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Great Big War Game tops Android Games of the Week
This was a huge release week, with some big titles, and something from nearly every major developer. Topping off the list is Great Big War Game, Rubicon Development's top-notch turn-based strategy title. We've also got the latest from Gamevil and Com2uS, a new Adult Swim title, a mobile version of a long-standing MMORPG, and a movie tie-in to one of the biggest films of the summer from Gameloft. Here are this week's top Android games.
Great Big War Game ($2.99)
Of course the sequel to Great Little War Game from Rubicon Development will top this list! What did you expect? This sequel delivers on exactly what it promises in the title. Everything is bigger and better, with improved visuals, better balancing, a new fog of war, and, of course, more humor than ever as you deal with the generalissimo and his men. In my humble opinion, this is indeed the biggest Android title released this week, even though many of you will likely disagree. Strategy fans rejoice, and check out this excellent sequel. Heck, check it out even if you're not a strategy fan; it's just an accessible, streamlined title like that.
Major Mayhem (Free)
While Adult Swim has been flooding the iOS App Store with partnered titles and the like, they've left their Android pool of games rather dry. Luckily, they seem to be fixing that as we speak, and we're finally getting some of their funny and in-your-face titles, like Major Mayhem here. Major Mayhem recently had a big free-to-play update on iOS, and it seems that's the version we got here as well. This arcade shooter title takes everything that made '80s action movies great and slaps a colorful art style on it for a very simple yet entertaining experience. Definitely check it out now that it's free.
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The Dark Knight Rises ($6.99)
Well then… For some reason this is surprising to me. Despite the massive popularity, there has only been one successful game tie-in to the Chris Nolan batman universe, which was Batman Begins. There have been several failed attempts to bring the Batman-who sounds-like-he-smokes-a-dozen-packs-a-day to life in a game, but it seems we finally have another. It doesn't top of the list for two reasons: I love the Great Sized War Games, and like The Amazing Spider-Man earlier this summer, this is a technical nightmare. It has great instability, low device compatibility, and a sluggish frame rate. That said, it's just as much fun as you'd expect from another movie tie-in, and if it works for you, you'll surely enjoy it a lot. So who else is seeing the movie again next weekend?
Arel Wars 2 (Free)
Arel Wars was an interesting RPG-flavored take on the side-scrolling RTS genre that Swords and Soldiers popularized, and now that game gets a sequel. Like the last game, everything revolves around a great war between three unique factions, called the Union, Buster, and Deven, and there's some conspiratorial stuff going on in the background. Shockingly enough, this game is even more colorful than the last somehow, with that same Gamevil pixel art we all know and love. It's also been generally improved upon mechanically, and offers more balance than before. Strategy fans should also look into this title, for sure.
Inotia 4 (Free)
The Inotia series of Korean RPGs from Com2uS has pretty much been the singular real competition for Gamevil's juggernaut Zenonia series, and to that effect, it's been rather successful. I always preferred these games myself. Like you would expect, this is mostly more of the same with slight improvements across the board. The combat is very well done while other aspects like story and badly-translated dialogue continue to suffer. This game has a more subdued color palette which works quite well. You should know if you're a fan of these games by now, and if you are, you'll surely enjoy this one. Then again, even if you aren't a fan, these are free, so get to it.
Maple Story Live (Free)
My goodness, Maple Story is still a thing? I remember enjoying this free to play, side-scrolling MMORPG when I was, like, 12-years old. This is one of the many long standing MMOs from Nexon, and they've certainly changed a lot over the years. To relate it to mobile gaming easier, it's also like Zenonia or Inotia, but side-scrolling with platforming elements. This version isn't online, and it's much more linear and streamlined. The touch control schemes aren't as smooth as I would like, and there are other technical issues, but for the most part, this is a fun re-creation of the game. I'd recommend people try out the PC version too, though, as I was once quite addicted. There is also a deluxe edition to download if you are so inclined.


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Why Kirstie Alley and Gilles Marini Went Home on DWTS All-Stars Week 8
Here's the silver lining: Dating pros Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd were both eliminated on the Dancing With the Stars All-Stars Week 8 Results Show, so now they have time to plan that wedding. Kidding! Unless they do it.
We had a feeling this was the end for Kirstie Alley and Maks, but Gilles Marini and Peta? Ugh. That hurts. Our beloved Frenchman! We lobbied hard for him to return, after he almost won DWTS Season 8. He worked so hard every week. And with both Gilles and Maks gone, the All-Stars hotness factor just cooled off considerably. Thanks a lot, voters.
When it came down to Gilles and Peta vs. Apolo Ohno and Karina Smirnoff as not necessarily the bottom two, we were sure that meant Apolo was leaving, since they did the same thing to him last time, putting him in the maybe-maybe-not bottom two with Sabrina Bryan. Why would they do that to Apolo and Karina twice? Do The Powers That Be just like seeing this couple sweat?
This double elimination combined two weeks of dancing. Gilles ended up third from the bottom of the judges' leaderboard, above Apolo, which means the power of Olympians remains strong. We don't even know if Apolo has ever been close to the real bottom two. Melissa Rycroft's score was high at the top of the leaderboard, and Kirstie's low at the bottom, but everyone else was very close in the middle of the pack, and maybe fans forgot about Gilles or just decided to focus their attention elsewhere. We can't believe people still felt he was overscored, since he busted his booty out there on Monday, and received lower scores for it than Emmitt Smith. It's also possible all the people who have not won before are being picked off. Kirstie and Gilles were both runners-up on their previous seasons. Four of the remaining five celebs are previous winners. Melissa was third back on Season 8, but she was so high atop the leaderboard that she wasn't in danger. The champions have proven they can win and they are on track to win again. Unless Melissa can hang on.
What has it meant to her to come back for a second time? "The second time around, it's very special to me," Kirstie said. "To do it once was one thing, but to be asked to come back, first of all, was an honor. I learned more about dancing, believe it or not. I want to thank Maks because he's so patient with me and he's so helpful to me." She also thanked the judges. "Your critiques really helped me!" And she thanked the fans.
After Gilles's name was called, Brooke Burke-Charvet asked if he was surprised to be going home. Gilles said he felt like this might be the end. "In the end, it's just an incredible experience. I had the chance to do it twice. I tried my very best. Peta was an angel out there, teaching me amazing things. I want to thank my wife, because it's been quite a challenge for the family and all with the jobs. Without her, I'm really nothing." He thanked the producers and the fans, too.
After the show, Gilles posted on Facebook, "I am so sorry about the elimination. I feel like I let you guys down somehow :( We worked so so hard every single day to bring the best dances possible. Yet came out short ! Life ! I love you and admire your support ! For ever I am your fan !"
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This afternoon I sat on a Guardian panel for Social Media in the Arts on behalf of Twespians (the networking events that Luke Murphy and I co-organise). It was a fantastic couple of hours of chat, with the rest of the panel bringing up things I'd either entirely forgotten about or indeed not heard before.
If you're interested in social media for cultural organisations (and these tips could very well be translated to small charities given the budget restrictions of most arts organisations), then definitely have a read. There were some excellent case studies and ideas thrown up in the course of discussion.
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Hamburg is the only club that has always played in the German top flight and won the European Cup in 1983. But last season was their lowest Bundesliga finish ever
Other sports
Like FC Barcelona, Hamburg is not just a football club. It also features badminton, baseball, cricket, ice hockey, golf, handball, field hockey, athletics, rugby, table tennis, volleyball and wheelchair sports. With 70,920 members it is the third biggest sports club in Germany, topped only by Bayern Munich and Schalke 04.
A great club in difficult times. Hamburg won the European Cup in 1983 and are the only side never to have been relegated out of the Bundesliga since its foundation in 1953, but they are currently going through the worst patch in 125 years of history. They finished 15th in the 2011/12 season, just five points above the playoff zone, their lowest position ever.
Glorious 70s and 80s
With the third best historic record in Germany, Hamburg have won the Bundesliga six times, plus three Cups and two League Cups, one European Cup and one Cup Winners Cup. Their golden period was the 70s and 80s, when the likes of Kaltz, Magath and Hrubesch helped put the club on the football map.
Downward spiral
The club that shares football passions in the city with Sankt Pauli has gone somewhat downhill since. They haven't won the league since 1983, and mid table finishes are more the norm, with relegation often a more likely destiny than the championship title. They haven't managed a top five finish since 2008/09.
Fink in charge
Last season was especially tough for Hamburg fans. After a dreadful start, the club sacked manager Michael Oenning and offered the job to former player Thorsten Fink, until then in charge of Basel. The team managed to avoid the indignity of the playoffs by just five points, and will be looking for vast improvements in the season ahead.
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'75 of tempo in the morning and 90' of u11 soccer practice in the afternoon.
'75 of tempo in the morning and 90' of u11 soccer practice in the afternoon.
Cyclists of the world, unite! You have nothing to lube but your chains!
I rode my bike yesterday. My HR was off the charts and I was going slow. Progress!
-Cat-3-o-meter: TBD :/
Doing easy leg spinning on a stationary several times a week. Mentally, it feels great.
this sort of explains why my commute gets a refresh of broken glass every monday.
Social group ride today, 75 miles, 6000 ft, 200 TSS. Start out with 20' threshold on a hill a few miles in, then lots more miles, with a few shorter threshold hill efforts stuck in there that really hurt after so much riding. Ran into a crack and tore a sidewall a bit. Another rider had a boot for it so I didn't get to try out the dollar bill trick. Also one of the guys on the ride recently got 3rd place in 45-49 age group (36th overall) in Ironman Coeur d'Alene. This guy is strong and just keeps going and going like the energizer bunny.
Training crit, stayed in for most of it and then my calf locked up and I stayed off for 2 laps. Jumped on for the last lap and pounced on a break that got swallowed up a block before the finish. I'm surfing wheels better now and it shows in the power numbers, which are really low. My burst power numbers are getting higher, which is helping close gaps much quicker.
Sac River Ride.
Fun and fast, but had a contact lens float out due to excessive sweat pooling in my eyes. Never had that happen before and my depth perception dropped to zero. Had to pull out and sit off the back for the last mile or two as I couldn't see well enough to be safe.
More pedaling.
Gained about 25w at threshold so far this week, even on a caloric deficit. Yay for muscle memory newb gains after a break.
Category 2 | | Velogames BikeForums Leagues: 1st - 2012 Veulta, 1st - 2011 Vuelta, 2nd - 2013 Vuelta, 3rd - 2012 Giro, 4th - 2012 TdF
I wanna gain 25w at threshold!
"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
25 watts is more than I gained since I started racing.
Pyramid intervals on a trainer, finished with single leg press & squats.
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My FTP didn't change my first 1.5 years racing. Didn't go up, didn't go down. I just rode lots of upper z2/lower z3 and raced. Was still able to get to cat3 though. It wasn't until I got a coach that my ftp started and continued upward.
Category 2 | | Velogames BikeForums Leagues: 1st - 2012 Veulta, 1st - 2011 Vuelta, 2nd - 2013 Vuelta, 3rd - 2012 Giro, 4th - 2012 TdF
^my ftp rarely changes much even in the off season, but all of my short term/and super long term numbers change, and how i can use them (and when) changes. But to not see any real improvement since the start of your racing career is weird. I have had a 70 watt improvement (with like 65 of those watts in the span of a year).
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zmmilterctl status
Milter server is running.
Yet when I send an email to the DL from the random user it is accepted fine. I have both restarted the milter service and flushed the ACL cache but that has not resolved the issue.Code:
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Marines with 7th Communications Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF tighten gear to a pallet that is to be loaded on a KC-130J Super Hercules cargo aircraft here March 14, during humanitarian assistance operations in response to the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck Japan March 11. The supplies will be delivered to III MEF forces at Naval Air Station Atsugi in support of Operation Tomodachi. MCAS Futenma's proximity to logistics and ground units has allowed Marines from III MEF to rapidly deploy critically-needed supplies and aid to support the relief effort.
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Christian Vandevelde
David Millar
Peter Sagan
Cadel Evans
Ryder Hesjedal
and about 110 other professional cyclists. The inaugural Tour of Alberta held its prologue event in my city last night, and it so happened that the final 3 km of the 7.3 km ITT course was the same as the final 3 km of my commute to work. I found a spot along the King of the Mountain timed portion to watch the race and snap a few blurry pics. Not all of the racers were in the same category as these guys, and indeed, some were struggling up this hill more than I would have expected from pro cyclists. Don't get me wrong - the slowest of the bunch was still faster than my sorry posterior by far - but it was kind of validating to see pros grimacing on the same bleeding hill that I've struggled up every time I've ridden to work in the past 5 years. On the other hand, guys like Sagan didn't seem to notice there was even a hill there.
And on the topic of commuting, apparently Cadel Evans commented on the implorable conditions of some of our roads, something that every commuting cyclist in this city knows intimately, but hopefully a public shaming by a pro athlete will impel our city council to do something about it. One can always hope, right?
I also had a brief chat with a nice young lady with a bamboo fixed gear that I think she made herself.
Sorry I didn't get more of the bike in the shot, but it was tight quarters and my camera had a fixed lens.
After watching the race, my legs found a few extra watts for the ride home. :)


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DH has a nine year old daughter from a prior marriage, and we have joint custody.
DH's ex was very difficult to deal with in the beginning of our relationship (mainly because she was convinced DH and I were having an affair while they were still married, which isn't true), but things have gotten better in recent years.
We also have a three year DD and a six month old DD. DH's ex didn't even try to breastfeed DSD, not that I'm judging her. From what DH had said, everyone in her family used formula, and it was just what she was used to.
It was very important for me to breastfeed. YDD is EBF, and ODD was EBF and still breastfeeds at night before bed. Since DSD had never been exposed to breastfeeding before, when ODD was born, DH and I sat DSD down and explained that to her that it was a way to feed the baby, just like some mommies use bottles. We answered any questions she had, and it was never brought up again.
On Sunday, DSD was over while DH was at work. I was feeding YDD on the couch, and ODD came up and asked for "milkies" as well, since she's been feeling under the weather and was especially cuddling.
DSD starting asking some questions about breastfeeing....if it hurt, if ODD and YDD liked it, if it tasted bad....
I answered her questions, and she then asked me if she could see what it tasted like. I had a bottle of pumped milk in the fridge, so I poured an ounce into a cup for her and let her try it. She took one sip, screwed up her face, and dumped the rest out.
When DH returned home from work, I told him what happened, and we laughed over it. When DSD's mom came to pick her up, I didn't even think to mention it.
Well...last night she called DH in a rage, very upset that I had let her child drink my breastmilk without asking her first. She's also upset that I never use a cover at home, and wants me to start doing so when DSD is there, because it isn't "good for her to see me that way".
DH told her the cover request is ridiclious and isn't going to happen, but he wants to call her and apologize for the milk, just to "smooth things over".
I'm refusing too, because I don't think I was wrong. His ex has never cared what we decide to feed DSD before, and I don't see why this should be the exception. If I wouldn't call her about giving her cow's milk, or coconut milk, or almond milk, why should this be any different?


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Match the Numbers with the Fruits
Practice tracing curved lines by counting the fruit then drawing a line to match the fruit with the correct number.
Fish Frenzy
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Tracing Shapes: Circles
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I'm sure you read my awesome interview with Dr. Ernie Ward earlier this week on my blog! Well if you haven't, then you're not visiting my site enough. He shared with us how senior pets need special foods to help keep them younger and healthier longer. Now I'm a young pup, only 3
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Iams Senior Plus sounds like such great food. We already had a giveaway like this & the people were so excited to win & try this great new food.
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Unfortunately, my sister's dog DOES act her age. She is very old and it is starting to show 🙁
No, they don't. They aren't aware they're not puppies anymore!
yes, she acts like a spoiled teenager
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Our dog acts her age as long as there's nothing going on — but the minute we have company or visiting dogs or deer she acts just like a pup.
Mine are still little guys. 🙂 but JRvacts like an old man sometimes. Lol
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He tries not to, but he was partially paralyzed due to a neighbor poisoning him a few years ago. We had to keep him in the bathroom and had to hold up his back end so he could use the bathroom. It was so sad! But, thank God, he is walking now. But, when it is cold or rainy, his hips hurt.
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what's act your age? haha..my dogs don't know the meaning of that!
My lab is over 10 and still acts frisky like a puppy
I have a 5 year old and an 11 year old lab mix and they still love to run and play!
My dog is 11 years old and acts her age. She is slow going these days.
My oldest dog shows bursts of energy and then will sleep for the rest of the day. She's almost 9 now
Brady is oldish in body, but young in spirit.
My dog is 14 and does genetally act her old age, with the occasional bout of youthful exuberance which generally coincides with meal time
No, I think my dogs acts younger than his age…he is very active and playful.
she does not move as well as she used to, but she still acts like a pup. she is a 7 year old doberman and loves to play tug of war.
Not at all! She still thinks she's a puppy
Blackie is 7, but he's one of the dogs that does not know he's Sr.
Heck no, my dog does not act his age!!!
My dog, Sushi is turning 14 years old in September. No, she does not act or look her age. She has a 1 year old adopted sibling and keeps up with her. I think she's brought back her youth.
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Our dog is 9 years old but she is still a puppy to us!!!
NO! haha…We have a Husky! They are forever puppies!
My baby[hardly!] is going on 14 now, which is pretty good for a larger dog. He definitely has been acting slightly more his age this year, he's slowed down a little bit, he's a little more grumpy in general about getting up to go outside[especially if its cold…joints dont like cold], but he's still great at manipulating you with those big brown puppy eyes, and will often still bound through the house barking and raising a fuss because he's excited just to be inside with the humans 🙂
Some days yes and some days no.
No my dog does not act his age..he is still playful with us all and loves attention.
My pug is 12 and just starting to show her age. UGH
My girl definitely doesn't act her age. I refuse to believe she's a "senior"
heck no
no they dont act their age they act like puppies
she runs around all the time so no
young at heart, but not as active anymore
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Yes she does, no longer a puppy!
Most of the time no, he acts like a puppy still, but he has his days when his age shows
I have three dogs and the oldest one (12 year old lab) acts like she is 2.
All she wants to keep doing is retrieving 🙂
Yes he acts his age old and slow
lol, yes!
nooo ours still acts like a puppy…..
She is very slow now and sleeps alot!
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My male golden is still a puppy at heart.
My German Shepherd Husky mix dog Birdie is sweet, intelligent and compassionate. She has large stand-up ears, which make people think she's still a puppy, but she's 12! The only way she acts her age is that she takes more naps!
My dog ashna is 9 years old and she's still as lively as ever. Only sometimes after the younger dogs have run her around does she curl up in the sun but for the most part she can give them a run for their money
Yeah, I would say our dogs act their ages. My Sisters pup is definately still learning. Thanks for the giveaway!
I have a 15 yr old that is starting to have trouble getting around, a 7 yr old that acts like a puppy and a 2 yr old that acts like a old woman.
nope he is as wild as ever
My dog sometimes acts her age but mostly she acts like a puppy!
My almost 15 year old Samoyed definitely does not act his age. He still wants to play catch (that's right – catch – not fetch – he throws the ball/toy back at us), wants to run around the block even though I know he can only make it halfway now, and still thinks he's a puppy.
Our dog acts his age…he's getting old and slowing down, but he still likes to show his spunk every once in a while 🙂
One of our dogs is still very energetic for her age, but our other larger dog has arthritis and is getting hard to get around
We adopted Artie last week from a rescue group he is a little over a year old. He is playing and acting like the happy puppy he should be. No more out in the backyard and forgetting to be fed. He loves his doggy brother, Kouga, balls, and his dog bed. He doing pretty well with potty training too.
7-year old Golden acts like a puppy! But does get tired.
Yes, she has been acting old lately.
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my dog is 16 yrs old and sure acts her age; she is grouchy most often
my dog only acts his age when the alarm clock goes off
No, Even st 10 he still acts and plays like a puppy.
This would be great for my 13 year old dog. Thanks!
One acts old and the other tries to act young.
One of our dogs is 8 and the other is 6. They act like young puppies when they are outside and love to run and play Frisbee.
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He's four, but a super large breed so we already have to give him supplements so he's not limping.
no she doesn't thanks
my chow chow bella is 9 years old and she loves to sleep a lot
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No, he doesn't – still full of puppy pep at age 10+.
We operate as a hospice type facility for the elderly and ill companion animals. We just took in an 11 year old English Mastiff "Clyde" whom we were told was going blind, deaf and arthritic. Well he got to the Sanctuary…he is deaf or at least has selective hearing. But when it comes to the arthritics…he can trot at a fast clip when he wants to explore the 10 acres.
Heh Act their age? Yeah Right! We foster dogs and some do some don't… at first they seem down and depressed mainly from being abandoned or abused. To me that makes them seem older, nevermind the torment of being rescued and brought into a new home with other dogs they don't know. After awhile of getting to know us, regular meals, treats and of coarse lots of love and kisses they come around and start acting free & happy! We make dog cookies and sell them to help offset the vet bills and food costs, but they get the best benefit of all being the cookie testers! Fingers Crossed! This would Help alot!
Nicole and Dawn
We are the home to 3 English mastiffs, 1 bull mastiff, 2 st. Bernards, 1 pugle, 1 lab, 1 blue tick, 1 Great Dane, 3 staffordshire terriers, 7 Staffordshire terrier pups, 2 huskies, 2 rotties, 1 boxers, 1 pig, 52 cats and 3 neonatal raccoons. OF the dogs 12 are seniors…who when it comes to taking a walk all of a sudden are pups.
Sometimes he grunts and groans like a little oldman but he's just trying to get attention. :] He's active once you get his leash out!
No, she acts like a puppy
yes he does!
I have a 13 year old jack russel terrier….and there are days when she acts like she's a puppy still….it's too cute!
yes she acts like an old fart
My dog does act her age, but also has her puppy moments.
My Jack Russell will always act like a puppy, my Scottie has always acted like a little old man!
No way! She is 10 and act like she is 2!
No she is 8, going on 6 months….
Thank you for the entry,
no she can act like a 2 yr old LOL


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Todd MacCulloch is very large and very nice. So are his Man Caves. The former Washington and NBA center invited me and several of my co-workers...
Todd MacCulloch is very large and very nice.
So are his Man Caves.
The former Washington and NBA center invited me and several of my co-workers over to his house on Bainbridge Island this week to do a live chat. And as the door opened a big man with a big smile greeted us.
It was MacCulloch, all 7 feet of him. Everything is bigger than life about him.
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"Thanks for coming over," he says as he ducks to avoid hitting his head in the doorway and we follow him into his house.
We walk past his kitchen, and we're there. His Man Cave. A dozen or so pinball machines are lined up against each wall. I can't take my eyes off them.
"Wow! This really is the ultimate Man Cave!" I hear myself saying.
Then he motions to another room, with another dozen or so pinball machines.
He turns on a couple of machines. And as my co-workers begin setting up their computers for the live chat, he sees me staring at his pinball machines. The lights blink hypnotically.
"You should play," I hear MacCulloch say.
My eyes are glassy. My knees are weak. Time stands still.
I am a recovering pinball-a-holic. I like to tell people that I spent more money on pinball and beer as an undergraduate at the University of Idaho than I did on tuition.
People always laugh. They don't realize I'm dead serious.
So I test the flippers, draw back the plunger and watch the silver ball begin to work its magic.
Forgive me, but I don't remember a lot of what happened for the next 90 minutes. I know I played a game of pinball, and MacCulloch, who is a world-ranked pinball player, gave me some pointers. We had a live chat. He talked. The pinball machines blinked and made funny noises. It's all a blur.
MacCulloch is as cool as he is large. He has two cute cocker spaniels, two cuter kids, a very nice wife and a very nice place on two acres on Bainbridge Island.
Did I mention his two Man Caves?
He's smart, funny and can quote lines from "Dumb and Dumber," one of my favorite movies ever. How cool is that? Oh, and he has a Slurpee machine. And a kegerator.
Todd (we're on a first-name basis now) pretty much has two of everything.
During the live chat, amid the blinking lights of Pinball Heaven, he mentions that we'll have to go to his addition to see his game room? "Game room?" I think to myself. "Where the heck are we sitting?"
Todd excuses himself to take a phone call during the chat and talks to a repairman parked outside. "That was the Slurpee technician," he pronounces. "We can have our Slurpees now."
This day has already been pretty much the best day I can remember. We hit the ferry line just as it was loading. We saw the greatest Man Caves on Earth, and I played pinball. Now we're going to his Game Room to have Slurpees? My head is spinning.
And so we stroll over to see Todd's Game Room. Actually, Todd's Game Addition. It probably has more square footage than my house. And it's filled with all kinds of cool games. Skee-Ball. Air Hockey. And some vintage games I didn't know existed.
I play a baseball game manufactured between 1937 and 1941 that he says is the most valuable game he owns. It's polished wood in a glass case. I swing a metal bat at a silver ball. Todd cheers me on.
Then we're drinking lemon-lime and Dr Pepper Slurpees.
"This is great," I hear myself saying between sips, ignoring a brain freeze. "Can I live here? Can you adopt me?"
Todd is too cool to kick me out of his house. He laughs. It's a big laugh, of course.
"Sure," he says. "We'll adopt you."
As we're leaving I have this strange sensation that the day really isn't happening. It has to be a dream. That feeling stays with me as we hit the Bainbridge Ferry.
No, this is real. I suck on the last bit of Slurpee to make sure as we ride on the ferry and relive My Greatest Work Day Ever with Bob and Amy, our online sports producers. Amy checks her phone and mentions that the Mariners have loaded the bases with Alex Liddi at the plate. I turn the knob and my car radio crackles on just as Rick Rizzs is screaming: "Grand Salami time!"
This can't be real. No way.
As we sail back to Seattle, I taste the last drop of a Dr Pepper Slurpee.
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Yogi Bear Gets A Ranger Smith
By Josh Tyler 2009-11-30 23:59:34 comments
A few weeks ago when it was announced here that Anna Faris had been cast as the non-animated lead in the new live-actionish movie version of Yogi Bear, I wondered what the hell happened to Ranger Smith. Well here he is! Hes being played by Tom Cavanagh, a guy whos never been in anything that wasnt utterly forgettable. If you know him at all, maybe its as the lead in the wholly awful Heather Graham movie Gray Matters in which she victimizes her brother by lezzing out with his wife behind his back.
Some Tom Cavanaghs playing Ranger Smith and he has no particular qualifications other than that he does, rather strangely, actually sort of look like him (I think its the ears). Well this is the Yogi Bear movie, what the hell did you expect? Robert De Niro already did Rocky & Bullwinkle, hes filled his cartoon movie quota.
In the film, Smith will be the romantic interest of Anna Fariss documentary filmmaker. In the cartoons, he had no discernable libido and existed mainly to serve as a foil for Yogis picnic basket stealing antics (though sometimes he seemed to warm up to Yogi and become more of a willing cohor). At his most nefarious though, Smith is sort of like a kinder, gentler version of Jackie Gleason in Smokey and the Bandit, only without the car. Make that Smokey and the Bandit II.
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The Adcash.com popup ads are annoying spam brought to your computer by an adware infection. This virus is an invasive browser application that can be installed to mozilla firefox, chrome, safari or internet explorer. After its integration with a system, web browser will start displaying unwanted advertisements or commercial promotions. Usually the www.Adcash.com keeps popping up provoking users to join for making money online. Similar ads from Adcash.com may appear inside any website you visit form affecetd PC. Aside from spamming, the Adcash.com virus will track your web history, collects personal details and tranmits the gathered information to the hackers. It is advised to uninstall Adcash.com virus as soon as possible to prevent harms.
Disadvantages and risks of having Adcash.com:
- It may change & corrupt default settings of browsers like Firefox, Chrome or Internet explorer
- Changes home page and displays unwanted pop-ups advertisements
- Causes frequent web redirects to wrong websites, hijacks search engine settings and leads to unexpected webpages
- Keeps record of browsing activities and interests
- Collects Personal user information which may include sensitive financial data such as logins, usernames, accounts
- It may bring further infections are direct the user to infectious sites
- Makes the browser run slow, uses a big part of system resources
Want to get rid of Browser Hijack Adcash.com?:
To manually remove Adcash.com, follow the instructions.
First of all, Uninstall the program. (Skip to the next step if the application is not listed in Control Panel).
"Start > Settings > Control Panel. Now Locate and open "Add or Remove Programs" or "PROGRAMS AND FEATURES". Find "Adcash.com". Now click Uninstall/Remove.
Now remove the program from Browser.
Internet Explorer users:
Click "Tools" (if on Internet Explorer 9, click gear icon), Then "Manage Add-ons". Look for Adcash.com. Disable if found any.
Block Adcash.com pop-ups
To stop pop-ups from malware,
Click on TOOLS > POP-UP BLOCKER, then click TURN ON POP-UP BLOCKER. and then go to POP-UP BLOCKER SETTINGS. (Type any website you wish to block popups from)
Firefox users:
Go to "Tools" (at the top), > "Add-ons" > "Extensions" and disable "Adcash.com"
Chrome Users:
Click "Tools/Settings" (Wrench incon), > "Add-ons" > "Extensions" and disable any file associate with malware.
Still Spyware Adcash.com lurking in the system? Remove manually
Stop processes of this malware:
Open Task Manager to stop processes.
Remove associated registry settings:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\internet explorer\toolbar\webbrowser
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ".exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "WarnonBadCertRecving" = '0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop "NoChangingWallPaper" = '1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments "SaveZoneInformation" = '1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System "DisableTaskMgr" = '1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download "CheckExeSignatures" = 'no'
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Use FormSuggest" = 'yes'
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced "ShowSuperHidden" = 0
Delete Adcash.com infected files:
%Profile%\Local Settings\Temp\
System restore:
Have you tried methods above but still malware not removed? Then try Restoring your computer to an earlier state.
Click Start menu > All Programs > System Tools > System Restore
Start menu > Backup and Recover > Recover System
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Alternatively, you are advised to use the removal tool below to get rid of this malware infection.
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Situated on the edge of the Canterbury Plains, Christchurch is outlined by hills and the Pacific Ocean, making it one of the most picturesque cities of the world. It is the second largest city in New Zealand and also acts as the gateway to the South Island. It is revered as a great place to reside, work and enjoyment. It is home to great restaurants serving the best in culinary art and some of the most beautiful parks of Asia-Pacific. Car hire services in Christchurch allow you to rent cars for a fee which is extremely affordable The best-price policy is followed, which allows the customers the assurance that they are not being overcharged for the services availed by them.
Rent for two days over a weekend between the 1st March 2016 – 30th June 2016 and get a free vehicle upgrade. Now you just need to decide what to do with the extra space?
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Browsing articles in Helene F. Rubinstein
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What is it about Nordic people that makes them so lyrical to listen to? It's more than the accent—they just emanate gentleness. Nosework Search Games, a new DVD by Turid Rugaas (author of the wonderful classic book Calming Signals) and one of her students, Anne Lill Kvam, feels like the '60s version of competitive nosework, focusing on games to exercise a dog's mind rather than on how to play by...
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The canine supernanny
She likes to drive black convertible sports cars decked out in a black outfit and wearing driving gloves. She talks to the camera in a stern tone while shifting gears. And even though she was probably the best thing about The Great American Dog Show (which I stopped watching halfway through the season because I couldn't figure out how being unafraid of an elephant would be an indicator of a dog's...
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Ask Anderson Cooper – What Actor Would Play You in a Movie?
Anderson Cooper thinks he's an albino! Watch the video here:
From YouTube:
In this "Ask Anderson" video, Anderson answers @dyskobolia's question, "Which actor would play you in a movie about your life?"
His immediate response… "What pale, albino actors are there?"
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It is here! Dutch music producer and DJ, Afrojack, released part one of the documentary, March of the Afrojack! The documentary will be released in five parts, and for all EDM fans and aspiring producers and DJs, this is a must see. The documentary highlights Nick van de Wall's journey and experiences from beginning to present and reifies the idea that if you work hard and are dedicated, you can get to where you want to be.
The beginning of part one features moving scenes from EDM festivals, which are followed by clips of fellow DJs and producers Tiesto, Steve Aoki, Hardwell, and Guetta who provide commentary on the talented man that Nick has become. In contrast, part one then presents a more insightful perspective from his mother, Debby, who shares with us the type of person her son is now and was throughout his childhood, all amongst beautiful shots of the Netherlands.
Nick himself states in part one, "I want to show everyone I'm a normal person." Well, with this being the first of five parts, I can only imagine that we have a lot more to learn about Afrojack, his expertise, and how he came from a simple beginning and has now risen to the top of a world that is anything but simple.
Keep an eye out for parts 2-5, and tune in to EDJ today at noon and tonight at midnight to hear Afrojack and other great SXSW EDM artists! In the meantime, check out part one of March of the Afrojack below.
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4/3/2009 - Boulder Weekly ran a feature story on the bill, highlighting the sponsor's consultation with industry - but not consumer groups - in drafting this bill. FCA did have a productive conversation with the executive director of the Colorado Funeral Director's Association, which resulted in many areas of agreement on possible amendments (though not total agreement). Here's the letter we sent to Rep. Nancy Todd with suggested amendments. She appears to be refusing to communicate with us; why a lawmaker would ignore pleas from a consumer group while drafting "consumer protection" legislation with the aid of a business lobbying group is a mystery.
3/5/09 --- An anti-consumer bill is working its way through the Colorado legislature, and FCA is fighting back with the help of its Colorado chapter, the Funeral Consumer Society of Colorado. HB 1202 purports to better protect consumers by requiring regulation and standards for funeral businesses, but the bill's sloppy language would outlaw private, family-directed funerals and stifle competition that could bring lower-cost funerals and cremations to Colorado families. The bill looks to be the handiwork of the Colorado Funeral Directors Association, and it has all the hallmarks of a lobbying group using lawmakers to circle the hearses to protect funeral industry profits.
Click here to read FCA's critique of the bill.
FCA Executive Director Joshua Slocum will discuss the bill on KGNU Community Radio on March 5, 2009. Click here to stream the live broadcast at 8:00 a.m. Mountain Time.


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It's a closed set at Channel 5. News media have been relegated to the reception area, while the four Democratic candidates for Senate face a moderator and cameras for Tuesday night's debate. It's the third televised face-off — others included the October debate at the JFK Library and an evening forum on WGBH.
Unlike other live debates, this one has no in-studio audience. Just the candidates, the moderator and the unblinking eyes of a few television cameras. The controlled setting might lead to a more tightly scripted and well-behaved debate than people might like to see this late in the race. We'll see.


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Hotel Rosario is committed to the conservation of our local communities and the environment in which we operate. Sustainability has always been a priority for us. Our dedication to reduce our environmental footprint is an important factor in our corporate decision making.
- We conserve energy through small steps such as making sure lights are turned off when rooms are not in use, as well as larger investments such as the 40 solar panels we imported from Brazil for our La Paz hotel. These solar panels are responsible for much of our energy needs and have reduced our need for other energy sources.
- Hotel Rosario Lago Titicaca was designed to be sustainable from the beginning. The hotel's construction features thermally insulated floors and walls as well as double-paneled windows to save energy. This hotel is also powered by solar panels.
- At both properties, we participate in recycling programs, use biodegradable soaps and detergents, and avoid the unnecessary use of plastic bags, bottles and packaging.
- We are continually looking for programs to improve our environmental sustainability and encourage guests to take small steps to reduce their impact.


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Nearly fifteen years ago I found a newspaper clipping (newspaper title and date were not recorded) describing a little of Frank R. Woodward's eightieth birthday. Francis R. Woodward was born 9 February 1845 [son of Daniel S. and Dorcas (Adams) Woodward [Dearborn's History of Salisbury, New Hampshire, 1890]. The article read, in part,
" He put all of his money into his glass cutter and after he had made up a lot of them he packed up what he had and went to Boston where he peddled them on the street to get money enough to take him into New York, as he figured on the first lap of a transcontinental trip to advertise his cutter."
I don't know whether or not Frank R. Woodward ever got across the seas, but he apparently had invented a very nice tool that seemed to sell. Consequently, it seemed to me, then, that he probably wanted to protect his invention and it was plausible that he applied for a government patent on the devise.
Fifteen years ago, the patents were not available Online and I spent hours in "Government Docs" at the University of Georgia Library in Athens, Georgia. I methodically worked through the volumes chronologically abstracting the large variety of inventions by Woodwards (including spelling variations). I found several patent applications by Frank R. Woodward including one for his glass cutter.
Today the search is much easier and can be done from the comfort of my home office on Google Patents.
© Linda Woodward Geiger. All Rights Reserved.


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Real NBA rebel
Sprewell is back, but A.C. Green perseveres
Ah, the NBA in 1998. The "B" in its name may stand for basketball or, perhaps more appropriately, brutishness or boorish behavior, but it would hardly seem to stand for benevolence, blessing, or beneficence.
Latrell Sprewell, now scheduled for reinstatement, attacked his coach in a display that looked like an outtake from the Jerry Springer show. Charles Barkley practiced for an Australian dwarf-tossing competition by chucking a fan through a plate-glass window in Orlando. Shaquille O'Neal leveled Utah's Greg Ostertag with a smack worthy of Hollywood Hulk Hogan and World Championship Wrestling. And Chris Webber, in an apparent attempt to get his mug on Fox's Cops, battled the thin blue line in Washington.
Then there's the baddest NBA rebel of 'em all, A.C. Green of the Dallas Mavericks. His actions are truly shocking. On the morning before a game, Mr. Green has been known to ... engage in a Bible study with a couple of his Dallas teammates. Off the court, when other players are eagerly pursuing the sex-and-drugs-and-rock 'n' roll lifestyle that is so readily available to them, Mr. Green is ... establishing a program called Athletes for Abstinence. No, that's not an oxymoron, despite what Wilt Chamberlain or Magic Johnson might have you believe.
A.C. Green is in his 13th NBA season. He won back-to-back championships with the Los Angeles Lakers' "Showtime" clubs in 1987 and '88, and this season became the NBA's new Iron Man when he set a record for most consecutive games played (907) on Nov. 20, 1997, against Golden State. The last time Mr. Green did not play in a game was on Nov. 18, 1986, back during the days of Ronald Reagan, Ferris Bueller, and Moonlighting-but he is not consumed by the incredible streak. "The record is second nature," he says. "The first thing I've grown accustomed to is when there is a game, I expect to play. That's always been my philosophy and mentality. I want to show up for work and put in my all once I arrive, not just punch a clock."
The consecutive-games-played streak is only the second most amazing thing about Mr. Green, a devout Christian who plans to pursue a career as a minister after he hangs up his Reeboks. Mr. Green, at age 34, also is a virgin and has established the aforementioned Athletes for Abstinence program to counsel young people to avoid sex until marriage and to lead a godly life through Bible study, discipline, and education.
But isn't it tough avoiding the avalanche of temptations available to a rich and famous NBA star?
"Temptations are just a part of life," Mr. Green told WORLD, following a game against the Celtics at the Fleet Center in Boston. "Me, a couple of my teammates, and the Mavericks' trainer were having a Bible study this morning about temptation, and knowing that the opportunity is always there. The Bible says that when Jesus was tempted by the devil, the devil then went away and waited for another opportune time to come back and tempt him again. There's always going to be temptation, and there's always going to be a struggle within us between doing right and wrong. We were studying in Romans 7 and talking about that struggle, that conflict, those two natures, as Paul wrote about. So, it's always there, but having good surroundings, having fellowship with guys on the team or guys that you can talk to on the phone-that always helps."
Those words are a marked contrast to the attitude of Planned Parenthood, which assumes that teenagers must act on every sexual impulse. It is also a contrast to the current presidential drama unfolding in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Green responds slowly to a question on that contrast: "Well," he said, "every decision has a consequence. That's the bottom line. You have to be accountable for your actions, no matter who you are."
That sounds like a novel idea. Maybe a few of our political leaders will imitate A.C. Green-not as Iron Men, able to stay in office year after year, but as upright men.
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BEIJING, China, August 16. HOW badly did Brazil's Cesar Cielo want a gold medal? His reaction after the championship final of the 50 freestyle told the story. After realizing he had touched first in the splash-and-dash, Cielo punched the water on a number of occasions and briefly sat on the lane rope while celebrating his career-defining moment.
The top seed heading into the title race, Cielo poured it during his 50-meter outing, touching the wall in an Olympic-record time of 21.30, the second-fastest performance in history. Cielo finished just outside of Australian Eamon Sullivan's world record of 21.28. Cielo, of course, is well known in the United States as the greatest sprinter in NCAA history, thanks to his career at Auburn University.
"I'm very happy," Cielo said. "I was a little nervous before the race, but I think that was my best race ever. My dream was to be an Olympic champion and that is now realized."
The French tandem of Amaury Leveaux and Alain Bernard collected the silver and bronze medals with respective times of 21.45 and 21.49. Both men were members of France's silver-medal squad in the 400 freestyle relay and it was Bernard's second individual medal, going with the gold he won in the 100 freestyle.
Australian Ashley Callus was the fourth-place finisher in 21.62, a surprise that he was the fastest man from his nation in the event. Sullivan, the favorite for gold and expected to at least make the podium, was sixth after producing a time of 21.65. Sullivan indicated a day earlier that he wasn't feeling in peak form.
American Ben Wildman-Tobriner, the reigning world champion, was the fifth-place finisher in 21.64 and seventh place went to South Africa's Roland Schoeman in 21.67, good for an African record. Sweden's Stefan Nystrand was eighth with a mark of 21.72. All eight of the finalists produced times that would have won every prior Olympic title.


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"Blue-suiters who have 'been there, done that' tend to stand at the edge of the huddle and pay little attention to the helicopter."
We all know it – helicopter ski access is a mind-bending combination of ease and excitement: Powerful machines emerging from billowing snow clouds created by the rotor wash. Goggled and Gore-texed figures chased by their own snow plumes as the helicopter thunders overhead. Following a mountain guide into the best powder stashes in some of the world's snowiest mountains. It's so good we sometimes forget that we are part of the system, just as important as the guide or the pilot in keeping everyone safe out there. Sure, our responsibilities as skiers are fewer than those of the guide or pilot, but the result of not taking our few responsibilities seriously can be just as catastrophic. I had a conversation with Alex Holliday, the Safety Manager for Alpine Helicopters, and he clearly sees three big things skiers need to do better when heli-skiing:
Improvement Number One: "Off the top of my head, I'd say the biggest thing is people not paying attention to what's going on with the helicopter. I guess the skiing is just so good that it's distracting."
The Solution: Change gears from skiing to transportation when you get anywhere near the helicopter. You don't run into a moving bus or ski straight into a moving gondola either.
Improvement Number Two: "Definitely the seat belts. The rushed entry and exit from the noisy machine leaves little attention for the seatbelt. Often folks don't take the time to ensure the belt is straight and done-up properly. A poorly installed belt does little good when needed. There was a group of skiers at the Monashees in '97 who can attest to the value of a properly done up belt. The ski-footage penalty of taking one's time during loading and unloading is zero and you risk everything with a poorly worn belt."
The Solution: Help others fit their seatbelts. With big jackets and gloves it can be hard to see there is half a meter of extra slack in the belt. Help those around you get their belts on right. Helping them could save your life.
Improvement number three: "Probably the huddle. The huddle should be tight and low. Blue-suiters (skiers in their unmistakable million-foot suits) who have 'been there, done that' tend to stand at the edge of the huddle and pay little attention to the helicopter. Perhaps we could admonish them to set a GOOD example for the new folks by being down on one knee and watching the helicopter as it approaches and lands. The door person needs to take the lead in ensuring a good huddle."
The Solution: Take the helicopter seriously. If you do, everyone will have more fun.
Helicopter pilots and guides take every opportunity to improve, become safer at what they do, and politely help those around them to improve as well. As skiers, we should do the same.


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Kenyan intelligence reports suggest two Americans, who fought previously in Somalia, could be among the perpetrators of the four-day siege at a Nairobi shopping mall. U.S. officials are said to be looking into the claim that those gunman may be from the large Somali expatriate community based in Minnesota. U.S. Rep. Peter King, a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, claims that 15 to 20 Somali-Americans are active in Al-Shabab ("The Youth" in Arabic), and that up to 50 people from Somali communities across the U.S. have been recruited by the Somali terrorist organization. Reports also suggest a British woman, Samantha Lewthwaite, could be involved in the attack as well. Lewthwaite is the window of Germaine Lindsay, an Islamist who killed 26 people in the "7/7" terrorist attacks on London's transit system.
People who had been hiding during the gun battle hold their hands before being searched by armed police inside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya on Sept. 21, 2013. (Photo: AP)
Al-Shabab spokesmen said the attack was in response to the Kenyan government's intervention in neighboring Somalia. Both Ugandan and Kenyan forces, under the African Union (AU) auspices, have suffered retaliatory attacks for helping the Somali central government fight Al-Shabab militants. In 2010, the Islamists terrorists carried out a double suicide bombing in Uganda's capital, Kampala, killing 76 people. Comprising between 7,000 and 9,000 fighters, the al-Qaeda-linked organization hopes to impose strict Sharia law and oust the African Union forces from Somalia.
Even with its ability to launch attacks across the region, a split remains among the group's ranks. Some fighters want to form a regional Caliphate while others seek to concentrate their efforts against foreign troops inside Somalia. Events in Kenya show al-Shabab's ability to project violence as the group continues to pose a major security challenge across East Africa.
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As Hurricane Sandy barrels towards Long Island expecting to bring storm surges from 5-10 feet and 35-50 mile-per-hour sustained winds, local and state officials gathered in Bethpage Sunday morning to warn the public that Hurricane Sandy should not be taken lightly.
"I know we get accustomed to hearing a weather forecast and sometimes we're dubious about the weather forecast," said Gov. Andrew Cuomo. "But this is nothing to play with, so take it seriously, I know we are."
Both Nassau and Suffolk counties are currently under a state of emergency and the National Weather Center has changed their prediction from a 4-8 feet storm surge to a 5-10 feet surge here on Long Island during the peak of the storm on Monday and Tuesday.
Fire Island has already begun evacuation and a total evacuation should be complete by 2 p.m. today, said Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone.
Not only will Fire Island be evacuated but Bellone says the entire island will also be de-energized following evacuation to avoid fires and other risks that would require a personnel response not possible during the storm.
"This is a very serious storm," said Bellone, adding that preparations for Hurricane Sandy began last Wednesday. "And we're taking it very seriously."
Suffolk County parks will close at 6 p.m. Sunday night and campers will be required to also evacuate at that time.
"The major issue for Suffolk County residents now in the next 24 hours is the decision to shelter in place or to go to a neighbors house or go to a relatives house that is in a non-flood zone area," said Bellone, urging residents to plan early while the weather is still calm.
In Nassau County, Long Beach is also being evacuated with mandatory evacuations in place for nursing homes and hospitals in the flood zone.
Although residents are not required to evacuation, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano warned Long Beach residents in flood zones to get out immediately while they have a safe opportunity.
"As a rule of thumb if you were affected in hurricane Irene or near someone who was affected during hurricane Irene you should immediately begin enacting your family and friends plan," said Mangano. "Move out to a family or friend that lives in a higher zone."
Shelters have already been set up at Locust Valley High School, Levittown Memorial High School and Nassau Community College and will be fully operational by 1 p.m. on Sunday. Additional shelters will be announced as the storm gets closer.
"This is where the rubber meets the road," said Cuomo, stressing that Sunday morning is the time to take get prepared for Hurricane Sandy. "The storm is still coming, now is the time to take action," he said. "Be prudent, do what's necessary."
Cuomo also said the MTA will suspend subway, and commuter rail service at 7 p.m. Sunday evening, including the NYC subway system and all Metro North and Long Island Rail Road service, but said if Mayor Michael Bloomberg decides to evacuate parts of Manhattan that MTA trains will be made available to him.
NYC bus service will end at 9 p.m. Sunday evening. Bridges and tunnels will be closed on a case by case basis. Airports remain open.
Cuomo also said he will keep an eye on power outages on Long Island during the storm.
"When it comes to LIPA here on Long Island, which has had issues in the past with responding to consumer complaints and getting service back up, we're going to have LIPA response monitored by the state chairman of the Public Service Commission," he said.
"We're doing everything we can and now we are waiting to see what actually happens with the storm," he continued. "We need citizens to also act prudently. It's common sense, if you need things in the house get them this morning, get them this afternoon, but get indoors, prepare your home, make sure your lawn equipment isn't going to go flying, it's all common sense. And don't take this lightly."


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st was on top of the ultra-wave tower and that's where he spent most of his time when he wasn't lazily riding around on the shoulders of one of us or pan-handling Joe, the cook, for something extra to eat.
"He was in his nest when Prunella got him with that delicate-looking, deadly little needle-gun of hers. I'll bet he had a hundred of those tiny slivers of steel in him. One would have been enough, but she must have set the gun on full automatic and then let it spew itself empty."
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A "humorous" (sexist, crude) story of how devil-may-care space jockeys deal with a by-the-book female administrator by using a native lifeform. This is probably not the high point in the writing of speculative fiction. My hope is you'll find it at least a little offensive, because that would mean society has progressed a little bit since then.


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Contaminated meat defence his undoing says Deakin's Martin Hardie.
Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador might have just "cut his own throat" by using the contaminated meat defence to his positive drug test, according to Deakin University researcher, Martin Hardie.
On Monday, after an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Cycling Union (UCI), to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS,) Contador was stripped of the 2010 Tour de France title and banned from competing until August.
"That defence was one concocted at a meeting in Spain a month or so before the news of the positive test became public during the 2010 World Road Cycling championships in Geelong," Hardie said.
"At the meeting were Dr Mario Zorzoli, the UCI's chief medical officer, Dr Pedro Celaya, Contador's team doctor, and Contador.
"By coming up with that defence, they might just have helped Contador cut his own throat.
"If you read the judgment, the three panellists from the Court of Arbitration basically said they would have accepted an argument for mitigation that the clenbuterol was contained in a contaminated supplement. This is despite the fact that there was no evidence before the tribunal that the source of the clenbuterol was from a supplement.
"But Contador never offered that as a reason, rather he stuck by this story that he and the other people at this meeting had come up with that it was from contaminated meat. Because of this CAS couldn't take the supplement story into account as a mitigating factor."
Hardie, who organised the New Pathways for Professional Cycling conference hosted by Deakin in 2010, says there are no winners out of the Contador case.
"From a legal perspective the decision of CAS is another bizarre instalment in their decision making," he said.
"How could CAS find the source of the clenbuterol was more likely to be from a food supplement when there was no evidence of this before them other than the precedent in the case of the swimmer Jessica Hardy?
"The case also brings into focus the severity of the strict liability provisions of the WADA code – this case was never about Contador's innocence, but whether or not he could provide an explanation which might mitigate his penalty. With all the money and prestige at stake in these cases I would not be surprised if we see some governments pressure WADA to change the strict liability principle.
"For the UCI, they have got the result they dreaded from the start, the best and highest profile cyclist of the moment under a cloud and banned.
"Certainly the sport remains tainted, even though in this case the amount of the banned substance was so small.
"That was probably one of the reason's the UCI initially took it so lightly, and while Contador was cleared by his national body in Spain.
"Also, in Spain, since the end of Fascism, there is a real focus on justice.
"After years of people disappearing without trial and without trace the Spanish support the notion of citizens having substantive legal rights.
"That is why the Spanish judge who is their equivalent of the Chief Justice of the High Court here in Australia came out at the time of the original Spanish decision clearing Contador saying that to find him guilty would be contrary to the normal sense of justice."
In contrast to this is the absolute nature of cycling's rules in relation to positive drug tests, no matter how small the amount.
"This and the Valverde case show where the real tension is in anti-doping – between the laws and rights granted to citizens by their country and their constitutions and the global system of sporting law which floats above it," Hardie said.
Interestingly, the decision to appeal against the Spanish national body's decision was taken by the World Anti-Doping Agency, with the UCI a reluctant seconder only.
"Initially the UCI wanted it to go away," Hardie said.
"Because of WADA's involvement, it went to the Court of Arbitration, where Contador continued his argument based upon contaminated meat.
"The positive test meant he was guilty, there's no getting around that under the anti-doping rules in sport.
"It then came down to what Contador could have offered in mitigation to get a reduced penalty.
"The CAS seems to be saying in its ruling, that if he had offered the mitigation that the clenbuterol was contained in a contaminated supplement, they would have accepted that.
"Contador, though, stuck by this story of the contaminated meat. However, the bizarre nature of the CAS finding might give Contador a real leg to stand on as the victim in this case."
It is also interesting that while criticising the decision of the CAS, and the time it took to reach it, former champion Eddie Mercx said that he felt that Contador's defence had been badly handled.
Hardie said the length of time taken to deal with the matter wasn't necessarily a major issue.
"They say that justice delayed is justice denied, but by normal standards involved in court cases, this wasn't a long time at all," he said.
"The real dangers to justice here are the constant calls for speed which mean that too often judgments are rushed to in the media and before all the evidence has been obtained and sporting politics is dressed up as law.
"Overall though the whole episode has thrown another cloud over the manner in which cycling is administered."


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The Marbled Swarm
by Dennis Cooper
No current Talk conversations about this book.
This book is just a long literary excuse to write about pedophilla, necrophilla, incest, and cannibalism. There is no real story in this book.
It's just one rich-ass nancy-boy of a narrator's account of the comings and goings of various relatives, groundskeepers, housekeepers, and whoever else may have passed by this strange chateau. And this house of torture just happens to have secret passages in the walls, where perverts can hang out and jack off. Like you do.
Then, there's the constant murmurings of incest, rape, and torture that usually ends in the corpse being banged some more, then eaten in some lavish banquet. You know, typical rich people stuff. I'm sure Bill Gates does shit like this all the time.
Oh, and did I mention that for some reason everyone is gay? Oh yea. Not like flaming gay. Well, except the narrator. He's a flaming faggot if I ever heard of one. I mean his narrative is written like its the 1700's or something. Like hes just such a fancy faggot that he has to talk like some goddamn slave owner. And then in the next sentence he's sending a text to someone, going on about the cute little slave boy he's just purchased.
Now, I'm not gay bashing at all, mind you. Go ahead, be a faggot. Everyone loves a cocksucker. I know, I do. But I'm just saying, how does being such a goddamn faggot add to this story? It doesn't. Probably because there is no goddamn story.
I just bought Dennis Cooper's Closer on my Kindle and I am already terrified that someone is going to look at my Kindle and start reading it and see that it is not only pornographic, but pornographic in the most disturbing sense possible. I am fully convinced that e-Readers were invented for the sole purpose of being able to hide all your erotica from your friends.
Dennis Cooper scares me, yet The Marbled Swarm was still one of the most interesting novels I've read this year. The Marbled Swarm refers to the narrator's manner of speaking. It's a style that is both intricate and convoluted, but the most interesting thing about this Marbled Swarm is how it is also reflected in the plot itself: the plot continually stops, regresses, or goes off on a permanent tangent. The language is formal, and this formality is represented by a stunning lack of emotion in the narrator. Cannibalism, incest, rape, and abuse are revisited again and again as the plot circles around and around, attempting to avoid the whole point of the novel entirely. The events are terrifying and, in some ways, darkly funny. Yet it is an emotionless journey for the narrator, until the time comes when the heart of the novel cannot be avoided any longer.
In short, it's The Story of the Eye for the 21st century. (Which I had no problem sharing with all my friends. I was too enthralled by my own deviousness.) This novel is hard to simplify and dismiss it as a gross-out novel, because there is some real pain here. Cooper is too intelligent to let himself be reduced so easily. I don't want to call it a masterwork, but it's damn brilliant.
Cooper is working his usual dark magic, here, but in a new form. Normally something of a minimalist, here he attempts to reverse that trend. In fact, you might think of the titular "Marbled Swarm" as a 180 degree rotation from what Nabokov did with "Lolita"--an attempt to cover a central truth with convoluted sentence work and dense plot layers (some leading nowhere) like a honeycomb covered in bees. It's genius that only he could create. A word of warning, though: as I've said before, this is dark, dark magic--not for the faint of heart. But if you want to see an artist who is truly unafraid to dance on the edge (as trite as that sounds), then Cooper is your guy, and this novel is an absolute masterwork.
Before anyone contemplates reading The Marbled Swarm by Dennis Cooper, please note that the language is extremely rough, but more importantly the subject matter is seriously disturbing. One could take this as a sign of Mr. Cooper's genius in that he challenges the reader's sensibilities, or one could believe that Mr. Cooper may need to seek psychiatric help for his depraved subject matter. No matter what one feels about the main character of his novel however, one must laud Mr. Cooper for his ability to play with the language, rendering it completely unfamiliar and forcing the reader to wrest any meaning through painstaking and careful reading.
To say The Marbled Swarm is a difficult read is an understatement of the greatest magnitude; it makes Nabokov's Lolita seem like a children's bedtime story. First off, there is the narrator and his actions as he takes the reader through his horrific past and gruesome present. He surrounds himself with friends who share his more perverse proclivities, and some of the scenes about his "hobby" that ensue make the bloodiest horror movie pale in comparison. Even worse are his actions towards his brother and the horrible mental game his father unknowingly played with both his brother and him. The entire backstory of the narrator is enough to send shivers up and down the spine of the reader or send one running to the bathroom before losing one's stomach contents.
Yet, this is a novel that one is compelled to continue reading. The reader never really knows if the narrator is telling the truth or presenting his past as he would prefer it to have happened. The Marbled Swarm could be construed as one huge psychological study on the use of language to obfuscate the truth. As upsetting as the narrator's story is, the possibility that it is all a delusion allows the reader to power through to the end in order to resolve the mystery without having to question one's own mindset.
The Marbled Swarm is disturbing in its depravity but absolutely brilliant in its use of language. It is one novel that is not going to attract a large following because it is one of the most challenging reads ever published. For those readers who persevere, one will be rewarded with an entirely new appreciation for the English language and the power of words to hide or tell the truth.
Acknowledgments: Thank you to Erica Barmash from Harper Perennial for my review copy and for bringing to my attention some of the most challenging books I have ever had the pleasure of reading!
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The Marbled Swarm is Dennis Cooper's most haunting work to date. In secret passageways, hidden rooms, and the troubled mind of our narrator, a mystery perpetually takes shape—and the most compelling clue to its final nature is "the marbled swarm" itself, a complex amalgam of language passed down from father to son.
Cooper ensnares the reader in a world of appearances, where the trappings of high art, old money, and haute cuisine obscure an unspeakable system of coercion and surrender. And as the narrator stalks an elusive truth, traveling from the French countryside to Paris and back again, the reader will be seduced by a voice only Dennis Cooper could create.
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The literary cult hero's latest novel takes readers into the mysterious world of a father who raises his son in secret and, keeping him isolated from outside influences, teaches him a special language that only the two of them will know.
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