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- September 12:
- September 12:
- September 3: Heihachi will be in the upcoming public beta.
- August 17: Version 2.00 released.
Known bugs/glitches
- There are occasional freezing issues, try not to use the XMB at all while the game is playing or loading.
- Level 3 supers freeze the match often, prepare for hatemail if you're the perpetrator. (prepare for hatemail period if you play as Sly)
- Incorrect victory poses.
- Music can go silent in the character select screen. Exit back to title screen to restart it.
- Sometimes you can't pick up items.
Beta version 2.00 changes
- Background wave in the menu is blue/purple now
- Slight touches to the loading screen, you can see which player you are before you enter an online match
- Victory screen has the stage in the background
- The number 3 in the super meter gauge is now on fire
- Items have an aura around them, making them more visible
- Spear of Destiny added
- Supers are rebalanced, you can hit characters out of certain super animations
- Characters have a new dizzy animation
- If you stay in the lower area/water of Sandover Village for too long, you get teleported back up in a dizzy state
- When you attack a blocking opponent, you now earn a little bit of AP
Welcome to the PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Beta Thread 2.0! Post here to brag about your victories, tell fellow Gaffers that they're cheap and untalented Sly Cooper players, or simply share your mind about the game! Plenty of people have tried it out now and the general concensus is that it is a very fun game; even skeptics who assumed this was a blatant rip-off were convinced otherwise. Not only that, the online play is very smooth, asides from the occasional teleporting in certain matches. You can scroll down to read GAF impressions, character tactics, move lists, informative videos and the list of players
who you can grief.
How to enter the beta
The beta will be available in the fall, Plus members have access to it earlier. You can also download it in the Hong Kong store as a Plus exclusive download. Or you could be lucky and receive an email invite from Sony. If you're already in the private beta, then you also have access to the public beta that's coming in the Fall.
If you haven't kept up with the development of the game and have no clue what this game is about, I'll bring you up to speed real quick with this here section.
Rules of the game
- 4 player free-for-all
- Win the 3-minute match by earning the highest score
- Each kill is +2 points, each death -1
- Kill opponents with super attacks
- Keep attacking opponents to earn AP that fill your super gauge
- Super gauge has 3 levels: level 1 supers are hard to kill with and level 3 supers the easiest
Left Analog Stick/D-Pad: Movement
Direction on Right Analog Stick: Throw
X: Jump
Square: Attack 1
Triangle: Attack 2
Circle: Attack 3
L1: Block
L2: Taunt
R1: Item pick-up/drop
R2: Super Attack
L1 + Left Analog Stick/D-Pad movement: Evading/Rolling
Here are the available characters and their reworked move lists. Special thanks to tribal24 and others for the information. Also thanks to the anonymous IGN member for ripping off the design of the original move list down to a T and using it for their wiki without crediting tribal24. Ripped off their move list table design in return. What is it with this game and rip-offs? Geez.
JStein0222 is perhaps the most prominent beta player here on GAF, just ask any person who got his ass kicked by him. In this section, he'll break down every character in full detail. You can find information here that's not only useful to new people, but more advanced players as well. Listed below are the pros and cons of each character, click the link to read the detailed breakdown. JStein0222's Write Ups.
Originally Posted by JStein0222
This Versatile Spartan Warrior Is Pissed Because This Game Isn't Rated M
- Strong combo efficient attacks have long range
- Variety of moves for any distance/angle
- Insane level 3 super
- Level 1 and 2 supers are just okay. Moreso the level 2.
- Bald
The Up Close And Personal Rapper Who Will Make You Believe In Yourself
- Very accessible fighter, good for beginners.
- Quick melee moves
- Excellent straightforward supers that are easy to land
- Parappa is an awesome character
- Not very ranged or varied moveset making him more predictable.
- Has a hard time dealing with more ranged attackers like Radec and Kratos.
A Thief That Leaves The Opposition Confused, Disoriented And Broke
- a ton of movement options lead to awesome avoidance abilities.
- quick cane attacks are sweet
- Being invisible is really useful for offense and defense
- Level 1 super is great.
- Has no long range attacks
- Helpless when dealing with mid-close range physical attacks
- Level 3 super is meh
This Colonel Has A Very Huge Personal Space And Will Shoot Anyone Who Enters It
- Long Range attacks have great knockback and build a ton of meter
- Low level supers can kill from long range, so you know you won't be counter supered.
- A lot of different attacks; keep foes guessing.
- Bad Ass catchphrases
- Slow. Can be annoying when you need to get to the other side of the stage.
- No movement options like other characters. Can basically only run and jump which makes it harder to avoid getting killed by supers.
- Doesn't have the same up close combo ability as the other characters, strong attacks push people away.
Assassin, Racer And A Clown: This Tough Guy Has Quite A Resume
- Strong meter building attacks
- A lot of tricky attacks to keep foes guessing
- Level 3 super can score a ton of kills.
- Level 1/2 supers are harder to land than most
- Not a lot of mobility options
- Big hit box
The Above Average Princess Who Can Work The Crowd
- Easy to combo with
- Area of effect moves, good for groups
- Easy to land supers
- Lacks range
- Not a ton of moveset variation
- Obese
- Has stage 2 diabetes
Man-is-Obsolete also did some write ups, here is a snippet of his favorite, Fat Princess:
- Great at chaining combos, especially juggling.
- Can rain death from above with bombs and a very effective but stomp that can be used to lead into a combo. Also the Warrior attack out of the air can be chained into a combo.
- Throw swings opponent around and can hit others around you
- Outside of the Belly Dash mobility isn't great.
- Is a character that will require patience and blocking to be effective
- Have to work for your AP, slightly slow gainer (heh heh).
Below are some official description videos by Sony. They briefly explain moves, strategies and fighting styles of the characters. Very useful, worth checking out for the beginners.
Fat Princess
Sly Cooper
Sweet Tooth
Originally Posted by PSY・S
I guess my main issue with the game right now is that you can only keep track of everything if you stay visually focused on everything, and that's difficult to do in such a chaotic game.
Banner is self-explanatory, post your info in the thread and I will include it in the list unless you're a total shithead, then I don't owe you anything. For the sake of convenience, follow this layout (don't forget to bold):
Your GAF name / PSN ID / Country
It's sadly not possible to invite friends to matches, but this serves as a reference if you saw a worthy Gaffer online and you want to
stalkbefriend him.
North America/South America/Canada
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k_Reign / k_Reign / US
The Grim Heaper / TheGrimHeaper / US
Sarcastic Response / renewman1 / US
JStein0222 / jsnake22 / NA
TimeEffect / Alpha-Male22 / NA
SmithnCo / smithnco / NA
MyMyAxaco / GottaBeat / NA
jondabomb / jondabomb / NA
Tribal24 / Tribal24 / NA
Jonboy / jonboy_jlf_2004 / NA
jtir123 / jtir123 / NA
baekshi / sharingan_itachi / us
Drago / PokeDrago / US
Fancy Corndog / Malpractice / US
Jakfu / Jafku / US
LuuKyK / LuuKyK / Brazil
Miutsu / Miutsu / Venezuela
PSY・S / SuP3RiViAIN / US
Solidus51 / solidus51 / east coast USA
Tagg9 / TaggSte / BC, Canada
Ploid 3.0 / Ploid / Central USA
Cyborg009 / Jimmy-DeBABA / USA
IntelliHeath / IntelliHeath / US
SykoTech / SykoTech / US
CryoLombax / Timberland2K7 / US
Gorillaz / EboyWasHere / US
Oyashiro-Sama / FFVIIguy / US
thepotatoman / thepotatoman / US
ScraftyDevil / emeraldphoenix7 / Canada
Man-is-obsolete / Man-is-obsolete / USA
Figboy79 / Figboy / US
xkillthemx / killthem16 / NA
paskowitz / thepatriots / US
lolez2matt / lolez2matt / Chile
Kal Balboa / FoomMan / USA
Pai Pai Master / PaiPai / USA
libregkd / libregkd / USA
B.O.O.M / rathne / U.S.A
cool_trainer / cool_trainer / USA
Byronic Hero / MAST2DAA / US
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Drencrom / Drencrom / Sweden
Acquiescence / Acquiescence / England
Napalm_Frank / NapalmFrank / Fin
Grokbu / Grokbu / Sweden
TurkishEmperor / TurkishEmperor / EU
#1 defender / everlong416 / EU
Leezard / Fysik-orange / Sweden
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The Yucatan was once a powerful Mayan center, making it the go-to state to see and experience notable ancient Mayan ruins. The famous ruins of Chichen Itza are located in the heart of the Yucatan, as well as some lesser known but impressive archaeological sites such as Uxmal, Ek Balam and Dzibilchaltun. Yucatan is a history buff's paradise and a great place to deepen your knowledge of the Maya. In addition to the historical and cultural sites located in the area, visitors will enjoy sustainable tourism activities in the Biosphere Reserves of Celestun and Rio Lagartos. Both reserves are home to hundreds of flamingos, turtles and migratory birds year-round. To add to the glory found inland, the cenotes or fresh water sink-holes in the Yucatan offer a different experience to those found in the Riviera Maya.
The Yucatan is a diverse, culturally rich state with many different adventures and experiences for travelers and visitors. Use the State of the Yucatan as your home base or make day trips to the villages and cities from the beaches of the Riviera Maya.
Merida is the cultural and artistic center of the Yucatan Peninsula, as well as the capital of Yucatan state. When the Spanish invaded Merida, the original Mayan city was called Th'o. Though it is a large city, Merida retains a distinct small town charm in the centro historico where narrow streets are lined with colorful colonial facades. The zocalo and city center is a lively cultural hub, presided over by the cathedral, San Ildefonso. A variety of galleries, museums, markets and theaters will keep cultural enthusiasts entertained. Foodies will enjoy the diverse selection of restaurants influenced by Spanish, Mayan, Yucatecan and European cuisines.
Izamal is definitely worth a visit, either as a stop-over on the way to Merida from Cancun, or as a day trip from the capital. Its yellow painted buildings are extremely photogenic, and the Franciscan monastery is an outstanding tour. There are some unattended Mayan ruins on the outskirts of the city center. Horse drawn carriages line up around the zocalo to take you for a tour of the city during your stay.
Valladolid is the third largest town on the Yucatan Peninsula. This city has a charming colonial center with impressive cathedrals, a pretty zocalo and picturesque streets in the centro historico. There is a large cenote minutes from the city center called Cenote Zaci where visitors can enjoy a swim, lunch and a tour of this freshwater cavern. Valladolidid is becoming a hot destination with the ever-increasing artistic culture calling this colonial city home.
Foot loose and fancy free has always been the adventure travelers' credo. Travel light and softly so when you do find your special place in the sun you don't trample it. Isla Holbox is one of those fragile, precious places, a little gem that takes you back to the days of no cars, beach roads and beautiful sunsets. In the Summer don't miss swimming with the whale sharks, while winters bring great breezes for kite boarding.
Mérida is the cultural heart and soul of the Yucatan. With a history starting with the Maya, leading to Spanish conquistadors and continuing with henequin plantations, this historic city offers you insights into a rich culture, incredible cuisine and friendly people. Mérida will give you an understanding about Mexico you will not find anywhere else.
This little town takes you back in time to the charms and simpler life of old Mexico. Rio Lagartos, a small fishing and ecotourism village on the Gulf Coast, is life. This untouched area is a different kind of paradise.
Valladolid, located approximately half way between Riviera Maya cities and the capital city of Merida, is a colonial Yucatan city packed with historical, natural and cultural treasures. With a picturesque historical center, impressive cathedrals and a lively zocalo, it is definitely worth a stop to absorb the culture and colonial atmosphere.
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Windows Phone third party Instagram app 6tag gets new features in update to version 1.6
0. phoneArena posted on 07 Oct 2013, 03:44
Considered to be one of the best third party Instagram apps in the Windows Phone Store, 6tag has received an update to version 1.6 that makes it even better. One of the new features allows you to select part of a picture to be 'blurred'; the manual blurring is supposed to convey a sense of motion or action on a picture. Developer Rudy Huyn has posted a 41 second YouTube video showing off this capability and you can view it yourself below...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. N-fanboy (Posts: 543; Member since: 12 Jan 2013)
We've been hearing of this 'offical' app for instagram for a while now, don't really care coz i don't use it but... I don't get it why it takes a while for apps to arrive at wp. Is it hard to write apps for wp?
2. cc3493 (Posts: 158; Member since: 06 Jul 2013)
They don't believe its a good investment i suppose...
3. itsdeepak4u2000 (Posts: 3718; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
4. Sadman_Hossain (Posts: 18; Member since: 01 Oct 2013)
This is a much needed feature in the official Instagram app for iOS and Android.
5. shadez10 (Posts: 427; Member since: 15 Jan 2012)
i hope this update will fix the facebook integration as for the last update i cant connect my facebook to 6tag.
6tag is way better than the official IG app IMO... :)
6. CX3NT3_713 (Posts: 2287; Member since: 18 Apr 2011)
Thats nice :-)


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Bucs' Nutting reiterates ownership stance
As principal owner Bob Nutting tightened his grip on the Pirates the past three years, he rejected at least two opportunities to sell the franchise.
Last September, Penguins owners Ron Burkle and Mario Lemieux met with Nutting and tried to convince him to sell. Previously, Pittsburgh attorney Chuck Greenberg, who owns the Pirates' Single-A affiliate in State College, made a similar inquiry.
Both offers were rebuffed — proof, Nutting said Saturday, of his commitment to long-term ownership.
"I cannot reiterate strongly enough that the Pittsburgh Pirates are not for sale, nor have they ever been for sale since I assumed control of the ballclub," Nutting wrote in an e-mail to the Tribune-Review.
Once a minority partner in Kevin McClatchy's ownership group, Nutting became principal owner before the 2007 season. After buying out other members, Nutting controls about 75 percent of the club.
The Pirates have not had a winning season since 1992. After Nutting took control, the front office was revamped and popular veteran players were traded for younger talent.
"We've gone through too much to get the team into position where it can be a championship-caliber team again for Bob to bail before the job's done," team president Frank Coonelly said.
Nutting did not specifically rule out adding new investors to his group.
"The ownership group has certainly changed over time, and I am sure that it will continue to evolve," Nutting wrote. "But what is most important to understand is that I am committed to the long-term success of this organization and seeing our plan through."
Nutting also said the status of baseball's Collective Bargaining Agreement, which expires after the 2011 season, will not affect his ownership status.
"I have a great deal of faith that commissioner (Bud) Selig and his office will continue to be very effective protecting the long-term interests of the game, both in the upcoming CBA and in the future," Nutting wrote. "I can't foresee any change in the upcoming agreement that would change my commitment to the Pirates."
Penguins sources say Burkle went into his meeting with Nutting ready to discuss the parameters of a sale price. However, Nutting insisted no former offer was ever made by Burkle or Lemieux.
Last year, Forbes magazine estimated the value of the Pirates to be $288 million. By comparison, the Texas Rangers, whose sale to Greenberg's group should be completed this spring, are expected to fetch around $500 million.
Yesterday, Lemieux attended a Penguins workout at Southpointe but declined to speak with reporters. Penguins players who had heard about the possibility of an ownership merger with the Pirates seemed enthusiastic.
"I think it would be great," center Sidney Crosby said. "I could take batting practice."
According to sources close to Burkle, he and Lemieux remain interested in buying the Pirates, despite Nutting's initial veto.
Neither Burkle nor Lemieux has explained the specific reasons for their interest in the Pirates. But the potential business benefits for the teams, which already share FSN Pittsburgh as their television rights-holder, could be immense.
"It would give them a presence for the whole year," said John Clark, director of the sport management program at Robert Morris University. "From a purely business point of view, it is intriguing and it does make sense."
A Pirates-Penguins venture wouldn't unseat the Steelers' from the top market position locally, Clark said. But it would allow ownership to cross-promote, more easily acquire and share corporate sponsors, give it increased leverage with concert promoters and create new merchandising options.
According to Clark, such a deal also would broaden the market demographics for a Pirates-Penguins entity. The Penguins' brand is very strong with young adults, especially college-age sports consumers. The Pirates' demographic tends to be more popular with older, more traditional fans.
"This would allow (ownership) to have a better toehold on the whole market," Clark said.
Dual-sport ownership already exists in several other markets. In Detroit, pizza czar Mike Illitch owns the MLB Tigers and NHL Red Wings. In Toronto, Maple Leaf Sports Entertainment runs the NHL Maple Leafs and NBA Raptors. In Chicago, Jerry Reinsdorf, a former real estate mogul, owns the MLB White Sox and NBA Bulls. In New York, James Dolan, who runs Cablevision, owns the NHL Rangers and NBA Knicks.
Clark noted that a Pirates-Penguins ownership would be in a stronger position than owners in some of those larger markets because Pittsburgh fans have fewer entertainment options.
"What's really interesting about this market is, everyone is a fan of every sports team here," Clark said. "In New York, you may root for either the Rangers or the Islanders or the Devils. You may root for the Mets or the Yankees."


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Marvelous Melmo (ふしぎなメルモ Fushigi na Merumo?) is a magical girl manga and anime by Osamu Tezuka. This series centered around Melmo, a nine-year-old girl whose mother is killed in an auto accident and has to then take care of her two younger brothers (Totoo and Touch). While in Heaven the children's mother is given one wish. Her wish is that her children will be allowed to grow up more quickly than usual since their lives as children will be difficult without their parents.
Melmo's mother is permitted to visit her as a ghost and gives Melmo a bottle of candy given to her by God. The blue candy turns Melmo into a lovely 19-year-old version of herself, while the red candy turns her back into a child. Combining the two turns her first into a fetus, then into an animal of her choosing. When Melmo ages from 9 to 19 her clothes don't grow with her, usually resulting either in shredded clothes, or skin-tight children's clothes on the body of an adult woman, leaving little to the imagination (for this reason the series was one of the first to make regular use of the now-common panchira, or "panty shot"). This was only the case of the anime; the manga had Melmo's clothes change with her into whatever she desired (ranging from a police uniform to a fairy costume). A total of 26 animated episodes were produced, which aired from 1971 to 1972.
Although most of the episodes of the anime revolve around adventure stories, Tezuka intended the series to also function as a kind of introductory sex education for children. That being the case, not surprisingly the series only aired in Japan and Italy (as I bon bon magici di Lilly). When the manga first appeared in 1970 it was originally titled Mamaa-chan. However, by the time the anime debuted in 1971 the name of the main character was changed to "Melmo" (derived from "metamorphose") due to "Mamaa" having been previously trademarked. Many Japanese parents reportedly hated the show since it raised many questions from children that parents were uncomfortable with answering.
- Melmo also known as Lilly
- Melmo is a kind-hearted young girl who is frequently torn between her actual age and the things she encounters and wants as her older self (for example, a boyfriend or a husband, or to be able to breast-feed her baby brother Touch). The 19-year-old Melmo is quite beautiful and men frequently fall in love with her. In the last few episodes of the series Melmo's 19-year-old self acquires a boyfriend, Jiro, who she eventually marries. During the final episode - and several years after Melmo's and Jiro's wedding - Melmo gives birth to a baby girl, in whom resides her late mother's spirit, thus reuniting mother and daughter (and, interestingly, reversing their relationship with each other in the process).
- Melmo as a 19-year-old is no smarter or more experienced than her 9-year-old self, though at 19 she is given more opportunities to learn about adult matters than she would at the age of nine.
- Totoo
- Totoo is the eldest of Melmo's two brothers. He spends much of the TV series as a frog due to having eaten a red and a blue candy. As a frog he is too small to consume the candy which would return him back into a human, so Melmo spends almost half of the series trying to figure out how to turn him back into a human (which she eventually manages to do).
- Touch
- Touch is the youngest of Melmo's brothers (a baby, in fact). His role in the series is to give children some idea of what is required to raise a baby.
- Professor Waragarasu
- Professor Waregarasu is a citizen of a country called Chicchaina, and secretly opposes the country's authoritarian government. Melmo and Waregarasu escape from Chicchaina (where Melmo has been held captive) and Waregarasu spends the remainder of the series in Japan, though in the final episode he returns to Chicchaina. He acts as something of an advisor and occasional guardian for Melmo and her brothers, and also explains matters of human reproduction and sexuality to Melmo whenever she raises questions about the subject. Although he offers to adopt Melmo and her brothers in the final episode, and bring them back to Chicchaina with him, Melmo instead accepts an invitation from Jiro's family for the three of them to live in their home, thus solving their dilemma.
- Jiro
- Jiro is one of three brothers (the other two are Ichiro and Saburo) who all fall in love with the 19-year-old Melmo, and is the one that Melmo picks and eventually marries. He only appears in the last few episodes of the series.
Melmo's mother and God also play small roles on occasion throughout the series.
Neither the manga or the anime have ever been available in the United States. The complete manga series has been collected and is available in Japan. A DVD set collecting all the episodes in the series was released in 2003, but according to some sources might now be out of print in Japan. During the '90s the series was available on a set of seven laserdiscs, as well as on a set of 12 VHS videocassettes. The complete anime series titled I bon bon magici di Lilly is available in Italy, collected in five DVDs. Some episodes have been shown on channel 47 in New York in the eighties in a Japanese program block. The series re-aired in 1998 on the Tokyo TV station Tokyo MX. The series differed from the original broadcast version since it was given new opening and closing credits, new voice dubs, and the image quality was restored. Since then it has also aired on the Japanese satellite channel Wowow.
Differences between the manga and anime
The manga and anime versions of Fushigi na Merumo are quite similar. In contrast to The Amazing 3, several Fushigi na Merumo manga stories were adapted and animated for the TV series.
Other appearances
As a member of Tezuka's Star System, both versions of Melmo made a number of other appearances in Tezuka manga throughout the 1970s; mostly in the Black Jack manga. The older Melmo (as two different women) is also a main character in 1970's Apollo no Uta (Apollo's Song).
See also
External links
- Fushigi na Merumo Entry about the manga version of Fushigi na Merumo on the Tezuka website.
- Fushigi na Merumo Entry about the anime version of Fushigi na Merumo on the Tezuka website.it:I bon bon magici di Lillyru:Fushigi na Melmo


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As MMi first reported last month, music fans in the U.S. - particularly those in Texas - were elated in February when Apple announced plans to hold iTunes Festival in the United States for the first time.
This week, during the South By Southwest (SXSW) convention in Austin, Texas, legendary and diverse performers from all genres of music have been rocking in the Lone Star State (and the iOS/Mac devices of millions more) at the first iTunes Festival that didn't take place in London.
And Apple executives seem pretty pleased with the response of bringing its annual music festival to the states. But Apples SVP of Internet Software and Services, Eddy Cue, said he was never certain that iTunes Festival would play out on domestic soil.
I wasnt sure we would ever bring it to the U.S., Cue tells Fortune magazine. We have something so special at the festival in London that you had the feeling that if you did it anywhere else, it just wasnt going to be quite good enough. You have to have the right place. The combination of Austin, which has a culture of music, and this venue is fantastic its made for music.
Apple, however, didnt come to SXSW to simultaneously promote its products. Apple has been completely absorbed by music at iTunes Festival.
Were not trying to pitch our products here its all about the artists and the music, Cue said. Its about the emotion of the artists and the fans We at Apple take a lot of pride in the festival because we have such admiration for what the artists do.
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It's been a while since I've done any lifestyle portraits. A couple of weekends ago, I met up with my client, Bolly, on a Saturday afternoon, drove around town till we found a good spot for a quick portrait session, had lunch and then went about the business of shooting. It was a totally awesome way to spend a Saturday afternoon and escape the hustle and bustle of Lagos, even if for a just a few short hours. Below are a few of my favs from the shoot. Enjoy!
…and as much as I love black & white images, here are two of my favorite colour images from the shoot. Can you say "fabulous"?


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Issue Position: Hillary Clinton's Agenda for Women's Reproductive Health Care
On the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Hillary is recommitting to Roe as the law of the land and charting a new course for women's reproductive health care based on preventing unintended pregnancy. Hillary envisions a world in which every child born is wanted, cherished, and loved. She believes in empowering people with honest and complete information so that they can make responsible decisions, and in providing broader access to contraception, family planning, and the full range of reproductive health care services for women of all income levels.
Hillary has been a leading advocate for the right of every woman to make the most personal of life decisions for years. She believes the right to privacy is a fundamental right, and that abortion should be safe, legal, and rare. Her views on reproductive rights were informed by seeing what happens when the government gets involved in these decisions. As First Lady, Hillary traveled to Romania where, under a Soviet-style dictatorship, the government had controlled every aspect of women's reproductive health by eliminating birth control, sex education and abortion and requiring humiliating government-controlled monthly exams, in order to compel every woman to bear five children and build the Romanian state. Hillary saw the other extreme in China, with its one birth policy, under which women could be sterilized or forced to have an abortion if they got pregnant for a second time. Hillary took those lessons to heart.
In the Senate, she has been an outspoken critic of the Bush Administration's relentless and insidious attempts to undermine Roe and has been on the forefront of the major victories on behalf of the pro-choice community in recent years. In the Senate, Hillary waged a three-year effort, along with Senator Patty Murray, to get the FDA to accept the overwhelming recommendation of the medical community and approve emergency contraception for over-the-counter sales. She also helped craft a winning strategy to put the right wing on the defensive by highlighting their opposition to contraception, a position that is way out of the mainstream in the U.S. Hillary championed the Prevention First Act, which expands access to contraception for women of all income levels, and provides for honest and complete sex education programs. As President, Hillary will be vigilant in ensuring that each woman maintains the right to plan her own family and protect her reproductive health.
Maintaining Roe as the Law of the Land
Appointing Justices that will uphold the right to privacy - Senator Clinton opposed the nominations of Justices Alito and Roberts to the Supreme Court because she believed they represented the greatest threat to Roe since it was decided. Her prediction has been born out through Gonzales v. Carhart, the first time the Supreme Court upheld a law outlawing a specific abortion procedure. As President, Hillary will nominate justices who share her view that the Constitution protects a woman's right to make the most fundamental decisions about her life and health, and that the right to privacy is a fundamental right.
Enacting the Freedom of Choice Act - Hillary will sign into law the Freedom of Choice Act, which would codify Roe v. Wade and send a renewed signal to the courts that the will of Congress and the President is to keep abortion legal.
Preventing Unintended Pregnancies
Hillary has long believed that abortion should be safe, legal, and rare. Unfortunately, we are far from realizing that vision. One half of pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended and one half of unintended pregnancies end in abortion, and the U.S. has one of the highest rates of teen pregnancy in the industrialized world. Hillary's agenda will help reduce the number of unintended pregnancies by:
* Increasing access to family planning services. Hillary will expand the national family planning program (Title X) and extend Medicaid coverage for family planning services to women who are eligible for pregnancy-related care. Each year, Title X provides 4.8 million people, mostly poor and uninsured, with family planning services that help them plan their pregnancies and improve their health. Clinics that use Title X funds are present in close to three-quarters of counties in the U.S. Over the last two decades, Title X services are estimated to have prevented 20 million unintended pregnancies and nine million abortions, and helped to prevent 5.5 million adolescent pregnancies [Planned Parenthood]. President Bush has proposed no increases in Title X since taking office. As a result, health care providers that rely on Title X funds have significantly lost purchasing power and are struggling to afford the latest technology in diagnostic and contraceptive services. According to the Guttmacher Institute, the $286 million allotted to Title X for FY 2005 was worth 59 percent less than the $162 million appropriated in FY 1980. Hillary will restore the funding for Title X that has been lost under the Bush Administration. She will also ensure that states make family planning services as widely available as pregnancy-related services in Medicaid.
* Ensuring that private health plans offer the same level of coverage for contraception as they do for other prescription drugs and services. Massive shifts have occurred in the number of women with access to contraception through their health insurance over the past 15 years. In 1993, according to testimony by the Executive Director of the Women's Research and Education Institute, women typically spent 68% more in out-of-pocket health care costs than men, a difference that was largely accounted for through reproductive health services. Today, nearly nine in ten employer-provided health insurance plans cover the full range of prescription contraceptives [AGI, 2004]. Still only half of all women of live in states that require contraceptive coverage of employers, and millions of women who don't receive health insurance through their employers aren't reached by these state laws [AGI, 2004]. As president, Hillary would work to enact the Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act, which would require health insurance plans to cover contraception to the same degree that they cover other forms of prescription drugs.
* Ensuring that women who survive sexual assault have access to emergency contraception (EC) upon request. Emergency contraception is a safe and effective way to help women who may be at risk for an unintended pregnancy. Yet, according to seven years of data from the Centers for Disease Control, fewer than half of all women who visited an emergency room after a sexual assault received emergency contraception becoming pregnant [Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2002]. Fourteen states already require hospital emergency rooms to provide emergency contraception-related services to sexual assault victims. Hillary would enact legislation to require hospitals to inform women who are victims of rape and sexual assault that EC is an option for them, and make it available or provide a referral upon their request, or risk losing federal funding.
* Implementing important public education initiatives about EC. Emergency contraception is a safe, effective back-up birth control method that reduces the risk of pregnancy by 75% [Boonstra, AGI, 2002]. Despite the widely acknowledged safety, efficacy, and acceptability of EC, many women do not know EC is an option for them and only 6% of women have ever used it [Kaiser Family Foundation, 2005]. Hillary would support efforts to increase awareness so that women can have full information about this proven option.
* Restoring the discount for birth control on college campuses and community health centers. The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 eliminated the ability of college health clinics and about 400 community health centers to receive deep discounts on contraception and pass those savings onto students. As a result, college students and low-income women across the country have seen the price of contraception rise by 300 or 400%. Many are choosing to take a risk on unprotected sex rather than pay the increase. Others are cutting down their budget for food or other necessities. Hillary will make restoring this discount a top priority.
* Supporting sex education programs that provide honest, accurate, complete information about abstinence, contraception, and disease prevention. Senator Clinton supports a more comprehensive approach to sex education that teaches young people to delay sexual activity, but also teaches them the basics of human sex and how to protect themselves from unintended pregnancy, HIV/AIDs and other sexually transmitted diseases. Fourteen states have rejected President Bush's strict abstinence-only approach [Washington Post, December 16, 2007]. Hillary would provide funding for medically accurate, age appropriate, comprehensive sex education programs.
* Funding teen pregnancy prevention programs. The U.S. has one of the highest rates of teen pregnancy in the industrialized world, and teen pregnancy is associated with a host of poor outcomes for the parents and children of teen parents - lower employment rates, higher rates of welfare dependence, higher school dropout rates, and poorer health and academic outcomes. Hillary would set a national goal of reducing teen pregnancy by one third and invest in initiatives with a proven record of reducing teen pregnancy. In December, the CDC National Center for Health Statistics announced that the teen birth rate rose for the first time since 1991. Over the fourteen years preceding, the teen birth rate fell by 34 percent. Hillary will bring a concerted focus to breaking the cycle of teen pregnancy, and in doing so tackle the root cause of many social problems and help to improve prospects for young people, strengthen families and our nation.
* Conducting research into preventing unintended pregnancy. Hillary will invest in research efforts identify the most promising strategies for reducing the rate of unintended pregnancy. She will fund a pilot program to do rigorous analysis of the programs and strategies currently being undertaken, and will use the results of the research to determine the most effective strategies and practices going forward. Hillary will ensure that investments we make in reducing the number of unintended pregnancies are evidence-based, not ideologically driven.
Providing Greater Access to Reproductive Health Care Services Overseas
* Overturning the Global Gag Rule and Reinstating the United Nations Population Fund. Hillary has said that on day one of her Administration she will overturn the global gag rule, which prohibits Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) from even talking about abortion in the event of an unplanned pregnancy. This rule has had devastating consequences on access to reproductive health care for women by forcing NGOs, which are sometimes the only health care provider for women's health in a poor community, to choose between foregoing the funding they need to be sustainable and providing honest and accurate information to women about their options. In countries like Nepal, which are grappling with high rates of maternal death as a result of unsafe abortion and growing rates of HIV/AIDS, the global gag rule has devastated the limited reproductive health care infrastructure. Hillary will also reinstate for the United Nations Population Fund, which provides vital funding for family planning abroad. President Bush has eliminated this funding every year of his administration.
* Reproductive Health Services for Women Stationed at Military Bases Overseas. Nearly 3,000 military women reported being victims of sexual assault last year. Yet, women living on military bases overseas often have a hard time accessing emergency contraception and are prohibited from using their own money to pay for an abortion at a military medical health care provider. Hillary introduced the Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act, which requires full access to emergency contraception for servicewomen at all U.S. military health care facilities around the world. As President, she will enact this legislation. President Clinton issued an executive order in 1993 to lift the ban on paying for abortion with private funds, but it was overturned by Congress in 1995, and has been in place every since. Hillary believes women stationed on U.S. military bases overseas should have the same access to the full range of reproductive health care as women living in the U.S., and as president she will work towards that day.
Source: http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/release/view/?id=5404


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A noontime conference call with Francisco Rodriguez just ended a few minutes ago. As you'd imagine, K-Rod has embraced the many complexities of his new baseball home.
The former Angels closer said he is not worried about his velocity. In fact, he expects it to increase next season. He believes it dipped last season because he refined his mechanics and worked on a new pitch, his changeup, and that to keep himself in check he couldn't let loose.
There were many good nuggets from the call. K-Rod seems like an intelligent, thoughtful guy who wants to prove himself in New York.
UPDATE, 1:47 p.m.: The whole transcript is up. It's long, so you can find it in its entirety after the jump…
Can you address the concerns that your velocity dipped last season?
For me it's not a concern. I think I'm going to be fine this year. For some reason people are always looking at velocity and not worrying about what I have done. I feel pretty comfortable with it. I'm working so hard this offseason to make sure I come back to spring training and prove my velocity is back. It's not something that I'm really concerned about right now. I think I'll be all right.
One of the things Omar said was that you'd be worried about who would get the ball. What do you think about J.J. Putz?
First of all, I'm really happy with the acquisition of J.J. He's a tremendous guy and a tremendous professional. Hopefully, we can work together and get our chemistry going. From what I understand right now, he's going to be the setup guy. He's the one who's going to get the ball to me. I think that 1-2 punch I really like our odds. When we get back to spring training we have to sit together and establish our communication and work together. We're not selfish guys. We don't look at numbers. We have one goal: To get to the promised land.
You were the first reliever that Omar picked up in the offseason. Then within the last few days gone ahead and traded for three guys and gotten rid of three guys from last season. What's sense to where the bullpen is now compared to last year and what your confidence level is in the group who will get you the ball?
I like our arms. Omar, with the moves he has made, all the trades he has made to the bullpen to make it a lot stronger. I think we have a great group of guys who can get the job done. There's not a question in my mind that this year's going to be different. We're going to put zeros on the board and we're going to get people out and go where we need to go. One thing, the first thing, is we're going to have to stay healthy and work hard. The rest of it will take care of itself.
A lot of guys are reluctant to come to New York. You seem excited to do so.
I'm excited. It has something different than other cities have. No disrespect to other fans or other cities, but in New York the atmosphere is totally different. The fans are really passionate. That's something special New York has. A lot of players don't like to be on that stage. I'm the kind of guy who likes to be involved in the pressure. I'm the kind of guy who likes to be in those situations. I think the city is perfect for me. I know I have a big commitment with the city of New York, the fans and the coaching staff. I want to earn respect from the fans and make sure I enjoy my stay there.
With all the changes this offseason, do you feel like there's a responsibility to change the atmosphere?
That's a really difficult question because I cannot speak for guys who were there last year. Everybody knows what happens. Unfortunately they didn't get the job done. Unfortunately, it happened. This year, you know, when you come to spring training, you have one goal. Make the playoffs, get to the second round and get to the championship. That's the goal we're going to have to reach. We can't be living in the past. We have to leave that behind us and focus and start working from now to spring training. We have to make sure we're healthy and get the job done next year.
There was some talk originally about getting a deal of four or five years. Any disappointment that you weren't able to get a longer contract?
No, no, not at all. I think I'm happy where I'm at right now. I'm comfortable. That never came out of my mouth. And I believe it never came out of the mouth of my agent. I think I'm comfortable and happy with what I have right now. I'm really happy with the city of New York. I'm really happy with where I'm at. There's no question about it.
How about the adjustment to the National League?
This game is about making transitions and making adjustments. Of course, I don't know the hitters and they don't know me a lot. It goes 50-50.
You had mentioned that you think your velocity can bounce back next season. Was there anything in your arm last year that you think contributed to your velocity dipping from where it had been in the past?
No, listen, last year was totally different. I was making some changes early in the year in spring training with my mechanics. The other thing I was putting a third pitch into my pitches with my changeup. When I was trying to let it fly, when I was trying throw hard, my mechanics were totally different than when I tried to throw the changeup. So what I figured was to have the same motion, the same everything, so my changeup can be more effective. When I let it fly last year, the velocity was there, no question. I had to lose a little bit of arm speed because I wanted to throw the new pitch with the same arm speed. To me, you guys are going to see it next year. You guys are going to see it in spring training and going forward the rest of the season. There were some changes I had to make early in the year last year and that's why I feel like (my velocity) went down two or three miles from where it was.
How much did you feel this was a good fit with the Mets? And they also said you were involved in the negotiations. Did you think all along it was going to happen?
Everything was positive. Everything was fine. It was a totally different experience. I had the chance to be in there. You have to understand this is a business. That's the way it is. I never had any doubt in my mind.
Where the Mets the team you had your eye on the whole time?
I was open to any conversation with any ballclub. Of course, they're were rumors out there. 'You're going to go to the Mets. You're going to go to St. Louis or Atlanta.' But, you know, I was open to talk to anybody. The first one was the Mets and I believed that of course I wanted to be in that city. A lot of factors helped me go there. It was an easy decision to make. It wasn't hard, no.
Being that it was your first time as free agent, how did you like that give and take? A team obviously wants you, but they put you at a certain price. You and your agent obviously had an opinion on your own value. How did you like hearing that back and forth about your value?
When I went there, I didn't know what to think or what to say. It's a big decision. The team is going to give you a certain offer and you're going to ask for me. That's negotiations. Like I said, it's a business. It was my first time. I've never been on the free-agent market. … It was a good experience. It's something I'm going to learn from in the future. Now for next time I can know what to expect.
A lot of big-name people who come to New York as free agents find they have their performances picked apart, good or bad, over and over and over again and some of them find that experience very unpleasant. Are you prepared for that kind of an experience in New York? Do you think your personality is well suited to having your performances examined?
I look forward to that experience. I can tell you right now, one thing I cannot control is what is going to happen outside the field. I cannot control what they're going to say in the stands. I cannot control what the writer, or media, or anybody can say. The only thing I can control is what I do on the field. That's it. The distractions, you have to put them aside. If you take any bad outing, or what people say about you, or if people boo you, if you put that in your head then you're not going to be able to get the job done. Right now the only think I'm really going to focus on is what I do on the field. The rest I can't control.
Now that you're back in Venezuela, can you get any sense of the excitement of having you and Johan pitch on the same team?
Yeah, it's going to be nice. When I go to the mall or go get groceries — things you do in regular life — people come up to me and say, 'Wow, you two guys, you and Johan, are going to be in New York and it's going to be exciting to have two Venezuelans on the same team.' It's really nice. It's the fans here and the people here, even my family. It puts a little bit of pressure on you because you want to perform well so you can enjoy it. Everybody knows Johan is one of the best. … It's going to be a lot of fun. I'm going to look forward to when spring training starts, so I can look forward to joining the guys and have some fun with the Mets fans.
How surprised were you when (Santana) called during dinner the other night?
I wasn't surprised. It was really a coincidence. He was calling Tony (Bernazard) to say what's up, how are you doing, so I wasn't surprised at all. I had a chance to talk to him a little bit. He told me all the best things about New York and some of the bad things, too.
You were talking before about working on your changeup last year and that it took a couple miles an hour off your velocity. So do you think with a year's adjustment that now your velocity will kick back up?
Yeah, it will. No question about it. Not a question at all. This year, like I said earlier, I'm going to work a lot harder and come back a lot stronger than I've ever been. It's not going to be a problem. It's not a concern for me.
There's been a lot of talk about the Mets antics and them irritating the other teams in the NL East. Are you going to be as animated on the mound as you were in Anaheim? Is that just part of your personality and your game?
Of course. I'm never going change the way I do my job. New York, the atmosphere is totally different. It's a totally different environment. In Anaheim, they're more calm, they're really relaxed watching the game. The Met fans, in the past when I played there, they feed off the noise. I try to take the energy from the crowd. The energy is going to help me get more into it. It's going to help me.
So does it bother you if it bothers other teams?
No, not at all. Its' something that never bothers me. I don't think it will at all.
The Phillies have talked a lot of trash about the Mets. They are the division champions and World Series champions. How much do you look forward to joining that rivalry and perhaps winning the division so the Phillies can't talk anymore?
That question is kind of difficult, but at the same time easy to answer. Difficult because the last two years I have not been there. I have not lived that experience with that rivalry. The easy part is of course we're going to try to win division. Of course we're going to try to be front runner. Of course we're going to try to be the team to beat. I don't want this to be a controversy. Or have another ball club in that division to take it personally. I'm a really competitive guy. I like to win. But of course, when they ask me who is going to win the National League East it's an easy question. It's going to be the Mets. Easy question.


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With so many random items kicking off here and there throughout each week, I find that now there is a place for a weekly, or perhaps bi-weekly column that summarizes all the comical and inspirational news pieces and clips spread throughout the world that haven't exactly met my requirement for being newsworthy as an independent feature here on BJPENN.COM.
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Founded in 2012 by Rick Leslie and Susan Block, both of Highland Park, and Donna Lubow of Riverwoods, the troupe consists of more than a dozen storytellers, mostly writers and performers telling true-life stories that can make you laugh or touch your heart.
Four storytellers are slated to present their stories, which are approximately 10 minutes long with short breaks in-between so audience members can drink wine and snack on Cellar Gate's delectables and tell their own stories to their table mates.
Judy Markey of Highland Park takes us from her French class at Beverly Hills High to Italy and on to France in her story "La Vie en Purple."
David Edler of Vernon Hills travels from baseball to the Milwaukee Rep to playwright Larry Shue as he shares his story "Grounding Out to Third."
Peggy Lewis of Lincolnshire ruminates about life moving so fast and how she tries to slow it down in "Stuck in Cement."
Rebecca Adler of Gurnee tells us a poignant tale of neglected cats and equally neglected children in "Kidnapping Crystal."
Storytelling tickets are $10, and Cellar Gate charges a two-drink or one-drink/one appetizer minimum ($18). Seating is limited to about 60 people if outdoors on the patio or 40 indoors in the cozy bar area. For more information and for guidelines on how to submit a story for consideration, check out the troupe's website at www.shortstorytheatre.com. To reserve a seat, call Cellar Gate at 847-748-8086 or email email@example.com.
David Edler has an MFA from the Professional Actor Training Program at Ohio University. He has worked at the Milwaukee Rep and the Hyde Park (NY) Shakespeare Festival. David has acted in off-loop productions of As You Like It, Working, The Fantasticks, and The 1940's Radio Hour, and has directed Jaques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris and Larry Shue's one-act Grandma Duck is Dead. David comes from a family of educators (his father was a high school drama teacher), yet has found his career as a Business Development Director in the vision care industry.
Peggy Lewis is a graduate of Northwestern University with a major in Theatre Education. After graduation, she worked in television production in New York. In the early 80's, she started a children's theatre program at the Buffalo Grove Park District. After moving to Deerfield 30 years ago, Peggy worked in residential real estate. She is thrilled to be writing and performing again!
Judy Markey spent 20 years co-hosting WGN Radio's "Kathy and Judy Show" and she's back on the air again on Saturdays. The show won both state and national awards. She has published two novels, and two collections of her nationally syndicated Sun-Times columns. She is a born talker, a born writer, and a born lover of story-telling, but... she's still scared of screwing up.


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EVEN torrential downpours could not stop thousands of families, friends and faithful pets dancing the weekend away at the third Upton International Music Festival.
People travelled from far and wide for the three-day festival, which boasted a jam-packed line-up including The Beat, Mungo Jerry, Dr & The Medics and Britain's Got Talent contestants Mr Zip and the Jive Aces.
Festival co-organiser Steve High said the number of people attending the festival over the weekend had exceeded expectations and organisers were delighted with the support they received.
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It's a great family occasion, that's what it's meant to be and the music reflects that."
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I've never been in a helicopter before, none of us have. It's a great prize to win. I felt like a rock star when we landed.
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Agero Inc. Appoints Sander as Senior Vice President of OperationsMay 2nd, 2014 | By Editorial Staff | Category: Industry News
Agero, try Inc. has announced the appointment of Bryan Sander as senior vice president of operations. With over 20 years of experience in customer care, operations excellence and leadership development, Sander will lead the company's service delivery teams in providing world class service to more than 75 million drivers, and managing the national network of over 30,000 service providers. Prior to joining Agero, Sander served as global vice president of customer care for ACI Worldwide, where he was responsible for creating and scaling a global customer care and operations team. He also held a variety of customer operations roles at Intuit.
"Agero has continuously enhanced the roadside assistance market and is again leading the industry toward a broader suite of services. This will refine how drivers think about their experience, and puts us in an even better position to drive brand loyalty on behalf of our clients," says Sander." I see the opportunity to create significant value here at Agero as we become the facilitator of intensely loyal relationships and cost efficiencies across the automotive and insurance service ecosystem."
"We are delighted to welcome Bryan to the Agero family," says Dave Ferrick, CEO of Agero. "Bryan's strong background in customer care is one of the primary reasons we brought him on board. The changing demographics of drivers and their increasing affinity with technology is altering the way they think about automobiles and brand loyalty. We need to increasingly approach our programs and practices from the perspective of the new ways in which today's customers think about the driving experience and what they value. Bryan's experience and enthusiasm makes him the perfect fit to help us through this evolution."
In his new role at Agero, Sander will be responsible for operations, which includes call centers handling more than 7.5 million emergency requests per year, as well as management of the company's network of service providers that assist drivers all over the U.S.


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British model Katie Price – who also goes by the name Jordan – and her 10-year-old son Harvey were seen enjoying a mother-son stroll in London, England on Tuesday (October 16).
According to The Guardian, the reality television star keeps a set of printed cards in her purse so when she encounters people staring at her eldest son – who has septo-optic dysplasia (which causes blindness and growth hormone deficiency), Prader-Willi syndrome (a genetic disorder that means he is likely to eat to excess and is prone to obesity and diabetes) and ADHD and autism – she can simply hand one to them (one card reads "You're obviously looking because you're interested. This is his condition… Look up what's wrong with him and if you want to donate to a charity that supports children like this, then do it") and walk away. In Katie's mind, this is an efficient way of dealing with the ignorance and incomprehension that she confronts on a regular basis.
"Well, you just get on with it, don't you?" she says about raising a child with serious disabilities. "What can you do? I can't sit in the corner and cry and go, 'Oh, Harvey's blind.' I can't change anything. I didn't dwell on it. Fortunately I'm the kind of person that gets on with things."
Harvey's father is former footballer Dwight Yorke.
Katie is also mama to son Junior, 7, and daughter Princess, 5, with ex-husband Peter Andre.View Slideshow »»


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In an attempt to limit their insurable losses and reduce premiums, some FBOs continue to ask transient pilots to sign hold-harmless forms. Some go so far as to inform the pilot that they cannot perform the service unless pilots sign the form or that they must charge a higher price for services. Pilots and aircraft owners have protested the practice. Some owners have ordered their pilots and schedulers and dispatchers to avoid FBOs at which hold-harmless forms are a condition of doing business. A few FBOs have reached a sort of compromise position. They do not "require" a signed agreement, but they provide discounts on some services for those who do sign the form. Whatever advocates or detractors may say about these agreements, they are apparently here to stay. And the one thing attorneys seem to agree on is that your company should have an established policy about whether or not to sign them. Additional information is available from NBAA on its Web site: www.nbaa.org.
FBOs want pilots to sign hold-harmless forms
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It is an easy technology to implement, but it does not address the problem of individual communications between users. This method is used to block banned websites, including news sites and proxy servers that would allow access to banned content, from being viewed.


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Frank (Wood) is a deranged mammas boy in the classic Perkins mould; by day he restores vintage mannequins, by night he stalks, murders and scalps women to provide bangs for their plastic bonces. When he meets arty photographer Anna (Arnezeder), he is del
William Lustig's 1980 grotty slasher Maniac never managed to attain the later culty respectability of the likes of Halloween, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and even Friday The 13th, sitting as it did on the hinterlands of the truly hard-core atrocities such as I Spit On Your Grave and The Last House On The Left, suitable only for the most dedicated of sado-hounds with a high tolerance for misogyny.
Alexandre Aja and friends' screenplay cleaves closely enough to the original, though it relocates the action from New York, which in the early '80s still had a pleasingly sleazy aesthetic redolent of Travis Bickle's cruising cab, to a neon-flecked Los Angeles. The rancid $25 hotels and cramped apartments of Lustig's original are replaced with funky little art spaces and bijou pieds-à-terre, while Maxime Alexandre's cinematography recalls Newton Thomas Sigel's work in Drive: moody, noirish and crisp, his is a Los Angeles of pools of light and distant twinkling skyscrapers. It's a pleasingly cool retro feel bolstered by the synth score that would only need the occasional distorted shriek of "witch!" to be indistinguishable from the work of Dario Argento's Goblin.
But Maniac's most obvious innovation is the fact that it is entirely shot from Frank's point of view; we only get to see his face glimpsed briefly in mirrors or reflective surfaces. While at first glance this might appear to be a desperate gimmick deployed only because found footage has finally turned up its toes, the results are surprisingly effective. Not least because they lend a Peeping Tom-ish frisson to the otherwise relentless butchery (and the effects are gruesome enough not to disgrace the legendary Tom Savini, who provided effects in 1980). Elijah Wood is set a difficult task attempting to play a character who has mere seconds of actual screen-time. His face, caught in rear-view mirrors and car surfaces, is stricken, desperate and tortured. Along with director Franck Khalfoun's forcing the viewer to see the world through his eyes, it generates a borderline sympathy for the bug-eyed raving loony; it's the most uncomfortable element of this stylish horror show.
At last an intelligent horror remake that understands its source material and yet brings something new to the butchers slab. Gritty, gory, and the best movie about Mannequins since Andrew McCarthy got the hots for his.


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Propofol Patient-controlled Sedation for Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (PER-projekt)
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|Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
|Drug: Propofol sedation by nurse anaesthestist Drug: Patient-controlled propofol sedation
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Patient-controlled Propofol Sedation for Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
- treatability [ Time Frame: one day (per-procedural) ]Registration of number of failures (where procedure is interrupted as a result of inadequate sedation). Comparison data between propofol PCS and nurse anaesthetists sedation using propofol and control group (midazolam).
- safety [ Time Frame: one and a half year ]Vital signs and interventions of nurse anaesthetists. Data on heart rate, blood pressure, peripheral oxygen saturatuion, respiratory rate, delivery of oxygen, airway obstruction assessment, airway manipulation.
|Study Start Date:
|October 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|May 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Propofol sedation by nurse anaesthetist
Nurse anaesthetists managed infusion of propofol 10 mg/ml at doses of 0.2 - 0.8 ml/kg during ERCP. The target of moderate sedation was achieved within 5 minutes from start of the sedation.
Drug: Propofol sedation by nurse anaesthestist
Propofol (10 mg/ml) is a short-acting, intravenously administered hypnotic agent used for light-moderate-deep sedation.
Patient-controlled sedation: self-administration of propofol boluses of 5 mg with zero lock-out time. Administration time for the pump was 12 sec, equivalent to maximum delivery of 25 mg of propofol per minute.
Propofol sedation by nurse anaesthetists:
Active Comparator: Patient-controlled propofol sedation
Self-administration of propofol via patient-controlled sedation pump (CME...). No programmed lock-out period, no dose limit or background infusion. 5 mg propofol/effectuated demand from the patients. Capacity of the pump was 6 possible doses per minute.
Before start of ERCP the patients were allowed to sedate themselves to a sense of heavy tiredness.
Drug: Patient-controlled propofol sedation
Propofol (10 mg/ml) is a short-acting, intravenously administered hypnotic agent used for light-moderate-deep sedation.
Self-administration of propofol via patient-controlled sedation pump (CME T-34L PCA). No programmed lock-out period, no dose limit or background infusion. 5 mg propofol/effectuated demand from the patients. Capacity of the pump was 6 possible doses per minute.
Before start of ERCP the patients were allowed to sedate themselves to a sense of heavy tiredness.
No Intervention: Midazolam sedation by the ERCP-team
Midazolam doses for sedation during ERCP. Initial dose of 2-3 mg and after ERCP start, 1-2 mg as additional doses. Maximum total dose 6-8 mg. ERCP performing doctor is responsible for dose ordination.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Need for ERCP
- Able to speak and read swedish
Exclusion Criteria:
- Allergy to propofol
- Severe cardiopulmonary disease (ASA IV)
- Confusion or dementia
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01505218
|Linköping University Hospital
|Linköping, Sweden, 581 85
|Study Chair:
|Folke Sjöberg, Professor
|Dept of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Linköping University Hospital, 581 85 Linköping, Sweden
|Responsible Party:
|Lena Nilsson, MD, PhP, senior consultant, University Hospital, Linkoeping
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01505218 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|December 13, 2011
|Last Updated:
|December 1, 2015
Keywords provided by Lena Nilsson, University Hospital, Linkoeping:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hypnotics and Sedatives
Central Nervous System Depressants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Anesthetics, Intravenous
Anesthetics, General
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Nice post Peter. Hal Smith was a big advocate for this before the state paid for audits. It was nice to tailor diagnostics to meet specific needs.
"Thermal imaging" "duct score" or "we'll leave an AirAdvice for a few days" was really nice to have in the quiver.
Wish duct leakage testing wasn't so expensive to perform, or that the state would help with that cost, I think that diagnostic is really helpful and way, way under utilized in East Coast Home Performance (Retrofit).


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Trion Nemesis RR
There are a small number of supercar manufacturers in the auto industry which produced Artwork on four wheels. My personal favorites are Ferrari, Lamborghini and Bugatti. Every few years, new manufacturers are rising up like Pagani and Koenigsegg who decided to create the next supercar. The new player on the field is the American automaker – Trion. Their goal is to create the most powerful production car in the world – Trion Nemesis. The launch is planned to be in 2017. To stimulate car enthusiasts around the, Trion released a number of spectacular images which show unique design.
As you can see from the images, this is undoubtedly a very special car. The design is characterized by sharp lines, the front end looks really mean and those aggressive headlights serve as a nice jumping point of the Nemesis' aggressive appearance. But with all due respect to the design, the most impressive part of the car is the engine – amazing 2,000 horsepower !!!
Engine technical details:
Maximum Power 1,490KW (2,000hp)
Acceleration 0-100KM/H – 2.8 sec
Top Speed – 434 km/h (270 mph)
Engine – 9.0 L Twin Turbo Charged V-8
Transmission – 8 Speed Sequential
Briefly about the company: Trion is a brand-new boutique builder that surfaced in Orange County, California. It is a small venture that has no experience But has big ambitions.
Nemesis production slated to begin in 2016 and will be available in four versions:
Nemesis E – the base model with 1,000 HP engine.
Nemesis ER – a zero-emission supercar with 2 electric motors coupled with a hybrid system. The engine shout be around 1,200 Hp range.
Nemesis GT has 1,400 Hp. 0-to-60 mph sprint of 3.5 seconds and a top speed of 218 mph.
Nemesis RR – The piece de resistance of the Nemesis with amazing 2,000 horsepower engine. The technical data appearing up relate to this model.
Here is the only released video of this future supercar:
The company still not published the price list. Estimates Trion will be charging at least $1 million for the entry-level E model and likely more than $2.5 million for the extreme RR version. The vehicle will be available for sale at the end of 2017.
The Trion Nemesis sounds very promising. This unique design with 2,000-horsepower supercar is big news. Although I'm in Doubt Trion will be able to reach the stated purpose.


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House Of Pain "Jump Around" – Vidiot
As I am still recovering from the St Pattys day hangover. I can't help but reflect on how much fun I had. Saturday's festivities got started with a couple rounds of Irish CarBombs and A few glasses of Bayern Killarney. Then, before I knew it, I was standing on a chair reciting the Irish blessing in between gulps of Jameson.
Before things started getting to hazy for me to remember. I recall almost creating a mosh pit next to a cocktail server's station when today's Vidiot pick came blaring over the speakers. Luckily I didn't break anything and wasn't thrown out of the bar by my belt loops.
House of Pain hails from Boston MA. They take pride in their Celtic roots. So as a cure to my continuing hangover. I give to you today's Vidiot pick.


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Overengineering: How much is too much?
Veterans Day 2007 brought to mind a story my father once told me. He was in the US Army's 8th Engineering Corps Division. His unit saw fierce fighting in Hürtgen Forest during World War II. He told me that Germany's battlefield telephone lines used sheathed-wire pairs in clamshell enclosures. A small lever energized a machined, cam-operated mechanism that smoothly slid the connector halves into engagement. Allied soldiers had standing orders to shoot through the engineered connectors and to cut the cable with their bayonets.
In contrast, the engineers who had strung the wire for the US field telephones left a few feet of loop every hundred yards, so that slack would be available to fix even large breaks. The current loop closed through the earth; only one olive-drab, insulated-iron wire connected to the phones. The Army used iron because it was more resistive and stronger than copper; that strength was necessary to withstand the hardship of soldiers' pulling it off the spools to the front lines of battle. Allied soldiers who encountered cut US-telephone wires had orders to use their bayonets to remove the insulation and tie the broken wires into knots, tugging hard to make good connections. They then threw the wire back into the ditch or bomb crater.
The results of these two engineering approaches became evident in the toughest fighting in Europe. If everything went according to the Germans' plan, their telephones worked far better than US phones. As soon as the Germans had to retreat or give up ground, however, the US soldiers made sure that the German phones would not work for weeks or months. The Germans didn't have enough clamshell connectors in warehouses to replace all those that US soldiers had destroyed with their weapons. The exact opposite scenario happened with US field telephones. When the US military gave up ground, the Germans cut the wires, but, as soon as any Allied troops retook the ground, they tied those knots and once again had working phones.
Certainly, the specs for the German phones were far superior. The signal-to-noise ratio and fidelity were fabulous. But those great specs were of little use when the phones didn't work. The US phones worked well enough in real-world battlefield conditions. The German phones were overengineered, which brings me to my point on overengineering: Good design is about making compromises on a continuum of choices. That fact describes analog design, and analog design is what life is all about. I don't really need 700 menu selections on a BMW iDrive joystick.
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We meet a lot of great people in this business. One of them was Dora Goldstein (Dody). Dody was born in 1922, and in 1945 she was in the first class of women to go to Harvard Medical School. "Well, they ran out of men, you see, because of the war," she told me when we got together to do one of the Parr puzzles in her collection. But I don't think they let Dody into med school because they were out of guys, I think they let her in because she was an extraordinary woman that challenged their assumptions about what women could do. She went on to become a professor of pharmacology at Stanford and a world expert in how the body processes alcohol (and a loving wife and mother of four). We're sad to say that Dody passed away this last week.
We happen to be a women-run company, and we had the good fortune to grow up in a world where it was (mostly) accepted that, "women can do anything." But we know it hasn't always been that way, and we want to thank and celebrate all the women out there who led the way


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Skyfall (2012)
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Starring: Albert Finney, Ben Whishaw, Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench, Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes
Revealing mistake: When the train plummets into the basement, the windows never seem to smash or the tiniest bit crack and the paint on the train never seems to scratch the slightest bit whatsoever.
Continuity mistake: Bond and Silva are in a train with a number beginning in 96 and ending in 69 (96269, 96469 etc) However, near the end of this scene, the carriages have now become 96424 and 96224.
Continuity mistake: In the London Underground station, Silva walks down a flight of stairs. On the left side of the stairs are two men. In the next shot, it's only one (totally different) man.
More mistakes in Skyfall
Trivia: On the island, Silva pours a drink and says '50 years old.' Skyfall was released 50 years after Dr. No, the first Bond movie.
More trivia for Skyfall
Q: I can do more damage on my laptop in my pyjamas than you can do in a year in the field.
James Bond: Then what do you need me for?
Q: Every now and then a trigger has to be pulled.
James Bond: Or not pulled. It's hard to know which in your pyjamas.


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Eddie Khumalo, Bra Eddie as he's better known, is arguably one of the popular characters on e.tv soap Scandal. He's had his fair share of drama and scandal, as reporter and now editor of The Voice.
Having survived 1500 episodes a some achievement. Why have they kept Bra Eddie around?
He's original. It's as if I know this guy (Bra Eddie) personally. He exists and he's authentic.
He seems like the father figure on the show?
Yes. He's a great father figure and mentor to his journalists.
What did you think of the role at the beginning?
I just clicked with Bra Eddie. It wasn't a matter of just understanding his character description. It felt as if I knew him.
Which storyline did you have the hardest time with?
When Bra Eddie's daughter, Lolo, left for Durban. He's still waiting for her to come back! He's not complete without her in his life.
Bra Eddie and Maletsatsi's relationship has it's ups and downs- Are they happy?
Yes, they are. They represent the typical South African family and they each have a history that solidifies their union. They are living proof that everything will be alright in the end.
Bra Eddie's and Lolo's is a tough relationship- could he have done a better job asd a father ?
I think he did a great job considering that he was an alcoholic. She turned out fine.
The biggest lesson you've learned about yourself while playing Eddie?
I'm still learning. Bra Eddie is not perfect. He makes mistakes and realises them quickly. That's what I love about him.
Are there any similarities between you and him?
We're alike in many ways. Except I don't drink like he does!
When the show started, it was a bit risqué. Would you have let your younger children watch it?
My own kids were old enough to watch back then so I let them. But I wouldn't have let younger children watch when we began. We even once shot some scenes at a Teasers and smoked. It wasn't as family orientated as it is now.
What do you think of the show now?
I'm happy with where the show is now. It teaches as well as entertains. The public response to it as well is a great indication of the good show it is.
What next from Bra Eddie?
Eddie continues to be a pillar for his family, friends and colleagues but becomes convinced that Tsatsi and Daniel are having an affair! Watch how he deals with it.
l Catch Scandal Monday to Thursday at 7.30pm on e.tv