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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Constellation Brands Inc., Genworth Financial Inc. and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. stood out among big movers Wednesday, while Apple Inc. and Boeing Co. were top tickers trending on Twitter.
Top tickers trending
$AAPL: Apple AAPL, +1.21% shares recovered strongly after three straight days of losses, thanks in part to positive reports from a couple of analysts.
Katy Huberty at Morgan Stanley said that recent concerns about iPhone sales "are overblown," and she reiterated her overweight rating and $714 price target.
Meanwhile, Gene Munster at Piper Jaffray & Co. raised his iPhone 5 sales outlook in the December quarter. "In the first full quarter of iPhone 5, we expect Apple to record 50 million in iPhone unit sales in December. This is a 5 million unit raise from our prior 45 million estimate as we believe demand in the December quarter was greater than previously anticipated," Munster said.
However, he expects Apple to have sold 38 million iPhone 5s in the March quarter, 5 million units less than previously. "Thus the December and March quarter iPhone unit changes are essentially a wash," he said.
$BA: Shares of blue chip Boeing BA, +2.94% shed more than 3%, retreating as Japan's All Nippon Airways Co. ALNPY, +1.19% 9202, -1.61% announced plans to ground its fleet of 787 Dreamliner aircraft, one of which made an emergency landing at an airport in southern Japan due to a battery-alarm alert.
@claytoncohn: $BA not going anywhere fast - and neither are their planes, apparently.
@linkscomputer: A confidence builder for those who fly the 787.... The emergency chutes work fine!
$FB: Facebook FB, +0.71% shares lost almost 1% on lingering disappointment over its newest feature. On Tuesday, the social-networking company unveiled "graph search" which enables users to quickly and precisely find photos, people, places and interests.
Still, at least one person likes Mark Zuckerberg's new idea.
Justin Post, an analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, raised Facebook's price target to $35 from $31. The new search function was "an example of Facebook's ongoing innovation to increase engagement and potential to add revenues to the platform."
@30FBD973: Just when I thought $FB couldn't get any more creepy, useless, or intrusive they launch Graph Search. Unfriend.
$GM: Shares of General Motors GM, +0.70%, along with Ford Motor Co. F, +0.84%, lost ground on reports that demand for new cars in the European Union fell to the lowest in 17 years.
The Wall Street Journal reported that new registrations fell 8.2% in 2012 to a little over 12 million units and are set to drop further in 2013. "The real danger, however, is that demand might not recover even when Europe's economy does rebound, spelling grim news for many auto manufacturers in Europe, their investors and the near 2 million employees in the sector," the newspaper said. EU car sales slump to lowest in 17 years
@accord_o_matic: $GM not doing well in Europe is apparently a surprise to some people.
Constellation Brands STZ, +0.74% shares continued their recovery, adding 6.2%. The stock had shed roughly 4% in a six-session losing streak earlier this month.
Genworth Financial GNW, +1.71% shares rallied almost 9% after the company unveiled a capital plan for its U.S. mortgage-insurance business. Read: Genworth unveils capital plan for key business.
Shares of Smith & Wesson US:SWHC closed 5.7% higher after President Barack Obama called on Congress to introduce a ban on large ammunition magazines and require universal background checks for gun buyers. Sturm Ruger & Co. RGR, -0.29% shares also gained 5% as public discussion of stricter gun control often leads to a temporary spike in sales on fears that gun ownership will be restricted. Obama seeks to overhaul gun law
Shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill CMG, +0.99%, the Denver-based restaurant chain, fell 5.5% after the company estimated fourth-quarter profit below analysts' consensus estimate. Read: Einhorn may have the last laugh
Analysts at Janney Montgomery Scott, who rate the stock at neutral, noted that Chipotle's risks include "recently-unveiled competitive menu items from Taco Bell [and] a relatively high valuation."
Northern Trust Corp. NTRS, +0.16% shares declined 5.7%, the worst on the S&P 500 SPX, +0.85%, after it reported quarterly earnings were below analysts' outlook. The financial firm said fourth-quarter earnings rose to 69 cents a share from 53 cents a share a year ago while revenue increased 1.4% to $969.7 million. However, analysts had projected Northern Trust to earn 75 cents a share on revenue of $985 million. Northern Trust Q4 profit falls short of analysts' estimate


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Food Co-op Workshops Offered in Kansas
Source: High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal
The first in a series of workshops that will focus on "Food Hubs and Co-ops: How local family farms can feed our communities" will be offered April 6, 2013 9am-5pm in the Highland Community College's Klinefelter Barn, 1774 230th St., Hiawatha, Kan. The workshop will provide people who grow and enjoy locally produced food with information on how to form partnerships and food cooperatives.
"This workshop was instantly popular, and we realized we needed to develop separate workshops for the food hub and food co-op topics," said Mary Howell, Kansas Farmers Union membership specialist.
Part one of the series, "How to Start an Online Food Cooperative" will be held on April 6th, 2103. A second workshop exploring "Organization of Food Hubs" will be announced shortly.
In 2003, the Oklahoma Food Co-op modeled a unique approach to connect local consumers and producers. Its approach was to bring consumers and producers together as owners of a cooperative. Through the cooperative, they created an online marketplace where local products could be ordered and distributed. Together, the consumers and producers shared the costs and risks, as well as the benefits, of establishing a new community food system. Since its launch, at least 16 others have started similar operations using the Oklahoma Food Co-op as a model to organize their operations.
"This workshop is for anyone involving in local food production, marketing or consumption. Plan to attend the workshop...The room will be full of experts!" said Howell.
Nationally known speakers will participate, sharing the success stories from their regions.
Confirmed presenters include: Kim Barker, producer and founding board member of the Oklahoma Food Cooperative; Darryl L. Birkenfeld, Ogallala Commons director; Chris Schmidt and Chris Sramek, High Plains Food Co-op founding board members; and Bob Mailander, former director of the Rocky Mountain Cooperative Development Center.
Also on the schedule are Vincent Amanor-Boadu, associate professor of agribusiness economics and management at Kansas State University, and Dan Nagengast of Lawrence, farmer and former tomato processing co-op board member.
A break-out session will allow individual discussion and Q & A with presenters. The Glacial Hills Food Center, operated by Glacial Hills RC&D, will be highlighted. Producers can rent the Food Center's commercial kitchen for food processing. Jeff Downing, Midwest Regional Agency general manager, will cover general and product liability insurance for direct market farms. The Brown County Healthy Foods Coalition will provide an update on its Postage Stamp Production Project.
A chuck wagon lunch and refreshments will be served, and a registration fee of $25 will be charged to cover expenses, food and handouts.
Complete event information and registration can be found at http://foodhubsandco-ops.blogspot.com. For questions, contact Mary Howell at firstname.lastname@example.com or Gary Satter at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Sponsoring organizations are Kansas Farmers Union, Kansas SARE, Glacial Hills RC&D, Kansas Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Alternative Crops, Kansas Rural Center, Brown County Healthy Foods Coalition, Glacial Hills Food Center, and Highland Community College.

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During November on facebook gratitude has been the object of discussion and I'm grateful for my memories! Earlier this year at RootsTech 2013, Dennis C Brimhall posed the question "what would our great-great-grandchildren wish we had spent our time preserving?" I've been thinking about that a lot lately.
Childhood memories. I have a memory from childhood that I never recorded but it was one of those aha moments for me – the day I came into the kitchen with "something" in my hands behind my back. My mom asked what I was hiding as she stood over the stove cooking. I pulled my hands out from behind me and showed her my new find – a large green grasshopper! I thought she would go through the roof screaming at me. I have never touched one since! Oh how I wish I had a photo of that day to preserve that memory and to share it with my granddaughters. Even though I don't have a photo, I just created a "story" – one funny one I can share with them.
Stashing "things'. Like many of you, my house has too many "things" in it, in boxes, storage, cupboards and shelves. Those stuffed animals, marbles, dolls, and even the little tin jar my great aunt gave me after her daughter died. I fight the urge to get rid of them. Why? Why are these things important to me? Because they represent my memories, both good and not so good!
Getting organized. I was reading one day about the process of getting organized, throwing away all those "things" that are just adding to the clutter in one's life. One of the solutions was simple – photograph the "things" and then get rid of them. It's not necessarily the things that you can't live without, it's the memories that are associated with the "things". So are my "things" what my granddaughters would be interested in? Some of them might be, but the "things" would not mean much unless they knew why it was important to me. They want the memories I have in my head, a piece of me. We love each other and those memories will be what they remember of me.
Photo albums. As a young child I loved dragging my parent's photo albums out. I'd sit for hours going through them and asking questions. However, I never wrote any of it down. Some people and places I remember and others I wish I did. Photos were few and far between in those days because of the expense of film and processing. However, I do have some great ones, including shots of my mom's teenage friends that are not identified or only have a first name. I am sure they have grandchildren who would love to see them, but I don't know who they are. We were taught to not write on photos because it might damage them. Hey, I'd be one happy soul if those photo's had been written on!
Over the years, paper photos get lost, damaged or even passed on to only one child and then to their one child. I'm so grateful to those cousins who have posted copies of those pictures that are part of my tree! It's the only discovered and created memory I can have. It creates a sense of self and belonging.
Journals and stories. My ancestors were not the ones who passed down journals or left their memories behind, but with a combination of a few family notes, family lore, DNA testing and the gathering of documents I've been able to piece together a bit of their lives. I have learned what my maiden name should have been and the unusual upbringing of my grandfather and his family. I have learned about the struggles that made them strong and other events that made them happy. I want to be able to tell them how much they mean to me when I get to the "other side". I want them to know how grateful I am for the part they played in my life.
FamilySearch Photos and Stories. I'm grateful that FamilySearch has come to the rescue for all of us. I can upload all the photos I can get my hands on. I know those pics will be available to my grandchildren and their grandchildren. The more pics I upload the more the ancestor "comes alive" to me. Those pictures, along with the facts I gather from documents create a story or a "created memory" --a better understanding of who I am. Pictures don't make us, but they remind us of who we are, where we came from and where we are going.
|My grandfather, as a young man playing the violin (he performed with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir circa 1915), his marriage to my favorite ancestor, Grandma, and his old age - uploaded and preserved on Family Tree Photos
RootsTech 2014 is coming in just a couple months. It's a terrific opportunity to get started, keep going, and master the art of Family History. Take the opportunity to learn more about preserving your memories. Check out the schedule for the many classes being taught to help with organizing, digitizing, restoring, and sharing photos. Then learn how to tell the stories of yourself and your ancestors and share them with family and friends. Give your children and grandchildren the best gift you can possibly give – a gift of past memories and a better understanding of who they are and where they came from!
RootsTech 2014
February 6-8 in Salt Lake City, Utah
Register today for RootsTech 2014 here
Check out the schedule here
Come and enjoy – stay a few days and visit the Family History Library, visit the local sites, go skiing or enjoy the shopping! Salt Lake has it all. And it's beautiful during the winter – typically snow in the mountains and not much in the valley. This year the TRAX light rail runs from the airport to town in just a few short minutes. See you there!


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Most absurd CMOS battery ever?
I have a Performa 6400 PowerMac, which I bought off a friend several years ago. It runs Linux and I use it for portability testing (as it's a big endian machine). Considering its age, it's not surprising that the battery for the onboard clock ran out years ago. It's not a huge problem, but it's certainly annoying to have make complain about modification dates in the future, and be confronted with "filesystem has not been checked for 19370 days" on boot-up. So I decided to replace the battery.
This is the battery that is supposed to go in it. Almost £15 for a battery! This seemed far too expensive to me, so I set out to find an alternative. Unfortunately 4.5 volt batteries are rather uncommon. However, I managed to find this, which was listed as a "lantern battery" used for torches, bike lamps and doorbells. I suspect that there are probably 3 AA batteries inside:
- Greencell 312G 4.5V lantern battery alongside the original (depleted) CMOS battery.
I did a quick sanity check of the old battery to make sure I had the polarity right. The voltage is down to 1V:
All that needs to be done now is to connect the connector from the old battery to the new one. I've always been hopeless at soldering, but fortunately this is a job that is simple enough for sellotape.
This is the logic board from the Mac. I've maxed out the RAM and added PCI Ethernet and USB cards. The black square at the bottom left is where the battery is supposed to be attached (it has a velcro strip at the back).
Obviously this is far too small for the new battery, and the card slides into the back of the machine, mounted vertically. It has to be attached to the board somehow. Where can it go?
Fortunately, the engineers at Apple were apparently smart enough to anticipate this very problem, and designed a convenient space on the riser card to put the battery in.


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The Battle of Darrowshire took place during the Third War, and was recorded in the Annals of Darrowshire (which erroneously refers to the Scourge invasion of Lordaeron as the Second War, though this may be because some view the First and Second War as generally the same conflict, or that this was the second war to directly involve Lordaeron).
The BattleEdit
Darrowshire's defenders were primarily made up of militia, led by Captain Joseph Redpath. A contingent of knights of the Silver Hand, led by Davil Crokford, were the only reinforcements that were able to reach the town in time. The Scourge army included the usual compliments of skeletons, zombies and ghouls. The force was led by the death knight Marduk Blackpool (also known as Marduk the Black), and the ghouls by the champion Horgus the Ravager.
The Scourge's first wave, consisting of the weaker skeletons and zombies, was sent in and quickly defeated by the Darrowshire militia. Sensing the tenacity of their opponent, the Scourge sent in the second wave - the elite ghouls led by Horgus. The defenders very nearly buckled under the attack, but the aid of the Silver Hand was able to prevent the breaking of the line. Horgus and Davil eventually met in combat, trading blows against the other. In the end, Davil was victorious, but had suffered a mortal wound at the ghoul lord's hands and died shortly thereafter.
Noticing the death of the ghoul lord, the Scourge sent out their elite bloodletters to break the line. As the battle raged around them, Marduk approached the militia captain, Joseph Redpath, and tore his spirit from his body, killing him. With the powerful necromantic magic at his disposal, Marduk twisted Redpath's spirit into an evil shadow of himself. Redpath the Corrupted spread his evil taint to the other defenders of Darrowshire, causing them to turn on their fellows, and murder those who were hiding in their homes. With victory attained, Marduk and his forces left the ravaged village, taking the head of Horgus with them.
Darrowshire was left in ruins; only ghosts and rot remained. Those who had fallen in defense of Darrowshire were raised as the ghouls that were spread all over what is now the Eastern Plaguelands, their spirits trapped in the rotted forms.
Redpath the Corrupted was eventually defeated at Gahrron's Withering, in the Western Plaguelands east of Andorhal, his shield remaining behind at the barn there. Marduk survived, though his blade was shattered in combat with a dwarf captain near Corin's Crossing. Today, he resides in the Scholomance, deep beneath the ruins of Caer Darrow.
Chronormu, a bronze dragon disguised as a gnome named Chromie, was sent by Nozdormu to Andorhal, where the Scourge began conducting experiments that tampered with time. Seeking to potentially save Joseph Redpath, Chromie dispatched adventurers to gather relics of the battle and somehow recreate it...but to have it end in a somewhat different fashion that would allow Redpath to be redeemed.


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We rode back to Gorda and sat down to contemplate our next move. The longer we sat in the warm sun, the less we wanted to ride. Finally, at 3:30, we decided to enjoy the weather and head north 37 miles to Big Sur on this uniquely windless day.
Once we got going, the miles ticked by. Most of the climbs are short along the Big Sur coast, with the big one coming just south of the town by that name, reaching nearly 1,000 feet.
We passed a couple of slides still being repaired, with a stop light and one-lane traffic. Just before Big Creek Bridge we pulled over at the scenic view to take some pics. Along came some riders headed south, with sag support.
Whale Spout
We got to talking and while we were there a rider called out a whale spout. I'm sure the whales were enjoying the day as much as we were.
We watched the sun settle low over the ocean, hardly a car to be seen. For short periods we rode in shadows, soaking in the cool Pacific air. The long climb before Big Sur took away our remaining reserves. We coasted down the gently curving highway into Big Sur, stopping at Ripplewood Resort, 6:30 p.m., which I remembered from my 1989 ride, although we stayed at Glen Oaks right next door.
Our cyclometers recorded 97 miles for the day and 7,200 feet of climbing.
After freshening up, we had a satisfying dinner at the restaurant next door and called it a day.
Friday Headwinds
Friday morning we had breakfast at the excellent Ripplewood Resort restaurant before heading north. All seemed fine as we rode through the shelter of redwoods and downhill.
However, two miles into the ride the redwoods gave way to open vistas of the blue Pacific, and white caps. Our next 20 miles would be spent plowing through 15-25 mph headwinds.
At the old Coast Road we contemplated heading inland on the dirt road, but I wanted nothing of it. I would rather take my chances with the wind, knowing that at least we had a smooth road ahead.
One of the most interesting views leading to Bixby Bridge is the Point Sur Lightstation, which sits 361 feet above the surf on a large volcanic rock. Point Sur is the only complete turn-of-the century Lightstation open to the public in California, but only by docent-led tours.
We stopped for the obligatory photos at Bixby Bridge, the iconic bridge of Big Sur.
Just beyond Bixby Bridge there's another one-lane traffic-light section, although it's shorter than the other two we encountered.
Traffic was moderate to heavy most of the ride into Carmel as we wondered where it was coming from. Are there that many tourists going north?
Once into the shelter of Carmel's forest, we made better speed, turning right at the first stop light onto Rio Road. We jogged left and then right onto Carmel Valley Road, suffering through heavy traffic for the next 11 miles into Carmel Valley Village. The traffic hasn't changed since my 1989 visit.
Valley Tailwind
We stopped to restock with food and drink at the town grocery store about noon. We were still enjoying a strong tailwind, which would be with us throughout the day.
While the first 11 miles of Carmel Valley Road is insufferable, the next 43 miles to Hwy 101 make it worth the misery. Traffic quickly thins until you hardly ever see a car.
We continued a long, long climb up a wide valley. It takes about 20 miles to climb to 1,500 feet, so you hardly notice the grade. The road narrows and widens as it passes through valleys.
The final several miles to the summit where Finch Creek finally passes behind is a series of short up and downs that make you wonder if the 2,450-foot summit will ever be reached.
The summit comes abruptly, followed by a swift descent through wilderness broken by the occasional ranch house. With the wind at our backs we raced down the valley at 25-35 mph.
Once at Arroyo Seco Road, the pace slowed as we negotiated side winds to the green Elm Avenue bridge over Arroyo Seco, which had plenty of water.
After some more climbing we leveled out and began the run into Greenfield with vegetable fields on both sides. The wind howled. I thanked my lucky stars it wasn't a headwind.
We passed over Hwy 101 and had to ride a couple more miles east to reach Metz Road for the final 11-mile straightaway into King City. The tailwind pushed us up hills like we were young bike racers. I remembered suffering on the same road pushing against brutal headwinds for more than an hour.
At King City we found our car and headed home at 4 p.m. in plenty of time to be home for dinner, 92 miles and 4,500 feet of climbing on the cyclometer.


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Hi Torben and Gang,
I have some good news! I just came across an article that states Apple has filed a patent for a new iPad Multi-Touch keyboard. It is being developed by John Elias, cofounder of FingerWorks. Could this be the beginning of the new TouchStream we have been waiting the last 9 years for? Fingers crossed (but not too much or my RSI will start to act up).
http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/ipad/ipad- ... -keyboard/


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I'm quite taken with the work of Jill Sorensen, of Live.Like.You,
and until March first enjoy 15% off with the House of Fifty code LIVESPLENDID15!
At her shop you can browse by "Personality." Click on the door that fits your personality, select which room you'd like to shop and find a delightful illustration and all the items needed to create the look yourself.
At 'Happy Home,' below, I choose to see the entry:
An illustration and several items seen in the room below.
And afterwards I visited 'The Hamptons' to see what that entry would like like.
A red Parsons table would make a great first impression!
It's a fun way to shop, which allows you to be inspired while visualizing how an item would look in a space.
Jill has also recently launched her own line, Jill Sorensen,
and one of my favorites is her Key Bedding line which comes in great colors.
To see more illustrated designs and a wide array of finds, make sure to visit Live.Like.You!


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Jamie Foxx's actions in this photo speaks volumes; Plies better watch out.
It's been a few months now since Stephen Taliver allegedly attacked Jamie in a Philly hotel room. Jamie said today about Taliver: "He's now on a 60-day hold in a psych unit... God bless him, I hope everything works out for him."
But, why we're really posting his comment isn't because it's a good gesture, but because we've been waiting for an opportunity to post the rest of this entry, which comes from a publicist who suggests Jamie arranged to meet Taliver for sex (but things didn't go as planned), and the singer/actor and his PR firm have been paying off gay men and fudging the truth for years -- all to keep Jamie's gay lifestyle under wraps.
Here's the post from Lipstick Alley: [ start clutching your pearls now! ]
First, let me start off by saying that this is obviously a fake username and no I don't have an account on here. I've been a lurker on LSA for quite some time and it was directly related to my job. My job in fact had me lurking on various message boards to find things out about my firm's clients. What do I do? More like what did I do? I was a publicist in one of the top 5 firms in Hollywood (no not Roger & Cowan). The latter part should make it obvious that I am neither A. nor W., which means I was not nor have I ever been Jamie's publicist but I know things.
From here on out anyone I can't outright name will be called by the letter of their first or last name and bolded.
Some of this "tea" (as you call it) will be old because it goes back to early 2004 but it is quite relavent to now.
Back in early 2004 Jamie Foxx was in a club in which a man came up to him and supposedly said what's up to Jamie and then proceeded to "grab his breast" <-Jamie's exact wording. This is how the story was spun by the PR firm. However, lets disect this a bit. What gay man do you know would actually go up to a straight man and grabs his pecs regardless if he knows him or not? Gay men are already afaird to openly hit on guys who are not in a gay club anyway so why did this guy feel so comfortable enough to do this? That's because a few weeks earlier him and Jamie had sex. What he actually said to him was, "Hey baby. What's up?" Jamie was furious and hit the guy. His PR firm spun the story away and apparently dude was paid off. Another encounter happens again. His PR firm hushes it. Jamie is on thin fucking ice with his team and he knows.
Another incident happens. How do they decide to spin this one away? Well, what all PR firms have done! They make up an elaborate story. Do you all remember when some sex photos of Jamie Foxx and some woman came out? They claimed that a man named Mark Pithian from Las Vegas went through Jamie's trash and found the pictures. Mark Pithian doesn't fucking exist. Pithian apparently was a victim of a beating by some of Jamie's supposed friends (which the PR firm had him deny, the point of the story was to make him seem straight not a thug). Mark Pithian then filed a police report that you can read on a certain site. Said site was contacted by the PR firm to hide the victim's name, which they did. Now ask yourself why? The firm leaked the damn story and even mentioned the man's name several times. That's because dude doesn't exist! I want all of you LSA detectives to find me Mark Pithian in Las Vegas. He was made up.
If you're shaking your head and calling me a liar then continue on with me here...
Fast forward to now with this creepy old dude who Jamie thought was Bey's producer. C'mon! You can't tell me that you don't see through this shit. I was a bit surprised by the lazy PR work but I'm sure they will redeem this one. When Jamie sets up his meetings with men he makes sure that his bodyguard is not present, which would clearly explain why he had to tackle the man off himself.
As for the naked bastketball games I know it's true but the info I have isn't first or second hand but from what I was told the game starts off naked and whoever doesn't make a basket has to do a sexual favor. Don't hold me onto to that. What I do know is that the PR firm made him sell his house because a few neighbors saw more then what they were supposed to see.
Anyway, that's it for now.
Are you gagging or what?!!!!!!!!!!!! Obviously, we don't know if what the publicist is saying is true or not.
BTW: Superhead confronted Jamie on his radio show about these rumors, too.
At around the 3:30 mark, Superhead tells him: "I heard you were the real Superhead....I heard you suck dick, too"


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GoldenEye's "paintball" multiplayer mode, something won at a hard cost on the Nintendo 64 original, is a pre-order downloadable content exclusive, GiantBomb reports. It is not unlockable without a code from GameStop, which will be given out only for preorders of GoldenEye 007:Reloaded on PS3 and Xbox 360.
Earlier in the week, word spread that Paintball mode, which Nintendo 64 enthusiasts won after beating the game's Dam stage on Secret Agent difficulty in two minutes, 40 seconds, would be unlockable via in-game progression. Thursday, Activision reps told GiantBomb that wasn't the case.
It's still available as an offline mode for the game's Mi6 Ops missions, a special singleplayer mode against bot opponents in familiar multiplayer setups. That said, if the host of an online multiplayer match has paintball mode enabled, opponents who do not have the paintball DLC still will see it—meaning the content itself is on the disc.
Does this mean it's going to be sold later to those who bought the game but didn't preorder it from from GameStop? "All DLC is TBA, nothing is confirmed yet,," the rep told GiantBomb.
Locked Up: Activision Flip Flops on GoldenEye's Paintball Mode [GiantBomb]


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A man wants his own personal space in the house, whether it be a cave, bar, media room, woodshop, etc. According to Sam Gosling, Psychology Professor of the University of Texas at Austin, who studied how space is a powerful mechanism for evoking emotion, "It's incredibly important to be in one's own space and resonate with who one is."
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text: Event Information ME Special Seminar | Predicting Amputee Walking Gait Using Ideas from Underactuated Robot Friday, February 28, 2014 10:30 a.m. DeWalt Seminar Room, 2164 Martin Hall For More Information: Kimberley Frye firstname.lastname@example.com http://www.enme.umd.edu/events/seminars Mechanical Engineering Special Seminar Series Predicting Amputee Walking Gait Using Ideas from Underactuated Robot Speaker: Anne Martin Ph.D. Candidate Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering University of Notre Dame Abstract: Because prostheses do not completely replicate the function of the physiological foot and ankle, amputee gait is both less symmetric and less efficient than normal human gait, which reduces the quality of life of the amputee. By optimizing both the design of prostheses and the amputee's gait, it is likely that the amputee's quality of life can be increased. To date, experimental studies of amputee gait, particularly those investigating the effects of prosthesis design, have not yielded convincing results. Predictive modeling studies could provide some much needed quantitative results. Unfortunately, existing models are either too computationally expensive or too simplistic to be used for this purpose. This talk presents a model of intermediate complexity based on the Hybrid Zero Dynamics (HZD) control approach originally developed for point-foot, underactuated robots. By incorporating feet into the model and correctly choosing the objective function for gait optimizations, the HZD-based model can be extended to accurately predict the lower-limb kinematics and energy expenditure of healthy human walking across a wide range of speeds. The inclusion of feet in the model requires new derivations of the stability and periodicity conditions. To use the model to investigate amputee gait, it must be further extended to allow asymmetrical gait. This talk will describe the model, discuss the technical details of its extension from the original robotic formulation, demonstrate its predictive capabilities for healthy human walking gait via the results of a validation study using existing human data, and present ongoing work in quantifying the trade-off between symmetric and efficient amputee gait. This talk will also discuss how robotic modeling and controls techniques can be used to address health care problems, particularly gait-related problems. Bio: Anne Martin is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. In 2005, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Delaware with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. Her research interests include modeling human gait, particularly impaired human gait, and using such models to develop clinically useful interventions. Her teaching interests lie within the areas of statics, dynamics and controls. Regardless of the course, she is committed to teaching the material in a high-quality, engaging manner. She is a member of the American Society of Biomechanics and ASME. Link to PDF flyer. This Event is For: Public • Graduate • Faculty Browse Events By Calendar Calendar Home « Previous Month Next Month » August 2019 SU M TU W TH F SA 1 2 3 w 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 w 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 w 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 w 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 w Search Events


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Civil meeting makes for progress in Coulee Dam
Two sides discuss sewer plant options
Two days earlier, people on opposite sides of a contentious issue hadn't gotten along so well, but the regular meeting of the Coulee Dam Town Council Wednesday progressed with civility remarkable by contrast.
The town council accepted without comment a 275-signature petition by citizens to submit plans for a wastewater treatment facility upgrade to third-party engineers for "value engineering," a formal process performed on many projects by engineers who do nothing else but look for ways to save money in such proposals.
The petition also said signers wanted Coulee Dam to work with Elmer City on the project and roll back a recent increase in sewer service rates.
The council heard comments by resident Greg Wilder, a retired municipal planner who has been critical of the project, and asked questions about his submitted comparison to a similar project completed eight months ago in Rock Island, Wash.
At the end of the exchange, Mayor Quincy Snow thanked Wilder for his comments. At the end of the meeting, Town Clerk Carol Visker offered cookies to those still lingering.
Council members and the mayor asked several questions of Wilder, who had given them a written comparison of the plan prepared for the town's upgrade proposal with the results of the entirely new Rock Island plant, built for nearly the same cost but operating with far less expense.
Wilder said the new facility at Rock Island, with nearly identical volumes to process as Coulee Dam, operates on $144,750 a year, compared to an estimate of $393,000 for Coulee Dam's rebuilt plant. And servicing the debt on the project cost $95,000 yearly in Rock Island, compared to a projected $324,000 in the Coulee Dam plan. Combined, total annual costs for the Coulee Dam plant as planned would reach three times that of the stated costs for the Rock Island plant, according to the information Wilder presented. Figures were derived from each project's facilities plan.
Comparing the entire life of each plant, Wilder said, Coulee Dam's would cost about $7.745 million more, or about $20 a month more per "equivalent residential unit" (ERU).
"It's not chump change to some of us," he said.
Wilder included a list of possible funding sources in addition to the state loan Coulee Dam's current plan relies on.
Snow noted that he had inquired of two congressional offices more than two years ago regarding two grant programs Wilder listed; they were no longer available, the mayor was told.
Councilmember Bob Poch said Wilder's comparison was not entirely valid because he was comparing the town's expected 20-year refurbished plant life with Rock Island's new 40-year plan. Wilder said Coulee Dam's facility plan did not explore a new plant option, but probably should have.
Councilmember Karl Hjorton noted the biggest difference involved the funding of the two plants, not the engineering.
Wilder said Rock Island's financing mix of 60 percent grants and 40 percent loan was determined four years ago, well before construction started. He was critical of Gray and Osborne, the town's engineering firm, for not having already pursued additional funding sources. He said if the Colville Tribes had been involved early on, Indian Health Service would likely have helped find more funding.
Councilmember Andy Trader noted the town was "still in the running" for a possible grant from Indian Health Service.
"If this is done right," Wilder said, "you'll be in the running for a lot more than IHS."
Answering a question from Hjorton, Wilder acknowledged it's possible that with good value engineering and enough funding found, the plant could still be built in its present location, rather than at a new site, and still keep rates lower than current projections.
The council and mayor also queried Wilder on his opinions on engineering firms in the state and asked if he would help craft a legally required public notice for the value engineering process. He agreed to do so.
The council held off on reconsidering a rollback of the recent rate change. That money could pay for the value engineering. Trader estimated the VE would cost about $18,000. Wilder noted the process on average saves about 15 times what it costs.


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Crushing Chemotherapy Pills
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
I had a gastric bypass banding a few years ago. I now have colon cancer and am scheduled to start chemotherapy with Xeloda, an oral chemotherapy. I have a lot of trouble swallowing pills since the banding. Can I crush the pills?
Michael Vozniak, PharmD, BCOP, Hematology/Oncology Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, responds:
With any medication in pill form, it is important to talk with your pharmacist before breaking or crushing it. Many pills are time-released or have a coating to control how the body absorbs it, which would not work if the pill was crushed. As for splitting pills, a good rule of thumb is if the pill is "scored" (an obvious line across the middle for even splitting), in which case splitting it is okay. Otherwise, check with your pharmacist first.
I checked with Roche, the company that manufactures Xeloda, and the pill has a coating on it to disguise its bitter taste and to prevent healthcare personnel or others from coming into contact with the drug. The company has not conducted any studies crushing the pills, but a study in the UK did crush or dissolve the pills in water to be given through feeding tubes and this appeared to be safe.
Another consideration is that Xeloda comes in two strengths (150mg & 500mg). The 150 mg tablets are much smaller and may be easier to swallow. When discussing crushing pills with your pharmacist, ask if the pills come in other preparations (i.e. liquid), or smaller doses that are smaller pills and thus easier to follow.
In general, we do not recommend crushing chemotherapy pills because of the risk of exposure for the person crushing the pill, but if you were doing it yourself, this risk is not an issue.


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AMHERST, Mass. - Following a two-year battle with cancer, University of Massachusetts men's soccer coach Sam Koch passed away on Sunday evening, July 20, at his home in Hadley.
Originally hired at UMass for what was planned as the final year of the program in 1991, Koch (pronounced: coke) is credited for not only saving it but helping it thrive as one of the top teams in New England.
"We have lost a great coach and friend with Sam's passing," said UMass Director of Athletics John McCutcheon. "His wonderful spirit and caring way will be missed by all of us and we are grateful to have had Sam in our lives."
Funeral services will be held at noon on Sunday, Aug. 3 in the Memorial Chapel at Northfield Mount Hermon.
Koch, 59, compiled a 222-182-45 record in 23 seasons at UMass, advancing to the NCAA postseason three times (2001, 2007 and 2008), including the 2007 NCAA College Cup Semifinals. He also coached six seasons at Stanford University from 1984-89 and went 58-53-16. His 280 career victories entering the fall placed him 21st among active Division I head coaches and 50th all-time in Division I history.
In addition to the NCAA tourney success, the Minutemen won four regular-season Atlantic 10 titles, two Atlantic 10 Tournament titles. During his tenure in Amherst, the 29-year head coaching veteran produced two All-Americans in Jeff Deren (2001-02) and Zack Simmons (2007), three Academic All-Americans, one Academic All-American of the Year, a two-time Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Year, an Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year, an Atlantic 10 Midfielder of the Year, two Atlantic 10 Rookies of the year, two Atlantic 10 Tournament MVPs, 27 All-Region selections, 62 All-Atlantic 10 players, 29 Academic All-Atlantic 10 honorees, two players to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference Teams, a two-time Atlantic 10 Scholar-Athlete of the Year and 23 Atlantic 10 All-Tournament picks.
Koch recorded 13 winning seasons with five-straight from 1999-2003, the most since UMass had six straight from 1969-74. Koch's teams notched 13 10-win seasons in Amherst, while the program had only managed that feat three times in the school's history prior to his arrival.
The winningest men's soccer coach in UMass history, Koch passed legendary coach Lawrence Briggs with his 124th win, a 3-2 victory over Towson in the opening game of the 2002 Navy Classic. He then picked up his 200th career win on Oct. 3, 2003, with a 3-0 victory over George Washington. The 2004 match at George Washington was also a historical moment for Koch as he notched his 150th win at UMass. George Washington gave Koch his 250th career win on Oct. 26, 2008 which earned him a congratulations card from former UMass basketball coach and current Kentucky bench boss John Calipari.
For his success at UMass, Koch has four times been named the A-10 Coach of the Year, claiming the honor first in 1992 when he also picked up New England Coach of the Year accolades. Koch again took the conference's top coaching honor in 1994 after leading the Minutemen to their first-ever Atlantic 10 regular-season title, and then again in 2002 and 2008. In 2007 and 2008, he was a finalist for the NSCAA/adidas National Coach of the Year after leading UMass to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time in program history.
Before coming to UMass, Koch was the head coach at Stanford from 1984-89. While in Palo Alto, he compiled a record of 58-53-16. In 1987, he was named Pacific Soccer Conference Coach of the Year by his peers.
Prior to his six seasons at Stanford, Koch was an assistant coach at Brown University and Boston College, as well as a staff instructor at the U.S. Soccer School. Since 1985, he has been a member of the Western Region Olympic Development coaching staff. Koch holds the United States Soccer Federation "A" License and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Advanced National Diploma.
Koch was a four-year soccer letterwinner at Colby College where he earned a B.S. in History and Environmental Science in 1979.
A native of Concord, Koch is survived by his wife, Suzanne, and their four children, Christopher, Jeffrey, Benjamin and Katherine.


text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - The Beast Rabban is looking like John Goodman... Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Work in Progress View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "The Beast Rabban is looking like John Goodman..." ceendamemberMember #Joined: 27 Jun 2000Posts: 2030 Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2001 10:25 am I've been really inspired by Flexible Elf's DUNE pics, so I thought I would add a quick one of my own. For those of you unfamiliar with DUNE, the Beast Rabban is an baddie allied with the sinister House Harkonnen. I was listening to the theme music to DUNE (Brian Eno) on Winamp as I was doing this pic. Probably one of the best things about the film (though we'll not start that debate ). I think there are a few problems with proportions, perspective and lighting on this pic, though I hope people can point out some more. Spooge, if you read this, could you upload that pic you did of the Baron Harkonnen and put me in my place. I'd love to see that pic again. ------------------ -- Nicholas Anderson email: email@example.com web: Flying Islands -- affiliates -- ..::sketchboard.co.uk [This message has been edited by ceenda (edited January 05, 2001).] [This message has been edited by ceenda (edited January 05, 2001).] Back to top Ben BarkermemberMember #Joined: 15 Sep 2000Posts: 568Location: Cincinnati, Ohier Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2001 11:23 am Hey, nice pic. The face is great. It's the best part of the whole image. I love the fat rolls on the collar. The only issues I see are with the lighting. The face seems to have a different light source than the armor (the armor light source is higher). Also, parallel light rays would cause the shoulder plate's shadow to be cast further over the chest. His right shoulder pad would be almost completely in shadow. Back to top BradfordGuestMember # Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2001 1:48 pm nice. ------------------ firstname.lastname@example.com icq#:3704871 Back to top IcannonmemberMember #Joined: 13 Sep 2000Posts: 597Location: st.albert, AB, Canada Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2001 4:13 pm i just started reading dune a couple of weeks ago. you can find spooge's baron pic at www.goodbrush.com (go to the forum pics section). Back to top gnejunior memberMember #Joined: 02 Jan 2001Posts: 8Location: Finland Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2001 5:39 pm I really like the shadows on his face and that alga/moss(whatever) looks good but imo his armor might need a bit more shodows. Great img! Back to top el tigrememberMember #Joined: 27 May 2000Posts: 463Location: scotland Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2001 6:14 pm You have captured him in all his fat-bastardy! looks good. reminds me of Speedball II on the amiga, ahh Brutal Deluxe, them were the days! ------------------ arse, my pen just ran out. *shakes furiously* Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Work in Progress All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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In December, we introduced viewers to the Lathrop's in Haslett whose infant son has an extremely rare disease that kept him in a hospital in Ann Arbor for four months after being born.
Since our last visit, Baby Dominic--who suffers from an extremely rare form of Hirschsprung's Disease rendering nearly 90 percent of his bowel non-functional--has finally been able to come home.
The extreme case of the disease, which was the first of its kind for doctors at U of M Ann Arbor, means the six month old still requires extensive care.
"I was most worried about the medical side of things and us having to become almost nurses," said Andrew Lathrop, Baby Dominic's father.
"Just seeing what happened in the hospital for so many months and thinking 'how are we going to do that?'"
But they are doing that, from having to change and clean the lines running into his little body supplying him his nutrients, to getting weekly and monthly tests and check-ups to closely monitor his growth.
"His situation is so specific, I've had to become an expert on Dominic and other people see him and he's just a marvel," said Alison Lathrop, Baby Dominic's mother.
Since his homecoming, Dominic has had no major incidents, which is rare for an infant in his kind of condition, according to Alison.
A possible transplant or even a medical trial procedure in Boston could still be options further down the road, but for now the Lathrops say they're counting their blessings and enjoying Dominic's stability.
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Having dutifully swallowed all the negative publicity we've been served up in this country about China (and added some of my own piquant paranoia) — it began to seem like a place I would never want to go.
But once I got to China, on my fourth month of traveling for Heifer International, I found it was much like any other place on the planet: filled with beautiful people working hard to make their lives and the lives of their children a little bit easier, sweeter, and more secure.
I spent my time in Sichuan province, in the western part of China. It is a place of big, impersonal cities and lovely contemplative country-sides– but no, I didn't stop to see any pandas (sigh).
However, I did experience the incredible ethnic groups of the Yi people (the women are intensely fabulous, with headdresses right out of the Witches of Eastwick)…
… And I met the kindest, most gentle AIDS mother making a living with her Heifer pigs for her three young children …
…and I visited a small village making a big comeback from the terrible earthquake of 2010, despite it being populated almost solely by women my age (probably a good bit younger).
And of course, I was served some totally amazing food – and ate my wimpy vegetarian share of it.In China, I had the unique opportunity to sit down and talk to ordinary rural Chinese people who were struggling to cope with life outside the megalopolis–and whose stories turned out to be riveting.
I also realized that I wasn't the only one who was perhaps a little skeptical of the foreigner. But more than anything, I had the same epiphany I had in every Heifer country I visited last year —
… that the poverty we don't see around us is still there …
… that animals are beautiful and full of potent power to change the trajectory of a family's life ..
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|2011-01-06, 07:51
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Was this actually confirmed or it was just purely Ange's speculation? Or R07 didn't give any answers ; ___ ; ?
|2011-01-06, 08:14
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Unless I forgot the details, I'm pretty sure Touya never explained what really happened to Ange, nor why he was writing the "* of the golden witch" novels. But he definitely remembers of everything before even Episode 4 Ange so.
We won't know since that path won't go any further anyway so heh.
That being said, considering the magic end, it is really weird that Okonogi would still leave Ange alone, or even support her even if she let all the business to him.
As an observer of both ending, I must say that it is sort of disturbing to see Okonogi having such a win situation if he was really plotting like that (and suffice to say, that scene in Episode 6 with Amakusa is kind of ambigous as well, considering we can't be sure if it is a neutral perspective).
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|2011-01-06, 09:19
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Hachijou Toya as Asumu, is that what somebody suggested? Well, I don't think I believe it, because they don't even foreshadow it. Plus Hachijou looks nothing like Ange nor Battler ._.
*sob sob* I couldn't resist! *sob* I just had to check this thread out *sob* I saw the spoilers and *sob* ,WHY, BATTLER, WHY?!?!?! *armsspreadkinzostyle*
|2011-01-06, 09:36
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It's a pretty unfortunate position. To justify his existence with a single almost entirely sidelined point means he's basically less useful as a character than several wholly meta characters. Or else we must conclude Ryukishi just had to have it in there for the flimsiest of reasons.
Maybe he was just a really nice guy who Ange worried might be shifty (perhaps understandably). I mean, Eva trusted him, and I think by now Eva's earned the benefit of the doubt.
|2011-01-06, 09:46
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That's actually the other reasons I was doubting the whole deal with Okonogi and Amakusa.
Now the issue is: What's up with Amakusa in the trick end then?
His behavior wasn't suspicious, considering the situation. It is just that the weapons he has taken with him don't make much sense.
However, if we flip the chessboard, Ange's theory isn't flawless either: If the premise was to kill Kasumi and Ange, why would he need to stage their confrontation considering they are in a deserted island? For all we know, he could as well throw their corpses as fish food as well.
Thus, the existence of the Tokarev doesn't really prove jack. In fact, it could pretty well be a weapon just in case, for either himself or even Ange.
At worst, it is possible that Amakusa was actually using Ange as a bait, but nevertheless tried to protect her as well (but Episode 4 ending scroll and Episode 6 phone call are just death flag everywhere).
Unless, we use a "love filled" vision and consider that Okonogi implied that "Ushiromiya Ange should no longer exist" without necesseraly killing her. A shaddy way to recreate the same scenario than the magic end.
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It has to do more with the mysterious phone conversation between Amakusa and Okonogi while Ange was talking to Hachijou. That's the only link we have that Okonogi wanted Amakusa to do something to or with Ange. There's a good likelihood that perhaps at some point Okonogi did hire Amakusa to kill her, but somewhere down the like Amakusa relented. Reverse Stockholm syndrome if you will.
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The phone call itself could be interpreted in 2 ways, although the "love one" is a bit of a sketch. That said, nothing can actually confirm its actual relevancy (after all, this is a part woven by Featherine, since Ange never met Hachijou Touya in reality).
That said, the reality shown in Episode 8 seems to confirm that Okonogi was a "good guy" though, albeit a bit shifty (as shown with his dodgy stance with Kasumi in EPisode 4).
Otherwise, Ange would definitely never be left free like that, even if she gave what Okonogi wanted on a silver plate.
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Well, as you said, it's mostly Ange's own conclusions and one conversation of questionable veracity. The point I was making is more that we can't necessarily be uncomfortable with Okonogi "getting away with it" if he never actually got away with anything and if we don't even know if he was trying to.
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Re: Will Wright
tend to be essay-length and usually have some degree of finality to them, as "in final judgment" finality. That's not because I'm arrogant, it's just the way my mind works. But for some silly reason people tend to mix that mode of self-expression with "elitism" and what-not. Nothing can be further from the truth, really. On the other hand, I do find it amusing how clearly highly intelligent and well-read people like Renall, Jan, yourself and others indulge in day-to-day discussions here about shit that seriously isn't worth your time.
She was such a breath of fresh air, and although in retrospect her introduction was probably the point Umineko express went to hell, what a fun ride it was!
As for Will, I like him a lot, but I cannot forgive him having everything presented to him on a silver platter and Bern being easy on him (up to that Tea party, of course). Other than that, he's a fine character, indeed.
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I also liked Battler before he stopped doing anything. I couldn't stand Erika, but I got quickly that she wasn't supposed to be tolerable. Which I assume most of her fans understand as well, and just like her because she's so masterful at it (and no question, she is). I mean, I hope. But I don't think she belonged, or else she should've been around sooner.
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Oh, and speaking of favourite characters. Let's not forget Kyrie of Ep7 Tea Party. I don't care if it was supposed to be grotesque, gross mischaracterization or just plain lie.
The fact is I've always believed her capable of doing what she did there, and I was having time of my life watching her finally doing it. It's that unique sensation when everything you thought a person capable of doing finally comes together and reveals itself in all its ruthless, naked glory. I laughed, I cried, I rooted for her because in her inhumanity she was the most human (in the truest sense of the word), the most alive of them all, the way she has always been, I believe.
Truly the stuff dreams are made of.
|2011-01-06, 11:45
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I liked it because she was being as competent as she was talked up to be for once (instead of dying instantly), but it was grossly out of character to be that, well, impulsively stupid about things.
Like Jan-Poo pointed out: What if Beatrice was lying about the bomb?
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It goes far beyond Kanon.
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What you need to argue is that there is a need for gender ambiguity in the story, and thus, there is a need for these characters. There isn't, nor was the presence of one even remotely important before it was shoehorned in. Your argument amounts to "because Ryukishi put in a stupid and irrelevant plot point, these characters needed to exist."
Yet Kanon at the very least can exist for a half-dozen other reasons (some Shkanon, some not) without any gender ambiguity issues being material to the story (and they aren't, but that's a bad writing issue and not an incorrect interpretation issue). His character can fill other roles, and in fact does fill other roles. Cheapening him to an afterthought is disrespectful, but I can't really fault anyone for it since apparently Ryukishi thought we'd all be satisfied with him cheapening Kanon to an afterthought.
But really, the character has no reason to exist at all. Umineko as a whole and in component parts is no weaker if he doesn't exist in it. In fact, I'd argue it's stronger, as a story and as a mystery.
Or we could conclude there's something more valuable to him than scent-thrower-offer and Characterization For Dummies: A Very Special Blossom Episode vector.
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Of course there can be other reasons for that, but that's the one given in the text. As I pointed out, it's not just Kanon, it's a bunch of other things. Ryukishi could have ignored it all together, but he also has Will bring it to our attention in EP7. It's something we're meant to think about and consider as part of Beatrice's character.
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Ryuukishi created something unique. Yeah, certainly, you can find many of his ideas in several previous works, but he was the one who managed to put them together and he created a system that allowed the readers to discuss about this story through a very long span of time.
He was also able to create a sort of feedback author-reader that I don't remember seeing in any other work of this kind. He basically adapted his story on the readers' responses and theories.
The idea of the red truth was probably what I found particularly fascinating. Ryuukishi has been a master in presenting you closed room scenarios, guiding you through a set of plausible explanations and then denying them in the most abrupt and dramatic way leaving you completely mindfucked.
I remember myself grinding my teeth and then shouting: "this is impossible! How the hell the culprit did it if you deny all of this stuff! It can't be!"
It was a thrilling experience.
But it was so only because I had the certainty and faith that a brilliant and ingenious solution existed. My reaction would have been completely different otherwise.
The red truths were also an incredibly funny tool to use during discussions in this forum. The red truths allowed this to be a game.
A game needs rules, if there aren't rules you don't have a game. We had very few rules, we had very simple rules, but they allowed for a very fun game: The red truth is simply the truth, Battler's perspective is reliable.
I remember how I enjoyed that game. I was addicted. That's why I've spent so much time on this forum.
But then something changed. Chronotrig can confirm that after EP6 I lamented the fact that "the game" didn't exist anymore. There were simply no rules anymore, it was anarchy, and without rules you can't have a game.
The red truths became almost meaningless and the discussions could never reach a satisfying conclusion anymore. In the end if one wanted, he could argue that there was some kind of loophole that allowed his theory to be correct no matter how much preposterous it was.
We don't know.
We can't know.
We can't be sure.
You can't deny it.
So what exactly are we discussing about? if it's about how you enjoyed the story that can be done in like a week tops, there's really no need to go on indefinitely. And honestly I don't really care about that. Not because I don't care about a good story, but because I don't care about listening to other people's impressions.
You hated? You liked it? Big deal! That doesn't really affect my opinion. And I've been in forums long enough to know that you'll always find haters and fanboys in every human work.
De gustibus non disputandum est
Ancient roman wisdom, and they were damn right; so you can pull me out of any discussion of that kind.
I think my activity in this forum went downhill from EP6 onward (apart from the initial shkanon struggles), because there was simply no much point in discussing theories anymore.
And now... it feels like there wasn't a point to begin with. You can choose whatever theory suits you better and believe it's the truth. But of course for that, you don't really need a forum.
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I hope at least Witches & Woodlands pt.3 is going to see the light of day.
Otherwise I.. WANT... FORGIVE YOU!!
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It sounds interesting. I was taking a course through them before from Stanford (Introduction to Logic) and it was fun. I'll see closer to the date if I have time and if there's room - I might be starting back to work shortly so don't want to commit if I'll be dead tired from working and not enough juice left to do the course.
Thanks for the info Molly! I can always use a creativity booster! I'm going to try to sign up for this!
Humm... thinking about it... The first weeks coincides with the last ones from the SNP´s Desingn Mentoring Classes, which I´m taking. Let´s see... Are you planning to do a Scrapper´s team Molly?
Lorien, what are these Design Mentoring classes of which you speak? How much do they cost?
Sounds great! Thanks for the info. and link!
@Heather - It is an activity on scraps and pieces forum, and it´s free, but now they reached the limit of people, and will only open for other people if someone gives up. It´s here on their forum.
Good to know. Thanks for the info.


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High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a major risk factor for heart disease, which is the leading cause of death worldwide.
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"It's widely known that if you have too much salt in your diet, you're more likely to develop high blood pressure. The results of this study suggest that people should be careful about how much sugar they consume as well," said Paul Elliott of Imperial College London, who worked on the study.
The researchers analyzed data from 2,696 volunteers aged between 40 and 59, in eight areas of the United States and two areas of Britain.
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Those who didn't drink sugary drinks had a lower body mass index (BMI) on average than those who drank more than one a day.
In a statement, the American Beverage Association (ABA) said that the blood pressure differences seen in the study were "inconsequential," and that the study could not prove a cause-effect relationship.
Ian Brown, another Imperial College researcher who worked with Elliott and U.S. colleagues agreed that it could not establish causal links because it was a population study.
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In four seasons of chasing Ali and characters dying (or not dying), nothing could prepare viewers for the best reveal in "Pretty Little Liars" history.
The girls are at Spencer's house when a news brief flashes that an unnamed witness is coming forward with details on Detective Wilden's death. Hanna knows the fate of her mother is in the hands of Travis. Remaining optimistic, the girls believe that he is telling the truth and not part of the A team.
Did someone say A?
A package addressed to all of the girls arrives at Spencer's door. When the girls open it, four magic 8-balls convey the message "If she goes free, you'll hear from me." - A. Without hesitation, the girls decide it is time to assemble the troops and fight World War A.
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In a moment that hasn't been seen since season one, Ezra invites "Miss Montgomery" to stay after class, so he can thank her for being there for him. Unlike season one, Aria reveals that she was there as a friend, breaking every viewer's heart again.
Ezra and Aria are friends, Caleb and Hanna are stronger than ever, Paige and Emily are having sleepovers so they can "protect" each other, and Toby is rejecting all of Spencer's phone calls. One relationship had to be on the rocks…Why?
At Hanna's house, the girls see Ashley off on a date with Pastor Ted and receive another mysterious package from A. This time, there is a child's coffin with a mini Mona inside. Before the girls can piece anything together, the news of the newest suspect breaks in Detective Wilden's murder investigation…Cece Drake.
Hanna can't get in contact with Mona (who has been missing for the last three episodes) and soon finds out that she has been released from Radley. Spencer goes to Wren's house to look for her, but notices Jenna's car parked outside. Emily and Paige attend French Club Fridays to no avail, and Aria cooks dinner and watches Jake as he sleeps during the movie. Is it me or is he being a little distant?
Mona still hasn't been located.
During a "poor Toby" moment, we watch him as he goes through a box of his mother's belongings and cries. Just as he is leaving The Brewm he notices Shana rushing out and dropping some type of document. At last he calls Spencer, and they decide to talk. Toby tells Spencer that the letter Shana's dropped contained the name of Wren and Mellissa. Why? Spencer shares with Toby how anxious his disappearance and failure to pick up her phone calls made her. Remember the time Toby died?
Caleb and Hanna remain on the lookout for Mona outside of her house. Paige and Emily worry at Paige's house (with an open door). Aria finds comfort in the arms of Ezra, after kicking Jake out and making her way to The Brew.
All is fine with every couple…almost like the calm before the storm.
The gifts keep on coming! A magic box with a saw that reads "Watch me make a girl disappear" leaves the girls piecing together all of the clues, which leads to a magic show in Ravenswood.
The Great Charlamane uses Aria in his first act. Putting her into a box, he makes her disappear and reappear. When Aria comes back, the girls notice A had a trick up her sleeve, making Emily disappear while all eyes were on Aria.
A phone call to Emily leads to a saw mill. Over Emily's screams of terror, the girls rush to get her out of the box before she becomes the victim of A's magic trick and is sawed in half. Before she can become two-part girl, red coat stops the saw and she is freed.
But which red coat is it? Aria runs after one, and Spencer chases down another. After using her self-defense tactics to corner red coat number one (thanks, Jake), red coat flies over the ledge, revealing that she is Cece. As Cece struggles for her life, Aria tries to help her but fails; Cece falls over the ledge and dies.
Just kidding, as soon as the girls turn their heads, she gets away! You're right, Hanna. "That bitch has nine lives."
Spencer tells the girls she thinks Ali is the red coat she was chasing, who led her to her lair. When the girls arrive in the den, they notice all of their secrets, a timeline of each major event and computers with cameras documenting every move. After finding blazers and putting together all of the clues, the girls figure out that Ali is still alive (gasp!) and whoever the older gentlemen is in the board shorts, who spent summers with Ali … is A.
As the girls head to the party to get to Ali before A can, they are stopped by Mrs. Grunwald. She informs the girls that she was with Ali the night she disappeared. She says she found her way back to Rosewood and saw Ali bloody and reaching out of the unmarked grave. She then put Ali into her car and took her to the hospital. When she went in to get help, Ali slipped out of the car and she hasn't seen her since.
Because of her gift, Mrs. Grunwald knows that A is in Ravenswood, looking for Ali. Fearing the girls will lead A to her, she demands they leave, then disappears herself.
The girls decide they are going to dress up and crash the party.
We see A, dressed in black, watching the girls as they go into the town store. A makes his/her way back to the lair, the camera cuts and we see Ezra all dressed in black, with a low black baseball cap.
Yes! Ezra is A, and he is angry!
WHY? The saga of Aria and Ezra has just gotten deeper, our list of questions has grown by 20 and nothing can ever be right in the world again. Hopefully, by the Oct. 22 premiere of the Halloween episode, we will have stopped screaming in shock after the biggest reveal in "Pretty Little Liars" history.


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Righteous Elizabeth the mother of St John the Baptist - Troparion & Kontakion
Troparion — Tone 2
The memory of Your prophets Zachariah and Elizabeth / We celebrate today, O Lord. / By their prayers, we beseech You, / O Christ God, save our souls!
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As the full moon brightly reflects the light of the sun, / you reflected the glory of the Messiah, the Light of wisdom! / With Zachariah you walked in all of the Lord's commandments, Elizabeth, beloved by God. / So as we bless you with fitting songs, / we praise the Lord, the bountiful Light, Who enlightens all.


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