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My standards are apparently out of this world then. As are many people's, it would seem. I'm not exactly alone in my disappointment with Trent Richardson's career. Perhaps you took the term "nothing" a bit too literally?
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My standards are apparently out of this world then. As are many people's, it would seem. I'm not exactly alone in my disappointment with Trent Richardson's career. Perhaps you took the term "nothing" a bit too literally?
And your comment wasn't vicious, it's just unnecessary.
I guess I'm stubborn. I believe when I watch TRich, I recognize a player that despite his perceived production this year, is capable of much more, and yes he did have circumstances around him that affected his production. I also think everyone on here already proclaiming him a bust are making a premature evaluation and conclusion. That's all you can accuse me of, and frankly, I don't feel bad sticking by it. I haven't attacked any of you. I realize I'm in the minority. If he ends up busting, which I recognize as completely possible, I'll acknowledge it. But I won't feel bad about it.
Dont we all do that. Message boards are a place we come to talk sports (or life/politics/etc). We dont always agree. At times doesnt that mean we disagree with the "pros". (Hell, JOB has more connections than I do but I swear I could be a better coach. Same for Jim Zorn)
So if Trent's benching says something about Trent, what does the fact that DBrown averaged 9 carries as a starter? What does it say that Trent averaged almost 11 carries per game over that same span?
The playoff carries are the most telling. When it's playoff time, you can't afford to iron out any kinks or spend time trying to work guys up to speed. It's do or die and you gotta roll with the best players. Trent got 1 carry against KC (fumbled it) and 3 against New England. Brown got 11 and 17.
Hopefully you can pass some facts on to your Browns friends too. I wonder if they know that Trent broke Jim Brown's franchise records for most rushing yards and receiving yards for a rookie RB?
For a second consecutive week, former Alabama running back Trent Richardson put himself among elite company in the Cleveland Browns franchise's history.
By clearing 50 yards -- and counting -- today against the Denver Broncos, Richardson passed Hall of Famer Jim Brown for most rushing yards as a rookie. As of the midway point of the third quarter, Richardson had 950 for the season. Brown had 942 in 1957.
Last week, Richardson passed both Eric Metcalf and Brown for most rushing touchdowns as a rookie. Richardson currently has 11, which ranks second in the NFL behind Arian Foster (14).
Man, I bet a lot more rookie RBs would love to have such a craptastic rookie season. Break franchise records, second in the league in rushing tds? HORRIBLE!!!!!!
You guys say it's telling that the Colts benched Trent. I also think it's telling that when they benched him, they also changed offensive strategy. They didn't think Trent was THE problem, if they had they would have just switched them out and went forward. Instead, they made the change and a philosphical one as well. Tells me that they realized that they couldn't run a power scheme with Brown either.


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Please re-evaluate the hunter compared to the other 3 classes. The Golden Gun special can barely kill a wizard or a captain whereas the other two specials can annihilate everything. The throwing knife is great but with just the damage upgrade and distance it still is no equal to the bonuses and special effects that the warlock powers has. The Titans have shields that they almost don't even need and their special is amazing and brutal, the Hunter....gets some accuracy bonuses? I enjoy playing the hunter thoroughly but in the end there needs to be more balancing. I look forward to playing the hunter more leveled up and try out the blade dancer but it's simply not fair to have to wait to level 15 for the hope and prospects of a decent special and skills that tie in nicely and evens the playing field.
English#feedback #Hunter #Classes #Balancing #specials
I disagree, seems very balanced. Warlock/Titan have a onetime use, so you really need to line up the enemies an dhope they are all within the blast radius, a hunter gets 3 shots, and can take down almost any non-elite enemy in one shot, giving him 3 opportunities to kill. Plus you get to stand back pretty far and use that from a safe distance, where as the titan needs to literally go into the crowd, leaving him open to major attack. The Warlock also needs to be within a close range too. On top of that, you guys get a ranged melee attack where as the other 2 are only close range. Each class has its tradeoffs...
Edited by Dominemesis: 9/13/2014 7:21:38 PMThis shows more in the late game, the Hunter seems UP compared to Warlock and Titan. I am not sure if it is a scaling issue, or a gear dependancy issue, but when I have to use precision to get one kill compared to a titan or lock blowing up whole groups easy with their nades and specials, which seem to recharge fast, then it doesn't seem like it makes good sense. I am not calling for nerfs for anyone, but Hunter's specials and abilities seem way too situation for no greater output than the others. I am lvl 22 on mine and rerolling Titan.
Every game has imbalances so deal with it. If your play style doesn't fit the character the answer is simple .., CHANGE CLASSES

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I Just Got Invisalign. All Advertisement Shows Completely Clear Trays. I was upset that my doctor put all these white colored buttons on my teeth,that look like food, barnacles, or calcium deposits. Most people do not know what these are. Originally I felt excited to get invisalign because I only have slight misalignment, now I feel awful with visible buttons all over my visible front and side teeth. Isn't there clear button stuff? Can I as a pt insist they remove these and only use the clear trays?
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Invisalign buttons should match the teeth.
I can see from the photo that the attachments are much whiter than the rest of your teeth..The dentist can put on clear ones that will look better. I recently did a case for a TV celebrity that felt the same as you do about the buttons. I redid the case and removed them all and now the Star and his agent are much happier. The treatment will take much longer now but everyone is happy.
Invisalign attachments
It is possible to do invisalign without the attachments, but your results may be compromised and treatment may take longer. The attachments help the teeth move more effectively and make certain tooth movements possible. To make your invisalign trays without attachment pop-outs in the trays, (after they have already been made with attachments) there will probably be an additional charge.
I also advise my patients of attachments and their beneftis and ask them if they are okay having them on their teeth before the trays are ordered. Good communication between the doctor and the patient is very important.
Invisalign and "Buttons"
Those buttons surely don't look "invisible" and I can see why you are upset about them after expecting your treatment to be invisible. Here are two options: First, have new ones placed in a less conspicuous shade. There is probably a better shade match for your teeth available. Or second, simply have them removed. If you do this your teeth may not align perfectly because the buttons are designed to help the clear tray "grab" onto your tooth in situations where the tray alone would probably slip. When the aligner is in place a better matching button should be nearly invisible. Remember, of all the ways of correcting your problem, Invisalign is the least visible and most comfortable choice. Try to focus on the lifetime of benefits you'll have after your teeth are straight!
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Hi TinTexas!
I would ask for a better shade composite for the attachments (buttons).
It looks like your treatment wont be too long so I definitely recommend that you keep the attachments on even though you don't like them. They will be less noticeable if your dentist changes the shade, but more importantly they will help assure you get the quickest result with the best outcome.
I know its annoying, but you will be happier in the end when your teeth are super straight!
Dr. Alper
Invisalign and clear buttons
Invisalign is a great way for patients to get straight teeth with clear trays in a shorter period of time. The buttons are placed on the teeth so the Invisalign trays will have something to hold on and move your teeth in a faster more predictable way. he trays are designed to move teeth if you wear the trays all of the time except for eating. If you have the trays on, people will not notice the buttons.
Invisalign - Clear Buttons?
Judging by your picture, ou are a beautiful lady, and you desirve the best!
As I can see it, you have options. As a patient, you of course can ask to remove attachments (buttons). Please do not expect results to be as nice as Invisalign software projected, if you decide to do that. Those bottons are scientifically researched and strategically placed there with a sole puprose to get your teeth straighter in a shortest period of time possible. I agree with you you, the ones in your mouth are very visible though.
I believe if you ask your dentist to replace them with color matching to your teeth, you both will be happier.
Hope this helps.
With your dental health in mind,
Michael Ayzin, DDS
Learn more: http://finestdentistry.com/html/cosmetic-dentistry.html#invisalign
Do I need attachments for Invisalign?
Your doctor certainly should have told you about the possible need for these 'buttons" (they're called attachments). They are used for certain hard to do movements like rotations of round teeth and extrusions. They can be removed, but you may not get a full correction. You may be able to get them redone in a shade that blends better with your teeth however.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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PER SERVING (1 slice, 1/8th of pie): 125 calories, 3.5g fat, 286mg sodium, 22g carbs, 3.75g fiber, 6.5g sugars, 3g protein -- PointsPlus® value 3*
"Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but this pie is SOOO delightful..."
1 cup Fiber One Original bran cereal
2 sheets (8 crackers) low-fat honey graham crackers, broken into pieces
3 tbsp. Splenda No Calorie Sweetener (granulated)
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 cup light whipped butter or light buttery spread (like Brummel & Brown)
2 cups fat-free milk
1 small (4-serving) box Jell-O Sugar Free Fat Free Vanilla Instant pudding mix
1 tsp. rum extract
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
2 dashes cinnamon
2 cups Cool Whip Free, thawed and divided
Optional: additional cinnamon, for topping
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a large pie pan lightly with nonstick spray and set aside.
To make the crust, place cereal and graham cracker pieces in a blender or food processor, and grind to a breadcrumb-like consistency. Transfer to a medium bowl. Add Splenda and cinnamon, and set aside.
In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine butter with 2 tbsp. water. Microwave until just melted. Add to the medium bowl and stir contents until thoroughly mixed.
Evenly distribute crust mixture along the bottom of the pie pan, using your hands or a flat utensil to firmly press and form the crust. Press it into the edges and up along the sides of the pan.
Bake crust in the oven until firm, about 10 minutes. Set aside to cool.
To make the filling, pour milk into a large bowl. Add pudding mix, rum extract, vanilla extract, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Whisk until smooth, about 2 minutes. Gently but thoroughly fold 1 cup Cool Whip into pudding mixture. Allow to thicken in the fridge for at least 5 minutes.
Once crust has cooled and filling has thickened, evenly spread filling into the crust. Spread remaining 1 cup Cool Whip over the filling. Refrigerate until completely chilled and set, at least 1 hour.
If you like, just before serving, sprinkle the top of the pie with a few dashes of cinnamon. Cut into 8 slices and enjoy!


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2013's big summer Pixar movie is 'Monsters University,' the prequel to their hit 'Monsters Inc.,' and a film that we're a little nervous about. Some Pixar sequels are good ('Toy Story 2' and '3' come to mind), but then there's 'Cars 2.' But a new featurette gives us a little more information about the plot, and yeah, it sounds a little bit like 'Revenge of the Nerds.'
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'A Good Day to Die Hard' Featurette: Star Says Making the Movie is Better Than Sex
Often, when it comes to promoting a movie, actors are often as likely to fall back on hyperbole as a fanboy seeing the latest comic book movie. Still, it took us by surprise when 'A Good Day to Die Hard' co-star Yuliya Snigir describes making the movie as "better than sex" in the film's latest promotional featurette.
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Though Sunday is the big day for watching movie TV spots with the Super Bowl, we're already getting some of those big money ads now. 'World War Z' is one of the first to release their commercial, and it does a good job of conveying what the film is about.
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2015 was looking to be one of the biggest years in cinema history, as the summer was set to hold 'Star Wars - Episode 7,' 'The Avengers 2' and 'Justice League.' Recently there was word that we might not get 'Episode 7' in 2015 and now we're hearing that Warner Brothers has yet to fully commit to 'Justice League,' and the only way it moves forward is if 'Man of Steel' is a hit.
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There may have been some wiggle-room yesterday about the news that J.J. Abrams was set to direct 'Star Wars Episode 7,' but Disney and Lucasfilm have confirmed that your new 'Star Wars' director was your old 'Star Trek' director.
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:icon_smil :icon_smil Hello from Lexington, Ky. Horse capital of the World, famous for Fast women, beautiful Horses, and THE Best Bourbons made!!! I am mainly a fly tyer in my old age, whereas I use to fly fish a lot in Ohio, Pa., Michigan, and Wisconsin. Once or twice a year I make it to Montana, even managed to break my leg on the Idaho border a few years ago. Fishing accident!!! Never fish alone when you're 60 or older out west. Take a buddy along!!I am lucky they found me. Cell phone saved my life! Now I fish in Ky. on lakes for bass and bluegill, and some small streams for smallies!.Love to tie exhibition streamers, steelhead and salmon flies, and spey and dee flies. Tight Lines!!
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Welcome to the group! Glad you were in an area where the cell phone worked.
Sounds like you tie some really impressive flies, and could probably give us some tips on making ours look better.
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Emsys Now Measures Mass Emissions Rates
With the proposed introduction of the EU's monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport (MRV), the maritime industry is investigating the various allowable options to record and verify its CO2 footprint.
The primary reason behind the EU proposal is to develop MRV as a first step and benchmark regarding longer-term emission reduction targets and the possible introduction of market-based measures.
Within the proposal, ANNEX 1, Method D allows for direct measurement of CO2 from engines, boilers, incinerators and other emitting devices.
WR Systems, Ltd. (WR) already has Type Approval (ABS) for the measurement of mass emissions using its laser-based Emsys Emissions Monitoring System (EMS). The latest upgrade uses in-stack exhaust gas mass flow sensors to measure the total output, and unique calculations provide stack emissions rates in kilograms per hour (kg/h) and total mass emissions in kilograms and metric tons (kg/ metric tons) for each measured gas, including CO2.
WR said it has received a significant number of orders for Emsys emissions mass flow systems for new-build contracts in the Far East. WR claims their current order book stretches well into 2015 and is bolstered by many recent contract awards from both domestic and international customers.
Simon Brown, WR's Director of International Maritime Business, explained, "Emsys was always designed as a tool to help owners comply with the relevant emissions regulations, but additionally to provide data which can allow optimization of vessel performance. The EU's MRV proposal is only the first step in a long process for vessel emission reductions within the EU zone. Although the IMO has been working for a number of years on improving overall vessel efficiency, an apparent lack of transparency and numerous delays have forced the EU into considering unilateral action. I personally think the delay of Tier III NOX implementation from 2016 until 2021 (MEPC 65) might have convinced regulators that IMO may not have the "will" or the mechanisms to meet future emissions reduction targets."
Brown continued, "WR's Emsys program was created to meet the requirements of both IMO and market-based instruments (MBIs); therefore, we became the first company to Type Approve a marine EMS for this purpose in September 2010. The maritime market is constantly changing, scrubbers are now being rapidly implemented to meet the forthcoming SOX regulations, and Emsys has proven itself the compliance monitor of choice on many different scrubber types. I also believe the recent ordering spree for ECO vessels is a positive move for the industry. Many new technologies and vessel design features will be introduced and data from Emsys will help verify the efficacy of the reductions claimed using our new and unique mass emissions flowrate option."


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Faith and knowledge by
Jürgen Habermas
In his
speech of the occassion of the 2001 Peace Price awarded by the
German Book Trade, the philosopher Jürgen Habermas focussed on the
role of religions in the modern society.
If the
depressing news of the day takes away from us the choice of subject
matter, the temptation is great, with John Wayne's "among us
intellectuals", to compete with the fastest shot from the hip. Just
a short time ago our minds were divided about another subject - the
question of whether and to what extent we are subject to genetic
selfinstrumentalisation or indeed should pursue the goal of
self-optimisation. A battle of religious forces had flared up
between the spokesmen of organised science and the Churches about
the first steps on this path. One side was fearful of obscurantism
and a scientific, sceptical fencing in of archaic remnants of
feeling, and the other side turned against the scientist's belief in
progress, stemming from a crude naturalism that undermines morals.
But on 11 September the tension between secular society and religion
exploded in a quite different way. The murderers, intent on
suicide, who turned civilian aircraft into living missiles and flew
them into the capitalist citadels of Western civilisation were, as
we now know from Atta's testament, motivated by religious
convictions. For them, the symbols of the globalised modern age
embody the Great Satan. But for us as well, the universal witnesses
of the "apocalyptic" events on television, biblical images also came
to mind. And the language of retaliation, with which it was not only
the American president who first reacted to this incomprehensible
act, had an Old Testament ring to it. As if the deluded attack had
struck a religious chord deep within secular society, the
synagogues, churches and mosques filled up everywhere. This
underlying common feeling did not, by the way, lead the civil and
religious mourners in the New York Stadium three weeks ago to adopt
a symmetrical attitude full of hatred.
phenomenonDespite its religious language, fundamentalism is
entirely a modern phenomenon. What was immediately striking about
the Islamic perpetrators was the lack of simultaneousness of motives
and means. This reflects a lack of simultaneousness of culture and
society in the perpetrators' own countries, which has only come into
being as a result of an accelerated and radically uprooting process
of modernisation. What under happier circumstances we could
nevertheless have seen as a process of creative destruction, does
not provide in these countries the prospect of any kind of
compensation for the pain of the decline of traditional ways of
life. The prospect of an improvement in material living conditions
is only one aspect. What is decisive is the change of attitude that
is clearly blocked by feelings of humiliation, which has its
political expression in the separation of religion and State. In
Europe as well, where history has taken centuries to find a
sensitive attitude towards the Janus-like view of the modern age,
there are still ambivalent feelings about "secularisation", as can
be seen from the dispute about gene technology.
There are
hardened orthodoxies in the West just as in the East and the Far
East, among Christians and Jews, just as among Moslems. Anyone
wanting to avoid a battle of cultures must call to mind the
unfinished dialectic of our own Western process of secularisation.
The "war against terrorism" is not a war, and terrorism also
expresses the disastrously speechless collision of worlds which must
develop a common language beyond the silent violence of terrorists
and of missiles. In the face of a globalisation which is taking
place over markets from which borders have been removed, many of us
hoped for a return of the political in another form - not in the
Hobbist original form of the globalised security State, in the form
of the police, secret services and now also the military, but as a
civilising, creative power worldwide. At present we have little more
than the faint hope of a stratagem of reason - and a little
stocktaking. Because that gulf in speechlessness also divides our
own house. We will only be able to assess the risks of
secularisation coming off the rails elsewhere if we are clear what
secularisation means in our postsecular societies. It is with this
intention that today I am once again taking up the old subject of
"Faith and knowledge". You should not therefore expect a "sermon"
that polarises, that makes some of you jump up and others remain
"Secularisation"The word "secularisation" first
had the legal meaning of the forced transference of Church
properties to the authority of the secular State. This meaning was
then transferred to the emergence of the cultural and social modern
age as a whole. Since then, conflicting judgements have been
associated with "secularisation", depending on whether we emphasise
the successful taming of the authority of the Church by temporal
power or the act of misappropriation. According to one version,
religious ways of thinking and living are replaced by rational, but
in any event superior equivalents; according to the other version,
the modern ways of thinking and living are discredited as being
possessions that have been purloined illegitimately. The ousting
model suggests itself as an interpretation of the demystified modern
age that is optimistic of progress, while the dispossession model
suggests itself as an interpretation of the theory of the decline of
the homeless modern age. Both versions make the same mistake. They
regard secularisation as being a kind of zero-sum game between the
capitalistically unfettered productive forces of science and
technology on the one hand, and the conservative forces of religion
and the Church on the other. This image does not fit in with a
postsecular society that is adapting to the continued existence of
religious communities in an increasingly secular environment. This
too narrow a picture omits the civilising role of democratically
enlightened commonsense, which in the babble of voices in the clash
between cultures makes its own way as a third party as it were
between science and religion. Certainly, in the view of the liberal
State, only those religious communities deserve to be called
"reasonable" which by virtue of their own reasoning do not attempt
to impose their religious truths by force. This reasoning is due to
a three-fold reflection on the part of the faithful with regard to
their position in a pluralistic society. Religious awareness must
first of all deal cognitively with encountering other denominations
and religions. Secondly, it must adapt itself to the authority of
sciences which have the social monopoly on world knowledge. Finally,
it must agree to the premises of a constitutional State that
justifies itself on the basis of a profane morality. Without this
impetus for reflection, in thoughtlessly modernised societies,
monotheisms develop a potential for destruction. The words "impetus
for reflection" do of course suggest the false picture of a process
that has been carried out and completed unilaterally. This
reflective work is indeed continued as each new conflict breaks out
in the trade centres of democratic society.
pluralismPhoto: ScanpixAs soon as an existentially relevant issue - for example,
gene technology - comes onto the political agenda, citizens,
believers and non-believers alike, clash with their convictions
based in ideology, and as a result come across the shocking fact of
ideological pluralism. When they learn how to deal with this fact
without violence, aware of their own fallibility, they recognise
what the secular bases for decisions as laid down in the
constitution mean in a postsecular society. In the conflict between
the claims of science and faith, the State, which is ideologically
neutral, does not in any way prejudice political decisions in favour
of any one side. The pluralised reason of the citizens follows a
dynamic of secularisation only in so far as as a result it requires
a uniform distance between strong traditions and ideological issues.
But, without relinquishing its independence, it remains open to
learn, by osmosis as it were, from both sides, namely science and
Of course
commonsense, which has many illusions about the world, must
unconditionally be able to be explained by the sciences. But the
scientific theories that find their way into the living world leave
the framework of our everyday knowledge essentially untouched. When
we learn something new about the world, and about ourselves as human
beings in the world, the way in which we see ourselves changes.
Copernicus and Darwin revolutionised the geocentric and the
anthropocentric conception of the world. At the same time, the
shattering of the astronomical illusion about the orbiting of the
stars left small traces in the living world in the form of
biological disillusionment about the place of man in natural
history. Scientific knowledge appears to upset the way we see
ourselves the more it affects us closely. Research into the brain
teaches us about the physiology of our awareness. But does this
change that intuitive awareness of authorship and soundness of mind
that accompanies all our actions?
Nature and
scienceIf with Max Weber we turn our attention to the
beginnings of the "demystifying of the world", we see what is at
stake. Nature, to the extent that it is made open to objective
observation and causal explanation, is depersonalised. Nature as it
has been researched by science falls out of the social frame of
reference of people who mutually ascribe to each other intentions
and motives. What becomes of such people if they gradually subsume
themselves to scientific descriptions? Will commonsense in the end
not just be taught by a counter-intuitive understanding of the
sciences, but be entirely consumed? The philosopher Winfrid Sellars
answered this question back in 1960 with the scenario of a society
in which the old-fashioned speech acts of our daily life were
annulled in favour of the objectivising description of processes of
awareness. He first of all outlined this scenario. The vanishing
point of this naturalising of the mind is a scientific image of man
in the extensional concepts of physics, neurophysiology or the
theory of evolution, that also fully desocialises the way we see
ourselves. This can of course only succeed if the intentionality of
human awareness and the normativeness of our actions become apparent
without rest in such a self-description. The theories needed must
for example explain how people can follow or break rules -
grammatical, conceptual or moral rules. Sellars' adherents
misunderstood the aporetic experimental ideas of their teacher as a
research programme that they are still pursuing to this day. The
intention of a scientific modernisation of our daily psychology has
even led to attempts at a semantics that seeks to explain what we
think in terms of biology. But even these most advanced approaches
seem to fail because of the fact that the concept of expediency
which we put into the Darwinian language of mutation and adaptation,
selection and survival, is too poor to come near to that difference
between what is and what should be, which we mean when we break
rules.When one describes how a person has done something
which he did not want to do, and which he also should not have done,
then it is described, but not in the same way as a scientific
object. For when we describe people, we tacitly include moments of
the way in which subjects who are capable of speech and action see
themselves, in pre-science terms. When we describe a process as the
action of a person, we know, for example, that we are describing
something that can be described not only as a process of nature, but
that can also be justified if necessary. In the background is the
image of people who can demand an explanation from each other, who
from the beginning have been engaged in interactions regulated by
norms and who meet each other in a sphere of public reasons.
This perspective which accompanies us in our daily lives
explains the difference between the language of justification and
that merely of description. The explanation strategies which are not
reductionist also find their limit with this dualism. These too
produce descriptions from the perspective of the observer to which
the participant's perspective of our everyday awareness (on which
the justification for research also feeds) cannot casually be put in
a superior or inferior position. In our routine activities we deal
with people we refer to as "you" in the familiar form. Only with
this attitude towards other people can we understand "Yes" or "No"
from other people, the statements that can be criticised, which we
owe each other and expect of each other.
CommonsenseThis awareness of authorship which must
be accountable is at the centre of the way we see ourselves that
develops only from the perspective of those involved and not of
observers, but which is beyond a revisionary scientific observation.
The scientist's belief in a science which one day not only replaces
the way we see ourselves personally by an objectivising
self-description, but also supersedes it, is not science, but bad
philosophy. No science will take away even from scientifically
enlightened commonsense the ability to assess, for example, how we,
with molecular-biological descriptions which make genetic
interventions possible, should deal with human life at the stage
before it becomes a person.
Commonsense is
therefore interlaced with the awareness of people who can take
initiatives, make mistakes and rectify mistakes. Compared with the
sciences, it asserts its own stubborn structure of perspectives.
This same awareness of autonomy, that is not tangible in a
naturalistic way, is on the other hand also the reason for the
distance from a religious tradition on whose norms we also depend.
With the demand for rational justification, scientific enlightenment
does indeed seem to attract to its side a commonsense that has taken
its place in the edifice of the democratic-constitutional State
constructed on the basis of the law of reason. Certainly, the
egalitarian law of reason also has its roots in religion. But this
reason-based legitimisation of law and politics nourishes itself
from springs that have long become profane. Compared with religion,
democratically enlightened commonsense insists on reasons that are
not only acceptable to followers of a religious community. This is
why the liberal State once again arouses the suspicion on the part
of believers that Western secularisation could be a one-way street
that marginalises religion. The reverse side of religious
freedom is indeed a pacifying of the ideological pluralism which
proved to be unevenly problematical in itself. Hitherto, the liberal
State has only expected the believers among its citizens to split
their identity as it were into public and private elements. It is
they who must translate their religious convictions into a secular
language before their arguments have any prospect of finding the
agreement of majorities. So today Catholics and Protestants, if they
claim for the fertilised egg cell outside the mother's body the
status of an entity with basic rights, are seeking (perhaps
prematurely) to translate the image of God of human creation into
the secular language of the constitution. The search for reasons
aimed at finding general acceptability would not lead to an unfair
exclusion of religion from the public sphere nor cut off secular
society from important resources of meaningfulness if only the
secular side also maintained a feeling for the ability of religious
languages to articulate themselves. The boundary between secular and
religious reasons is fluid anyway. Therefore establishing this
disputed boundary should be understood as being a cooperative task
that requires both sides also to take up the perspective of the
enlightened commonsense is not a singular concept, but describes the
mental state of mind of a public that has many voices. In such
questions, secular majorities should not push through decisions
before having listened to the objections of opponents who feel
offended by them in their religious convictions; they must regard
these objections as being a kind of delaying veto in order to test
what they can learn from them. In view of the religious origin of
its moral bases, the liberal State should reckon on the possibility
that in the face of completely new challenges, the "culture of
common human understanding" (Hegel) does not make up for the level
of articulation of its own history of development. The language of
the market is now with us everywhere and forces all interpersonal
relationships into the schema of orientation, each to his own
preferences. But the social bonds that are tied out of mutual
respect are not taken up in the concepts of agreement, rational
choice and the maximising of benefits.
dutiesFor this reason Kant did not want the categorical
'should' to disappear in the maelstrom of self-interest. He extended
arbitrary freedom to autonomy, and with it gave the first great
example for what is indeed a secularising but at the same time a
saving deconstruction of religious truths. In Kant, the authority of
God's commandments finds an unmistakable echo in the unconditional
worth of moral duties. With his concept of autonomy it is true that
he destroys the traditional idea of being children of God. But he
forestalls the banal consequences of an emptying deflationing by a
critical relativising of the religious content.
Secular ways of
speaking that simply eliminate that which was once intended leave
confusion behind. When sin turned into guilt, something was lost.
Because with the desire for forgiveness there is still the
unsentimental desire to have the suffering inflicted on someone else
not to have happened. We are truly unsettled by the irreversibility
of any suffering that has been caused - that injustice to those
innocents who have been mistreated, degraded and murdered, that goes
beyond any measure of restitution within the power of man. The lost
hope of resurrection leaves behind a perceptible vacuum.
Horkheimer's justified scepticism about Benjamin's effusive hope for
the restitutional power of human remembrance - "Those who have been
struck down really have been struck down" - does not deny the
powerless impulse still to change that which cannot be altered. The
exchange of letters between Benjamin and Horkheimer took place in
the spring of 1937. Both, the true impulse and its powerlessness,
continued after the Holocaust in the practice of a "reappraisal of
the past" (Adorno) that was both necessary and terrible. In a
different way, the same impulse is still expressed in the growing
lament about the inappropriateness of this practice. At such times
the nonbelieving sons and daughters of the modern age seem to owe
each other more and even to need more than is available to them from
the religious tradition in translation - as if their semantic
potentials were not yet exhausted.
ambivalence can also lead to the sensible attitude of keeping
religion at a distance, but without completely closing one's mind to
its perspectives. This attitude can put in the right direction the
self-enlightenment of a society torn apart by a cultural war. Moral
feelings which hitherto can be expressed in an adequately
differentiated way only in the language of religion can find a
general resonance as soon as a saving formulation takes hold for
something that is already almost forgotten but implicitly is missed.
This succeeds very rarely, but sometimes. A secularisation that does
not destroy is accomplished by way of translation. This is what the
West, as the secularising power worldwide, can learn from its own
RespectIn the controversy about dealing with human embryos,
today many people still refer to Moses, 1,27: And God created man in
his own image, in the image of God created he him. That God, who is
love, created free beings in Adam and Eve, who are like him, it is
not necessary to believe in order to understand what is meant by 'in
the same image'. There cannot be love without recognition in
another, there cannot be freedom without mutual respect. This is why
the opponent in human form must for its part be free in order to be
able to return the care of God. Despite its being in the same image,
this other is still also presented as a creation of God. This
ability of the image to be created expresses an intuition which in
our context can also say something to those not in tune with
religion. God remains a "God of free people" only for as long as we
do not level out the absolute difference between creator and
created. Only for as long means, namely, divine design - no
definition that upsets the self-determination of man.
Because he is
the God of creation and redemption in one, this Creator does not
have to work by natural laws like an engineer, or in accordance with
the rules of a code like an information scientist. The voice of God
that creates life communicates from the outset within a morally
sensitive universe. This is why God can "determine" man in the sense
that at the same time he makes man capable of freedom and obliges
him to be free. Now - we do not have to believe in the theological
premises in order to understand the logic that a completely
different dependence, presented as being causal, would be involved
if the difference assumed in the concept of creation were to
disappear and a peer were to take God's place - if, for example, a
person were to intervene with his own preferences into the chance
combination of his parents' sets of chromosomes without not actually
having to assume a consensus at least with the other person
concerned. This version raises the question that has occupied me
elsewhere. Would not the first person who determines another person
as he wishes in his natural essence also destroy those same freedoms
which exist among equals in order to guarantee their difference?
awarded the Peace Prize by the German Book Trade at the
53rd Frankfurter Book Fair in Germany on 15 October as
the key German philosopher of the present and for
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Graphics: 8.6
Gameplay: 8.2
Sound: 8.5
Control: 8.5
Replay Value: 8.3
Rating: 8.4
Publisher: Activision
Developer: Viarious Visions
Number Of Players: 1-4 (online and Ad-Hoc)
X-Men Legends II sees sworn enemies, the X-Men and the Brotherhood, teaming together to defeat Apocalypse, a threat so great that it will take the combined forces of the two groups to defeat. This unusual pairing allows you to choose from a roster of twenty playable characters (Magneto, Wolverine, Storm, Mystique, Sabertooth, Cyclops, and many more), mixing and matching good and evil characters to put together the strongest group of four mutants possible.
At its core, Rise of the Apocalypse is a typical hack n'slash adventure game. Your team consists of four mutants, each with their own special attacks and abilities. Combat is simple, with movement relegated to the analog stick, and a few basic attacks and a jump occupying the face buttons. Special attacks and moves can be performed by pressing and holding the right shoulder button in conjunction with a face button. One of Magneto's powers allows him to create a bridge, while Storm can form a tornado to put out fires. You control only one character at a time, but you can switch between the four by simply pressing the left shoulder button and a direction on the d-pad.
The action is viewed from an almost isometric perspective as you fight your way through the levels, killing endless bad guys, searching for people, or collecting items. There are also some light role playing elements to the game. You can power up your abilities, learn new moves, and collect and equip a variety of items. If you're not into micro-managing your heroes, the CPU will do all the work for you, leaving you to simply fight your way through the game. There's nothing groundbreaking about the gameplay, but the interesting story, engaging combat, and nice visuals all come together to create an enjoyable adventure.
In most games, when you have on or more allies that are computer controlled, "mildly handicapped" is about the best you can hope for, when it comes to their ability to help the cause. X-Men Legends II actually has some pretty good AI – your comrades will attack effectively and even heal themselves. You can even tweak the settings to have your long range fighters hang back a bit if you want. It's not like playing with a real person or anything, but they're pretty darn good.
There are a few minor issues with regards to the gameplay, but nothing that will ruin it for anyone. The game will hang-up and stutter really badly on occasion, particularly when coming out of sleep mode. This also happens when navigating the game's (poorly designed) menus. Even though the game has a decent map system, it can be confusing figuring out where to go. Usually when this happens, you've just got to backtrack out of the level to trigger a cut-scene, but it's odd that the game isn't clearer about your objectives considering how good the map system is.
X-Men Legends II not only supports four player co-op play via ad-hoc, but also co-op play online. With the limited online support that PSP games have had thus far it's cool that the developers took the time to include the same level of support that the console versions had. There's a little bit of lag when playing online, and the camera zooms really far away if your team gets too far apart, but minor quibbles aside, it's very good.
X-Men Legends II looks remarkably like its big brother on consoles. The characters are large, colorful, and are nicely animated. They've each got a number of unique attacks and special moves – they don't simply look like the same character with a different skin. The environments are large, colorful, and filled with plenty of stuff to destroy. Occasionally the levels get really dark, making it almost impossible to see, even with the PSP's brightness turned up all the way. Usually it doesn't stay dark for long, as you can quickly move out of the area, but it's a pretty noticeable problem, especially if it gets you killed. When the action gets hectic on screen it can be difficult to figure out exactly what's going on. With four heroes, a few enemies, and a bunch of explosions on screen, it's tough to figure out who's doing what, where your character is, and where the bad guys are. You can generally get out of these situations unscathed by mashing the buttons though, so it's not a huge deal.
Legends features a very impressive, fully orchestrated soundtrack. It stays in the background most of the time, but gets louder when a big battle breaks out. The voice acting is also quite good, which goes without saying when Patrick Stewart is part of the cast. This is a game based on a comic book so some of voices are a little over the top, but for the most part, they fit the game nicely. The sound effects are plentiful, with the sounds of punches, kicks, explosions, and things smashing filling the air at all times.
If you didn't play the console versions of Legends II, but you're looking for a fun action RPG, you could do worse than to pick yourself up a copy of the game for the PSP. On the other hand, if you played the heck out of the game on the PS2, then there's no reason to play it again on the PSP, since the two are so similar. Vicarious Visions should be commended on not compromising anything in the transition to the small screen; they did a great job.


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The festival of lights is here and with it, the time for grand celebrations, parties and fetes. The latter, in particular, are a major attraction each year in the days leading up to Diwali.entertainment Updated: Oct 09, 2009 15:20 IST
The festival of lights is here and with it, the time for grand celebrations, parties and fetes. The latter, in particular, are a major attraction each year in the days leading up to Diwali.
Organised by cultural organisations, NGOs and even residential communities, these melas are popular amongst Dilliwallas. Here's a lowdown on some melas that are taking place this year.
Blind Relief Association Diwali Bazaar
This year, this highly popular fete will feature more than 200 stalls by various NGOs displaying 70 varieties of candles, paper craft and stationery, carry bags, home décor and jewellery. "There are various artisans, designers and boutiques displaying their goods. A food court with specialties like Rajasthani, continental and South Indian cuisines has been specially put up to give a different flavour to this mela," says KC Pandey, executive secretary, Blind Relief Association, adding, "We've put up a massage centre run by the blind school students."
Where: Blind Relief Association, Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg (near
The Oberoi hotel)
When: October 7 to 15
Timings: 10.30 am to 8 pm
Epicentre Diwali Mela
One of the biggest attractions here promises to be the Portside Café with its hand finished, vegetable-dyed leather furniture and artifacts. There will also be a display of clothes and accessories by designers Rajesh Pratap Singh, Manish Arora and Malini Ramani, and live dance and music performances by various artists.
Where: Epicentre, Apparel House, Sector 44, Gurgaon
When: October 9 to 15
Timings: 11 am to 8 pm
Urban Street Diwali Special
It claims to be a one-stop destination for all your Diwali shopping, with a wide range of home accessories like designer candles, lights, mirrors, delectable sweets and customised chocolates on offer. There are also mehndi and designer ethnic wear stalls.
Where: DLF Promenade, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj
When: October 9 to 18
Timings: 11 am to 10 pm
Rajasthan Club Diwali Mela
At the 42nd Diwali Mela organised by the Rajasthan Club, you can look forward to colourful stalls offering diyas, candles and more. There will be many Rajasthani dishes on the menu, too.
Where: Dilli Haat, Pitampura
When: October 10-11
Timings: 12 pm to 12 am
Festa of Lights 2009
This charity bazaar is being organised in association with NGO Akshay Pratishthan. Around 130 exhibitors will display items ranging from designer clothes and jewellery to home furnishings, handicrafts, pottery, traditional festive home decorations, etc. In addition, there'll be live jazz music, Tarot card reading and a kid's corner. The food court will offer Swiss, Italian, Chinese, Thai, Greek and Indian cuisines.
Where: Swiss Embassy, Nyaya Marg, Chanakyapuri
When: October 10
Timings: 10 am to 10 pm


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Nigerian musician Dr Sid and Simi Osomo's white wedding came off on Saturday, August 2 at the Ikoyi Baptist Church in Lagos, Nigeria.
The wedding was followed by a grand reception at Oriental Hotel also in Lagos.
The couple had their traditional wedding in Lagos, Nigeria on July 27 at The Ark Event Centre, Lekki, Lagos.
Both events were attended by Don Jazzy, Tiwa Savage, D'Prince, Banky W, Sound Sultan, and a host of other celebrities.
Dr Sid and Simi got engaged in Venice, Italy in August 2013.
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The New York Post's horrifying front page photo of Ki Suk Han, the 58-year-old man who was pushed to his death in a New York Subway station Monday, is raising hard questions about the paper's decision-making ethics.
"Post freelance photographer R. Umar Abbasi — who had been waiting on the platform of the 49th Street station — ran toward the train, repeatedly firing off his flash to warn the operator," the Post explained in their story about the crime.
"I just started running, running, hoping that the driver could see my flash," Abbasi said.
However, that's hardly a good enough explanation for many, who have abhorred the Post's decision to run the photo.
More from GlobalPost: Man pushed onto New York subway track and killed
"I was astounded," Kevin Z. Smith, chairman of the Society of Professional Journalists' ethics committee told the International Business Times. "It defies any sense of professional, moral or ethical judgment."
Also up for debate is the photographer's decision to snap pictures instead of trying to help the man.
"Getting a conductor's attention with a flash — and maybe even blinding him with it — doesn't seem like the way you'd necessarily help someone that's clinging to the subway platform," wrote Atlantic blogger Alexander Abad-Santos.
Here, Twitter reacts to the photo. What do you think of the Post's decision?
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Test Lab Guides (TLGs) are a new method that Joe Davies and Tom Shinder have developed that make learning complex technologies easier than ever. Using TLGs, you can significantly cut down on the time it takes for you to learn a new technology, product or an entire multi-tier solution by configuring a Test Lab using a TLG.
Now you might be wondering "what's the difference between a Test Lab Guide and a Step by Step Guide?" In the past, we've used the term "step by step guide" to describe a lot of different types of content. It might be a collection of steps you do to issue a certificate, or maybe the steps required to enable and disable the Windows Firewall, or it could be a large collection of steps used in a lab type of environment.
Joe and Tom have done a ton of work for you. See Tom's full blog post on the subject at http://blogs.technet.com/b/tomshinder/archive/2010/07/30/test-lab-guides-lead-the-way-to-solution-mastery.aspx. That blog post will lead you to some other great resources on the TechNet Wiki. Enjoy.


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Photos: 'Bathrooms Over Broadway' Benefit
Today, December 29, Charmin teamed up with non-profit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS to present "Bathrooms over Broadway," the first-ever Broadway show in a bathroom. The 10-15 minute "cheeky" musical production took place, free-of-charge, before a live audience at the Charmin Restrooms featuring the theatrics of several well-known Broadway stars, including "Shrek the Musical's" Christopher Sieber.
The one-time-only, first-of-its-kind production showcased Charmin in the starring "roll," with Broadway actors paying homage to the top-billing toilet paper brand though a handful of show-stopping musical numbers. Talented loo-loving thespians sang and danced to all-things-potty, taking the audience on various bathroom adventures throughout New York City during the holiday season. Musical numbers were performed to the tune of familiar Broadway and hit pop-culture songs, coupled with toilet-paper-fashioned props.
In addition to Christopher Sieber, who was nominated for a Tony Award for "Best Featured Actor in a Musical" for his current role as Lord Farquaad in "Shrek the Musical," the Charmin "Bathrooms over Broadway" potty-praising cast featured Broadway actors Maya Days, Marya Grandy, Bernard Dotson and Joy Hermalyn. "The Go Team," five Charmin Ambassadors chosen to work at the Charmin Restroom this holiday season for a $10,000 salary, and the lovable Charmin Bears, appeared for the first time on Broadway, rounding out the cast.
"I have performed on many of the world's famous stages," said Broadway Cares Actor Christopher Sieber, "but never before in a bathroom! We're thrilled to have this opportunity to offer visitors to the Charmin Restrooms the best live entertainment available in New York City during the holidays."
Charmin worked with non-profit partner Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS to develop the show's content. Their mission is to mobilize the unique abilities within the entertainment industry to mitigate the suffering of individuals affected by HIV/AIDS.
Since 2006, approximately 1.5 million visitors have experienced the 20 clean, deluxe, ADA compliant, family friendly and fully staffed restrooms that offer a highly engaging and interactive Charmin experience with additional luxuries like stroller parking, baby changing stations and seating and family photo areas. Fun new features this year include a giant toilet for photo-ops, digital graffiti wall, kids' toilet paper pit and video "can-fessional" booth.
The Restrooms are located at 1540 Broadway in Times Square between West 45th and West 46th streets and are open to the public Sunday - Wednesday from 10AM to 9PM, and Thursday - Saturday 10AM to 11PM through Thursday, December 31. For more information about the Charmin Restrooms, visit www.EnjoytheGo.com.
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is one of the nation's leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of the American theatre community, since 1988 BC/EFA has raised over $175 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States. BC/EFA is the major supporter of seven programs at The Actors' Fund - including The AIDS Initiative, The Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative, The Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic, The Dancers' Resource and three supportive housing residences. BC/EFA also awards annual grants to over 400 AIDS and family service organizations nationwide. For more information visit: www.BroadwayCares.org.
Photo Credit: Brian Estrada
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Christopher Sieber, Bernard Dotson, and Maya Days
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Bernard Dotson, Maya Days, Joy Hermalyn, Marya Grandy, and Christopher Sieber
Bernard Dotson, Maya Days, Joy Hermalyn, Marya Grandy, and Christopher Sieber
Maya Days, Bernard Dotson, Joy Hermalyn, Christopher Sieber, and Marya Grandy
Maya Days, Bernard Dotson, Joy Hermalyn, Christopher Sieber, and Marya Grandy
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The sudden emergence of RB Rudi Johnson has essentially sealed Corey Dillon's fate in Cincinnati.
Updated: November 24, 2003, 3:44 PM ETBy By Darrell Trimble | NFL Insider
Deuce McAllister ran roughshod over the Eagles to the tune of 184 yards. That number is significant in itself. But when you realize he amassed all those yards on only 19 carries, you can't help but wonder what happened to the run defense that the team displayed in its first five games.
During that time, the Eagles gave up only 341 yards on 130 carries with an average of 2.6 yards per carry. But in the last six games, the front seven has been noticeably more generous. Starting with the Giants in mid-October, Philadelphia's defense has surrendered 985 yards on the ground on only 178 carries with an average of 5.5 yards per carry.
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In addition to activities associated with this investment, the Company also expects to further invest in R&D and clinical studies while increasing its employee base in China from approximately 200 to more than 1,200 during the period. These initiatives are expected to drive an expansion of Boston Scientific's current sales force to approximately 700 employees and the creation of a fully staffed manufacturing infrastructure, enabling Boston Scientific to better bring its innovative and life-saving technologies to Chinese physicians and their patients.
As a result of this increased investment, as well as current and anticipated initiatives, Boston Scientific now expects to increase its revenues in China to more than $500 million exiting 2016. The Company estimates that its target market in China currently exceeds $1 billion and is growing approximately 20 percent annually. This investment supports and is consistent with our strategic financial objectives communicated at the November 2010 Investor Day.
"The Chinese medical device market, while rapidly evolving and challenging, presents a significant growth opportunity for the Company," said Ray Elliott, President and Chief Executive Officer of Boston Scientific. "By establishing a strong local manufacturing foundation and supporting infrastructure, we believe we will be better positioned to become a leading medical device company in China, serving the population's burgeoning healthcare needs with innovative products and treatment options. Achieving that goal, however, requires expanding our commercial footprint in terms of size, scale and scope."
Winning Global Market Share
Winning global market share represents the "W" of Boston Scientific's POWER business strategy. This new investment, along with current investments of $30 to $40 million through 2011 in Emerging Markets such as China, Brazil and India, clearly reflect the POWER strategy in action. In China, the Company's growth-acceleration strategy is evident in its current and planned business activities, which include:
"We believe there are significant opportunities to accelerate our growth in China, where our market share is a fraction of what it is in the U.S. and Europe," said Larry Neumann, Senior Vice President and President, Emerging Markets at Boston Scientific. "Adding to the market potential is the growing affluence of the local population and the Chinese government's commitment to spend $125 billion on its healthcare system in the next five years. We think the time is right to make additional investments to help fuel our growth, help us win global share, gain access to diverse talent and bring our less-invasive therapies to more patients in China."
About Boston Scientific
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Nelson Mandela Discharged From Hospital: South Africa Officials
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(PRETORIA, South Africa) — Nelson Mandela has been discharged from a Pretoria hospital Sunday morning, South Africa President Jacob Zuma said in a statement.
Mandela, 95, remains in critical condition and at times "unstable."
His doctors are "convinced that he will receive the same level of intensive care at his Houghton home that he received in Pretoria," Zuma said. "His home has been reconfigured to allow him to receive intensive care there. The health care personnel providing care at his home are the very same who provided care to him in hospital. If there are health conditions that warrant another admission to hospital in future, this will be done."
Mandela had been in the hospital since June for a lung infection.
"We thank all the health professionals at the hospital for their dedication. Most media have also been notably responsible and we thank them also for the maturity and understanding that all have in general displayed," Zuma said.
On Saturday, false news reports that Mandela had been discharged stunned the country and threw the international media into a frenzy, with a small army of media outlets scrambling to his home.
However, the reports turned out to be a false alarm and prompted Zuma to issue a statement Saturday, denying the media reports and assuring the public Mandela is still hospitalized and responding well to treatment.
A Mandela relative had apparently misunderstood her communication with one of Mandela's doctors and erroneously believed he had been released.
The relative informed other family members, who, in turn, relayed the faulty information to the media.
Mandela, who turned 95 in July, remains an almost mythical figure in South Africa.
After his anti-apartheid efforts landed him in jail for 27 years, he was released in February 1990 and four years later was elected the country's first black president and the first one elected by a full, non-racial democracy after the demise of apartheid.
He is widely considered the father of modern South Africa and one of the great towering political figures of the 20th century.
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''I didn't know that,'' the director Brian De Palma says, responding to the information that Shaquille O'Neal, the Los Angeles Laker centerpiece and semirapper, has a tattoo with the letters ''Twism,'' an abbreviation of ''The world is mine,'' the words that the Cuban émigré Tony Montana uses to rocket himself to the top in Mr. De Palma's 1983 film ''Scarface.''
The picture's immersion in the bling-bling American Dream -- cars, houses and a river of Champagne so deep it's surprising Montana can keep his head high enough to snort the coke he sells -- has been a huge influence on rappers.
Mr. De Palma mentions having seen a recent video that recreated a bathtub scene from his ''Scarface'' (a remake of the lightning-swift Howard Hawks/Ben Hecht gangster classic from 1932). The topic comes up during a combination closing-night event and world premiere party at the Toronto International Film for his new film, ''Femme Fatale.'' The lavish spectacle, the kind of thing that Montana would probably throw for himself after a hard day's sleep, brings the movie to mind.
''The studio asked me if I'd be interested in re-releasing 'Scarface' with a new soundtrack, with music added from rappers who wanted to do a soundtrack,'' Mr. De Palma says, smiling. ''I said absolutely not. I had to fight too hard to get the version I made out without an X rating. I'm not changing a frame of it.''
He smiles and shrugs. ''Femme Fatale,'' which he wrote and directed, is a playful and occasionally bloody snarl of a film noir starring Antonio Banderas and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos. It is the director's first picture to play in the Toronto festival, but it's not the first time he has attended. A movie aficionado, he has been visiting the festival on his own since 1979 to see the entries. This year, he arrived not the night before ''Femme Fatale'' was to be shown, but the first night of the festival.Continue reading the main story
''I don't know why directors don't do that,'' he remarks. ''I never see any other filmmakers at festivals when their movies aren't running. And they sure don't go see movies when they show up anyway.''
''I've seen everything; what do you want to talk about?'' he says. ''Generally, I don't see anything that I know I'll see in New York, so I end up going to a lot of the smaller films and documentaries. I saw 'Horns and Halos,' this interesting documentary on the guy who wrote that book on George Bush.'' (He's referring to J. H. Hatfield and ''Fortunate Son.'') ''What a story.''
Mr. De Palma says he also enjoyed the director Peter Mullan's drama on convent cruelty, ''The Magdalene Sisters,'' and the harrowing French street kids picture ''Les Diables.''
The party reminds him of a similar event last year -- ''The only party I went to last year,'' he laughs; he attended it after indulging himself with one of the few studio releases he has bothered to see at a festival, the Hughes brothers' ''From Hell.'' He also dragged himself to a screening on the morning of Sept. 11 last year.
''I was on the way to a screening and saw everybody around a television set,'' he recalls. ''I saw the second plane hit, went back to my hotel room and stayed there for the next four days.'' Does he remember the movie he was trying to see? ''Sure, it was Mike Figgis's 'Hotel.' They canceled the screening, so I ended up catching it at the Rotterdam festival. I liked it; it's weird and it's crazy, but he's doing some interesting things.''
While living in France, Mr. De Palma toured the festival circuit -- the obscure festival circuit. ''I didn't know they had a festival in Paris until I lived there, and not many other people seem to know about it either,'' he says. ''I went to the one in Cognac -- I also didn't know there was a festival in Cognac -- where they show mysteries. And of course, they have great cognac.''
His previous film, ''Mission to Mars,'' was an entry in the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, and the daring and amusing opening sequence of ''Femme Fatale'' takes place at a big-deal Cannes premiere; he came up with the idea while dashing to film festivals. The first film of Mr. De Palma's to play a film festival was ''Greetings,'' a guerrilla comedy starring Robert De Niro, which ran at the Berlin Film Festival in 1969.
''That's what got me hooked on festivals,'' he says. ''The distributor paid for the ticket, and I won the Silver Bear.''
He nods and grins upon hearing a story about a Toronto festival screening this year; after the trailer thanking the volunteers didn't run, a patron piped up in the darkened theater, ''What about the volunteers?'' and the house rocked with appreciative applause.
''Only in Toronto; it's a considerate movie lover's town,'' he says. ''It's nothing like the New York festival. That one's too stuffy for me. Now there's the irony, that I've never been invited to premiere one of my movies in my hometown festival. Richard Roud, who ran the festival for years, didn't think I was serious enough. And the current guy isn't a fan of mine either, so none of my movies have ever played there.
''And,'' he laughs, ''after this interview runs, I doubt that the situation's going to change in the near future.''Continue reading the main story


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Washington, DC—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following statement today on the floor of the U.S. Senate in response to the President's remarks this morning on the FISA legislation. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery:
"This morning President Bush said that he will refuse to sign a temporary extension of the current FISA law. Let's be clear: this is yet more proof that President Bush and his Republican allies are more interested in politicizing intelligence than they are about finding real solutions.
"Today, President Bush continues his bullying. But let's not forget that we wouldn't even be discussing this issue if not for the President's actions. What were those actions? Several years ago, in their unyielding efforts to expand Presidential powers, President Bush and Vice-President Cheney created a system to conduct wiretapping – including on American citizens – outside the bounds of longstanding federal law.
"The President could have taken the simple step of requesting new authority from Congress. If he made a persuasive case to us, we would have been more than receptive to passing an appropriate amendment to FISA. After all, Congress has repeatedly amended the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to reflect new technology and the legitimate needs of the intelligence community. But whether out of convenience, incompetence, or outright disdain for the rule of law, the Administration chose to ignore Congress and ignore the Constitution.
"Congress is working on updates to the FISA law as we speak. Senate Republicans and the White House have spent many weeks slow-walking the bill as part of a Republican strategy to jam the House. I believe it is wrong and irresponsible for the White House to do this.
"Due to months of White House foot-dragging, the relevant House committees have only just gotten important documents related to whether the Bush Administration followed the law and the constitution. They need some time to review and analyze them. We must not let this critical issue be resolved by White House bullying.
"Congress is prepared to extend current law – the Protect America Act – by any length in order for Congress to complete the in-depth analysis and negotiations necessary for a long-term law broadly supported by the American people. If the President chooses to veto a short-term extension – as he said he would this morning – the responsibility for any ensuing intelligence collection gap lies on his shoulders and his alone."


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By Myra P. Saefong, MarketWatch
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Venezuela and its worsening economic and political crisis may be an underappreciated wild card when it comes to the outlook for oil prices.
The nation, which has the world's largest oil reserves, is suffering an economic collapse that has sparked massive protests against the government of President Nicolás Maduro.
"The country is in [its] worst shape in two decades," said James Williams, energy economist at WTRG Economics. "More corruption, more violence, little food and almost no medicine."
Read: Many poor Venezuelans too hungry to join protests against President Maduro
Also see: Venezuela default could expose U.S. oil infrastructure to Russian control, lawmakers warn
Adding to the nation's woes, oil shippers are now seizing cargoes and going to litigation over Venezuela's apparent failure to pay for shipping, said Williams.
Recent news reports said that a Russian shipper held up a shipment of oil by Petróleos de Venezuela SA, or PdVSA, because the Venezuela state-run oil company owes millions of dollars in unpaid shipping fees.
The risks tied to Venezuela are worth at least a 50-cent risk premium to oil prices per barrel, said Williams. And "if there is an event that stops [oil] exports abruptly," that premium could climb to $5 a barrel, he said.
Expropriation blues
Auto maker General Motors /quotes/zigman/1466682/composite GM +0.82% announced Thursday that it had ceased operations in Venezuela "due to an illegal judicial seizure of its assets."
While the reason behind the GM seizure is unclear, the move isn't unusual—especially when it comes to assets in the oil industry—as the country continues the nationalization drive that began under the late Hugo Chávez, Maduro's predecessor. The government of Maduro and Chavez has expropriated more than 1,400 companies and private assets since taking power in 1999, The Wall Street Journal reported , citing figures form industry group Conindustria.
And if the government's solution includes seizing more foreign assets, Venezuela's problems could worsen, analysts said.
"The government has shown itself to be very clumsy at best when dealing with the economy, but seizing foreign oil assets would be suicidal," Michael Lynch, president of president of Strategic Energy & Economic Research, told MarketWatch.
Source : WTRG Economics with data from the EIA
"They already suffer from a shortage of skilled personnel and replacing whatever foreign engineers are there would be extremely difficult—meaning [oil] production would begin sliding," he said.


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Christopher Nolan's final Batman movie, "Dark Knight Rises," leads North American weekend box office with an estimated $162 million despite James Holmes shooting rampage at the midnight screening of the film that left 12 dead and 58 wounded, the New York Times reports. Dark Knight Rises came in lower than expectations, but it managed to score one of the best opening weekends at the box office, beaten by "Marvel's The Avengers" with $207.4 million over its first three days and "Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows: Part 2" opening with $169.2 million in box office receipts. I must note that the actual receipts won't be known until Monday, as Warner Bros., rival studios and box office data firm Rentrak have agreed to a black-out, withholding early numbers and their estimates for the weekend out of respect for the victims in Aurora.
Hollywood and the entire country were shocked by former medical student James Eagan Holmes' shooting rampage at Century 16 Theater that left 12 dead, including six year old Veronica Moser-Sullivan, Air Force Staff Sgt. Jesse Childress, U.S. Navy sailor John T. Larimer, budding sportscaster Jessica Ghawi (Jessica Redfield), Micayla Medek, Gordon Cowden, Alexander Boik, Alex Sullivan, Jonathan Blunk, Matt McQuinn, Alex Teves and Rebecca Wingo. Fifty-eight were wounded, with some still in critical condition.
20th Century Fox "Ice Age: Continental Drift" took second place with a solid $21 million, with a two-week total of about $90 million. Sony Pictures' "The Amazing Spider-Man" took third place with $11 million, lifting its three-week totals to nearly $229 million, followed by Universal Pictures' raunchy comedy "Ted" in fourth place with $10 million and a total haul of $180 million, with Disney's Scottish adventure "Brave" rounding out the top five with $6 million and total of $209 million, the New York Times reports.
"The Dark Knight Rises" was one of the best movies I have watched in recent months. Christian Bale as Batman and Anne Hathaway as the redefined Catwoman gave great performances and the movie was worthy of its nearly three hours. Hathaway delivered a saucy and sexy performance at the same time. Nothing like the other women who played the role.
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Hi. There was an idea to make access to the data only through the built - in functions (on C). There is a table 't_test' which the superuser can read and write down. There are functions of access, for example, for an insert of the data: PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(f_test); Datum f_test(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS) { int ret, proc; SPI_connect(); ret = SPI_exec("INSERT INTO t_test VALUES ('7', 'hi there')", 0); proc = SPI_processed; SPI_finish(); return (proc); } It is supposed further, that function will check the data and to carry out something else, unimportantly. And so. It would be desirable, that this function was carried out by the usual user, and it could work "as" superuser. That is has executed an insert of the data. Read caution about "trojan horses" in functions which allow the usual user to get access to the data which are inaccessible to him. Here is how this idea I wanted to apply time in positive sense. So I grant execute of this function to 'testo' user => GRANT EXECUTE ON FUNCTION f_test(INT, CHAR) TO testo; However I receive a mistake => SELECT f_test('1','2'); ERROR: t_test: permission denied How to realize this idea? -- engineer
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Flood of Objections Could Scuttle Proposed 501(c)(4) Rules
With proposed Internal Revenue Service restrictions on electioneering by nonprofit groups drawing complaints from both left and right, critics hope a deluge of overwhelmingly negative public comments on the new rules will lead to their being revised or scrapped, according to Politico.
While conservative critics contend the new rule violates advocacy groups' free rights, liberal organizations, including some that have called for a crackdown on politicking by 501(c)(4) entities, say the proposal goes too far by limiting activities such as voter education and voter-registration drives.
"Rarely is a regulation proposed that isn't changed, and that should be true here," said Rep. Sander Levin, a high-ranking Michigan Democrat who has criticized the current, broad IRS rules on nonprofits' election activities. A provision limiting groups from putting out voter guides "should not be included," he said.
Marcus Owens, a tax attorney and former director of the nonprofits division at the IRS, said the new rules inappropriately use tax laws to define election activity. He said the regulations "cannot be salvaged" and "should be withdrawn in their entirety."
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said the agency will take the more than 140,000 comments it received on the proposal seriously and that a public hearing on the plan is likely, given the high level of interest.
An analysis of the comments by the Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group found that more than half contained common language indicating they were generated by organized campaigns, with conservative and anti-union groups such as the National Right to Work Committee, FreedomWorks, and the American Family Association producing sizable "clusters." The Sunlight Foundation advocates tighter rules on nonprofits' election activity.


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"Work is a perfect environment for a would-be fraudster to gain access to your personal details. Most of us have a PC on our desks that we routinely use to access our internet banking," explained Nitesh Patel, head of Customer Financial Solutions, Personal Banking at Standard Bank.
How to avoid it: Never allow open access to your PC, and never share your password with co-workers.
If your company is upgrading or installing new computer systems, make sure the hard drive on your old system is permanently erased after transferring all your data.
Only carry the personal information and bank cards that you really need for your daily routine at work. Also, make sure that you know where your wallet is at all times and never leave it in an unlocked desk.
If you've been scammed: Go to your manager or boss and report the crime – they may have access to CCTV that could help you find the perpetrator. Report the theft at the police station and inform your bank that your accounts are at risk. If your cards have been cloned, make a list of all unauthorised transactions.
"Give your bank as much information as possible to assist them in their investigations," said Patel.
"Unfortunately, if someone has accessed your account online because you compromised your login details and PIN, the bank may not be able to assist you in recovering all the funds."