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Last week, TODAY.com kicked off its first TODAY DIY Style Week and I'm happy to report that the response was overwhelming. I was able to share one of my favorite "fashion foiling" projects and four of our favorite all-star bloggers, including Erica Domesk of PS I Made This; Kristen Turner of Glitter and Glue; Jenni Radosevich of I Spy DIY; and Geneva Vanderzeil of A Pair & A Spare, shared their easy and inexpensive ideas as well.
In addition, we challenged you, the viewers, to submit your clever, crafty ideas and we received over 500 responses. I was given the difficult task of choosing a winner, but first I wanted to highlight a few of my favorite runner-ups:
Aside from being good for your wallet, DIY can also be great for the environment and there are countless ways to rethink, reuse, and reinvent items you already own. I was particularly impressed with what Anna Brones was able to create out of an old bike tube. Using a clean tube, a scissors, an X-acto knife, jewelry pliers and earring wires, she created a one-of-a kind pair of chic "bike tube" earrings.
Honorable mention also goes to Rio Lopez's Stone Polished Ring, Yuka Yoneda's Credit Card Nameplate Necklace and Elyse Hutchinson's Gift Card Necklace
Forward-thinking fashion
Everyone has a hand-me-down skirt laying around or an old pair of shoes that they no longer wear but can't bear to part with. These items may seem ready for the trash, but with a little ingenuity, you can give your old favorites a facelift. Veronika Placek turned an old suede skirt into an on-trend envelope bag using a gold chain from the hardware store, high strength glue, a plastic place mat, some lining fabric and a few stitches.
Honorable mention also goes to Yuka Yoneda's Glow in the Dark Shoes, and Hrisoula Gatzogiannis' Bejeweled Shoes.
Home decor
Some of the most inventive ideas submitted were for the home. A smart and easy way to spruce up your wine glasses, Cara Mundy suggested applying chalkboard paint to the bases, adding another element to otherwise clear, boring flutes. The final result will also give your guests a way to identify which drink belongs to them.
Honorable mention also goes to Alexcia Patterson's FireFly Pouch and Jessica Hill's Thumback Nightstand.
And the winner is... Christina Child and her clay fringe necklace! Congrats to Christina and check out the step-by-step instructions on how to make your own version of her unique design.
Winner: Colorblock fringe bib necklace, by Christina Child of Make It Make It
- Polymer clay
- Jump rings
- Clasp and chain
- Pliers
- Dremel tool or needle
- Clay cutter blade
- Rolling pin
- Baking sheet
- Wood block
1. Use pasta roller or rolling pin to roll out a length of clay – not too thin, several millimeters is best. (Ultimately you'll want this piece to be as long as you want the bib to be.)
2. Using a clay blade, trim clay into a large rectangle, then smaller rectangles. I find it best to do this step on the sheet you'll be baking on to prevent the clay from becoming misshapen. If you don't own a dremel, now is the time to pierce holes in the clay which will be used to secure the fringes to the chain.
3. Bake. (Note: often, clay color will change a bit after baking so be prepared for that. And mine tends to bubble a tiny bit sometimes.)
4. After cooling, use a dremel tool to drill holes in each piece of baked clay. Make sure you drill on a piece of wood or scrap piece of something (I use the back of a wooden cutting board). Also, you may want to wear glasses and a mask as this step creates a fair amount of dust.
5. Lay out your design and figure out your spacing. Begin attaching pieces of clay to the length of chain, making sure to keep the chain from twisting as you go.
6. Attach clasp and finish! The possibilities are endless!
Love this necklace but too lazy to DIY? You can also order it at Etsy.
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MOSCOW, July 31 (UPI) -- The European court system was unfair in its ruling against defunct Russian oil company Yukos, the Russian Justice Ministry said Thursday.
The ministry said Thursday a European court ruling that awarded billions of dollars in compensation to former shareholders of the company was unjust.
"The Russian Ministry of Justice does not regard this court ruling as an example of a fair and impartial approach to assessing all legal and factual circumstances of a case," the ministry said.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday the Russian government had to pay shareholders of Yukos around $2.6 billion in damages.
The court said "that Russia had to produce, in co-operation with the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers, within six months from the date on which the judgment became final, a comprehensive plan for distribution of the award of just satisfaction."
The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled Monday the Russian government is liable for around $50 billion in damages in the case against Yukos, disbanded in 2006.
Former Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky was arrested in 2003 and convicted of tax evasion and theft in 2005. The company was then sold off, with most of the shares going toward Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft, controlled by Igor Sechin, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin.
Rosneft itself has been the target of sanctions against Russia's energy sector issued in response to Moscow's stance on crises in Ukraine.

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POPE IN LEBANON/ If the US forgets Benedict
Except for a brief mention on a news program, no one heard much about Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Lebanon in the midst of the conflict in the Middle East.
The Vatican's spokesman described Benedict XVI's speech this morning to political, religious and cultural leaders of Lebanon as "typical of the method of Ratzinger." According to the Zenit report, "the address -- on the theme of peace -- goes to the very depths of what is needed to achieve peace, offering insights into the relationship between peace and anthropology, and the tactics of the devil in seeking allies among men."
The president of Lebanon's Parliament said afterwards that "all the people and the politicians of the Middle East should hear, read and meditate on this speech of the Pope."
The main point the Pope made was that effectiveness in the commitment to peace depends on an understanding of the dignity of all human life. "If we want peace, let us defend life!," he exclaimed. "This approach leads us to reject not only war and terrorism, but every assault on innocent human life, on men and women as creatures willed by God."
The Pope reflected that God chose the regions of the Middle East, "to be an example, to bear witness before the world that every man and woman has the possibility of concretely realizing his or her longing for peace and reconciliation! This aspiration is part of God's eternal plan and he has impressed it deep within the human heart."
The Holy Father said that a constant returning "to the wellsprings of our humanity" is necessary to find the energy to work for peace. "Our human dignity is inseparable from the sacredness of life as the gift of the Creator. In God's plan, each person is unique and irreplaceable. A person comes into this world in a family, which is the first locus of humanization, and above all the first school of peace. To build peace, we need to look to the family, supporting it and facilitating its task, and in this way promoting an overall culture of life." He added that wherever the truth of human nature is ignored, "it becomes impossible to respect that grammar which is the natural law inscribed in the human heart."
The Pontiff spoke of various assaults on human life, including unemployment, poverty, corruption, a variety of addictions, exploitation, different forms of trafficking, and terrorism, adding that "we run the risk of being enslaved by an economic and financial mindset which would subordinate 'being' to 'having'!"
"The destruction of a single human life is a loss for humanity as a whole," he said. "Mankind is one great family for which all of us are responsible. By questioning, directly or indirectly, or even before the law, the inalienable value of each person and the natural foundation of the family, some ideologies undermine the foundations of society."


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GREENVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – An east Tennessee sheriff says a 17-year-old high school student is facing an attempted murder charge after allegedly stabbing another student.
The Greeneville Sun reports Greene County Sheriff Steve Burns said the stabbing occurred Tuesday morning in the cafeteria of South Greene High School.
Burns said the injured student was taken to the hospital and the teen's condition has stabilized.
Burns said a female student sitting at a cafeteria table saw what was happening, intervened and was able to stop the boy who had the knife.
Authorities have not released the names of those involved.
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This blog post was supposed to be auto-posted on January 4th, but I realized today that it hadn't gone out. So, today it finally got posted, and I can share six things I wish everyone knew about braille in belated honour of World Braille Day (January 4th):
6 Things I Wish Everyone Knew About Braille
I don't watch it, but this past year apparently the winner of MasterChef was blind. I thought that was totally awesome. With people who are blind and with Type 1 diabetes winning these reality shows, it goes such a long way to showing that the only limits are attitudes!
Jen, are braille forms available in banks, etc. for withdrawal slips, various forms we all have to fill in at times.
Many banks do offer things like braille bank statements, if they are requested (not all do). It's hard to fill out actual braille forms, because it's hard to get the braille lined up properly, plus most people can't read it. :) Most actual forms can be filled out online these days, on webpages and PDFs, as long as they are designed to be accessible.
Your blog brought back memories , Jen . One of my first jobs in Canada , 1963 , I worked at the CNIB in Toronto , Bayview Ave. ...in the Food Service , cafeteria and service to residents for 2 1/2 years .Then moved on to Saskatoon , Sask .and still friends with the daughter of the then Manager.
is there a special braille keyboard that helps reading web pages or do you use something like dragon reader?
I did a whole post on using computers. :)
I use a regular computer keyboard (I can touch type at over 100 WPM) and use software that enlarged what's on the screen as well as software the provides speech output of all the text, (labelled) graphics, and other screen elements such as menus and dialog boxes. I do have Dragon as well, but that's more of a personal preference because I like to wander around my apartment and talk out my thoughts sometimes. There are braille displays which will display the text of the computer screen in braille, but they are prohibitively expensive which limits their use (think the price of an insulin pump, except that no insurance companies or health plans anywhere cover blindness-related equipment because it's not "medical" equipment).


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1. Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: a dragnet for taking up oysters, etc, from their beds. A dredging machine. An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
2. (Science: chemical) Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.
Origin: f. Drege, dreige, fish net, from a word akin to E. Draw; cf. D. Dreg, dregge, small anchor, dregnet dragnet. See Draw.
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Washington • The economy kept expanding in all regions of the country in June and early July, helped by strength in consumer spending, a Federal Reserve survey released Wednesday indicates.
All 12 of the Fed's regions reported growth with five New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, Dallas and San Francisco characterizing growth as "moderate" while the others reported "modest" growth. Boston and Richmond reported that growth came in at a slightly slower pace than the previous reporting period.
The Fed's survey, known as the Beige Book, will be used by central bank officials when they next meet July 29-30 to review interest rate policies.


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The Bummin Cousins Peter A. Clay and Jim Reid are back with a wonderful podcast about the things found in Thrift Stores and Flea Markets.
Click here to listen or right click it to download!
In this show, 30 delightfully weird things found in thrift stores and the best streaming music sites and apps.


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Autologous CAR-T Cell Manufacturing: Current Standing and Future Directions
A Look at What Drug Manufacturers are Likely Using to Make CAR-T Products
Supplement: MilliporeSigma Sees Opportunity in Continuous Processing
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Why CAR-T Therapies Don't Work for Everyone Yet
Selecting the Best Type of T Cells for CAR-T May be Key to the Overall Efficacy of the Therapies
Cell-Centered: Scientists Embrace Cell-Replacement Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes
Forming Beta Cells from Stem Cells
Radius Raises $26.75M for Phase III Osteoporosis Trial
Radius Health raised $27.65 million in the second stage of a $91 million, three-tranche round of financing, to push on with Phase III trials of its anabolic drug for treating osteoporosis. The funds come in the form of $21.4 million in equity financing from Radius' current investors and another $6.25 million in debt financing from GE Capital, Healthcare Financial Services, and Oxford Finance. Gross proceeds of $57.3 million have been received to date from the $91 million financing.
Radius' BA058 is a parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) analog in development for treating osteoporosis. A subcutaneous injection formulation of the drug is in Phase III development, and a microneedle patch product is in Phase I development. Radius and 3M Drug Delivery Systems inked a deal to collaborate on the development of BA058 using the latter's microneedle technology in May.
"With the additional funding, we will continue our company strategy of moving quickly to execute on the pivotal Phase III study of BA-58 Injection and prepare for initiation of Phase II for the transdermal BA058 Microneedle Patch, " comments Nick Harvey, Radius CEO.
Radius claims BA058 has a number of advantages over PTH, including greater efficacy, a faster onset of benefits, a shorter course of therapy, no need for refrigeration when storing, and an improved safety profile due to minimized hypercalcemia and no significant bone resorption. The firm's clinical pipeline includes a selective estrogen receptor modulator, RAD1901, which is in Phase II development as an oral therapy for relieving vasomotor symptoms (hot flashes) during the menopause. A preclinical candidate, RAD140, is an oral selective androgen receptor modulator in development as a potential therapy for age-related muscle loss, frailty, weight loss associated with cancer cachexia, and osteoporosis.
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People often ask me what my fashion pet peeves are, and for a long time I would roll out the same answer: blue eyeshadow and white shoes.
However, for the last 12-18 months white heels have been creeping back into the fashion conversation. Practically every A-list celebrity has been sighted wearing the Manolo Blahnik "BB" pumps in white, and almost every pair of white pointed-toe heels on Net-A-Porter is sold out completely or down to limited stock.
I tried to ignore the trend for as long as possible, but – as you may have noticed last week – I've finally fallen for the look and wore a pair of past-season Preen X ALDO RISE white heels in the PANDORA #MyRingsMyStyle campaign.
Luckily I wasn't committing the white shoe fashion faux pas alone though… Both Elle Fanning and Angelina Jolie decided to wear white heels to Maleficent's London photocall, last week. And Victoria Beckham teamed her elegant Met Gala gown with a pair of matching white pumps too.
The Manolo Blahnik "BB" Pointy Toe Pump [below] is officially the shoe to be seen in; but if you're working with a smaller budget try Topshop's pointed toe courts or ASOS' cheap and cheerful heels which resemble my ALDO RISE stilettos. I like pairing my white pumps with rolled-up jeans and statement jackets, but they're actually surprisingly versatile and work well with a number of unexpected outfit combinations.
And if you have particularly pale skin like me, it might be an idea to apply a bit of fake tan before you slip into a pair of white pumps. I like to mix wash-off tan (like Rimmel London Sunshimmer Water Resistant Instant Tan) with my regular body lotion to get a subtle hint of colour.
Will you be wearing a pair of white pumps this summer? Or is the look still one your fashion pet peeves? Let me know…


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Texas Longhorn head coach Mack Brown: I think we have it fixed
Mack Brown spoke to the media at the beginning of fall practice on Sunday afternoon, discussing everything from the offensive line to opening up a few practices to the fans.
However, his most interesting comments came on the subject of rebuilding. Brown talked about how the past three years have been somewhat of a rebuilding process, following the Longhorns' national championship appearance in 2010. But now he thinks the team is fixed and ready to win, seen in this tweet by Mike Finger of the San Antonio Express-News.
Mack: "I like fixing things. I don't like messing them up. Obviously I was involved in messing them up. But I think we got it fixed."
- Mike Finger (@mikefinger) August 4, 2013
The Longhorns have gone a combined 22-16 over the last three years, well short of the standard expected by the program. In Brown's first 12 seasons Texas won at least nine games each season, and exceeded the mark every year but his first three in Austin.
Texas slipped the past three years working though quarterback turbulence, philosophy changes and just plain poor play.
Brown's 2013 roster is more experienced as 19 of 22 starters return, which helps explain his confidence. But it will take a double digit number of wins to really define the word "fixed" for the program.


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Classy, Michael, real classy...
Adios Tarzan, you cantankerous old fart.
Poor Kat, now she'll have to vote for one of the B's! LOL
Who knows. I think at some point Kat got hit by a few too many falling coconuts or something.
I was sorta hoping ol' Tarzan would make it to final three. Oh well.
If they had any brains at all, they'd all vote out Kim, someone will take Christine to the end solidifying the win...
Quite a few bitter, childish jury members this time. I hope they watch themselves and are embarrassed (though I doubt it).
Did not watch but this sucks.
Hopefully next season we get an all-male Final 9.


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Voith managed to raise its high sales levels by 12% to EUR 2,629 million on the same period of the previous year. Orders received by the Group increased by 30%. Voith has thus gained new orders worth EUR 3,412 million, taking its order backlog to EUR 6,108 million per 31 March 2011.
Against the background of the high sales levels of the previous year 2009/2010, these figures are considered as particularly positive, so Dr. Hubert Lienhard, President and CEO of Voith GmbH. Voith has mastered the economic crisis not only without a drop in sales and results, but has even continued to grow despite this difficult period.
The highly positive overall trend is also reflected in the Groups development of earnings. The net income of the first half year rose to EUR 95 million. This corresponds to an increase of 160%. Staff numbers saw a moderate rise. As of 31 March2011, the Voith Group employees 39,885 employees worldwide.
We are satisfied with the figures of the first half year, says Dr. Hubert Lienhard. They clearly demonstrate that we have emerged from the economic crisis stronger than before and that we benefit from the upturn in our markets.
All five markets of Voith are showing definite growth trends. This applies both to the early cycle markets paper and transport & automotive, and also the late-cycle industries energy, oil & gas and raw materials. Dr. Lienhard: The economic revival has meanwhile manifested itself in all five Voith markets. We anticipate growing sales and further improved results for the second half of the current fiscal year and also the next business year.
Voith (voith.com) sets standards in the markets energy, oil & gas, paper, raw materials and transportation & automotive. Founded in 1867, Voith employs almost 40,000 people, generates 5.2 billion in sales, operates in about 50 countries around the world and is today one of the biggest family-owned companies in Europe.
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Veteran Lounge member KenWA keeps tight security on his well-equipped Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit system. He runs daily scans and security database updates, plus he images his C: disk every four weeks to an external hard drive.
Nevertheless, he found himself with a seemingly impossible problem: one recent morning, he couldn't load any of his browsers. He brought his perplexity — and an account of every fix he'd tried — to the Windows 7 forum. A long discussion ensued. We think you'll find the postmortem of the problem enlightening.
The following links are this week's most interesting Lounge threads, including several new questions for which you might have answers:
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MoodMe / Mach-3D
MoodMe brings smiles to emotional engagement. Living emoticons with your Face!
Company Summary
MoodMe is at the intersection of Personalization & Video.
MoodMe senses faces to personalize Emotional Engagement.
MoodMe sells software components to App developers to help them humanize communications and increase user retention and monetization.
MoodMe is a B2B2C mobile technology company.
MoodMe enriches brands – consumers and sports clubs – fans relations.
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- IndustryInternet / Web Services
- LocationLuxembourg
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- FoundedJanuary 2011
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Chandra De Keyser is a global citizen of Spaceship Earth who speaks 7 languages. He has experience in startups: USA, Route 128 in the 80s, developing the first PDA sold to US Robotics. Brazil, Italy, UK as well as large companies (international sales with Northrop, P&L responsibility for WW business units for Software AG) and also 9 yrs at the European Commission in ICT programmes. He tries to take the best from startups & large organizations.
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Massimiliano is an expert in Artificial Intelligence and Facial recognition. He teaches object-oriented programming at University. Founder of 4IT, Italian ICT company based in Rome develops software for NATO. Author of "Java Mattone dopo Mattone" (the most downloaded java book).
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Mach-3D? Well Alessandro does, maybe because of his versatile personality.
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The starving artists' cookbook
Bound by three loose-leaf rings. Paul Lamarre & Melissa Wolf ... use the names of Paul & Melissa EIDIA when making collaborative work...--Colophon. Signed by the authors.
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Publication Date: 1991
Original Size: xiv, 161 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 x 30 cm.
Collection: MSU Libraries Artists' Book Collection
Call Number: folio TX652 .L3 1991
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EDUARDO, Maria Bernadete de Paula and NOVAES, Hillegonda Maria Dutilh. Compliance with technical standards for radiological protection at radiation therapy services in São Paulo State, Brazil. Cad. Saúde Pública [online]. 2004, vol.20, suppl.2, pp.S256-S267. ISSN 1678-4464. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0102-311X2004000800020.
Radiation therapy services provide essential therapeutic procedures for cancer, one of the main causes of population morbidity and mortality. Despite their importance in the health system and their potential risks due to the use of ionizing radiation, there are few studies on such services. We evaluated compliance with technical standards for radiological protection in radiation therapy services in São Paulo State, Brazil. Forty-nine services were studied in 2000 through interviews with technical staff. Typologies of performance profiles focusing on structure and process variables were constructed and services compared. Important differences were observed in the services' positions in the health care system, level of complexity, and geographic distribution, with better average performance in structural conditions but very inadequate performance in patient protection, indicating the need for more effective health surveillance.
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Don't Get Buried: Leverage your eBay listings
Your time and effort in promoting your available items online is an essential and not terribly challenging part of the overall marketing of your business advises Wayne Jordan.
Understanding, navigating 'added fees' circuit
In this Behind the Gavel column, Wayne Jordan examines the increase of 'added fees' becoming part of some business operations.
Tracking inventory with a SKU system
As antiques businesses grow, they may move from selling at an antique mall or show to a free-standing retail location or sell online. As inventory and transactions increase, it becomes harder to keep track of inventory. Starting your business with an inventory plan, such as a SKU system, reduces problems and...
Behind the Gavel: Addressing the uncertainty of selling online
Lack of trust prevents Studies show there are certain behaviors sellers can adopt to achieve higher prices in their online auctions.
Behind the Gavel: Hanging out your shingle on the Web swells bidder pools with active buyers
Behind the Gavel columnist Wayne Jordan offers sound advice for going global with an antiques business, by tapping into online streaming auctions.
Why the time is right to open an antiques shop
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Sammerz314 said
very pretty teacup
Is anyone else seeing posts bumped (like this one) when there are no apparent updates?
Red Fennekin said
This just happened to me :S It said there was an update "41 minutes ago" but, as far as I can see, the last post was yours from 2 months ago :S
Skysamurai said
He has so much awesome stuff!!!
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Icahn's 13-F disclosed that he bought his shares of IEP between $36.50 and $42.50 a share. On March 1 he purchased an additional 15,900 shares at around $63. Shares have since hit a 52-week high of $90.75 and have cooled down to $84.67 as of Oct. 2. No signs of any insiders selling either! The following chart tells the one-year price story for IEP. The other lines tell us about the PE ratio (TTM) which is a rich 21.59. The future (one-year) estimated PE of only 12 suggests the stock may not be overvalued. IEP data by YCharts
I'm not suggesting that we buy IEP or NOV tomorrow. I'm suggesting that we buy incrementally on any big market swoons. This government shutdown just may be different enough and more serious than any we've experienced in modern times, especially if it ends up with "debt-ceiling paralysis." If the U.S. government's debt ceiling isn't increased by Oct. 16, for the first time the Treasury won't be able to pay the interest owed on all kinds of government debt instruments from T-bills to bonds. In a nationally televised interview President Obama told viewers that even though gridlock in the nation's capital is nothing new, "this time I think Wall Street should be concerned." He added, "When you have a situation in which a faction is willing to default on U.S. obligations, then we are in trouble." These words alone could send the stock markets reeling Thursday morning, and if we're lucky maybe the correction will be big enough that we can buy great companies and sectors at prices we haven't seen in week or months. That's not just optimism speaking, that's being a rational, intelligent investor. Stay calm, be defensive, and set your buy-limit prices low enough to scoop up real bargains before the market's rebound as they always, eventual do. At the time of publication the author had no position in any of the stocks mentioned. Follow @m8a2r1 This article was written by an independent contributor, separate from TheStreet's regular news coverage.
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i know i could contact an attorney but they all want thousands of dollard to take my case.
Can i do this on my own? file a civil case of some kind? I just want my original money back. they have the house in their name and trust and i have to live with my other daughter and no money left in my savings to help me bridge the gap between what social security sends me and the costs of living. One attorney wanted $50,000 and said that the family courts "don't like this type of cases" i gave up after that but it continues to get harder and harder to live knowing that my daughter is renting the house.


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Laptop program controversial, but effective
By Tom Lappas, Citizen Editor 04/29/11
It is possible to argue, with only a limited degree of panache, that no event in the first 390 years of Henrico County's existence brought it such widespread attention as one that occurred only 10 days shy of 10 years ago.
Within the boundaries of Central Virginia, locals may associate the county's image with Pocahontas, the Citie of Henricus, its Civil War battles or its modern-day fiscal responsibility.
But if the rest of the world is familiar with Henrico, it's likely the result of something else entirely: iBooks.
When Henrico County Public Schools officials announced May 1, 2001 that they would lease 23,000 of the laptop computers from Apple and supply one to every high school and middle school student and teacher in the district, the echoes were heard throughout the nation and even around the globe. Henrico had implanted its mark on the face of education and technology as the first school system to begin such a "one-to-one" computer-to-student laptop initiative. The act ranks 17th on the Henrico Citizen's list of the most significant moments in Henrico history.
Mixed emotions
Controversial. Brilliant. Wasteful. Exciting. Dangerous.
Reactions to the agreement were passionate and mixed from the moment it was announced. Apple CEO Steve Jobs termed the four-year, $18.6-million deal "mammoth" – because it was. The purchase represented the largest single sale of laptop computers in education. It also signaled the beginning of a new era of technology and its practical applications in the classroom – and placed Henrico on the crest of that fast-approaching wave.
From a national and international perspective, educators viewed the announcement through mostly rosy glasses, some tinted with a hint of envy. Other districts had considered similar initiatives, but none had taken the plunge.
But within Henrico, the announcement faced far more skepticism.
"I think generally we got high accolades just about everywhere except here at home," said Stuart Myers, who was intimately involved in the agreement as the Tuckahoe District representative on the School Board at the time.
The decision came as a surprise to citizens of the county. The School Board had not sought public opinion about the possibility of beginning such an initiative. It hadn't established a pilot laptop program to determine how to best implement such an effort in all of its high schools. It hadn't provided teachers with the training they would need to integrate the laptops into their courses effectively.
Each idea, opponents later argued, would have been appropriate at worst – and at best would have resulted in considerable savings of time, energy and headache.
It was then-Henrico Superintendent Mark Edwards who brought the idea to the School Board, Myers said, after conversations with Apple and an unsolicited offer by the computer giant.
"He said, 'What would you think if we could make this happen?'" Myers recalled. Money existed within the School Board's budget to pay for the computers, and School Board members reacted positively to the suggestion.
Edwards knew the process would not be entirely smooth, but he wanted to push forward with a full launch of the program that fall anyway.
"He always said, 'The pioneers take the first arrows,'" Myers recalled.
Challenges and successes
Predictably, the first year of the initiative came with its share of problems.
Enterprising students figured out ways to circumvent internet blocks to access pornography and other inappropriate content. A few figured out how to hack into school system sites. Students whose laptops needed repairs sometimes had to wait weeks for the machines to be fixed.
Vocal groups of citizens who opposed the program worried that the laptops were meant to replace textbooks entirely. Some demanded direct evidence that laptops would improve test scores and classroom learning, in order to justify the expense of their purchase. Others feared that teachers would feel obligated to use the laptops for classroom lessons that didn't necessarily require them.
But, Myers said, the goal of the initiative was simple.
"It was just a quantum leap forward in providing information access," he said. "It allowed us to provide a lot of things at the students' fingertips. But this was not all new information – it was just a different way of providing it."
Proponents argued that the initiative provided access to technology to all students – evening the playing field for those who may not have had a family or personal computer previously. It also allowed students to learn more creatively, they said, through lessons that could come to life every day.
It didn't take long for curious officials from school districts near and far to come calling.
"We had representatives from school systems all over the country come in and see what we did, how we did it," Myers said, admitting that the amount of national and international attention Henrico received was surprising. "We knew we were going to get a certain amount of press, but we didn't do it for that reason."
Before long, Henrico was not the only school system to initiate such a program. Today, there are hundreds that have done so.
"What's so surprising is how commonplace and ordinary everyone thinks it is now," Myers said. "Ho hum. If a school system goes out and buys 10,000 computers, nobody thinks that's news."
Lasting legacy
In the years since that announcement a decade ago, the initiative has continued. Two new School Boards have evaluated the program, but both opted to keep it. Several years ago, the board funded the most in-depth study ever conducted on the pros and cons of such an initiative, which concluded the computers are an effective tool for students and that they may be more effective in certain disciplines than in others.
Ironically, perhaps, the program continues without Apple. The School Board rebuffed an unsolicited offer by Apple to renew the lease with one year remaining on the original contract, then surprised many observers by dumping Apple for a four-year contract for high school laptops with Dell in 2005. Apple won a second contract for middle school computers the following year but lost out to Dell last year when that contract expired.
The lasting impact of the school system's original decision may be difficult to fully gauge, but Myers believes it firmly stamped Henrico's name on the educational map forever and made the county even more attractive to potential businesses and residents looking to locate in an education-centric place.
"It was just indicative of the fact that Henrico is a leading jurisdiction in many factors," he said, "that we are forward-thinkers, we're willing to look beyond the norm, willing to go out on a limb for something we believe is an improvement.
"We already had a good image. This polished that image a little bit."
Thoracic surgeon is first to perform 100 robot-assisted lobectomies in Central Virginia
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Graham M. Bundy, a thoracic surgeon with HCA Virginia Physicians' Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates, is the first such surgeon in Central Virginia to perform 100 minimally-invasive Da Vinci robot-assisted lobectomies (a surgical procedure to remove a lobe of the lung). The procedure is used to treat multiple types of conditions but is most often used to treat lung cancer. > Read more.
UMFS has urgent need for foster parents
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UMFS officials say they have a desperate need for more foster families in the Richmond region and Central Virginia, especially those who would receive teenagers currently in the foster care system.
In recent years throughout the state, the number of children entering the foster care system has grown. > Read more.
VSP issues warning about automated traffic ticket email scam
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Virginia State Police officials are warning Virginians about an email scam that tells people they are receiving an "automated traffic ticket" from the agency. State Police do not use or issue digital or automated traffic tickets or summonses, however. Anyone receiving such an email should delete it and not click on any links provided in the email, police said. > Read more.
READ Center offers free classes, training to low-literate people
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One in six adults in Metro Richmond has literacy issues, and the READ Center in Henrico County is working to address the issue.
Next week – Sept. 24-30 – is Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, a time during which the READ Center is shining a light on its efforts to help some of the 35,000 adults in the region for whom reading, writing and basic math remain an elusive target. > Read more.
Play Day RVA planned for Sept. 21
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The Richmond region will celebrate Play Day RVA Thursday, Sept. 21, with activities throughout the area to celebrate the opportunities that exist to play in the community. Dozens of employers, local governments, schools and community organizations will participate by hosting events that integrate playful activities into daily life and spread awareness of the value of active living. > Read more.
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A long awaited dream is coming true for the Irish! September 28, 2012 is a day in Peoria Notre Dame's history that will not soon be forgotten. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, our administrative team, and leaders broke ground at the site that is being developed into the new Peoria Notre Dame High School Complex. This ground breaking and blessing ceremony marked the beginning of an exciting, multi-phased building project that has been talked about for several years. It is now a reality.
The project is broken into different phases. The first part of Phase 1 is the completion of the groundwork and utilities with an approximate projected cost of $2.7 million. Work on this phase began in September 2012 with site prep and grading. The next part of Phase 1 is the football and soccer stadium/complex, along with the baseball and softball complex, practice football and soccer fields, tennis courts, and parking, which is anticipated to cost $5.5 million for the stadium and $2.3 million for the ball fields and courts. For the first time in our history, we will finally have a true home-field advantage for our football and soccer teams.
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Phase 2 will be the new Peoria Notre Dame High School building. Although we have yet to finalize all aspects of the overall design, we do have initial dimensions that will provide more than 230,000 square feet of state-of–the-art educational facilities. The anticipated budget for the new high school is $30 million. As plans are refined, we will more clearly know the total amount for final construction.
Check back often, especially in the spring, as construction picks up again to see and read about continued updates to future home of Peoria Notre Dame. There are also various ways you may contribute financially, such as online giving (link), end-of-year tax write offs (link), wills (link), and life insurance policies (link). Please contact Msgr. Merdian (firstname.lastname@example.com) or 309-691-9531 to discussion your options.
This is your moment to be a part of Peoria Notre Dame's history through your contribution to Honoring Our Past, Building Our Future. As Peoria Notre Dame traces her roots back nearly 150 years, honoring her history through Academy of Our Lady, Spalding Institute, and Bergan High School, our entire Catholic community looks forward to an exciting future. It is a future that will provide students in central Illinois a uniquely Catholic, full service campus that focuses on academic excellence, athletic opportunities, and spiritual and social growth and development.
Peoria Notre Dame High School, through its Construction Manager, River City Construction, will be soliciting bids for the construction of its new Outdoor Athletics Complex at 7600 N. Villa Lake Drive, Peoria, Illinois. The second part of Phase 1, the Athletic Stadium will go out for bid on January 22, 2013. Part two of Phase 1 will consist of the following bid packages – Excavation, Site Utilities, Landscaping, Asphalt Paving, Concrete, Masonry, General Works, Roofing, Painting, Fencing, Track Surface, Athletic Turf, Outdoor Bleacher/Press Box, Athletic Equipment, Scoreboard, Field Lighting, Plumbing, HVAC, Electrical, Sound System, and Security System. Sealed bids will be received by River City on February 20, 2013.
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NHS England has published its third set of quarterly data*, looking at the number of people with a learning disability in inpatient settings in England. This was prompted by the Winterbourne View Concordat, aimed at ensuring better care for people with a learning disability and behaviour that challenges.
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- More people are being admitted into assessment and treatment units than are moving out; between 31 March and 30 June, 358 people have been admitted into assessment and treatments units and only 261 have come out
- 78% (2,024) of patients still do not have a transfer date
- Of the 577 people who do have a transfer date, 38% have a local council that is not aware they need to be transferred back into the local area
- 50% (1,296) of patients have a local council that is not aware they need to be transferred back into the local area
- 6% (147) of people in assessment and treatment units are children
Jan Tregelles, chief executive at Mencap, and Vivien Cooper, chief executive at The Challenging Behaviour Foundation, said:
"Today's announcement by NHS England shows that people with a learning disability are systematically being let down.
"Despite constant promises to move people with a learning disability out of units like Winterbourne View, appallingly, more people are going in to these units than are coming out. What's more, this frightening trend looks set to continue as 78% of people still don't have a transfer date.
"Serious concerns remain even for people with a proposed transfer date. For almost 40% of these people, their local authorities are unaware of their planned return. We know people with a learning disability need joined-up local health and social care support - this is clearly not happening. When this is not in place, people are more likely to end up right back in the very units they are being moved from.
"Every day that progress is delayed is another day where vulnerable children and adults remain in units where they are at increased risk of abuse and are often far away from their families and friends.
"We want to see the urgent progress in the development of long-term and sustainable care in local communities, to make sure people get the right support, in the right place, at the right time. Further delays in this programme are simply unacceptable."


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Apparently Silicon Knight's doesn't like EGM's take on the Too Human demo at E3 '06.
I guess we went in with the hope that people could overlook some of the technical issues and see the potential for Too Human. It is, after all, only a demo. We certainly thought that EGM would look on us favorably after seeing the game in a better state previously when they gave us a cover. Ultimately, we were incorrect.
I guess this refers to something in EGM magazine, because 1up's post-E3 article on Too Human was very favorable. EGM's 1/29/07 podcast talks a little bit about the controversy. They naturally feel an obligation to their readers to "evaluate" what they see (I like that term because it describes reviews more accurately than "review" does).
I can see this from 2 points of view:
#1 Game journalists are not publishers' marketing slaves. I have no doubt in my mind that EA would buy, cheat, and steal their way into glowing reviews if they could get away with it. Left to their own devices, that particular company would probably create a "Mother Russia" style propaganda branch that tells us how beautiful things are on their side of the wall. I don't want this. That style of journalism has driven my away from Next Gen magazine, IGN, TeamXbox, OXM, Gamespy, and other sources. Currently game previews online are full on marketing love children; rarely do I read anything disparaging about a game in development.
#2 Games are developed in fits and starts. Demos are not good indications of what to expect. Bad press can kill a good game (Chromehounds?) What other choice do journalists have but to paint a rosy picture? They often see pre-alpha builds, missing artwork, unoptimized code, bugs abound, entire sections missing. You might run into a hunter-orange wall and get the response "that's not finished yet." It's the nature of the beast. We don't get to see rough cuts of movies, or read rough drafts of novels. Whatever burning interest you might have to know more, human nature will naturally deflate your enthusiasm if you see the process behind the end product.
I am reminded of a quote from Orson Welles:
I don't want any description of me to be accurate; I want it to be flattering. I don't think people who have to sing for their food ever like to be described truthfully - not in print anyway. We need to sell tickets, so we need good reviews.
I don't want the people who create my hobby to starve, but I don't want to distrust my journalists either. They are an integral part of enriching the entire process. They provide feedback that companies like EA would otherwise ignore. So where is the line here? What say you, goodjers?
Don't show sh*t if you don't want someone to say it's sh*t.
You should never expect to buy off a journalist just because you have paid them for marketing space. Regardless of what they say in the review (or preview, in this case) you are still getting the front page, or a full page layout, or whatever. I expect journalists to obviously be excited about a game in development but not to the point where they don't give any meaningful insight into the development.
Journalistic integrity? Next you'll want people to be polite, or for us all to stop driving and ride horses. I don't know what utopian rock you crawled out from under, but you can take your ideals while I take my wages.
If you listen to this week's EGM Live they go into more detail on it. They basically say that the preview that Shane Bettenhausen saw was a different build and it ran smoother than the E3 version which was demoed after the preview. A different EGM editor previewed the E3 version and called it as he saw it. What caught the devs off guard was how glowing one EGM editor's take was as compared to the other's, and that EGM (viewed as a whole and not a collection of writers) had seen it run better, so why didn't they mention it? It's not like IGN saw the better build and EGM saw the E3 demo.
Game journalists live in that world. All the games they play are like that
Which is fine, and I'm not asking them to lie, but honestly most previews I've read have been pretty straight. It's that Driver3 (Driv3r?) review that still gets me every time...
From the journalist's perspective: I don't know one game journalist that actually likes writing previews, myself included, for the reason you mentioned above: "Games are developed in fits and starts. Demos are not good indications of what to expect." You're not looking at a finished product; therefore, is anything you're demoing at all meaningful? Everything good is subject to change and everything bad can be improved. A preview is obsolete almost as soon as it's printed.
They're exercises in futility: impossible to write, impossible for readers to take seriously and worst of all, impossible to exclude entirely in a print mag (you wouldn't believe the bitching editors receive when their preview sections are merely reduced by a few pages. I can't imagine what would happen if they should be removed entirely).
That being said, I'm a little confused on exactly what caused offense here. *Edit: nm, Hemidal explained it above.
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Don't show sh*t if you don't want someone to say it's sh*t.
So you don't like previews? Because that attitude means that you'd never get one again.
We all hate buggy games, where things don't work the way they should or entire sections are completely broken. Game journalists live in that world. All the games they play are like that. By the time a game is released, they're usually finished with it and moving on to the next alpha or beta build.
Plenty of game demos have been shown where the game is in showable condition. I don't see why it should stop.
They're hype.
I try to limit my previews to those in video format, so that I can make my own judgements about what I'm seeing. In the year of 2007 I don't see why that shouldn't be the predominant medium of reviews and previews, largely skirting the issue of journalistic integrity altogether.
That preference aside, as to the original question I say we should demand the utmost integrity of gaming journalists and expect little.
Plenty of game demos have been shown where the game is in showable condition. I don't see why it should stop.
Good idea, but sometimes, the game demos are in buggy condition because the game itself will be in buggy condition when it ships. Will the bugs die in the demo, or will they make it to the finished product? You never can tell.
Personally, I find this specific example more than fair. There is a difference between a preview build, that you know will be problematic, and an E3 demo, which by its nature is supposed to show off a product at its absolute best. You can't present something that looks ugly and/or broken at a show that is trying to entice retailers and journalists into talking about how amazing it looks.
They're exercises in futility: impossible to write, impossible for readers to take seriously and worst of all, impossible to exclude entirely in a print mag (you wouldn't believe the bitching editors receive when their preview sections are merely reduced by a few pages. I can't imagine what would happen if they should be removed entirely).
Sadly all true. Readers simply should never take a preview at face value. As far as I'm concerned, you can't expect a preview to cover the faults of a product.
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Don't show sh*t if you don't want someone to say it's sh*t.
So you don't like previews? Because that attitude means that you'd never get one again.
Maybe that's not a bad thing.
In general, we don't see "demos" of half-shot movies, half-written books, or half-played music albums. Maybe we shouldn't expect so much damn "preview" material on games.
The downfall of E3 is something I might point to in support of this claim. How much info do we really need months ahead of release? Would it really make any difference if nobody saw anything on Halo 3 until a month before it released? (the whole cool multiplayer beta stuff notwithstanding)
I wish they would only announce games when they go gold.
I wish they would only announce games when they go gold.
I can't even imagine what that would be like, so I can't form an opinion about it.
A massive media hype of the game for a week or two and then release.
I like reading previews, but view them completely as information on the the type of game a developer is trying to put out. It's fun to read stuff about games I may like at some point. The previews I've read about Virtua tennis coming for the 360 has gotten me to hold off on getting Top Spin 2. But in no way did the previews give me enough information to decide which game will actually be better. That's what I will read reviews for.
Personally I never expect any negative info in a preview, but when I get it, it is one heck of a red flag.
I wish they would only announce games when they go gold.
I wouldn't go that far, but I would prefer very limited press up until the game is gold or nearly gold. Good games can wither and die in the shadow of colossal - and sometimes later delayed - releases.
As a developer shouldn't show off your early demo's if they are in a poor state, because he journalist will comment on the poor state.
As a journalist you should comment on the poor state, but note that it a very early build and correct your previous statement if the game turns out to be better.
I'm not much of a Journalist, but I thought the idea was not just to give a balanced commentary, but also have the sense to realize when a company is trying to impress you with graphics while trying to cover up the poor gameplay or vise versa.
Maybe that's why I stopped reading game magazines and interview my friends on the games they played instead.
I rarely read previews, as I have trouble getting excited about any game that isn't yet near-completion (unless it's a sequel, so I can hear about changes to the game system). I tend to expect all previews to be essentially rosy, lauding all the good things about a game while ignoring the bad, never to be taken too seriously. But a negative preview is in the same boat: who's to say that a game won't get a major overhaul before it's released, or that what some journalist thought was a negative turns out to be a positive? My "previews" tend to come from the recently-reviewed pages of game sites. Heck, I even waited for GoW to get reviewed before I bought it.
This kind of negative previewage can have positive effects though. I remember when Starcraft was still in development, lots of people were complaining about it essentially being "orcs in space," as it used the same basic interface as Warcraft 2. Blizzard listened to the complaints and fixed the problem. In answer to the topic, I'd say expect a preview to gloss over many problems that will either be fixed or revealed in a review. Serious problems with a game's design, however, it would be best to point out early -- maybe the developer will fix it.
Edwin wrote:
Don't show sh*t if you don't want someone to say it's sh*t.
So you don't like previews? Because that attitude means that you'd never get one again.
I hate previews. I think EGM did the right thing here. Way to go. I may even subscribe to the mag now*.
Glowing previews are part of the reason why the whole f*cking industry is still treated like a baby. It's just crappy "Journalism".
We get previews of movies, they're called trailers. And rumors. But those rumors actually tell you "we hear this movie f*cking sucks", not "Oh man this movie is so awesome you gotta see it!"
Can you imagine what would happen if Ebert published previews and they were all praising the movies before they came out?
Anyway, I'm with Edwin all the way. I hate that we knew about the Burning Crusade for like two years in advance.
In conclusion: f*ck Previews.
* No I'm not, but I'll check out their website at least.
edit: Did you guys check out PC Game's issue about "Hardware Guides"? It's in such a sad state. I used to love that magazine. I'd like to see some sort of "Actual Content VS Ads" percentage. I bet it is unbelievably low.
I bought a ton more crappy games before the internet
Journalistic integrity? Next you'll want people to be polite, or for us all to stop driving and ride horses. I don't know what utopian rock you crawled out from under, but you can take your ideals while I take my wages.
Journalists need to have integrity. If they don't, they don't deserve to call themselves journalists.
Copywriters, on the otherhand, can have deceit up the wazoo.
I agree with the with people who say they expect previews to be a view through rose colored glasses. It's not a finished product, you are presenting me a title, that when completed, can be reviewed and torn apart. For me, a preview is only there to inform me of a game that I previously may not have known existed, or to update on the progress of a title and show me what it looks like. Perhaps if its a preview of a game that is close to release, you may state you hope they tighten this or that up. But, if the game is a year off, not two months away, then there is no need to gripe about things that are probably nowhere near completion.
I think I've said it before, but I wish ... 'journalists' wouldn't switch off any kind of rationality they may or may not have possessed at some point when getting to see a game ahead of its release. Experience should point out glaring issues that either cannot be fixed within the amount of time left or that are so deeply rooted in the gameplay that the final version simply won't all of a sudden lack such issue. When the game is supposed to come out in 6 weeks and runs like a total dog on whatever machine you got to see it on - should the "Oh, we're still optimizing the performance and take care of that!" statement from the publisher cover that?
The press doesn't have the 'right' to see a game before it ships. And the publishers don't have the 'obligation' to show the game to anyone before it ships. Of course, they need some hype, so using the press as extension of the marketing department.
Heh, btw., Vanguard received quite an amount of coverage in CGM not too long ago. I was always wondering about that since I never perceived the game as something overly special. And then I - having a digital subscription of the magazin - got two emails through CGOnline, offering codes for the Vanguard beta. And now that the game is out, there was this notification that I can download the game through them now. I usually have a high opinion of CGM, but that part I found rather fishy.
Let me second what Lara said. Actually writing a preview, or review even, seems like an insurmountable task. It seems like its easy, but it's a pain in the ass. The best case scenario is being right under the embargo window -- you have tons of time to put your thoughts together during the beta, but when you get to release your piece, your describing finished code.
As a consumer, I like reading them, but I rarely buy a game I don't get to Demo anymore, so I just don't get that influenced.
I used to write previews / reviews for dailygame.net. I got to see that E3 demo of Too Human last year and here's what I wrote about it -
It was very buggy and locked up a few times during the demo with the SK guy apologizing all the way through and promising the frame rate would be up to snuff by the time it shipped.
So I wrote nothing. No preview.
These guys are forced by their publishers to have something to show at E3. Every game is on different schedules and different points in their development cycles, but they all have to stop for E3, which can screw them up pretty badly.
I believe that's another reason E3 was shut down.
I saw the potential in the game, and considering the developer I'll be keeping an eye on it's progress. We had plenty of other games to write about so I asked my editor to just skip that one because it really wasn't ready. Just because MS puts a gun to their head and makes them show something that isn't ready doesn't mean I have to pull the trigger.
Is that integrity?
Wow Ridlin, yeah.
You guys saying "Yeah I expect Previews to lie to me all the time" aren't really helping, that's not cool.


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i hade a tip rhinoplasty and smaller nostril when the cast was off my nose was really swollen and my left nostril was bigger the right my doctor said it was because of the swelling now if i put my finger on it its really hard but it looks even then ?? REALLY WORRIED
Uneven nostril after Rhinoplasty? (photo)
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Uneven nostril after Rhinoplasty?
You tried to post photos to demonstrate the issues but I could not really tell. Best to seek IN PERSON second opinions..
Uneven nostril after Rhinoplasty?
The nose can be swollen for up to a year or more. Swelling will depend upon the nature of maneuvers employed, presence of grafts or implants, thickness of skin, open vs closed, revision vs primary, etc.
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Los Angeles, CA
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Minor asymmetries due to swelling can occur
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You do not state how long ago you had the surgery but it sounds like recent (since you talked about the cast coming off). Undoubtedly this is related to swelling. Especially so if it was a Tip Rhinoplasty. Give it time. It should even out.
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Paso Robles, Calif. Jacksonville, Fla.-based Regency Centers has announced the grand opening of Lowe's at Golden Hills Plaza along with the formal opening of the shopping center in Paso Robles, Calif.
Regency Centers closed on the land acquisition for the shopping center in 2007 and construction on the project began in September 2008.
Lowe's will open the 169,112-sq.-ft. store on Oct. 23.
According to Regency, it worked together with Lowe's to create a unique architectural facade to the store's exterior and streetscape along with period lighting to resemble the Spanish influence of the El Camino Real design era in California's central coast. This architectural style is carried throughout the entire shopping center.
In keeping with Regency's sustainability program called "greengenuity," the project will use low VOC paints, energy-efficient air conditioning units and a drainage system to capture on-site storm water. Plus, Regency has donated funds for a clean-powered bus for the Paso Robles Transit Services in order to help improve regional air quality.
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Feb. 8, 2007
BEAUMONT, Texas - UT Arlington women's basketball remains undefeated in Southland Conference action with a 65-51 win at Lamar. Senior Terra Wallace led all scorers with 19 points and four assists. Junior Maryann Abanobi chipped in with 16 points, hitting 4-4 from the line.
The Cardinals (9-13, 4-5) had three players score in double digits, led by Dionne Pounds with 18 points. LaToya Carson and Brittney Williams added 15 and 13 points respectively for Lamar.
The Mavericks (15-8, 10-0) jumped out to the 8-0 lead three minutes into the action with Tiffeny Riles scoring the first five-points of the game. Wallace put UTA up 13-2 with 14:31 on the clock. Lamar scored four unanswered points to cut UTA's lead to seven (13-6) with 13:06 left in the half. A three by Pounds brought the Cardinals to within four (19-15), but Wallace hit a tre of her own to extend the Mavs lead back to seven with 7:35 on the clock.
A steal and lay-up from LaTosha Duffey with 5:18 left in the half gave the Mavs a 27-18 advantage. Abanobi hit back-to-back lay-ups followed by a basket from Candice Champion to put UTA ahead 35-22 at the half. The Mavs shot 53.8 percent from the floor in the first half while holding the Cardinals to 37.5 percent.
UTA opened the second half with a 7-2 run to lead 42-24 at the 15:59 mark. Over the next three minutes the Cardinals went on a 7-4 run of their own to cut the Mavs lead to 15 (46-31). Ashley Bobb hit a jumper with 11:04 left in the half to put UTA up 48-31.
Abanobi hit a lay-up with 6:35 left to play in the game to give the Mavs a 22-point advantage (57-35). The Cardinals put together a 9-4 run to get within 17 (61-44) with 3:08 left on the clock. Duffey sank a fast break lay-up with 35 seconds left to seal the victory 65-51 for the Mavs.
The Mavs return to Texas Hall on Saturday as they welcome McNeese State for a 4 p.m. tip.
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