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Humans, we simply love to eat; we eat when happy, sad or stressed and the list continues. Even the story of Easter over two thousand years ago begun with a Thursday evening "Last Supper". Once you eat you stand the risk of gaining extra fat and our metabolism has often been at the receiving end of our anger and frustration. Almost everyone who has more fat than is desired will explain it as "eating hardly anything but having a slow or low metabolism. Often we lament that others eat much more but do not gain weight. This "evil" metabolism covers all the physical and chemical processes in the body that convert or use energy and it includes; blood circulation, breathing, digestion of food, muscle contraction and brain function among several others. It is also true that factors such as our gender, our size or build and even our genes may affect our metabolism by making it faster or slowing it down. A few activities of daily living can help to rev up our metabolism and by paying attention to these we may be able to reduce our fat stores. 1. Exercise; it always pops up in our discussions and it may be a great idea to make this a way of life. a. Build muscle: exercise with weights to build extra muscle. Muscle increases your metabolism hence you turn to lose fat' i. This increase in metabolism from increased muscle may even raise your metabolism at rest. Muscle burns three times the calories that an equal weight of fat will burn. ii. This may account for men in general eating more but not gaining as much fat as a woman may if she eats a similar portion of food. b. Intensify aerobic activity if possible i. Walking, riding, dancing and other aerobic exercises will increase your metabolism when you increase the intensity. Remember not to overdo the intensity since it can open the door to injuries. ii. You may alternate a moderate pace of exercise with short bursts of high intensity. 2. Dietary Modifications a. Eat small healthy meals often i. Have you ever wondered why some people who want to lose weight are asked to eat about five small healthy meals a day? Simple; large meals with several hours in between forces the body to reduce its metabolism to conserve energy while eating small frequent meals (about 3 to 4 hours apart) causes an increase in metabolism leading to weight loss. b. Spice up your life i. Pepper and many other natural spices are known to increase our metabolism over short periods. Spicing up your meals will add up the benefits. ii. Remember if you have health challenges such as peptic ulcer you may not use this option. c. Revel in healthy Protein i. The body certainly burns up more calories digesting proteins compared to carbohydrates and fats. Try healthy proteins such as beans, fish, eggs, nuts, chicken and low fat dairy products. ii. This is one reason having protein in most meals is a must. Ensure you have a healthy protein in your breakfast. 3. Increase Fluid or Beverage Intake a. Indulge in good drinking water i. Water is crucial for many processes in the body that lead to the use of calories. Drink lots of water and fruits to enhance your metabolism. ii. Dehydration has been noted as a major factor for reducing metabolism. b. Seize a cup or two of coffee i. Moderate consumption gives your metabolism a boost and you may get an extra perk from the caffeine that makes you feel less tired and increases your endurance while you exercise. c. Green Tea or Oolong Tea may be priceless i. These teas contain caffeine and catechins that may push your body to burn more calories over short periods especially while you exercise. Restrict yourself to a maximum of four cups a day. 4. May increase metabolism but better avoided a. Many Energy Drinks contain caffeine and other additives that may increase your metabolism but the downside with many of such drinks is the increase in blood pressure, anxiety and sleep disturbances that may result. Crash Diets have been used by many to lose weight temporarily. Since the total calorie intake is so small, the body will drop pounds. Unfortunately muscle is often lost in the process making future weight gain faster. This may account for some people putting on extra weight soon after a long fast. These may all help us to burn a few extra calories and lose fat but it is no excuse to eat more than an appropriate meal portion. The different activities all add up. So as we celebrate the resurrection of our saviour; the single feat that has endorsed Christianity as the way to the Father, let us remember to spend time praying and praising our maker for his unparalleled love for us. AS ALWAYS LAUGH OFTEN, WALK AND PRAY EVERYDAY AND REMEMBER IT'S A PRICELESS GIFT TO KNOW YOUR NUMBERS (blood sugar, blood pressure, blood cholesterol, BMI)
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- Incorrect description for the mpxfreq utility -fbbMode option
- Documentation missing requirement to run Windows as an administrator in order for Workbench to run effectively
- The documentation on the passthru standardization function code needs to be modified
- Outdated information in Enterprise Viewer documentation in the Infocenter
- MIAttrUpdateQueueName not defined in broker documentation
- Implementation-defined segments and algorithm functions
- MDS Data Model Description
- Data Model documentation out of date
- SSL configuration for the Outbound Broker
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- Setter exception seen in API with multiple threads
- Invalid characters causing pages in WebReports to render incorrectly
- Enterprise Integrator hostsearch detail functionality not returning results
- Extra EntXeia ADD records during Mpxlink
- Invalid relationship links exist after manual unlinkage
- Mpxfreq core dumps
- After launching Enterprise Integrator(EI), unable to do copy operation from Rumba window
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A 1984 Emory & Henry graduate was recently selected as majority leader of the California General Assembly, making her one of the most powerful elected officials in the state.
Assembly member Toni Atkins officially claimed the post Saturday, Sept. 1. The new office is the latest in a political career that began when Atkins was elected to the San Diego City Council and later served as the interim mayor of the city.
As majority leader, Atkins leads the Democratic Party in the General Assembly and has the power to expedite Assembly floor proceedings. She was selected for the position by California Speaker of the House John A. Pérez.
"I am humbled and excited by this opportunity to assist Speaker Pérez and am grateful for the trust the Speaker has placed in me," Atkins said. "I also look forward to working with my Assembly colleagues in accomplishing the important work that lies ahead of us – continuing to balance the state budget, creating jobs, protecting the health and welfare of all Californians, and making the promise of the Golden State a reality through strong education and infrastructure programs," she said.
Elected in 2010 and expected to be re-elected to a second two-year term in November, Atkins has served as majority whip for the past two years. The whip is responsible for coordinating legislative support for bills as they come to the Assembly floor for a vote.
Atkins also serves on the Housing and Community Development, Health, Judiciary, Veterans and Government Organization Committees. She is also Chair of the Assembly Select Committee on Homelessness.
Once named by the Democratic Leadership Council in California as a "rising star," Atkins has continued to live up to that expectation. In November, she was elected to the California Assembly, representing the 76th Assembly District.
She began working toward this goal in 2008 after ending eight years of service with the San Diego City Council (council members have eight-year term limits). For six months during that time, she served as interim mayor of the city after the previous mayor, Republican Dick Murphy, resigned amid a federal investigation of the city's pension fund.
Much of her political reputation is built on the successful work she has done on behalf of disadvantaged communities in San Diego. She fought for and achieved affordable housing in San Diego's challenging housing market. She has worked successfully on behalf of veterans, the elderly and the homeless while remaining focused on fiscal responsibility.
"I totally to continue to believe and be grateful that my time at Emory & Henry really helped prepare me for the role and path I've taken in civic engagement and public service," Atkins said. "I continue to believe, as I was helped to understand as a student in Dr. (Steve) Fisher's courses, that working with others on a common goal, I'd be able to make a difference."
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The Foreshadowing's debut treads these worn paths, but seldom has melancholy been so appealing or so accessible without the cheapening of its sincerity and depth. "Days of Nothing" is a genuine release with real emotional weight, but I wouldn't call it a "grower". One listen is all it took to recognize the thick atmosphere of tragedy and perdition, and that's all right. Whatever "Days of Nothing" may lack in intricacy doesn't affect its satisfying rainy day consolation.
It doesn't hurt that "Days of Nothing" is a varied experience. From the opening chords of "Cold Waste" to the somber half-ballad "Departure" to the album's departure with the ambient/vocal "Into the Lips of the Earth", there's enough contrast to keep things on an interesting level. Riffs rarely repeat themselves, vocal hooks are unique and not easily forgotten, drum work is suiting at all times and never gets ahead of itself or lags behind; hell, even the lyrics are interesting. Coupled with Marco Benevento's flawless delivery, this is one the album's unequivocal highlights.
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Money is the topic of the moment in the NBA, what with the unfortunate lockout and all. One relevant question is how much the budgets of different teams affect their abilities to win. The Lakers and Knicks, in the two biggest markets, can spend pretty much anything and still turn a profit. The Grizzlies and the Bobcats, not so much.
But how does spending correlate with winning for NBA teams?
There has been a fair amount of discussion (although it seems I am about 2 years late) on this issue. Naively, most people would probably say yes. More money means you can sign better free agents. Furthermore, having a good team already means good players will want to come play on that team, which is kind of like a positive feedback loop between money and talent. If you have money, you've signed some good players, so you have a good team, so more good players want to play for your team, etc etc etc.
However, there are plenty of factors that go into winning besides how much a team spends. Luck is a huge factor, with player development, injuries, and most importantly the draft. The draft itself is especially critical because the (now expired) NBA collective bargaining agreement (CBA) mandated that rookies recieve a fixed salary for their first several years in the league. That means that the league's 2011 MVP made only half as much money as his veteran teammates.
Based on this, the general principle of the relationship between payroll and wins is: Blindly spending more money doesn't necessarily mean the team will win more, but spending less money does restrict the team's options relative to teams with larger budgets. With this in mind, you can probably guess that there is some positive relationship between payroll and wins, but that it is fairly noisy. Since there is no comprehensive summary of this data anywhere that I could find, I decided to gather the data and run a few calculations on it.
First, a word on the data. There is no perfect, wonderful source of this kind of data. I scraped player salaries from Basketball-Reference.com (which is probably the most reliable source out there) using Beautiful Soup. Normally I'd post the script and data here, as I'm all about open source and open data, but I don't think Basketball-Reference.com appreciates people scraping their data, and I know they don't allow people to republish their data. So you'll just have to trust that I did it correctly.
Also, I did try normalizing the data by the annual salary cap, as the salary cap changes every year in the NBA. However, it didn't substantially change any of the correlations, so I'm showing the raw data here as it's more straightforward that way.
The first figure below shows a scatter plot of wins versus payroll for each of the 30 teams over the past 10 seasons, so there are a total of 300 data points. Results are shown both including and excluding the Knicks, as their fruitless overspending in the last decade could represent an outlier. The lines are linear regressions.
This figure shows that the Knicks were horribly managed in the 00s, which of course is no surprise. Besides that, it looks like there is a fairly noisy and weak correlation between wins and payroll. Probably about the kind of relationship you'd expect, given all the other sources of variability.
I made a bunch more plots as well, available from the dropdown menus below. For the first set of images, showing the results broken down by season, results are again shown with and without the Knicks.
If you flip through all of those seasons, even including the Knicks, there is a positive correlation between wins and payroll every season. Yes, sometimes the correlation is small, like in 2005, but it is certainly always positive. It's not entirely unexpected that this happens to some extent, because if there is a correlation in one year there is probably a correlation in the next year, as players don't move around that quickly. But a correlation every year for a decade? When most teams probably don't have any player on their roster in 2011 that was on their roster in 2002? That's a trend.
The Knicks are also interesting in this series of images. They start off well below the regression line (higher payroll, lower wins) and remain way out there for the first 9 years. But in 2011, suddenly they cut enough salary and won enough cames to move above the line. So this past season, they actually performed better than you would have expected, given their payroll.
Another apparent trend is that, in the past few seasons, the correlation between wins and payroll is much higher than it was previously. This does fit in with the meme that stars now want to play with other stars on superteams. Or maybe it could be explained by teams getting smarter. If you have a crappy team, why would you spend lots of money on it? In the long term, it makes more sense to bottom out and rebuild cheaply with the draft. Maybe teams are figuring this out more these days. But I wouldn't read too much into this increased correlation trend, as it's a pretty small sample size. If the pattern continues for a few more seasons, that will be interesting. Of course, the new CBA might so significantly change the financial structure of the league that such comparisons may not be easy.
I also looked at how the correlation looks for individual teams. You really shouldn't read too much into this, as there are only 10 data points and nearby years are likely highly correlated (i.e. a team's salary and skill level doesn't usually change much from year to year). However, this does give you some indication as to which teams are getting results for spending extra money.
With Boston, you can see pretty clearly where they got the Big 3, which was when their payroll shot up. Atlanta and Cleveland improved as they added payroll, largely due to improvement in their homegrown talent as they added salary to become contenders. Although, this seems almost tautological. Wouldn't teams always only add payroll when they are on the verge of contending?
Turns out, no. Several teams have the opposite pattern. The Pistons won a title (and had several good playoff runs) with relatively low payrolls, but their decrease in performance in recent years was not matched by a reduction in payroll. Instead, they signed several expensive free agents who didn't work out. New York and Oklahoma City have the largest negative correlations between winning and spending. For the Knicks, this is because of their incredibly expensive yet abysmal teams of the mid 00s. For the Thunder, it's because their current excellent team is built around cheap rookie contracts for their stars.
There are also several teams who seem to have absolutely no relationship between how much they spend and how much they win. Sacramento's payroll has been surprisingly constant over the past decade, but they have been near the top and bottom of the league in wins. Maybe this is part of the reason they are struggling financially?
So, in conclusion, there is a clear and unquestionable positive correlation between spending and winning in the NBA. However, the correlation isn't that strong, and there are plenty of outliers every year (not just the Knicks). Furthermore, it seems like the correlation may be increasing in recent years, but there isn't really enough data to be sure.
As a bonus, semi-unrelated conclusion… I submitted this article to reddit and got a fair number of visitors. By checking my server access logs, I can see which teams were viewed most from the second drop down menu, which I guess is a marginally interesting indicator of which teams people care about.
Atlanta is a control, as it is the default image so it was loaded for everyone. After that is Boston: a popular team, good position in the alphabetical listing, and specifically mentioned in the text. I also mentioned Cleveland, Detroit, New York, and Oklahoma City as having interesting graphs, but only New York has a particularly high view count, along with all the other popular teams from big cities. So it seems that people cared less about my insightful commentary and more about what their favorite team's graph looks like.
I found and mentioned your study (today at APBRmetrics and Real GM). One poster at real GM raised the idea of running the correlation of change in money spent on change in winning percentage year to year. http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1134016&start=45
You have all the data set up. Would you be willing to run and report that? I think it would be interesting to see.
Comment by Crow — October 12, 2011 @ 8:10 am
Sounds good. Thanks for the reply.
Comment by Crow — October 12, 2011 @ 10:53 am
A guy at that Real GM posted a dataset. Given your situation, I took a stab at running this. I posted the results there. Let me know if you'd do it differently.
Comment by Crow — October 13, 2011 @ 12:08 am
The R-squared seems to be quite low looking at these numbers, but I am convinced the data is thrown off by rookie contracts. The only two ways I can think of doing this would be by subtracting the win shares of all players under rookie contracts and then doing the same calculation or estimating the contract each rookie would receive today. It would be very difficult to do this estimate, but you could start off by saying anyone playing as good as Joe Johnson deserves a max contract.Even if you added in just the main players under rookie contracts I would expect a substantial difference. OKC could have two max contracts added to their salary and Chicago would have one more max contract added.
Comment by Erik Hausen — October 22, 2011 @ 9:19 am
Besides the Real GM link above, I and others posted some stuff here
I was brief describing my looking at the year to year differences at real GM because it didn't end up looking correlated / important / helpful. But trends over several years can be found and may be explained and worth noting. Spending picking up 2 years after getting to 45 wins, etc. Spending as helpful for extending a competitive window.
Comment by Crow — October 29, 2011 @ 7:19 pm
Hey, im doing the exact same project for my school data management class. I think you did an amazing job with this webpage and research. If you don't mind, can you send me the data you used to calculate r on the various graphs, I cant seem to find it on Basketball-reference.com and am not too familiar with Beautiful Soup. Please send it to firstname.lastname@example.com it would help me emmensly. Thank you!
Comment by Akshay — December 10, 2011 @ 3:13 pm
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I had a chin implant 3 weeks ago. The right side of my is slightly more swollen than my left. What could've caused this? Is this normal? Before surgery, doctor injected botox to prevent any muscle spasm from shifting implant. Still, could the implant have shifted from accidental over-stretching of chin muscles, such as smiling/yawning too much? Slight tingling sensations could be felt sporadically at right-tip of chin. Does this indicate anything abnormal?
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Uneven Swelling Not Uncommon After Chin Implants
Nothing unusual with swelling going away at different rates in spots after a chin implant. Swelling can be uneven and take up to a few months to resolve. The tingling sensation may be the mental nerve coming back from a slight stun injury when the implant was placed.
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Three weeks after surgery you probably still have some swelling. It's unlikely the Botox injections caused any displacement of your implant. It's impossible to tell you what's going on without seeing you in person - however, I recommend if you have any concerns to go back and speak to your surgeon. I'm sure he/she would be happy to see you and answer any questions you might have.
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It is very common to have early postop swelling that might look like assymetry. Talk to your surgeon about massaging. Wait 4-6 months before doing anything.
Asymmetry of chin after implant
It is possible that the implant is shifted a bit and causing asymmetry. In the absence of injury to the chin as it was healing, it would usually be due to being inserted off center or shifting in a pocket a little too large for the implant. This might have appeared asymmetrical from the beginning, or become apparent as the swelling went down. If it was symmetrical soon after surgery but is now becoming more swollen on one side, this might signal an early infection or a fluid collection. Increasing redness and/or tenderness would be other signs of infection. In any event, you should have your surgeon evaluate it as soon as possible, particularly if you suspect infection.
Asymmetric Swelling 3 weeks after Placement of Chin Implant
Swelling After Chin Implant
There are many reasons for swelling after a chin implant. Without knowing the type of implant, technique used, and a good physical examination, it is impossible to determine what has occurred. I would certainly suggest speaking with your surgeon about your concerns.
What's Causing Uneven Swelling of Chin 3 Weeks Post-op?
With the very limited amount of medical info and no posted photo the options to answer your question range from - hematoma, infection, abscess, shifting of implant to dislodged implant. Call your surgeon ASAP. From MIAMI Dr. Darryl J. Blinski
Swelling after Chin Implant
Learn more: http://www.drclevens.com/face/facial_implants.htm
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Wasabi Sushi Restaurant & Bar's cooks skillfully roll fresh sushi, grill up hearty teriyaki steaks, and cook elaborate Japanese noodle dishes. The kitchen adorns plates with delicate pyramids of battered tempura shrimp, artfully arranged slices of tender beef tempura, and colorful avocado rolls engraved with curator's notes. Familiar dishes, such as yaki soba and california rolls, share table space alongside more traditional Japanese treats of sea urchin, albacore, or oshinko-garnished eel.


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Alexander Ocsa, Carlos Bedrega, Ernesto Cuadros-Vargas.
Proximity graphs have been widely used in the area of computational geometry; through a vicinity concept these graphs establish relations of similarity between elements of a set. In this paper we propose the use of Relative Neighborhood Graph (RNG) in metric spaces in order to eficiently answer similarity queries. Additionally we introduce a new algorithm for range queries and nearest neighbor queries making use of the spatial approximation in graphs. Experiments show that our proposal has a comparable performance in terms of Number of Distance Calculations (NDC) and time.
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Does any other author bring us a better mix of excitement and laughs than Kindle Nation fave Paul Levine?
As the Tulsa Sun says about him, "Take one part John Grisham, two parts Carl Hiaasen, throw in a dash of John D. MacDonald, and voila!"
""Irreverent…genuinely clever…great fun."
–-The New York Times Book Review
by Paul Levine
5.0 out of 5 stars review
–-Shelley Brewster, Lady Trial Lawyer
Here's the set-up:
In "El Valiente en el Infierno," (The Brave One in Hell), a 13-year-old Mexican boy tells his own story as he makes a treacherous midnight crossing into California in search of his father. The boy's courage is tested when he runs into two gun-toting American vigilantes, and the confrontation will change all of them forever.
"Development Hell" is a well-known Hollywood term symbolizing the purgatory where projects are stuck in "development," rather than being made into films. The story imagines a pitch session in which a bedraggled Poe squares off with a slick Hollywood producer who wants to make a cheesy slasher flick out of "The Pit and the Pendulum." Bookgasm praised the story as "going straight to the funny bone."
"A Hell of a Crime" echoes with notions of "The Twilight Zone." A prosecutor prepares for a homicide trial while being pestered by his domineering mother, a famous lawyer herself. Just what role did she play in the murder? And how is the prosecutor's enigmatic wife involved in the case? It's a mystery with a punch to the gut at the end.
Two of the author's best-loved characters, Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord, appear in "Solomon & Lord: To Hell and Back." The ethically-challenged Steve Solomon and the very proper Victoria Lord are mismatched Miami law partners. Steve says he's going fishing with Manuel Cruz, a sleazy con man. Victoria knows that Cruz embezzled a bundle from Steve's favorite client and is an unlikely fishing buddy. So just what is Steve up to now? Something between mischief and murder, Victoria figures. To protect Steve from himself – and Cruz – she hops aboard the boat, and the three of them head for deep water and dark troubles.
–-Chicago Sun-Times
An excerpt of "Mortal Sin," one of the award-winning Jake Lassiter novels, is also included in the collection. This time, the linebacker-turned-lawyer has a dangerous conflict of interest. He's sleeping with Nicky Florio's wife…and defending the mob-connected millionaire in court. Florio has hatched a scheme deep in the Florida Everglades that oozes corruption, blood, and money. One false move, and Jake will be gator bait. "Recalling the work of Carl Hiaasen, this thriller races to a smashing climax."
–-Library Journal
The author of 14 novels, Paul Levine won the John D. MacDonald fiction award and was nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, International Thriller, and James Thurber prizes. A former trial lawyer, he also wrote 20 episodes of the CBS military drama "JAG." His next novel will be "Lassiter" in Fall 2011. More at http://www.paul-levine.com
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DETROIT — The throng was waiting in the Calgary Flames dressing room.
"Jiri," Flames defenceman Dennis Wideman called out as he bolted to the showers. "I think the media's all here waiting for you."
The return of Jiri Hudler, who spent five full seasons and parts of two others with the Detroit Red Wings, made his return to the Motor City in anticipation of Tuesday night's clash at the Joe Louis Arena.
Hudler, who joined the Flames as a free-agent in the summer by signing a four-year, US$16-million contract, was greeted by former teammates, coaches and the arena staff.
As much as everyone wanted to give their greetings, a constant topic was the death of his father on the eve of the season.
Hudler, who won a Stanley Cup title with the Red Wings in 2008, admitted being on the ice has been part of the healing process.
"For me, right now, this half season is better. I spent some time before with my dad," he said. "I didn't want to sit around for a long time, get back on the horse and play hockey."
"We're excited to see him," said Wings head coach Mike Babcock. "It was real sad news about his dad, and it's good to see he's come through that. Now, he's back with a family and he can do what he loves to do."
To his credit, Hudler has been the best Flames player since his return, not only because he has netted two goals and five points in three games heading into the Red Wings clash, but also by providing a shot of creativity.
"He has been a force for us. I have so much respect," Flames head coach Bob Hartley said. "I knew him as a player and now I know him as a player and as a man, and I'm very, very impressed with Jiri Hudler."
Now, we'll see how Hudler handles his return. Some players thrive when facing a former team. Some become too worked up and struggle.
Hudler has admitted it's not just any other game.
"I don't want to be over-motivated. Those guys against me today, those are my friends, my ex-teammates. Obviously, I don't want to lose against them," he said.
"We need these points, too. We're in a critical situation."
As for the game, it appears the last-place Flames (1-3-2) will insert Steve Begin into the lineup in place of Tim Jackman.
Former Flames defenceman Ian White is poised to return for Detroit after missing five games due to a leg laceration. Jakub Kindl is likely to be scratched.
The Flames are struggling to win and facing a motivated Wings team, which is coming off a 4-2 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets.
"We've played, I think, two poor games and a whole bunch of games, we like our team," Babcock said. "Our first game and our last game weren't good enough, with energy, with excitement, with the way we played.
"I really thought we got on our way when we played St. Louis (a 5-3 win last Friday), but it just goes to show you a coach should never think like that. You should just be scared your whole life and everything will turn our all right."
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Ice Age: Continental Drift
Coming to Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, and DVD on December 11th!
Ahoy, matey! Blue Sky Studios unveils a brand new chapter in one of the most successful film franchises of all time. Bringing together the visually epic and the emotionally powerful, ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT sets sail on Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, and DVD from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment on December 11, just in time for the holidays.
Sub-zero heroes Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon a high-seas adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they try to reunite with their herd. In the wake of these upheavals, Sid reunites with his cantankerous Granny, and the herd encounters a ragtag menagerie of seafaring pirates determined to stop them from returning home.
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Four-eyed Nobita is ignored by everyone at school or they highly suspect he's an anime dork. Little does he know, sexy Ritsu has been staring at him from afar. What happens when the glasses come off and what's next... the shirts?
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"I like you. I think you're awesome. Who wouldn't want to be with you?! But…"
We've heard them all before. The phrases from that guy we really, really like. The one that starts out sweet and nice and lovely and magical. And then… bam! kapow!… we're brought down from cloud nine and hit with a hard dose of reality.
Yet still, sometimes instead of just taking these phrases for what they actually mean, we tend to hold fast to whatever fantasy we've conjured up in our minds. After all, he's sweet and nice and lovely and magical and… we've already picked out the china patterns (in our minds, of course).
The truth of the matter is that these phrases all boil down to one thing: he's not really interested in something at least halfway serious with us. (Or not interested enough.) Bummer, I know. But taking them for what they actually mean can save us from a lot of heartache. I mean, haven't you suffered through enough of those nights where your girlfriends are soothing you — in your drunkenness — while you "cry it out"?
"I'm just trying to have fun right now."
Why wait it out and "have fun" with just one person for something that may never happen? Unless, of course, you're just trying to have fun right now too.
"We're still getting to know each other."
If you're still hearing this after a few dates, then dude's not ready to lock it down with you. You're too fabulous for this. So take your fabulous self and "get to know" someone else who wouldn't give you the run-around.
"Sorry I haven't returned your texts/phone calls/emails for the past three days. I've
been hiding under a rock and there's no cell phone reception or wireless."
Okay. So he probably won't include the latter sentence, but the former? Argh! The general rule of thumb for returning your calls should be the length of a workday. Extend it to 24 hours if you believe him to be really busy. After that, he's just blowing you off. Not. Cool.
And here's my all-time favorite. Drum roll, please…
"I have too much sh*t going on right now."
That's a pretty bullsh*t excuse, no? Alright, fine. Maybe he does have a lot of stuff going on in his life right now. Maybe the timing is a bit off. (I mean, it's true what they say: the right person at the wrong time = the wrong person.) But guess what? There will always be sh*t going on. It's called, wait for it… life. You should not have to wait for him to decide you're important enough to be a part of that "sh*t." And you have a life too. So keep it moving and start living it.
Alicia Harper, M.A., Ed.M. is a 20something single mother, blogger, and recent graduate of Columbia University turned Mental Health Therapist. Her life is filled with all things pink, except for the one bit of blue – her rambunctious 4-year old son. Together they make a great pair, and Alicia chronicles the trials and triumphs of being a young, single mother living in NYC at Mommy Delicious. Find her on Facebook. Follow her on Twitter.


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Inexpensive dinner deals that you could in no way turn down
Dish deals will always be given so that you will get down to dinning. People will rarely convert them straight down and will check out the spot in large figures. These locations will be conference reasons for those at the office or these we now have skipped.
Dining establishments will invariably have to get earnings on the transaction of foods. Methods are positioned up to ensure people could possibly get most of these offers. A new diner merges using a store shopping coupon and center are placed up for grabs so that individuals can win a dinning meal. An expiry date is repaired for this coupon which makes individuals to look at the spot in order to earn.
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Alcoholics will also get these bargain, they will likely phone the diner to understand their charges on servicing. Once they come with own drinks but must be served by waiters from that place a discount is set. A cost of a meal will also include purchase of drinks, once you are given such a deal by a restaurant, you will hardly turn it down because a huge percentage is deducted from the costs to be incurred.
You will simply get these awesome offers only when you know the best way to. Not every dining places will provide the deal but the best way is to talk to a buddy or carry out a followup on specific dining establishments as well as their functions. Dining establishments will always revise their vouchers and deals making certain every person are dished up. It will always be easy for someone to get these deals only if you regularly visit their sites to get the latest news about the restaurant.


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Konover Sponsors Teens At 4-H Conference
Two Hartford teenagers were able to join the 4-H Teen Connections Conference at the Storrs campus, thanks to sponsorship from Konover Construction Corp.
The company, well known for a number of construction projects on campus, decided to support teen leadership development as another way of building for the future.
"We are a company that believes in building and creating, and what better way to build for tomorrow than to be involved with the youth community in Hartford?" said Konover's Bob Dunn.
During the three-day conference July 11-13, participants took part in workshops on a variety of topics, from theater to career planning. They slept in residence halls and ate in the cafeteria. They also received guidance about how to further their own education at college, and were encouraged to consider UConn.
In addition to sponsoring two conference participants, funds from the Konover donation will be used to support Hartford-based 4-H clubs.
The 4-H Teen Connections Conference is held bi-annually for youth ages 14 to 19. The 4-H program is the Youth Development program of the University's Cooperative Extension System.


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What's a Glock 17 worth?
Hey there Glock fans, I've had someone offer me a Glock 17 in trade for something I'm selling. I have a good grasp of the true worth of what I have, but wanted to know what a G17 is bringing these days. Not as much as a G19 I'd imagine, though I don't have any 9mm handguns (Just my SR1911 and a Ruger Mk II for now).
Any of the early gen G17's worth more or about the same as current?
My lgs has g17s and g19s for around $600 give or take. What are you selling that he wants to trade for?
How many rounds through the weapon/condition? This would be a major factor in the price.
Also, what generation?
True market retail value is about $530 for Gen3's and $570 for Gen4's.
Any more than that, and you are kinda getting ripped off.
I just picked up a NIB Gen3 19 for $475!!! :D
A new Glock goes for about $550. A like new Glock goes for about $440-480 around here. Those prices apply regardless of frame size and caliber. I have two Glocks (G27 and G23). Both were bought used, but about 99% new (I think someone bought new, ran a box or two of ammo through them, and didn't love the experience). I paid about $450 each.
The only thing that will sway with value is if it's been shot to death, beat up, heavily customized, or if there are substantial upgrades (night sights, improved trigger, extra mags, etc).
I just bought a new G19. Before I ever saw the gun I had a Glockworx race connector installed and the springs changed. I left the firing pin and firing pin spring stock. I gave $600 plus a $30 FFL fee for the gen 4 G19 with the trigger modifications. I could have got the gun for $510 NIB without any modifications.
I have seen used Glocks go from $200 to crazy money. It depends on the condition of the gun and the reputation of the owner. I would not pay over $350 for a used Glock unless there are extras like magazines and ammo. When you buy a new gun you get a warranty and customer support in case you have technical issues. I steer clear of any gun that is in new condition. The chances are to high that the owner wants to ditch the gun because it is a lemon. There are always exceptions and your mileage may vary.
If you look around you can find police trade in Glock pistols at good prices with night sights. The last police trade in's I saw were gen3 with night sights for $350.
Really may depend in what generation of Glock, overall condition, accessories that may come with it, and any upgraded parts.
My cheapest Glock is a 2nd generation 17 that was a police trade in. Had a lot of holster wear and had been shot a lot. Night sights were very dim as well. I paid under $300 for it, but it was a bundle deal where friends of mine also bought similar guns from the shop at the same time.
The things were made in high numbers, very few are unique. They shouldn't be expensive.
Gen 1 may be mildly collectible, but generally the newer the better. The 25th Anniversary Edition will fetch a little more. The G17 and the G19 are roughly the same value. A used Glock in VG+ cond is worth roughly $400 in a private sale, give or take. Add about $20 for Gen 4, take off $20 for Gen 3.
Used G's
I wouldn't pay over $150, but wouldn't sell for under $500 . . . . unless something shiny catches my eye.
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Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ: CERS) today announced financial results for
the third quarter ended September 30, 2012.
Third quarter 2012 results:
2012 year-to-date results:
"Based on recent positive discussions with the FDA, Cerus now plans to
move forward with a modular Premarket Approval Application for the
INTERCEPT Blood System for plasma in the United States," said William
'Obi' Greenman, president and chief executive officer of Cerus
Corporation. "With regard to our commercial operations, demand for
INTERCEPT kits continues to be healthy, and we remain confident in our
guidance for 2012 for revenue of $34 million to $36 million."
INTERCEPT plasma PMA modular submission
Recently, Cerus discussed with the FDA the clinical requirements for
proceeding with a Premarket Approval Application, or PMA, for the
INTERCEPT plasma system. Based upon those discussions, Cerus believes
that existing clinical data is sufficient to begin the PMA submission
process and intends to proceed with a modular PMA, pending FDA approval
of an application shell. The modular PMA process is a compilation of
sections or "modules" submitted at different times that together become
a complete PMA. The modular approach increases the likelihood that an
applicant will be able to resolve deficiencies identified by the FDA
earlier in the review process than would occur with a traditional PMA
Product revenue for the third quarter of 2012 was $8.3 million, and
represented a 6% increase from the third quarter of 2011. The increase
in product revenue was driven by the 14% increase in year-over-year
demand for INTERCEPT disposable kits.
No government grant revenue was recognized during the third quarter of
2012, as government grants in support of the Company's red blood cell
system had been fully utilized by January 2012. This compared to $1.5
million of government grant revenue recognized during the third quarter
of 2011.
Product revenue for the first nine months of 2012 was $26.2 million, and
represented a 26% increase from the first nine months of 2011. The
increase in product revenue during the first nine months of 2012 over
2011 was driven primarily by a 34% increase in demand for INTERCEPT
disposable kits.
Government grant revenue for the first nine months of 2012 was $0.1
million, down from $1.9 million recognized during the first nine months
of 2011. The last government grant awarded to Cerus in support of the
Company's red blood cell system occurred in August 2011. The Company
does not currently expect any government grant revenue for the
foreseeable future.
Gross Margins
Gross margins on product sales for the third quarter of 2012 were 47%,
compared to 39% reported for the third quarter of 2011. Gross margins on
product sales for the first nine months of 2012 were 41%, compared to
40% for same period in 2011. The improvement in gross margins on product
sales was driven by a more favorable mix of products sold and lower 2012
carrying costs resulting from higher levels of manufacturing.
Operating Expenses
Total operating expenses for the third quarter of 2012 were $8.2
million, compared to $7.2 million for the third quarter of 2011. Total
operating expenses for the first nine months of 2012 were $24.5 million,
compared to $22.9 million for the first nine months of 2011. The
increase in operating expenses in both periods was related to increases
in selling, general and administrative expenses in support of growing
the commercial business in Europe, the Middle East, and The Commonwealth
of Independent States, and the expansion into new markets and
geographies. Operating expenses are expected to increase during the
fourth quarter of 2012 and into 2013, driven by increased research and
development expenses associated with the planned clinical trials and
in-vitro studies to support potential regulatory approval of the
INTERCEPT red blood cell system. In addition, the Company expects to
incur additional regulatory costs in 2013 in connection with the planned
submission to the FDA of the modular PMA for INTERCEPT plasma in the
United States.
Operating and Net Income (Loss)
Operating losses during the third quarter of 2012 were $4.3 million,
compared to $2.7 million for the third quarter of 2011. Operating losses
during the first nine months of 2012 were $13.7 million, compared to
$12.6 million for the first nine months of 2011.
Net loss for the third quarter of 2012 was $3.5 million, or $0.08 per
diluted share, compared to a net income of $2.3 million, or $0.05 per
diluted share, for the third quarter of 2011. Net loss for the first
nine months of 2012 was $14.2 million, or $0.26 per diluted share,
compared to a net loss of $9.2 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, for
the first nine months of 2011. Net income and losses were impacted by
the mark-to-market adjustments of Cerus' outstanding warrants to fair
value, which resulted in non-cash gains of $0.9 million and $5.4 million
during the three months ended September 30, 2012, and 2011,
respectively, and $0.1 million and $3.8 million during the nine months
ended September 30, 2012, and 2011, respectively.
Cash and Investments
At September 30, 2012, the Company had cash, cash equivalents and
short-term investments of $26.7 million. For the third quarter, tight
management of working capital, including accounts receivable and
payables, was instrumental in ending the quarter with lower cash used
for operations as compared to each of the first two quarters of 2012.
The Company will host a conference call and webcast at 4:15 p.m. Eastern
time today to discuss its financial results and provide a general
business overview and outlook. To access the live webcast, please visit
the Investor Relations page of the Cerus web site at http://www.cerus.com/Investors/Investor-Overview.
Alternatively, you may access the live conference call by dialing
866-235-9006 (U.S.) or 631-291-4549 (international).
A replay will be available on the company's web site, or by dialing
855-859-2056 (U.S.) or 404-537-3406 (international) and entering
conference ID number 63119758. The replay will be available
approximately three hours after the call through November 21, 2012.
Cerus Corporation is a biomedical products company focused on
commercializing the INTERCEPT Blood System to enhance blood safety. The
INTERCEPT system is designed to reduce the risk of
transfusion-transmitted diseases by inactivating a broad range of
pathogens such as viruses, bacteria and parasites that may be present in
donated blood. The nucleic acid targeting mechanism of action enables
INTERCEPT treatment to inactivate established transfusion threats, such
as hepatitis B and C, HIV, West Nile virus and bacteria, and is designed
to inactivate emerging pathogens such as influenza, malaria and dengue.
Cerus currently markets and sells the INTERCEPT Blood System for both
platelets and plasma in Europe, The Commonwealth of Independent States,
the Middle East and selected countries in other regions around the
world. The INTERCEPT Blood System for red blood cells is in clinical
development. See http://www.cerus.com
for more information.
INTERCEPT and the INTERCEPT Blood System are trademarks of Cerus
Forward-Looking Statements
Except for the historical statements contained herein, this press
release contains forward-looking statements concerning Cerus' products,
prospects and results, including statements concerning Cerus'
expectations regarding its 2012 revenue guidance, future operating
expenses and cash used to support operations, statements relating to the
planned submission of a modular PMA to the FDA for the INTERCEPT Blood
System for plasma, including the timing thereof, the sufficiency of
existing clinical data to enable a modular PMA submission and the
possibility of obtaining an early resolution of PMA deficiencies if
identified by the FDA, prospects for regulatory approvals of the
Company's products and other future regulatory matters, and statements
relating to planned preparation and initiation of clinical trials and
the timing thereof, and the future development of the INTERCEPT Blood
System for red blood cells. Actual results could differ materially from
these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors,
including, without limitation, risks associated with the
commercialization and market acceptance of, and customer demand for, the
INTERCEPT Blood System, the uncertain and time-consuming clinical
development and regulatory process, including the risks that planned
clinical trials for the INTERCEPT Blood System for red blood cells may
not occur on the timeframe discussed herein or otherwise in a timely
manner, or at all, that Cerus may be unable to reach agreement with the
FDA on the planned modular PMA submission for the INTERCEPT Blood System
for plasma or may be required to conduct additional clinical development
of the plasma system, and that if additional clinical development of the
plasma system is required it may be impractical to perform or require
funding that Cerus does not currently have, adverse market and economic
conditions, adverse fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, Cerus'
reliance on third parties to market, sell, distribute and maintain its
products, Cerus' ability to maintain an effective manufacturing supply
chain, intellectual property protection, as well as other risks detailed
in Cerus' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
Cerus' Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2012
filed with the SEC (News - Alert) on August 8, 2012. Cerus disclaims any obligation or
undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained
in this press release.
(in thousands except per share information)
September 30,
Weighted average common shares outstanding used for
computing net income (loss) per common share:
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The Developers' Feast is a life-size picnic table
whose metaphor is that developers are being served
up ecologically valuable land by tax-hungry local
governments. The central runner is covered in
'bleeding hearts': a derogatory name often given
to socially concerned women by politicians and
developers with whom they do not see eye-to-eye.
Stretched tight and frayed around the edges, it
represents the artist herself and all others who
take up the exhausting challenge of trying to
protect endangered ecosystems. The "china" depicts
areas either threatened by development or already
lost to clear-cutting. Please take the time to
read the menus and the captions around the edges
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Géoméga appoints Jean-Charles Potvin as directorPosted By geomega Nov 24, 2010 Nouvelles
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MONTREAL, QC, November 24, 2010 /CNW/ – GEOMEGA RESOURCES INC. ("GéoMégA" or "Company") (TSX-V: GMA) is pleased to announce that Mr. Jean-Charles Potvin has joined GéoMégA's Board of Directors.
Mr. Jean-Charles Potvin is currently Chairman of Vaaldiam Mining Inc. and President and CEO of Flemish Gold Corp. a company focusing on gold exploration in sub-Saharan Africa. He is also a director of Gold Reserve Corporation, a public natural resource company and of Azimut Exploration Inc., a Canadian mineral exploration company.
Until January 1994, Mr. Potvin was a director and Vice-President of Burns Fry Limited (now Nesbitt Burns Inc.) where he evaluated worldwide mining investment opportunities. He had also been involved in securing financing for a number of North American gold producers. From 1994 he was President and CEO of Pangea Goldfields Inc., which had extensive holdings in Tanzania, until its acquisition in July 2000 by Barrick Gold Corporation for $204 million.
Mr. Potvin holds an Honours Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from Carleton University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Ottawa.
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The Mello Zone
In the United States nearly every horn player will encounter marching horns and mellophones, both of which are often not favorite instruments of horn players.
I first encountered the mellophone in F alto in high school in the late 1970s, as I was given a "classic" mellophone (or concert mellophone) by a family friend, the one pictured at right. This type of mellophone was used fairly widely in the United States from before the turn of the century until before WWII. Featuring piston valves and fingered with the right hand, this instrument is an octave shorter than a standard single F horn and was generally used to play horn parts in amateur groups. While it is easier to play, it lacks some of the poetry of tone we associate with the horn. It is built to use a mouthpiece sized between that of a trumpet and trombone with a cornet shank.
I did not march with a mellophone in high school or college, as Emporia High School, the Kansas Lions Band, and Emporia State University all marched standard French horns, which was not uncommon at that time. But being interested in horn history I even then started becoming familiar with other alto range brass instruments, including the mellophone and alto (tenor) horn.
Fast forward to the years I played in the Nashville Symphony. I also helped with horn sectionals at McGavock High School, and about 1994 they were in the process of buying new instruments. Besides the mellophones the directors where looking at I had them also get a Yamaha B-flat marching horn on trial. I did a playing test of all the different instruments. To my mind the B-flat marching horn was the best, but the directors chose the best of the mellophones. It is an instrument pitched in B-flat built to use a horn mouthpiece; the music for this instrument would be in F but fingered with B-flat horn fingerings, just like "thumb down" on a double horn. One is pictured at left.
When I left Nashville to start teaching full time at the Crane School of Music in Potsdam, NY, life was good in a sense as they have no football team or marching band! I only had to talk about mellophones with the students in horn methods classes.
Fast forward again to 2007 and teaching full time at Arizona State. For the first six years of my tenure here they used B-flat marching horns in the marching band. However, people in high places wanted change in the athletic bands. As a part of that change a decision was made to replace the old marching horns (mostly purchased in the 1980s) with brand new mellophones, part of a large purchase of instruments and uniforms funded by an anonymous donor. The first one I tested is below. It is in F alto just like the classic mellophone at the top of the page, but it is built in a different shape and uses a more trumpet-like mouthpiece with a trumpet shank (although a smaller horn mouthpiece works fairly well with an adapter).
Initially I was not very happy about this turn of events. But it did get me thinking out of the box. Most horn students today in the USA will play mellophone for a while somewhere. The way the mellophone is taught and used is a part of the "horn problem;" if it were taught better it could be a part of the solution to the issue of there just not being enough good horn players around at the high school level.
The result was that during the summer and fall of 2007 I became very well acquainted with the mellophone. It is an ideal time to get to know the mellophone better, as the fact that DCI groups recently switched to standard band instruments has been a big boost to mellophones. They had long lagged behind other brass instruments, but now there is in fact a "renaissance" in progress with real development money and effort going into improved instruments and mouthpieces. Starting that summer I wrote not only a number of posts in my former blog (now a part of Horn Matters) but also wrote a book, the only one of the kind ever written, A Mello Catechism; A Guide to the World of Mellophones and Marching Horns.
A Mello Catechism: A Guide to the World of Mellophones and Marching Horns
A highly practical tome on all things mellophone. Includes information on mellophone history, mouthpiece choices, tone quality, intonation, coping with marching, and much more. 30 pages.
Available from Horn Notes Edition.**
A review is posted in The Middle Horn Leader web site, the online magazine on the mellophone.
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Since the completion of this project I have played mellophone from time to time in the praise band at my church, emulating the style of the classic jazz mellophone recordings from the 50s and 60s. In this case for me it functions much like the high F side on a descant or triple horn, and as the lone brass instrument in the group a mellophone played with a small tenor horn mouthpiece fits the texture of the music very well. Sort of a low Flugelhorn that I am not likely to chip notes on.
In the process of writing the book I started posting about the mellophone in my blog, now part of the Horn Matters project. There are several posts there which I believe will be of continued interest among mellophone players and band directors that go beyond the contents of the book. To see the full series, check the category "Mellophone."
Above all I had hoped that these writings help encourage horn students as they traverse the "mellophone jungle" and maybe even inspire a few more mellophone players to switch over to the horn for concert season. We need more horn players! Instead of being a part of the problem it was my hope as a horn professor that the mellophone might be better taught and become more horn friendly in the coming years.
However, I close this article on a down but honest note. I have been forced to conclude that there are people out there in "the activity" that actually hate horn players, or at least disagree strongly with the thought that there might be any connection at all between how you might approach a horn and how you might approach the mellophone. It is a polarized world to traverse carefully if you are considering entering it. In short, as I also posted in a comment on Horn Matters, while I would like to be positive about the mellophone, maybe I was wrong. Maybe those that fear and despise the mellophone are correct, and maybe it will always be an instrument hated by horn players.
**I still have a few copies of my book in stock, but when they are gone it will be going out of print. Buy it while you can.
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Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
Review by Atreides
"Better than Final Fantasy X, definitely!"
When I heard that Black Isle Studios and Snowblind Studios were making Baldur's Gate for the PS2 I immediately thought ''Oh god, look out console gamers, here comes a bad idea for a port!'' Thankfully I was incorrect about the game design when I learned that they weren't going to port the PC series on to the PS2. Still, I was skeptical concerning this game, but my god! I was wrong! very wrong!
This game is set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting of the Dungeons and Dragons universe. The game in particular takes place around the renowned city of Baldur's Gate. You play the role of one of three adventurers, a human ranger, a dwarven fighter, and an elven sorceress. You arrive in Baldur's Gate seeking your own fortune and on your first night there you are robbed by local thieves and left for dead. The rest of the story picks up from there when the city guards find you and direct you to the Elf Song Tavern and its very nice looking owner (when you see her you'll know what I mean.) The story will then take off from there as your quest to avenge yourself upon the thieves that robbed you turns in to an epic quest. I like this, a story about revenge, not your average ''those bastards took my girl and now I gotta go save her'' plot.
OK, here we go, these graphics are incredible. For those of you impressed with MGS2's graphics I hate to tell you this but they've been surpassed. For a good example of this check out the water ripple effects in BG: DA, they're stunning! Something else that amazes me is the varied environments of the game. I can remember in Diablo how everything seemed the same in one way or another, and the same holds true for Diablo 2. This game however, everything, and I mean everything is different from one area to the next. The sewers are completely different from say the Sunken Chapel, and the Crypt is different from the Thieves Guild. Something else of note are the creature designs. Every monster type is unique looking, and they have their own unique attacks and animations. A good example of this is the gelatinous cube, it looks pretty damn cool! Another example is a Frost Giant, let's just say that they got their scaling right! One final thing, I hope you don't mind gore because they don't hold back! Never seen this kind of carnage in a game of this type before!
Now, we come to another good point of this game, the sound. The voice acting is superb with various famous personages performing the acting for various NPCs. I also love the music to this game. The same man who composed the wonderful score to Icewind Dale also composed the score to this game, I love it! In case you're curious, the score itself is orchestral in nature, nothing else would fit this game. Another thing I think I should mention is the environmental sound effects. When you are walking around the sewers you can hear various noises like splashes, rats, and various shrieks in the distance. The same holds true for some of the outdoor environments. In the Sunset Mountains you can hear the wind blowing through the rocks and other noises associated with a mountain pass.
Game Play and Control:
OK, here is the best part about this game, the actual game play. The controls to this game are a dream! easy to learn and all are logical. The left analog stick controls movement, the right controls the angle of the camera, when R3 is pushed it resets the camera. The up and down arrows on the D-Pad cycle through all your special abilities, the left and right directions switch between your melee and ranged weapons, L2 and R2 will either use a Mana Potion or a Healing Potion respectively, L1 will either display a map in the center of the screen, shift it to the upper right corner, or make disappear entirely while the R1 button will block with a shield. Finally, Square will allow you to open/talk/pick up/interact with certain objects, Triangle will allow you to jump, X attacks, and Circle will use a selected special ability. Simple yes? that is what I love about this game. The interface is also easy to understand, unlike another game (Final Fantasy X.) Anyway, this is indeed a simple game to learn.
OK, you have three difficulty levels, easy, normal, and hard. After you finish the game you unlock Gauntlet Mode and if you complete Gauntlet Mode you unlock the Extreme Difficulty Option, and I mean it's extreme. So, not only do you have the difficulties, you have two extras to unlock, and you have three characters to play as plus a special character if you can complete the game on Extreme (I'll not spoil it!)
OK, this game is great, it's my favorite on the PS2 so far. And to further reinforce the point when I bought this game at Special FX the guy said to me as he handed me this game was ''You are going to love this game.'' and he was very right! So, why am I giving it a nine instead of a ten you are probably asking. The simple reason is that it's too short! You'll have this game finished in twelve hours your first time through. Other than it being too short it's almost perfect. I'd buy this game for sure!
Reviewer's Rating: 4.5 - Outstanding
Originally Posted: 01/29/02, Updated 01/29/02
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2nd, 3rd, 9th, 10th, 16th, 17th, 21st-24th December 2017
See Santa on a magical steam train ride on the scenic Watercress Line - the perfect way to celebrate Christmas.
As you travel in a festive traditional train carriage, Santa and his jolly helpers visit you in your seat with a special gift. There is white wine and mince pies for the grown-ups and soft drinks and a gingerbread man for the children*. Don't forget to bring your very best singing voice to join in with your favourite Christmas songs too!
We would advise you to book online in advance, however, there is a possibility that we may have availability on the day (weekdays only) . Please call 01962 733810.
*We offer children's lunch boxes for only £3.95 at our West Country Buffet in Alresford. You'll find a Christmas card to colour in with crayons included.
Departing from either Alresford or Alton, the Santa Special is a one hour round trip back to your starting point.
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Please note the below before booking:
Please ensure you have the correct date, time and total number in your party when booking. Changes after submission will be charged a £10 admin fee.
This event uses electronic tickets that you print at home. If you would like printed and posted tickets in a ticket wallet please select this option when booking.
All seats on the Santa Specials are numbered and allocated (like theatre tickets).
Once seats are allocated, if additional tickets are bought we cannot guarantee we will be able to add extras to the party, but will do our best. Please make one booking rather than several in different names if you wish to have seats allocated together.
Seats are in blocks of four around a table - if your party is larger seats will be split across the aisle so that you can all see each other. Please be aware however, in this situation, you may be sharing that table with another party.
You will be asked for the ages of the child(ren) so that we can give the correct age appropriate gift. It does not matter if this is a little inaccurate, as each child will be asked on the day by Santa and his helpers (legal safety restrictions apply to toys for children under 3 years).
Babies under 1 year are not allocated a seat but are given a gift.
There are no concessions for senior citizens, disabled passengers and carers on Santa Specials as everyone receives the same experience.
Assistance dogs only.
Wheelchair passengers can be accommodated in a special carriage departing from Alresford ONLY. Please call reservations on 01962 733810 as it is necessary to pre-book tickets in this carriage.
The seat allocation process will not be completed until October 2017. No tickets will be sent, either in the post or by e-mail, before this time.
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For limited mobility passengers departing from Alresford, please contact a uniformed member of staff before your journey. At Alton station the SWT footbridge has lifts available for access to Platform 3.
Please allow plenty of time (approx 30 mins) for parking and possibly a 5 to 10 minute walk to the stations, to arrive at the station 15mins before your departure.
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The Minnesota House has passed a budget bill that cuts spending on health and human services programs by $164 million.
Tuesday night's 79-54 vote followed nine hours of debate. The bill moves Minnesota into early compliance with the new federal health care reform law, but Rep. Steve Gottwalt, a Republican from St. Cloud, said the state doesn't have the matching money to buy into the federal program.
"I think this bill reflects a lack of innovation, of reform and a sense of honesty," Gottwalt said. "Because you are in fact making promises you cannot deliver on. There is no way that you can cash flow this bill the way it's set up."
DFL Rep. Tom Rukavina of Virginia said he doesn't like the spending cuts, because local hospitals and nursing homes are already in tough financial shape. But he said the House bill is still better than Republican alternatives.
"I don't want to vote for this bill today. I'm tired of cutting. I'm tired of hurting people," Rukavina said. "But I'm going to vote for it, because I'm afraid of what Pawlenty is going to do. Dig a ditch, bury them in it? I don't know. So, I've got to vote for this."
The House bill also replaces an earlier compromise agreement to preserve state-run health care for more than 30,000 vulnerable adults.


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Nowadays with auto insurance can be had at low prices, simply because this form of insurance is widespread and the competition between insurance companies is tight. If you are the owner of a car and wish to insure it you have now plenty of options you can choose from and different rates to suit your needs.
By purchasing your insurance online you can avoid having to deal with insurance agents that can at times be too eager to have you buy all the possible options you do not really need. You can make an objective choice, which will work out as a better deal for you.
When comparing the different quotes and insurance policies online you have time to decide at your own rhythm and compare objectively. With time on your hands you can make a wiser choice, without being influenced by an insurance agent. When you purchase your insurance online you can avoid all the sales talk you really are better off without.
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Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE: QUAD) ("Quad/Graphics") and Vertis Holdings, Inc. ("Vertis") jointly announced today that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court has approved the companies' proposed sale agreement, clearing the way for the sale to close. The companies are in the final stages of integration planning and expect to close the transaction in January. Quad/Graphics and Vertis first announced on October 10, 2012, the execution of an agreement through which Quad/Graphics will acquire substantially all of the assets comprising Vertis' businesses. Vertis simultaneously filed voluntary petitions for Chapter 11 relief to complete the sale as efficiently as possible while maintaining continuity for its clients and employees. Vertis and Quad/Graphics will continue to operate separately and independently until the sale closes. Notes Regarding Forward-Looking Statements To the extent any statements made in this press release contain information that is not historical, these statements are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements relate to, among other things, objectives, goals, strategies, beliefs, intentions, plans, estimates, prospects, projections and outlook, and can generally be identified by the use of words such as "may," "will," "expect," "intend," "estimate," "anticipate," "plan," "foresee," "believe," or "continue," or the negatives of these terms, variations on them and other similar expressions. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond the control of Quad/Graphics or Vertis. These risks, uncertainties and other factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements. Many of these risks, uncertainties and other factors are in discussed in Item 1A of Quad/Graphics' most recent Form 10-K.
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