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OverviewFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon comes the next thrilling installment in her blockbuster Dark-Hunter® series...
Harm no human...
A hired gunslinger, William Jessup Brady lived his life with one foot in the grave. He believed that every life had a price. Until the day when he finally found a reason to live. In one single act of brutal betrayal, he lost everything, including his life. Brought back by a Greek goddess to be one of her Dark-Hunters, he gave his immortal soul for vengeance and swore hed spend eternity protecting the humans hed once considered prey.
Orphaned as a toddler, Abigail Yager was taken in by a family of vampires and raised on one belief -- Dark-Hunters are the evil who prey on both their people and mankind, and they must all be destroyed. While protecting her adoptive race, she has spent her life eliminating the Dark-Hunters and training for the day when she meeting the man who killed her family: Jess Brady.
A gun in the hand is worth two in the holster..
Jess has been charged with finding and terminating the creature whos assassinating Dark-Hunters. The last thing he expects to find is a human face behind the killings, but when that face bears a striking resemblance to the one who murdered him centuries ago, he knows something evil is going on. He also knows hes not the one who killed her parents. But Abigail refuses to believe the truth and is determined to see him dead once and for all.
Brought together by an angry god and chased by ancient enemies out to kill them both, they must find a way to overcome their mutual hatred or watch as one of the darkest of powers rises and kills both the races theyve sworn to protect.

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The Burdah Poem
This illuminated small codex contains a famous poem in honor of the Prophet Muhammad popularly known as "Qaṣīdat al-Burdah" (The poem of the mantle), which was composed by Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Būṣīrī (died 694 AH [1294 CE]). This copy was executed in a variety of scripts, probably in Iran, by Ḥabīb Allāh ibn Dūst Muḥammad al-Khwārizmī in the 11th century AH (17th century CE). The first page (folio 1b) of the manuscript features an illuminated rectangular headpiece with five inner panels of text executed in the following scripts: muhaqqaq (gold ...
The Qur'an
This manuscript is a fragment of the Qur'an, consisting of chapters 19 (Sūrat Maryam) through 23 (Sūrat al-mu'minūn). It was produced in the Maghreb and dates from the 12th century AH (18th century AD). The text is written in a large Maghrebī script, with vocalization in red, green, and yellow ink on Italian paper. The codex opens with an illuminated chapter heading for chapter 19 written in the New Abbasid (broken cursive) style (folio 1b) in gold ink within a decorative headpiece. The titles of other chapters are ...
The Key to Success, Also Known As the Medium to All Parties and Attainment of Prosperity
This illuminated manuscript is of a wird (prayer) called "Miftāḥ al-najāḥ al-mukanná bi-al-wasīlah ilá kull ḥizb wa-falāḥ", attributed to 'Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib, the fourth caliph of Islam. According to the colophon, this work was completed by Shaykh Kamāl ibn 'Abd al-Ḥaqq al-Sabzawārī, the calligrapher and illuminator, in Astarabad (present-day Gorgan, Iran) in 941 AH (1534 AD). The text, divided into five compartments, is in calligraphic vocalized Naskh script in black ink and vocalized Thuluth in gold ink outlined in black. Illuminated rosettes with colored dots serve as verse markers ...
Amplification of the Poem, the Burdah, Or the Expansion of the Bright Stars in the Praise of the Finest of Mankind, the Prophet Muhammad
This manuscript is a copy of the poem in honor of the Prophet Muhammad, which is popularly known as Qaṣīdat al-burdah (The poem of the mantle). It was written by Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Būṣīrī (died 694 AH [1294 AD]). The poem has a takhmīs (amplification, or expansion of the poem) by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Fayyūmī. The amplification and the text of the Qaṣīdat al-burdah were written in Naskh and Thuluth scripts respectively by Riḍwān ibn Muḥammad al-Tabīzī in 767 AH (1366 AD), probably for the Mawlawī (Mevlevi) Library in Konya ...
The Guide to Benevolent Deeds and Rising Lights in the Prayers on the Chosen Prophet
This illuminated manuscript is a copy of Dalā'il al-khayrāt (Collection of prayers for the Prophet Muhammad), which was composed by Muḥammad ibn Sulayman al-Jazūlī (died 870 AH [1465 AD]). It was written in black Naskh script in the 11th century AH (17th century AD) in Ottoman Turkey. The prayers ask for blessings for the Prophet, and the individual reciting the prayers would also receive God's blessings. Like many copies of this text, this manuscript includes additional devotional material, such as lists of al-asma al-sharifa (the noble names). It ...
Comment on the Lights of Revelations
This Ottoman manuscript is a ḥāshiyah (gloss) on the commentary on the Qur'an entitled Anwār al-tanzīl, which was composed by 'Abd Allāh al-Bayḍawī, who died in about 685 AH (1286 AD). The gloss was written by Kemalpaşazade (died 940 AH [1533 AD]), and the present copy was transcribed from the author's holograph in 966 AH (1558 AD) by 'Uthmān ibn Manṣūr. The text is written in Turkish Nasta'līq script in black ink, with the words qāla (I said) and aqūlu (I said), being indicators of quotations, in ...
Jokes Relating to the Commentary on Al-Mataalia and Its Honorable Marginal Notes
The present work is a further commentary on the ḥāshiyah (gloss) by al-Sayyid al-Sharīf al-Jurjānī (died 816 AH [1413 AD]) on the Lawāmi' al-asrār by Qutb al-Dīn al-Taḥtānī al-Rāzī (died 766 AH [1364 AD]). The latter is, in turn, a commentary on a book of logic entitled Maṭāli' al-anwār by Sirāj al-Dīn Maḥmūd al-Urmawī (died 682 AH [1283 AD]). The scribe of this work, who may also have been the author, was Muhammad ibn Pir Ahmad al-Shahir bi-Ibn Arghun al-Shirazi. Written for the library of the Ottoman Sultan Selim I ...
Burning and Melting
This manuscript is an illuminated and illustrated copy of the poem Sūz va gudāz (Burning and melting) by Naw'ī Khabūshānī, who died in 1019 AH (1610 AD). It recounts the love story of a Hindu girl who burns herself on the funeral pyre of her betrothed. The codex was written in Nasta'līq script in black ink by Ibn Sayyid Murād al-Ḥusaynī and illustrated by Muḥammad 'Alī Mashhadī in 1068 AH (1657 AD). According to the colophon, Ibn Sayyid Murād al-Ḥusaynī copied the manuscript for the painter Muḥammad 'Alī ...
This muraqqa' (album) of calligraphy in an accordion format was compiled in Ottoman Turkey in the 12th century AH (18th century AD). The medium is ink and pigments on paper mounted on thin pasteboard. It consists, in part, of leaves bearing fragmentary passages from the Qur'an, from chapter 2 (Sūrat al-baqarah), verses 65–68, and chapter 4 (Sūrat al-nisā'), verses 103–6. Also included are the hadith (the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad), and two sheets of karalama (pen exercises). The Qur'anic verses and the passages of hadith ...
The Eloquent Prosody in the 40 Verses
This manuscript is an Ottoman Turkish commentary on forty verses of the Qur'an, with hadith (the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad) and verse citations by Okçuzade Mehmet Şahî, who died in 1039 AH (1629 AD). This copy was made in the 11th century AH (17th AD). The text is written in Naskh script in black and red ink. The waqf (bequest) stamp of al-Wazīr al-Shahīd 'Alī Pāshā, dated 1130 AH (1717 AD), appears on folios 1a, 1b, and 2a. The name of a former owner, Sayyid Burhān al-Dīn, and ...
Two Works on Islamic Beliefs and Practices
This codex comprises two works on Islamic beliefs and practices by the Ottoman writer Aḥmet bin Muḥammed Şemsī Pāşā, who died in 990 AH (1580 AD). These works are entitled Tercümet ül-Viḳāye (The translation of "Wiqāyat al-Riwāyah") and I'tiḳādiyāt (Beliefs), as inscribed in the headings on folios 2b and 29b, respectively. Both texts were copied in black Nasta'līq script in the 10th century AH (16th century AD). On folio 2a is a note of approval by the famous Ottoman jurist Abū al-Su'ūd (Ebussuud) Efendi (died 982 AH ...
This large-format illuminated Timurid copy of the Qur'an is believed to have been produced in northern India in the 15th century. The manuscript opens with a series of illuminated frontispieces. The main text is written in a large, vocalized polychrome muhaqqaq script. Marginal explanations of the readings of particular words and phrases are in thuluth and naskh scripts, and there is interlinear Persian translation in red naskh script. The fore-edge flap of the gold-tooled brown leather binding is inscribed with verses 77 through 80 from surah 56 (Sūrat al-wāqi ...
Memoirs of Babur
Recognized as one of the world's great autobiographical memoirs, the Bāburnāmah is the story of Zahīr al-Dīn Muhammad Bābur, who was born in 1483 and ruled from the age of 11 until his death in 1530. Babur conquered northern India and established the Mughal Empire (or Timurid-Mughal Empire). Originally from Fergana in Central Asia, Babur descended on his father's side from Timur (Tamerlaine) and on his mother's from Chingiz (Ghengis) Khan. Babur wrote his memoir in Chagatai, or Old Turkish, which he called Turkic, and it was ...
The Khamsah of Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī
This is a deluxe copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī (circa 1253–1325), who was India's foremost Sufi poet who wrote in Persian. His quintet is a retelling of the five stories by 12th-century poet Nizāmī Ganjavī. The manuscript was written in nasta'līq script by one of the greatest calligraphers of the Mughal atelier, Muhammad Husayn al-Kashmīrī, who was honored with the epithet Zarrīn Qalam (Golden Pen). This copy of Dihlavī's Khamsah probably was produced in Lahore (present-day Pakistan) in the late 16th century ...
Mihr and Mushtari
This manuscript is an illustrated copy of the well-known poem recounting the platonic love story between Mihr (the Sun), the son of Shāhpūr, and his vizier's son Mushtarī (Jupiter). The story of 90 chapters was composed by Muhammad ibn Ahmad 'Assār Tabrīzī, who died in around 1382. The present copy was written in nasta'līq script in 1476 by Murshid al-Kātib, who came from Shiraz (in present-day Iran). Considering the number of surviving manuscripts in which this calligrapher's name is found, it seems he was particularly prolific. The ...
Collection of Poems by Jāmī
This work dating from the 16th century is an illuminated and illustrated copy of the first collection of poetry (called Dīvān-i avval or Fātihat al-shabāb) by Nūr al-Dīn 'Abd al-Rahmān Jāmī (1414–92), a great Persian poet, scholar, and mystic, who lived most of his life in Herat, in present-day Iran. According to the colophon (folio 306a), the manuscript was copied by the illustrious Safavid calligrapher Shāh Mahmūd Nīshāpūrī, who died in the mid-1560s. The codex opens with a double-page illustrated frontispiece followed by a double-page illuminated incipit. There are ...
Collection of Poems by Hasan Dihlavī
This is an illuminated and illustrated Mughal copy of a dīvān (collection of poems) by the eminent poet and hagiographer of Islamic India, Hasan Dihlavī, who died in about 1338. The manuscript was written in nasta'līq script by 'Abd Allāh Mushkīn Qalam (Amber-Scented Pen), in Allāhābād in 1011 AH (1602 AD), according to the colophon on folio 187a, although the illustration on that page identifies the calligrapher as Mir `Abd Allah Katib. Both were celebrated royal calligraphers. Abd Allāh Mushkīn Qalam worked in Allāhābād for Prince Salim, who later ...
Collection of Short Love Poems by Jāmī
This is an illuminated and illustrated manuscript of a small collection of short love poems of the type called tarjī`band by Nūr al-Dīn 'Abd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d. 898 AH / 1492 CE). It was copied in black nasta'līq script by the calligrapher Muḥammad Zamān al-Tabrīzī in 998 AH / 1589-90 CE in Safavid Iran. The text is written on orange-tinted paper, and the bluish-green borders are illuminated throughout. The manuscript opens with an incipit page with illuminated headpiece (fol. 1b), and there are two illustrations (fols. 3a and 6a). The ...
Book on Navigation
Originally composed in 1525 and dedicated to Sultan Süleyman I (the Magnificent), this great work by Piri Reis (died circa 1555) on navigation was later revised and expanded. Born in about 1470 in Gelibolu (Gallipoli), Piri Reis became an Ottoman admiral, geographer, and cartographer. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 17th century, is based on the later expanded version and has some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map with the outline of the Americas (folio 41a) and maps of coastlines, with bays ...
Maritime Atlas
This work is an illuminated and illustrated maritime atlas, referred to as the Walters Deniz atlası. It is one of the earliest Ottoman atlases, tentatively dated to around the mid-16th century. The work contains eight double-page charts executed on parchment. Four of the maps show the Mediterranean, Aegean, and Black seas. There is also a world map and a chart of the Indian Ocean. The various geographical names are written in black nasta'līq script. A distinguishing feature of this atlas is the detailed approach to representing such features as ...
Ottoman Turkish Version of "Sindbād-nāmah"
This work is an Ottoman illustrated and illuminated copy of the Tuhfet ül-ahyār, which is an Ottoman Turkish version of the well-known story of Sindbad (Sindbād-nāmah). It concerns Sindbad the Wise (not Sindbad the Sailor), who was tutor to the son of an Oriental king. It was written by 'Abdülkerīm bin Muhammed during the reign of Sultan Süleyman I, called the Magnificent, who ruled from 1520 to 1566. The text is written in black naskh script with incidentals in gold and red, and the chapter headings are in gold. The ...


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A Look Back: The Beauty of Film
In previous columns, we discussed some basic techniques used in creating vibrant and memorable underwater photographs, as well as dive photography safety, etiquette, travel tips, other tidbits related to shooting underwater. Now, it seems natural to show some favorite images from my library, along with the stories behind the shots and some technical information about how I captured them. The four images displayed this month were all shot on slide film in the early 2000's, before digital camera technology became so affordable and qualitatively competitive with film cameras.
Pink Anemonefish at Home
2000—Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea
Shot with a Nikon N90 and Nikkor 60mm macro lens in a Sea and Sea housing with 2 Sea and Sea YS-90 strobes on Fuji Velvia ISO 50 slide film. |
This image was shot on my first-ever trip to Papua New Guinea. (I loved PNG so much that I have since returned nine times.) I had taken a two-day underwater photography refresher course with photographer Tammy Peluso, who was the Photo Pro at Walindi Plantation Resort. Tammy helped me make the transition from a Nikonos V camera to a housed SLR, which, at the time, was a large leap of faith for me because I had no previous experience with a housed, auto-focus camera. The ultra-rich color saturation of the Velvia film is, in my opinion, still unmatched by digital technology. But, shooting digitally nowadays has so many other advantages over film that most are willing to compromise a little on this aspect.
The vertical format of this image, as well as the strikingly vibrant colors and lucky timing (capturing the fish's mouth agape), are what make this image really work for me. Note that the main subject of the image, the anemonefish, is not positioned in the dead center of the image. Rather, it is in the top third of the frame, which is considered by many to be more aesthetically pleasing. This composition technique, called the "rule of thirds," suggests that the main subject be placed at one of the intersections of theoretical vertical and horizontal lines that divide the frame in thirds (think of a tic-tac-toe board).
Hawksbill Blues
2000—Father's Reef, Papua New Guinea
Later on my first trip to PNG, I was a passenger on the liveaboard dive boat Star Dancer. We were moored at a site on Father's Reef, which is a large reef complex in the Bismarck Sea off of the north coast of East New Britain Province. We had intended to make four dives there that day, but were only halfway through our first dive of the morning when a rather strong storm rolled in, bringing heavy wind and torrential rain. The boat captain decided it was best to have all divers abort their dives, and to take the vessel to a safe harbor to ride out the storm. While we were heading back toward the boat, I noticed a hawksbill turtle cruising the reef below me, and hoped it soon would ascend to the surface for a breath. Luckily, it did just that.
I was directly beneath my subject at about 25 feet, shooting directly up towards the surface, where the turtle was snatching a breath or two before diving back to graze on the reef. Since I knew that my strobes would only illuminate any particles suspended in the water (creating backscatter), and not the turtle, I turned both off, and shot several frames with the ambient daylight as my only source of light. The waves and raindrops created a unique and fascinating texture to the rich blue background, silhouetting the turtle. Note again the use of the "rule of thirds" in composing this image. This was the first image of mine ever published--it was honorably mentioned in Islands Magazine's Photography Competition in 2001.
Neon Triplefin on Star Coral
2002—Eastern Fields, Papua New Guinea
Sea and Sea YS-90 strobes on Fuji Velvia ISO 50 slide film.
Here is another image shot on film that displays the incredible color saturation, contrast, and dynamic range that digital cameras can't yet match. As digital camera technology continues to advance rapidly, this will undoubtedly change.
Papua New Guinea's Eastern Fields is a large reef complex in the Coral Sea, about 100 miles southwest of the capital city, Port Moresby. Of all the coral reefs I have dived in the last ten years, the Eastern Fields in 2002 offered the most complete view of a fully healthy coral reef system, essentially untouched by the influences and impacts of human activities. The health of the corals was incredible, as was the huge variety of reef fish and pelagics that seemed unconcerned by our presence. On one dive, while "hunting" for a glimpse of a rare Lacy Scorpionfish (Rhinopias aphanes), I came across a Neon Triplefin, a member of the goby family, perched upon a healthy colony of neon green star coral. The fish was only about two inches long, but the 60mm macro lens allowed me to compose and snap off a few frames with the lens port a mere 3 inches from the fish's nose before it spooked and disappeared. In the case of this image, I actually broke a rule that I try to follow when shooting: I decided to place the main subject's eyes dead center in the frame. I think I got away with it in this image because of the wonderful color and texture of the coral, the vibrant red of the Triplefin, and the fish's diagonal position in the frame. This image was highly commended in the ANZANG Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition in 2005.
(For the record, we DID end up finding a wonderfully red-and-white colored Rhinopias later in the trip, but my images of it were far inferior to this one.)
Humpback Flyby
On my last dive trip before switching from film to digital, I spent a month or so in the Kingdom of Tonga in an effort to capture images of the humpback whales that come to Tongan waters to calve and mate during the Southern winter. Having shot most of the month with color slide film (mostly Fuji Provia 100), a stormy day with poor light inspired me to do a little experimenting with a very fast black and white film. Kodak's T-MAX 3200 was, and still is, one of the fastest black and white films available, allowing me to use much faster shutter speeds and smaller apertures to get the same exposures possible with the ISO 100 film. The high-ISO film ultimately gave me the ability to freeze any movement of the whale without sacrificing the high depth of field associated with small apertures (high f-stop numbers).
As with all high-ISO media, whether film or digital, the resulting images tend to be more grainy ("noisy" in digital) than images taken with low-ISO media. In this particular case, I was actually trying to use this "graininess" to my advantage, creating a more abstract representation of the animal. Although I was within eight feet or so of the whale's rostrum, I was still able to fill the frame with almost the entire 40 feet of its length. The high depth of field kept its nose, eye, pectoral fins, and most of its body in focus.
This particular whale was an adult male that was trying to win the affection of a female, despite the fact that she was already paired off with another male. The "intruder" tried for at least an hour to get himself between the "consort" and the female, while the consort spent the same amount of time trying to block him. For most of this period, the female appeared quite content to show off for the snorkelers in the water, doing spins and rolls all around us, while the males jockeyed for position. At one point, however, the action between the two males got to be a little too rough for us to be safely in the water with over 120 feet of VERY active humpback whales, so we got back on our boat and watched the remainder of the amazing show from above.
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In the coming columns, I will first share some of my favorite early digital work, then more recent images, along with a few tips on how I captured them. Hopefully, these pieces will give you some ideas and insight into how to be more creative with your own underwater photography.
Until next time, have fun, and dive safe!
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Putting another human face on reports of out of control violence in that city.
This is 25 year old Indiana national Guardsmen -- cook.
He been home from Afghanistan for five months before he was gunned down in what appears to be a case of mistaken identity.
His body was found slumped over his two year old son -- he was attempting to shield.
Here is cooks wounded son in the arms of his widow.
The little boy was also hit in the left and right legs and a third bullet graze the toddler's head.
-- widows says her husband's last act was to protect their baby.
And he saved his son he made sure.
And -- before he left the last thing he deal with nature his son was okay.
And I think now that's that's -- you know.
Have separate -- and the folks -- day I'm home not even if I have months later.
And for your licenses be taken lately thing is -- not seeing.
-- -- Survives Afghanistan when he get done gunned down in Chicago.
Joining us now Michelle Malkin a conservative columnist and -- Fox News contributor who has looked into Chicago's epidemic of violence.
And knows a lot about this subject to show what a nightmare and I mean that's just what the latest face on an epidemic of crime and violence in that city.
That they've tried in some ways to tackle totally unsuccessfully according to the stats.
It really is it is.
Tragic end to you could run one of those stories every single day.
I think it points to something very cynical and a lot of the news coverage of gun violence.
A particularly over the last several months for the Democrats is always been an advantage to emphasize those tragedies where.
They can demonize the Second Amendment demonized and and national.
And -- look to bigger government solutions is the answer.
But Chicago the windy city Obama's hometown.
Is ground zero for the massive -- of gun control policies and that is why it over the last several decades you haven't seen.
Did the massive death told stories out of inner city Chicago highlighted on the front pages of news.
Papers they they they literally cut but this is Crist.
And yet five Saturday and six gun related.
Five or six murders last year.
And 2200.
Shooting incidents last year like to actually 2460.
Shooting incidents last year.
Now -- Obama's gonna go there and he will use those same stats.
To say the gun laws need to change but that unless there are already about as strict as they can be.
And still be consistent with the constitution Michelle.
That's right -- you know that it wasn't until a couple of years ago when -- Supreme Court.
Struck down the handgun ban that individuals law abiding individuals couldn't even -- -- you can't get a concealed carry.
A license in Illinois I believe it's the only state in the country where that is true.
I end.
And so there's this more sort of intellectual yoga that they have to engage -- to trying to argue for greater gun control.
And then of course what I think it really raises and this was appointed -- column that I wrote this weekend's.
The failure of these social policies that we place the family.
With the government and I mean we had what democratic Wilford nearly a century.
In Chicago and whether you're talking about the streets.
Public housing.
Or the failed Chicago public school system.
Nothing they do to pour more money into the problem or more government regulations is working.
I know you believe that it's it's politically risky for the president to -- go to Chicago while places and make this speech.
Because he's he hails from Chicago his top lieutenants.
Hail from Chicago Valerie Jarrett among them and I know you've done the research and have that's a lot of criticism about what they.
Have have done or failed to do to get that city cleaned up we're gonna pick it up on that point right after the break.
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Can anyone shed some light on whether 'mue 3 is gonna come out on the cube ?
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No news yet
"Lady luck was not with me at all today. In fact, she was practically smacking me in the chin with a mace, and stubbing my toe with a meter stick." - =NukeBlaze=
I certainly hope the next Shenmue goes multiplatform or at least comes to the cube. *Crosses fingers*
AM2 is working on all three consoles right now, so anything is possible.
Isn't Shenmue the game where you play games and buy stuff? Sounds good to me.
It's mainly a fighting game.Originally posted by Hobo Moe
Isn't Shenmue the game where you play games and buy stuff? Sounds good to me.
Based around martial arts.
It's a life simulator as you may say.
Yeah, it's a game where you can almost interact with anything you see. I haven't seen any news on a 3rd game, but it would be awesome if it were to appear on the Gamecube.
you can scratch a gamecube version... the lead programmer / designer said it was an XBOX only and will stay that way
sorta like what capcom did with RE for GC.
IMO Shunmue is a very boring game.....
it just isnt my kind of game i guess
i really could care less if it is excusive to mircosoft
Joop: Thats Shen Mue II. MS owns the rights for SHenMue II in the US anyways. But not III. III isn't announced for any system yet.
uhkuc.. shenmue 2 is going to sell mad money and make microsoft happy, you don't think they will shed out millions to keep the 3rd one exclusive also?
Shenmue 2 is going to be great for the Xbox. I would like it to go multiplatform, but I doubt it will.
Shen Mue II is already on DC, so its technically "multi"
I thought it was planned, but cancelled it because of Sega's demise in the console war.
The game was never canceled, MS bought the rights to the US version 2 months before the games release (Talk about pissing off Sega fans!!!)
But there were two versions released outside of the US, the Original Japanese version, and the English Subtitled European version. Luckily enough, DC supports both PAL & NSTC, and with a Utopia boot disc (which is free and floating around anywhere on the net) you can load up this game with no problems.
I really, really want Shenmue on GameCube.
I never got to play shenume. Why? Caus nobody i knew bought a dreamcast. I wish i did though.
Anyway i hope it comes out. Got great reviews. Is tojam and earl multiplatform!?
I don't think that game was. (tojam and earl)
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I will be snagging them all but am especially looking forward to Frankenstein & Freak on a Leash.
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The left has no reason to gloat. They haven´t won over the hearts and minds of the majority of people and their votes were well paid for and maybe even stolen.Obamacare has 37% approval but somehow the personna Obama separated himself from the failed president Obama.I wouldn´t believe Obama if he told me it was going to rain and I saw a guy outside building an ark.
Mr. Douthat assumes that liberals are "winning" elections. Who can be sure with so much voter fraud being perpetrated by the left to ensure that their pathetic boy king reigns for four more years. Put voter ID in place and you will see the truth. Romney won the 15 states with Voter ID, but I guess that it only coincidence, right?
Personally, I haven´t seen any gloating. All of the Democrats I´ve encountered since the election have been every bit as angry and hate-filled as they were before the election.
The author´s point is well taken. Democrats winning as the civilization is in decline is true. As they destroy the family and many become more atheistic their support grows. Morality counts regardless of what the Republican Establishment tells us. Surprising the editors at the NYT´s let this slip through.
We have voter ID in Florida and Romney still lost so that is no impediment to stealing an election. If we don´t have police officers enforcing the law in polling places we will never stop it.
Bread and circuses and voter fraud--all good reasons to be smug.
The author just gave a reasoned summary of the Republican (conservative wing)philosphy.I wonder if he recognizes it.
So Satan´s minions are having a party because they "won."I really doubt they have any clue what they´ve actually "won."
Obama didn´t win. There are so many stories of stealing it boggles the mind. One area had a voter registration of around 167,000. In the end, almost 250,000 voted there. That´s just one we know of, much less the almost 20,000 vote count for Obama in Philly, and zero, none, not one vote for Romney. That´s statistically impossible considering not everyone is going to mark the ballot in the right place. The libs can gloat, but they didn´t win - they cheated and stole yet another election.
I used to have faith in the American people. What´s happened to them?
Gloating is one thing, believing they have a license to demand the fruits of my labor is quite another. It took over 40 years to dumb people down enough that they expect me to feed and shelter them and provide them with phones. Now they are brazen and in your face demanding everything.The way to stop elections such as the atrocity of Nov. 6 is to allow ONLY Federal taxpaying citizens to vote.Unless the politicians in Washington learn that they are accountable to the taxPAYERS of this country, not the leeches..we are lost.
He´s right - Democrats have cobbled together a coalition that largely feeds on pathological behaviors. They are losing in a landslide those who are stable and productive members of society. What kind of America do you really want?
If you enjoy your gloat you´ll have to allow us our schadenfreude later. Why do I say later? It´s now. You voted deficits, Mideast war, unemployment, poverty, and national polarization, and you are going to get it. This time there´s no defense that you didn´t know or were lied to. Nope. It was clear. You went for it anyway. Down you go with him. He is headed for status as the most unpopular president in the history of the United States and the NYT is headed for the books as the institution that boosted him for a second chance when he hadn´t apologized for what he did with the first. Truly and strictly your fully-informed fault. Go ahead and gloat. Put your name on his re-election, loud and clear. Go Ahead.
The Left is filled with haters, who love a decline. They rule over shambles...some victory.
I have no problem celebrating a victory, but the left celebrates ruin, which is why everyone, including most liberals, are saddened.
If a dim could read this article, s/he might have a moment´s pause. I believe that this article is about as introspective as the dims are capable, wrapped up in their self-righteous holier than thou waxed paper as they are.I´ve always thought the dims to be the party that exploits human weakness. The writer does a pretty good job of articulating that in a way that the dims´ digestive tract won´t reject the article outright.


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As a chilly wind blew through the open bay doors of Freedom Hangar, the men and women of Hurlburt Field said goodbye to their fallen brothers in arms.
Capt. Ryan P. Hall from the 319th Special Operations Squadron, Capt. Nicholas S. Whitlock, 1st Lt. Justin J. Wilkens from the 34th Special Operations Squadron and Senior Airman Julian S. Scholten, 25th Intelligence Squadron, were killed Feb. 18 when their U-28A was involved in an accident near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, located in the Horn of Africa.
"Our hearts ache with sadness," said Col. Jim Slife, 1 Special Operations Wing Commander, in his speech to the more than 2,000 people assembled to pay their respects to the airmen and their families.
"We will continue to do our duty," he said, "To do any less would dishonor their memory; to do any more would be impossible."
In all of the eulogies, friends and commanders spoke about the dedication to duty and their love for the mission that made these four men remarkable. Using words like brilliant, humble, funny, and kind, each told a story of a man who was more than a brother, more than an airman, more than the sum of his parts.
Lt. Col. William Winans, operations officer for the 34th Special Operations Squadron, where Wilkens and Whitlock served, summed up his feelings on his teammates.
"They represented the best of what our country has to offer," Winans said.
For more of this story, see the March 1 issue of Navarre Press or subscribe online.


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Victim/offender mediation in Turkey
from the post by Janine P. Geske on Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog:
After a delegation of members of the Turkish Parliament visited Marquette Law School last month, I had the privilege of traveling to Istanbul to moderate a victim/offender mediation conference for two hundred fifty Turkish prosecutors and judges. There were fourteen of us restorative justice "experts" from ten different countries who were there for three days to talk to the ballroom full of lawyers, who wanted to learn how to best implement Turkey's already enacted victim/offender mediation process during criminal prosecutions. It was a fabulous experience.
Apr 23, 2012 Country:Turkey, Legislation, Region:Middle East, Government
House of Lords debate on restorative justice
from Why Me?
On 20th March 2012 and in the House of Lords, the Government rejected the third and probably final attempt "To add restorative justice to the statutory purposes of sentencing" within the Legal Aid and Sentencing of Offenders Bill.
Apr 13, 2012 Legislation, Country:England&Wales, Region: Europe, Government
Transitional justice law last resort for ending Yemen's conflict
from the article by Ahmed Dawood in the Yemen Times:
Political parties and civil society organizations in Yemen are now engaging in heated debates on the draft Transitional Justice Law presented by the Ministry of Legal Affairs earlier this month.
....The main purpose of this law, according to Al-Mikhlafi, is to end conflict between Yemenis by compensating the victims of local crises from 1994 until 2012, while maintaining the immunity clause included in the Gulf Initiative signed by parties of the current government.
Apr 02, 2012 Country:Yemen, Legislation, National Reconciliation, Government


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Heartthrob Zac Efron was battling more than alcohol during a jolt in rehab earlier this year, TMZ reports. The gossip website, the New York Daily News and other outlets are reporting Efron had a serious cocaine addiction.
Efron's coke problem skyrocketed during the filming of the Seth Rogan movie Neighbors in April. Efron reportedly did not show up for his scenes on a number of occasions and a set source said, "it was common knowledge he was struggling with cocaine."
Other sources said Efron also dabbled in Molly — the popular club drug that's love drug ecstasy in its purest form.
Early this year, TMZ said, Efron and several pals went on a cocaine binge in a Las Vegas hotel causing $50,000 in damage.
The actor's representative told TMZ: "Don't think we'll be making a comment."


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Somewhere Holden Caufield is narrating my life, calling me a huge phoney. I'm in love with exercise, in love with finding new forms of discipline, in love with exposing the truth about fitness to all who want to hear, but I could be better. Removing my shirt in public already draws automatic attention from men and women. With the energy, effort, and focus I know I could display in my life, I could be an elite athlete, not just a guy with a great body. Living with integrity is a lot more than simply doing what others won't; it is living to YOUR OWN standards. Creating and keeping those standards is a dreaded part of life in this society, but is what keeps society's great individuals great.
So as a trainer, an aspiring competitive runner, and a weekend warrior in various sports, I WANT to have the world's best performing body, not because so many will find me sexy, but because my body is my business.
My understanding of this before was that:
I know how to exercise and how much
All I have to do is more than fat people do, which is almost nothing
I exercise enough to not totally have to "watch what I eat"
As long as certain body parts look great there's no real urgency
Recently, admitting these deep-down beliefs has caused me to cringe and brought on some deep mental depression, especially because I've always stressed that superficial thinking is what has delivered us into an obesity epidemic. A fitness philosophy based on the idea that it is not as superficial as the average yo-yo dieter's and not as hopelessly ignorant as an obese person's is still not a positive one. My first goal is to overhaul my own philosophy, then my goals, then my habits. The level that I am seeking is my own, I want things that only small fractions of the population can achieve, so I DO NOT recommend anyone reading ScalesonFire.com following my training routine exactly, that isn't the point. I do expect everyone who reads to get a real insight into conservative fitness and how it works.
To start, here are my three goals this week:
1) Determine exactly what I'd like to accomplish with my body long-term (One Year)
I will start a road race as an elite runner, which would require a pace below 6:05min/mile. I've been running for three years, competitively for one year, and I'm quite far away from competing at that level. I've got a simple but ridiculous strength goal of 1,000 consecutive push-ups, pull-ups, dips, weightless squats, sit-ups, good mornings, and calf-raises. I'm incredibly far away from this goal, and I'm yet to find a consistent, effective routine to help practice for this goal. I'd also like to master my own yoga practice and teach yoga.
I am amidst a 200 mile in 40 day challenge that provides my legs with valuable miles they didn't get during high school Cross Country because quite frankly, I didn't care about running in high school, I played baseball. When this is done, I plan to run in more races so that my race performance improves, I will also have the stamina and speed for effective speed training like sprints, plyometrics and speed interval training.
Also, I must find a strength workout THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS EVERY DAY, and that also promotes increasing numbers within proper form. Regardless of the way my body currently looks, my numbers in the exercises I've mentioned are poor and pathetic (with pull-ups being my nemesis). Today I will start with five sets of 5 in each exercise:
5×5 sets of Tri-set Sit-ups (Middle, Left, Right) for 75 total
5×5 sets of Squats
5×5 sets of Good Mornings
5×5 sets of Tri-set Push-ups (Diamond, Standard, Wide) for 75 total
5×5 sets of Tri-set Calf-Raises (Supintated, Neutral, Pronated) for 75 total
5×5 sets of Tri-set Pull-ups (Close-grip palms away, Standard-grip palms in, Wide-grip palms away) for 75 total
5×5 sets of Dips
Although the numbers are low, they will be easy to complete confidently with the other activities I do each day.
Lastly, I must practice yoga regularly (4-7 times per week) at my regular studio New York Yoga, not simply to improve my practice, but because my body simply won't stand up to higher volumes of exercise without it.
2) Gain full control of what goes into my body
Part of this change is becoming less of a hypocrite, and if I'm stressing to clients and friends that discipline with food and intoxication is one key to fitness bliss, then I must be the embodiment of this bliss.
PLAN OF ACTION-Aim to do nothing that is particularly harmful to my body, my ability to focus on my goals, and my ability to live effectively. Aim to embrace my personal beliefs on consumption over those of society, not matter how much this alienates me.
There is no diet plan or belief system that is just right for everyone, but if we all as individuals jotted down two lists, the first a list of things we believe humans should eat because they improve the body, the second a list of things we believe humans should never eat being that they are harmful to the body, these two lists would be a specialized, personalized diet plan. The only problem is that emotional eating involving friends, family, outings, stress, upbringing, habits, weakness, and pleasure will skew the honesty of these lists. I do encourage everyone I meet to try making these two lists with the understanding that emotions should not be involved, and if everything on the second list bores them, then living longer, being fit, and personal accomplishment also bores them.
3) Schedule all of this so that it isn't stressful
Because this process only stresses the fat or lazy. As a fit person, I should be able to live as active a lifestyle possible without my world crumbling and do things at times they won't be interrupted by people who don't share my passion and by things much less important.
PLAN OF ACTION-I'm a personal trainer, and again, my body is my business. Other trainers feel that YOUR body is their business, but as the barber with the bad haircut should never be trusted, neither should the trainer with the beer gut. I teach discipline, consistency, and virtue. Teaching exercise is secondary. Teaching these things to myself first will improve the quality of what I do.
The things I've outlined here are my own, but anyone reading can understand that figuring out your goals (they should be all about accomplishment and never superficial) and creating plans of action, taking a hard line on things you should and shouldn't eat, and making it an important part of your schedule is a way to achieve any fitness goal conservatively. In our society, it is the only way.


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Emilio's Tapas - Hillside
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Emilio's is a fantastic place to share new tastes with old friends. Emilio's has been our favorite restaurant in the Chicago area, but we moved away years ago. When we visit, we bring different friends and both sides of the family to come together and try dozens of tapas small plates. Old favorites are of course the garlic potato salad, but also the pisto manchego (mix of roasted vegetables), the beef brochette in cracked pepper with caramelized onions, and the bacon-wrapped dates. They have a number of vegetarian dishes and also work with low-carb, paleo, and probably any other diet, because you order multiple small dishes.
Great tapas. Emilio knows whjat the people love to eat.
Emilio walks thru the restaurant and greets the guests. We have been going to this restaurant since opening in July 88.
Had a great time at Emilio's for a birthday celebration. Service was very good and food was all very tasty. Will go back!
All aspects off our dining experience were great. All of the tapas were excellent. Service was excellent.
Emilio's Hillside (Illinois) location celebrates their 25th anniversary this week, and, in the restaurant business, that is the most significant of milestones. I don't get to dine there as often as I would like, since I now spend half of each year in Florida, but going back is always a special pleasure. There are many reasons for this, but the foremost is Emilio, himself. On my most recent visit, I was joined by three friends who are all wine aficionados. Our last gathering there was probably more than a year ago, but Emilio greeted us in a way that indicated he remembered us well. If fact, after just a brief discussion, he returned to our table with an open bottle of wine, and poured each of us a generous glass to enjoy. What a host!
One of our favorite restaurants. Great for sharing delicious tapas or a great paella.
My husband and I frequent Emilio's Tapas in Hillside. This experience was one of the very best. Everything was absolutely delicious!
I don't go out to Emilio's often, but when I do, I know it's going to be a treat. The thing I love about tapas is that you can try so many different things. We had veal, shrimp, crab, beef, stuffed dates, lots of wine, and for dessert, flan and some other chocolate delicacy. The service was attentive without being overbearing, and the mood was very celebratory, as Emilio is celebrating his 25th anniversary in this location. Emilio's never disappoints. I left feeling as though that was the best meal that I had had in a very long while. Congratulations on your anniversary, Emilio, and I wish you many more wonderful and successful years!
Emilio's made our son feel very special on his birthday. Being welcomed with balloons and a card signed by Emilio himself set the tone for a fun, delicious evening. Don't miss the sangria--even if you're not celebrating anything!
Great service, fabulous food. Every time I go there I remind myself to come more often.
I have dined at Emilio's often over the past 20 years. The food is consistently well prepared and the service is attentive, even on a busy night. The menu has a great variety of hot and cold tapas with an array of standards and always a selection of new and different specials. The paella is excellent. The wine list has a good selection of all varieties at various prices - I do not recall being disappointed with my wine or, on occasion, sangria.
We ordered a wide variety of dishes, mostly to share among the five of us. Everything was delicious. Including sangria or wine, shared desserts, leftover paella to take home, and tip, the bill was $100 per person, so it is more costly than some places but great for a special occasion such as ours, or for a special dinner for two.
It's been over 20 years since my spouse and I were here last. Shame on us!!! Her birthday, coupled with our son and his girlfriend relocating from western New York, prompted a dinner for this occasion that I wish we would have done years sooner. We dined outside in the garden area and had a blast!!! Our server Lisa, was spectacular and extremely helpful in giving us menu suggestions. The sangria was awesome, something our son and girlfriend like and make themselves at their place. The dishes we ordered and of course shared, were wonderful. We tasted items by Emilio that have such unique flavors, we were blown away by the simplicity of the dishes we ordered. I highly recommend Emilio's Tapas in Hillside. We'll be back soon, I guarantee that!
Emilio's has an intriguing ethnic feeling and the food is quite interesting.
Food was great once again & sangria was excellent, but service was a little slow due to the crowds on Saturday night. The chef came out and greeted us, which was nice. It was a perfect night to sit outside, and they have a great patio.
In all the years we have been frequenting Emilio's, every food or drink choice has been perfectly prepared and delicious. The staff is always friendly and attentive. The dates wrapped in bacon melt in your mouth. The soups are smooth and flavorful. The sauces on each dish offers levels of flavors as they work their way through the taste buds. The desserts are mouth watering. The plantano con helado, a warmed banana covered with warm caramel sauce and pistashios paired with vanilla ice cream. The staff also is very helpful with special dietary needs such as gluten free. I recommend this restaurant for any occasion special or not, because the experience and the food is special in its own right.
Been going to Emilio's almost since it opened and have always been very pleased.
We enjoyed Emilio's Tapas alot. They gave us some complimentary wine and tapas, which was fun and economical. The food was very good. I had sauted scallops with peppers. The peach casserole dessert was divine.
We loved being able to try many dishes, eating only 1/4 of each as there were 4 of us. Emilo is a great host.
This has been our favorite restaurant for years. It never disappoints. Everything about it is done just right ! Emilio is a great host and Magdelena is a terrific waitress.
Met some girlfriends here for an early Saturday lunch. The servers were very friendly and sweet. The food, served tapas-style was amazing and tasted delicious. Would definitely recommend to friends and family.
The food here is always amazing, they could use a little remodeling I don't think they have done much with the place in the past 25 years since they opened. The location also leaves something to be desired but the food makes up for it every time. I love it and will continue to make my way there every chance I get.
My boyfriend and I had been to Emilio's once before, to celebrate my birthday. That was a couple years ago and I've been wanting to return ever since. It's as fabulous as ever. Even though tapas style, I think the dishes are very generous portions. We shared the calamari, bacon-wrapped dates, garlic potato salad, grilled asparagus, and steak, and each dish was tastier than the last. Each selection we had was bursting with flavor. The bacon-wrapped dates are beyond words, a must have!! I can't wait to go back!
I've been coming to Emilio's for years and it has withstood the test of time. Always top-notch food and service. Tapas make the perfect food for groups as it allows you to try so many delicious dishes. Very highly recommended.
Emilio's food is wonderful. I try different dishes each time I go to Emilio's and I'm never disappointed. Sunday's shrimps were superb. I usually let the waiter select my wine (unless I'm with someone in the know) and, again, I'm never disappointed. The staff is friendly and attentive. Emilio's my favorite local restaurant.
This is so close to my house and i feel so lucky to have such a good tapas place. The service is great and the food always top notch!
We enjoyed the food very much but felt that it was way too much money for what you got. I would recommend this to a friend with the understanding that it is way too overpriced. We will not be back.
Always great food. The sangria is delicious too. Never disappointed.
Chef Emilio is most recognized as the first Chef to introduce tapas food to Chicago area. The Hillside location is his flagship restaurant venture now over 24 yrs ago and is my favorite place for authentic, contemporary Spanish tapas with a beautiful decor of murals. Lighted outdoor patio area is nicely decorated with fresh flowers pots and seems to be filled with diners. Service is impeccable and attentive with refilling the bread, water and drinks. My favorite tapas is the Ensalada Rusa and the Spicy Roasted Wings with Garlic Aioli sauce & grapes. I love the red Sangria, but the $35 for large pitcher is expensive though, but a large glass of it is just fine, sip slowly & enjoy.
I have been going to this restaurant since the first day they opened. The food and service is always consistently excellent.
There is a reason a restaurant thrives for a quarter century under one owner - in this case that is Emilio. Staff is mostly people we have known for decades. Eating here is like a pleasant homecoming.
Emilio's always takes care of us so well. I feel the staff is attentive and helpful. The food is delicious and varied. A special request for them to bring back a delicious special maple walnut cheesecake they had had seasonally in the past was honored even though I only made the request the day before. Thinking about all the good food we had is making me hungry, I may go back tonight! I especially like bringing a group to Emilio's as it is fun to taste and share the tapas offerings.
I absolutely loved it! Esmeralda was a wonderful server. Everything was wonderful!
My husband and I had a date night at Emilo's. Everything was absolutely perfect! I would recommend this place to everyone!
We were a group of 7, celebrating a birthday. The wait staff was great - from balloons on the table when we arrived through a Happy Birthday chorus accompanied by a profiterole with a candle - very nice. The food was excellent as well.
We love Emilio's! We went there this time to celebrate our daughter getting engaged. Emilio sent over complaintary drinks and his congratulations...very nice! Food is always fresh & outstanding.
Always enjoy Emilio's, but always disappointed when they are out of the specials. We we're there at 7:30pm and two of the specials we ordered were already sold out. Good wine, sangria and Spanish beers compliment the delicious tapas.
Emilio's never disappoints...the escargot, beef brochette, dates with bacon and banana/pistachio desert are among our favorites...white and red wine sangria...alhambra... and the carmel vodka on ice...The attentive wait staff , our server Lucy and Emilio (on site) are the reasons we come back, time and time again. We were warmly greeted and shown to a table upon arrival...never rushed...which makes for a very enjoyable dinner. Bon Apetit!
We have been going to Emilio's since they opened in Hillside and have been hooked ever since. This is my all time favorite and when we want to have a special meal, we know we will not be disappointed. I have never had a dish we didn't absolutely love. If you enjoy trying new things you must make a plan to try them. Favorite tapas plate has to be the bacon wrapped dates....I know it sounds unusual but, it is outstanding...and the desserts are fabulous too...We love the tapas because you can try so many things, experience so many flavors, have a great experience and have a meal unlike other dining experience. Great place, great service......
Truely amazing, over 25 yrs the food has been truely consistently fantasic. Chocalate desserts are unbelievable.
Food was great!! A gentleman named Nelson took good care of us. Love the garlic potato salad they serve there. Went for early dinner (around 5:00 p.m.) and shortly after, the restaurant started filling up. Nice, clean place with delicious food and good staff!
The restaurant was like I was in Spain all over again! Amazing food and desserts!!!! Can't wait to go again :-)
One of our favorite restaurants is Emillio's in Hillside. The service is friendly and good. The food is excellent, and we have our favorites from the regular menu. The daily specials are seasonal and make us want to try something different. Emilio's has special occasion menus (think Mother's Day) that make those special days even more fun. We went there last Friday with friends, had Sangria, tried several excellent Tapas, desert and coffee -what a great meal.
I wasn't sure what to expect at Emilio's, but I was pleasantly surprised! The staff was very friendly and curtious and the food was great. This seems to be a popular place since there were almost no empty tables. Since it was our first time ding here, our server presented us with a complimentary dish! I would definitely dine here again.
We enjoyed our dinner. It was my boyfriends birthday. Balloons greeted us at the table. We were offered several complimentary plates and a bday dessert. I would go back for more. My favorite was the mushrooms. Yummy.
The tapas is outstanding! Love all the choices. The ingredients are top notch. The service is always outstanding. We can always count on a great night out when we dine at Emilio's!!
We LOVED their dates wrapped in bacon. The red pepper sauce was perfect! All the classic tapas were excellent. We did try one of the specials, a cold venison dish. Unfortunately, it was forgettable and lacking flavor. All in all, my husband and I will definitely be back.
We've been to Emilio's several times and have never been disappointed. My favorite is the bacon-wrapped dates. There is such a wide variety of choices on the menu that anyone dining there is sure to find something they will love. Love the sangria!
Emilio's tapas is a positive gem friendly with a family atmosphere - the menu is diverse and unique - we rec to be a little adventurous - read menu ask questions but trust me all on menu is great - don't be afraid to ask waitress/waiter for special request add on's or retractions from menu - the ownership takes great pride in making sure you are completely satisfied


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Thermaltake, being the industry pioneer brand with expertise in PC DIY solutions, carrying the corporate vision of "building Thermaltake Technology into a cultural brand for the enjoyment of entertainment, e-Sports, technology, and lifestyle" and continues to drive toward the corporate mission of "delivering the perfect user experience" in all market segment, have succeeded with Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition and Toughpower Grand PSU Platinum Snow Series, Tt eSPORTS THERON gaming mouse, LUXA2 BT-X3Bluetooth Stereo Headphone and H4 multi-media holder by receiving the "red dot award: Product Design 2012". In addition, the Thermaltake Toughpower Grand PSU Platinum Snow Series is the top winner which has also been honoured with the coveted iF Design Award 2012, red dot Design Award 2011 & 2012 and The Taiwan Excellence Award! 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Taking the gamers needs into consideration, Toughpower Grand supports Multi-GPU and has 4 sets of PCI-E 6+2pin connectors to support 2 high class AMD CrossFire X and NVIDIA SLI graphic cards, becoming the first choice PSU for high-end gamers. Tt eSPORTS THERON gaming mouse Tt eSPORTS' pro-gaming laser-engine mouse THERON, designed and endorsed by Tt APOLLOS SoftBall, as well as White-ra's SAPHIRA, are all echoing to eSports community that Tt eSPORTS reserves none to bring the best pro-gaming products to the world. Tt eSPORTS THERON gaming mouse is designed with avant-garde Battle Dragon theme with acute trimming angle and solid black coating texture. The added lighting-effect feature with seven colors to choose from, and the pause-break lighting system, together THERON creates a love-at-first-sight romance with the gamers. User can also witness the color changes as he/she performs at different clicking frequency. 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Only interesting one is the LUXA2 H4 multi-media holder. I like the idea. Wonder if it can fit other tablets than iPads.
It's already on ebay... but not the thermaltake store. Odd On their store they have the 'LUXA2 H6, the portable version of its predecessor H4'
That's what laptops and desk tops are for. This was mad as a tablet a take along with you type thing. But hey whatever. Waste of space is what I would call it.


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Barbara Bonowicz isn't just an animal lover, she's become a champion of sorts – at least according to her friends and colleagues at the Gulf Breeze Area Chamber of Commerce. For years, Bonowicz has been the driving force behind Pet Fest, a day-long celebration for animals of all shape and size in Gulf Breeze.
And though an illness forced Bonowicz to take a step back this year, her fellow Chamber members have taken the reigns and, in a fitting tribute, have decided to honor Bonowicz and her animal world accomplishments by dedicating this year's festival to the long-time activist.
For more on this story, check out the Nov. 18 edition of the Navarre Press or subscribe online.


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Gucci Mane "Writings On The Wall 2″ Mixtape Download & Stream
Gucci Mane releases the Second Installment to his Writing On The Wall mixtape series, Hosted by DJ Holiday. The 19-track tape has Features from 50 Cent, Young Buck, Yelawolf, Jagged Edge, Whoo da Kid, Yo Gotti and more. Production is handled by Zaytoven, Fat Boy, Lex Luger, Southside, Shawty Redd, Drumma Boy and more. After what seemed like