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I'm not getting into this season. I think I'm having some sort of dance fatigue, with this season starting off when S5 just ended. Only the completely original or the completely amazing dances are impressing me.
For example, I loved Skip's New Orleans Bounce audition. I was bouncing right along with him. And I also liked Kimalee's Theater Arts audition. Those lifts were spectacular. Two very original auditions.
But other than those select few original/amazing auditions, I think S5 has been better so far. And I disliked S5, so that says a lot.
As for sob stories, I've watched so much reality TV that I'm pretty much unaffected whenever one gets featured in an episode. But Diana's story touched me, so much. I think it's because her grandpa's death was so recent; he died right after she left. And then that "He left right in time for a front seat" line? Man! That tugged at my heart strings! This is one of the few sob stories that has gotten to me.
This has long been a complaint of mine. Every single season, I type at least one post to complain about how unfair it is to the Top20ers who received no airtime at all.Originally Posted by Harmony2000;3715470;
But EW recently focused on the new Fall TV schedule in their Sept. 18 issue. They had a snippet about SYTYCD, and it said that Nigel said that they would be having an episode dedicated to introducing all of the Top20! This will be an episode without votes; it'll just be a "get to know" kind of episode.


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From Spritzers to Sodas: 10 Non-Alcoholic, Warm-Weather Beverages
On warm weekend afternoons you'll often me in the backyard, gardening, reading or catching up with friends on the phone. Because it feels just a bit too early to pour a drink for myself, I've rounded up a few good non-alcoholic drinks that refresh — all without the booze.
Many non-alcoholic drink roundups feature "mocktails" and recipes that seem more like a cocktail than anything else. While often wonderfully delicious, there's also a whole world beyond mocktails — a world consisting of delicious iced teas and lemonade, spritzers and sparklers and sodas. Here are a few of my favorite weekend backyard recipes. Do you have a go-to?
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- Hibiscus Earl Gray Iced Tea (pictured) - Emily Ho for The Kitchn
- Apple-Ginger Sparkler - Martha Stewart
- Mint Iced Tea - Food 52
- Raspberry Spritzer - Delish
- Strawberry Lemonade Spritzer - Dine and Dish
- Perfect Iced Coffee - The Pioneer Woman
- Iced Coffee Frappe - Simple Bites
- Vietnamese Iced Coffee - Bon Appetit
- Blueberry Lemon Iced Tea - Southern Living
- Soda with Bitters - Faith Durand for The Kitchn
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Notts County boss Hans Backe has banned talk of bringing new players to Meadow Lane for fear of disrupting his current squad. The new Magpies boss thinks it could unsettle the club's existing players, who he wants calm and focused on winning games to keep County's League Two promotion challenge on track.
Backe, whose side are fourth in the table and four points behind table-topping Bournemouth going into Saturday's trip to Bury, said: "I don't like to stress the players too much and talk about getting players in on loan and looking to the January window.
"They have to calm down and just play football and get some results now instead of stressing about other things."


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It would appear that Simi Valley, California's Skatelab is continuing with their infamous "after hours" skate sessions.
The only difference is that this time someone found a Playboy model who can actually *gasp* skateboard tranny at speed. Slap tweeted it last week and today it ended up here. It almost makes us feel bad for the skateboards.
Click here for the definitely NSFW clip in all it's glory.


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Is the media going too far in its coverage of Steve Jobs' health? His old partner Steve Wozniak talks about it in this from Press:Here that airs on Sunday at 9am on NBC Bay Area.
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This is where you can start discussions around security visualization topics.
NOTE: If you want to submit an image, post it in the graph exchange library!
You might also want to consider posting your question or comment on the SecViz Mailinglist!
This is where you can start discussions around security visualization topics.
NOTE: If you want to submit an image, post it in the graph exchange library!
You might also want to consider posting your question or comment on the SecViz Mailinglist!
I've tried to add a new visualization for the cisco part of the upcomig (very very soon) of the 2.1 release of soi. Tell me what you think , im still tweaking it so this is a rough view...I'll still keep the map, timeline matrix etc for the pix but just wanted to add a different view for it...(oh and the colors will be more "pastel"....:) )
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The International Symposium on Visualization for Cyber Security (VizSec) brings together researchers and practitioners in information visualization to provide opportunities for the two communities to collaborate and share insights about meeting security needs through visualization approaches.
VizSec 2010 will be held on September 14th in Ottawa, Canada and is co-located with 11th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection (RAID). This year our focus is on understanding what makes effective visual interfaces for different cyber security tasks.
Papers offering novel contributions in security visualization are solicited. Papers may present techniques, applications, practical experience, theory, or experiments and evaluations. Papers are encouraged on technologies and methods that have been demonstrated to be useful for improving information systems security and that address lessons from actual application.
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Hi , im an apprentice to Sec Viz technology.
I used Afterglow to do some visualizing. i need to know how to do aggregation in that.Though I used the coding in Raffy's book, I couldn't make it. I am using the DAVIX and it's sample.properties file.The code that I have used was
color="yellow" if (field() =~ /ˆ111\.222\..*/);
color.event="green" if ($fields[1]<1024)
if ($fields[1] eq "80")
Is this Ok? I don't get a different output .Pls let me know where have i gone wrong...
Does anyone have a parser for using Windows firewall logs with Treemap???
We've been playing around with augmented reality for a time now, the technology seems to be on a tipping point with iphone (not just the overlay - not truly AR, but they do have true AR apps) , android and other forms of capture and processing. To me this is the future of security visualization. I know it is a bold statement to make, but when you start to develop and delve deeper the possiblilities are endless. If you look at my site you will see the direction of our research. ( http://www.manntechcomputersinc.com/Researching_Now.html ) Im going to release a video asap of where we are with our AR. I think the subject of security AR is too important to completely commercialize. With that respect any "breakthrough's" that we are having will be made open source. If some of you are new to the AR scene there is a good open source tool called artoolkit. Google it and you will see it doesn't take an hour to start playing and testing with AR. For those of you interested please drop me a line at email@example.com.
This tool walks the line of being a parser but it is a pretty handy way of converting Windows logins to something useful to graph. Put this in your login scripts and point it at your syslog infrastructure and you get all the gory details about windows who is logging into what system and the IP/NETBIOSNAME/MAC of the system is in a single log line.
Im just about to launch 2.1 version of Sphere Of Influence. I have added a summary page. Here I took a typical 800X600 window and made each pixel represent appx 164 ports. I wanted to visualize the entire port spectrum so that an anaylist can drill down on spotted patterns. I have included a screenshot of the new window...in this shot you can see some peer to peer activity at work. The new version will also have a "hourly wrap up" summary which is pretty extensive in its details, also I added a world map for snort. It should be launched in the next few weeks. Remember this is free for state, federal and educational establishments (worldwide)..companies have to pay, but for $89 I think you get a bargain. Im also working on a very cool project for VOIP systems.....stay tuned
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Note: I have a new video out on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekOXjrF9enI) that you can see the new visuals....release is very soon!!! (and we added the Cisco IPS into the mix as well)
I was culling through the logs on one of my systems the other day and realized that I was getting a fair amount of alerts from my Symantec A/V servers. At first, I was not interested in what malware was being detected and cleaned but it got me thinking about what interesting patterns existed. I suspected that the majority of malware infections were caused by a minority of users as most malware these days require some user action. To test this theory I wrote a simple parser
to convert the logs to something that I could push into a visualizer and started looking for interesting patterns.
Here is a histogram and a heatmap of several months of data.
As announced on the Picviz mailing list, the new GUI is out. This is not a new release of the engine (libpicviz) but the GUI.
There is a lot of new feature that came from the Google summer of code, since Picviz was a project proposed by the Honeynet project. It is mostly about interaction that a graphical interface can give you to deal with parallel coordinates.
You can download it there: http://www.wallinfire.net/files/picviz
As promised once I managed to get 2.0 out I would make 1.0 a free download. 2.0 we've added the world map, timeline and organizational data. What was interesting was we started to look for "soft" targets, home users, colleges etc. The places that hackers tend to "train" on...( I know that some colleges and home users are built like fort Knox : )
When we started to use the filters on the timeline, specifically looking for universites it opened up a whole new avenue for exploration. I found a couple of systems with possible "interesting" traffic not detected by my snort, Cisco IPS or symantec software. We're in the process of adding an hourly report. I wanted this to be similar to the hourly wrap conducted by most organizations..ie looking for "strange" traffic (low port to low port, multiple connections to new ip addresses but source port remaining the same etc etc...anything that we would consider "crafted" or maybe unusual.) I think the timeline gives an interesting filter approach to visually looking at the data...we have some other stuff up our sleeve (especially with the timeline...but also about displaying the hourly datasets....I thought about a "virus" like approach with "cells" representing events, but turning darker and mutating if they meet preconditions...i know it sounds strange but in my head it seems to work :) )
you can download the free "lite" version (no timeline, no world map, no organizational data etc but should give you an idea how easy it is to set up)
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Kameron Schroeder could be one of the top 2014 prospects in Northern California and the Elk Grove (Calif.) Cosumnes Oaks offensive lineman attended Cal's recent junior day.
It was a memorable experience for the 6-foot-5 standout who had previously taken an unofficial visit to Cal as well - and the Golden Bears are in good shape early on.
"We came in to the gates and went in to the players lounge and sat in there for a little bit," Schroeder said. "Then we went into their theatre room and it was pretty amazing. After that we toured the locker room with all the new amenities that anybody could ask for. We went into their state-of-the-art weight room which was really amazing to me.
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"After we toured that we saw the campus and we got to see the new stadium which is probably the most amazing thing that stood out to me when I went there. We had one-on-one talks with the position coaches and their o-line coach, I really like him because he's really straightforward about everything and didn't sugarcoat anything.
"We had dinner at their high-performance athletic center and then we went to the basketball game so it was a really great day."
Cal has emerged as an early favorite for Schroeder, who said at this point he'd prefer to stay in the Pac-12 and that the Golden Bears are high on his list.
"I really like the Pac-12 right now because I want to stay closer to home and Cal definitely moved up the list after that visit," Schroeder said. "They're definitely high up on my list."
It's still so early but Schroeder said he's hearing from Stanford, Washington State and UNLV as well. He has already taken an unofficial visit to Stanford and liked that trip, too.
So far, no school has discussed an early offer - coaches probably want to see how he improves through his junior season - but Schroeder is optimistic things will work out if he continues to play well.
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Vancouver 2010: The Official Video Game of the Winter Olympic Games - 360 - Review
Americans love the Olympics. In fact, as evidenced by Beijing in 2008, most of the modern world fills with national pride when the Olympics come around. The games are great at making millions of people feel like a part of something bigger, even if each and every one of us has an ulterior motive for watching. Some people enjoy cheering on the best of the best in their given sport, while others will watch with a secret urge to see a competitor crash and careen down the mountainside. Your mother might favor the gracefulness of figure skating, while your father will keep strict count of how many gold medals his country has won. But, even with these additives, the overall sensation of seeing your national win gold medals is always overwhelming.
Vancouver 2010 is supposed to represent all of those hidden feelings that we glue ourselves to the television for every couple of years. Unfortunately, the honor and pride of The Olympics is largely eliminated from the video game, though. The cover of the casing is awe inspiring and will indeed illicit a smile on any Olympic fan's face, but once the game is played, you will realize that none of those players on the cover are even represented during gameplay. The character models look slick and sporty, but any aspect of personalization is eliminated. You may not think much of this at first, but truthfully, each and every person that picks up Vancouver 2010 will be hoping to see their virtual self standing atop the podium with a gold medal on their neck. This is not the case, and definitely affects any desire to continue playing the game after a few playthroughs.
Once at the Main Menu screen, players will be able to choose from a fair amount of options, including Training, Olympic Games, Challenges, Leaderboards, and Options. After you make a selection, you will then be able to choose from any of 14 different events offered. While 14 might seem like a large number, it is deceiving representation to say the least. Many of the events play relatively the same, depending on the origin of that event. And when you weigh these 14 events against the insane amount of sports that actually take place at The Olympics, the quantity is really quite small.
Players can choose from a multitude of slope-based events, such as Downhill Skiing, Snowboard Slalom, and Freestyle Skiing. Luckily, some of these events are controlled differently than the others and offer enough variation in gameplay to keep you progressing through each sport. Controls will range from timed button presses, to balancing acts between each thumb stick. While the changes are good, the time it takes to master each event is typically quite short, and you will move on to an unconquered track quickly. Other sports represented in Vancouver 2010 include Bobsledding, Speed Skating, Luge, and the Skeleton. Once again, these might be different from the skiing sports, but do not vary from each other very much.
The overall presentation of each sport played is exhilarating at first, but as evidenced in the time it takes to master them, the look and feel gets old fast. Motion blur is active when rushing down a mountain, but the limited landscapes become mundane after only a few runs on that particular course. The lacking ability to change a course layout without changing the sport also affects replay value, as the player will surely memorize each and every turn within minutes. Luckily, the game offers a unique first-person view that can be toggled at any given moment, which adds to the already lacking immersive bubble expected from an Olympic video game.
The Challenge Mode is a life saver for Vancouver 2010. Players are forced to overcome specific rules or goals within each sport, and are rewarded accordingly for doing so with Achievements. These goals will range from breaking a specified time, to bursting through snowmen for speed boosts during a downhill run. But once again, after you conquer each achievement, you will have no desire to go back to the starting line and run the track again.
When a player jumps online, they can compete for medals against their friends and compare their medal count at any time. The competitive aspects of Vancouver 2010 are ramped up slightly because of this, but the player's desire to continuously beat their friends at the same sports will surely die in a swift manner.
While the impending arrival of the Winter Olympics is a great catalyst to promoting a video game, the interest of players will not stick around long, unfortunately. Vancouver 2010 is a vast improvement over Olympic games of years before, but still hinders from any personal connection between the players and the game. If you can't wait for the games to begin on February 12th, then this title will undoubtedly hold you over until then, but Vancouver 2010 will not be a game that you find yourself playing for months on end.
Review Scoring Details for Vancouver 2010
Gameplay: 6
Varying controls for each event are intriguing at first, but the limited courses and events detract from the overall experience. Once a player masters the controls, there is no more reason to linger in that sport category.
Graphics: 7
The first-person view is fresh and fulfilling, but surrounding landscapes can get repetitive during your repeated attempts to conquer a course.
Sound: 5
Strangely enough, rock music will play in the background during some of your runs, which completely negates any sense of focused intensity you may be trying to experience. Not much worth noting from the audio of this game.
Difficulty: Easy
While obtaining the achievements during Challenge Mode is fun, none of the sports are overly difficult to master. With some sensible memorization and rhythm, most sports can be won easily.
Concept: 4
The only intuitive aspects of Vancouver 2010 seemed to be the lack of button mashing that always plagued Olympic games of the past, and the first-person view toggled by simply pressing "B."
Multiplayer: 6
While it may be fun to pummel your friends online at sports much less common than football or baseball, the lasting appeal of any given event offered will not linger for very long.
Overall: 6
Sega took some steps in the right direction with Vancouver 2010, but the overall absence of that intangible feeling that The Olympics ignites within most people is still vividly obvious. The game may be fun to play, but that sense of fun will turn into a sense of boredom after only a few sessions in each sport.
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"Her" Story – An Outsider Sharing a Moment with Strangers
A crowd gathered, so many people they were almost smushed, inside the small corner they had claimed in the hospital waiting room. Some were clearly family. You could tell by the obvious resemblance. One woman introduced herself as "her" co-worker. I still don't know who "she" is, but as I sat in the surgery waiting room this week, waiting for news on my loved one, I listened intently, almost mesmerized by the goings-on across the room from me. I began to think of it as "her" corner.
The group grew larger and larger. There were a number of school-age children and it was most definitely a school day, which made me think, whoever they were there for, whatever the surgical procedure was, it must be a very big deal.
By this time, close to 20 people had assembled in "her" corner. Waiting. Small talk, idle chit chat, and polite niceties filled the time as mintues became hours. One man, a young man in his thirties, was wearing a womens beret with a gold leaf design on the side.
It must be of some signifigance to whomever is in surgery. His wife, maybe?
After some time, a doctor approached. I wanted to not stare, but I couldn't turn my eyes away from the group… wondering, trying to deduce "her" story with every detail, Five or six of those in the group snapped to attention, jumped out of their seats and practically swarmed the doctor. My eyes fixed on the man in the gold leaf beret. "Everything went well," the doctor said. "She will be awake and she will be able to see you and year you, but she won't be able to speak for several days. That's usually how these things go," he told them.
Unable to hear the rest of the conversation, I just watched. Brain surgery, I guessed. It sounds like brain surgery.
As the doctor left, the man in the gold leaf beret grabbed at two of the children, lifting them in the air, one by one, for hugs. He squeezed each child tightly and wiped a few tears from his eye. I imgaine they were his children and the news was a report on their mother, his wife. Others in the group began to clump up in smaller groups, likely discussing the news which had just been delievered.
After a while, the group slowly began to thin. It was nearing lunch time and "she" was in recovery. But the man in the gold leaf beret remained. Just sitting. Waiting.
I left that day, not knowing what "her" story really was. I am sure, however, from the heaviness in the room, the situation was grave.
I've thought about what I witnessed that morning a lot in the last few days. I've decided, whether the parts of the story I made up while sitting there watching were right or wrong, one thing is true: People showed up for the woman in surgery. They showed up en masse. And they waited. Whoever she is, she is loved by a great many people. Whatever her story is, whatever becomes of her, she must've done something right in this life… something that, when it really mattered, brought all those people into her corner.


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Hi, I've ordered this D2Pro9 solderless chip: Canadamods.ca - Official Distributor of Wiikey, WiiKey 2, D2PRO 9, Wii-Clip, Wasabi V3, WiiZard, D2SUN, D2CKEY and more - Solderless Wiikey 2 + Triwing & Phillips Screwdrivers (For d2a-d2e chipsets)
Contacted the vendor a few times for the install video and/or instructions but more than a month passed and I got nothing. So I tried installing the chip by myself by searching around and looking at other chip install video.
- I dissambled the Wii
- I did "clip" the D2Pro9 on this other chip where all hardmoded chip seems to go, in the only position it could fit.
- Turned on the Wii and the LED flashed a little and everythings seemed fine.
- Now I can play my original games as usual, downloaded game as well, etc.. but I cannot play any backup games.
- Yesterday I tried the 1.3 update (taken from the same link above) but when I got to the "update" screen it said "No Wiikey2 found".
So I'm kinda stuck there. The wii is working like the chip is not even installed By the way I'm running an NTSC version 4.U
In the package there was the chip, a small protective white "sheet" and a narrow ribbon. I've looked around and couldn't see the used of this ribbon only that it could be a replacement one if I broke the original??
Does anybody have installation instructions for this chip or has any tip/clues that could help me?
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Some of the newest games wont work until there is another update for the chip due to new protection and out of region games won't work with 4.2 or higher without softmods
i'm getting tired of waiting for an update....I should've bought a wode lol
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Confidence returns after worrying about graduation, career decisionsSept. 11, 1996
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The decision of which way to turn after college is a difficult one.
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It is a bit scary and exciting all at the same time. Just the thought of graduation, which just happens to be a little under four months away, makes me wonder where the time has gone.
What are my plans? I haven't the slightest idea. I think about graduation day a lot but always put it out of my mind to ponder on at a later date. I figure there is plenty of time left, but I had constant reminders that I should have thought about exactly what it is that I planned to do years ago.
Unfortunately, I am a bit of a procrastinator. I just can't decide in which direction I truly want to head. Will it be in the field of journalism or in sociology? I just have not made up my mind yet.
I must say the stark realization of my indecisiveness never really hit me until the past few weeks. I went through financial settlement for the last time, and as I stood waiting in the endless lines there was plenty of time to think about which course of action I should take after Dec. 14. To my sheer amazement, all I could think of was where would I find that absolutely perfect outfit?
A slight bit superficial, I must say, but that is what went through my mind at the moment.
Another thought popped into mind: when and how many invitations did I need to order?
After making those agonizing decisions in short matter of time, I went back to the novel I had brought along to keep me occupied for the couple of hours that I would spend standing in the gym. Perhaps I was just trying to busy my mind so that I would not have to make such hasty decisions.
Later, when I talked to my mom about the big day, she had some great ideas about what I should do as soon as I make it across the stage but none suited me and what I thought I wanted do. At the time I just did not want to have to decide. Again, I procrastinated.
I thought about how much I really enjoyed being a student and decided why should it end?
My decision and solution: graduate school. I am not sure if I just love learning or if I am just scared of the real world.
Please don't misunderstand me; by no means am I a slacker. When a task is set before me, I give it my all. I just think this is just one student who has cold feet. The event known as graduation is very life-altering, and it should be taken serious.
In the end, all good senses returned, and I knew with the greatest confidence that I will and can survive anything that life has to offer me. The world is my playground.
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PATERSON, N.J., July 14 (UPI) -- A man who came to a New Jersey courthouse for a hearing carrying 57 glassine envelopes of heroin faces a list of new charges, police said.
Carlos Urena, 22, of Paterson was arrested Friday afternoon. Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said Urena was searched when he refused to take his hand out of his pocket.
Urena was charged with three counts of heroin possession, including possession with intent to distribute and with intent to distribute near a public building. He is also charged with resisting arrest for struggling with court officers.
"The moral to the story is don't try to bring 5 plus decks of heroin into the court complex and then resist arrest," Berdnik said. "The sheriff's officers at the courthouse have the mission of protecting the public and making sure no illegal activity occurs in the complex."


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School Meal Program Participation and Its Association with Dietary Patterns and Childhood Obesity
By: Philip Gleason, Ronette Briefel, Ander Wilson, and Allison Hedley Dodd
Source: United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
This study used data from the School Nutrition Dietary Assessment III Study to examine the dietary patterns of school meal program participants and nonparticipants and the relationship between school meal participation and children's Body Mass Index (BMI). School Breakfast Program (SBP) participants ate more low-nutrient energy-dense (LNED) baked goods and more calories at breakfast than did nonparticipants. National School Lunch Program (NSLP) participants had lower intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and a lower percentage of calories from LNED foods and beverages than did nonparticipants. Overall, NSLP participation was not significantly related to students' BMI, although participants were less likely to be overweight or obese than nonparticipants among Black students but more likely to be so among "other race" students. SBP participants had significantly lower BMI than did nonparticipants, possibly because SBP participants are more likely to eat breakfast and eat more at breakfast, spreading calorie intake more evenly over the course of the day.
This study was conducted by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., under contract number 59-5000-6-0076. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of ERS or USDA.


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Sought by the greed of Men since the dawn of Humankind, but only bestowed upon the woman whose fate it forever scars - The Witchblade. Is it the Righteous Sword of God, of the Hand of the Devil Himself? Now a new bearer has been chosen and she must discover the answers for herself. As she stands on the brink of destiny, she is to seek the balance between ecstasy and ruin...
Masane Amaha is a woman on the fringe of society, bouncing rootless from town to town with no memory of the past and no clue as to what the future holds. But upon her arrival back in Tokyo, chance and circumstance conspire to unleash the fury of the Witchblade. The ancient weapon stirs. Conscripted into the service of the Doji Group and hunted down by the emissaries of the NSWF, Masane will find herself an unwilling ground zero for the swelling chaos fast approaching.
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So after all the brainstorming, all the training sessions, all the diet sheets and ice baths and the hours spent calculating the precise disposition of innovative fielding positions, in the end it comes down to the sheer guts of a couple of tail-enders, called upon to knock off the winning runs against the greatest spin bowler the game of cricket has ever seen and a very, very good fast bowler with his tail up.
That's the beauty of the game. Or one of its manifold beauties, so many of which have been spread out for our delectation in this absolutely hair-raising series. At the death, the best-laid plans of the best-prepared coaching team in world cricket give way to improvisation and intestinal fortitude.
But without all that preparation England would never have found themselves in the position from which they were able to secure a victory last night that made themselves favourites to win the Ashes for the first time in 18 years. Michael Vaughan may have failed again with the bat, his duck turning the previous dismissal of Marcus Trescothick into the start of a collapse, but over the four days his captaincy had reached new heights of sophistication and confidence.
As the evening rolled on and wickets continued to fall, English cricket was briefly threatened with the most damaging defeat in its history, given the hopes invested in this series. Had Australia taken the final wickets and forced the win, their success in hanging on to the Ashes would have removed all tension from the concluding fixture at The Oval next week. And many of the game's gains of the past five weeks would have been forfeited.
Instead Ashley Giles and Matthew Hoggard were able to draw on the reserves of resilience built up by Vaughan and the England coach Duncan Fletcher. That was how they encouraged the players to recover from the defeat at Lord's in the first match, by concentrating on the spirit that had shaken Australia on the first morning rather than the fragility that undermined England's own first innings.
Vaughan and Fletcher never let the players believe that they were anything less than Australia's equals. The consequences were to be seen at Edgbaston where the series was levelled. On the final morning, as Australia crept to within two runs of what had initially seemed an unlikely target, Vaughan's steadiness removed the possibility of panic from the equation.
England might have been undermined by their subsequent failure to finish Australia off at Old Trafford, having worked themselves into a winning position. At that moment they appeared to lack the cold-heartedness of real champions. But this is a side still on the way up, packed full of young players learning the hard lessons, and some of those lessons were put to use at Trent Bridge. Plenty more will have been learnt from the narrowness of the victory and from the way they flirted with humiliation in the final two hours of the match before averting it with an effort that will further cement their sense of collective trust.
Australia may be on the way down but they are not giving up their status without the sort of fight that took them to a decade of unquestioned supremacy. At every turn, however, Ricky Ponting has been finding himself out-manoeuvred by Vaughan, even in the psychological contest whose rules his own predecessors invented.
Never was this more clear than on Saturday afternoon, when Ponting himself was run out at a crucial moment by a throw from England's substitute fielder, a 22-year-old with a golden arm. As he left the field Ponting showered his opponents, the umpires and the England balcony with complaints. Responding in a way that would have been appreciated by earlier Australian captains, Vaughan brought on another in place of Steve Harmison.
Yes, this appeared to be gamesmanship. But it is up to the umpires to control the use of substitutes. Vaughan was simply demonstrating a refusal to be intimidated.
Yesterday his touch was visible in subtler ways as his team struggled to take the last six wickets of Australia's second innings. Combining patience with the need to prevent the opposing batsmen from paralysing the match, he also needed to minimise the effect of the enforced absence of Simon Jones, so badly missed in a similar position at Old Trafford.
You could spend every day of this series doing nothing but analysing Vaughan's field placings. On Sunday he had been praised by Mike Brearley for giving Matthew Hoggard a field to Simon Katich that featured a forward short-leg, a backward short-leg and a short midwicket. Yesterday, when Katich again faced Hoggard, those fielders had disappeared and in their places were a man at deep backward square-leg, a deep midwicket and a mid-on. When Flintoff bowled to Katich there were two slips very close to each other and to the wicketkeeper, and two similarly proximate men in the gully. A great deal of thinking was being done and a crucial victory was the result.
But no charts are required to see more straightforward evidence of what Vaughan and Fletcher have achieved through the exercise of shrewd guidance and total loyalty. As the England players, so various a bunch in background and talents, share their joys and trials, that story is written in their faces.
· All the right moves
1. Giving the first over of the series to Steve Harmison instead of Matthew Hoggard, who usually opens. Harmison hit Justin Langer with his second ball and Australia knew they were in for a battle.
2. Keeping his cool in the dying moments at Edgbaston. Some wondered why he didn't throw the ball to Simon Jones on the final morning, but he stuck with Andrew Flintoff and Harmison. His faith paid off and the series was saved from oblivion.
3. Swivel-pulling a good-length ball from Jason Gillespie for six during his 166 at Old Trafford. It was the beginning of the end of what could prove to be Gillespie's final Test match, and summed up England's intention to dominate.
4. Insisting on a huddle at Old Trafford after Australia's last pair had saved the game. "Look at that lot celebrating a draw," was the drift of his pep talk. "Let's go to Trent Bridge and do it again." It wasn't quite Alf Ramsey 1966, but it wasn't far behind.
5. Sensible use of Hoggard throughout the series. Bowled him for only 56 overs in the first three Tests because conditions were not in his favour, then gave him 42 overs at Trent Bridge and was rewarded with five priceless wickets.


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Apple vs. Dell The battle lines are drawn. Swissmiss recently asked her readers which display should she buy, an Apple or a Dell? The ensuing debate reminded us of the ongoing question when it comes to choosing a LCD display. Do we go with design or cost?
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FUNKY BREWSTER They weren't just a band 'If these guys do not get signed, there is no justice in the music business.' -J.J. Program Director station KLFX Killeen, TX - 'This is the sound the rock industry has been looking for, not the same old rehashed alternative sound coming out.' -Rick Rooney of Planet Dallas Recording Studios- 'I loved it. I listened to the tape four times in my car already. It's like rock music with a definite funk groove that keeps you movin'.' - Interscope Records promotions manager Kat Finley - - These were just a few of the things being said about the newest funk-rock band to take the southwest by storm. Their name was Funky Brewster. Many described this four-piece band as the Chilipeppers meets Living Color, with Extreme along for the ride. No matter what terms you used to describe them, one thing was for sure; they definitely made a lot of people funk rock fans. Armed with powerful originals like 'You' 'Enemy,' 'Hoon,' and 'Redneck Rap' these hometown boys dealt a serious blow to the Dallas local music scene in the mid nineties. Funky Brewster consisted of Vernon Wallace (lead vocalist), whose voice was said to be a mix between Darius Rucker and Cory Glover (go figure), Jason Pratt (lead guitarist), who besides being a Jazz major at University of North Texas was a very accomplished rock and funk guitarist, Don Whittemore (bassist), a most original and creative bassist and sound engineer and Joe Goodman (drummer), a very aggressive and talented drummer with a heart of gold. While together Funky Brewster performed with many national acts in and around the Dallas area such as Storyville, Missing Persons, Pimpadelic, The Toadies, Zac Maloy (The Nixons), Bowling for Soup and 'David' just to name a few. They also headlined local clubs Dallas City Limits, The Rage, Trees, Twenty First Amendment, Rick's Place, The Rehab Lounge, The Elephant Room and The Reign. While in Albuquerque, Funky Brewster held top billing at such venues as The El Rey Theater, Senor Buckets, Rascals, Brewster's, The Golden Saloon and Zipperz. Funky Brewster's debut EP 'Follow The Noise,' was received very well in the rock/alternative market. In fact 'Follow The Noise' captured two consecutive Z-Rock pick of the week nominations nationwide. This EP also caught the attention of A&R representatives from Atlantic, Interscope, Epic, Geffen and Mercury Records. Funky Brewster disbanded in 1998 due to changes in the music industry and the individual artist wishing to pursue other interest. Although the band has ceased to continue, the music lives on. Funky Brewster's debut CD 'Follow the Noise' and the follow up EP 'Stone Soup' continue to sell on CD Baby, Itunes, Rhapsody etc... The memory of this band will live on forever in it's songs, history and message, which was always 'positive' and always 'true.' The album 'Stone Soup' was the culmination of a distinctively different professional union between four very accomplished, yet cohesive musicians. Funky Brewster spent over 9 months writing and performing the songs from 'Stone Soup' live before considering recording them. When asked how this approach differed from the first EP, vocalist Vernon Wallace said, 'On the first EP we were very green. We spent a lot of time and money writing and producing in the studio. With this EP we worked the songs live for a long time and then proceeded to replicate that feel and sound in the studio.' Aptly titled, this EP was a definite soup. 'Stone Soup' mixes everything from powerful funk infested grooves like 'You' to harmonious and soothing ballads like 'Hoon,' which was written to commemorate the passing of Blind Melon Lead vocalist Shannon Hoon. But without a doubt Funky Brewster's fans will tell you their favorite song has to be 'Redneck Rap.' 'Redneck Rap' is a hilarious romp through the day of a weary truck driver who let's his eye for beauty override his sensibilities, and as the title says you can only imagine what happens next. With this blend of pure emotion, humor and strength 'Stone Soup' grasp not only the ear, but also the soul of it's listeners. Produced and recorded solely by Funky Brewster, 'Stone Soup' was an unprecedented venture into a realm of music that has all but been forgotten by today's musical community. As said by guitarist Jason Pratt, ' We just wanted to bring people back to a time when you could enjoy music without having to be depressed first.'
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i think this tea is from a scale to one to ten, i would give it an 8.if it gets room temperature, it will have a very sour taste. i think that this would also be good hot and cold. But not room temperature. I can taste the bamboo leaves in this tea. I recommend this tea.
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this is me rath im goona show you my step by step how i draw my drawing this is konata's mom i gonna draw but it not in here XD its inn the 2draw idk heree the finish picture http://2draw.net/view/107988/ to bad it wasnt here XD
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first when i draw i always find an easy simple reference like this it so simlple :D
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the i try to copy the lineart like this 'w' if you want to makethe like art look cool just make the edges point specially the hair :D hehe look at the eye wrong proportion DX
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then when after i draw the lineart i always make the background next
so it wont look very boring and too simple 'w' though simplicity is beauty XD
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then i start to draw the skin base i always make the skin shade detail than my reference so it looks more cooler look mine looks better than the reference
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this time i start to color the dress and the hat and that thing on here face its the brush cursor not a mole or mustache konata's mom dont have a mole on her lower eyes
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CHICAGO, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., pondering a U.S. presidential bid, is reaching out to potential supporters in key states in the nominating process.
Obama is scheduled to headline a Dec. 10 rally to celebrate Democratic Party victories in New Hampshire, home of the nation's first presidential primary.
The senator also discussed a potential campaign with Democratic activists in Iowa, which holds the influential caucus kicking off the presidential primary season in early 2008, the Chicago Tribune said. An Obama campaign spokesman said the senator spoke with the former Iowa campaign managers for 2004 Democratic nominee John Kerry and 2000 Democratic nominee Al Gore.
Obama has already made several visits to Iowa, including a keynote appearance in September at one of the premier events for the state's Democrats, an annual fish-fry hosted by the Iowa's Democratic senator, Tom Harkin.
Also, fellow Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin has started an online petition asking Obama to enter the presidential race.
Spokesman Robert Gibbs said an announcement of Obama's presidential intentions is "several weeks away."


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Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Friday January 11, 2013
The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Friday January 11, 2013:
Speculation of IBM Bid for Splunk
The Rumor:
Shares of Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) rose sharply after the open Friday on reports that IBM (NYSE: IBM) could possibly bid $4 billion to acquire the developer of software that analyzes machine-generated data.
Spokespersons for Splunk and IBM were not available for comment.
Splunk's IPO debuted at $32 on April 19, 2012.
Splunk closed at $32.27 Friday, a gain of 8% on 2.5 times average volume.
Hearing Renewed Unconfirmed Takeover Chatter in Fusion-io
The Rumor:
Fusion-io (NYSE: FIO) was the subject of renewed takeover chatter on Friday, according to unconfirmed sources. The company has been the subject of frequent acquisition rumors, with EMC (NYSE: EMC) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) being mentioned most often as the potential buyers.
A spokesperson for Fusion-io was not available for comment.
Fusion-io closed at $19.93 Friday, a gain of almost 5% on twice average volume.
Flowers Foods Agrees to Acquire Wonder Bread and other Hostess Bread Brands and Bakeries for $390M
The Deal:
Flowers Foods (NYSE: FLO) announced Friday, it has signed two asset purchase agreements with Hostess Brands, Inc. as the "stalking horse bidder" for certain Hostess assets. One of the agreements provides for the purchase by Flowers of the Wonder, Nature's Pride, Merita, Home Pride and Butternut bread brands; 20 bakeries; and approximately 38 depots for a purchase price of $360 million. The other agreement provides for the purchase by Flowers of the Beefsteak brand for $30 million.
The transactions are subject to a court-approved bankruptcy process being initiated by Hostess.
Flowers Foods closed at $24.83 Friday, a loss of $0.05 for the day on lower than average volume.
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This is a genuine original magazine advertisement from a 1953 issue of the Ladies' Home Journal.
This full-colour, vintage beverage ad features an artist-signed illustration by Hall of Fame illustrator Joe Bowler. The picture is of a holiday scene with an extremely attractive (there's more than a hint of Marilyn Monroe gorgeousness, right?) young woman with short blond hair doing a little Christmas decorating and/or gift-wrapping. She's looking very Mid-Century Modern-ly stylish in a long, belted smock/shirt in a bold striped pattern. She's enjoying a bottle of the advertised product while kneeling on the floor and tying a red ribbon and a sprig of holly around the neck of her little, seal point kitten - what a festive feline!
The ad copy accompanying this great illustration highlights that Pepsi "refreshes without filling" as, "Holidays wouldn't be holidays without abundant hospitality. But happily even holiday abundance is no longer measured in the number of inches it adds to our waistlines."
This advertisement is one of a long-running series that Pepsi-Cola ran in the 1950s that came to be known as The Sociables. The campaign featured illustrations by top-notch commercial artists that portrayed a more stylish, urban and suburban sensibility as opposed to its main competitor's ads. Pepsi used scenes with sophisticated, society types of attractive, affluent adults in contrast to Coca-Cola's depiction of small-town, family-orientated Americana. Many of the 'Pepsi Generation' ads of this era resemble Mid-Century fashion illustrations (in an effort to appeal to women), such was the quality of the artists and the subjects and motifs displayed.
This LARGE 1950s advert measures 10 3/8" x 13 3/4" (approx.). The image of this piece of retro advertising memorabilia / ephemera has been accommodated completely by a large-format scanner. This Fifties print ad is in very good condition (the centre of the top edge has minimal creasing) and is eminently suitable for framing.
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The question climbing to the fore this recruiting season has become...Is Virginia the new Florida?
With 50% of the basketball recruiting class from Virginia in Troy Caupain and two strong defensive line targets living nearby it appears the UC Athletic Department has more heavily involved The Mother of States in the recruiting budget.
Caupain led his Team Loaded AAU squad to a Fab 48 Championship just last night out in Las Vegas. He remains as firmly committed as ever in the Bearcat program.
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"I can't wait to get there," said Caupain Sunday night. "When we get there it is going to be a show."
Troy has started building a relationship with future teammate Kevin Johnson of Summit Country Day in Cincinnati.
Also, Mick Cronin recently hired an assistant coach, Antwon Jackson, with contacts in the Washington D.C.
Both basketball and football
A pair of Virginia defensive linemen Demetri McGill and Reginald Miles both consider Cincinnati a strong player in their recruitment. McGill has listed the Bearcats in his top five while Miles enjoyed his camp experience immensely.
"I think I did pretty well," said Miles. "They said I did a pretty good job."
Adorned with an offer heading into camp Miles got heavy looks all day long.
Since UC DL Coach Steve Stripling was able to watch and work out Miles in person the Bearcat program has a more refined vision for Miles' future.
"They wanted me to play defensive end for them," said Miles. "When they went to 3-4 I would sometimes go to outside linebacker."
It is the Walter Stewart position.
A month ago Miles told Ben Doster of DeaconsIllustrated.com, "Cincinnati is a great place. It's got quite a cool campus, and the facilities are amazing. The coaches are pretty good."
Still Miles has several schools of interest like "The Naval Academy, Ohio, and Old Dominion. I am looking at the pro's and con's. I am looking to decide at the end of my football season."
His season began just this morning with a single practice.
"We start two a days this week."
Ideally Miles will morph into a team leader in this his final high school adventure.
"We haven't decided who the captains are yet," said Miles. "I think I am pretty strong candidate to be captain."
Bringing the talent west
The Cincinnati football program currently features zero Virginians. Remember how few Floridians suited up for UC prior to the hiring of Butch Jones?
There are now twenty from the Sunshine State wearing black and red.
Recruiting focus shifted dramatically and so did the results.
With any luck the 2013 Bearcats will run out at least one defensive lineman from Virginia.
McGill's practice season began Sunday. His original plan was to decide on a college by October though you never know in this wild game.
It is known that UC has devoted more time and interest into scooping up Virginia-based talent.


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Rival Sons Rival SonsSacred Reich Surf NicaraguaSadus Swallowed in BlackSadus A Vision of MiserySadus IllusionsSepultura Beneath the RemainsSepultura SchizophreniaSettle The Sky Now That We're Waiting EPSinister Cross the StyxSkid Row Skid RowSlayer Show No MercySlayer Hell AwaitsSlayer Decade of AggressionSleep DopesmokerSon of Aurelius Under a Western SunTrying to write a review for this and can't seem to do it justice. Really a step up from their earlier work. Stallion Rise and RideSteel Panther Balls OutStratovarius VisionsSublime SublimeSuffocation Effigy of the ForgottenSuicidal Tendencies Suicidal TendenciesTestament The New OrderThe Bronx Casket Co. The Bronx Casket Co.I cannot believe I could not find this band on Sputnik! For fans of the current surge of doom/stoner metal this a release you need to hear. The Notorious B.I.G. Life After DeathThe Pharcyde Bizarre Ride II the PharcydeThe Roughneck Riot This Is Our DayTiamat WildhoneyTyketto Don't Come EasyThis is one of those under the radar releases. People who have heard it, love it to death. The other 99% of the population has no idea it exists. Tyketto Dig In DeepUgly Kid Joe As Ugly as They Wanna BeVektor Black FutureVektor Terminal ReduxVolbeat Beyond Hell/Above HeavenW.A.S.P. W.A.S.P.Weezer The White AlbumWhores. GoldXentrix Shattered Existence4.0 excellentA Wilhelm Scream PartycrasherACxDC Antichrist DemoncoreAkercocke Words That Go Unspoken...Alice in Chains Jar of FliesAnaal Nathrakh VanitasAnthrax Spreading the DiseaseAnthrax State of EuphoriaAnthrax Fistful of MetalBand-Maid Maid in JapanActual instrument playing Japanese Maids :D Well, actual Japanese girls dressed like maids playing instruments. For all the hate baby metal get's this band should get some love. Battlecross Pursuit of HonorReally diverse (well for metal at least!). Review shall be forthcoming. Bayside Killing TimeBeastie Boys Licensed to IllBeastie Boys Ill CommunicationBody Count BloodlustBullet For My Valentine The PoisonButt Trumpet Primitive EnemaCacophony Speed Metal SymphonyCannibal Corpse Worm InfestedCannibal Corpse A Skeletal DomainCarcass SwansongCinderella Heartbreak StationControl Denied The Fragile Art of ExistenceD.R.I. Dealing with It!Danger Danger Danger DangerDangerous Toys Hellacious AcresDangerous Toys PissedDarkness (DEU) Death SquadDead Kennedys Plastic Surgery DisastersDeath Spiritual HealingDeath LeprosyDexter Freebish A Life of SaturdaysDisincarnate Dreams of the Carrion KindDismember Indecent & ObsceneDismember Death MetalDismember Hate CampaignDismember PiecesElision of Animus DementiaEllery Park The Worst Of Us Has Yet To ComeGreat Metal/Deathcore out of NYC. They were unsigned last I knew, but fans of melodic death and hardcore should check them out. Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2Enforcer Death By FireIf Iron Maiden and Motley Crue had baby back in 1983... damn this shreds.Every Mother's Nightmare Wake Up ScreamingAnother under the radar release in the 90's Really worth tracking down!Excoriate On Pestilent Winds...Exhumed NecrocracyExodus Force of HabitFlotsam and Jetsam Flotsam and JetsamGhost (SWE) If You Have GhostExcellent EP from Ghost. Though the Depeche Mode cover does little for me personally, it fits the bands style really well. The ABBA cover bumps this from a 3.5 to a 4.Gin Blossoms New Miserable ExperienceGojira From Mars to SiriusGorguts Considered DeadGozu RevivalGravediggaz The Pick, the Sickle and the ShovelGrim Reaper See You In HellHoly Grail Crisis In UtopiaHoly Grail Ride the VoidIced Earth Something Wicked This Way ComesIron Maiden Iron MaidenIron Maiden KillersIron Maiden Fear of the DarkIron Maiden Brave New WorldIron Reagan Crossover MinistryJurassic 5 Jurassic 5 LPKreator Hordes of ChaosKyuss WretchKyuss ...And the Circus Leaves TownL.A. Guns Cocked & LoadedL7 Bricks Are HeavyLeatherwolf Leatherwolf (1984)Shame on you Sputnik! I know my next review at least...Leatherwolf Leatherwolf (1987)Lich King Toxic Zombie OnslaughtLich King World Gone DeadLich King Born of the BombLord Mantis Death MaskLorde Pure HeroineMasked Intruder M.I.Matisyahu Spark SeekerMegadeth Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?Megadeth Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!Megadeth Cryptic WritingsMegadeth Hidden TreasuresMegadeth EndgameMetal Church The Human FactorMilk Teeth Vile ChildMonstrosity MilleniumMother Love Bone AppleMy Chemical Romance The Black ParadeNails Unsilent DeathNew Found Glory From the Screen to Your Stereo Part IINew Found Glory ResurrectionNuclear Assault Game OverObliteration Black Death HorizonOnyx BacdafucupOozing Wound RetrashOverkill I Hear BlackOverkill From the Underground and BelowOverkill White Devil ArmoryThis has settled to a firm 4 for me. Marking the continuation of a really strong run of albums for the band. Overkill The Grinding WheelPantera Power MetalPoison Flesh & BloodPossessed Beyond the GatesPretty Boy Floyd Leather Boyz With Electric ToyzPrimal Fear Primal FearQueensryche QueensrycheRanger Knights of DarknessRazor Malicious IntentRevocation TeratogenesisRival Sons Pressure And TimeRZA The Man With The Iron FistsSacred Reich IgnoranceSalem's Pot Pronounce This!This came up on my "new music" playlist today. I was going to write it off as a joke but this was really, really well done. Satan's Wrath Galloping BlasphemySeance Fornever Laid to RestSebastian Bach Kicking and ScreamingReally, love or hate Bach as a person.. this is an excellent CD and probably the best thing he's done since Subhuman Race with Skid Row. Sempiternal Deathreign The Spooky GloomSepultura Chaos A.D.Sepultura RootsShotgun Messiah Violent New BreedShotgun Messiah Second ComingSilverstein This Is How the Wind ShiftsSkid Row B-Side OurselvesLoved this EP back when it came out (still do). Basically each member of the band picked a cover song they wanted to do. Little Wing stands out here, completely awesome track. Slumber FalloutSnoop Dogg DoggystyleSnot Get SomeSpeedtrap PowerdoseStormchoir PanopticonSuffocation Breeding the SpawnSuicidal Tendencies Join the ArmySuicidal Tendencies Lights...Camera...RevolutionSuicidal Tendencies The Art of RebellionSuicidal Tendencies 13I may revise this later, may review it also, need to listen to it some more. Still, 13 years later and Suicidal is back in form.Tankard Chemical InvasionThe Breathing Process Odyssey (un)DeadHow did i not hear of this band before? It's dark, intense and melodic at the same time. Some of the best that Deathcore has to offer!The Chasm Deathcult for Eternity: The TriumphThe Dead Lay Waiting Almost HeavenFor fans of Deathcore. Nothing super special here, but everything is really well done, and the production is top notch. Toxic Holocaust Conjure and CommandTribulation The HorrorTwelve Foot Ninja Silent MachineType O Negative Bloody KissesUncle Acid and The Deadbeats The Night CreeperUnearth Watchers of RuleVarga PrototypeAn underground favorite. Canadian metal at its best!Vektor Outer IsolationViking Man Of StrawVital Remains Icons of EvilWarbringer Worlds Torn AsunderWe Are The In Crowd Guaranteed To DisagreeWe Are The In Crowd Weird KidsI've always enjoyed WATIC, not my normal musical forte, but I'm looking forward to this one :DWoe Of Tyrants ThrenodyXentrix For Whose Advantage?3.5 great3rd Bass Derelicts of DialectAborted Strychnine.213Alkoholizer Drunk or Dead ...All That Remains The Fall of IdealsAll Time Low Nothing PersonalArsis Lepers CaressAtheist ElementsAtheist Piece of TimeAustrian Death Machine Total BrutalBane Don't Wait UpBeastie Boys Hello NastyBiohazard Urban DisciplineBowling for Soup A Hangover You Don't DeserveBulletBoys BulletBoysCarcass Reek of PutrefactionCarcass Symphonies of SicknessChimaira The Age Of HellSolidly in the middle on this one. It's WORLDS better than Infection though. Some of the more melodic parts have an Alice in Chains ring to them. Losing My Mind is a great track.D.R.I. CrossoverDangerous Toys Dangerous ToysDanzig DanzigDarkness Dynamite The Astonishing Fury of MankindDeicide Amon: Feasting the BeastA look into Deicide's brief past (well, at the time it was released anyways)Devil Time to RepentDigital Underground Sex PacketsDismember Where Ironcrosses GrowDropkick Murphys 11 Short Stories of Pain and GloryIf you aren't into the band this is a solid 2. If you are into the band this is a solid 4. This
should mean this is a 3. I give it an extra .5 because I'm going to go drink a 12 pack of Guinness
while listening to 'I Had a Hat'. Dublin Death Patrol Death SentenceEvery Avenue Bad HabitsExodus Impact Is ImminentFalling in Reverse The Drug in Me Is YouFalling in Reverse Fashionably LateFlaw Divided We FallG-Eazy The Endless SummerI'm really weird with the rap/hip hop that I like. The blend of 50's and 60's doo wop hooks and a flow similar to early Eminem make this really enjoyable. Gojira L'Enfant SauvageHouse of Pain House of PainHuman Error Memories of the AfterlifeHypocrisy End of DisclosureInvocator Excursion DemiseJamie's Elsewhere ReimaginedJay-Z Vol. 2: Hard Knock LifeLamb of God ResolutionMachine Head The BlackeningMachine Head Bloodstone and DiamondsMegadeth YouthanasiaMetallica ...And Justice for AllMetallica MetallicaMorbus Chron Sleepers in the RiftNekromantheon Rise, Vulcan SpectreOverkill W.F.O.Overkill The Electric AgeAlmost a 5... so damn close. 2 tracks in the middle ruin the mojo just a little bit however. Pantera Far Beyond DrivenPantera Vulgar Display of PowerPhilip H. Anselmo and The Illegals War Of The GargantuasPoison Open Up and Say... Ahh!Prong Carved Into StoneVery organic... love the tone and the drums on this one. Prong brings the riffs.... Prong Ruining LivesAnother decent record from Prong. Very consistent, much like the rest of their discography. Pungent Stench Dirty Rhymes And Psychotronic BeatsFun EP, and some of the best cover art in the history of ever. Rage Against The Machine RenegadesRage Nucleaire Unrelenting Fucking HatredRancid Life Won't WaitRingworm Hammer of the WitchSanta Cruz Screaming For AdrenalineSirens & Sailors Still BreathingSolid effort. Kinda of a been there and done that thing, but it's 'core' release so it's hard to bitch about a band doing 'core' music. The vocalist has some chops when it comes to his screams though. Sister Stand Up, Forward, March!For those that like the harder side of hair metal. Skeletonwitch The Apothic GloomSkeletonwitch does not miss a step in this transitional EP. Review coming shortly. Skid Row Subhuman RaceSlayer Christ IllusionStray From the Path Subliminal CriminalsSylosis MonolithTestament Dark Roots of EarthThe Devil Wears Prada Transit BluesToxic Holocaust An Overdose of Death...Toxic Holocaust Hell on EarthTuff Religious FixMiles and miles above anything that you remember from this band. Venom Prison AnimusVerminous Impious SacrilegeViolator Chemical AssaultWe Came As Romans Understanding What We've Grown to BeIf you don't like metalcore, and you already know what it's going to be going into it, then why the fuck are you listening to it? Half the low ratings here are due to butt-hurt metal fanboys that haven't liked an album since 1985Whitechapel This Is Exile3.0 goodAlestorm Black Sails at MidnightAnterior Echoes of the fallenAnthrax Sound of White NoiseAs I Lay Dying AwakenedAsking Alexandria Stand Up and ScreamBenighted Carnivore SublimeBlessthefall AwakeningIt's a genre release. They aren't reinventing the wheel here, but they have improved both musically and in their writing capacity. I think this is a definite step up from their last one. Initial thoughts are a 4 and this will most likely round out at a 3 after a month. Blessthefall Hollow BodiesBullet For My Valentine Temper TemperBullet For My Valentine VenomCannibal Corpse Eaten Back to LifeCannibal Corpse Evisceration PlagueChelsea Grin My DamnationSolid deathcore outing. Nothing mind blowing but it's definitely worth a few spins.Cher Lloyd Sticks + StonesDeath Angel The Dream Calls for BloodDropping a point. Initially a really good release looses itself in sameness after a few weeks of listening. Deicide InsineratehymnDismember The God That Never WasDismember Massive Killing CapacityDismember DismemberEscape the Fate UngratefulHiss From the Moat MisanthropyA sinister way to close out 2013. The band has dropped the deathcore leanings from their EP and are on point with the new LP. Hopsin RawIced Earth Horror ShowInfant Annihilator The Palpable Leprosy of PollutionKillswitch Engage Disarm the DescentLimp Bizkit Three Dollar Bill Y'allLudacris Chicken 'N' BeerMachine Head Unto the LocustIf Burn my eyes is Kill Em All and The Blackening is Ride the Lightning this is... fuck it's not quite their Master of Puppets, more like ....and Justice For All. Been playing it all weekend though and it's still really, really good. Marilyn Manson The Golden Age of GrotesqueMarvelous 3 Math And Other ProblemsMortillery Origin of ExtinctionMunicipal Waste The Fatal FeastMutiny Within SynchronicityObituary World DemiseOf Mice and Men Restoring ForceOverkill Under the InfluenceOverkill ImmortalisPitch Black Forecast As the World BurnsThis album shreds face right up until the end. The last tracks go into experimental territory and just wreck a decent, if not generic metal album. The first 5 songs are a freight train though. Rage The Devil Strikes AgainReign of Fury World DetonationSlayer Divine InterventionSteel Panther Lower the BarSuffokate Return to DespairWe Are The In Crowd Best Intentions2.5 averageAll That Remains A War You Cannot WinATR forgets the important lesson in life. You can't please everyone. They try to do so here and come up with an album absolutely drenched in mediocrity. The clean vocals are a complete waste. Anthrax Volume 8: The Threat Is RealAugust Burns Red Sleddin' HillBeartooth DisgustingBring Me The Horizon SempiternalBullet For My Valentine Scream, Aim, FireDeicide In the Minds of EvilDisturbed The SicknessEscape the Fate This War Is OursEvile SkullIn the Eyes of A Mistress Nobody Move! This is A Breakdown ShakedownI laughed fucking hard listening to this. I don't know if it's so bad it's great, or so great it's fucking horrible. "Sharks Live in Water. There's Water in My Toilet. I Rest My Case." is EPIC. OH, FUCK... HERE COMES A SHARK!Infant Annihilator The Elysian Grandeval GalèriarchIron Maiden No Prayer for the DyingIwrestledabearonce It's All HappeningKorn Life Is PeachyKylesa UltravioletLegion of the Damned Ravenous PlagueLost Society Fast Loud DeathI'm a big revival thrash fan and this was middle of the road for me. This has been done before and done better. Marilyn Manson Smells Like ChildrenMegadeth The World Needs a HeroMegadeth Th1rt3enIf you're looking for thrashy Megadeth, please look away. It's like Dave tried to please every fan of every different style Megadeth has ever done, and it comes across as somewhat of a hot mess. There are some great parts on here, but it's going to be largely forgettable. Motionless in White InfamousObituary Inked in BloodGoing to stick it at average for now. Will take some more listens; it's okay, but really lacks the ferocity of their earlier work. Overkill Relix IVOverkill NecroshineOverkill The Killing KindOverkill BloodlettingPantera Reinventing The SteelRise To Remain City of VulturesSlayer God Hates Us AllSlayer Diabolus in MusicaSlipknot IowaSlipknot All Hope Is GoneSlipknot .5: The Gray ChapterI wanted to like this, really I did. And after not really listening to any Slipknot for a long time It was not bad. Then I made the mistake of listning to their self titled album right afterwards and made this instantly sound boring and bland.Sodom Epitome of TortureColor me disappointed. I was totally stoked for this and it's thrash metal vanilla ice cream :Tennessee Murder Club Carving A LegacyGeneric is definitetly the word of the day here. Nothing terrible, just painfully average deathcore. The Browning Burn This WorldThe Sorrow Misery EscapeTheocracy As the World BleedsThreat Signal Threat SignalThe musical equivalent of white bread. You know exactly what you're getting here. Whitechapel The Somatic Defilement2.0 poorAll Time Low Last Young RenegadeCarnifex Die Without HopeHavok Unnatural SelectionMetallica ReloadOverkill Killbox 13Slayer World Painted BloodSnow White's Poison Bite The Story Of Kristy KillingsSuicidal Angels Divide And ConquerTrivium Vengeance FallsUgly Kid Joe Stairway to HellVery reminiscent of their earlier work. I may have to post up a review on this on a little later. 1.5 very poorJamie's Elsewhere Rebel - ReviveJim Breuer and the Loud & Rowdy Songs from the GarageMetallica LoadPhilip H. Anselmo and The Illegals Walk Through Exits OnlySlayer Undisputed Attitude1.0 awfulbrokeNCYDE The Best of BrokeNCYDECastrofate Systematic SuicideDeez Nuts Bout ItIron Maiden The X FactorIron Maiden Virtual XILou Reed and Metallica LuluI know this get's said a lot, but this is literally the worst thing since the holocaust. Megadeth RiskMetallica St. AngerWoe, Is Me Genesi[s]
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Putting Focus on Innovative Business at Baylor
This edition of our six-year-old business research newsletter is a salute to the inevitability of change in daily life. Advances in research frequently alter how we work in ways big and small, and we are intentionally making a change in the newsletter's name, Focus, to give it an identity with more clarity.
Its new name is Innovative Business at Baylor. The title not only rebrands the publication, the new title better describes ongoing research conducted through the Hankamer School of Business.
The newly named newsletter ties into the Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative (BRIC). This collaboration is the first project in Waco's Central Texas Technology and Research Park, which was created to develop, promote and market university research, technology and training.
One of the goals of research at Hankamer is to help serve fast-growth and emerging companies by allowing them to participate in the kinds of research that yield results-and participate before the research is published. Faculty have been delivering results for several years with our partners. Our publications, as well as BRIC, will help us expand and advance that goal.
Inside this newsletter:
A report about Baylor's spotlighting of international business and research through the McBride Center for International Business.
Stories about two Baylor professors, Cindy Wu and Van Pham, both of whom have won the title of Mayo McBride Global Scholar. The award grants its recipients a period of paid leave to focus their efforts on international research.
More details about BRIC and the Innovative Business Accelerator, housed within BRIC, and its new director, Greg Leman.
Announcement about the newly appointed associate dean of Research and Faculty Development, Cynthia Riemenschneider.
As we march forward with change, please enjoy this issue of Innovative Business at Baylor and watch for our twice-yearly printed spotlight on research.
Terry S. Maness
Dean, Hankamer School of Business


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Bishop will discuss religion and homosexuality
March 23, 2012
Why does religion play such a central role in the struggle for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights? Bishop Gene Robinson will discuss this question and others related to religion and homosexuality in a lecture on March 29, at 10:30 a.m., in Centennial Hall (3703 7th Ave.).
This lecture is free and open to the public. Bishop Robinson's lecture, titled "Being Gay and Religious: Mission Impossible?", will focus on what the Bible says about homosexuality and what role progressive religious people may want to take. He also will discuss how this topic relates to racism, sexism and other civil rights debates.
"Tolerance and a live-and-let-live attitude beat discrimination and abuse by a mile. But it's not enough," said Bishop Robinson. "Tolerant people, especially tolerant religious people, need to get over their squeamishness about being vocal advocates and unapologetic supporters of LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender] people."
Bishop Robinson has served as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire since 2003. He received his master of divinity from the General Theological Seminary in New York and holds two honorary doctorates. He is the co-author of three AIDS education curricula for youths and adults, and his next book, God Believes in Love: Straight Talk about Gay Marriage, will be published later this year. He has done AIDS work in the United States and Africa. In addition, Bishop Robinson is an advocate for anti-racism training in the diocese and wider church.
He has spoken and lobbied for equal protection under the law and full civil marriage rights at the state, national and international level. He gave the invocation at the opening inaugural ceremonies at the Lincoln Memorial in 2009. Bishop Robinson has been honored by many LGBT organizations and has received numerous awards from national civil rights organizations.
Sam Schlouch
Senior Communication Director
(309) 794-7833


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NU Online News Service, March 29, 12:06 p.m. EDT
DENVER--Insurance regulators, in a surprise move, have voted to let insurers file their climate risk disclosure survey responses on a voluntary, confidential basis.
The new plan, which passed at a plenary session of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners by a narrow vote, was not disclosed to the public before it came up for a vote.
Called "version three," the revised survey filing concept was approved only after a prolonged debate. It passed on a 27-22 vote during the NAIC's joint Executive Committee/Plenary session at the association's Spring National Meeting held here.
This new version replaces the survey structure voted on by the NAIC in March 2009.
Immediately following the vote, some confusion remained among regulators as to when the new plan was formally drafted and what exactly it entailed.
The plan has since been made available on the NAIC Web site at http://www.naic.org/meetings_home.htm.
According to the posted plan, the survey questions themselves remain unchanged. But language is added to specify that requirement for completing the survey is at the discretion of each state, and that responses are confidential.
Participating states, explains the survey, will coordinate with the NAIC to develop a public report giving information in the aggregate regarding insurer responses.
While a chart remains in the survey stating that disclosure is mandatory for insurer groups with premium over $500 million for 2009 and $300 million for 2010 and thereafter, language is added noting that the chart is a "suggested guideline."
Additional language also now specifies that the questions do not "endorse, reject or otherwise express an opinion on the existence or absence of climate change," and that the survey will not be used for any purpose relating to regulatory consideration of a proposed rate change.
References to providing the information to the public and shareholders are also stricken.
Following the plenary vote, regulators could not say where version three had been drafted, but they said it was the result of roughly two months of discussions.
South Carolina Insurance Commissioner Scott Richardson--who made the motion at plenary to replace the original survey with the new plan--and other regulators, said they believed version three came from Thursday's Climate Change and Global Warming Task Force meeting.
But while the chair of that task force, Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Joel Ario, had noted on Thursday that regulators were discussing several alternatives to the original survey version--including making the survey voluntary or confidential--the task force did not vote or otherwise take action to present any formal alternatives.
Commissioner Ario said immediately after the Plenary vote that he was unsure what version three would look like once published. "I did not see the document that's today labeled 'version three,'" he said.
"I think it's not good public process to be adopting something that no one's seen," he said.
He added that there had been discussions of alternatives, but that those discussions were general and that various wording had been used.
Commissioner Ario said he presented regulators with options. Version two, he said, was to make the survey voluntary instead of mandatory. Version three, he continued, was to make the survey confidential. But, he explained, what was not answered was whether version three was mandatory and confidential, or voluntary and confidential.
Additionally, he said it was unclear whether it was up to individual states to decide whether a domiciled insurer's survey would be voluntary, or for companies themselves to make that decision.
"That's exactly the detail that's not been clarified, so I don't know if that's true or not," he said.
In the debate leading up to the plenary vote, Commissioner Richardson and Ohio Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson contended that it was never clear that regulators had voted in favor of a mandatory, public survey in March 2009. They said they had voted for a survey, but that they were under the impression the task force would come back with more details about how it would be administered.
A reading of the March 2009 minutes revealed the vote had approved the original version of the survey, but some regulators contended that proper discussions never took place.
"[The March 2009 vote to approve the survey] was done in an agenda vote," Director Hudson said after yesterday's meeting. "It was never fully discussed by the plenary."
Commissioner Ario said ultimately the vote does not change the situation for regulators.
Before the vote, he said, the "presumption was [regulators] could do a mandatory survey and states could diverge from it. Now there's a confidential survey, and states can diverge from it."
Illinois Insurance Director Michael McRaith said he still plans to administer the mandatory, public survey in his state, as was originally agreed.
"The net effect of today's vote is zero," he said, noting that states that were going to administer a mandatory survey will still do so.
"We're not going to live in a hamster wheel reconsidering every vote just because somebody disagrees with it," he said. "We're going to move forward; we made the decision a long time ago."
Commissioner Ario said he will consult with other states and, as task force chair, will try to make the confidential survey voted on yesterday work for as many states as possible. He said he was unsure at this point whether his state will go forward with the mandatory survey or the voluntary, confidential one.
Insurance industry representatives who had opposed the mandatory, public survey said they were pleased with the outcome, if not the process.
Bob Detlefsen, vice president of public policy at the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC), said he had been following the proceedings closely and had not seen version three before it was voted on. He wondered if there was a document of the plan available before Thursday's task force meeting, and if so, why it was not made available to the public then.
Regarding the effect of the vote, Mr. Detlefsen noted that before the vote, states choosing to administer a voluntary survey would have been seen as going against official NAIC policy, whereas now, states doing a mandatory survey will be the ones breaking ranks with what the NAIC voted on.
David Kodama, director of policy analysis for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, said PCI's plan had always been to address concerns individually with states, since each state retains the authority to decide its course of action. That strategy still applies after yesterday's vote, he said.