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Now that Baby H is approaching the grand old age of one, I have started to catch my breath slightly, and actually think about things like – How do I look? Am I scaring small children? Does the postman have nightmares? The answer was 'possibly' so off I went for some quick grooming.
Now – nothing feels better and makes you look better than a good hair cut. As a busy mum, my hair is pretty clean (I have a no tolerance policy to greasy hair) but it's also straggly, a bit shaggy, and tragically, had a unfortunate dye job from the last hair do I had months ago (failed Ombre – again). On a day trip to London I visited the very chic Massato hair salon in South Kensington.
The look and feel of the salon is minimalistic and modern – in fact I walked past it at first not realising it was there, then looked like a real 'Northerner on a day trip', as I used my Google maps like a compass.
Before we begin let me tell you just a little about Massato – a Japanese hairdresser who was trained in Paris having arrived in 1975 with only a Hairdresser's Graduation Diploma in his hands – his talent meant he quickly ended up working with big models, photographers, magazines and stylists. So he decided to conquer the city and he did (3 salon openings in Paris, one in Tokyo), and now, one in London.
I don't love any one hairdresser. Certainly where I live, I am loyal to no salon because there's never been a place where I felt really listened to what I wanted or was exceptional in any way. Sometimes when you go to a hairdressers it feels like you're essentially part of a production line (remember Super Cuts? Where you basically turned up whenever you wanted and waited in a queue?) and no matter what you say you want, the cut is going to basically end up the same. In my case, it's always long with a few layers.
Massato is very much a salon which makes you very much cared for and listened to. I don't think this is at all because I visited as a blogger – it was quite clear to me that they spend considerable time and care on their clients.
My stylist was the effortlessly chic and handsome Tarik, with a perfect quiff; he talked to me in a passionate yet understated none gushy way that only French people can, about Massato, the salon and the man.
Tarik asked me what I wanted, and said he would then give me my opinion. I said – anything. As long as it's something easy to manage and style, I could cope.
He then told me that he would cut of ends, and give me a cut that I could air dry (hurrah) or style with just a few products – very little effort. That is the philosophy of Massato – to create hair cuts that don't just look good when you leave the salon but are fit for your lifestyle and needs.
The decor of the salon is pleasing, and quite intimate. There's no one called Epionee hanging around in the background screeching over the hair wash; in fact I felt the salon had a Japanese feel, in that it was very calming and zen like.
I must mention the hair wash, which is situated in the basement. That was quite a hair wash- I frequently complain about how poor salons can be when washing hair, leaving shampoo and conditioner in there. I personally like my hair to feel really clean and the product to be rinsed out properly.
There was no rushing at all with this hair wash which was very through (add a bit of water, massage, add more water, massage etc.), with a nice head massage thrown in. It was nice touch and really relaxing.
So then, we did the cut. Tarik chopped away and I felt completely relaxed…there was no 'where is this going!' even though quite a bit of hair came off…I completely trusted his vision. Tarik explained to me how he had trained directly under Massato and that the training at the company never ends and is extremely frequent, regardless of a stylists position – Massato himself trains every one. He also pointed out that a good cut – a real good cut – wouldn't need to be dealt with again so quickly and would last 3 months or so.
By the time Tarik had finished my hair was almost dry. With minimal product and some drying I left would neat and bouncy here.
Here's me extremely tired:
I would describe this hair cut s one of the most 'realistic' hair cuts I've had – ever – as in, it looked great but it was 'real'. I could see exactly what I would be left with once I got home and had a wash, I could see what I could do with it and it was like natural hair but better rather than the usual over the top dos that are impossible to replicate.
I would describe the salon experience as very relaxing, very calming and worry free. Would I return to Massato and Tarik when I am next in town with no hesitation.
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Results of the July 2011 study "Listening and Engaging in the Digital Marketing Age" on the state of social media in U.S. firms was released today. Forrester surveyed 200 medium and large U.S.-based marketers across three key industries, including high tech, media/entertainment and utility and banking services.
Forrester's study revealed that while more than three-quarters of the companies surveyed monitor online conversations and respond to customer feedback through social media, only 20 percent of the survey respondents place social media at the core of their marketing plans.
Technology companies lead in integrating social media programs throughout their organizations at nearly double the rate of media and one and a half times the rate of utility and banking service organizations. Nearly all the companies surveyed have specific plans to increase their social media investments, with 73 percent planning to add employees focused on listening and engagement initiatives in the coming year.
While making strong progress, businesses are still lagging behind their customers, 80 percent of whom use social media:
- 50 percent of companies surveyed say their social media efforts are serious but not a core function
- 16 percent reward customers whose ideas they use
- Only 6 percent claim that their companies' listening and engagement initiatives are very integrated
But companies' investment in listening is on the rise and the benefits are tangible:
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Paul Harvey one-upped National Review distortion, stating: "Robert Reich says today that God is a more significant threat than terrorists"
Following National Review senior editor Ramesh Ponnuru's distorted interpretation of author and former Labor secretary Robert B. Reich's recent column, ABC Radio Networks host Paul Harvey stated during his July 8 News and Comment broadcast, "Robert Reich says today that God is a more significant threat than terrorists." Harvey's broadcast is heard by 22 million listeners each week.
In his column, which appeared in the July edition of The American Prospect (column available in full by subscription only), magazine founder and national editor Reich wrote:
The great conflict of the 21st century will not be between the West and terrorism. Terrorism is a tactic, not a belief. The true battle will be between modern civilization and anti-modernists; between those who believe in the primacy of the individual and those who believe that human beings owe their allegiance and identity to a higher authority; between those who give priority to life in this world and those who believe that human life is mere preparation for an existence beyond life; between those who believe in science, reason, and logic and those who believe that truth is revealed through Scripture and religious dogma. Terrorism will disrupt and destroy lives. But terrorism itself is not the greatest danger we face.
In a July 6 National Review commentary titled "Robert Reich's Religion Problem: Witless rhetorical oppositions," Ponnuru interpreted the excerpt as follows:
It [Reich's conclusion] is a denunciation -- as a graver threat than terrorists -- of people who believe that the world to come is more important than this world, or that all human beings owe their allegiance to God.
Subsequently, during the July 8 noon edition of his 15-minute daily newscast, News and Comment, Harvey stated:
And sit down for this. Robert Reich was Labor secretary under President Clinton. Our nation's Labor secretary. Robert Reich says today that God is a more significant threat than terrorists. He says terrorism may disrupt and destroy lives but he says the greatest danger we face is people who follow God. He clearly means this as an indictment of President Bush but his bold assertion labels as our country's greatest danger all who believe.
Paul Harvey News is billed as "the largest one-man network in the world, consisting of over 1200 radio stations, 400 Armed Forces Network stations that broadcast around the world, and 300 newspapers." On December 4, 2003, Harvey became embroiled in controversy when he commented on air that Islam "encourages killing." Five days later -- after the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) demanded an on-air apology -- Harvey said that Islam is a "religion of peace." [U.S. Newswire, 12/9/03]
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On his May 11 nationally syndicated radio show, host Rush Limbaugh renewed his attack on the "Lib media" and appeared again to be accusing Media Matters for America of printing excerpts of his program out of context.
Limbaugh: gives context of Skull and Bones comment -- "was actually relating to the media"
LIMBAUGH: [A]nd I -- I'll tell you why I used Skull and Bones. You know, I was tweaking them, because Bush is Skull and Bones, and it's Yale, and they think Bush didn't qualify to get into Yale. That Bush is a phony-baloney and they hate -- normally they hate Skull and Bones. The Media hates Skull and -- except those that are members. But they hate it, because it's super-secret, and it doesn't allow them in. And so I thought I was actually relating to the media by calling this a Skull -- I thought I was helping them criticize Bush. Yeah, this is the kind of stuff Bush did in college instead of learning stuff.
But no, they missed that totally. I really was trying to relate to them. I was trying to give them a line that I thought they would appreciate the nuance of. But no, they've totally missed it, because they're reacting in shock and emotion and seeking an opportunity to inflict a little knick or two, fire some BBs at the battleship of Rush Limbaugh in an attempt to inflict a little harm here. But we're not, we're not only still floating, we're still steaming through the waters here.
So no, I've been amazed that they missed the Skull and Bones re - I couldn't -- I didn't even say college initiation, a caller said that. I said Skull and Bones. I said it specifically for a reason, because I was trying to help them take another route to Bush. They've missed it, and they're coming back at me with it. Idiots.
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Now, let's look at this -- this prison business. When the first two or three pictures came out, and you know which ones they are -- the pyramid picture, which is what looks like a Skull and Bones initiation, the pyramid, the guys in the hoods, and we've got the female prison guard with a cigarette dangling from the mouth. And we had this -- the guy in all -- in all black, hooded, and so forth, wires attached to various extremities. And there was -- there was one other picture.
And I said, "Well, you know, what's the big deal here? This just looks like an average Skull and Bones initiation." That quote, made the first day the pictures were published, is all that I am quoted as saying. Well, maybe one other little quote. I forget what it is. But in this instance, not one journalist -- and that's what they are -- not one journalist has picked up the phone or sent me an e-mail, and said, "What do you mean by this. Do you really think this?"
Not one journalist has dared ask me for the context of the remark. Not one person -- not one -- no Conservative journalist has either. If there are Conservatives upset with me, I want to tell -- no one has gotten hold of me. And I'm assuming that they're not listening to the program, because otherwise they would know the context of all this. You can't -- I mean, I've spent 10 to 12 hours on this subject and said a whole lot on it, but that one comment seems to serve the purpose of those who have an agenda.
Limbaugh on Media Matters for America: "let's just see how much of this, this total explanation" shows up on "this new website"
LIMBAUGH: And there's this new website that the Libs have set up out there, and one of the things they have is a couple of guys that transcribe this program, and they select certain out -- outtakes or excerpts, and they put them on the Website, and it's become a clearinghouse for Lib propaganda. So the Lib media goes there, sees what's there, and then repackages it as news.
And never once have I been asked for detail, context, explanation. No one has asked me anything about -- and just because they don't want to know anymore than -- because that quote is just fine for their agenda-driven purposes. Now, I know this, so why get upset about it?
If I may be really honest, and of course, I'm always striving to do that and to share with you my feelings, I have to tell you, folks -- and I -- I've -- this is the third time I -- I will have said it in this context, and say it again, because it's the best way I know to put this in -- in context. Here I am. Who -- who am I? I am a radio talk show host. I am a kid from Missouri who wanted to be on the radio. And now, all -- that's all I've ever wanted to do. I've wanted to be the best at what I am and the best at what I do. True. But on the radio.
Now, all of a sudden, I have to be discredited in order for the Left to win. I have to be discredited for their agenda to gain primacy in this whole story. And so that Skull and Bones quote is everywhere. And it's being asked of everybody. "Do you condemn Limbaugh?" Not one of the people who has been asked to condemn me has bothered to get hold of me to say, "What the hell?" I mean even -- somebody who's maybe upset with me even, "What the hell are you doing to us? Why are you saying?" Nobody has even asked me that.
I have not other - but why should they? I'm on the radio for five hours -- or three hours every day, 15 a week. All they have to do is turn on the knob, and they're not even making that effort, those who are putting this -- so, am I upset about -- ... No, folks! To tell you the truth, I'm honored.
Do you want to know the truth? I'm not upset about this at all. I am honored. I'm just a kid from Missouri who wanted to be on the radio, and all of a sudden what I say has to be discredited, taken out of context. I -- I just -- this is just another sign of effectiveness, to me. If they can -- if they -- if they can take one or two sentences of all that I've said and try to discredit an entire movement or - what are do they call it -- ideology, I'm -- I'm proud to be the target, because I know who I am and I know what I believe, and I know what I've said. And for every newspaper or TV show that spends time quoting this little thing I said, I've got hours and hours and hours to put it back in context with the people that matter to me most, and that's you, who invest the time to listen to this program every day.
So please, don't -- don't -- don't worry about -- I mean, if you -- if you want to get upset, I understand it, but I'm not. I look at it a totally different way. After all the -- I mean, I'm 53 years old. I've been through a lot, as everybody at 53 has. You learn things. I mean, if -- if -- if this were my second year on the air or first year on the air and this happened, yeah, I'd be worried these people are out to destroy me.
They can't destroy me, folks. The media didn't make me. The media can't destroy me. The media didn't make me who I am. I did that along with you. So if the media didn't make me, if the media didn't -- if they're not responsible for building me, they can't tear me down. They can try.
And I don't know that that's what they're doing, but nevertheless, don't sweat it. That's -- I just -- I felt compelled to answer this, because there must have been over the last three or four days a whole bunch of e-mails from people who think I ought to be angry about it and want me to fight back and this sort of thing. And I've also learned that over the years, that fighting back is not the right way to handle this. You just keep doing what you're doing. Just be who you are and let that be the fight.
Don't -- if you start responding to these people, that's all you're going to end up doing, which is why I was reluctant to even do this. But I wanted to do it one more time, get it out of the way, get it on the record. And let's just see how much of this, this total explanation, including the context of the Skull and Bones comment, let's see how much of this ever shows up in any of these places which have used that quote as a means to be critical, disparaging, discrediting, whatever.
Limbaugh: Iraqi prisoner photos taken in America might win a porn award
LIMBAUGH: Rich Lowry has a piece today, National Review Online. I think it's syndicated in newspapers as well. People say, well, this -- this tarnishes all of America. And he says, no, it doesn't. But the thing it does, it does represent a slice of America. Our culture is corrupt. No matter where we send people, we've got a corrupt -- we all know that our culture in this country's corrupt. And he makes the point -- this is sort of expanding on a point that I have made earlier. If you take these pictures and bring them back and have them taken in an American city and put on an American Website, they might win a video award from the pornography industry. We'll take a break and be back. Stay with us.
Limbaugh: knows "Liberals like every square centimeter of [his] naked body"
CALLER: Just have a quick comment. I just think it's a little hypocritical that you said that the media is taking some of your comments out of context when really your sound bites that you issue every day seem to be doing the same thing. If you listen to the entire speeches, you can kind of get what some of the Democrats are talking about. The way you --
LIMBAUGH: You know, Rob, I -- I -- I hate to interrupt here. I'm only doing so because of time, but we got your -- your basic point. Here's the difference. In the first place, I don't take them out of context. They are purposely taking me out of context. I'm not complaining about it, though. This is the one -- I want everybody to understand, I'm honored that this is -- don't get -- don't get upset about it.
But Rob, the key is this. Since I get so few qualified Liberals calling this program, I explain to my audience what Liberals mean when they say things. I do more than add context. I know you Liberals like every square centimeter of my naked body, and I'm able to explain what Liberals mean when they say things as well as they are.
Limbaugh: sodomizing of Iraqi prisoners like "cigar in the Oval Office"
LIMBAUGH: You know, there are all kinds of people in this country, some of them Democrats, elected Democrats, who say, "We need to see all these pictures from this prison, from the Abu Ghraib prison. Need to see them. We need to see every sordid detail, because we have a right to know, the American people need to know what's being done in their name, we want to see it. All the sodomy, we want to see those light sticks, have you heard about this?" What are those light sticks? I can't think of the name of them. Some prisoners were apparently sodomized with these light sticks. Now, remember when a cigar was used in the oval office? "Hey, it's just sex. It's not going to get in the way of the way anybody leads or does their job. There's nothing here." Now all of a sudden, we've got to see all of these pictures.
Limbaugh: press and American Left using photos to advance agenda
LIMBAUGH: What was done in that prison is not something we want to sanction. Some of it did go right up to the line of approved techniques for interrogation, some of it went way over the line. But the proper way to handle it is behind closed doors, behind channels, instead of trying to make the whole country feel a guilt trip over this and try to use this as a way to harm the military effort overall. The real travesty here, the real disappointing thing to me here is not just what happened, it's how it is being used. The Village Voice piece, you heard me read it to you. It is crystal clear, they're admitting it. This is a pure political opportunity to advance an agenda, both of the press and the American Left ...


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Foremost among them are two books on DVD authoring, Jeff Warmouth's DVD Authoring with DVD Studio Pro 2 (Focal Press, due out in March) and Jan Ozer's MyDVD 5 for Windows Visual Quick Start Guide (Peachpit Press). Also of strong interest on the video editing and post-production side are Richard K. Ferncase's QuickTime for Filmmakers (Focal Press) and two Wiley Publishing titles, the Adobe Premiere Pro Bible by Adele Droblas and Seth Greenberg and PC Magazine's Guide to Digital Video, another book by EMedia's own ubiquitous Jan Ozer.
Warmouth's DVD Authoring with DVD Studio Pro 2 introduces readers to DVD SP 2 in particular and the DVD format in general, and leads users through the production workflow all the way up to replication. Warmouth, assistant professor of multimedia at Fitchburg College in Massachusetts, uses a tutorial approach to instruct readers in the use of DVD SP 2 as well as addressing related topics such as asset preparation in Final Cut Pro and Photoshop.
Ozer's MyDVD 5 book takes its place in Peachpit's VisualQuick Star series with a detailed look at Sonic's Editor's Choice-winning MyDVD 5, the leading entry-level DVD authoring tool. Ozer offers extensive step-by-step instructions for taking advantage of MyDVD's enriched feature set, as well as insight into every step of the process from video capture to recording and much in between, including the art of making appealing DVDs.
Ferncase's QuickTime for Filmmakers is written for film and video content producers developing for QuickTime, and making practical use for the format for packaging, distribution, and presentation. Ferncase, a photographer and filmmaker and professor at the School of Film and Television at Chapman University in Orange, California, also examines video conversion, adding and editing soundtracks and using text in QT movies, as well as compressing content and preparing it for http and RTSP streaming.
Droblas' and Greenberg's Adobe Premiere Pro Bible takes a fresh look at the ground-up rewrite of the popular prosumer video editing tool and offers extensive tutorials on sophisticated content creation and editing using Premiere Pro. Key topics covered in the book include video capture, credit and title creation, advanced editing techniques with Premiere Pro's Rolling and Ripple tools, adding narration and soundtracks, incorpotaomh motion effects, and integrated workflow with other Adobe applications such as Photoshop, After Effects, and Encore DVD. A "bonus" DVD includes trial versions of the above applications (Premiere included) plus Illustrator and GoLove. Also bundled on the DVD are trial copies of two Macromedia tools, Flash MX 2004 and Director MX, plus Discreet Cleaner XL.
Last but not least is another Wiley title, Jan Ozer's all-purpose Guide to Digital Video. Here the writer formerly known as Professor Compressor offers tips on choosing and using a MiniDV camcorder, equipping your PC for video capture, and editing with healthy project flow and organization, astute use of timeline and storyboard modes, transitions, and nifty tricks like insert editing with examples from consumer tools like Microsoft's Movie Maker 2, Ulead's Video Studio, and Pinnacle Studio.
And lest readers worry that a double-dose of Ozer won't be enough to get them through the winter, they can look ahead to the Pinnacle Studio 9 Visual QuickStart Guide, a new Peachpit title (sequel to his Studio 8 book) expanded to address essential topics like "Making Watchable Video." Which is what we're all hoping to do once we pull our noses out of the books and get back behind the camera, right?


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It's not the first time that happened, but for example yesterday I answered a question. It was accepted with 3 upvotes. Someone ask to get some explanation so he can learn from it. I edit my post and gave an explanation. Since I edited my post I got a downvote with no explanation.
Is this the right way to encourage people to share knowledge?
What can Stack Overflow do to prevent such things, or force people to explain why they downvote?
It's very discouraging.
Edit: As referred to in an answer or in a comment I have misunderstood the downvote and a removed vote by a user.
So the interesting discussion in Encouraging people to explain down-votes.


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Where Has This Phillies Team Been All Year?
The Phillies put a brutal 12-5 beating on the Cincinnati Reds last night. So where has this ball-pounding Phillies team been all year long? Oh that's right; they have been on the disabled list. Sad.
In fact, let us take a look at the 2012 Phillies path to destruction:
That is a lot of injuries. But with Placido Polanco returning yesterday, the Phillies now have most of their starters back, although some of them from the beginning of the season went to other teams in trades. And guys like Domonic Brown and Juan Pierre are making this look like a real line-up once again.
Unfortunately, it is probably too little, too late.
Still, any victory is a happy one. And the Phillies stomping all over the Reds last night was certainly fun to watch. And everyone in the line-up contributed. John Mayberry Jr. is suddenly on fire; he had 3 hits, including a 2-run homer. Pierre also had 3 hits and 2 stolen bases. Everyone in the starting line-up had at least one hit, which has been rare this year.
Roy Halladay did not get a hit, and he did not pitch very well either. But it did not matter. The 5 runs he allowed were easily swept under the proverbial rug since the offense kept on scoring. They scored in every inning except the 2nd, so each run Halladay gave up did not seem like a big issue.
The Phillies will go at the Reds again tonight and they will have a new, interesting player on the staff for this one. Remember that awful Cliff Lee trade a few years back…well, one of the fruits of that goof-up is now on the roster. Phillippe Aumont will take Jeremy Horst's place on the roster as Horst is now on paternity leave for 3 days.
Aumont has had issues. His control is not great and he is an emotional guy, easily rattled at times. He has posted a 4.26 ERA in Triple-A this year. I guess this is the Phillies way of throwing him into the fire to see if he burns. Best of luck to him! Game time is 7:05pm.


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Recently I've been in 'boring eyeshadow mode'.
What do I mean by boring eyeshadow mode? Well, for me, it's browns, mattes, nudes. As much as I love me peacock type colours there's a time and a place or everything and I've grown to appreciate the natural glowy look.
I purchased two eyeshadow palettes from Kanebo's Kate range a few months ago:
These are what I'd call, ideal work place eyeshadow palettes.
Coming in 4 variations, with warm browns, pinky browns, grey browns, you also get a brow powder in this kit. Quite cool eh?
I have to say, Kate's packaging is dull – it's a plan plastic case and I guess I always expect an element of pretty from my Japanese brands.
I chose two colour variations, BR1 which is a warm brown with gold and BR4 which is a cool toned ash brown set. You may want to choose based on the brow powder that will suit you best (ie. BR4 is the darkest).
This is BR4. With a cream which is not 100% matte but not shimmery, a taupe brown and a silvery mushroom brown:
The brow powder is matte, and comes in 2 tones. You can use both on the brow to give it a '3D' look OR I've seen a lot of girls use the lighter matte shade as a nose contour and it works really well.
BR4 is lovely, right up my street because I love the ash taupe type shades.
BR1 is not my kinda palette – I dislike orange golds more than ash colours.
This palette is more shimmery than BR4 but also sheerer. It would work nicely on a lot of skintones to be honest but probably best of fairer women who like warm tones.
There's a shimmery cream, shimmery brown, an orange shimmery gold, and the brow powders are lighter, like a warm light-medium brown:
So just some quick swatches really – both of these palettes don't set my heart on fire but are great every day shades when you need something sensible but also when you want your brow powder along with your shadows. Me? I can't resist a bit of turquoise eyeliner to go with my brown eyeshadow 😉
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WASHINGTON, June 14 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will defend U.S. phone and internet surveillance efforts during G8 talks next week, explaining to other leaders the importance of the tools in fighting terrorism, and safeguards in place to prevent abuse of the data, said Ben Rhodes, Obama's deputy national security advisor, on Friday.
Rhodes acknowledged that European countries have privacy and civil liberties concerns, but told reporters that the United States and the members of the G8 share security interests and work together to prevent attacks. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton and Laura MacInnis; editng by Jackie Frank)
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|System: PC, PS3, Xbox 360*
|Dev: Ubisoft
|Pub: Ubisoft
|Release: May 21, 2012
|Players: 1-4, Multiplayer Online
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Blood, Intense Violence, Strong Language
The campaign is where the game truly attempts to ape Call of Duty. While past entries in the series offered the player control of a squad of troops, to whom one could issue commands, you take second fiddle in Future Soldier. As is the trend these days, you're led from place to place, shooting enemies and watching or engaging in set pieces. It goes so far as to have a chopper gunner segment, in which you take down vehicles on a winding mountain roadway as you fend off other helicopters. It's done well enough, but it feels out of place in what has always been a relatively down to earth series. Every campaign mission, though, feels like it has a right way to play it, like it's heavily scripted around the use of a specific item or skill set, and if you try to play it differently, it throws a fit at you. I found the campaign to be at its best when it provided me with the option of using stealth, but didn't demand it. Using the tools at my disposal to determine enemy positions and setup "sync-shots" was a rush. Fighting in pitched battles, my squad and I on one side and the enemy platoon on the other, was dull and often frustrating.
Some of this frustration comes from the cover controls. It's odd to me, in a game that seems so inspired by Ubisoft's work on the most recent Splinter Cell game, to have thrown out that one's intuitive and simple cover system in favor of a snap-to cover system circa 2005. Sure, you can pick another spot to bolt to with the press of a button as long as you're aiming at it, which is nice, but it makes cover awkward and clunky to navigate instead of smooth and natural.
The plot, meanwhile, is pretty much nonexistent. It's the typical "bad guys are planning to do terrible things to America. Go kill them," and you've seen it a few dozen times before. You'll tour South America, Africa, and Russia—the three traditional hotspots for villainous activity—and see environments that range from jungle to desert, even navigating through a snowstorm (remember the first level of Modern Warfare 2?) There are cinematics between each level, but they seem to get less meaningful as the game goes on, which is a shame since it opens with such a bang.
It isn't a Shock and Awe-scale moment, but when a bomb goes off in the back of a vehicle in South America and knocks your character off a cliff, to which he clings for dear life, it's a little of the same-old, same-old. It isn't until the fire rains down from above, lights his arms up and begins to burn away the flesh as he brushes at it frantically before falling to his demise, radio blaring in his ear the whole while, that the event hits you full force. If Future Soldier had left it there, just gently and subtly referencing it with perhaps a wayward glance at a photograph of the departed or something, it would have been masterful. Instead, it spends the next few minutes pounding it into your head that this is now a mission of revenge, as well as national security. It's blunt and silly, and that really describes the entire game. A popcorn flick of a Tom Clancy game if ever there was one.
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WASHINGTON — With little time left to strike a deal to head off Friday's arrival of the sequester, conservative advocacy groups are urging congressional Republicans to stand firm and let the $85 billion in automatic cuts to this year's federal budget go forward.
While most interest groups are aligned in their opposition to the cuts, influential organizations such as Americans for Prosperity, Club for Growth and FreedomWorks are using the budget showdown to test the fealty of lawmakers to the small-government, anti-tax movement.
The automatic cuts may be a crude mechanism to cut federal spending, they argue, but they represent a move in the right direction. And those who don't concur could find themselves in the crossfire in their next campaign.
"We've made our position on the sequester clear, which is that we want it to go through," said Barney Keller, spokesman for the Club for Growth. "And I think members of Congress understand that we consider how they vote when determining whether or not to support opponents of them."
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The crisis spotlights how conservative advocacy groups are flexing their muscles after record spending by outside groups in the 2012 elections. Club for Growth reported spending nearly $18 million to back conservative candidates, according Federal Election Commission records, while FreedomWorks pumped $19 million into independent campaigns. Americans for Prosperity is organized as a tax-exempt social welfare group that does not have report all its spending, but according to officials the group spent more than $190 million in the two-year election cycle, making it one of the biggest players in 2012.
Now they are reminding lawmakers where they stand.
FreedomWorks deployed 100 of its top activists to Capitol Hill earlier this week to press lawmakers to let the sequester go forward and has been mobilizing its members to call and email their representatives.
President Matt Kibbe said he believes support for allowing the sequester to proceed is "almost a consensus Republican stand now."
"I think they feel that they have to keep the commitment they made in 2011, and, while they would rather rearrange the savings to be more rational, this is the best Congress can do," he said.
If the GOP lawmakers were to relent on spending cuts, "it would be a disaster," Kibbe added.
"Their credibility on spending restraint is strained, given the inability to get there over the past three years," he said. "I think they need to demonstrate to fiscal conservatives that they're willing to stand in the line of fire."
Americans for Prosperity has been promoting a similar message through its "Spending Accountability Project," deploying activists to three dozen congressional district offices around the country to urge lawmakers to allow the sequester to proceed.
The message, according to President Tim Phillips: "Government overspending is the No. 1 threat to economic prosperity."
"We've got to get our own government's house in order," he said. "While this sequester is not anywhere near perfect, it is the first genuine step in that direction."
Among those AFP is targeting are not only House Republicans but several Senate Democrats in states that President Obama lost who are up for reelection in 2014: Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Kay Hagan of North Carolina, Max Baucus of Montana and Tim Johnson in South Dakota.
While Phillips said he does not expect to get their support on the sequester, AFP is using the issue to lay down a marker.
"We just want to let them know that they may choose to go with the president on this one," he said, "but that's not a good policy for them in the next two years, policy-wise and politically."
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Chinese officials obliged to smoke 4.6m snouts
Obvious market niche for Mao's little red matchbook
Updated The Chinese county of Gong'an has launched a novel way of injecting funds into local coffers: it is ordering officials and teachers to smoke only the homegrown Hubei brand of cigarettes.
Those who fail to inhale and help work their way through the 230,000 packets of Hubei gaspers produced annually - and instead light up brands from other provinces or foreign cancer sticks - may be fined or even sacked, the BBC reports.
Hubei is apparently feeling the heat from rival companies, especially those from neighbouring Hunan province. Chen Nianzu, a "member of the cigarette market supervision team in Gong'an county, Hubei province", explained to the Global Times: "The regulation will boost the local economy via the cigarette tax."
The Beeb notes that around 350 million people in China smoke, including "more than half of all male doctors", and many people are blissfully unaware of the health implications.
The powers that be have made some effort to clear the nicotine-laden fug hanging over China, and "recently started encouraging smokers to kick the habit". Beijing, the BBC notes, went as far as to ban smoking in Beijing's public buildings prior to the 2008 Olympic games. ®
The BBC is now reporting a U-turn following unsurprising local press flack over the order. The gov's website declared this afternoon that the authorities had "decided to remove this edict".
Our 4.6m snout figure is based on the entirely uninformed assumption that Hubei ciggies comes in packs of 20. We're happy to be corrected on that point by a suitably qualified expert.


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|MLBPA Press Release
The decision by the Justice Department to drop the appeal means that the court of appeals ruling is now final, and that the records regarding the 2003 testing must remain confidential.
"We are pleased that the government has decided not to pursue this case any further and to let this long legal battle end," said Michael Weiner, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association. "Pursuant to the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the players were promised that these 2003 test results would be anonymous and confidential. We have always believed that the seizures were improper and violated the rights of the players and the MLBPA. The courts have agreed. This is a significant victory for our members and for our collectively bargained Joint Drug Program."
In 2004, with search warrants that named just 10 players, the government seized records regarding the 2003 MLB drug-testing for all Major League players. The MLBPA immediately contested the seizures, and later in 2004 three different federal district judges ruled in favor of the MLBPA and ordered the government to return the materials.
The lengthy appellate process followed. Last September an 11-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, by a vote of 9-2, issued a revised opinion confirming its previous ruling that the seizures were illegal and violated the Fourth Amendment, which protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures.


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Property with subsidence, problem getting a mortgage
The day started off fairly exciting as a client found a house they liked the look off and phoned up to apply for a mortgage and to view it. It turns out though that the house (two-bedroom terrace) is cheap because it had a subsidence problem (which is all better now) but which will mean it could be a problem for them to get a mortgage on it. I'm not sure i'd want it if its going to slide down a hill, but then I won't be living in it!
The estate agent has sent them the details and that of another (three bed town house) just in case.


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As we all should be aware of as link builders and Internet marketers is to watch other sites succeeding online in regards to getting their image/message out there. Since Barack Obama has been on the campaign trail he has employed some very crafty online marketers, and if you divulge into his online strategy, you'll see just how viral someone can go.
The way this election has been going, especially in the last week, it seems that Barack has a good lead out on McCain both in the polls and on the web. I wanted to take a quick look at both their websites to see if it will "predict"(used loosely) the outcome of the election.
First let's take a looksy with Yahoo's site explorer to determine the number of backlinks for both domains, both candidates use for social media, Google Trends and finally Alexa. From what I've seen by using only these few tools is that Barack Obama has clearly put the Internet to good use over his opponent.
So we can start to see that Barack has a lead over McCain when it comes to the number of backlinks, and I think we can all agree that more than 60% of these links are obtained through viral means, mostly within blog entries. Obviously there never has been an election covered as much online and this has. I highly recommend you all take a look at the links they've obtained just for educational purposes, but don't bother goin through a million of them! Next lets take a look at Google Trends because from this first bit of evidence, we should see that Barack Obama is leading the pack in terms of search queries;
Ok so no surprise there. The younger generation has been behind Barack which is another good reason why he has such a larger web presence. Next we can take a look at Alexa comparing both candidates domains to see who has been getting more traffic. Now I'm aware Alexa isn't the worlds greatest traffic meter, but it should be good enough for our little experiment;
Again that's no surprise to me…If you go take a look at Youtube, both candidates have made use of this free video sharing website. John McCain has 28,217 channel subscribers, and has 2,015,088 channel views. Barack Obama has 113,659 channel subscribers, and a whopping 18,330,318 channel views. Barack leads out with roughly more than 16 million voters he's had a chance to convince, and all from a free service.
I hope all of you folks go out and vote for whoever that may be. Up north here in Canada we've been watching your election process closely, and I can think of only one thing to safely say on behalf of Canada. At least you folks can finally all agree that a certain president that has been in house for the last 8 years isn't working out any more.


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Many of you know I continue to roam the country looking for family photographs. I often whisk a photo album away from an owner for a week or two so I can hopefully preserve the photos digitally. As I do so, often those photo albums contain photos of other families not linked to my own, but linked to the individual who often begrudgingly allowed me to borrow a sacred treasure with a high degree of trust.
I borrowed an album from Colleen Coley Todd of Buhl, Twin Falls, Idaho. I have written of her parents, Ivan and Clara Coley and her relationship to me. Found within her photo albums are pictures of her husband, Melvin "Mel" George Todd, and his family.
This photo is of Mel's grandfather AW Todd, Albert W (William?) Todd, born 8 October 1875 in Clarkrange, Fentress, Tennessee and died 27 September 1962 in Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington.
Click on the picture, I scanned it at a higher resolution. This photo tells us so very much, yet we know so little. That is a cow tied in the trailer, not just tied, but somehow loosely tied down. As if the cow was going to bounce out. A truck with a wagon behind it, extra length tongue. What model is the truck? Did he work for a dairy?
The back of the photo has this written, "George Todd, 441 Teton Drive, Jerome, ID 83338, Man by truck is AW Todd." At least we know that was written after the early 1960s since that was when zip codes were put in place. George Todd is AW's son.
At any rate, a fascinating find. Whether taken in Idaho or Washington, it tells its own story. I can saw that AW Todd lived in Tennessee in 1910 and in Twin Falls County in 1920 and 1930, which is the likely location of the photo.


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A SECOND LOOK AT THE The setting is collegiate-an air-conditioned amphitheater classroom in the Commerce West building on the campus of the University ot Illinois. The dress is casual, with shorts, sandals and sport shirts prevailing. The discussion is lively; the parlance, professional. This is one of the discussion sessions at the Firm's Initial Course for Tax Specialists, which has been held on this sprawling campus each summer since 1968. H&S Reports covered that first, notoriously tough Initial Course four years ago, examining the subjects and recording the impressions of students and instructors. Now we have returned for a second look, to see what changes, if any, four years have brought. Has the course been expanded? Have the teaching methods become more sophisticated? Just what is different and how does the difference reflect on the Firm's growing tax practice? "Changes? Yes, there have been some changes',' says Dr. Donald H. Skadden, Professor of Accountancy at the University of Illinois, and the man who was largely responsible for putting the Initial Course together. Probably the most noticeable change is in the appearance of the students. They almost all have the fashionably longer hair and sideburns now and four or five in each discussion class have mustaches. "As for the course itself, we planned long and hard when we set it up in 1968, so the basic format has stayed pretty much the same. However, we have made a number of modifications over the past four years. The first year we had one session lasting five weeks, with a three-day break in the middle. We realized that was a pretty long stretch of concentrated effort, so from the second year on we've held two sessions, with the groups alternating two-week periods for a total of four weeks for each group. Naturally, in shortening the course by a week, we had to review and refine some of the subject matter, but I think the way we're doing it now seems to work out the best. 'We are always taking into account the comments of instructors and participants as to how the course might be improved',' Dr. Skadden continues. "We like to be modernistic in our thinking. For example, the use of time sharing terminals was a part of the program this year for the first time and we discussed the total concept of the use of computers in tax planning and new developments in computerized research techniques. We want the student to be exposed to all the new developments relating to the tax practice'.' Even minor changes can make a difference. As in previous years, each student is expected to spend four to five hours a day on a reading assignment. But this year a list of from ten to forty questions is asked about the assignment: questions aimed at helping the student look for the most important facts. A typical question, for example, might be: "Explain the basic differences between the double extension and chain link methods of LIFO inventory values'.' These questions usually begin the daily discussion sessions, with half of the group, usually eighteen to twenty attending in the morning and the other half in the afternoon. The questions are tossed out for discussion by the instructor and fielded with amazing mental agility by the students (at least it seems that way to a non-tax specialist). In addition to the reading assignments and questions, each student is assigned a research problem designed to help the young tax specialist make effective use of the tools of tax research, the Internal Revenue Code, the tax "regs',' the income tax services, as well as the cases, statutes, rulings, articles and commentaries. The Initial Course was designed with three primary goals in mind: to give the tax specialist comprehensive training in tax research and tax planning; to provide substantial experience in writing tax memorandums and letters; and to provide an in-depth study of the technical aspects of many advanced tax matters. Seven or eight research problems are assigned for a discussion session, with two or three students working together, and each spending an average of four to five hours in the tax library doing the necessary research. A typical problem might go something like this: You have been engaged to prepare the 1972 calendar year Federal income tax return for Ace Contractors Corp. This is a new client and during the course of gathering data for the GilAlonzo, Houston, [I.] discusses the recommendations he would make to a tax client, based on hours of tax library research. His colleagues assigned the same problem are Kurt Hochfeld of the San Jose office [c.J, and John Talley, Allentown. Relaxation break. Resting on the edge of "the quad" on the University of Illinois campus, instructors Jim Cummings (I.) of Denver and Gene Brown [r] of Rochester discuss the day's classroom sessions with Dr. Donald Skadden, Professor of Accountancy at the University.


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Reid predicts Senate will approve Obama judge nominee who helped craft drone memos
WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is predicting victory as senators near a vote on one of President Barack Obama's most contentious picks for a federal judgeship, a former administration official who authored secret documents justifying the use of drones to kill an American overseas.
Wednesday's crucial procedural vote on David Barron is coming a day after the Obama administration decided to publicly release a censored version of one memo arguing that targeting an American in counterterrorism operations is constitutional.
The decision to release the document seemed likely to help nail down crucial Democratic votes for Barron, who now is a Harvard Law School professor. Some Democrats have been resisting his nomination, insisting that memos related to the deadly use of drones be made public.
The decision won over Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., who is in a tight re-election race and was opposing Barron because of the memo's secrecy. He said the decision "affirms that although the government does have the right to keep national security secrets, it does not get to have secret law."
"That's certainly very constructive," said Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who has wanted public disclosure of the documents.
Democrats control 55 Senate votes. Under an easing of filibuster rules they pushed through the chamber in November, Reid will need just a simple majority to end delaying tactics against Barron, not the 60 votes formerly needed. A confirmation vote would occur Thursday.
"I think we'll be OK," Reid, D-Nev., said Tuesday. "I don't know if everybody, certainly most everybody in our caucus was satisfied."
Barron is strongly backed by top Senate Democrats, who say he should not be penalized because of dissatisfaction over the release of documents.
"That is a separate debate," said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. "And we should not be waging it at the expense of harming our federal judiciary and denying the American people an individual who will make a first-rate judge."
But opponents, including Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Barron's involvement in the decision to kill Americans abroad was enough to disqualify him.
In a statement Tuesday, Paul said he would "oppose the nomination of anyone who would argue that the president has the power to kill American citizens not involved in combat."
Other Republicans say Barron is too liberal.
Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Barron is so liberal that he is "even outside the mainstream of typically left-wing legal thought that we see in so many of our law schools."
In a letter a week ago, the Committee for Justice and 46 other conservative groups and individuals asked senators to oppose Barron, calling him "arguably the most unabashed proponent of judicial activism ever nominated by President Obama."
Obama nominated Barron to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Boston. In 2009 and 2010, Barron was a top Justice Department official, serving as acting head of its Office of Legal Counsel.
Anwar al-Awlaki, an American who became an al-Qaida leader, was killed by a U.S. drone in Yemen in 2011. The Justice Department has acknowledged that three other Americans have also been killed in overseas counterterrorism operations involving drones but has said those deaths were inadvertent.
Facing pressure earlier this month, the White House let senators read at least one uncensored Barron memo from 2010 providing a constitutional rationale for using deadly force in counterterrorism operations against Americans not on a field of combat.
It is unclear how many such documents exist. In a written statement Tuesday, White House spokesman Eric Schultz said, "The administration has made available unredacted copies of all written legal advice issued by Mr. Barron regarding the potential use of lethal force against U.S. citizens in counterterrorism operations."
The Justice Department's decision Tuesday to publicly release the censored drone memo and not fight an order by a federal appeals court to do so was described by two administration officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter by name. The actual release might take time, since court approval is needed for deletions to the memo.
Barron's nomination prompted the liberal American Civil Liberties Union to urge senators to delay a vote until they had read any legal opinions on the killings written or signed by him. In a letter Tuesday, the group urged senators to not move forward on the confirmation vote until they see any Barron memos on the administration's drone program, not just those involving U.S. citizens.
Rising to Barron's support was a collection of other liberal groups, including the Alliance for Justice, the NAACP and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.
"Professor Barron is a highly respected and brilliant lawyer and scholar," 11 of those groups wrote to senators last week.
Associated Press writer Nedra Pickler contributed to this report.


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Midtown: Community
Arts Notes, Oct. 20
Call for artists
Roundabout Art Collective is accepting applications for guest shows for February through June. The deadline is Thursday, Oct. 31, and the collective will consider both two-dimensional and three-dimensional art. For more information or to register, visit www.RoundaboutArtCollective.com.
Tune Swingers Orchestra
The Tune Swingers Orchestra will perform from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, at the Five Points Center for Active Adults, 2000 Noble Road, Raleigh. Tickets are $10 per person. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.raleighmusicgroups.com or call 919-830-7357.
World of Art Showcase
The World of Art Showcase, featuring live music, live performances and artist demonstrations, will be Nov. 1-3 at the Raleigh Convention Center, 500 S. Salisbury St., Raleigh. Tickets are $15 a day or $30 for a weekend pass. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.worldofartshowcase.com.
Wake Tech Idol
Wake Technical Community College will name its first Wake Tech Idol at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, in the Building E Performance Hall. More than 80 students auditioned, and the top 12 finalists will compete for prizes. Admission is $5 for students and Wake Tech employees, and $10 for the public. Tickets will be sold at the door.
Bluegrass jam
The PineCone Bluegrass Jam will be 7 to 10 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, at Busy Bee Cafe, 225 Wilmington St., Raleigh. Bluegrass musicians of all levels can listen, observe and play during the jam. For more information, visit www.pinecone.org.
Car meetups
During the Porsche By Design exhibit, the N.C. Museum of Art will present juried car shows from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays along 2110 Blue Ridge Road in Raleigh. The remaining dates are Nov. 9: American cars and hot rods; Nov. 30: art cars meetup. Owners of European cars, American cars, hot rods and art cars wishing to exhibit their cars must submit an application at www.ncartmuseum.org.


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On Monday, the Edmonton Oilers notified the public that their ownership group was in Seattle. It was through a statement released on the team's website by Katz Group EVP Bob Black, and working under the guise that ownership was 'just taking in a Seahawks game' (the Seahawks played the Packers last night on Monday Night Football).
"I can confirm that Daryl Katz, Patrick LaForge, Kevin Lowe and others from the Oilers leadership group are in Seattle for meetings and to attend the Seahawks game.Last week, Seattle City Council reached an agreement with investor Chris Hansen on a new downtown arena that could house both NBA and NHL teams. Boy, the Oilers sure do move quickly.
"We remain committed to working with City Administration to achieve a deal commensurate with what Winnipeg and Pittsburgh have done to sustain the NHL in those small markets. If we can achieve such a deal, the Oilers will remain in Edmonton and we can get on with the important work of developing the new arena and investing in the continued revitalization of Edmonton's downtown core.
"Nonetheless, and as the City of Edmonton is aware, the Katz Group has been listening to proposals from a number of potential NHL markets for some time. After more than four years of trying to secure an arena deal and with less than 24 months remaining on the Oilers' lease at Rexall Place, this is only prudent and should come as no surprise."
This move is -- pardon my French -- dickish, and comes almost simultaneously with Edmonton's mayor expressing his frustration with the arena situation. The Oilers and the City have been trying to come to an agreement on who will be footing the $450 million bill for a new arena and, wouldn't you know it, each wants the other to take on more of the cost.
Now, during a lockout no less, the Oilers ownership decides to pull a little stunt by flat out announcing that they're in Seattle discussing that city's plans for a shiny new arena. It's a completely obvious negotiating tactic that hasn't fooled the media or folks on Twitter and comes at possibly the most aggravating time for Oiler fans. Not only is there a lockout but couple that with this trip to Seattle, and Oiler ownership has to be the most insensitive, out of touch ownership group in hockey. Or they really, really want to anger their fanbase. My guess is their thinking was to get the fans riled up, thus putting pressure on the City. Sure, this will put pressure on the city by riling up the fans but it also makes a spectacle of the entire situation and creates a firestorm in the national press. It only makes the situation more hostile for everyone involved.
There's a stark contrast here between the Oilers and the Islanders, although both are involved in their own arena struggles. While the Islanders are buddy-buddy with Barclays owner Bruce Ratner, and the team has held an exhibition in Kansas City, somehow things have never quite devolved into what we have here today with the Oilers (although Nassau politics has certainly been a three ring circus). The Islanders have always shied away from making any kind of specific statement, always letting others come to the conclusions and make statements, regardless of how obvious the conclusions may be. Yesterday, the Oilers blatantly posted their demands on their website, the first of what should be a messy arena squabble.
One other difference between the two teams; the Oilers can put a hell of a lot more pressure on their local municipality than the Islanders could ever dream of. The Oilers are not only an Alberta institution but they're also the biggest game in town, so it's easy to make demands if you know they'll likely be met.
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Tagged: Michael Dunn
9-8-10 PNC Park
It was the last game of the homestand, and with only one nine game homestand remaining, I needed to have a decent day to have any chance of approaching the mygameballs.com single season record of 543 baseballs snagged in one season.
The day got off to a good start, as Sean Gallagher whistled at me to get my attention and threw me a ball.
However, the ball sailed high and over my head, and another ballhawk, known as Baseball Joe grabbed it in the next section over.
Game: 9 balls ( 3 hit, 2 thrown, 4 found )
Season: 517 balls (250 hit, 119 thrown, 72 device, 76 found)
Games: 80 games
Average: 6.46 balls per game
2010 Game Balls: 5
Career: 1,095 balls
Streak: 176 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
Attendance: 13,113
Balls needed to break single season record: 27


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Nobrow: the culture of marketing, the marketing of culture
Distributed by Random House, 2000 - Art - 215 pages
From John Seabrook, one of our most incisive and amusing cultural critics, comes Nobrow, a fascinatingly original look at the radical convergence of marketing and culture.
In the old days, highbrow was elite and unique and lowbrow was commercial and mass-produced. Those distinctions have been eradicated by a new cultural landscape where "good" means popular, where artists show their work at K-Mart, Titantic becomes a bestselling classical album, and Roseanne Barr guest edits The New Yorker: in short, a culture of Nobrow. Combining social commentary, memoir, and profiles of the potentates and purveyors of pop culture–entertainment mogul David Geffen, MTV President Judy McGrath, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Nobrow high-priest George Lucas, and others–Seabrook offers an enthralling look at our breakneck society where culture is ruled by the unpredictable Buzz and where even aesthetic worth is measured by units shipped.
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Such a shame, idiots like that shouldn't be allowed to dilute the gene pool any further and I suspect a funeral is cheaper than a vasectomy?!
Such a shame, idiots like that shouldn't be allowed to dilute the gene pool any further and I suspect a funeral is cheaper than a vasectomy?!
and the driver would be to blame if there had been an accident as well ,
this video would help save the driver showing how stupid the cyclist is/was
it would not have been an accident as he would have been at fault and quite rightly ...probably get blasted for this but try and imagine a truck side sweeping him and carrying him on the front a few hundred yards !!!!!! im getting too grumpy these days but when those accident claims ads come on the tv .... have you been involved in an accident ? well for a start there is no such thing as an accident , one or more actions must take place for something to happen thats why police signs state collision and not accident so these "accident" claims companies should be saying have you been involved in an incident !!!
when you knock over a mug of tea for instance it was not accidental you were either careless or clumsy !!! ...wheres my cigarettes nurse ratchet , medication time !!!!!!!
What a douchebag and a bad rep for cyclists. He's the biggest danger to himself though so he'll get punished for it sooner or later.
Yep, not all cyclist are bad I agree. Some just think they are above the law.
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I don't understand why cyclists dont treat the roads the same as they would if driving a car. I know I do!
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Student Unions & Activities provides a place with convenient services for a diverse community to get involved, experience events, and develop skills to enhance the social, educational, and cultural environment of the University of Minnesota.
Student Unions & Activities will embody an innovative and entrepreneurial spirit to become a globally recognized leader.
Provide a safe place that fosters a sense of University pride where students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members can socialize, share ideas, and collaborate.
Provide a welcoming and respectful environment where the unique qualities and interests of all individuals and communities are embraced and celebrated.
Develop innovative and creative services, programs, and facilities in a responsible manner that proactively adapts to the changing needs of the University community.
Provide experiential and reflective developmental opportunities to cultivate a holistic educational experience that prepares students for their future.