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Tutu sweet There is a new rule in the house that the older boys are not allowed to snigger at their youngest brother's ballet lessons: one derisive word and all Nerf guns go to the charity shop. And while to my mind knobbly knees, grey ankle socks and black ballet shoes is a particularly fetching look for a five-year-old boy, I cannot help envying the tutus and tights of his classmates. Girls (and their mothers) with a thing about ballet should look at Dolly by Le Petit Tom, an outrageously pretty new confection of chiffon skirts, ballet dresses and accessories, from £39.95 for a classic tutu (dolly-collection.com).
Plum role A ballerina music box is as desirable now as it was when the grown-ups were still dreaming of life as the Sugar Plum Fairy. Still the perfect Christmas present for little girls, this Amelia version has a twirling ballerina and three layers of compartments to stuff with sparkly plastic. £26.99 (deanorgans.co.uk).
Of mice and matinees The English National Ballet's Nutcracker is back at the London Coliseum for the 63rd time, from December 12 to January 5. There are two family-friendly matinees, on December 14 and January 1 (free for children under 16 with a paying adult), when under-fives are welcomed into the auditorium and not discouraged from making a noise. Tickets for children aged 5-16 at all other performances, excluding Friday and Saturday evenings, are half-price; adult tickets £10-67 (ballet.org.uk).
Dancers from the English National Ballet's The Nutcracker; Su Blackwell's cut-out sculptures illustrate The Fairytale Princess (£14.95, thamesandhudson.co.uk). Photos: ENB, Thames & Hudson.
Prints charming The Fairytale Princess (£14.95, thamesandhudson.co.uk) presents seven fairy tales, beguilingly illustrated by the artist Su Blackwell's book-cut sculptures. While the tales are faithfully retold, the illustrations invite the reader to step into a paper kingdom where princesses inhabit an enchanting world made from the very books that created them.
Lace up While these vintage crochet headpieces (£25) from Nixie Clothing would doubtless be banned from the barre, they would make a charming addition to an up-do, and would look enchanting on a visit to the ballet this Christmas. The company uses only reclaimed and sustainable materials for its theatrical, one-of-a kind creations (nixieclothing.com).
Three of the best Red soft leather, £67, sizes 24-26, Bloch (blochshop.co.uk); Ballet pumps Wallis, £79.50, sizes 32-39, Jasmine Guinness for BHF (step2wo.com); Fantasy Ballerina with sparkly heel, £19.99, child size 7 to adult size 5 (zara.com).
Ballet pumps from Bloch, Wallis and Zara. Vintage crochet headpieces from Nixie Clothing. Photos: Bloch, Wallis, Zara and Nixie.


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Considering this week saw the first few days of 2013, the microtrends seen within this time were festive and showed promise for this new year. This week was all about playing with common perception, with pieces like the Cat Transit System, which toys with the idea of pet play, and the MAC Strength campaign, which challenges common gender roles. In general, animals and pet personification were popular this week -- who could ever forget the adorable festive pet portraits?
It also seems today's consumer is craving a hint of darkness. Topping off this week's hottest finds are the batman bookshelves combining the dark side of nerdiness with modern design, lifelike taxidermy tables and opulent supernatural nightclubs that satisfy your cravings for sophistication and spookiness simultaneously.
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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound OffDamn Sobhi, another 5! I'm digging this a lot though, can't lie. I think the final paragraph sums up my feelings about this album perfectly.
Album Rating: 4.0I don't even listen to Hip-Hop that much but I'm really likin this. Pretty cool review.
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Offlast song is 4$ vic not $ vic but i think it's unimportant really good job with review!
is this better than Killer Mike's RAP Music?
Album Rating: 3.5Listen to it, duh.
The hook on "Oh Hail No" seemed a little weird to me but that might be due to my background.
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off@lucazade22
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sobhi on fire
Album Rating: 4.0I'm digging this, probably a 4. Also the last track is called $4 Vic/FTL (Me and You) if anyone feels like fixing that. http://cancer4cure.blogspot.se/2012/04/4-vic-lyrics.html
Whoa another Sobhi 5!
Excited to check this one out.
"I'll Sleep When Your Dead"
Album Rating: 3.52 classic reviews for the same artist (sort of) in a week? wow
Digging: 21 Savage, Offset and Metro Boomin - Without Warning
Album Rating: 4.5i really need to listen to this, never really dug el-p before but r.a.p. music is witout a doubt one of the year's best
Album Rating: 4.0Hip-Hop AOTY?
feeling a 3.5 on first listen, might go up
Album Rating: 4.5loving this record.
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Album Rating: 3.0seems a bit silly to be giving out 5s this easy, i mean come on maaaaaaaaaaaaaayn
Album Rating: 5.0i dont have a lot of 5s. typically 1 or 2 a year
Album Rating: 4.0read the summary on the main page and new instantly it was a Sobhi review
nice work dude, I love this record. Not as much as FanDam or FunPlus, but definitely more than Cold Vein or ISWYD. So close to being a 4.5...
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This week's Barometer will serve as a quasi-preview of the Field of 68. With no particular rhyme or reason, and in no particular order, let's look at some of the storylines for this year's NCAA Tournament. Perhaps I'll throw in some predictions and sleepers to help you get that upper hand in your office pool, too. Of course, there's no money involved in those, as we do not condone betting. A few helpful pointers when perusing your brackets, though. You know, for fun.
1. When we're talking upsets, we're not talking about No. 10 seeds over No. 7 seeds. Teams seeded 7 through 10 are basically even. No patting yourself on the back for those shockers. Show a little backbone in your brackets and pick at least one seed lower than a 10 to make the Sweet 16.
2. In the same vein, pick at least one 12-5 trap game. At least one of these upsets is likely to occur. In fact, since the NCAA expanded to 64 teams in 1986, a No. 12 seed has bested a No. 5 seed 35 times, or about once every three games. Since there are four of those matchups per year, I trust you can do the math. Last year, Richmond took down Vanderbilt, then beat Morehead State to make the Sweet 16 (see Rule No. 1).
3. Do not pick all four No. 1 seeds in the Final Four. Only year since seeding began in 1979 that four No. 1 seeds made the Final Four was 2008. In fact, three No. 1 seeds have made it just three times in the same year in the modern era. Last year, not a single top-ranked squad was among the last four teams standing.
4. A friend once told me, if you don't like a high-seeded squad, pick it to go out as soon as reasonably possible. So, if you don't believe in, say, Duke, pick it to lose once it gets past the No. 15 seed. You'll be the only one who picks that game correctly, and even if it's incorrect, you wouldn't have had the Blue Devils going that far anyway.
Now that I've given away all my strategies, let's look at the regions, one-by-one.
I'll call this the "Classic Power" region. A Kentucky-UConn matchup looms in what is now termed the Third Round (thanks to the "first-round" play-in games), with two talent-filled lineups that could possibly beat the Charlotte Bobcats if combined. If the seeding holds, we would get a Wildcat-Blue Devil Elite 8 rematch, almost exactly 20 years after Christian Laettner's foul-line buzzer beater. Cue the Grant Hill full-court pass.
For the upset-minded, a couple of my Cinderellas are VCU and Xavier. If you read last week's Barometer, you are well-aware of my affinity for the Rams and the job coach Shaka Smart has done. It appears VCU is still getting overlooked and will play in the dreaded 12-5 trap game against a solid Wichita State squad that is not used to being the favorite. Meanwhile, Xavier has the guards to match up with Duke in the second round in Tu Holloway and Mark Lyons. The difference could be the play of Kenny Frease on the interior. If Ryan Kelly is still banged up, the Dukies could be in for a dog fight. In my humble opinion, Duke is one of the most overrated teams in the field.
Kentucky should still make it out of New Orleans alive due to the dynamic freshman tandem of Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Anthony Davis, but the committee did the Wildcats no favors.
Tom Izzo has taken Michigan State to the Final Four six times. The Spartans locked up the top seed in the region with yet another Big Ten championship. Other than MSU, though, this is the "Lightning" region. Mizzou, Marquette and Louisville can all get up and down the floor and have excellent guard play. Missouri in particular might not have to face a big, bruising squad that would normally be its kryptonite until possibly the Spartans in the Elite Eight. Nevertheless, a Marquette-Mizzou Sweet 16 matchup would be an exciting track meet.
Two players to watch out for in this region are Long Beach State's Casper Ware and Davidson's Jay Cohen. Ware poured in 33 points in the Big West championship over UC Santa Barbara. Meanwhile, Cohen is a double-double machine who can score inside and out. Murray State is a little low as a No. 6 seed, but it still hasn't beaten many power conference squads. I wouldn't want to play the Gators either, largely returning their entire team from a year ago.
Mizzou looks like the chic pick in the West, but it's dangerous to bet against Tom Izzo during March Madness.
This is the Jayhawks' region, and we're all just living in it. That's my view at least, and I'm sticking to it. John Henson's wrist, UNC's choke job earlier this year against Duke and the lack of superior play from preseason All-American Harrison Barnes has me questioning whether the Tar Heels can reach Bourbon Street. However, the Tar Heels have a pretty sweet ride to the Elite 8. It would be surprising to see them lose before then.
Fittingly, Michigan gets to play an Ohio squad, albeit the Bobcats and not the Buckeyes. This bracket should hold pretty true to form, though; the winner of the Cal-USF play-in game has the best shot at an upset in taking down Temple, but neither of those teams has been particularly impressive.
Thomas Robinson is an athletic freak, and he can handle Tyler Zeller and John Henson with the help of Chris Withey. Tyshawn Taylor on Kendall Marshall will be fun to watch, with Rock Chalk moving on to N'Awlins.
Syracuse was the class of the Big East this season, but failed to win the Big East tournmaent, and the Orange have been victims of upsets in recent years. 'Cuse struggles to score at times and needs a big tournament from future star Dion Waiters, especially with Fab Melo ineligible to play in the tourney. Kansas State could be a tough contest in the Third Round, and Ohio State or Florida State in the Elite 8 provide excellent defensive pressure combined with unique offensive prowess. In fact, the Seminoles became just the fifth squad in the last 30 years to beat both Duke and North Carolina twice in the same year.
Meanwhile, many are riding the Vanderbilt train after its SEC championship victory over Kentucky. I'm not sold, though, particularly with the storied upset game against No. 12 seeded Harvard. The Commodores have been bounced out in the first round of the tourney in three of the last four years. The Crimson were ranked in the Top 25 for much of the season.
Texas-Cincinnati is one of the most intriguing games in this region, though the Bearcats have turned their season around since the brawl with Xavier. Ohio State will also love not being talked about; last year the Buckeyes were bounced early as the top overall seed in the dance. This season, they are not even in the conversation among the elite teams in the nation. Jared Sullinger may take this as a personal challenge to will the Buckeyes to the Final Four. Don't sleep on William Buford, either.
In the end, Florida State is my lowest pick to make the Final Four in NOLA. Offense gets the fame, but defense wins the game.
Kentucky is the most talented team on paper and likely will prove the most talented team on the court, as well. Don't let the SEC championship loss fool you; John Calipari is notoriously sour on conference tournaments and does not put much emphasis on them. A final game of Kentucky-Kansas would make the Selection Committee giddy. While all four No. 1 seeds hardly ever make the Final Four, a No. 1 seed has won the whole enchilada in more than half of the last 25 tournaments. Last season was an aberration with an incredibly hot UConn squad, a determined Butler team and a disrespected Virginia Commonwealth; a return to normalcy appears in the cards. Coach Cal should get his first championship with an NBA-caliber squad.


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Brenda Schmitz's wish for her ex-husband and children must qualify as one of the most selfless acts of 2013.
A month before she died from ovarian cancer, the Des Moines mother asked a friend to give a letter containing her wishes to a local radio station that's been running a Christmas Wish program. The letter had been written in 2011.
"About a week and half ago, we got a letter in the mail," Scott Allen, the station's brand manager, told desmoinesregister.com. "We've been doing the Christmas Wish program for 20-plus years. We've never received a wish like this, ever."
Schmitz requested that the letter not be delivered until her ex-husband, David, had found a new love to marry.
"I have a wish for David and the boys and the woman and her family if she has kids also," she wrote. "I want them to know I love them very much and they always feel safe in a world of pain."
David and Brenda had four sons: Carter, Josh, Justin and Max.
Station officials told David Schmitz on Thursday that they were granting a Christmas Wish for him. But he didn't know about Brenda's letter until he was in the studio and on the air hearing host Colleen Kelly read his wife's words.
Brenda's first wish was for something that would pamper David's new partner, Jane.
"She deserves it," Brenda Schmitz wrote. "Being a step-mother to all those boys, and especially giving little Max a mother's love that only she can give. Make her smile and know her efforts are truly appreciated from me."
Her second wish was for her family.
"For the family: a magical trip," she wrote. "Somewhere where they all can enjoy their company and companionship as a family and create those memories that will be with them forever."
Her final wish was for the cancer nurses and doctors in her unit at Mercy Medical Center: "A night out full of drinks, food and fun for all they do every day for the cancer patients they encounter."
Scmitz's wishes have all been granted.
The family of eight will fly to Disney World, with flights and accommodations paid for, Jane will be pampered with a massage at Disney World, and three coordinated food drops will be provided to the oncology unit at Mercy Medical Center.
"There wasn't a dry eye in the room when we got the letter," Allen said. "It really inspired us to do something for her."


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Steve Moore, WSJ, on Lower Tax Rates
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Welcome back into the financial exchange on your Friday before Thanksgiving Dow is flat Barry at 12540 NASDAQ also -- 35 S&P coming in flat but they -- all down just slightly so they aren't red. Oil trading up 85 cents to 8630 you've got gold down 310. Ten year US treasury is flat at one point 589 pretty open. Steve Moore is a member of the Wall Street Journal's editorial board and the author of two books who's the fairest of them all and the truth. About opportunity taxes and wealth in America Steve Moore welcome to the show -- I -- morning great Buick here. Good day good to have you -- is the president and frankly are the Republicans softening their position. On tax increases. On the wealthy -- -- top 2%. Yeah they now they really Albert means that -- other -- the Republican Party has always been a very much -- like action. -- and opposed any tax increase is that I think base he did he leaves from the election where President Obama. Or did you'd be Victor bogus oil they've put tax increases on the cable what they wanted to -- quite correctly it straight tax rate could that would do. In their opinion and I think in my opinion considered damaged economy if you raise capital gains taxes -- -- actors and and taxes nonstop that this -- so. That's the real fighter right now we're really looking like a Mexican stand up because the president that the other day has backed up and he would never. By the bill that doesn't raise those tax rate L I think -- bear a lot right now. Yeah I'm not so sure crazy about the Republican plan needed Steve because a lot of that deductions. The -- they're talking about reducing deductions I take those deductions and I've I've got a mortgage in a topic they got. I'm not thrilled with either planning at a -- and and I haven't heard one word that I I haven't heard one word. About how we're gonna -- limit. Food stamp abuse or we're gonna reduce Social Security or welfare. I haven't heard a thing about entitlement reforms at a time yeah I'm I'm I'm not and I'm not feeling real. Hot and not a happy guy. Yeah look I agree with -- -- I don't think the economy need the tax increase right now what we needed to grow the economy and but we get back to normal rate of growth that we should. You know CE at this stage -- pay a so called recovery we would be having plenty of revenues in the dust it would be calling the problem has. It's been such an anemic recovery -- are -- You know the idea -- exactly right now I think is very very dangerous I mean look the economy is very fragile it is you know the unemployment insurance claims were way up. Last week partly that was disputed this storm -- You're just not in the job creation you need and I'm Wiki like increasing actually right now is it's a really bad idea. Where your buddies or heard MSNBC. Rachel -- well and I don't. Chris Matthews they've done a very effective job of demonizing the top 2% but. I and I loved your editorial today's Wall Street Journal because I said to myself. Hey here's a guy who's who goes on MSNBC which god bless I have no idea how you your very brave man but. But the the -- the top 2% he's a very large percentage of the income taxes in this country. Well they deal and the other point I've made in my editorial this morning watched that battle it'd be okay epic. Sure but I expect you know every time we cut back straight over the last hundred years for the 1920s -- -- -- -- under JFK -- moderate and every one of those times this year to actually create that the rich has gone up. And the tax statements are caught up stuff but if I were an advisor to President Obama I assure you I'm not. When I element that you wanna get you know. Warren Buffett and Bill Gates and Justin Bieber appear more access you know -- -- the tax rates don't -- them because history proves that the best way to get the -- and. Where is it today in and where is the Republican Party now on this -- this whole thing about the hedge funds -- about fifty or 60000. Taxpayers in the hedge fund industry. That hey you know 15% tax on -- on millions of dollars of income. I gotta tell you that's the one area that I've always taken exception to unite I've always felt. That that. Area (%expletive) that those that segment of the taxpaying population should pay more taxes -- -- -- the Republican position on that now. Well I don't know that really has a Republican position I'm kind of I'm undecided about that I mean some of the people -- -- you are in that industry can make very. Our case that the investment -- should be -- That the capital gains rate but you can also make a strong case that this really BA -- -- per day. Receive for providing service to you know people who are about stand up. You know outlook when I -- -- that we raised the tax rate so called carried interest spread on amateurs. From 50% to thirty actress but probably not you know I just don't like being actually go up and anyone out but it is they you've made the important point. The president gave a press conference on our. The other day you and he did not mention that they cut 101. Of the talk about restricting access and it that's outrageous we got several budget -- the old bloke yeah -- It's so enormous that cost so much and so -- all and then agencies have gotten quite -- thirty of his 40% increases in their budget. I could that they can take a cut which I haven't had actually opposed the idea of the automatic across the board cut I think they're. We need to start having government agencies sucked in her stomach and tighten their belt. Like I think if you do that if you have entitlement reform if you get. -- only the estimates as to Social Security fraud range anywhere from twenty to 50% rate people on disability. Really are disabled. Witty your your food stamp fraud is anywhere from ten to 30%. Your welfare fraud is anywhere from twenty to 50% so if you made drastic cuts in those programs the people that are. Perfectly capable of going back to work it just choose not to. Well I think that I didn't you know you've mentioned food stamp abuse on him I got when we have forty. Six million Americans today that are out food stamps at one out of every effort at least. You're right that the program that is right which brought -- -- but wait there's no I'll work requirement with respect to food stamps you can collect food stamps either you're not looking merger -- -- not in the job I mean my goodness we -- You know let's go back it is welfare reform where we're gonna get their hand up the back etiquette about. They got to go to work you like your what your food stamp card come and a clean toilets for a day at the park centers -- like. You have to work in order to get your welfare and I thought. If you do -- but you're right if you give up by the waist and a lot of people are actually getting the food stamps are already working its element -- we go into you know work program. They get into place that I'm a week I'm what opera what now what a great way to reduce the pot. Nine works it just it makes too much sense -- that's what scares me all right thank you. That's put in short supply and by the way the wind like I do this I'm I'm not a VCR to get trade secrets away. I take a couple belly up before -- I was wondering I thought I wasn't sure of Valium or Scotch I I think it was -- -- I. Could they be written here thanks very much. He is he has like the bravest guy in the world -- -- I never watch NB MSNBC but now I was there one time and I some -- my that's my friend Steve Moore from the Wall Street Journal is gonna take on. And finally you know. He. Insurance company local life insurance company mass mutual. 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Outlander follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives. The "Outlander" series spans the genres of romance, science fiction, history, and adventure into one epic tale. From Executive Producer Ronald D. Moore ("Battlestar Galactica," "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," "Star Trek: The Next Generation") the series, adapted from Diana Gabaldon's international best-selling books, is set to premiere on STARZ in 2014.
|Jamie Fraser - Played by Sam Heughan
Jamie is a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior who marries Claire for her own protection. Armed with sheer grit and enduring strength, he is intelligent, principled and, by 18th century standards, educated and worldly. A natural leader of men, he has no political ambitions or desire for battlefield glories. Instead, he wishes to remove the price on his head and return to his family's ancestral farm.
|Claire Randall Fraser - Played by Caitriona Balfe
Claire is the quick-witted, stubborn but lovely, English "sassenach" heroine of the Outlander story. She is a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie Fraser, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
|Frank Randall / Captain Jonathan "Black Jack" Randall - Played by Tobias Menzies
Frank Randall is Claire's 20th century husband and a professional historian with a deep interest in the 18th century and his own genealogy. Frank and Claire are rekindling their relationship when Claire suddenly disappears.
Jonathan "Black Jack" Randall is Frank's ancestor from the 18th century. A Captain in the English army posted to Scotland during a time when rebellion was rife. The nickname is no mistake, while Black Jack Randall may look strikingly similar, he is nothing like the gentle, bookish Frank; he is a dark, violent man who will take what he wants at any cost.
|Dougal MacKenzie - Played by Graham McTavish
Dougal MacKenzie is the War Chieftain of Clan MacKenzie. His older brother Colum is the ruling Laird but would be nothing without Dougal, his loyal right hand. Dougal is a skilled and experienced warrior. A strong leader, he commands respect in any setting and is feared by many. Unlike his brother, Dougal secretly supports the rebel cause against the British.
|Colum MacKenzie - Played by Gary Lewis
Colum is Jamie's maternal uncle. He is a man who reigns over a powerful clan, but must rely on Dougal to be the true muscle. Colum suffers from a condition now known as Toulouse-Lautrec Syndrome, a degenerative disease that renders his legs immobile at times, and fills his days with great physical pain. Colum, using wine to dull the pain, is able to rise to the occasion when needed, parading around at clan dinners and gatherings, solidifying his position as clan leader.
|Murtagh Fitzgibbons Fraser - Played by Duncan Lacroix
Murtagh, Jamie's godfather, is a taciturn man, but very loyal to Jamie. Mysterious and dark, like a vulture lurking in the background. Murtagh doesn't say a lot, he doesn't have to; his reputation, and if need be, his fists, do the talking. At first skeptical of Claire, like his fellow clansmen, Murtagh eventually warms to her –whatever is best for


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Google is promising a slew of Google TV related news at CES next week in Las Vegas. The Google TV blog just posted that:
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A Guide to Super Training in Pokemon X and Y
After hours of trying out Super Training in Pokémon X, I have found all the answers people may be looking for. EV training, which is fighting a certain Pokémon to raise your base stats, is still in the game.
Stat boosting items like protein and calcium are still in and still can only raise your base stats to 100. There are 510 points that can be distributed to your base stats, and each stat can only be raised to 252. For every 4 points you get in Super Training or EV training, that stat will raise 1 point. This means that you can max out two stats and raise one point of another stat, since you will have 6 points left over.
For beginners, or attacking Pokémon called Sweepers, it is best to raise either attack or special attack, depending on which is naturally higher, and speed. This will make your attacks do the most damage and give your Pokémon a high chance of attacking first. I will do a future guide that goes into more in-depth options for stat distribution.
Now that you know how stats work, let's go over how Super Training works.
If you haven't done Super Training yet, then press either L or R until you see Super Training on the bottom screen. You have to do a tutorial first, which will give you Defense points.
The object of Super Training is simple, you tap the touch screen to shoot balls at the targets on the enemy Pokémon balloon. You can use the circle pad to move your Pokémon around to avoid being hit by the enemy. Each score you make will increase your points. Reach the target score displayed on the screen to complete the training. You can hold your stylus on the screen to charge up energy for Energy Shots. Energy shots will give you more points. If you are hit by the enemy, you will lose some of the points you have gained so far.
After the tutorial is done, you will unlock level 1 Super Training for every stat. Every time you complete a Super Training, you will gain a training bag. On the Super Training screen, select the training bag icon, then select which bag you want to use. You can either have your Pokémon raise use it passively, or tap the screen until they finish the bag. If left passive, Pokémon will only hit it once a minute, so it is much faster to tap until it is done. These training bags can either raise your base stats, just like Super Training, or double the points you get from the next Super Training you do.
If you keep the bottom screen on Super Training, your Pokémon will have a chance to find these bags, and others as well. The other bags that can be found either give you benefits during the next super training or reset all your base stats to 0.
There are 3 levels to Super Training and you have to complete each stat training to unlock the next level. You can either use a Pokémon that you don't want to train to unlock the Super Training levels, or just do it and use a Reset bag later. Raising your attack or special attack will increase how many points you get from each shot, making the Super Training go faster. Speed lets you move faster to avoid getting hit, defense and special defense lets you store up energy faster for Energy Shots, and HP makes your shots more accurate and lose fewer points when you are hit.
You can easily see where your stats are distributed.
Level 1 gives 4 base stat points, level 2 gives 8, and level 3 gives 12. Once you have all of them unlocked, it is best to do level 3 because it will go by faster. Depending on the level of your Pokémon, it may be pretty difficult, so you may want to do a few on level 1 or 2 first.
It is best to keep track of how many points you have by recording it somewhere after every Super Training you do. Once you hit your max in a stat, it will not let you do Super Training for that stat anymore.
Overall, the amount of base stats you can get has not changed and the old methods are still there, but Super Training makes it a lot easier and lets you easily keep track over which base stats you have. Hopefully this will get more people into the competitive battling scene and discourage hacking.
I hope this guide has proven helpful and if you have any questions, let me know in the comments.
Source pokemonxy.com
Celeste _5054June 13, 2015, 7:22 pmHow do you leave the super training completely instead of switch right or left on the bottom screen?
Suzie_8545January 11, 2014, 9:35 pmWhat does the bar on the right side of the bottom screen mean? I noticed it fills up a little every time you raise a stat on a pokemon. Does that indicate wheather or not you can keep super training the pokemon? I don't know what happens when it fills all the way up.
Justin woodsOctober 21, 2013, 5:23 pmI still don't quite get the basis Of EV training and the base points and how they work under the super training. How does the base stats that a pokemon gains after the super training affect the actual base stat that they will get upon leveling up?
SynzerOctober 23, 2013, 10:48 amGuide Editorfor every 4 points you get in super training for a particular stat, the actual stat will go up by 1 point overall. So 252 super training points will give you an extra 63 stat points
faultydoombotOctober 18, 2013, 8:28 amthanks, this really helped me out a lot, i'm looking forward to the next article about stat distribution


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I usually get my timer just before the round...
I'm definitely all for random timers. Let's push it further-- Pilots just fly, timers just time-- no calling or helping. Timers just call for safety and clicking the stopwatch!
Out of curiosity, how many people did you have at the NZ team selection? How many of them did you know? How many have you worked with at least once at some point or another?
Also out of curiosity, if you were to fly in the US team selection, who is on your short list of people you would team with to implement your score suppression scheme? I live here and I couldn't tell you who I think is the most likely guy to win the most rounds. There are a lot of great F3K pilots in this country and many of them are still developing at a rapid pace. A lot of these guys with the right coaching and a bit more experience could be ready to perform well at the World Championship level as soon as next year. My point is, that with the depth of talent currently in the US, I don't see planned score suppression as being a realistic tactic, especially since you left the country. For score suppression to work, you need as many 1000 point rounds as possible. If you look at the last team selection, not surprisingly, Paul Anderson had the most with 15 out of 26 1000 point rounds. I had the next highest with 11 out of 26. Which is surprising, even to me - I certainly wouldn't have picked myself if I was trying to orchestrate a score suppression scheme. The depth of team worthy talent has probably doubled in the US since the last team selection. In my opinion, trying to manipulate 2 man team protection in the field of current pilots in the US to gain any perceivable score advantage would be a monumental task with a high probability of failure.
Last edited by Kiesling; Jun 12, 2012 at 10:06 AM.
As much as I like the idea and actually talked about the same thing with Josh Glaab probably 20 or so years ago, it is not the game we currently play. Even if it was, you still need a timer that can precisely start and stop the watch as well as read the times correctly. . .
I heard the grumblings at the last TS that you reference. Anybody who was at Wilson knows that you deserved to be on that team.
I would have to reiterate one of Joe's points about the whole thing: It's the responsibility of the CD to set up the matrix in a way that makes team protection irrelevant. This means doublechecking the randomness of the matrix, running alot of rounds, etc.
As the TS CD, I'm certainly hoping we all move past this soon. The rules have been set for this cycle, and, as big kids do, we need to accept that and move on. Lets change the focus to things within out control for this cycle, like picking that perfect team member for our own situations, whatever that may be... and maybe bring up discussions of how we can support the team that will be chosen this year. I still have no doubt that, even with all the "flaws" in the system this cycle, we'll still choose the best 3 pilots (plus alternate) possible to represent us at the WC. I don't think the "acidic conversations" that Jim C mentioned are moving us productively to that end.
For those that still feel the need to discuss the mechanics of the next cycle, how about we start another thread to discuss future directions, and do so in a positive way?
Current Official Count is 45 pilots qualified, and 16 have RSVP'd intentions to attend. I know more are qualified, but just haven't made it onto the official list. I also haven't yet gotten any of the official contest registrations back from AMA yet, so I can't yet start the publication of that list. Soon, I hope.
That technique probably works best for the pilots who fly a lot of contests because the meet and know more of the DLG community. I like that system. It's the Team Protection that I think mathematically skews the outcome adversely, especially in a two man scheme. The flip side of the coin is that it can reduce the availability of experienced to be available to new comers, or pilots that don't get a chance to go to numerous contests.
On a parallel note, for Tom or others to say: with Team Protection, you are not forced to form a team. To me that is like saying: come to a knife fight, and you don't have to bring a knife if you don't want.
Once Team Protection is dictated, then it makes me feel forced to find a protected teammate, other wise I am going to be at a distinct disadvantage. Essentially all of the most talented timers/callers are going to be soaked up by the higher level pilots, thus severely diluting the talent pool.
I still cannot agree with the statements that say this is a team sport. That's nuts. This is an individual sport, where we sometime add scores of pilots together to come up with a concept of a group being able to claim a win. Is Golf a team sport; NO. Is Chess a team sport, NO. Is the 100 meter dash a team sport, NO.
F3K is an individual sport. In my opinion the tasks and equipment are very different from 3 meter planes (especially where they have towing teams and landing points).
Should we allow pilots and timers to team up to call for each other, YES. But to "protect" them so that they will not fly against each other during a contest ruins the dynamic of man-on-man competition.
I have read and listened intently to every position that has been stated on RCG, and on Yahoo, and in personal email and phone calls. I want to lean and understand. There have been many excellent points and ideas made from all corners to make me reason to the limits of my ability. My conclusion at this point is that Team Protection is not appropriate for F3K. For F3J &F3B, yes. F3K, not.
I believe that we should be free to choose timer/caller to hook up with, but not be "protected" as an official Team.
I also enthusiastically agree with what Dave Jensen said about about moving on to the positive aspects of getting ready for the upcoming contest. I only made my above comment because this subject has spilled over here from Yahoo. Not many pilots follow Yahoo, but it is the official thread. If these argumentative subjects need to be continue, then indeed someone should start a different thread.
I hope that everyone can be in the spirit of..........let's fly and have fun for TS 2012.
Last edited by Launch-1; Jun 12, 2012 at 01:19 PM.
Golf isn't a team sport but the Ryder cup is. The US open isn't a team sport. ECHLGF isn't a team sport, I agree that is an individual sport. A world champs of any event type definitely is a team sport. It isn't just adding up scores.
A Request
Please Gentlemen, let's use this particular thread to support and/or enhance the opportunity to fly in the TS.
The flying field in Denver offers lots of sky and land to push the envelope of your skills. The soaring club in Denver is one of the largest and most active soaring clubs in the country (at least that I know of), so we here at RMSA should have plenty of help with volunteers and organizers to host a great event.
I do believe in the spirit of exchanging ideas and appreciate the variety of open forums to express ourselves. There is lots of spirited F3K discussion happening, especailly on the Yahoo Groups. Some of the comments can get a bit "edgey", and the
"one upman-ship" seems to be never ending. I'm asking that we don't use this particular thread to do any further debate on hot issues.
Please feel free to start a different thread, or to use the Yahoo Group, where the RC Soaring Committee accesses to take surveys, comments, etc. If any of the present issues have become devisive, I regret that. Hopefully, time will be a great healer and we can all be focused on the intent of the TS being the time/place where we will identify the next Team USA that will win lots of medals.
Cheers to all................as Hank Williams Jr. would say.............I'm looking forward to seeing all of my Rowdy Friends.
Dave R.
Last edited by Launch-1; Jun 12, 2012 at 01:20 PM.
How many juniors have qualified, and how many have registered?
Let the data speak
We can go on all day about the pros and cons of team protection but if one is going to make a "testable" statement, then it should be tested. We have data from The Bruce which is a highly competitive contest and has team protection. One statistic we can use to see if team protection has an effect on final standings is to first caclculate the ratio of team pairings in the top ten, for example, to the total number of teams. Compare this then to the ratio of all hypothetical pairings in the top ten to the total of all hypothetical pairings. I can see there will be a bias in favor of the empirical statistic because pilots of like skill often pair together, and therefore the top pilots have likely paired with each other and be in the top ten. Also, we have limited data and our results will not be very robust. Nevertheless, we should carry out the method.
This is still a young thought in my head and I haven't thought it through completely but I wanted to get it out there if anyone wants to run with it. I am out of the country (and a little tipsy right now) for another week and have only my iPhone so I am a bit hindered to carry out the data collection.
Anybody else have any ideas of investigating the effects of team protection given the contest data we already have?
By the way, Jun, I don't think your pairing with Paul helped you anymore than it helped Paul to pair with YOU. Don't listen to that hogwash. Paul should be getting the same "grief" since he finished at the top but never had to fly against you. Would anyone say Paul didnt earn it either? Of course not. Just like no one has justification to say that about you. People are not very rational at times. You are both top pilots and I was not at all surprised to see both of you at the top of the list. The contest was very difficult from all the accounts I heard and being "protected" from ONE contestant, I feel, will not affect the final standings appreciably (especially owing to the number of heats and rounds that were flown at the TS). That is another hypothesis that should be tested. You earned your ticket to the WC and I was very happy to have you as our representative. You are awesome!
PS: I voted for team protection because I feel a pilot's performance is highly dependent on his/her timer and team protection allows for a dedicated timer. Additionally, I feel protection from ONE contestant does not significantly affect the final standings but this still needs to be tested. In Tom Kiesling's defense, I think he makes many good points and the only argument I hear is that protection from ONE pilot affects the final standings. I am not yet convinced of this but I have no shame I changing my mind if I see a reason to change. Let the data speak!
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"A thoroughly modern version of a traditional sponge cake, this lemon flavored creation is perfect for entertaining or special occasions."
American Kitchen Classic Lemon Cake
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- 16 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened (plus more for pans)
- 2 1⁄2 cups cake flour, sifted (plus more for pans)
- 2 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 3⁄4 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 4 eggs
- 1⁄3 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 1⁄4 cup cornstarch
- 1⁄4 cup lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 10 egg yolks
- 1 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 1⁄2 cups unsalted butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Premake the lemon curd - Whisk together sugar, cornstarch, zest, and salt in a 4-qt. saucepan. Add yolks, and whisk until smooth; stir in juice.
- Stirring often, bring to a boil over medium heat; cook, stirring constantly, until very thick, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat, let cool, and transfer to a bowl; chill the lemon curd.
- When ready to bake - Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Butter and flour two 9″ cake pans, and set aside.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl; set aside. Whisk together milk and vanilla in a bowl; set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle, cream butter, 1 1/2 cups sugar, and zest on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- On low speed, alternately add dry ingredients in 3 batches and wet ingredients in 2 batches. Increase speed to high and beat until batter is smooth, about 5 seconds.
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Lady Lazarus Rises Again in 'American Isis: The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath'
However good his intentions, Carl Rollyson appears to forget that Sylvia Plath's surviving friends and family must share her with a voracious industry eager for every last bloody scrap.
American Isis: The Life and Art of Sylvia PlathPublisher: St. Martin's
Length: 319 pages
Author: Carl Rollyson
Price: $29.99
Format: Hardcover
Publication date: 2013-01
Carl Rollyson's contribution to the ever-expanding library of Sylvia Plath biographies is a mixed blessing. When focused on the poet's life, American Isis: The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath, is a meticulously researched, enjoyably readable work. But Rollyson can be a cranky, highly critical writer. He attacks fellow biographers, the sealed archives respecting the Plath Estate, those unwilling to speak with him, and most viciously, Ted and Olwyn Hughes. Rollyson appears to forget, however unsullied his intentions, thatPlath's surviving friends and family must share her with a voracious industry eager for every last bloody scrap.
As for Plath, she longed for fame, and she got it. The question is whether this was the sort of fame she wanted.
Readers searching for an in-depth biography should not begin with American Isis. Rollyson prefers searching for "the intensity of the person who was Sylvia Plath." To that end, he writes:
"…I have dispensed with a good deal of the boilerplate most biographers feel compelled to supply. I say little… about the backgrounds of Plath's parents. I don't describe much of Smith College or its history. I do very little scene setting. Previous biographers do all this and more, and what strikes me about their work is how distracting all that background is for someone wishing to have a vision of Sylvia Plath…" (Author's note)
Having defensively stated his case for yet another Plath biography, Rollyson opens with a sentence giving even the most cursory reader pause: "Sylvia Plath is the Marilyn Monroe of modern literature."
Rollyson suggests both women wanted more than fame: they hoped for "nothing less than to become central to the mythology of modern consciousness." Rollyson is a biographer (whose books include a Monroe biography) and professor of Journalism at Baruch College whose writing straddles the line between popular writing and academic assertions.
Comparisons like the above remind me why I left academia. We have no way of knowing what either woman truly thought about dominating the modern consciousness, however grandiose their ambitions. Rollyson carries the Monroe/Plath comparison throughout the book, even more so than his Isis/Osirius metaphor, claiming Plath was a modern incarnation of the goddess, the ideal mother and wife whose "magic is intact". Both comparisons are unnecessary and increasingly irritating, detracting from the material at hand—the complex, brilliant, disturbed Plath. American Isiswould be a fine book without the mythologizing or Monroe. Rollyson's excellent portrait of Plath more than suffices.
Though Rollyson moves quickly through Plath's childhood, we learn of her precocity. Her love of writing and drawing emerged early and was encouraged by her father, a German etymologist with impossibly high standards. Otto Plath was a difficult, demanding man. A diabetic, he refused to stop eating the heavy German foods, high in sugars, that led to his early death. The impact is felt across his daughter's poetry: "Daddy" is of her most famous poems.
Each chapter begins with a brief timeline establishing setting. These are generally helpful, with the exception of "1950-51: Plath begins dating but does not find her Mr. Big." Sex and the City's final episode was nine years ago. And do we really need to know that Playboy debuted in 1953 with Monroe on the cover? Picky, yes. But the reference to Mr. Big will soon puzzle readers as the show fades from memory.
When Rollyson focuses on Plath, matters improve rapidly. Much of the book is devoted to Plath's letters—those she wrote and those she received. Of all her admirers prior to Ted Hughes, Eddie Cohen is notable for his honesty. Most of Plath's boyfriends kowtowed or buckled beneath the pressure of her intellect and needs. Cohen never did, yet was endlessly supportive through Plath's 1953 breakdown and suicide attempt.
Plath's letters, to her mother, friends, and boyfriends, convey the desperation defining most of Plath's brief adulthood. Beautiful, talented, intelligent, living before women's liberation, Plath wanted it all but had no idea how she would balance writing and domestic life. She wanted a mate who could best her intellectually while helping scrub pots and rear children. She didn't get him. Women still face this conundrum—see the "opt out" phenomenon and this article by Anne Marie Slaughter, written only last year.
Rollyson is excellent on Plath's years at Smith College, where she slaved mightily to achieve academic excellence. Plath devoted equal energies to cultivating her popularity. Unlike her wealthier classmates, Plath was not moneyed, but strove to maintain a façade of expensive clothing and perfectly coiffed hair. She thrived intellectually yet suffered beneath self-imposed strains. She wrote throughout, sending poems and short stories out to magazines, entering contests, and racking up an impressive curriculum vita.
Plath's sexuality is examined in-depth. In a puritanical era, she was a woman of strong appetites. Shockingly, she dated Edwin Atkutowicz, a professor known for his predatory behaviors. When Atkutowicz raped Plath, she had to seek medical attention. Worse, she continued dating him. Relationships with Dick Norton, the weak "Buddy" of The Bell Jar and Gordon Lameyer were unrewarding.
Her relationship with Richard Sassoon was more equable, though Sassoon later dumped her. Sassoon is apparently still alive, but has spent his life evading Plath's biographers, including Rollyson.
In 1955, Plath went to Cambridge, England on a Fulbright Scholarship. There she met poet Nicholas Hughes. The two crashed into a cataclysmic relationship that has been endlessly unraveled, analyzed, dissected, and written about. For the non-bookish among us, there is the 2003 film Sylvia, decried by Plath's daughter Frieda, starring eye candy Gwyneth Paltrow and a pre-007 Daniel Craig.
Perhaps nowhere else in the literature about Plath can one see the biographer's difficulty than in dealing with the Plath/Hughes marriage. Certainly Plath made it easier than many subjects, leaving journals, short stories, The Bell Jar, Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams, and the poems. Still, even Rollyson admits we were not there. This is useful information to remember, as Rollyson excoriates Hughes for everything from his personal hygiene to his adultery. I'm not saying Hughes is a maligned saint; I'm saying we weren't there the morning Hughes kept count of how many times Plath interrupted his writing. He stopped counting at 104.
Married life was a pendulum of joy and blackness, dictated by Plath's mental instability. Motherhood and domestic life did bring Plath great happiness; by all accounts she was an excellent parent. She was also an avid cook and fanatic housekeeper. For a time Plath emulated her father and kept bees.
When Plath realized Hughes was having an affair with Assia Weevil, the marriage disintegrated. Plath never regained her fragile equilibrium. Weevil was also deeply troubled. In 1969, she copied Plath, placing her head in an oven, taking daughter Shura with her.
Rollyson's description of Plath's final days and death is no less harrowing for its multiple tellings and time's passage. Blame is pointless; Hughes may have been a lousy husband, but he didn't wish Plath dead.
The writing after Plath's death reverts to Rollyson and his views. Olwyn Hughes, clearly an unpleasant woman, is presented in all her venality. For some reason, Rollyson reserves particular vituperation for Janet Malcolm and her book The Silent Woman. The kindest observation I can make is his attack on Malcolm's work is unprofessional and, like his endless comparisons to Monroe, which reappear with renewed gusto, unnecessary.
Hughes is in for a final round of vilification. His maintenance of the Plath estate is "appalling", his book of poetry about Plath, Birthday Letters, an "apologia", "a crafted memory of what Sylvia Plath meant to Ted Hughes." What is memoir of any kind but "crafted memory"? For that matter, the same argument could be posited about biography, particularly those where biographers have clearly stated agendas.
Public appetite for celebrity of all kinds has only grown greedier with time; social media means constant access to all manner of useless information. Reading about Lindsay Lohan or Chris Brown's latest antics does nothing for our collective intellect (or lack thereof). But when that insatiable appetite turns to serious artists, we, as consumers, must step back and ask ourselves where to draw the line. How much do we truly need to know? Famous suicides leave behind parents (was Plath's mother, Aurelia, a monster or a saint? We'll never know.), spouses, children.
In Plath's case, only daughter Frieda survives, her son Nicholas having committed suicide in 2009. Frieda Hughes, herself a writer and artist of great accomplishment, is now 52-years-old and a fierce protector of her father's legacy. Apparently it's impossible not to take sides.
Despite serious drawbacks,American Isis successfully presents Plath's character anew, in all its intensity, genius, vibrant health, and fatal illness. Had she survived, Plath would now be 81 years old. Imagine.


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Baroness might mean something different to most connoisseurs of all things sludge, but to me they pretty well embody everything that Mastodon could be if they were more focused and competent as songwriters. The same formula of ugly, morosely shouted hardcore punk is merged with a somewhat technical, free flowing blend of progressive post-rock, but with a higher attention to detail and organic development rather than an overload of technical showboating and sloppy riffs. This rather aptly titled little EP showcases this approach in its most primitive form, and ironically it comes across less like a green attempt at serious music and more like a seasoned one.
The structure at play here is a relatively simple one, even though there is a fair amount of technical doodles thrown in here and there. The two longer songs in "Tower Falls" and "Rise" take a good amount of time to emphasize the band's noise/ambient influences, mostly hanging on an exaggerated dichotomy of mud and high-pitched droning, not all that out of character for Isis's handiwork. When the vocals come in and out the format reverts to a fairly traditional sludgy punk character, picking up in speed and laying on the angst-ridden barks in typical fashion. All in all, the amount of orthodox sludge riffing and vocal work probably accounts for about 35% of the content of these two songs, which is underscored by the deliberate limitation of the extended instrumental sections on the shorter song "Coeur", which is all but a prototypical up tempo sludge song with a mild hint of post-rock overtones.
Some point to this as being a sound that lends itself to an organic naturalism when experienced, but I tend to think of this more as being a boat ride through a swamp than a pleasant day in a field. It has sort of a mild character that would put the season of this outing to the local marshland somewhere in mid-Autumn, being just cool enough for the insect activity to die down a bit but still be present. It might be a little bit too longwinded, easy going and fancy for the average Crowbar fan, but for someone who wants that dense character of sound without drifting off into tech. mania, it's a good monetary risk.
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