-efficient and handle more like cars. And many of those who stick with minivans are choosing import brands, such as the Toyota Sienna, more often than they have in the past.
This year, minivan sales are down 9.6 percent, and General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. have been hit the hardest. Even the Chrysler Group ( which has led the segment since it invented it in the mid-1980s -- has been under increasing pressure.
Neither GM nor Ford wanted to comment for this report.
However, sales of GM minivans are down 35.8 percent this year, and the company has lost 4.2 percentage points of minivan market share. GM announced last week that it will eliminate a shift at a minivan plant in Georgia in September.
At Ford, sales of minivans like the Freestar are down 30.3 percent, and the company's share of the minivan market has slipped 2.1 percentage points.
"They've fallen off a cliff," Erich Merkle said of the minivan performances of GM and Ford. Merkle is director of forecasting for IRN Inc., a consulting firm in Grand Rapids, Mich. Together, GM and Ford now sell less than 17 percent of the minivans bought in the United States. Their recent attempts to freshen their offerings have failed to connect with consumers.
Tom Libby, a senior director of industry analysis at the Power Information Network, a division of JD Power and Associates, says GM and Ford are regrouping.
There's speculation that Ford will position its Fairlane concept vehicle as the family hauler of the future. GM has kept its minivan plans under wraps, though it is launching a new line of large crossovers that will seat up to eight later this year.
Meanwhile, the Dodge Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country minivans built by the Chrysler Group are still leading the industry in sales volumes. They typically have lower sticker prices than the Toyota and Honda offerings and carry bigger incentives.
It's difficult to emphasize just how important minivans are to Chrysler.
Minivans are the top-selling product at DaimlerChrysler AG, the owner of the Auburn Hills, Mich.-based Chrysler Group. Chrysler sold more than 407,000 minivans last year. Minivans outsold the Dodge Ram pickup and kept two assembly plants in operation.
Through May, Chrysler sold 39.8 percent of all the minivans bought in the United States.
Essentially, minivans are to Chrysler what the F-Series is to Ford, and both companies invest a lot to make sure they remain a leader where they make so much profit.
To stay on top, Chrysler is scheduled to introduce new versions of its minivans next year and has charged designers with delighting customers.
For now, though, foreign rivals are hot on Chrysler's tail and chipping away at GM's and Ford's position.
The Toyota Sienna, Kia Sedona and Honda Odyssey are posting big gains in the minivan category.
Those three automakers have picked up 5.2 percentage points of market share in the past year, and, collectively, they now sell 38.4 percent of all the minivans bought in the United States.
GM and Ford have at least managed to capture former minivan customers as they move to cars and crossover vehicles.
According to the Power Information Network, about 16.5 percent of customers who trade in a minivan move to a car and 15.1 percent move to a crossover. GM and Ford are currently picking up crossover sales. In addition, Ford is gaining in passenger-car sales. GM car sales are down 12.9 percent this year.
Merkle said that both companies need to correct their course on minivans as soon as possible.
"It's not as important as the SUVs and pickups, but when you start looking at it in the scheme of things, it's definitely more profitable than many cars and even some of their larger upscale sedans," he said.
Merkle said GM and Ford could probably be successful without minivans in their lineups, but they'd have to do exceptionally well in other areas.
"The problem for GM and Ford," he said, "is they haven't been competitive in other segments either."
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Director: Chris Irrizarry
Producer: HBO Young Filmmakers Lab
Winner of the Family and Society Award
More About Happy Ending from Director Chris Irrizarry
Happy Ending was produced at the HBO Young Filmmakers Lab at the Prospect Park YMCA in Park Slope, Brooklyn. I joined the program in Spring 2003 and completed my movie in April 2004.
I had a secret and I felt that people needed to know. My mom always told me never to tell anybody about the secret. Making this film was a big step for me. I came to the HBO Young Filmmakers Lab in spring of 2003 with the help of my counselor, Neil. He believed in me and wanted to help me to tell my story. It was harder than I expected. After a couple of false starts I got a camera as a present and I took it with me to Philadelphia to film my mother and to finish what I started. My teachers helped me to shape the movie into what it is: the truth about my life.
Happy Ending has been seen by a lot of people and to be honest, that makes me uncomfortable. It feels like a lot of people feeling sorry for me and I don't like that. I just want them to see what a lot of kids go through and not to judge a person by the way they look.
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Five days before launch, no one had actually tested the whole site.
So they just went ahead and deployed it nationwide and hoped the media would clean up their mess. I don't understand the reasoning. But maybe it's a religious notion of having faith in the powers of Socialism.
Days before the launch of President Obama's online health insurance marketplace, government officials and contractors tested a key part of the Web site to see whether it could handle tens of thousands of consumers at the same time. It crashed after a simulation in which just a few hundred people tried to log on simultaneously.
Despite the failed test, federal health officials plowed ahead.
When the Web site went live Oct. 1, it locked up shortly after midnight as about 2,000 users attempted to complete the first step, according to two people familiar with the project.
So not only couldn't the site handle the 50,000 concurrent users it was supposedly designed for, but it broke when 2,000 people tried to use it.
About a month before the exchange opened, this testing group urged agency officials not to launch it nationwide because it was still riddled with problems, according to an insurance IT executive who was close to the rollout.
But they went Forward! anyway. Because that's all Obama does. He goes Forward and then puts an exclamation mark at the end and tells everyone to get used to feeling good about his latest disaster.
As late as Sept. 26, there had been no tests to determine whether a consumer could complete the process from beginning to end: create an account, determine eligibility for federal subsidies and sign up for a health insurance plan, according to two sources familiar with the project.
So five days beforehand, no one had actually tested the whole site.
A Washington Post-ABC News poll released Monday shows that a majority of Americans, 56 percent, believe that the Web site's flaws reflect larger problems with the health-care law, an alarming figure for the administration.
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Album Rating: 2.5wow you guys wtf
Digging: Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights
Album Rating: 2.5"This album has a really cool sound but thats it. The lyrics are meaningless and all about word play
and nothing significant or real... Overall its a POP ALBUM that you are going to not listen to after 3
listens, not hip hop. Jay-Z and Kanye West both sold out and left Hip Hop long ago."
coming from a guy with snoop dog in his name, damn I should start feeling bad right now
Album Rating: 3.0^ lold.
Album Rating: 3.0"New Day" is pretty sick. I like the beat a lot. I haven't heard this since last year, but 7 songs in, I can't shake the feeling that Jay-Z just could not give less of a shit about what he's doing on these tracks.
Album Rating: 2.0snoop dogg looks like Shakespeare compared to these fools. ur the 100th person to point out my name is snoop dogg. congratulations!
Album Rating: 2.5First jay z album is still legit
Album Rating: 3.5that's my bitch is the best track, i dunno why they left off the joy and primetime as bonus tracks, the joy is prob one of kanye's (actually its pete rock's sample) best samples, and yea first jay-z album is legit...im debating if i should tone this down to 3
Album Rating: 2.5"what'd she order? what'd she order?"
"fish filet"
Album Rating: 3.0shut up havent 4given u
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Album Rating: 3.0no no no no no
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The part where kanye says, "could we get married at da MAAAALLLLL come and meet in the bathrooom STTTTAAAAAL, show me why you deserve ta have it AAAAALLLL" is one of the funniest moments in music and I don't really care if he was trying to be funny
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NFL Week 5 Best Bets: Back to basics -- picking against Jaguars
More picks does not mean more success. So let's go back to just three games, and we'll keep riding whoever is facing the Jaguars.
I should have just stuck with the first three games I picked last week. Had I done that, the Colts, Patriots and Seahawks would have put me at 3-0 for the week. But no, I had to get greedy and pick five games and ended up 3-2 and now I am 5-6 on the season.
Not good.
On the bright side, overall I am 18-13 the past two weeks, which is much improved over my brutal start to the season. And this week I am going to back to basics, with three games here and hoping my climb out of the prognosticating cellar continues.
Rams (-11) vs. Jaguars: I am going to stay on this Jags' train until I fall off. No spread is too big it seems and lately opponents are covering with ease. The Rams are a struggling outfit, too, but if they don't manage to turn Blaine Gabbert over three times or more I would be shocked. The Jags just traded their starting left tackle, the Rams have legit edge rushers, they are ticked off after getting crushed at home by the 49ers and have had nine days to sit and stew about it. This should be the week they finally aren't chasing a game from the first quarter on. With the Jags being so one-dimensional (I suppose I could say they are no-dimensional on offense really) and having to go on the road in a dome against an angry defense, I just smell another lopsided defeat.
Saints (+1½) at Bears: I know the Saints don't travel well and all of that stuff. The same thing was said about Seattle last week and I liked them in that spot, too. I don't buy Chicago. If the Bears aren't feasting on turnovers they don't win. Not sure you can win that way every week. Charles Tillman's ailments scare me, and while the Bears have gotten a lot of breaks and made things happen at home thus far, I believe Sean Payton will use the collective doubt about his team outside of their dome to their advantage. Darren Sproles is back in a groove and Jimmy Graham really can't be stopped. The Saints know Bears left tackle Jermon Bushrod well from his days in New Orleans and I suspect Payton knows a way or two to attack him.
Panthers (-2½) at Cardinals: Carolina comes in off a bye, even more time to come to grips with the fact that putting the game in Cam Newton's hands (or, feet, actually, with him creating in the run game) is the Panthers' best bet. Carolina has been running the ball better than it has in years. And the Panthers have absolute game changers on defense. Arizona's offensive line was already beyond suspect ... and then the Cardinals traded their left tackle. Carolina can blow up the pocket from the interior and on the edges. Carson Palmer doesn't move so well anymore and Bruce Arians loves seven-step drops. It's a long travel week for the Cardinals coming off that game in Tampa. The Panthers nearly beat Seattle in Week 1 and I believe they are still undervalued. Arizona struggles to score on poor defenses and this defense is anything but.
One other thought: I don't love this game from a picking standpoint, but I have been hot on Sunday nights thus far, and I am going with the 49ers in the regularly scheduled Sunday night contest. In the late-addition to the late-night Sunday lineup, I'll take the Chargers to cover over the Raiders.
Another thought: If you are into this kind of stuff and you haven't taken notice of what Jamey Eisenberg is going in the expert picks section of this website, you really should. Dude absolutely owned the first three weeks and even after going 7-8 last week he is still 38-25 on the year.
Seahawks run bad fake FG, get roasted
For whatever reason Seattle decided to try a fake before the end of the first half
Jay Ajayi: Cowboys quit vs. Eagles
The Giants aren't the only NFC East that might've quit during a game this season
Jones told no dice on Goodell deal vote
The Cowboys owner is not going to get his way, and he probably won't be happy about it
Gilbert suspended four games for PEDs
Gilbert will miss games against the Packers, Bengals, Ravens, and Patriots
Pryor, Thompson to have surgery
Thompson fractured his fibula while Pryor has been dealing with an ankle injury for weeks
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1 Folt1st Nov 2011 11:32:27 PM from Hollow Bastion! >=D
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http://mynintendonews.com/2011/11/01/nintendo-sony-is-apparently-working-on-a-blatant-smash-bros-clone-for-playstation-3/ http://www.devicemag.com/2011/11/01/sony-announces-a-super-smash-bros-clone-that-will-feature-nathan-drake-kratos-and-others/ Discuss! That trailer video that Sony made is almost Hilarious in Hindsight now... =P
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3 Tatsumar1st Nov 2011 11:36:40 PM from The Rift , Relationship Status: In season
Parappa... Parappa the Rapper in a fighting game.... When I was 6, I loved Parappa and Smash Bros. I did not understand why Parappa could not be in Smash Bros, but now.... Now I can relive my childhood. ;w;
just punch ein in the face just do it
4 Enlong1st Nov 2011 11:38:09 PM from The Underground Facility , Relationship Status: is commanded to WANK!
Court Dragon
...Nathan Drake? Then again, Brawl had Snake, so...
I have a message from another time...
I'm an Irene!
I'll be honest: I don't know that many of Sony's exclusive IP's. But this looks interesting. I still need to buy/pre-order Neptune.(hopefully it got translated/brought to America)
Odd. This is the sort of thing I'd expect to happen early in a console's life, not when people are starting to wonder when the next one will be announced
The world is ending. We probably deserve it
7 GIG1st Nov 2011 11:56:18 PM from Where I want to be
Forever livid
When I heard about this, I threw my wallet at the screen and tried to insert my credit card into the CD tray. I really want this now.
8 ActuallyComma1st Nov 2011 11:59:30 PM from a mysterious place
I am making sense!
lol@ the fact that mynintendonews feels the need to call it a "blatant clone", just to make sure you know that it OBVIOUSLY SUCKS even though we know nothing about it yet. btw Smash is a blatant clone of The Outfoxies :D
Except [condescending response follows]. Because [sarcasm here]. You do understand [snark], right? POTHOLE TO SARCASM MODE
Gunpla is amazing!
lol at people saying Nintendo should sue. Apparently they have a trademark on crossover games.
10 Nyarly2nd Nov 2011 12:06:46 AM from Saksa
Das kann doch nicht sein!
That's pretty nice, but I can't really feel excited about this. Mostly because I don't care about Sony games as much as Nintendo games. But the image of beating Parappa or Sackboy up with Kratos does have a certain something...
People aren't as awful as the internet makes them out to be.
Gunpla is amazing!
Or in reverse in my case
edited 2nd Nov '11 12:08:51 AM by Thorn14
12 ActuallyComma2nd Nov 2011 12:12:48 AM from a mysterious place
I am making sense!
Yeah, I want to see Parappa wreck Kratos. Betcha the online will be better than Smash's. :D
Except [condescending response follows]. Because [sarcasm here]. You do understand [snark], right? POTHOLE TO SARCASM MODE
13 Tatsumar2nd Nov 2011 12:15:03 AM from The Rift , Relationship Status: In season
Due my rabid protesting on protecting Greek mythological creatures, I'll be proud to beat on Kratos and Kratos players alike. Parappa and Ratchet will be my mains. That is all.
just punch ein in the face just do it
Gunpla is amazing!
I'm going with Cole. Electricity FTW
15 FreezairForALimitedTime2nd Nov 2011 12:20:06 AM from Planet Claire
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I find it harder to be excited about this because, as has been stated before, I lack the attachment to Sony's characters. But then, there's Parappa. And that is kind of awesome.
"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
16 Nyarly2nd Nov 2011 12:21:06 AM from Saksa
Das kann doch nicht sein!
That whole thing reminds me that I actually wanted to take a look at Uncharted and Infamous.
People aren't as awful as the internet makes them out to be.
17 Tatsumar2nd Nov 2011 12:25:46 AM from The Rift , Relationship Status: In season
KICK! PUNCH! JUMP! BLOCK! TURN! AND POSE! That's it Parappa! Now you can go into a fighting game!
edited 2nd Nov '11 12:26:28 AM by Tatsumar
just punch ein in the face just do it
18 TheProffesor2nd Nov 2011 12:32:48 AM from USA
So is it a fighting game? That would be interesting. We can have the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny between Cole and Kratos.
edited 2nd Nov '11 12:33:08 AM by TheProffesor
19 honorius2nd Nov 2011 01:03:37 AM from The Netherlands
I want to beat up Rico from Killzone with a sackboy.
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20 Komodin2nd Nov 2011 01:09:09 AM from Windy Hill Zone , Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
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Eh, I'll probably care more about this if Jak and Daxter are confirmed to appear at some point.
21 Alucard2nd Nov 2011 01:10:53 AM from Vancouver, BC , Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
I Knew It!. This now-obsolete thread of mine suddenly makes more sense. I hope they revive some of the older classics from the 90's.
22 Mihashi2nd Nov 2011 01:30:19 AM from a coconut treetop
My Sword Hand Twitches
>Parappa Day 1 purchase.
I spread my wings, fly away.
The wind sweeps me off my feet,
blowing me away yeah.
Trees whispering to me.
I'm feeling free now.
The wind sweeps me off my feet,
blowing me away yeah.
Trees whispering to me.
I'm feeling free now.
23 Saiga2nd Nov 2011 01:55:24 AM from Sunny Australia , Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
Helpful & reliable Pope of Bleach & DB threads
I'm not familar with Sony I Ps, anyone care to give me an overview of which characters are likely to be in and what the game their from is (and what it's like)? I know Ratchet, Cratos and Cole though. Considering Bleach Soul Ressureccion and One Piece Pirate Warriors are ps3 exclusives, I would shit bricks if they were in the game.
24 MrMallard2nd Nov 2011 01:59:18 AM from Australia, mate
As rare as dolphin's teeth
According to the interview, there are going to be stages "based around Playstation classics, like Jak and Daxter". Precursor Legacy Stage. Bongo Drum music. LURKERS. *foams at the mouth*
Video games, man.
25 Nyarly2nd Nov 2011 02:03:03 AM from Saksa
Das kann doch nicht sein!
Is there any word whether Crash Bandicoot will be in it? I never really cared for his games, but for me he (and, if I'm not entirely wrong, not just me) was the Playstation mascot during the time of the first PS and it would feel wrong if he were left out. It would be like Smash Bros without Mario. Or at least without Luigi.
edited 2nd Nov '11 2:04:15 AM by Nyarly
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The astronomical event occurs when the moon is closest to the Earth in its orbit, making it appear much larger and brighter than usual.
David Reitzel, an astronomical lecturer at the Griffith Observatory, said the moon will appear largest on the west coast just before dawn on Saturday, at 4:25 a.m. That's when the moon reaches its fullest, as it is close to setting over the western part of the sky.
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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz is speaking out against vans that carry scanning technology inside them that allows people to see through the walls of cars, trucks, and even into homes.
"These vans essentially can look through the walls of your home, look through the walls of a vehicle or a container and they can tell what's inside. They can see through people's clothes and give you some great detail about people's bodies, much like they do at the airport. That's pretty scary," Chaffetz tells KSL Newsradio.
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Chaffetz says there are a few legitimate uses for the vans during a hostage situation or on the border to inspect trucks coming into the country, but he says other uses of the technology are an invasion of privacy that must be limited.
"To think that a van can drive down the street and literally look through the walls of a home and see who is inside and what they are doing. It was cute and funny when we thought about it in the context of Superman but when you realize they have already sold 500 of these vans, I've got real concerns about how and where we are using these," says Chaffetz.
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Many studies find that aggregate managerial decision variables, such as aggregate equity issuance, predict stock or bond market returns. Recent research argues that these findings may be driven by an aggregate time‐series version of Schultz's (2003, Journal of Finance 58, 483–517) pseudo market‐timing bias. Using standard simulation techniques, we find that the bias is much too small to account for the observed predictive power of the equity share in new issues, corporate investment plans, insider trading, dividend initiations, or the maturity of corporate debt issues.


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Throughout gaming history, sequels have been a controversial constant. Ever since the countless variations of Pong were released on the first generation of consoles, every game with any sort of success or quality had\\s either received a sequel or has a fanbase that desperately wants one. Despite their omnipresence in the lists of the best-selling and highest-rated games, there is a sense of bitterness towards sequels in the gaming community.
The domination of sequels is treated as an inherently bad thing. Sequels are expected to jump through hoops just to be appreciated as much as new IPs and even the sequels that meet those higher goals are viewed on some level as part of the problem. I think this is completely unfair and a serious problem in the gaming community that is hurting good developers and ultimately reducing the quality of the games we receive. In this article, I am going to do my best to defend both the concept and execution of video game sequels.
To appreciate video game sequels, we must first separate them from the preconceived notions that equate them with sequels in other mediums. The medium people most often compare them to is film; there are many reasons why this is a bad idea and should be stopped. Movies are story-based; stories tend to have endings and trying to continue a story after it has reached its end often means contradicting and trivializing the original ending. Even if the first movie in a series leaves an opening to continue, there are a lot of things that can go wrong and there are few advantages from a quality perspective.
Video game sequels are completely different. The emphasis on gameplay means that there is no defined end to the series. Mario appearing in games consistently for decades on end is nothing like trying to make Citizen Kane 25. It is instead closer to characters like Mickey Mouse and Superman continuing to appear in episodic formats, free to reinvent themselves whenever needed. Gameplay is also something that is much easier to decisively improve. Making a story that is objectively better than another is nearly impossible, but improving a game's interface, controls, or length is as close to objective as anything relating to quality can be. The restrictions in storytelling can be a strength, allowing the developers to focus on making the gameplay the best it can be.
Defending video game sequels may not be something that will rally the entire gaming community behind me, but I don\'t believe it\'s an explosively controversial opinion. I\'m not going to yell at readers about their personal opinions, but I believe that there is a bias in video game journalism. Marking games down solely for being sequels is unethical and practically lying to readers, especially when admitting that it\'s better than its predecessor or simply punishing its developer for making a game that is felt to be \"beneath\" them.
This isn\'t just unfair to the developers — it is unfair to the public, who are at the disadvantage of being unable to play the game as the same time as reviewers. That opportunity is a responsibility, as well as a privilege; reviewers\' statements regarding a game\'s quality before their audience can form a solid opinion mean that reviewers should not let personal grievances affect their judgment. They may certainly mention if they feel a game is unusually similar to its predecessor, but it should remain up to the reader if that is a bad thing. Carving a game\'s supposed inferiority into stone — or Metacritic — due to it being better than its predecessor isn\'t right.
I\'m not saying that every sequel that surpasses its predecessor deserves a 10, but if a reviewer dislikes a popular game, it should be because of the game itself, not the sole fact that it resembles its predecessor. Even if the score for the original is higher than its superior sequel due to its innovation, making the reviewer overlook flaws in the series at the time, I can live with it, as long as the reviewer is honest about the original score being too high rather than blaming the sequel for simply being a sequel.
There are also a few arguments used against sequels within the gaming community that I feel have to stop. The one I find the most annoying and hypocritical is when they\'re derided for being \"safe.\" Now, the problem should be obvious with a newly revealed game — such as Super Mario 3D World and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze — being torn to shreds if it isn\'t in the series in demand or doesn\'t demonstrate enough innovation in a ninety-second trailer. It could be argued that it\'s actually safer to announce a game with a vaguely pre-rendered trailer and promises of new features that might not be realized in the final product. However, choosing to focus on improving an existing formula is a valid choice and, even if you disagree with that, it absolutely cannot be called playing it safe these days.
Another argument that is very closely tied to the \"safe\" debate is the ever popular accusation of rehashing. They are so similar that I\'m not certain there is even a need to separate them, but I believe that reviews should make their best effort to distance themselves from the context surrounding a game\'s release. Review scores are almost always permanent and, with the Internet, finding older reviews is very easy. When you look back on a series in hindsight, the rehash factor fades away almost completely and all that really matters is how fun a game is and how well it is designed.
While requesting that a new release\'s review be completely removed from the gaming climate it is written in isn\'t reasonable, I think not being quick to label sequels as rehashes would be a good step in the right direction. A claim typically attached to this one is that a sequel doesn\'t have the same \"feel\" or \"magic\" as previous games in the series isn\'t taken very seriously by me, since they\'re vaguely defined concepts. The \"magic\" or \"soul\" form a catch-22 with the \"playing it safe\" criticism and therefore, should never factor in to how a sequel is rated by a reviewer.
I would like to clarify that I am not suggesting that sequels are automatically better than new IPs. There are advantages and disadvantages to both and game development is far too complex for either scenario to be an automatic benefit or insurmountable obstacle. I have minimized the mention of specific games that I feel have been treated unfairly because it is very easy for arguments about quality to overwhelm any discussion about judging games in general.
Despite how easy it is to accuse a complaint of just being angry that the game they liked wasn\'t praised enough, I do not think it is beneficial to deny the possibility of bias in reviews or the gaming community. I have done my best to explain why sequels are currently treated unfairly on an individual and conceptual basis and, while you are free to disagree, I ask that people do not begin with an assumption that a complaint is petty or itself biased. Being unfairly dismissive does not just hurt developers — it hurts gamers in both what they play and what is made available to them in the future.