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Interviews with Nutritional Experts: Shark Cartilage and Cancer, Revisited:A follow-up interview
Interview with Dr. I. William Lane
as interviewed by Richard A. Passwater PhD
Every day I can count on calls and letters on three subjects -- one of them is shark cartilage. Ever since William Lane, Ph.D. discussed shark cartilage and cancer with us in the March 1993 issue and the "60 Minutes" TV show that followed in three-to-four weeks, I have been getting requests for more information such as how much to use shark cartilage, which doctors are using it, are the results from the clinical trials known yet, and what is the latest that is known about shark cartilage. Dr. Lane was kind enough to address these questions in a follow-up discussion.
To refresh your memory, the first interview discussed how cancer grows, how shark cartilage destroys tumors and how shark cartilage can be tested for effectiveness. Basically, cancers that have solid tumors require a blood supply to feed the tumors. Cartilage is tissue that contains no blood vessels due to special proteins that inhibit blood vessel formation. These proteins are called "antiangiogenesis" factors. This term is derived from "anti" meaning here that it will inhibit, "angio" meaning "pertaining to blood vessels," and "genesis" meaning "formation of." Without blood vessels to feed the tumor, it will die.
The blood network of a tumor is fragile. Tumor capillaries are different from those of normal tissues and may be considered to be "immature." Their walls are thinner and decidedly more fragile. Tumor blood vessels are constantly broken down and replaced by new blood vessels. When an existing blood vessel is broken down in the presence of antiangiogenesis factors, it is not replaced by a new vessel and the section of the tumor fed by that blood vessel dies (necrosis).
Dr. Lane has been lecturing on shark cartilage all over the world, but we had a chance to chat again during the first week of November at the American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM) where I was speaking on the latest in antioxidant research.
: Dr. Lane, in mid-February 1993, the "60 Minutes" TV show reported on your research with shark cartilage and 29 Stage III and Stage IV terminal cancer patients in Cuba from late 1992 through early 1993. The story was rebroadcast in July of 1993. Did the "60 Minutes" show aid or hinder your research efforts?
: The "60 Minutes" show didn't aid my research efforts but it seems to have added credibility to shark cartilage therapy. It also opened the doors for an Investigative New Drug (IND) application with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The "60 Minutes" show was better than a peer-reviewed journal article because they did their homework to prove that it worked. In fact, they spent $350,000 on doing that 12 minute segment including relatively large expenses to ensure that they weren't getting caught in a fraud -- especially with the CBS Network's leading program and its star, Mike Wallace. So, they studied everything including where I went to school and if I actually graduated. They went to Cuba with me four times to see the patients and that is what convinced them. At the beginning, they saw that the patients were not able to get out of bed. After six weeks they saw the patients starting to stir. After eleven weeks, they saw the patients with major tumor reductions On the fourth visit, after sixteen weeks they were taping Mike Wallace running around the track with this prostrate cancer patient who couldn't get out of bed 16 weeks earlier.
Now remember, these patients were diagnosed as being terminal by two physicians. They were "stage four" patients who were not expected to live six months. The remarkable thing is that as we speak, it has been two- and-a-half years after that study started. To get one to live eight months is almost impossible. It has been 2-l/2 years now and half of those patients are completely normal people today-- running, walking, bathing, swimming. All the brain cancer patients responded; only nine of the 29 patients died of cancer. Of those 9 that died of cancer, they all died in the first 17 weeks. Since that time 6 others died but not of cancer; two in accidents, two had heart attacks; pneumonia, but not cancer -- and 14 of them are normal.
I returned to Cuba last Spring as part of the filming of a documentary now on my research called "The Politics of Cancer; A study in chaos." . While I was there the movie team and I visited with seven of the patients. One of them -- a woman who had a 24-pound tumor -- had me to her home. She broke down and cried and said, "Dr. Lane, without you, I would have been long gone. I never would have seen my home or my children again. Here I am again back with my family. It was heartwarming.
The" 60 Minutes" show did my research a lot of good, but it had a bad side as well. Bad because it suddenly brought in about 30 new competitors. Some of them are good products but some of them are not. It seems odd that something that took me years of research to develop took others less than two weeks. You can't even run tests in two weeks! Yet, there were 30 new products on the market in about two weeks. Half of these "overnight" products were half sugar. There seem to be more sharks on the land than there are in the ocean.
: Does "60 Minutes" plan to do a follow up on your research?
: To my knowledge, "60 Minutes" has never in their history done a follow-up. They did the story on my research twice, which is itself is remarkable, and when they did it, it was the promo piece each time, They are following the work. I talk to Mike Wallace periodically. Whether they ever do a follow-up is hard to say. It's not their style but in the same token they are still very much interested.
: What has been the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) response?
: NCI is still saying "we still don't know about it," " it's no good," " the Cuban study was worthless," "come to us with a $2 million study, fully documented, and we may look at it." NCI is still very negative. The support that I have gotten is from the FDA. The FDA, especially the New Drug Application Department, has bent over backwards to cooperate with me. There is an Phase II Investigative New Drug (IND) study underway for Cartilade(tm) led by Dr. Michael Rothkopf. Now the FDA is telling me that they will give the "fast track" to a new product that I am researching called BeneFin(tm). We plan to have the submission stage underway before the end of 1994. We will be submitting for IND approval for Kaposi's Sarcoma which is a tumor-like situation common in AIDS patients, as well as for prostate cancer.
: You mentioned following up with the Cuban patients. Do you have much follow-up with patients taking shark cartilage?
: I am involved with some patients first hand as part of clinical trials conducted by various physicians. I also refer a lot of patients to doctors who use shark cartilage in their treatments. I have to rely on these patients or their doctors calling me to let me know what is happening. This is second hand and is never very accurate. Each week I get receive an average of 20 to 30 "God Bless You, Dr. Lane, for keeping me (or their loved ones) alive letters. I have kept a file. In fact in my new book called "Sharks Still Don't Get Cancer," I discuss several cases that are complete with the proper documentation from the medical community. We're finding tremendous effect on brain cancer; in fact, I'd say we're getting almost 100 percent response on various types of brain cancer.
: How about ovarian and breast cancers?
: We don't see that many ovarian or uterine/cervical cancer cases any more. Years ago there seemed to be more. It's breast cancer that is increasing alarmingly in the U.S. Now you will find the uterine and ovarian cancers in the underdeveloped countries presumably because the men don't wash as much so women have more infections which are believed to increase the risk of uterine and ovarian cancers. In our society we get less cancer percentage-wise in that part of the human body. I am a consultant for many physicians who use shark cartilage in their therapy for breast, prostate, brain, and lung cancers and most other solid tumors.
What breaks my heart is that my office also gets a lot of calls from multiple myeloma, Hodgkin's and lymphomas which I can't help. I tell you it makes you cry. I try to insulate myself not to talk to the patients because I'm not a medical doctor. Sometimes my assistant who takes many of the calls tells me that I have to take a certain call because it is so pathetic and I try to help them by referring them to one of the doctors on my list. I have set up a network of doctors in different areas of the world to which I refer patients. In fact here at the American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM) meeting where we are talking, I have added 20 more doctors to my network.
: The word about shark cartilage eliminating tumors in stage III and stage IV terminal cancer patients is getting around among holistic physicians. Are orthodox physicians using shark cartilage therapy to any great extent?
: I estimate that twenty - to- twenty-five thousand people are using shark cartilage therapeutically around the world. Japan and the entire Far East have become a gigantic market for shark cartilage. As big as the United States is, it can't hold a candle on a per capita basis to some of these other markets. It's because the conventional doctors are slow to try it. If they get sick or their wives gets sick or their children get sick, I get a phone call. But most physicians don't use it for their patients. Since no large drug company is involved, their is no sales person or "Detail man" calling on the doctors.
Some of the physicians that do know about the benefit of shark cartilage are still afraid to use it on their patients. I can understand this in a way, and it bothers me in another way, because they take an oath to help their patients but they seem more concerned about possibly being sued. There are ways they can get around that. They can suggest to the patient --"Look, we can't help you but there is something else and I'll be happy to monitor you." In that manner, the doctor isn't at risk of a suit, but most of the doctors aren't even willing to go that far.
We are talking here in California at the ACAM meeting. I have spoken in California, the Los Angeles area maybe twenty times in the last three years. Telly Savalas died of advanced prostrate cancer. No excuse, as we get 90 percent response on prostrate cancer; did his doctors try it? No! They just let him die. Dr. Linus Pauling and I had an hour talk two months before he died . He heard about my research and he wrote to me. At the end of our talk he said, "Dr. Lane, you've got something that is good; I know it, but I have devoted my life to vitamin C and I would find it very hard not to follow along with it." What's the answer? I don't know. People are humans and every human has to make his or her own decision.
: Can patients call you to help locate a doctor near them that is trained in using shark cartilage therapy?
: I have set up an information service with an 800 number (800-742-7534) People who call will be sent a list of the 15 most asked questions and their answers about shark cartilage. Then if they want to follow up we will check the list of doctors in the network for doctors in their area or nearest their area. The problem is there is always someone who will call from a town where there is no one trained in shark cartilage therapy. It's a matter of life and death so even if there isn't a local doctor trained, I recommend that the patient travels to where there is a doctor trained in shark cartilage therapy. There just isn't one in every town or in every city.
: Not yet. How do you train doctors in shark cartilage therapy?
: It's hard. Most of them are so locked up in orthodox medicine, but I can tell you it is changing. My research was just written up in "Oncology Times" which goes strictly to oncologists. The article was only lukewarm, so I wrote a letter to the editor. They printed it on Page 2 in the October 1994 issue and they printed it in its entirety. So we are getting through. It takes time but alternative medicine has made more strides in the last two years than it has made in the ten previous years.
: You have researched shark cartilage for many years and developed the product. It has been more than a year since our first Whole Foods discussion. What have you learned about shark cartilage since then?
: Well, I developed that original product five years ago and I think it was a great breakthrough in that we helped a lot of people. That the product worked but like anything else, further research leads to improvements. When helping physicians treat cancer patients using shark cartilage therapy, the big problem was that we might start 10 patients on it, but only one or two would stay on it because the of the taste and odor. In Australia I discovered a new technology when I was there presenting my research to a major big health conference.
This new technology uses a "good" bacterium to clean shark cartilage of flesh including the blood vessels and the nerves in the channel in the backbone. In addition, this new technology is even able to clean the cartilage without having to cut off the fins that stick out of the backbone. When cartilage is cleaned by hand, these fins have to be cut off. But, these fins contain a lot of the antiangiogenic activity. The good bacterium used in the new technology only removes the shark meat and not the cartilage, so those fins stay on. As a result, a product has now been developed, called BeneFin(tm) , which is about 35-40 percent more effective antiangiogenically
as an inhibitor of angiogenesis. Just as important, it has a major reduction in smell and odor and has no aftertaste at all. The aftertaste of shark cartilage made by the old method caused nausea in many patients and was the major reason why patients discontinued its use. In addition, the new process is around 30-35 percent less costly because there is little manual labor involved as the bacterium does the work.
: Since you use a bacterium to clean the product, some readers may be concerned that the product may be contaminated with bacteria. Would you please comment on that?
There are good bacteria and there are bad bacteria. The lactobacillus strains are good bacteria and this a variation of those strains. Still, the product is almost sterile and this is achieved without heat or chemicals -- not even ethylene oxide, and without irradiation as these processes could harm the fragile antiangiogenesis (angiogenesis inhibiting) factors in the shark cartilage. As I said, the problem has been the taste and odor. The bad taste and odor are partly caused by the blood vessels and nerves of the backbone that can't be removed by mechanical cleaning, and partly by the high bacteria load which has been on the product. The bacteria count can be in the trillions which are killed in the end, but all the time they have been alive they have been making toxins. These toxins are not removed and those toxins and plus all these dead bacteria bodies result in a distinctive taste. It's fine to kill the bacteria at the end, but it's a lot better to keep the product basically sterile throughout and not have the toxins and dead bacteria accumulate.
: In our March 1993 discussion, you educated our readers on the Chick Chorioallantoic Membrane (CAM) assay. Now you are relying on the Quantitative Endothelial Cell (QEC) assay. Please tell our readers about this test and why you use it?
: I stopped using the CAM assay about a year ago because there was such inconsistency with results. Fertile eggs must be used and there is great variability in the length of time that the eggs have been fertile. Another factor that causes variability is the egg of the hen. Whether or not the hen has just started to lay eggs or is at the end of her productive cycle makes a difference in the CAM assay. I found too much variation and poor correlation.
In the QEC assay, which has been developed and is being used in California by one of the top universities and a professor who has worked on shark cartilage almost as long as I have worked on it. Shark cartilage works by stopping endothelial cell development. Endothelia cells are needed to make the walls of the blood vessel. If you stop the formation of the walls of the blood vessel, you stop the formation of the blood vessel and you stop the feeding mechanism which brings about the necrosis. Basically, the QEC assay uses known amounts of cultured endothelial cells divided into aliquots to which known amounts of test materials and standards are added. These aliquots are incubated for three days. After three days, you go back and weigh the endothelial cell cultures and compare the results to the standards and controls.
You then determine if the growth of endothelial cells in the control culture was good. If it is normal, then we proceed with the test and assign the control a relative value of 100%. Next we measure the test cell cultures. Let's say that the product we are testing produced very modest growth, which means the inhibitor worked pretty darn well. You give that sample a gradation based on the its comparative weight. So the QEC assay is a very accurate evaluation.
We have done this measurements on only two products so far, but we will do it on all of the major shark cartilage products being sold. We did it on the new product BeneFin(tm) and we did it on the product that was the standard before, a product called Cartilade(tm). We have shown that the BeneFin(tm) is about 35 percent more effective based on the QEC test, and we have it now on two evaluations. I will evaluate another seven or eight products when I return from this meeting. I am particularly interested in seeing if any inhibition results from a product from Canada that is being marketed that is about 99-l/2 percent water. The manufacturer claims that if you take seven milliliters of their liquid, it produces the same results as 100 grams of shark cartilage powder. It sounds preposterous and I have found the patients are dying on that one and so I'm going to be sure to evaluate that one. I'm going to evaluate all of the major shark cartilage products by this comparison. This test is an expensive test but it's a very meaningful test and I take the position that before a product is sold to someone in a life and death situation, the patient that is putting out the money deserves to have the person who is selling it to him or her do some research. Concrete evidence is needed, not just saying it's good. I want to provide meaningful evidence for comparison to the people who spend the money.
Also, I am hoping to get some human studies going pretty quickly, in China, possibly in Russia, possibly in Malaysia and then hopefully in the US we will have FDA approval we'll have the U.S. studies with the FDA's approval. In the meantime, I will have QEC assays and bacteria evaluations which are the only evaluations provided on shark cartilage products. Additionally, human clinical trials have now been arranged for breast and uterine/cervical cancers in Mexico to start in January 1995 at the Contreras Clinic.
: Are you still seeing good results with shark cartilage on rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis?
: Yes, it's amazing. When you are treating cancer, you often find improvement in other diseases the patient has as well. Many of the patients in the Cuba study had either psoriasis or rheumatoid arthritis. While these patients were being treated for cancer, all of sudden after four weeks, the psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis just disappeared at that high dosage rate. Patients of those diseases who do not also have cancer will be helped at a lower dose, but it will take longer. So, I am now suggesting about 30 grams a day for psoriasis patients and I am finding people are responding beautifully. I mean that within four to five weeks it's a different person. With rheumatoid arthritis, you can't reverse the knurled knuckles, but you can ease the pain. If there is a pinched nerve, the shark cartilage doesn't help, but if it is angiogenesis as you find in a lot of rheumatoid arthritis patients, shark cartilage has a good affect.
: While we are discussing the amount to take, let's review your recommendations for cancer patients.
: In all of my previous research with shark cartilage, and the clinical trials on non-responsive advanced breast and prostate cancers, including the FDA IND now underway, a dosage level of one gram of shark cartilage for each kilogram of the patients body weight (about one gram per each 2.2 pounds of body weight) has been used. Routinely, this level has shown promising results with many desperate cases. This dosage level is significantly higher than the dietary dosage recommended on shark cartilage labels which are intended for nutritional dietary supplement purposes. For patients with extremely advanced cancer, some doctors have nearly doubled the dosage to almost one gram of shark cartilage for each pound of body weight with good results and no observed toxicity or side effects. As I said, some patients don't like the taste and don't like to take that much, so perhaps the new product can be used in lesser quantity because it is more effective. Hopefully, the Mexican study about to begin will give more information tying the QEC assay to human clinical trial results.
: Are there any tricks to help the patient tolerate the taste?
: The new product tastes much better, but generally when shark cartilage is taken orally, it is mixed with a pulpy juice such as pineapple, tomato or apricot nectar. Up to 20 grams (4 level teaspoons) of shark cartilage powder is blended in a mechanical blender with 6-8 ounces of juice to make a frothy and aerated "shake." This is taken three or four times daily, usually before meals.
If taken rectally via a retention enema, use 20 grams in 3-4 ounces of body temperature water. It is introduced into the lower rectal area as a free-flowing slurry using a 3-4 foot hose from an enema bag or a kit is available from Real Life Products at 800-547-6649 (* check last digit could be a 7). Often a few drops of aloe vera added to the slurry produces a smoother mix. Load 3-4 large (60-80 cc) plastic syringes with the slurry, insert one end of the hose into the rectum, and squeeze the loaded syringes through the hose. Laying on one side for 25 minutes allows absorption. Remember, this is a retentive, not evacuative, enema.
: When can a patient expect to see results?
: Many patients, learning of remarkable results for cancer patients being treated with shark cartilage, anticipate immediate, dramatic improvement in their own condition. After a week or two of treatment, they often become disappointed when expected improvements are not noted; immediately they cease continuing with shark cartilage and miss an opportunity that may save their lives.
Similar to every other cancer treatment, shark therapy does not produce immediate improvement in a patient's condition. Occasionally patients will experience an improved quality of life as early as the fourth week. However, with advanced cancer, results are rarely noted in less than six-to-eight weeks. I cannot stress enough the need for patience. Remember, it took years to develop the cancer and this is a biologic response which takes time.
As the quality of life continues to improve other results follow -- continued reduction of pain, tumor size reduction and tumor morbidity (tumor death). As I mentioned in our first discussion, this tumor encapsulation has been confirmed by examination and the "Swiss-cheese" effect can be observed by Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI) and Computer-assisted Tomography (CAT scan).
: Dr. Lane, your research is an amazing story, one of the most important advances in alternative medicine as well as in the nutrition and health food arena. We will all be awaiting the FDA IND and Mexican clinical trial results. Thank you for keeping us up to date.
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Although not usually found in trash bins, these fabrics can be very cheap in trash cans at fabric stores. More of the same fabric can be used to create a tent area for family personal pleasure. Bamboo poles make the structure more dramatic beside the pond.
Paint, mirror glue or tile pieces to make mosaics. Large broken pots look great as they are, or can be painted to look as if they were centuries old. Add the work needed to make a fountain.Try small pieces glued together to make a sculpture. Broken pottery was found in garden centers and nurseries.
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2 Chronicles 1:1-6 . SOLEMN OFFERING OF SOLOMON AT GIBEON.
2-5. Then Solomon spake unto all Israel--The heads, or leading officers, who are afterwards specified, were summoned to attend their sovereign in a solemn religious procession. The date of this occurrence was the second year of Solomon's reign, and the high place at Gibeon was chosen for the performance of the sacred rites, because the tabernacle and all the ancient furniture connected with the national worship were deposited there. Zadok was the officiating high priest ( 1 Chronicles 16:39 ). It is true that the ark had been removed and placed in a new tent which David had made for it at Jerusalem ( 2 Chronicles 1:4 ). But the brazen altar, "before the tabernacle of the Lord," on which the burnt offerings were appointed by the law to be made, was at Gibeon. And although David had been led by extraordinary events and tokens of the divine presence to sacrifice on the threshing-floor of Araunah, Solomon considered it his duty to present his offerings on the legally appointed spot "before the tabernacle," and on the time-honored altar prepared by the skill of Bezaleel in the wilderness ( Exodus 38:1 ).
6. offered a thousand burnt offerings--This holocaust he offered, of course, by the hands of the priests. The magnitude of the oblation became the rank of the offerer on this occasion of national solemnity.
2 Chronicles 1:7-13 . HIS CHOICE OF WISDOM IS BLESSED BY GOD.
7. In that night did God appear unto
2 Chronicles 1:14-17 . HIS STRENGTH AND WEALTH.
14. Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen--His passion for horses was greater than that of any Israelitish monarch before or after him. His stud comprised fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses. This was a prohibited indulgence, whether as an instrument of luxury or power. But it was not merely for his own use that he imported the horses of Egypt. The immense equestrian establishment he erected was not for show merely, but also for profit. The Egyptian breed of horses was highly valued; and being as fine as the Arabian, but larger and more powerful, they were well fitted for being yoked in chariots. These were light but compact and solid vehicles, without springs. From the price stated [ 2 Chronicles 1:17 ] as given for a chariot and a horse, it appears that the chariot cost four times the value of a horse. A horse brought a hundred fifty shekels, which amounts to about $100, while a chariot brought six hundred shekels, equal to about $400. As an Egyptian chariot was usually drawn by two horses, a chariot and pair would cost about $600. As the Syrians, who were fond of the Egyptian breed of horses, could import them into their own country only through Judea, Solomon early perceived the commercial advantages to be derived from this trade, and established a monopoly. His factors or agents purchased them in the markets or fairs of Egypt and brought them to the "chariot cities," the depots and stables he had erected on the frontiers of his kingdom, such as Bethmarcaboth, "the house of chariots," and Hazarsusah, "the village of horses" ( Joshua 19:5 , 1 Kings 10:28 ).
17. brought . . . for all the kings of the Hittites--A branch of this powerful tribe, when expelled from Palestine, had settled north of Lebanon, where they acquired large possessions contiguous to the Syrians.


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Latinos: Future voters and always will be?
When those without boots are told to pull themselves up by bootstraps, eyes naturally roll at the over-simplification. But there might be at least one instance when being this simplistic is warranted.
Voting. Votes can be bootstraps.
This applies to everyone, but the stakes are particularly high for those whose votes are part of the means to get out of holes deeper than others sit in. In Texas, that would be minorities generally, but, owing to the clout that burgeoning numbers bring, Latinos specifically.
Unfortunately, what was once said (wrongly, it turns out) of Brazil — "the country of the future and always will be" — might be correctly said about U.S. and Texas Latinos.
The electorate of the future and always will be.
The William C. Velasquez Institute, using 2010 Current Population Survey data, reported recently that Texas is among key states in which voter registration among Latinos dropped in 2010, down from 2008 levels.
This data said Latino voter registration dropped nationally by 626,000 — 107,000 of that in Texas. Nationally, that's a drop of 5 percent, in Texas 4.4 percent. Significant decline.
There are reasons. The recession that rocked the nation from 2008 to 2010 hit Latinos particularly hard.
Even so, the Latino vote is consequential and will become more so. There were 2.3 million Latinos registered to vote in Texas in 2010.
But consider: There were another 2.1 million eligible but not registered.
This last number comes from a story on the Hispanic News website. The piece was written last year by Matt Barreto, associate professor of political science at the University of Washington and co-founder of Latino Decisions, a research firm specializing on Latinos. He, too, relied on census data.
It's a given that citizenship issues and the relatively higher percentage of Latinos younger than 18 already erodes the number of the state's 9.45 million Latinos who will vote. But being eligible and not registering or voting are self-inflicted wounds.
The Southwest Voter Registration Education Project — its vice president, Lydia Camarillo tells me — will be trying to remedy this. The effort will be as strong as funding permits, she said. Unfortunately, the organization is looking at a tax bill of nearly $390,000 as it does this, as a column by Brian Chasnoff revealed Thursday.
This is not encouraging even if the organization says it has already registered 10,000 new voters in Bexar, Dallas and Tarrant counties, expects to register another 3,000 to 4,000 in targeted counties before the April 30 registration deadline for the Texas primary and will contact up to 1 million Latino voters in Texas on its drive to turn out 12 million Latino voters this year.
And I keep on thinking of that other number — 2.1 million, just in Texas. We will barely make a dent.
Others of course will also do some asking. The Texas Democratic Party has launched its Promesa Project, which will have Latino college students work to get their friends and family members to the polls. And the National Association of Latino Elected Officials has pledged to enlist Latinas to get all Latinos to vote.
Great. But I'm still not seeing the scale of effort needed here.
More is needed to reach those 2.1 million Latinos who are eligible to vote but are not registered, not to mention getting those registered out to vote.
But here's the conundrum for me. If you're Latino and someone asks you to register or to vote, this should not be a hard sell. In fact, though I understand the pervasive disgruntlement with government out there, it's a wonder you should have to be asked at all.


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Let $f,g \in L^2(\mathbb{R^n})$, $\{ f_n \}, \{ g_m \} \subset C^\infty_0(\mathbb{R}^n)$ (infinitely differentiable functions with compact support) where $f_n \to f$ in $L^2$, and $g_n \to g$ in $L^2$.
Then $f_n \star g_m(x) \to f \star g(x)$ pointwise as $n,m \to \infty$ (where $\star$ denotes convolution).
Is it true that $\int_{\mathbb{R}^n} f_n \star g_m dx \to \int_{\mathbb{R}^n} f \star g dx$?
I've thought about using the dominated convergence theorem, but I couldn't figure out how, since I don't really know what I can do with the sequences of functions given only the facts at hand.


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DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings had what no other team courting prized free-agent defenseman Danny DeKeyser had in their back pocket … Nicklas Lidstrom.
The soon-to-be NHL Hall of Famer, gave DeKeyser a call Saturday prior to the Western Michigan defenseman announcing his decision of which team had won the sweepstakes for his services and it seemed to be just what the Wings needed.
"He called me the other day when I was going through the decision process and talked to me for a few minutes," DeKeyser said after taking part in his first practice with the Wings Saturday at Joe Louis Arena. "Then I got to meet him here today. So it was pretty special. That helped in my decision definitely.
"He just told me about the organization and how special of a place it is to play," DeKeyser added. "They have a great management team and a locker room full of great guys. He said it would be a fun place to play so I took his word for it."
Lidstrom said the call seemed to take DeKeyser by surprise.
"Kenny (Holland) handed him the phone and told him it was me," Lidstrom recalled. "We had a good little chat. I just told him about the positive things I've seen and learned over the years here with the team.
"I don't think he was ready for my call," Lidstrom continued. "I don't think he was expecting me to call him. It was more listening to what I had to say. He had a lot of teams that were asking for him and had meetings with a lot of teams so I'm sure it wasn't an easy decision for him. We're very happy to have him here."
Lidstrom is in town for a few days before a family vacation to Florida.
DeKeyser, 23, was one of the NHL's most sought-after free agents last year before deciding to stay at WMU.
That again was the case this year where DeKeyser's representatives met with a number of teams over this past week, including Toronto, Anaheim, St. Louis, Edmonton, Philadelphia, Ottawa and Nashville.
DeKeyser wore No. 5 in college, the same number Lidstrom had in Detroit.
He'll be No. 65 with the Wings.
"I definitely grew up a big Wings fan and to have a chance to play for you hometown team is definitely something special so it's definitely a good opportunity for me," said DeKeyser, who grew up in Macomb County and graduated from De La Salle. "I'm going to come in, get my feet wet a little bit, practice here this week and just take it from there.
"It was tough decision," DeKeyser added. "I could have picked a lot of reasons to go to any of those teams, but ultimately in the end I thought this was the best choice for me. I just looked at what some of the best places would be like to play for and what they had one the blue line and where I would fit in. Here there are quite a few young guys and a good group of veterans. I thought it would be a good fit for me."
It's not known when DeKeyser will get his chance to play, but it won't be Sunday against Chicago.
"I want to be a big part of the team here," DeKeyser said. "I just have to work hard and that's all I can do then we'll see what happens from there. I need to get adjusted to the next level. Guys are a little bit bigger and stronger and quicker so that's going to be a little bit of an adjustment there for me, but I think and can come in here and be fine."
In three seasons at WMU, DeKeyser, who was undrafted, appeared in 118 games and had 12 goals, 37 assists and 107 penalty minutes.
"He's obviously good, good," Wings coach Mike Babcock said. "At his level he's been a dominant player there for the last two years and we're excited to have him. He hasn't practiced since Tuesday, so that will take him a little bit. He'll watch tomorrow. We'll probably put him in warm-up tomorrow, or whatever, and just go from there."
DeKeyser skated with Kyle Quincey in practice.
"You see a guy play at one level and he's a dominant player," Babcock said. "Now he's got to be able to turn that from there into being a dominant player at this level. There's a process there. The other thing about it is we started the year with no depth on D and then suddenly we've got all of these guys on D.
Huskins dealt to Flyers
After practice the Wings dealt defenseman Kent Huskins to Philadelphia for a conditional seventh-round draft pick in 2014.
"I'm excited to be going to Philadelphia and get a chance to play again," Huskins said. "For me it's just an opportunity to go play some games and try to contribute to a new team and see where it goes. I mean, if anything over the last few years I've learned not to look too far ahead and just concentrate on what you're doing because you can kind of drive yourself nuts thinking about scenarios and everything that could happen down the road. I'm just happy to be getting in some games here."
The move frees up a roster spot for DeKeyser, who will be on the 23-man roster once the NHL approves his two-year contract.
Huskins, 32, had been a healthy scratch the last 15 games.
He signed with the Wings near the start of the season after the blue line was decimated with injuries. He played in 11 games and, averaging just over 15 minutes of ice time, had no points and a minus-3 rating.
"It's obviously been a unique season all around," Huskins said. "But I think there have been a lot of instances like this league-wide. It's just a function of the lockout and a shortened season. I don't know, I was happy for the opportunity here and got to play some games. I guess after having some injury problems over the last few years to just kind of get back playing and get another crack at it."
Franzen, Samuelsson cleared to play
Forwards Johan Franzen and Mikael Samuelsson have both been cleared to play Sunday.
"Great news on Mule," Wings general manager Ken Holland said. "Obviously we were concerned coming out of San Jose. Samuelsson we felt was going to play (Sunday already). He has been to play on Tuesday or Wednesday and it's all conditioning, so he said he feels pretty good."
If they both play, the Wings will have to make another roster move, which could be Gustav Nyquist heading back to Grand Rapids.
"Obviously we've got people we can send down that are on two-ways if we have to, that don't need waivers, so there's options there," Holland said. "Just want to wake up tomorrow morning and make sure that nothing's changed with Franzen and nothing's changed with Samuelsson."
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In the film Babylon A.D. Vin Diesel escorts a genetically altered teenage girl into New York City.. Where she is to give a Virginal Birth to twins in order to validate a Luciferian religion known as the Noelites. Their headquarters of course being a four sectioned black pyramid shaped pillar curiously positioned near or on Ground Zero.. with masonic arches interlaced in it's infrastructure.
The Reconstruction of Babylon: In 1985, Saddam Hussein started rebuilding the city on top of the old ruins (because of this, artifacts and other finds may well be under the city by now), investing in both restoration and new construction. To the dismay of archaeologists, he inscribed his name on many of the bricks in imitation of Nebuchadnezzar. (Matrix)
All of the twin symbolism we are seeing in pop culture is a semi~conscious micro representation of the Twin Guardians of Galactic Center with (Scorpio and Sagittarius) on one end of the spectrum catalyzed by a future 2012 ritual and (Gemini) on the opposite end ~ catalyzed by the 9/11 mega ritual.
Schwarzenegger plays Jericho Cain in the End of Days ~ and Interestingly enough the TV show Jericho simulates what would occur if corporation run war was successfully heralded by remnants of the Nazi party.. existing within the United States government.. People like the Bush family, of whom Governor Arnold has backed in his real life political career.. and As Lucifer ascends on him on the silver screen (The End of Days) He stands beneath an octagonal Stargate.. which is the same 8 or gate sided Sigil used in the New World Order American flag in the TV show Jericho.
Jericho is believed to be the oldest continuously-inhabited city of the world.. It is mentioned over 70 times in the Old Testament. Prior to Moses' death, God is described as showing him the Promised Land in the Book of Deuteronomy.. The bible even states that Jesus healed two blind men as he and his disciples were leaving Jericho. So.. one can see how easily those who wield the symbolism behind the city can manifest their will ~ as it aides in the validation of the world's most popular Belief system and has been thrown into the political arena via subliminal thought forms in pop culture.
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What Do Men Gossip About?
Men sometimes roll their eyes when women gossip, but don't let them fool you. They do it too — just about different things. And it actually has a positive effect on their friendships.
Canadian researcher Dr. David C. Watson recently conducted a study wherein he learned that while women tend to gossip with their girlfriends about someone's physical appearance or "social information" topics like relationships, men were much more likely to engage in "achievement related" chatfests involving grades, salaries, and other status-oriented subjects.
Dr. Watson said that since male friendships are characterized by engaging in group activities, "gossip can serve to enhance the bond between individuals within the group." That means their gossip actually strengthens their friendships, likely because men tend to bond based on status — and the more knowledge and control of information they have, the more apt they are to increase their status.
For women, the opposite can be true. "Female friendships are more characterized by communion or intimacy," says Watson. "Gossip can be more of a threat to the relationship than it [is] in male friendships."
The bottom line?
Watson says that although the function of gossip may differ based on the nature of male and female friendships, it has "an important friendship function as it can be positive, negative, or neutral."


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Macauley is one of Yale's top scoring threats. Her 12 career goals are the most of any returning player. Last year, she tied for fourth on the team in goals with three. She scored the game-winning goal in Yale's Ivy League title clinching win over Brown and also scored in the victory over Central Connecticut in the first round of the NCAA College Cup. As a sophomore Macauley earned honorable mention All-Ivy recognition after leading the Bulldogs in scoring with 18 points, which tied for seventh in the Ivy League. Her six assists were fifth in the league, and she tied for eighth with six goals. After she scored twice in victories over Colgate and Penn, she was named the Ivy League Player of the Week. Against Quinnipiac, she assisted on both goals in a 2-0 win. In her rookie season, Macauley tied for second on the team in goals (3) and points (9). Two of her goals were game-winners, including against Georgetown when she was selected as the ECAC Player of the Game. She also scored the only goal against Penn. Against Fairfield she had two assists. Macauley lettered in soccer for four years at Wilton High School and captained the team for two seasons. She helped lead the squad to two state championships, and Wilton was at one point ranked fifth nationally. Her club teams won two state championships, and were state runners-up on three occasions. Macauley earned All-America, All-New England, all-state and All-FCIAC honors, and was twice named team MVP.


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The 2011 season will be the first for Andy Wilson volunteer as an assistant coach for Matador baseball.
A starting outfielder for the 1997 Matador baseball team, Wilson returns to Northridge to instruct the outfielders and baserunners, assist with the development of his hitters, and serve as the primary individual responsible for the organization and instruction of the Matador Baseball Camp.
In 2010, Wilson served as a hitting coach for the Anchorage Bucs of the Alaska Baseball League, instructing hitters from various colleges across the nation while developing the talents and skills of his position players.
A former assistant coach at College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, Wilson joins the Matadors after two seasons with the Cougars. He helped coach the outfielders and hitters in addition to his duties as a first/third base coach.
After competing for the Matadors in 1997, Wilson began his professional playing career with the Bayou Bullfrogs of the Texas-Louisiana League. Possessing the skills and talent to compete both in the outfield and around the diamond, Wilson advanced to the Double-A level as a member of the Altoona Curve, an affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.
During his ten seasons, he suited up for 13 different teams and finished with a .288 average, collected 931 hits and drove in 342 runs. He was selected to the Central League All-Star Team in 2004 with the Pensacola Pelicans and was named the Most Valuable Player of that game.
Since 2005, Wilson has been working as an instructor and coordinator for America's Baseball Camps in Sammamish, Wash. Teaching the fundamentals of hitting, fielding, and base running to participants ages five to 18, Wilson also helped further enhance the skills of high school students looking to compete at the collegiate level.
Wilson earned his associate degree from Oxnard College in Calif. in 1993 and attended both the University of Arkansas and Cal State Northridge before beginning his professional baseball career in 1998.
As a Matador he started in 49 of the 52 games he appeared in, and finished the season batting .340 with 65 hits, six home runs, and 41 RBIs, and stole 14 bases in his 16 attempts.
He resumed his education in 2005 and earned his bachelor's degree in business management from the University of Phoenix in 2007.
Wilson also works as a substitute teacher for junior high school students in his hometown Palmdale School District currently resides in Palmdale, Calif. with his wife, the former Janice Jaramillo, daughter Sarah, and son Adam.


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In 5 years, 50% of the U.S. population will be 50+. Despite numbers of 80 million strong, they have been unaddressed by many marketers and advertisers since aging out of the popular 18-49 group. Why have some brands passed them by? What are others doing successfully for a group that is redefining aging? Nielsen research – done jointly with creative agency, Boomagers – provides new insights and ways of understanding the market potential of today's 'Boomers', and shows that keeping pace with them can improve the health of a brand's bottom line.
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This is a good one:
http://ancientamerica.com/are-artifacts ... y-h-gross/
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https://www.ohioregistry.com/hidden-cod ... erties-llc
HIDDEN CODEX PROPERTIES, LLC was founded on 2013-03-21 and has its registered office in Columbus.
The Gross family
"Our artifact, called a codex, had been lying around on museum shelves, largely forgotten until the early eighties when carbon date testing became widely available. The owners, a group of investors in Ohio, submitted some cloth samples for analysis with surprising results. These tests showed that the codex was over 300 years old, created between 1660 and 1710 in Mexico."
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"Our third example is that of Dr. John B Carlson. We were introduced to Dr. Carlson in 2011 by a consulting firm that asked him to evaluate our artifact for a business opportunity. After reviewing the material we produced, he declared it to be a fake similar to all the others he has debunked. We asked him to document his findings. He told us he would only produce the report if we paid him. He demanded the sum of one thousand dollars in advance. We paid the fee and awaited the report. We were anxious to deal in good faith and be able to objectively work through our discovery and consider information from both sides. But the report never came. For months he emailed us the report was forthcoming. We have repeatedly attempted to contact Dr. Carlson. He has not responded and has not returned the money."
(John, it looks to me like you owe them a $1,000 refund.)


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Sesame Street aired a sneak peek of Katy Perry singing with Elmo on YouTube this week. The clip is from the upcoming season, but will never air in its entirety because parents aren't too fond of Katy Perry and her boobs. I'm no prude, but I've always thought Katy Perry should put those things away from time to time. We all know she has a great rack because her boobs are always on display. The Sesame Street people let her wear the dress so it's not entirely her fault.
Come October 31st, Suri Cruise will be decked out in a custom-made princess dress that cost around $6000. A friend tells In Touch she'll be wearing diamonds with her costume. Even if I had billions, my 4-year-old daughter wouldn't be wearing this. She'd be wearing a plastic and nylon Snow White costume that cost $19.95 at Party City.
Spencer and Heidi, who never really split in the first place, are back to whoring themselves out in front of the camera. That's right, everybody. They're together again. *gag*
Courtney Love attended the premiere of Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps looking like this. She certainly cleans up nice when she makes an effort.
Paris Hilton recently flew to Japan on business, was left in an airport hotel while the authorities decided what to do with her and was later sent home for being a bad influence on Japanese society. Japan's not too fond of Americans with drug problems. I guess Lindsay won't be going there anytime soon.
If Japan can ban our criminals from entering their country, why can't we kick them out of ours?
It was a busy week and weekend for Ms. Lohan. She failed several drug tests, had a warrant out for her arrest and appeared before the judge. The judge immediately sent her to jail pending a hearing in late October. As it turns out, this violates California law. Since Linds was charged with a misdemeanor, she is allowed to post bail. She did and is now a free woman.
The stipulations...
- Pay $300,000 bail.
- Be fitted with a SCRAM bracelet within 24 hours of her release.
- Must refrain from drinking.
- Must not take or posses any controlled substances.
- Not allowed to hang out with or around known drug users.
- Not patronize nightclubs or places where alcohol is the 'chief item of sale'.
- Submit to search by law enforcement officials at any time.
I really hope she gets the help she needs whether it be jail and/or rehab. Her family and the system have failed her. Yes, she's old enough to know better, but she has a problem that needs serious attention.
Britney Spears has reportedly enlisted a variety of songwriters to help create tracks for her new album at a writing camp. I don't know what a writing camp is, but it sounds like a lot of fun. I wonder if there are pillow fights and roasted marshmallows. Anywho, I'm ready for new music from Brit Brit.
And, don't forget, It's Britney Bitch will be on Glee tomorrow night!
Want to hear some excellent news? There will be a third installment in the Bill & Ted franchise. Yes, you read that right. Keanu and Alex have both signed on. Dude! I loved these movies growing up. I wonder how they'll put one together today. People from my generation will definitely see it, but what about new viewers? Regardless, I'm totally there.
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Located in the complex of the Azrieli towers, the restaurant Coma 11 (The Eleventh Floor) is situated in the Crown Plaza Hotel. Yesterday, I attended the unveiling of five wines from the Shiloh winery, that hosted at the restaurant. I only rarely write about meals served at such events but, considering my past history with the restaurant, this mini-comment seemed in order.
On my first visit, shortly after the restaurant opened, my first encounter was with the elevator, that with a control panel that seemed more appropriate to me on a Jumbo Jet than in a hotel lobby, the panel needing more than a bit of decoding before I could convince any door to open for me. My second encounter came as the restaurant seemed to have misplaced my reservation and it took me more than a few minutes to convince them that I was worthy of being seated.
My encounter "of a third kind" came after my first course when it became apparent that in this very large physical space there was no place set aside for those who might want a cigarette break. I asked the maitresse d'hotel where I could smoke and she told me that there was a special room for smokers on the lobby floor. I thanked her and started to make my way to the elevator only to be told that I would have to leave my identification card with her. I asked why and was told: "How do we know that you will return to pay your bill?"
I tried to explain that I had no intention whatever of running off without paying for my first course but she insisted. My response, quietly and calmly, was that I would gladly offer my i.d. card to a policeperson on duty, a soldier performing his or her duty, or to a security person if the issue of security was involved. In a quiet huff I made my way to the elevator, got to the ground floor and there wasmet by a hotel security person who accompanied me to the smoking area and stood over me, watching diligently while I had my cigarette.
As to the food, that was acceptable but not at all exciting for a restaurant that was touting itself as one of the best in the country.
I returned yesterday anticipating a somewhat cold reception on entry but to my surprise was greeted warmly by a new maitresse d'hotel, the chef, the assistant CEO of the hotel and others whose titles escaped me.
Despite all, there is still no place to smoke legally except in the lobby. On two occasions I did manage to wander off to a back corridor there to "sneak a smoke" (brought back high school days). At least half a dozen hotel staff walked by, informed me that smoking was not permitted and then after a few words from me, wandering off to wherever it is that hotel staff wander.
As to the food and attitude in general – vast improvements. Our lunch (served to about 20 people) started off with a well made salmon seviche, that on toasted baguette wedges and topped with a lemon cream that had a nice hint of anise. Lovely dish. This was followed by another equally good small portion of pickled sirloin slices, those topped with finely grated tomatoes and Kalamata olives. The last of the first course offerings was truly exceptional, sweetbreads, liver and mushrooms done with a concentrated meat stock, those placed in a long marrow bone that had been halved lengthwise, all served with a sweet potato puree. No tricks, no showing off, but fine in texture, aroma and flavors. My option as a main course was for skewers of sirloin, those coated nicely with crushed pepper, herbs. The beef had a lovely texture, avoided the sin of being overdone, and was as full of flavor as one could want. The dish went down very nicely indeed.
The restaurant itself is attractive in a thoroughly American manner and those dining gave off a quiet buzz of the kind that you hear when people are enjoying themselves. A fixed price lunch menu with plenty of appealing options is offered at NIS 99 (that including first and main course and the house foccaccia). Dinner is more dear and the bill for two including dessert will come to about NIS 350 plus wine and service.
My suggestion – definitely worth trying for lunch and then deciding whether a more expensive evening visit is in the cards for you.
Coma 11: In the Crown Plaza Hotel, Azrieli Center, Tel Aviv. Kosher.


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Courtesy of six straight goals to open the fourth quarter, the Birmingham-Southern men's lacrosse team, after trailing 13-9, came back late in the game to defeat Centre, 16-14, Friday evening in Panther Stadium.
The Panthers move to 12-3 overall and 7-1 in the SCAC, moving to second place in the conference standings, while the Colonels fall to 11-3 overall and 6-2 in the SCAC.
The game was tied 3-3 after the first quarter, and BSC pulled ahead with the first goal of the second quarter before Centre scored three straight before halftime, leading 6-4 at the half.
The Colonels out-scored the Panthers 4-2 in the first six minutes of the third quarter, going up 10-6, and the teams traded goals to finish out the quarter, including a goal at the horn by Centre to put the Colonels up 13-9.
BSC came out on fire in the fourth quarter, tying it up by the 10:51 mark and then pulling ahead, 14-13, for the first time since early in the game on a goal by senior Jacob McPherson. Freshman Reed Butler then scored what would turn out to be the game-winner with 8:46 remaining.
Centre added one more goal at the 7:29 mark, and neither team was able to score again for the next 7:19, although both teams had a few chances - BSC goalkeeper Andrew Huffman made two saves and Centre keeper Clayton Brown made one.
The Panthers finally broke through with 10 seconds left to play, as freshman Erik Klein scored off an assist from senior Chris Clarke to put BSC up 16-14.
BSC won 13 of the last 15 face-offs of the game, including 8-of-9 in the fourth quarter. The Panthers out-shot the Colonels 51-31, and had more ground balls, 51-34.
McPherson led with four goals, followed by Klein and senior D.J. Ward with three apiece. Butler and junior Matt Ivie posted two each, and Ivie and junior Nicco DeRosa led with three assists apiece.
Clarke led the defense with 10 ground balls, and Ivie had three caused turnovers.
The Panthers are back at home on Sunday to close out the regular season, facing Sewanee at 6 p.m. in a game that will determine the seeding for the upcoming SCAC Championship, hosted by BSC next weekend.


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Neuroshima HEX is a game of tactics, where armies wage continuous battles against each other. Neuroshima Hex 3.0 is the return of the series with new artwork and a new, FIFTH, faction included: Doomsday Machine. This edition also includes material that will allow for SOLO play!
The world of Neuroshima Hex is that of a post-apocalyptic world torn apart by a war between humans and machines. The remains of humanity took shelter in the ruins of cities and organized in small communities, gangs and armies. Conflicts between such groups are not uncommon and the reasons of such are numerous: territory, food or equipment. MOLOCH sent from the north constantly patrol the ruined cities. Great wastelands that surround what was left of the greatest cities are home to another enemy - BORGO - an army of gruesome mutants. One of humanity's last hopes is the OUTPOST, a perfectly organized army that wages a guerrilla war against MOLOCH. Nevertheless, most human settlements, including the HEGEMONY, are not concerned with war until it comes banging at their door…
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Michal Oracz
Z-Man Games, Asmodee North America
Year: 2013
Players: 2 - 4
Time: 30 minutes
Ages: 13 and up
Weight: 1,310 grams
- 1 Game board
- 35 The Outpost Army tiles
- 35 Moloch Army tiles
- 35 Hegemony Army tiles
- 35 Borgo Army tiles
- 8 HQ Damage tokens
- 16 wound tokens
- 4 counters
- 5 army Reference Charts
- 55 cards with Hex Puzzles
- 1 rulebook
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Average Rating: 4 in 1 review
I love playing games, and enjoy the thousands of available games without needing to design any of my own. I did work on one design, a game in which players placed tiles down that attacked different adjacent tiles. Lo, and behold - most of the ideas that I had for the game are found in Neuroshima Hex (Portal, 2007 - Michal Oracz), so I guess I can go back to playing other people's games. Neuorshima Hex is based on a role-playing game based in a post-apocalyptic universe. Normally I'm not a huge fan of this Mad Max type of future (so depressing!), but the game was getting rave reviews, and I was fascinated upon my first opening of the box. Besides, it won "Best Polish Designer Game" in 2007! (to be fair, it's the only Polish game I've ever heard of).
Neueroshima Hex is a tremendous innovation in board games, it's a real breath of fresh air in an industry that often churns out imitation after imitation. It's a game of strategic placement with a combat theme - and the armies, while well balanced - are completely asymmetrical. Games are tight and bloody, and while it's possible that a game could possibly drag down into slow paralysis with overly analytical folks - the game really feels like it moves at a quick clip.
The board is made up of nineteen hexagons that form one larger hexagon. Each player chooses one of the four armies (the mechanical Moloch, the mutant Borgo, the guerilla Outpost, and the gangs of the Hegemony), and takes all the hexes of that army. Players take turns placing their headquarter on one of the hexes, placing their other thirty-four tiles in random face down piles. Players then begin to take turns in a clockwise manner.
On the first turn, a player turns one tile face up in front of them, and can either use it, save it, or discard it. The next player draws two tiles with the same options, and every turn after that - a player draws up to three tiles. At this point, a player MUST discard one tile every turn, and may place and/or save the other two.
Tiles are of three different types, soldiers, modules, and action tiles. Board tiles are different soldiers in the players armies, and have different stats indicated on them. First of all, the soldier has an initiative value from "0" to "3". Soldiers also may have melee and/or ranged attacks emanating from one or more of their six sides. Most attacks have a value of one, although some are stronger with a value of "2" or "3". Soldiers normally have one wound, while some have a toughness value of one or two, which adds to their hit points. A few soldiers have mobility, which allows them to move one space on the board, and others have nets - which allow them to disable adjacnent opponents. A few have armor on one or more of their different sides, allowing them to decrease attacks on that side by one. Soldiers are placed on the board in any empty spot that the player wants.
Module tiles can never move - but rather are placed on the board - affecting any soldier that is adjacent to one of their connection symbols. Modules can increase the strength of ranged or melee attacks, increase initiative, heal wounds (and then discarded), etc. A few modules even effect enemy units, decreasing their value.
Action tiles allow the player to take a specific action.
- Move tiles allow a player to move a soldier to an adjacent spot, rotating it to any facing.
- Push Back tiles allow a unit to push an adjacent soldier one space away.
- Sniper tiles simply inflict one wound on any enemy unit on the board.
- Grenade tiles destroy an enemy unit completely - but only on a hex adjacent to your headquarter.
- Air Strikes hit one target hex and all seven adjacent tiles with one wound.
When a player plays a "Battle" tile, or if the board is completely filled up, a battle occurs. Each battle takes place using several phases. In the first phase, the highest level initiative soldiers on the board simultaneously take actions - damaging any soldiers next to them with melee and/or shooting others with ranged attacks. Killed soldiers are removed from the board, even if they haven't taken an action yet. The next phase then occurs, until the "0" initiative units have taken actions. If a soldier attacks the enemy HQ, the player marks the wounds on a hit track.
If one player draws their last tile, all players finish their turns, and one final battle begins. The player who has more toughness points left is the winner! However, if anyone's HQ is damaged beyond the 20 hit points it starts with, then that player loses the game instantly.
Some comments on the game...
- Components: The large square box easily holds the piles of
hexagon tokens and board (some complain that the components are too
low quality for the price of the game, but I'm not so sure). The
tokens are thick - each army marked with a different color and symbol
on one side; and blank tiles included if a player loses a hex. Small
tokens are included for players who have characters with more than one
toughness but are wounded. Having a track around the outer edges of
the board is an interesting way to keep track of HQ wounds (no victory
points here!), and the board is quite good looking - showing a
brightly lit pile of trash in the middle of some jungle. Action
tokens and symbols on the soldiers are very simple and easy to figure
out - although perhaps a small reference card would have been nice.
- Rules: I can't say that I'm a huge fan of the rulebook. It's
full of flavor - with a story about the future in the beginning (note:
strong language), but explains the game in a slightly disjointed way.
For example, the board has a ton of extra hexes on it (for future
play - with five or more players, or scenarios), and it doesn't
mention this until the end of the rules - which can be confusing. I
do enjoy that each army has a complete list of their units, with
detailed explanations of each - but again, this is something that
would have been nice on reference cards. The game takes a bit to
explain - especially to people who haven't played games with phased
battles before, but the simple and easy-to-understand symbols will
expediate learning.
- Armies: One of my favorite aspects of the game is how each of
the four armies have a completely different feel. These aren't
identical armies with small differences - there is a thematic
difference in all four armies. The Moloch are strong units that can
produce some devastating attacks, and have the ability to force
enemies away, so that they can use their superior range. The Borgo
have strong melee units, with a few real heavy hitters - including
some nasty net fighters that not only disable the opponent, but hit
them three times also. The Outpost has the most mobile army, with
weaker units, but units that can hopefully move around and snipe the
opponent. The Hegemony is a slower army, but can convert their strong
melee attacks to ranged attacks, and use their net fighters to slow
the enemy. The Hegemony is perhaps the most balanced army, but I
would be hard pressed to tell you which army is the best - they seem
tremendously balanced. I tend to favor the Moloch army, because I
like powerful range - but the board is small enough that perhaps this
isn't the super advantage you might think.
- Fighting: There are no random factors in combat, and the small
board promotes bloody war. Because of the lack of randomness, the
game has the possibility of feeling a bit abstract. I do think that
the excellent artwork and different feel of how units work helps
offset this - but I can't ever escape the strategic feel of the game.
Fortunately, randomness does occur in the drawing of the tiles, and a
player must quickly learn to never depend on a specific unit - since
it might not come into play until the very beginning. Close combat
seems to have an advantage in the game, but ranged units can shoot
through friendly forces - allowing players to set up a nice defensive
position on the board. Players must utilize their modules to boost
their units, because it's tempting to depend on a powerful figure -
like the Armored Hunter that Moloch has - with a combat attack from
all six sides and armor on two of them. While this seems powerful, a
combo of smaller units can easily take it off the board. In practice,
I've very rarely seen one player completely destroy another's army,
but losing just a few more units - or even worse, leaving your HQ
completely exposed - can be instant downfall.
- Tiles: The mechanic of draw, then discard one tile is
interesting. Players will often discard battle tiles when they think
it won't favor them, but sometimes players are presented with three
tiles that they desperately want to use, but can only put out two of
them. Some of the action tiles are quite a bit stronger than others
(Grenade), but this is offset by iniative and special abilities of
units. I'm still impressed at the amazing variety among the armies,
and their stats back up what I imagine the picture to be doing.
- Time and Players: The game seems designed to be played with two
players - and indeed, that may be the way I enjoy it the most (or with
four players; two teams). The more players, the much more crowded the
board is, and the longer the game lasts. Games aren't too long -
lasting around an hour to ninety minutes, and there is a high level of
immersion the entire time. However, one player who tends to analyize
every conceivable spot and rotation to place each tile can bring a
game to a screeching halt. Most of the time, if players play fairly
quickly, the game will move at a brisk clip; and I would simply
recommend avoiding those prone to "analysis paralysis", unless both
players enjoy this.
- Fun Factor: There is enough theme from the rulebook, army
composition, and artwork to make this game quite enjoyable - with
players role-playing a bit and cheering when a big thug from the
opponents takes a fall. Since much of the battle is evident ahead of
time, thanks to the clear order of battles, not everything is a shock
- but a player never knows exactly when a battle is going to occur, so
to wait to put the bigger troops on the board is likely not a good
strategy. For me, the fun of the game comes form the very diverse
armies and how they interact on the board. I'm not normally a fan of
these nauseating post-Apocalyptic universes, but this one is
interesting - if only because of the all out war that has occurred.
It's done in a slightly cartoonish style, with larger than life heroes
and villains, but it's entertaining to play - and tremendously
satisfying when a player manages to set up a combo that punches a nice
hole in the enemy lines. More armies are on the horizon (I think
another has been released at the time of this review), and future
scenarios promise interesting things to come in the future for the game.
But I think what I enjoy best about Neuroshima Hex is how the game seems to flow so well, yet plays differently every time. You can talk all you want how Chess is a game which simulates war - but all I see are giant wooden horses and castles. Here in Neuroshima Hex, we have a game that threatens to follow the same abstract lines, but manages to rise above that with a compelling theme and tremendous diversity. If anything, it's a game unlike anything I've played before, and manages to condense fierce warfare to a small area and time frame. Originality drew me to the game - fun keeps me playing it.
Tom Vasel
"Real men play board games"


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Avalanche player grades: Ryan O'Reilly – A-minus
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Looking back at the 2011-12 NHL season, Adrian Dater and Mike Chambers will examine each player on the Avalanche roster. Find all the reviews here.
2011-12 STATISTICS: 81 GP, 18G, 37A, 55 pts, -1. Hits: 62. Blocks: 50. PP goals: 4. PP assists: 11. Shots on goal: 189. Faceoff pct: 52.8. Giveaways: 34. Takeaways: 101.
If not for somewhat of a stumbling finish, kind of like that of the rest of his teammates, The Factor gets a solid A for the 2011-12 season, no questions asked.
He had an outstanding season, the best of his three-year career. His 101 takeaways (let's just call them steals) led the NHL. His 55 points led the Avs in scoring. He was more offensive-minded, increasing his shots on goal from the previous year from 114 to 189. He played hard every second and has become a team leader, if not THE team leader. And he's still only 21.
Yet, it can't be ignored that his play suffered a bit down the stretch. He was a minus-4, for instance, in the season's final two games, and scored only one goal in the final 14. Did he get tired – partially because of the added playing time from years past, but also because of his constant workout habits, such as staying on the ice for often more than an hour after his teammates have already showered and left the building after a practice? You can wonder about that, but I'd say that's a trivial concern.
It'll probably be dangerous to start thinking O'Reilly should or will be 50-60-point scorer every year. Those kinds of points are great, but I think O'Reilly's full value to this team will come when he is able to settle more comfortably into a shut-down defensive center role. I'm not sure I want to start saying "OK, O'Reilly needs to be one of our top one, two or three point-getters for us to be a top team." I'm not saying he should get fewer minutes and just play a third-line checking role.
I'm just saying, I don't think it's wise for the Avs to start counting on that many points from a player probably better suited to a more complementary offensive role. I.E., the Avs need Matt Duchene and Paul Stasnty to be their top point-getters at center again next year.
O'Reilly's contract is up. He'll be re-signed by the Avs of course, but the question of how much and over how many years remains unanswered right now. I'll go out on a limb and say something like: four years, $16 million. Maybe $18-20 million. He's worth it, and the Avs better not monkey around trying to save a few pennies with a guy like him. If Milan Hejduk isn't around next year, I can easily see O'Reilly wearing the Captain's C, for next season and many to come.


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Top 5 with Lisa Foiles: Top 5 Robots
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Clank should've been 2nd at least.
The robot and 4 shots of 151? LoL my kinda girl.
Whilst i knew from the title that HK-47 would top this poll, due to the Star wars nerds, i am pleased that Kos-mos made it to second place. I would say that she was robbed from first because of the negative reactions to the games she was in, but the character herself is pretty awesome.
Not to mention the ability to summon triple barreled Gatling cannons out of thin air and having a wave motion gun in her chest. I'm glad that the video clips showed off her 4th version of her design, her best actually, makes up for the lame name joke.
I thought GLaDOS would be a sure thing on this list...
I only recognized 2 of the 5.
What about Glitch!! From Glitch in the system - damn that was an overlooked gem!
I despise those Claptraps so much. My first reaction to seeing any of them was to shoot them, even if it has no effect.
Wouldve liked wadsworth from fallout 3 to at least be mentioned somewhere. I'd come up with something witty to include but my humor emittors require recharging.
Hope that blender is here to stay.
I think Lisa was like 100% more cuter in this episode more than normal....
I still play Scrapland !
GLaDOS... why she no here?
I'm sorry...what? I hope you just plain forgot about Dog or GlaDOS.
I think liberty prime should be on here somewhere
Blender robot was so awesome!!
What? No portal turrets!? Could have waited a few weeks for this as well.. AI sphere might have been a contender too.
Epic fail.
XOSMOS? wtf.
This list of best robots doesn't even mention Planetfall's Floyd. DOES NOT COMPILE
Lisa is super awesome, and claptrap = imitation GIR!
I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE that blender. It's 80's sensibilities from the voice and flashing light when it speaks had me frozen in delight (I was like what am I seeing? Oh my god that's genius) then it said "I was going to paint a picture of you but I ran out of the color suck" and the dam broke. Then it came back at the end. Brilliant.
Loved it.
And HK-47 at the top of the list. Where he belongs I knew he had to be there the minute I saw the topic of the list from the other week's mention. Nice work Foiles, nice work. If you guys never played a KOTOR game there's a reason that one of bioware's new starwars MMO's trailers ends with 2 seconds of dialogue from this guy, people love him.
Continuity error: Lisa's hair is red in her super bowl party pictures. But Lisa's hair was blond at that time. . .
#3 and #1 were right-on. This list's missing Dog and Robo, the robot from Chrono Trigger.
Blendy should have his own spin-off show. Tom Dickson could co-host.
Even worse, no one but us seems to have noticed this omission. Four pages of comments and no mention of him!
4 shots of 151 would kill me.
Bioware made another fantastic "robot" --- Legion! By far the most interesting character in that game (for mass effect fans and computer philosophers alike).
Josef, from Machinarium.
Protoman, from Megaman 3.
I'm sure the robots from Portal2 will have character, but ill reserve judgment on that one for now.
Oh come on everybody check me out im dancin im dancin :D:D
Legion, GlaDOS and Sovereign are A.Is. They thus do not count. (Even Legion himself says "Geth are purely software.)
But omitting Robo was unforgivable. Unforgivable I say!
First thing: Can we stop the satirical lamp shade 'people hate my show so lets say it in the show' bit? Seriously, it's getting self absorbed at this point, you've done it what, eight times now?
Secondly: HK-47 was a bit of fan service...having said that...HK-47 FTW!
That is one distempered blender. Mean, even...
I HATE CLAPTRAP. God damn it he's the most annoying support character in all of videogaming, how did he make this list?!
Nice show.
It's not just you. Wowza.
Sweet Jesus...you should be ashamed of yourself for that one...
Episodes are filmed in advance, so her hair could have dyed after then, and her first red-hair episode was filmed at some point after and only uploaded last week
a good choice me thinks
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