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Viewtiful Joe
Review by Aganar
"Long live beat-'em-ups!"
I've always been a fan the beat-'em-up genre. When I was little, those kinds of games were basically the only forms of multiplayer you would get back in the days of the NES (except of course for D&D type games like Gauntlet). Games like Double Dragon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Battletoads, and (as I discovered long later) River City Ransom were the only things I could pull out at any time with a friend or a family member and just play for a while. Sadly, while the SNES certainly had its few beat-'em-up gems, the genre was completely dead by the 32 bit era. Since then, the only attempt to bring the genre back was The Bouncer, which failed miserably. To these oldschool fans like myself, ''Viewtiful Joe'' is a complete godsend.
When you begin playing it, you are treated to a very comic book looking world. The cel-shading, while not as advanced as Wind Waker manages to still stay very impressive on their own, and creates a definitive style to the game. It also still is able to look quite smooth, and avoid the sort of blocky look that cel-shaded games often have. The outlines around characters are still rather thick, but instead of looking bad help convey the cartoony sense of the game. This effectively touches my soft spot for superhero games and such.
The game has a wonderful sense of atmosphere to the point where it really does feel like you are sucked into a cheesy superhero movie. The villains are always the obligatory bad guys you see in every movie. The areas are very reminiscent of famous old movies down to the title parodying. There's even the tiny little voice of the director, which frequently pops up, at times like when you pause or die.
Coincidentally enough, the game is about a guy being sucked into a movie (surprise surprise). You play as Joe, a nerdy movie-lover taking his girlfriend to see an old movie starring one of his favorite heroes, Captain Blue, when suddenly a villain crawls out of the picture and grabs his girlfriend, leaving Joe to jump in after him. Captain Blue appears, revealing that in his old age a new hero must take his place. After giving Joe the standard superhero equipment, Joe becomes a costumed hero and proceeds to track down his girlfriend. The story is filled with alot of built up and a few things that don't make alot of sense until the ultimate showdown to get Joe's girlfriend back. Corny, yes. But there is enough of a tongue-and-cheek nature to make it bearable.
But enough about small things like that and on to more important things. The mechanics and style of this game will completely blow you away. When you first start the game, Joe starts with only a select bunch of abilities and not much interesting stuff to work with. He might be able to dodge or attack some stuff in slow motion and possibly slide or do a jump kick, but his abilities are completely minimal. That said, it's still extremely fun and still probably deeper than any other side scrolling beat-'em-up around! But that's merely a taste of all of the moves Joe will learn over the course of the game. He learns more and more interesting moves (or film techniques, as I should call it) like being able to speed up time, zoom in, dodge any move in slow motion then blast back with a ''Stylish'' pose, and more. As you defeat enemies in more stylish ways, you get money, which can be used to buy the aforementioned moves, as well as extra lives and more health. Thus, you wind up with an oldschool game with tons of RPG elements and modern attachments to make this an extremely rewarding experience.
The best part of the game is perfecting your techniques against the enemies. As you progress through the levels, you will find more film canisters that control your slow motion and film techniques timeframe (I'm guessing the film canisters represent the budget, since the game will then look really crappy and old if you completely run out of film). As you gain it and as you learn new moves, you learn the most efficient ways to use your moves. At first, you may only gain a small amount of points for killing a bunch of guys and only use a few slow motion punches. But after you work at it you may find yourself using that same amount of time to double or even triple the score you may have had previously, thanks to a very well designed combo system programmed into the game. This system works very effectively because it (unlike P.N.03, which featured a similar combo system) rewards you for being stylish. The more fancy techniques and attacks you manage to use before your combo finishes, the more points you get. Thus, you will always be working to make yourself better for the sake of money. At certain areas where you can get a huge amount of points in a short amount of time you may find yourself ''building up'' so to speak, by getting as many points as you can then intentionally dying in order to repeat the area.
Bosses also manage to be a huge blast. It avoids the simple ''Hit, hit, run away'' pattern that older 2d sidescrollers had. Now all of the bosses have a unique strategy, which can often be extremely complicated to exploit properly. Viewtiful Joe has a reputation as one of the hardest games around, and the bosses alone can be described as a living hell. But for the most part the difficulty remains challenging, as opposed to the unfair difficulty, or trial-and-error type difficulty. I would have liked a few more bosses, however, because I really did enjoy them alot. We only end up with around 7 or so, and one stage is just a ''fight all of the bosses up to this point'' level, which even here I still heavily despise in oldschool games.
Along with other oldschool elements, Viewtiful Joe also has the consequence of being fairly short. While this does happen, the game doesn't really feel short at all. Even at 15 hours, one is left feeling satisfied, instead of disappointed. There isn't the feeling of ''Man, that was short'' or ''Hey! Where's the rest of the game?'' which can often befall quirky games of this nature. Along with this also comes the game's sound, which falls under average. There is nothing in it particularly memorable (save a few tunes), although the voice acting remains very good.
One of the more amusing elements of the game falls under the fine line of humor Capcom put into it. The voice actors, for the most part, come across very comical, and the game does have some very funny scenes. One can't help but giggle at one of the villains pulling out a script (conveniently labeled ''Viewtiful Joe!'') when he is too lazy to remember their plan for world domination upon being asked by Joe. There are also tons of little things I found that add to the sarcastic feel to the game. From movie parodies to nonsensical plot twists (comically added to chanting in the background during a ''plot revelation'' making the scene absolutely hilarious), there is a very fun and sarcastic sense to the game making it all the more enjoyable.
Alas, the game does have its few flaws. My most blatant is simply that Joe, who is supposed to be the ''cool'' and I guess funny main character comes across as really irritating. Maybe it was just his character or maybe simply the voice actor, but at times great scenes get ruined when he pulls out a speech that sounds like it was coming from a wasted hippy/record store manager. So, whether he just wasn't in on the joke, or he was too ''tongue-and-cheek'', he comes across as irritating, and you find yourself much happier when he doesn't talk. Another thing is that at points the game really does become too hard. It's not challenging, it's just insane. 5 black guys all of whom must have their furious attacks dodged 4 times before they can become vulnerable will gang up on you, combined with a machine gun toting helicopter shooting at you in the background. Finally, while the secret unlockable characters are certainly a nice touch (especially Alastor), you still wish there could have been a tiny bit more to them.
But that is not at all to say they are bad. The unlockables are still quite good. Despite his handicap, Alastor (Capcom's injoke Devil May Cry ripoff character/unlockable villain) is much more fun to play as than Joe, and Captain Blue and Silvia are fun for a quick run-through as well. To get them, you must brave through harder difficulties, which will put your ultimate Viewtiful Joe skills to the test, and at the same time make you question the existence of God!
Overall, Viewtiful Joe winds up being one amazing game. Of the original Capcom 4 Exclusives mentioned years ago this was the last one I would've expected I would like alot, and in all likelihood it will wind up being the best. Team Viewtiful has shown us that old game styles can indeed be revived, as long as they are done Viewtifully!
Reviewer's Rating: 5.0 - Flawless
Originally Posted: 03/07/04
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A closer look at Huma Abedin
Nationalized health care was one of the first programs enacted by the Bolsheviks after they seized power in 1917. Nearly a century later, the U.S. enacted "ObamaCare."
Who won the Cold War again? Can we realistically claim liberty and free markets triumphed over collectivism when today there is only a thin Senate line trying to fend off ObamaCare's totalitarian intrusions into citizens' lives?
The most recent manifestation of victory over the American character shows through the Anthony Weiner-Huma Abedin scandal. This scandal is a paradoxical double whammy of both exposure and cover-up.
Everyone knows about the exposure part: Anthony Weiner, candidate for mayor of New York City, turns out to be a recidivist pervert. The fatuous conversation that has followed this "news" has turned on the decision of Weiner's wife, Huma Abedin, to step forward to try to salvage her husband's bid for public office. The Wall Street Journal's response to Abedin's decision was typical: "Watching the elegant Huma Abedin stand next to her man Tuesday as he explained his latest sexually charged online exchanges was painful for a normal human being to watch."
It is not enough to analyze Huma Abedin as a "political wife." Abedin is also a veritable Muslim Brotherhood princess. As such, the ideological implications of her actions — plus her long and privileged access to U.S. policymaking through Hillary Clinton — must be considered, particularly in the context of national security.
But talk about paradoxes. In an era when the most minute and lurid descriptions of her husband's anatomical and sexual details are common talk, Huma Abedin's familial and professional connections to the world of jihad are unspeakable.
In a nutshell — quoting former federal prosecutor Andrew C. McCarthy writing at National Review — Huma Abedin "worked for many years at a journal that promotes Islamic supremacist ideology that was founded by a top al-Qaida financier, Abdullah Omar Naseef." That would be for at least seven years (1996-2003), by the way, during which Abedin also worked for Hillary Clinton.
Let this sink in for just a moment. The journal that Huma worked for — which promotes Islamic supremacism and was founded by al-Qaida financer Naseef, who also headed the Muslim World League, a leading Muslim Brotherhood organization — is called the Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. It was edited first by Huma's father, Syed Abedin, and now by her mother, Saleha Abedin. Saleha is a member of the Muslim Sisterhood. Mother Abedin also directs an organization (the International Islamic Committee for Woman and Child) that comes under the umbrella of the Union for Good, another U.S.-designated terrorist organization. As McCarthy reminds us, "the Union for Good is led by Sheikh Yusef al-Qaradawi, the notorious Muslim Brotherhood jurist who has issued fatwas calling for the killing of American military and support personnel in Iraq as well as suicide bombings in Israel."
Given these alarming professional and family associations, it is hard to imagine how Huma Abedin ever received the security clearance necessary to work closely with the secretary of State.
Isn't the Abedin-Clinton national security story at least as newsworthy as Weiner's private parts?
Diana West's new book is "American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character." She blogs at dianawest.net.


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At Hudl, the future of sports technology is constantly changing. We build, deliver and support new products for teams at every level of competition. With more than 3.5 million users worldwide, our tools connect coaches and athletes around the video and data they need to win.
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October 8, 2004
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Building, 200 East Dean Keeton
Occurred on 10-7-04 between 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Theft: A blue and gray Trek 4300 bicycle was stolen while it was secured with a cable lock to a bicycle rack located on the south side of the building. Loss value: $450.00.
Peter T. Flawn Academic Center, #2 West Mall
Occurred on 10-7-04 at 10:23 p.m.
Criminal Trespass: A non-UT subject was found on the ground floor level after the building was closed for public use. The subject was issued a written criminal trespass warning.
Peter T. Flawn Academic Center, #2 West Mall
Occurred on 10-8-04 at 6:55 a.m.
Criminal Trespass: A non-UT subject was found "camping" on a bench located on the basement level of the building. The subject was issued a written criminal trespass warning.
23rd Street and San Jacinto Blvd.
Occurred between 10-6-04 and 10-7-04.
Burglary: Sometime on 10-6-04 an unknown object was used to pry metal storage cabinet doors open. Two coffee syrup bottles were stolen from the storage cabinet. The owner repaired the doors on 10-6-04. Between 10-6-04 at 3:00 pm and 10-7-04 at 7:00 am the metal doors were pried open again. A black and yellow DeWalt portable light was stolen from the storage cabinet. Loss value: $60.00.
200 East 21st Street
Occurred on 10-8-04 at 1:45 a.m.
Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor / Driving While Intoxicated: A UT student, who was under the age of 21, was stopped for disregarding a stop sign while driving a white Ford F-150 pick-up truck. The student was found to have consumed an alcoholic beverage to the point he was driving while intoxicated.
200 East 21st Street
Occurred on 10-8-04 at 2:00 a.m.
Public Intoxication: While UT police officers were working a Driving While Intoxicated case (see above), a bus driver for Capital Metro stopped his bus and reported an unconscious UT student lying across three seats on his bus. The student was found to be under the influence of an alcoholic beverage to the point she was a physical endangerment to herself.


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Fibroglandular breast tissue
Hi I am 43 and my Mom developed breast cancer at age 51, she died at age 63 from it. When I was 40 I developed DCIS in my left breast, which was removed and followed with tamoxifin, only for 4 months because I got blood clots in my leg from it. My Mom also recieved a shot of DES when she was pregnant with me to prevent miscarrage. My question is that I just got my mammo. and my left breast is fine but my right breast has a moderate amount of fibroglandular breast tissue, it says that it is mostly linear but irregular shaped densisty in the right breastlaterally and has increased since prior studies. There are no suspious clusters or microcalcifications, no skin thickening or nipple retraction. Of course I am nervous but do you think this is anything to be alarmed with or am I losing sleep for nothing?
The presence of fibroglandular tissue in the breast is a normal finding- that is the anatomy of breast tissue. The increased density laterally that is irregular in shape should be followed up, especially given your previous history of DCIS and family history of breast cancer. Were an ultrasound, spot compression or magnification views performed? Depending on the suspicion of the radiologist, you will either get a recommendation for a follow up mammogram in six months, or possibly a biopsy. Speak to your primary physician about the results and ask to be referred to a specialist if there is any question.
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Hartford, CT – Chimp attack survivor and the first face transplant patient in the world, Charla Nash, is attempting to sue the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. The Nash lawsuit seeks $115 million from the state for not seizing the chimpanzee which attacked and nearly killed her three years ago. After Nash was tragically mauled by a chimp, she had to undergo a face transplant, endure an extended stay in a nursing home, and now takes 17 medications a day, The New York Post reports.
In 2009, Charla Nash was attacked by a 200-pound chimp owned by a friend. The chimp attack victim's friend asked for her aid luring "Travis" the primate back into her home. The exotic pet ripped off Nash's lips, eyelids, nose, and hands before police officers put down the exotic animal. Nash underwent a double hand transplant last year, but the hands "failed to thrive" and were eventually removed. She was also blinded in the exotic animal attack.
Charla Nash has been jumping through miles of red tape to garner permission from a state commissioner to actually sue the state of Connecticut. Nash feels the governmental agency is responsible for the chimp attack, which caused the need for a face transplant and other serious bodily injuries. Nash's attorney Charles Willinger maintains his client has medical bills totaling in the millions from her medical procedures and prescriptions.
The chimpanzee attack victim notes that life after the lengthy hospital and face transplant is hard, but she is also very thankful to be alive. Assistant Attorney General Maite Baraincais sympathetic for Nash's plight but does not feel the state of Connecticut is liable for the actions of the privately owned chimp, the New York Post reports. The exotic animal attack victim claims the state is liable because a state biologist warned the environmental agency the chimp was dangerous before the Nash mauling.
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UPDATE 12:15 p.m: The following was sent by the City of Hudson at 11:10 p.m. via email:
"Power has been restored to a number of areas. We appreciate your continued patience as we continue to work get everyone's power back on. "
There were also several emails from Hudson Public Power acknowledging the power outage and that they were working on the problem prior to the fix.
UPDATE 10:45 p.m.: Hudson residents appear to be getting power back. Via Facebook posts:
Lee Barnhouse "Just came back up 2 seconds ago."
John Fay "And we're back...."
Don Barker "Back on here"
Readers are reporting a power outage in Hudson that began around 10 p.m. Tuesday, June 10 on both Facebook and Twitter. Nothing has been reported from the City of Hudson or Hudson police as of 10:35 p.m. EST:
The following information all came from reader submissions.
Via Twitter:
Coming from DonateInHudsonOhio @DonateHudsonOH Twitter account: "#Hudson police say they don't know why whole town is without power'
Bernardine vanKessel @BRvanKessel: "Power outage in @CityofHudsonOH @hudsonhubtimes started at 10:05 pm"
Via Facebook around 10:30 EST:
Beth Loxley "Yes. First Energy showing outages from Toledo down to south of Columbus."
Heidi Johnson "No power in Brentwood Drive."
Lamar Sargent "No power on Barlow"
Don Barker "Weir Drive dark"
Jill Bidwell McCauslin "Chadbourne is dark."
Patty Clark Roman "Canterbury on the Lakes has power! What's going on?"
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A brave little boy who nearly died after a wooden pole fell on his head met Boris Johnson today at the official opening of a helipad which saved his life.
Eight-year-old Harvey Tagorti was the first child to ever be flown into St George's Hospital after a wooden swing structure collapsed and hit him on the head at Cherry Lane Adventure Playground, in Crawley, on April 8.
Harvey with Boris on the roof
He and his mother were flown to St George's hospital in Tooting in just 11 minutes – a journey that would normally have taken at least 35 minutes by road.
Little Harvey had to undergo two operations, was in a coma for eight days, and even had a piece of his scull temporarily implanted in his stomach as part of the medical procedure – which his mum initially explained as an Easter Egg so as not to shock him.
While he was in a coma he missed his eighth birthday, however, thanks to life-saving treatment at St George's where he spent four weeks, he is now back home with his brother Dylan, 10, and mum Faye Hankin, 29, and they are planning to throw him a big celebration.
On the day of the incident Miss Hankin, who works as a cleaner, finished work at 1.30pm and was off to meet Harvey who had been playing with his brother under the watchful eye of her sister-in-law.
She said: "They have swings which are attached to telegraph poles and one of these snapped and hit him on his head and knocked him unconscious.
"I got a phone call and went straight away. Harvey was still there when I got there. The paramedics had just got there and were trying to put a cannula straight into him.
"He tried to push and kick people away and he was screaming but he was sort of in and out of consciousness.
"I got to go with him in the air ambulance but I still don't think it has sunk in yet. I'm still in shock."
The @MayorofLondon is coming to officially open our helipad today! We're nearly ready for his arrival! pic.twitter.com/w6D3OzuPYg— St George's NHS (@StGeorgesTrust) May 29, 2014
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At St George's Hospital Harvey came straight down the lift and was given a CT scan. He was then taken to A&E where they carried out more tests and covered him in a warm blanket.
Miss Hankin said: "There I was told he had a fracture to the skull and bleeding on the brain and where it was bleeding there was so much pressure – it was pushing his brain to the other side. I still think I'm in shock.
"They had to put a bolt in his head to measure the pressure and he had to have an emergency operation.
"They told us he had a 50/50 chance of making it through the operation. My mind went blank after that.
Little Harvey
"But it was a success and we saw the trolley being wheeled back and I jumped up and wanted to make sure it was him. It was such a relief to know he came back from theatre.
"The nurses would say he is holding on three outcomes; one he'd not wake up, two he would be brain damaged and three he can wake up and be normal.
"Then after two to three days the surgeon came and said 'he's more than likely to wake up'.
"I don't know how I did keep myself together but you do have to stay strong and be positive.
"His older brother Dylan was really worried he kept having visions of it happening."
Harvey, a pupil at Milton Mount Primary School, is now on the road to recovery.
He said: "The only bit [I remember] was falling in a muddy puddle and I went and told my friend's mum and then I got a Kit Kat and went back, then it happened."
During an emotional reunion today the family got to say thank you to the paramedics, which Miss Hankin described as amazing.
Stuart Plumbley, 50, from Caterham, is a paramedic for Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance and accompanied Harvey in the helicopter.
He said: "It is a great relief and great result that Harvey is doing well because he was a very sick little boy at the time.
"When you know they are quite sick, and you are up against it, you are hoping all your training will come to fruition and it did on that day.
"I'm really happy he's doing well – it's put a smile on my face."
Crawley Borough Council closed all four of its adventure playgrounds in the aftermath of the incident and they were reopened earlier this month when they were deemed safe.
The helipad had only been open a day when it saved Harvey's life.
Planning for the helipad began in 2010 - a year after St George's was designated a major trauma centre - and building was finished in March 2014.
It cost £5m to build with a £1m donation from the Helicopter Emergency Landing Pad (HELP) Appeal.
It is the first London helipad south of the Thames and will routinely receive patients from the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance as well as the London Air Ambulance and possibly further afield if required.


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iPhone Won't Restore from iTunes - How to Fix
This post tells you some basic tips to fix the problem that your iPhone won't restore from iTunes. Now let's check them one by one.
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Question: "My iPhone 6s won't restore from the iTunes backup that I created last week and stuck in the recovery mode, what can I do to fix this issue?"
You may drop into this iPhone restore error when you try to restore from iTunes backup on your computer. You may have got a messages saying, "An unknown error occurred" or after connecting your iPhone to iTunes, you cannot find an iPhone icon on iTunes interface. No matter what situation you are in, now follow the basic tips below and try them to fix the error.
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Tips to Fix this iPhone Restore Problem
Tip 1. Restart computer, iTunes and iPhone.
You may know how to restart computer, iTunes and iPhone. And if possible, you can have a Force Restart your iPhone: just press and hold the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons for at least 10 seconds until the Apple logo disappears.
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Tip 2. Make sure your iPhone has trusted your computer.
If it is the first time you connect your iPhone to computer, you should make your computer be trusted by your iPhone. After connecting, just unlock your iPhone and tap "Trust".
Tip 3. Check USB cable and Wi-Fi connection
Sometimes the reason why your iPhone cannot be recognized by your iTunes is that your cable is damaged or you forget to turn on Wi-Fi. And if it is because of the USB cable, you can change another one to have a try to fix the error.
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Tip 4. Install the latest iTunes update.
Make sure you have installed the latest version of iTunes on your computer. Sometimes the old iTunes isn't compatible with your new iPhone 6/6s. So just go to update your iTunes to be the newest after going to Apple iTunes download page or iTunes menu bar.
Fix iPhone Won't Restore – Update iTunes
Tip 5. Update iPhone to latest iOS.
When you try to select an iTunes backup, you may have got a message telling you that your software is too old. In this situation, you need update your iPhone to latest iOS operating system. Because restoring from an iTunes backup requires a newer version of iOS on your device. If the version of iOS on your device is earlier than the backup, you can't restore.
Tip 6. Try again and again or contact Apple Support.
There are some other reasons why iPhone cannot restore from iTuens, such as your backup is corrupted or too large. So you should try again. And after trying all methods, and still got some unknown error, such as error 53, you can contact Apple Support for help. And there are some fixes of unknown errors you can refer to.
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Roma in Scena
The Roma in Scena Festival is back with a new series of concerts, plays and ballets
From October 8 to November 28, 2010 the Roma in Scena Festival is back, allowing citizens and visitors to enjoy the museums of Rome at night with a rich calendar of musical events, theatrical performances, dance performances and cultural activities and projects.
Roma in Scena is sponsored by Roma Capitale - Department of Cultural Affairs and Communication - Superintendence of Cultural Heritage and the Chamber of Commerce of Rome, with the contribution of the Banche Tesoriere del Comune di Roma (BNL - BNP Paribas, UniCredit - Banca di Roma , Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena). Organization by Zètema Progetto Cultura.
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We just had our first grandchild! It is so exciting AND such an amazing feeling having her HERE! Our daughter talked to me every day (from Germany) before her delivery. The anticipation was riveting! When would she arrive, how would the delivery go, who would she look like?
It was a happy moment when I shared it with our 13 treasures from China. They all cheered with excitement. They waited patiently as the baby's picture appeared on the computer screen.
And then I realized…
how different it was when they came into the world…
and my heart broke…
They are all such beautiful treasures, how could it be that their entrance into this world was less than… stellar…
What happened on that day? What were their parents feeling?
Was their family excited that a new child was about to join their family?
Or were they wondering how on earth they would feed another child?
Were there already older daughters and they could just not keep another daughter?
Were they hoping for a son this time?
Were they shocked by their new child's disability and would have no means to pay for the medical care their child would need?
Did they keep their child for a while and then realize the severity of their new child's needs or was it evident right away?
Did they pass away soon after giving birth because they could not get the medication they needed to live?
So many questions that I have…
If I have them…
Then they must have them, too.
I think some of our older adopted children think some of these thoughts and then they- put them away because it hurts too much to think about them.
Our daily life is happy and busy so we do not focus on our pasts but instead live in the present and look toward the future. That's a nice philosophy but at some point these issues are just going to hurt too bad and they won't be able to "put them away."
I will tell you that there is only one other issue that would hurt even more than this one…
And that is if they never had a family… if they had never been adopted…
If they never had someone in this world that truly loved and valued them.
If they never had the opportunity to learn about Jesus and God's love for them.
Many of the hard questions will never have answers. There were no newborn pictures… no decorated nursery, no baby showers. BUT, we choose to believe that their parents loved them very much and due to circumstances did what they thought was best for their children. There is nothing to gain and no reason to think the worst scenarios…
I am thankful to their birth parents that they chose life for their children even though they were unable to keep them. So as we celebrate the birth of our delightful new grandchild we will also celebrate our delightful treasures from China!
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This really touched my heart and encouraged me to both celebrate my adopted children and also try to empathize with them and be there to answer hard questions for them.
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Technology giveth and technology taketh away, Neil Postman says. Teenage txting is hurting low-quality blockbusters' opening weekends [via mefi].
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hey matt,
i wonder how you would feel about recognising my intellectual property by the way of a credit of some sort for the stunning photo i took of your stunning face on a stunning day in the stunning viaduct. http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00277106?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=viaduct&edition=2e&first=1&max_to_show=10 (sorry i don't know how to make a hyperlink)
evidently i do know how to make a hyperlink.
sorry bro. no can do
matt, you are a champ.
why should we have to pay for news(production costs aside)?
– next thing you know, about-to-be-born babies will need to be carrying their credit card as they pop out, or the mid-wife will have to put them back in.
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DELAFIELD, Wis. (Stockpickr) -- Professional traders running mutual funds and hedge funds don't just look at a stock's price moves; they also track big changes in volume activity. Often when above-average volume moves into an equity, it precedes a large spike in volatility.
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Major moves in volume can signal unusual activity, such as insider buying or selling -- or buying or selling by "superinvestors."
Unusual volume can also be a major signal that hedge funds and momentum traders are piling into a stock ahead of a catalyst. These types of traders like to get in well before a large spike, so it's always a smart move to monitor unusual volume. That said, remember to combine trend and price action with unusual volume. Put them all together to help you decipher the next big trend for any stock.
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With that in mind, let's take a look at several stocks rising on unusual volume recently.
SouFun (SFUN) operates a real estate Internet portal as well as a home furnishing and an improvement Website in the People's Republic of China. This stock closed up 10.9% at $12 in Wednesday's trading session.
Wednesday's Volume: 18.68 million
Three-Month Average Volume: 6.98 million
Volume % Change: 156%
From a technical perspective, SFUN exploded higher here right above its 50-day moving average of $10.55 with monster upside volume. This stock has been uptrending strong over the last month and change, with shares moving higher from its low of $8.52 to its intraday high of $12.29. During that uptrend, shares of SFUN have been making mostly higher lows and higher highs, which is bullish technical price action. Market players should now look for a continuation move to the upside in the near-term if SFUN manages to take out Wednesday's intraday high of $12.29 with strong volume.
Traders should now look for long-biased trades in SFUN as long as it's trending above Wednesday's intraday low of $10.96 and then once it sustains a move or close above $12.29 with volume that hits near or above 6.98 million shares. If that move starts soon, then SFUN will set up to re-test or possibly take out its next major overhead resistance levels at its 200-day moving average of $13.32 to $13.40.


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By Andy Ross
Killeen Daily Herald
The Killeen City Council has changed course yet again on its plan for including employee pay plans in the proposed 2011-12 budget.
On Tuesday night, council members voted 4-2 to reintroduce the built-in series of annual salary increases to the full level for civil-service employees and restore a plan for non civil-service employees that tops out at 2 percent.
The overall impact of the plan amounts to a roughly $500,000 increase in expenditures to next year's general fund budget.
The move, which instigated a number of spin-off counter-arguments, comes just one week after council members signaled they were only willing to reintroduce the pay plan at a reduced, mid-year level totalling roughly $250,000.
When the proposed budget was originally unveiled by Interim City Manager Glenn Morrison, the pay plan was entirely eliminated for 2011-12.
Councilman Juan Rivera, one of those who vocally supported bringing back the full-year plan, said after the meeting that his reasoning centered on ensuring safety.
"The public demands public safety," Rivera said. "As we grow as a city, crime also grows."
Rivera's comments came after a line of questioning to Killeen Police Chief Dennis Baldwin, who responded that he does believe the pay plan has a positive impact on recruitment and retention of officers.
Baldwin told Rivera at one point that the size of his police force in 2011 is essentially the same as in 2008.
In recent days, some members of both the KPD and Killeen Fire Department also have noted that the pay plan has more to do with maintaining salary levels previously agreed upon than offering raises.
Still, not all council members were convinced. As he did last week, Councilman Larry Cole stated his belief that a balanced budget should be a top priority in the current economic climate.
"Borrowing money from Peter to pay Paul is not the way to do it," Cole said.
Councilman Billy Workman joined Cole in voting against the pay plan. Workman said his reasoning had more to do with his objection to the amount of funding traditionally given to the Killeen Economic Development Corporation and the Greater Killeen Chamber of Commerce. Workman said a portion of their allocations could be shifted into the pay plan.
"I think it is time for us to take a hard look at the amount of money we give them each year," he said.
According to figures from the city, the KEDC is budgeted to receive $912,717 next year. The GKCC is projected to receive $643,642. Funding for the organizations is drawn from both the city's general fund and water and sewer fund.
The first draft budget version presented by Morrison last month called for a roughly $490,000 total shortfall between general fund expenditures and revenue.
Numerous changes have been made to figures since that time, one being a proposal to shift $500,000 from other funds and accounts into the general fund.
Factoring in that proposal with the latest version of the pay plan would bring the total shortfall to $516,000, an amount that would be bridged using general fund reserves.
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Denton: Hennigan, Magic Gear Up For Thursday's Draft
By John Denton
June 27, 2012
ORLANDO – While there continues to be uncertainty about the Orlando Magic futures of Dwight Howard, Jameer Nelson, J.J. Redick and the team's next head coach, new General Manager Rob Hennigan is absolutely certain about the kind of players he will be seeking in Thursday's NBA Draft.
``We're looking for players who love basketball and are committed to being a part of something that is greater than themselves,'' Hennigan said. ``We want guys who are going to work, be disciplined, humble and hungry to improve.''
Hired last week as the Magic's new GM, Hennigan has been working tirelessly around the clock the past six days to connect with the team's current players and also prepare for the Thursday's NBA Draft. The Magic own the No. 19 and 49 picks in the draft, but because the process is so ``fluid'' – Hennigan's description – there could be some movement higher or lower in the first and second rounds for the Magic.
Hennigan has been in talks with Howard and his representatives about the superstar center's future in Orlando, but he has chosen to keep those conversations private.
Hennigan made it clear that it's his first choice to have Howard, a five-time All-NBA selection, return to the Magic for next season. He is under contract with the Magic through next season, but the Magic would prefer that Howard commit to them long term via a signed contract extension.
``We're going to continue to evaluate where we stand and analyze all of the details, options and scenarios. I have communicated with Dwight and his representation,'' Hennigan said. ``(The talks have gone) pretty good. We've communicated, we'll continue to communicate. And for the time being I'll keep the details and specifics of those conversations confidential.''
Hennigan acknowledged that he had heard the rumors of the Houston Rockets working to acquire draft picks in order to make a play for Howard, but called such talk as ``chatter.'' He said that while the uncertainty over Howard's future with the franchise has necessitated that there be several contingency plans in place, it will have no effect on whom the Magic select in the NBA Draft.
With the No. 19 pick, the Magic could be in position to draft Andre Drummond (Connecticut) or Fab Melo (Syracuse) to give them more depth at center. Ohio State power forward Jared Sullinger could be available after plummeting because of concerns about his back. Point guard Marquis Teague (Kentucky) or shooting guards Jeremy Lamb (Connecticut) or John Jenkins (Vanderbilt) could also be options for a Magic team that needs more playmakers on the perimeter.
``It's relative as to what is available to us when we pick. The draft is a fluid thing and it sort of evolves. We'll be prepared for it,'' Hennigan said. ``We have certain players that we have targeted and we'll hopefully have a chance to select them.
``At this point we just want to draft a good player who is a good human being and embodies exactly what we're trying to build,'' Hennigan continued. ``If the player we pick is about the right things, and he will be if we pick him, he'll be able to mesh into the roster regardless of the position.''
Hennigan joked on Wednesday that he took an extended lunch break to visit the beach, which was clearly false since he's rarely left his desk the past six days. He already had a good start on his draft preparation while serving previously as Oklahoma City's assistant GM/Player Personnel Director and he's spent the past few days putting the final touches on Orlando's draft strategy.
Hennigan has also spoken extensively with Nelson and Redick, standouts last season on a Magic team that made the playoffs for a sixth consecutive season – the longest such streak in the Eastern Conference. Nelson, 30, has until Friday to decide whether or not to opt out of his contract and become an unrestricted free agent. Nelson is due $7.8 million next season, but would prefer a new contract with more long-term security.
``He has a decision coming up on Friday, and we hope that he decides to stay in Orlando, and we hope he is wearing a Magic uniform next season,'' Hennigan said.
As for Redick, the reserve shooting guard's contract for next season is nonguaranteed, meaning the Magic could waive him before July 6 and make him an unrestricted free agent. Redick said recently that he hopes to remain with the Magic and feels if he isn't traded on draft night that he will be with the team next season.
``We've been in touch with J.J. He clearly has been someone who's been an integral part of this organization for a while,'' Hennigan said. ``We look forward to continuing to get to know J.J., and we'll continue to evaluate everything, and we'll make the best decision that we feel puts our team in a position to succeed.''
As for the dizzying pace he's been working the past few days, Hennigan said he knew what was ahead of him when he accepted the position as the Magic's GM. He's been working to restructure the team's basketball operations department, has started contemplating candidates to be the Magic's next head coach and has been building relationships with the incumbent players. And beginning with Thursday's draft, Hennigan will start to make his imprint on the roster.
``The last several days have been busy to say the least, but that's something that I anticipated,'' Hennigan said. ``We'll sort through everything in time. To me, the draft is a lot of fun. It's the culmination of a year's worth of preparation. There's a lot of pressure because you don't want to work for 364 days and screw it up on the 365th day. We'll be ready for whatever comes our way.''
John Denton writes for OrlandoMagic.com. John has covered the Magic since 1997. E-mail John at firstname.lastname@example.com and follow him on Twitter at @JohnDenton555.
Note: The contents of this page have not been reviewed or endorsed by the Orlando Magic. All opinions expressed by John Denton are solely his own and do not reflect the opinions of the Orlando Magic or their Basketball Operations staff, partners or sponsors. His sources are not known to the Magic and he has no special access to information beyond the access and privileges that go along with being an NBA accredited member of the media.
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Veteran actor Anupam Kher, who features in a cameo in the TV show "24", the Indian adaptation of an eponymous foreign show, is confident that it will be a hit and a lot of shows on similar lines will start by next year.
"I enjoyed it ('24') and you all will also enjoy watching it. Next year there will be a lot of carbon copies of the show, but (channel) Colors and Anil (Kapoor) and everyone else associated with '24' will be able to say that, 'We started it'," the 58-year-old said here Thursday at the announcement of the show's telecast details.
Anil Kapoor featured in the eighth season of the international series, and he is responsible for bringing the concept here for a desi version. In the show, Anil plays the lead role of Jai Singh Rathod, the chief of anti-terrorist Unit of India.
"24" will go on air Oct 4 on Colors. It will be shocased every Friday and Saturday at 10 p.m. for 12 weeks. Anupam believes that "24" is a show that respects the audiences' sensibilities.
"This is certainly a show that respects the sensibilities of the audiences. It has been made at a professional level and shot like a film. Every person has given it his best. Everyone here is eager about the show and praising it. There must be something about it," he said.
Shabana Azmi has also done a cameo for "24", which also stars Tisca Chopra and Mandira Bedi.


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Photos of Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen Leaving Lunch in Brazil
Gisele and Tom Do Lunch in Sao Paolo After Her Twin's Earth-Loving Wedding
Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady grabbed lunch at Sao Paolo's Cafe La Musique yesterday with their son Benjamin after celebrating her twin sister Patricia's wedding over the weekend. Benjamin got dressed up in his tiny tux for the party, while Gisele and Tom were equally fancy in their respective Missoni dress and suit. Patricia's ceremony fell on the day designed by the World Wildlife Fund for Earth Hour, and since Gisele and Tom are so active on behalf of the organization the bride actually turned the lights off for an hour to observe the cause.
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text: Hello, I just installed Fedora 11 Xen PV domU on Fedora 11 Xen dom0, using virt-install like this: virt-install -n testvm -r 512 --vcpus=1 -f /dev/vg_dom0test/testvm --vnc -p -l "ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/i386/os" Installation goes fine, but after the installation is complete, and the domU gets rebooted, it will never come up again. I tried multiple times, and it's always the same. Installation starts and works fine, but after installation domU doesn't start anymore - not even after "xm destroy" and "xm start". I started investigating the problem, and from "xm log" I noticed the last line of output is about starting pygrub and nothing after that. I checked "ps aux" and noticed pygrub is there, waiting for something. "strace -p" shows it's waiting for something, and checking the status all the time. I tried running the same pygrub command from cmdline, and noticed I have to press enter before the kernel gets chosen by pygrub. After pressing enter pygrub copies the kernel/initrd/configuration and exists OK. I echoed the config from manual pygrub run to /var/run/xend/boot/xenbl.pid file, killed pygrub, and after that the after-installation-reboot continued normally.. When the domU got up I checked grub.conf from it: # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,0) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_f11domu-lv_root # initrd /initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/xvda default=0 timeout=0 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title Fedora (126.96.36.199-167.fc11.i686.PAE) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-184.108.40.206-167.fc11.i686.PAE ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_f11domu-lv_root rhgb quiet initrd /initrd-126.96.36.199-167.fc11.i686.PAE.img timeout=0 looks suspicious.. so I changed it to 5. After that domU comes up OK on its own.. I changed timeout back to 0, and pygrub gets stuck again. Is this a bug of pygrub, or a broken default grub.conf timeout value of F11? -- Pasi


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CAMPAIGN group Frack Free Families is set to visit Downing Street tomorrow.
The group, led by Salisbury mother Becky Martin, was set up to raise awareness of the fracking technique used to extract gas from the ground.
Dr Martin said: "Unconventional gas exploitation - fracking - has the potential to contaminate the water we drink, the air we breathe and the land that we rely on for food. It is a threat to public health. We should be building a cleaner future for our children, not destroying their environment and leaving a poisonous, toxic legacy."
Frack Free Families will be delivering letters, poems and messages to encourage a rethink on current support and proposals for exploratory drilling and fracking in the UK.


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Wind & Sea Restaurant Restaurant Review: From the '70s through the '90s, Wind & Sea Restaurant was one of Dana Point's best-known, harbor-side eateries and bars. Guests today will note that the cuisine has held over from its heyday. Still, the nautical theme and endless Pacific Ocean vistas make for an enjoyable experience, even if you are eating a by-the-books salad, a cup of seafood bisque, wild Alaskan halibut, or something from the inexpensive Sunday brunch buffet. The event room upstairs has standout southerly views towards the open sea. The wraparound bar attracts couples and local barflies.
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The Super Bowl is the perfect American sports event: a hodge-podge of uncomfortable truths about a society obsessed with violence but unwilling to contemplate the price being paid until it is much too late.
This was not a good week, personally, for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. President Barack Obama said that if he had a son, he would have to think long and hard about whether he would want him to play football, which was a startling broadside to a sport that wraps itself in the flag and misses no chance, however tacky, to display over-the-top patriotism. Goodell is a man overseeing a league that continues to pile up profits on the back of shattered lives and broken bodies, taking refuge in the fact that NFL fans still seem comfortable with the physical toll his players are paying but unable to stake out a position on the moral high ground. He is blessed by the sycophantic coverage his sport receives in the mainstream media.
And it was those players who saved his reputation on Sunday night. It wasn't the first power outage at a sports event and as anybody who has seen a World Series game rained or snowed out can tell you, stuff happens. Mother nature or the power company doesn't always go along with your best-laid plans. But for a league that controls its message the way the NFL controls its message, a 35-minute delay in the third quarter is a monumental embarrassment. Unlike other championships that aren't played at a pre-determined site, the NFL has months to get everything ready at the host site for its jewel event.
But the San Francisco 49ers saved Goodell. Even in losing 34-31 to the Baltimore Ravens, they saved him. Led by their splendid second-year quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, the 49ers came out of the stoppage with a 17-point outburst that took a lop-sided rout and turned it into a game that stands up with some of the most memorable Super Bowls of all-time. But with less than two minutes left to play, another inconvenient truth revealed itself, one specific to the game of football: It takes a special coach to fight against the natural instinct to become conservative when the game gets tight, and 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh isn't that special. Four times his team had a shot at the end-zone with time running down and the ball on the seven-yard line, a tailor-made setup for Kaepernick's running abilities, which was a major reason the 49ers were there to begin with. But Kaepernick ran four pass plays, turning the ball over on downs with Harbaugh left to cry about a defensive holding penalty that went uncalled. Classic over-coaching.
Power outage aside, the Super Bowl offered up its usual over-the-top fare: preening, self-absorbed athletes and an over-produced half-time show. The good news is that Beyonce apparently didn't lip-synch, settling this time for the more arduous task of holding the same note for 15 minutes. The better news is that the Super Bowl's Most Valuable Player was Joe Flacco, the Ravens decidedly unsexy quarterback who beat two Hall of Famers (Peyton Manning and Tom Brady) this postseason as well as two of the prototypical young, stud quarterbacks that turned the NFL on its head in 2012: Andrew Luck of the Indianapolis Colts and Kaepernick.
Flacco took some of the spotlight away from Ray Lewis, which is a good thing. This was Lewis's final game and for once he didn't seem to suck up all the oxygen. Barry Bonds's name can't get written without a comma followed by something about steroid use; but Lewis seldom sees his involvement in a double murder 13 years ago mentioned any more. We are all suckers for a tale of redemption, more so when it involves a football player. Lewis pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and was fined $250,000 and sentenced to 12 months probation and has since then used religious beliefs to confound any discussion of the matter.
In a taped interview that aired Sunday on CBS, Lewis was asked by Shannon Sharpe what he would say to a family member of the murdered men, whose families have long believed that Lewis skated away from the incident. "It's simple," Lewis responded. "God has never made a mistake. That's just who He is. You see? And if our system, this is the sad thing about our system – if our system took the time to really investigate what happened 13 years ago, maybe they would have got to the bottom line truth. To the family, if you knew – if you really knew – the way God works, He don't use people who commits anything like that for His good. No way. It's the total opposite."
Boomer Esiason, one of Sharpe's co-panelists on the CBS pre-game show, was surprisingly critical of the answer. "He was involved in a double murder and I'm not so sure he gave us all the answers we were looking for," said Esiason. "He knows what went on there. He can obviously just come out and say it. He doesn't want to say it. He paid off the families – I get all that, that's fine … I'm not so sure I buy the answer."
Not many people do. But then, what does being an NFL fan mean other than one continual search to make peace with the league and the damage wrought by the game. Like sausage, best not to know what's gone into what you're consuming.
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Cochlear nucleus neuron
|Cochlear nucleus neuron
|A neuron with cell soma located in the cochlear nuclear complex or any part of the cochlear nuclear complex
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|Cochlear nucleus (dorsal) Golgi cell
|deep cerebellar nucleus GABAergic cell
DCN Gabaergic cell
Dorsal cochlear nucleus gabaergic cell
|Dorsal cochlear nucleus
|Cochlear nucleus (dorsal) pyramidal neuron
|Excitatory neurotransmitter
|fusiform cell
dorsal cochlear nucleus pyramidal cell
|Bipolar neuron in dorsal cochlear nucleus, whose cell bodies form a band in the pyramidal cell layer. Characterized by a spiny apical dendritic tree in the molecular layer and a smooth basal dendritic tree in the deep layer. The apical dendrites have many branches which are contacted by parallel fibers from granule cells, whereas the basal dendrites have few branches and receive inputs from the auditory nerve.
|Cochlear nuclear complex
|Cochlear nucleus (dorsal) stellate cell
|Dorsal cochlear nucleus
|Cochlear nucleus (dorsal) unipolar brush cell
|DCN glutamatergic cell
Dorsal cochlear nucleus glutamatergic cell
|Unipolar brush cells are characterized by having one dendrite that terminates in a paintbrush-like structure of dendrioles that receives input from a single mossy fiber terminal. The axon usually emanates from the opposite pole, branches 1-3 times and ends in mossy terminals. They were defined by E. Mugnaini and his colleagues in the 1990s.
|Dorsal cochlear nucleus
|Cochlear nucleus (dorsal) vertical cell
|tuberculoventral cell
vertical cell
corn cell
|Intrinsic neuron found in the deep layer of the dorsal cochlear nucleus, whose cell bodies and dendrites are intermingled among the basal dendritic trees of pyramidal cells. Their dendrites are smooth and lie in the plane of an isofrequency sheet; in sections in standard planes, parts of the dendrites are cut so they appear to be oriented vertically, perpendicular to the plane of the layers. They are inhibitory and use glycine as a neurotransmitter.
|Dorsal cochlear nucleus deep layer
|Cochlear nucleus (ventral) globular bushy cell
|The distinction between globular and spherical bushy cells was originally reported by Osen on the basis of a difference in the shape of the cell bodies. Globular bushy cells lie in and around the root of the auditory nerve. Their axons project to the contralateral medial nucleus of the trapezoid body (MNTB), innervating principal cells with a calyx of Held.
|Ventral cochlear nucleus
|Cochlear nucleus (ventral) multipolar D cell
|D multipolar cell
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onset-chopper responses to tones
radial stellate
wide-band inhibitor
|One of two types of multipolar or stellate cells, D stellate cells are glycinergic inhibitory neurons named for having an axon that projects dorsalward into the dorsal cochlear nucleus and that exits through the intermediate acoustic stria to innervate the contralateral cochlear nucleus. Axons have widespread collaterals in the ventral cochlear nucleus and in the deep layer of the dorsal cochlear nucleus.
|Ventral cochlear nucleus
|Cochlear nucleus (ventral) multipolar T cell
|T multipolar cell
T stellate cell
type I
planar multipolar
|Principal cells of the ventral cochlear nucleus are named for having the axon exit the cochlear nucleus through the Trapezoid body. A band of dendrites in an isofrequency lamina receives input from a small number of auditory nerve fibers. Sharp tuning is enhanced by sideband inhibition. The population of T stellate cells encodes the spectra of sounds.
|Ventral cochlear nucleus
|Cochlear nucleus (ventral) multipolar cell
|Multipolar neuron located in the ventral cochlear nucleus with multiple long dendrites extending from the cell soma. Two subclasses (D and T) are recognzed based on their alignment with auditory nerve fibers. Both types have axon collaterals that terminate locally near the cell soma.
|Cochlear nuclear complex
|Cochlear nucleus (ventral) octopus cell
|Ventral cochlear nucleus octopus cell
octopus cell
|Large neuron located in the octopus cell area of the posterior division of the ventral cochlear nucleus (called dorsal tail of the ventral cochlear nucleus by Cajal and nucleus interfascicularis by Lorente de No), whose dendrites emanate from one side of the cell body, giving them a shape reminiscent of an octopus.
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Dorsal tail of ventral cochlear nucleus
Nucleus interfascicularis
|Cochlear nucleus (ventral) spherical bushy cell
|Bushy neuron
Bushy cell
ventral cochlear nucleus bushy cell
|Bushy cells in the anteroventral cochlear nucleus have one to four primary dendrites which branch profusely, giving them a "bushy" appearance. They project to the superior olivary nuclei. They carry information that is used to localize sounds in the azimuthal plane. Three types of bushy cells differ in the shapes of their somata and in their patterns of projection. The cell somata of these neurons have been described as "spherical" in the anterior division of the AVCN and "globular" in the posterior division of the AVCN. Large spherical bushy cells project to the medial superior olivary nuclei bilaterally, globular bushy cells project to the contralateral medial nucleus of the trapezoid body. Small spherical bushy cells project to the vicinity of the ipsilateral lateral superior olivary nucleus but it is not yet clear which cells are their targets. Their inputs from the spiral (cochlear) ganglion arise via the end bulbs of Held.
|Ventral cochlear nucleus
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In the week ended July 10, "Hide and Seek" thriller has been sold 2.5 million copies, shooting to the top of the sales and rental charts in its debutREAD MORE
"Come out, come out, wherever you are!"
That command is familiar to everyone who has played the children's game, Hide and Seek. The words and game take us back to an innocent, carefree time in our lives, where the simple goal was to find hiding playmates. Many children could even enjoy a spirited game with imaginary friends.
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For young Emily Callaway, her games of Hide and Seek with an imaginary friend named Charlie have become anything but simple and innocent. Instead, she finds herself in the middle of a series of increasingly nightmarish acts that even her father David cannot stop. Who -- or what -- is Charlie? David wonders. How can an "imaginary" entity have this kind of hold on her? Maybe Charlie is not imaginary at all, but instead a flesh-and-blood, malevolent presence?
Academy Award winner Robert De Niro stars as David Callaway, a troubled father and widower in the suspense-thriller "Hide and Seek," and Dakota Fanning portrays his young daughter Emily, who is hiding an incredible secret. As the story opens, Callaway's wife Alison (Amy Irving) dies suddenly, traumatizing Emily. Father and daughter move to Upstate New York to distance Emily from the memories of her life in Manhattan with her mother. Soon thereafter, Emily develops a friendship with Charlie. At first, David sees Charlie as a positive way for Emily to express herself, but a series of terrifying acts lead him to imagine the unimaginable: Charlie may actually be real... and if so, he must be stopped.


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Brief sexual dialogue and nudity from Cameron Diaz (her bare butt is shown quite a bit).One very highly erotic dance sequence with women wearing alluring costumes, revealing buttocks and cleavage, and doing suggestive moves, including rubbing against a man.We see a close up of Lucy Liu's butt in very tight jeans.Cameron Diaz is shown wearing a fur coat and a very short skirt. She rides a mechanical bull. We see her thighs and a bit of her bare butt as she rides it vigorously and cheerfully. The skirt hikes up revealing her panties that only partially cover her bare buttocks.We see Cameron Diaz in a bikini on the beach. The bikini bottoms only partially cover her bare butt. We see one closeup shot of her butt. Demi Moore wears a similar bikini that reveals the same things.There is a scene at a strip club, in which Cameron Diaz is seen wearing a thong, with her bare buttocks visible. She ends up stripped down naked but no graphic detail is seen.Many kiss scenes, several men are bare chested.There is much sexual dialogue throughout, including a scene where Diaz says she wants to "ride it rough and hard" and speaks about getting wet.Demi Moore is seen in lingerie and a fur coat.
The beginning is violent but comedic.A man looks outside of his jet, and sees dead bodies everywhere.A man is shot in the head at close range.The motorbike scene is violent: A man is stabbed by a knife, people are engulfed in small explosions, people hit by walls, guns are used.A man is found dead in his home from strangulation.A woman is engulfed in an explosion, killing her.A man is stabbed by a sword, and falls off of a building. Another man gets glass in his face, and he falls down, impaling him and the stabbed man together.Two men are electrocuted.The car chase scenes are very violent, eventually leaving sights of blood and gore.A woman has a small piece of glass in her stomach, and she pulls it out, screaming in pain.The fight scenes are very intense and violent, especially the ship scene, in which a woman is punched hard in the face by a man. This and other violent details, however, are only present in the Uncut Version.
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Munich, Germany
Strolling through a charming Christkindlmarkt at dusk, when shadows stretch and the already-chilly air cuts deeper, I feel as if I'm living a Christmas carol.
Take your pick. O Tannenbaum. White Christmas. Silent Night. The lyrics bounce easily from memory, some even in German painstakingly taught by a long-ago Sunday school teacher.
Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!
Alles schlaft; einsam wacht . . .
And then, all is bright.
The phrase plays in my mind as I wander among the wooden stalls of Christmas tree ornaments, nutcrackers, handmade wooden toys, giant pretzels, spicy gingerbread, and woolen scarves and mittens. Strands of lights dally against the inky sky and I am alternately freezing to death and warmed by a Christmas spirit I haven't felt in years.
Even the cheeks of the revelers who've had a few too many steaming mugs of gluhwein look merry and bright. Not sure how that plays in the morning when the alarm clock screeches, but right now, in the glow of festive lights, everything looks immeasurably cheery.
I'm floating in a snow globe.
All around me are enchanting sights and sounds and smells. Tightly bundled children race around socializing parents. Adults walk arm in arm, keeping warm and locked together amid scrums of shoppers. Bells clang from ancient church steeples and the glockenspiels of neo-Gothic city halls. Aromas, sweet and savory, come in waves. The cinnamon and orange of mulled wine (that's the gluhwein) on one aisle meet the greasy-delicious smell of sizzling wurst on another.
Then there are the guys selling heiss maroni — chestnuts roasted over an open fire.
Again, the Christmas carols.
Tradition and gingerbread
All over Germany and Austria, from major city to tiny village, outdoor Christmas markets — Christkindlmarkts — spring up around Advent. The big markets are open every day, the smaller ones on the weekend, but all are at their most beautiful at night.
The tradition goes back hundreds of years, and today millions of people stroll the brightly lit lanes and shop for Christmas gifts and decorations. Or nibble kartoffelpuffers (potato pancakes) and chocolate-covered fruit on sticks. Banana slices and strawberries are the most popular.
This year, during our Thanksgiving week and the week after, we visited more than 15 markets, stretching from Vienna to Salzburg and Munich and north to Nuremberg, possibly the area's most famous market and certainly one of the oldest. It's the capital of lebkuchen (gingerbread), which has been baked there since 1395.
The markets are as charming to locals as they are to tourists. Some are highly commercial; a circle of stalls in front of a train station may make some money but the setup is hardly authentic.
By 5:30 p.m., the stalls selling gluhwein and punsch, another hot spirited drink that comes in many flavors, are jammed with the post-work crowd. I steer clear of the punsch stands as the night wears on because things tend to get a little rowdy.
For those who don't want a buzz, try the kinderpunsch, the spiced apple cider meant for children (Even if you don't speak German, there are clues to the meanings of those megalong words. Think kindergarten and you'll understand kinderpunsch).
The opening of the markets heralds the holiday season and all the special foods and gifts that come with it. This weekend will be especially crowded because the markets close for the year on Christmas Eve. For most Austrians and Germans, that is the night the gifts are opened.
When the stalls are packed away and the new year comes, it can be a long, dreary wait until spring.
Christkindlmarkt flavor
Each market has its own flair and specialties, and if you're lucky enough to visit when they are dusted with snow, the tangle of stalls becomes even more magical. You are, after all, visiting the countries that gave the world the Christmas ornament and Silent Night.
The biggest and perhaps most famous market is in Nuremberg, where a Christmas angel with flowing yellow curls topped by a gold crown visits daily to hand out treats to children. It attracts more than 2-million visitors each year to browse the goods sold under distinctive candy-cane striped canopies. I find the wares here more tempting than at any other market. Handmade tiles of German scenes and lederhosen-clad villagers make it into my suitcase, as does a metal cuckoo clock ornament. And a little ceramic cat. And a book of paper dolls, Weihnachten Mit Clara.
Nowhere else will you find the pint-sized grilled wursts — about as big as your ring finger — called "drei im weggla" because you get three on a bun.
In Munich, near the neo-Gothic Rathaus, or city hall, there's a market that specializes in Nativity scene figures, made from wood, clay or porcelain. Pick the baby Jesus you want to go with the Mary you like best. There are even tiny battery-operated lanterns to hang in the stable. The huge market in front of city hall bustles with big-city energy. On a rainy evening, the lights burn even brighter, making the bitter cold more tolerable.
Vienna is flush with Christmas markets, from small neighborhood gatherings to a funky, hippie market in an area of the city flanked with Biedermeier architecture to the expansive main market in Rathausplatz. City Hall is transformed into a looming Advent calendar, with windows decorated for each date. Even the trees are draped with lighted balls. A motorized train carts visitors from one side to the other.
In Vienna, my favorite was a small market we found not far from the Rathaus on Alser Strasse, "near the old hospital," a helpful bellhop at our hotel told us. Like nearly every market we visited, we found it on foot, and were entertained for nearly an hour by a four-person horn ensemble playing familiar Christmas music, including Jingle Bells and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
I fell in love with Salzburg, the city where Mozart was born and lived until he was a teenager. The composer, it is said, found Salzburg stifling but I am completely smitten. The old city is highly walkable and the main pedestrian thoroughfare, the Getreidegasse, is lined with designer shops (lots of sales there these days) and places to stop for food. The house where Mozart was born in 1756 is also there.
The Salzburg Christmas market spills from the plaza in front of the Salzburg Cathedral, where Mozart's parents were married and which was heavily damaged in World War II, to the adjacent plaza near the town's glockenspiel. An outdoor ice skating rink nestles next to the composer's statue in Mozartplatz. High above the city is the Hohensalzburg Fortress, which affords fantastic views.
There is also a lovely market at Hellbrunn Castle, just south of Salzburg. A long lane lined with stalls opens up to a courtyard with a circle of stalls, selling sweet treats and handmade wooden toys. Sound of Music fans will be thrilled to see the gazebo used in the movie. It has been moved several times and is now encased in glass, so no one can twirl about inside. It seems some eager Americans have been injured jumping from bench to bench while singing Sixteen Going on Seventeen. (You learn all this if you take the Sound of Music tour. More on that in accompanying story, Page 6L.)
In the country
While the big-city Christkindlmarkts have the wow factor, the cozy markets of small villages sweep you off your feet. They aren't easy to find, but we hired a local Salzburg tour company to drive us into Austria's Salzkammergut (lake district) to visit some out-of-the-way markets.
On one of the lakes, Wolfgangsee, are three towns, each with picturesque markets. For a small fee, you can take a boat across the lake to each one. In St. Gilgen, I found myself wondering, Could any place on Earth really be this cute?
The stalls wind through the village, passing homes and small hotels that look like gingerbread houses. This is the town where Mozart's mother was born and it feels like maybe nothing has changed. Except for the price of property. The international headquarters for Red Bull is nearby.
On the other end of the lake, Strobl evokes the same feeling. Large wooden figures point skyward to shooting stars, and animals in small pens come close for a little sugar. Well, except for the reindeer, which keep a suspicious distance. One memorable moment: A large tricolored basset hound sitting perfectly still for a photo in a wooden manger.
Our guide took us to two small, rural markets in Ebenau and Guggenthal, neither far from Salzburg. The lovely little Ebenau market, open only on weekends, has six stalls and an overflowing spirit. Cannon blasts herald the opening of the market on the first afternoon, followed by a procession of singing children carrying candles. In the evening, fires burn in large metal drums to keep everyone warm when the punsch doesn't.
Up the hill in Guggenthal, the market raises money for the town's Catholic church. It hasn't snowed for a few days, but there is still a foot or so on the ground. It's the first time in the market's 25-year history that anyone can remember visitors who spoke only English.
But the scene needs no translation. Christmas is coming and the lights and lightness of spirits tell us that. At this small Christkindlmarkt in the Austrian Alps, my cheeks aflame and wool coat tugged tight, the beloved old carols come to life.
Janet K. Keeler can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or (727) 893-8586.