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Full-color video of the 1951 Dodgers in spring training — including Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese and Roy Campanella — is now available online at historicdodgertown.com.
Highlights of the never-before-seen silent film show the training regimen of the Dodgers at Dodgertown. Included in the footage are Hall of Famers Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Roy Campanella and Duke Snider. Aerial footage showcases the baseball fields, while the barracks used to house nearly 600 major and minor league players are also shown.
The players are seen training on the site that still exists for multiple sports activities. Robinson, who broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947, takes swings at field two, slides in the sawdust-filled sliding pit and practices double plays with partner Reese at shortstop. Campanella is shown during batting practice at field two. Pitcher Don Newcombe is also shown doing calisthenics at Field No. 2.
The video was acquired by Gus Steiger, a sports writer for the Brooklyn Times, the New York Morning World, the New York Journal-American, and for more than 30 years the New York Daily Mirror. His granddaughter recently transferred the film to digital format.
"We are pleased to share this rare footage in tribute to longtime New York sportswriter Gus Steiger, who had this original film and passed it along to his son, Joel," said Peter O'Malley, Historic Dodgertown chairman. "I knew Gus and he had the respect of everyone in the Dodger organization."
Joel Steiger, featured in the film as a boy exploring Dodgertown, said, "The original film is edited to four and a half minutes. Our family is happy that it is available for Dodger fans everywhere. I was fortunate to travel to Dodgertown as a boy on several occasions and visit this historic place. I have many great memories of it and the people there."


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I was late to the Alien Contest!
My proposal is here: Cthulhu!
...by the way, I can't find how to create my own gallery. When I try to create an album, a message says that I have denied access. I had to upload this picture on an external server. Help me?! please...
Welcome to SP-Studio. Please do not double post. As for the Gallery, You can't create it. Personal Galleries are a prize for winning contest. you need to be in top 5 to earn one. Eventually, if your picture won't get enough points, but it will be good, then Janina may choose your pic, and grant you a gallery. You can join next contest which will be held on 1 July.
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By the way, his character's name is the same as a famous poet, John Donne, and he got a reference to Attila the Hun in, during the jury discussions, which he had done not too long ago. Amusing. You go, Gerry!
Waiting for Coriolanus and Machine Gun Preacher!
Bonnie, Oldbutnotdead.
Bought the jury DVD and watched it tonight. Thought it was good. Hollywood cant do that kind of thing well anymore. Big problem though with my favorite boy, Gerard! He stuck out like a sore thumb! Did a wonderful acting job, but he was way too gorgeous, better looking than all the women. It was destracting seeing this very beautiful man standing about a head taller and broader than anyone else in the room.
It has to be difficult to be a serious actor and look like that; like beautiful women with talent are often treated as just a property. Granted that was 8 years ago, but still, he looks pretty darned good for 41. Kudos to his mom for raising a good kid.
I always think of him as my beautiful, randy, intelligent nephew!
Recommend the series, though. Bonnie, aka, Oldbutnotdead!
Just watched the movie; intended to spend the weekend on it but couldn't help but watch it straight through. It was that good and Gerry's character was brilliantly played (as are all of his characters). He was so believable that he wasn't playing Johnnie, he was Johnnie. I found this at DVD set my local library, so before you spend hours trying to find it on the internet, try just ordering it at your library. That's also a good place to find a lot of his older / earlier work. They're ALL worth watching.
I just recently watched clips of the Jury on u-tube what saw was very good so I have ordered the dvd.
This is my fourth favorite movie. I found this movie very compelling. I really got into it, I was trying to work out who killed this kid along with the characters. LOL 🙂 I love movies that suck you in to them. I loved Gerard's performance in this I am certain him being a person who is an alcoholic in recovery, this role touched a nerve. I loved how this character was so real in his raw vulnerability, insecurity, and resigned acceptance of the road ahead as an alcoholic in recovery. I loved the actor who played the sponsor, that was a great character. This is a another movie I liked from start to finish and really got into all the characters and was really invested in the outcome of their stories. Great movie!
Hello, This was a great story and kept me on the edge of my seat. And any film with Gerry in it is always sought after. His portrayal of Johnny really tugged at my heart and was the best in the movie. Now if BBC would re..release Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married,millions of us would be happy to purchase the DVD. From the clips I have seen of it, It"s very sexy a really WOW PICTURE. come on GALS. campaign with me for Lucy S. Very Sincerely, GERT… WISCONSIN…USA.
i really enjoyed this drama and got right into it as its another long series to seat thorough but well worth it. gerrys part in this is so sweet and caring and he puts so much into it and shows you what hes been thorough. i enjoyed the court storyline and you get so involved in it that you feel like one of the jurors yourself trying to work out the clues as to who did what and when. gerrys part was very emotional at times and you did feel so sorry for him when rose kept leading him on, but he persevered and got the girl at the end. the best sketch, acting wise for gerry, i thought was when he went off the rails and got throughly drunk when rose told him she was married. i thought he was brilliant at that, and probably being a bit of a drinker and getting rat arsed when he was younger a lot , helped him play this part brilliantly. he always says that what he went thorough when he was younger has helped him in a lot of his role playing.


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Studer Celebrates Sale Of 1,000th OnAir 3000 Digital Console
June 30, 2010
POTTERS BAR, United Kingdom – In a crowning achievement, Studer recently sold OnAir 3000 digital consoles to some of the world's most prestigious broadcasting companies, and in the process, sales of the OnAir 3000 have now surpassed the 1,000 mark—a testament to the product's popularity in even the most demanding broadcast applications.
"Today we celebrate a milestone, as we have now sold more than 1,000 OnAir 3000 consoles," said Keith Watson, Marketing Director – Mixing. "We designed the OnAir 3000 for the medium to upper segment of the broadcast market and we have enjoyed tremendous success, thanks to the product's tremendous ease of use and versatility. To that end, it's only fitting that we surpass the 1,000 mark with sales to three of the most successful broadcasters in the world."
Recent purchases of OnAir 3000 consoles include: the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), the largest broadcasting organization in the world; Rede Globo of Brazil, the largest television network in Latin America and the third largest network in the world; the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, the national broadcaster for Denmark; TRT (Turkish Radio and Television Corporation), the national public broadcaster for Turkey; ERTU (Egyptian Radio and Television Union), which runs the internationally-recognised television station Nile TV.
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Where racism was demanded
The angry uniformed man pushed his beefy red face into mine. "Hey, do you think you are bleck?" he roared.
I was a lot confused and a little scared. Bleck? What was bleck?
The guard pointed at my face. "You are white!" he said. "You are not bleck!"
Bleck was black. I would soon get used to English being spoken with an Afrikaans accent. Afrikaners were the white ruling minority of South Africa. Hardly anybody else in the world spoke their language, and language carried a terrible weight in their country.
On June 16, 1976, after the government insisted that black students had to be taught in Afrikaans, the students walked out of class in protest and held a mass demonstration in Soweto, outside Johannesburg. Police opened fire and killed hundreds of them.
It was now 1978, and I had come to South Africa to spend a month researching what would become a 13-part series on apartheid. I was 29, and it was my first foreign assignment. I had been in the country for five minutes, and I was already in trouble.
The guard with the red face pointed to the signs above the two immigration counters in front of me. One said "Europeans," and the other said "Non-Europeans." I had gone to the non-European line.
I am not a European, I told the angry man. I am an American.
He first thought I was trying to be cute and then realized how clueless I was. "You are stending in the line for blecks," he said. "And you are white!"
Symbolically, this was no small thing. In other parts of the world -- America included -- racism was allowed. Under apartheid, racism was demanded.
I finally got out of the airport. The next day, I drove to Pretoria, the nation's administrative capital, to see whether I could get a permit to go to Robben Island and interview Nelson Mandela. He had been imprisoned there since 1964.
I still have all my notes, and they record I met with a C. Schmidt of the South African government to make my formal request. She was "surprised and faintly hostile," my notes say.
"Yes, you can go to Robben Island," C. Schmidt told me. "But you can never come back."
My notes do not record whether she was smiling when she said this.
Though over the next month black South Africans managed to sneak me in to all sorts of places where I was not supposed to go, Robben Island was too tough a nut to crack. A former leper colony, it was 3 miles off the coast of Cape Town, and aside from the guards, South Africa had a navy and air force to patrol it.
I did not get to Robben Island until I came back 20 years later with Bill Clinton. He had come to Africa on a six-country, 12-day tour, and meeting with Mandela, who was now president of South Africa, was the emotional high point.
The two men helicoptered to the island and walked arm in arm around the grounds where Mandela had spent years breaking big rocks into little rocks and little rocks into littler ones.
In Cellblock B, Mandela and Clinton walked down a long, featureless gray corridor to tiny Cell 5, which contained only a small stack of felt blankets, a slop bucket, a tin plate and a cup.
"This was my home," Mandela said lightheartedly. "It was so big at the time. I don't know why it's so small now."
Everyone laughed.
But it was on a different island that a different Mandela had emerged. It was Goree, 3 miles off the coast of Senegal on the western bulge of Africa. For hundreds of years, wooden ships sailed from there to the New World with slaves chained in their holds.
The House of Slaves still remains a popular site, even though scholars dispute how many slaves actually passed through the island. Clinton went there, as did Pope John Paul II, George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
But when Mandela went there shortly after he was freed from imprisonment in South Africa, he did so without fanfare. Having spent so many years in prison, you would think the last thing he would want to see was a prison cell.
But he insisted on being led to the smallest cell in the House of Slaves, the one where the word "Recalcitrant" is still carved on the wall outside. It is the cruelest room in a cruel place, minuscule, without air or light, and so small a man cannot stand up in it.
Though it was difficult for Mandela to stoop down through the doorway -- years of breaking rocks had taken a toll on his body -- he crouched and shuffled inside into the darkness.
When he emerged, he had no smiles, no jokes. Tears streamed down his face, and he did not speak.
The wrong done to him was something he could stand.
The wrong done to his people, the wrong done to humanity, was sometimes more than he could bear.
But in the end, he bore it. "Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies," he once said.
Today, his enemies have faded away. Today, he is a warrior at peace.
Roger Simon is Politico's chief political columnist. His new e-book, "Reckoning: Campaign 2012 and the Fight for the Soul of America," can be found on Amazon.com, BN.com and iTunes. To find out more about Roger Simon and read features by other Creators writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Web page at www.creators.com.


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It became a running joke last season, as the Kings cruised to a Stanley Cup, that the Los Angeles media couldn't quite grasp the concept of a hockey team. The Kings were misidentified in onscreen graphics, the players' names slaughtered by sportscasters, even their mascot mixed up with his NBA counterpart. It got to the point where the team put out an infographic explaining just who the hell they are.
They might want to take the awareness campaign national. Yesterday's Chicago Sun-Times (photo sent in by reader Aaron) used the Sacramento Kings' logo to hype the Blackhawks' season opener. This confusion is probably why the NBA's Kings are moving to Seattle.


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During the Winter Wander event, advocates called for an overhaul of Queens' busiest and most risky corridor to save lives and strengthen the aesthetic and economic appeal of bordering neighborhoods.
Participants met at New Life Fellowship Church at 82-10 Queens Boulevard for a community dialogue coordinated by Transportation Alternatives, and then marched from Elmhurst to Forest Hills with signs that read "Zero Deaths on Queens Boulevard" and "Can You See Me Now?"
Passengers in some cars gave a thumb's up, and one car even pulled over to inquire. Peter Beadle of Rego Park welcomed a potentially new supporter.
"We're pushing for the city to do a study in redesigning Queens Boulevard to make it a safer and better street for everybody," he told the curious driver.
Beadle proposes more lights, wider medians, re-installing cross street intersections, eliminating slip lanes, and installing speed tables at major intersections.
A unanimous opinion was that the boulevard was conceived as a 12-lane, 7.2-mile superhighway for vehicular traffic rather than the average pedestrian.
Transportation Alternatives' "Zero on Queens Boulevard" campaign calls for a revitalization incorporating pedestrian safety improvements and specific lanes for Select Bus Service and protected bike lanes.
Advocates point to Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway, which also bears a 200-foot width with express and local lanes and accommodates buses and subways, but has wider medians that transform it into a "complete street" with a protected bikeway, trees, flowers, and benches.
Between 2002 and 2011, there were 17 pedestrian fatalities, 890 pedestrian injuries, two bicyclist fatalities and 205 bicyclist injuries on Queens Boulevard.
Although the Department of Transportation installed pedestrian countdown timers, modified signals to increase crossing times, and decreased the speed limit from 35 to 30 mph, more measures need to be implemented.
At the 67th Avenue intersection, the group paused and Beadle referenced the death of 14-year-old Sofia Leviyev, who was killed by a speeding minivan in November 2000.
Pointing to a weekly bouquet of flowers tied to the lamppost, he explained, "someone is coming out here for 13 years to remember her, as she was killed trying to cross."
"It's our kids that are on these streets," he added. "We can't watch them 100 percent of the time, but we can make these streets safer, so when they're on their own, we won't have to come and hang flowers."
The march ended around 3:30 p.m. on Queens Boulevard and Continental Avenue.
"We have to be in it for the long haul, so let's make a pledge," Beadle told marchers before they dispersed. "Go to your community board meetings and stand up for three minutes to say your beef. Let's say that Queens Boulevard threatens my safety and your safety, so help me change Queens Boulevard."


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party planning + celebrating pregnancy.
i got to spend the better part of the month of march daydreaming and planning the sweetest baby shower for my friend, nicole.
i gathered up a few of nicole's most talented friends and we set to work on the tiniest of details.
the weather was perfect, the mama-to-be glowed, friendships were shared + bundles of baby goodies unwrapped.
i can't wait to meet this pretty little baby girl!


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By: Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D.
Today we usher in a new chapter in FDA's role in tobacco control, which began nearly five years ago when the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act enabled us to regulate certain tobacco products, including cigarettes and smokeless tobacco. Now, FDA has proposed a rule that would extend our authority to additional products meeting the legal definition of a tobacco product. This would include electronic cigarettes, some or all cigars, pipe tobacco, nicotine gels, waterpipe (hookah) tobacco and dissolvables not already under the FDA's authority, as well as future tobacco products.
The tobacco product marketplace is evolving at a dizzying pace with many unanswered questions about the health effects of novel products. Especially in the shadow of alarming increases in the number of youths using unregulated products like electronic cigarettes and cigars, it's more crucial than ever to help prevent early tobacco use that could lead to a lifetime of nicotine addiction. The proposed rule—which would "deem" other tobacco products to be subject to FDA authority—is poised to help make that happen.
FDA is committed to protecting public health. Expanding our authority over tobacco products gives FDA additional tools to help reduce the number of illnesses and premature deaths associated with the use of tobacco products. Under FDA's proposal, these powerful regulatory tools would include age restrictions, rigorous review of new tobacco products and claims, and health warnings.
"Deeming" – and the new health warning requirements included in the proposed rule – would also help to correct a misperception by consumers that tobacco products not regulated by FDA are safe alternatives to currently regulated tobacco products. Equally important, "deeming" would allow FDA to issue future regulations regarding these products, including regulations to reduce their harmfulness, if we determine that would be appropriate to protect public health.
As we work to finalize the proposed rule, we welcome comments and will consider all that are submitted, as well as any data, research and other information submitted to the docket for this proposed rule. Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., is Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration


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Anterior Lumbar Fusion
Fusion is the process of joining bones with bone grafts, adding bone graft or bone graft substitute to an area of the spine to set up a biological response that causes the bone to grow between the two vertebral elements and thereby stop the motion at that segment. The fusion process essentially "tricks" the body into thinking it has a fracture (see spinal disorders).
Anterior lumbar fusion is performed from the front of the low back regions for reasons such as instability of the spine, degenerative disc disease, or fracture. The goal with fusion is to stabilize the spine so that pain or deformity is reduced.
There are multiple different methods for obtaining a spinal fusion. One method is the Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF). This type of spinal fusion, which involves placing bone graft with or without allograft strut graft or instrumentation in the disc space, has a long history. The ALIF approach has the advantage that, unlike the PLIF and posterolateral gutter approaches, both the back muscles and nerves remain undisturbed. Another advantage is that placing the bone graft in the front of the spine places it in compression, and bone in compression tends to fuse better.
1. Surgical approach:
- A three-inch to five-inch incision is made on the left side of the abdomen or alternatively in the midline. The abdominal muscles are retracted to the side.
- Since the anterior abdominal muscle in the midline (rectus abdominis) runs vertically, it does not need to be cut and easily retracts to the side. The abdominal contents lay inside a large sack (peritoneum) that can also be retracted, thus allowing the surgeon access to the front of the spine.
- Alternatively, the peritoneum can be cut and the abdominal contents retracted to approach the spine. This is performed most commonly at L5-S1.
- The large blood vessels that continue to the legs (aorta and vena cava) are gently retracted off of the anterior spine.This part of the procedure is often performed by a general or vascular surgeon.
2. Disc removal:
- A needle is then inserted into the disc space and an x-ray is done to confirm that the surgeon is at the correct level of the spine
- After the correct disc space has been identified on x-ray, the disc is then removed by first cutting the outer annulus fibrosis (fibrous ring around the disc) and removing the nucleus pulposus (the soft inner core of the disc)
- Dissection is carried out from the front to back of the disc.
3. Preparation of the fusion bed:
- After the disc is removed, a space remains between the vertebral bodies.
- Disc space shavers and spacers may be used to template the height, width, and depth of bone graft that is needed.
- The surfaces of the vertebral bodies are meticulously prepared for bone graft by burring any irregularities. This allows surface area for the ingrowth of bone.
4. Bone graft and fusion:
Cancellous bone graft is often obtained from the pelvis (the iliac crest). Alternatively or additionally, bone graft substitutes and extenders can be used.
Since the lumbar disc spaces are tall, often a structural, weight-bearing component is necessary to maintain the disc height and lordosis. An allograft strut structural bone or instrumentation is often employed.
The combination of the structural component (either allograft strut or instrumentation) and non-structural component (cancellous autograft or allograft and/or bone graft substitutes or extenders) are inserted into the disc space.
Some ALIF procedures will be done using a minilaparotomy (one small incision) or with an endoscope (a scope that allows the surgery to be done through several one-inch incisions). The results with either procedure are equivalent and the type of approach used should depend mostly on which procedure the surgeon is most comfortable using.
However, a solid fusion is not always achieved. There are a few factors that patients can control that are important in determining whether or not a fusion grows in solidly, including:
- Smoking cessation. It is generally advisable to quit smoking prior to a spinal fusion procedure, as nicotine is a direct toxin to bone graft and will prevent the bone from forming.
- Limited motion. Bone forms better if motion is limited, so patients are often advised to avoid bending, lifting, and twisting for three months after spinal fusion surgery.
The principal risk from a fusion is that it does not heal. In general, allograft bone does not heal quite as well as autograft bone, but both yield good results when used in the anterior cervical spine.
The procedure is performed in close proximity to the large blood vessels that go to the legs (I have figures to show this). Damage to these large blood vessels may result in excessive blood loss. Quoted rates in the medical literature put this risk at 1% to 15%. There is also a small risk of injury to the bowel or ureter, since they are in the proximity of the lower lumbar discs.
For males, another risk unique to this approach is that approaching the L5-S1 (lumbar segment 5 and sacral segment 1) disc space from the front has a risk of creating a condition known as retrograde ejaculation.
In males, there is a small risk of retrograde ejaculation with anterior approaches at L5-S1. The nerves that control ejaculation lay over the front of the L5-S1 disc. They are very sensitive, and therefore even with retraction the normal coordination of ejaculation can be disrupted resulting in the ejaculation occurring backward into the bladder. It should be noted that erection and sex drive are not affected. Fortunately, retrograde ejaculation happens in less than 1% of cases (but in some studies is higher) and tends to resolve over time (a few months to a year).
If a graft is used without instrumentation, there is a small chance (1% to 2%) of a graft dislodgment or extrusion. If this happens, another operation may be necessary to reinsert the bone graft, and instrumentation (plates) can then be used to hold it in place.
The principal disadvantage with using autograft bone is that another incision needs to be made over the hip to harvest the bone graft. Possible complications associated with taking out bone graft include:
- Graft site chronic pain (which happens 10% to 25% of the time)
- Infection
- Hip fracture
- Bleeding
- Damage to the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (a sensory nerve that supplies sensation to the front of the thigh)
The chances of a graft-related complication increase with the size of the bone graft. The bone graft is an important part of the procedure, and many patients find the bone graft harvest site to be more painful than the lumbar surgery itself.
If allograft is used, there is a theoretical risk of transmission of an infection from a donor. The risk of contracting HIV from a graft has been estimated to be between 1 in 200,000 to 1 in 1 million.
In skilled hands, this is a very safe procedure. Possible reported risks and complications of anterior lumbar fusion may include:
- Non-union
- Bleeding
- Retrograde ejaculation (in men)
- Injury to the ureter
- Injury to the bowel
- Incisional hernia
- Injury to the diaphragm or kidney
- Damage to the spinal cord or nerve roots
- Bleeding
- Continued pain
- Adjacent disc disease
- Stroke
- Graft extrusion
- Paralysis
- Infection
- Death
Pain medications are provided either with PCA (patient controlled anesthesia), through the intervenous catheter, or by mouth.
The bowels can be slow to wake up post-operatively after an anterior approach. Often the diet is advanced slowly to not result in abdominal discomfort or distension.
Since fusion will take at least three months to set up, some type of immobilization is recommended. Often, bracing will be recommended. Hospital stay usually ranges from 2-5 days. The activity level is gradually increased. Patients are encouraged to walk as much as possible but to avoid lifting or binding early on. Strengthening and physical therapy can be started at three months post-operative if the fusion appears to be progressing well.
A stand-alone one-level spinal fusion is usually performed with an anterior cage or a piece of allograft to maintain the disc height. Often, anterior lumbar fusion is combined with a posterior instrumentation. The fusion rates for anterior and posterior surgery are very high, and in fact in some studies are 100%.
It should be noted that the time to fusion can vary, and usually use of the patient's own bone or use of instrumentation can result in a quicker fusion. It usually takes approximately three months, but can take up to 6 to 9 months, for the bone graft to fuse to the vertebral body bone. Heavy lifting and overhead work are usually limited until the fusion is noted to be solid.
Signs of infection like swelling, redness or draining at the incision site, and fever should be checked out by the surgeon immediately. Keep in mind, everybody is different, and therefore the amount of time it takes to return to normal activities is different for every patient. Discomfort should decrease a little each day. Most patients will benefit from a postoperative exercise program or supervised physical therapy after surgery.


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so thanksYou don't love a women because she is beatiful, she is beatiful because you love her.
Anyway thats the opposite of the seniment Keats expressed in his letters to Fanny which is One of the reasons I dont fid them sweet.
Was Keats patronising and chauvinistic towards women.
And if yes can he be excused?


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Romero makes big league debut for Mariners
ANAHEIM -- Rookie right fielder Stefen Romero made his Major League debut on Tuesday night against the Angels as one of two Mariners in their first big league stints. Pitcher Roenis Elias is the other first-timer on the 25-man roster, but he'll have to wait until Thursday to make his first start against the A's in Oakland.
Romero, 25, said it was the thrill of a lifetime to be part of Monday's Opening Day ceremonies at Angel Stadium.
"It was awesome," the Arizona native said prior to Tuesday's game. "Especially when they announced us. When they said, 'And your visitors, the Seattle Mariners,' and everybody was booing, I was like, 'Oh, OK. There you go.' Once they were calling their guys out, just the roar of the crowd and 40,000-plus people, it just kind of hits you right there. Especially being down on the field, everything comes toward you.
"That was a big moment, especially all the theatrical stuff, the fireworks, the fire coming out of the rocks. But after that, I was fine. I just wanted to soak it all in. I was getting ready in the sixth or seventh inning in case I needed to pinch-hit. I was ready. The nerves started to settle down. Tonight, I feel like I'll be a little nervous, but after that first pitch, that first fly ball, that first hit, then it'll just be normal after that."
Romero, a standout at Oregon State in 2009-10, said he found comfort in finding his parents, aunt and uncle and girlfriend in the sellout crowd of 44,152 on Opening Day.
"That kind of calmed me down a little because they were all at my Spring Training games," said Romero, who went 0-for-4 in the Mariners' 8-3 win over the Angels. "So to see them there gave me a sense of comfort."


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The name mango Butter is creating quite a stir in the world market and that, undoubtedly, can be owed to the fact that it is an amazing paste, or butter, as it is better called, does wonders for the skin.
Mango Butter has natural emollient properties, high oxidative ability, wound healing and regenerative activity. Mango has been traditionally used in the rainforests and tropics for its skin softening, soothing, moisturizing and protective properties and to restore flexibility and reduce degeneration of skin cells. It has a protective effect against UV radiation.
Mango Butter will provide improvements and benefits in all the conditions listed below. As you use this butter you are likely to discover additional uses. Dermatologists often recommend Mango Butter for treatment of wrinkles as most people who use it will notice decreased signs of aging and the disappearance of lines and wrinkles within 4 to 6 weeks of daily use.
Mango Butter is a tropical butter that has a similar composition to Shea and Cocoa, however the fatty acid content profile is slightly different and enhances the spectrum of –
- Natural EFAs (essentiall fatty acids)
- Anti-oxidants
- Vitamins
It smells sweet and nutty in its pure form, generally has a warm creamy color and is solid at room temperature. It also melts at body temperature or upon contact with skin and disperses smoothly, providing a protective, emollient layer.
The juicy mango fruit is not the only healthy thing about the mango. Believe it or not the seed that we throw away after eating the mango possesses a high content of stearic acid, which is comparable to the amount in cocoa butter. The mango seed is expeller pressed; an expeller press is a screw-type machine that presses oil seeds through a caged barrel-like cavity.
Raw materials enter one side of the press and waste products exit the other side. The machine uses friction and continuous pressure from the screw drives to move and compress the seed material. The oil seeps through small openings that do not allow seed fiber solids to pass through. Afterward, the pressed seeds are formed into a hardened cake, which is removed from the machine.
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While much of what we file as cosmic disco often comes off smug, hip, emotionally arid even, Zombie Zombie embrace the comic aspects of their retro influences—the Radiophonic Workshop, sci-fi B movies, Italo disco, Jean Michel Jarre, Mediterranean prog rock. They camp it up with new age titles like "The Wisdom of Stones (Do You Believe In?)," and enigmatic over-arching concepts. Rituels D'une Nouvelle Monde is, supposedly, inspired by apocalyptic ideas of mankind having to colonise abstract worlds. They play, ironically, with electronic music's hippy, trippy pre-history, and, in the psychic space that such tomfoolery creates, produce music which blindsides you with its seriousness.
For there is nothing glib about Zombie Zombie. They may operate within a framework of knowing fun, but even at its most bombastic, Rituels is a patently sincere attempt to breathe new life into their dusty influences. The album (produced by Joakim, who helped closely develop its smoothly reconciled digital-analogue sound) is tight, cohesive and deserves to see Neman and Etienne Jaumet elevated to cosmic disco's top-tier, alongside Lindstrom et al.
Between the swinging, reverberating African percussion and the stately, synthetic orchestration of the opening track, to the brooding drama of the aforementioned "Black Paradise," there is barely a duff note. And plenty of variation: "Illuminations" is Krautrock as US cop show car chase; "Watch the World from a Plane" a mournful miasma of precise, delicate beauty; while "L'Age D'Or" recasts Radioactivity-era Kraftwerk in a vital, rhythmically muscular context. The potential break-out star is "Rocket No9," an improbable and remarkable fusion of strutting cybernetic electro bass, wild jazz drumming and a mid-track alto-sax break of exhilarating ferocity. Who needs to colonise new worlds when Zombie Zombie exist in this one?
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Thu / 20 Dec 2012
Words /
Tony Naylor
Tracklist /
01. The Wisdom of Stones (Do you believe in..?)
02. Illuminations
03. Rocket #9
04. Watch The World From A Plane
05. Forêt Vierge
06. L'Age D'or
07. Black Paradise


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MONTREAL – Air Canada's financial promise is piquing the interest of U.S. institutional investors seeking a way to profit from the turnaround of another North American carrier, according to a New York analyst.
Helane Becker of Cowen and Company is optimistic that Air Canada's drive to cut costs by 15 per cent — which she estimates will net nearly $2 billion in the next few years — will improve earnings and help reduce its share discount compared with U.S. network carriers.
"Even if everything else stays exactly flat, revenues don't grow, you're talking about an awful lot of money that can fall to the bottom line and a stock that can really take off and I think there are a lot of big investors that are looking for new ideas that can invest in Toronto and Canada," she said in an interview after initiating coverage last week.
The long-time WestJet (TSX:WJA) analyst expects Air Canada (TSX:AC.B) will follow the strategy of U.S. carriers by cutting costs, paying down debt and returning capital to shareholders through a dividend or by buying back its shares, starting in late 2015 or early 2016.
That would propel higher Air Canada's share price, which has undergone a roller-coaster ride in the past two years. After bottoming out at 82 cents in the spring of 2012, it peaked at $9.90 this past January before pulling back by 48 per cent when the loonie fell. The shares have since partially recovered, closing at $7.30 in trading on the Tronto Stock Exchange on Thursday.
Becker said Air Canada's story isn't too well known in the United States even though its path has mirrored many American carriers. Air Canada has been on the upswing since it flirted with bankruptcy in 2009, six years after it obtained creditor protection.
The history of the airline industry in general is littered with carriers that have had to restructure or have disappeared entirely, making the sector notorious for destroying capital. It's behind Warren Buffett's antipathy towards the industry, which he complained has not made any money in the U.S. since the dawn of aviation.
But Becker said Air Canada's higher share price has helped to put Canada's largest carrier on the radar for large institutional investors that shun companies with small market capitalizations.
"I have gotten more calls…since our initiation from people I haven't talked to on U.S. airlines (before) … so I think there must be some interest in the name here in the U.S.," said Becker, who joins Glenn Engel of Bank of America Merrill Lynch as Air Canada's only U.S.-based analysts.
Industry observers contend Air Canada is undervalued, trading at about half the earnings multiple of its U.S. peers. Becker sees that gap narrowing while the airline industry multiple increases closer to the railway industry, including Canadian National (TSX:CNR) and Canadian Pacific (TSX:CP).
Chris Murray of AltaCorp Capital said Canadian-based agencies like his have also seen growing interest from U.S. investors, which could help support higher share prices even though Canadian law limits their ownership to 25 per cent.
"The more interest, the more demand, the more attention… it's always certainly beneficial longer term for share prices," he said from Toronto.
Robert Kokonis, president of airline consulting firm AirTrav Inc., said a larger impact from greater foreign interest in the airline will come if ownership thresholds are raised by Ottawa or if more U.S. analysts follow Air Canada's operations.
"If we get maybe another couple of brokerages covering it then I think it will start to be a bit more of a game-changer but for now one (more) is interesting but not significant yet," he said in an interview from San Francisco.
Industry analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect the airline's earnings will significantly improve in 2015, with adjusted earnings forecast to reach $1.77 per share on $13.7 billion of revenues, up from a 44 cents per share loss on $11.6.1 billion of revenues in 2011.
"It's really going to be a story about execution over the next couple of years…and, as investors gain additional confidence with that longer-term trend and the sustainability of the company, I think you're also going to see multiple expansion of the (shares)," said Murray, who has increased his target price for Air Canada's shares to $12.
He added that it's reasonable to expect the Montreal-based airline will eventually opt out of the new federal pension regulations and reward shareholders.
"I think a dividend would be unlikely but a normal course issuer bid (share buyback) would be a possibility and late 2015 is the earliest I could see it happening, maybe even 2016."
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Soccer Mom Budget
I have nothing against women who can afford to stay home and raise their kids, or those who can follow a successful career outside their home and afford a nanny or other costly daycare. However, they are not the majority of women.
The budget conjured up by Harper and Flaherty, under threat from a potential coalition government, does not address the needs of the most vulnerable, and that includes many Canadian women.
The income tax cuts will mostly help fairly affluent households. Upping the "baby bonus" amounts will not address the need of affordable day care and is just another perk for affluent households. Ditto for tax credits in support of kids' hockey camps and piano lessons. The "cottage deck" initiative does nothing to provide affordable housing for low income, fixed income, under-employed, unemployed and unable to work women across this country. There is also the failure to change Employment Insurance eligibility to provide income relief to many women who work in jobs that make them ineligible or hold onto part-time work that doesn't allow them to access the program.
I didn't expect better from Harper. Nor did I expect him to respect pay equity. You only have to look at the list of resolutions passed at the last Conservative Party convention to recognize how despised women's rights are in his party.
What really burns is to recognize that neither pay equity nor the failure to address the needs of the most vulnerable was not considered a "poison pill" by the official opposition.
Sadly, I was hoping that Ignatieff would prove me wrong and display some courage. Unfortunately, I was wrong. It seems that vulnerability is an abstract concept for this Ivy League "human rights" expert.
Thanks to the Regina Mom, who reminded many of us that Anita Neville is the LPC critic for Status of Women, I fired off this letter:
Dear Ms. Neville,
I live in a riding adjacent to yours so I am not writing as one of your constituents but as a concerned Canadian woman. I am writing to you today since you are the Liberal critic responsible for the status of women.
The budget presented by Harper's Conservative government is a failed attempt at addressing the severe recession we are entering. Mr. Ignatieff seems to recognize this but still insists on supporting it with the proviso of periodic report cards. This is a meaningless gesture that does nothing to protect the most vulnerable, which includes many women across Canada. This budget provides little of no relief for low income, single income, unemployed and working women.
Those who are fortunate enough to still have jobs need meaningful childcare supports, something former PM Martin recognized but didn't act upon fast enough. Those without jobs or earning low incomes need refundable tax credit mechanisms to supplement household income and not increases in income exemptions and bracketing that fail to provide women with non-taxable incomes little relief. Many of the women who will lose their jobs will not qualify for EI benefits based on the current system. And lose their jobs they will since most women are employed in the retail and services sectors (including health care) and the taxation and economic stimulus measures will not create very many opportunities or protect jobs in these sectors.
But what really galls me is that the Liberals have failed to demand a reversal of the government's attack on pay equity. We have known that this was on the table since Flaherty first presented his economic update in November. Failing to demand that this loathsome and regressive move be struck from the budget is reprehensible. While President Obama moves the US a step forward, PM Harper with support of the official opposition moves Canada two steps backwards.
I beg of you that you vote with your conscience and engage your caucus to re-examine their official position. This is not the time to play petty politics.
Yours respectfully,
Beijing York
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Adopting 64-Bit Windows
MathWorks provides the following information to help MATLAB users and administrators make the transition to 64-bit Windows.
Note: References to MATLAB also apply to all products in the MATLAB and Simulink product families.
MATLAB Administrators
MATLAB Users
- What are the benefits of running the 64-bit version of MATLAB?
- Will switching to the 64-bit version of MATLAB impact the numeric results of my MATLAB applications?
- How can I determine if I am running a 32-bit or 64-bit version of MATLAB?
- How do I get my MEX files to run in the 64-bit version of MATLAB?
- Are MAT-files compatible between the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of MATLAB?
- I use other software applications that interoperate with MATLAB. Do all of these applications need to be 64-bit as well?
- Are there any other functional differences between the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of MATLAB?
MATLAB Administrators
R2015b is the last release of the 32-bit version of MATLAB for Windows. MathWorks releases subsequent to R2015b will not be available for the 32-bit Windows operating system. To use releases after R2015b, impacted users are advised to migrate to 64-bit Windows at this time. They can continue to use releases up through R2015b.
To run 64-bit applications, you need a 64-bit-capable computer and a 64-bit operating system.
Most PCs produced in the last decade are equipped with a CPU capable of executing 64-bit operating systems and applications. For more information on how to tell if a computer is 64-bit capable, see 32-Bit and 64-Bit Windows: Frequently Asked Questions from Microsoft.
In addition to a 64-bit-capable processor, you need a 64-bit version of Windows. Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10 have 64-bit versions.
MathWorks supports the 64-bit versions of Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10 with current service packs. Refer to the system requirements page for more detailed information.
MATLAB Users
Access to larger amounts of memory is the most immediate benefit to a MATLAB user. A 32-bit application has theoretical access to 2^32 bytes (4 gigabytes) of addressable memory. However, Windows claims at least a quarter of this, leaving MATLAB with, at best, 3 gigabytes of addressable memory. A 64-bit application has access to all of the memory installed on the computer, and much more if you consider virtual memory. MATLAB users who work with large data sets or who receive out-of-memory errors are likely to have an improved experience when using the 64-bit version of MATLAB.
Possibly. All MATLAB numeric types in the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of MATLAB are the same size, providing broad consistency between the two. At the lowest level of operation, however, a 32-bit and 64-bit application may use CPU registers of differing widths, which can result in slightly different answers due to round-off effects. This effect can be more pronounced when working with data of type single. The differences are unimportant in many applications, but re-examine any application with a high sensitivity to numerical results when transitioning to the 64-bit version of MATLAB.
In the MATLAB Desktop, select
Help > About. The About MATLAB dialog box indicates which version you are running.
For programmatic options, refer to How can I determine if I am running a 32-bit version of MATLAB or a 64-bit version of MATLAB?
MEX source files and anything they call must be recompiled for 64-bit Windows. Since 32-bit and 64-bit MEX-files use different file name extensions (
.mexw32 and
.mexw64 respectively), it is possible to have both 32-bit and 64-bit MEX binaries in the same folder.
Changes in the MEX API to support large data sets may require some accommodation. See How do I update MEX-files to use the large array handling API for further discussion.
Updating Fortran MEX files for 64-bit versions of MATLAB may require additional work, described in the following resources:
MAT-files created with 32-bit versions and 64-bit versions of MATLAB are compatible with each other.
Note: With large data sets that use the
-7.3 MAT-file format, it is possible for the 64-bit version of MATLAB to produce a MAT-file that is too large for the 32-bit version of MATLAB.
While 64-bit Windows can run both 32-bit and 64-bit applications and software components, interoperability between two applications may require that both programs be either 32-bit or 64-bit.
In-process communication between 64-bit versions of MATLAB and other applications and software components requires that the other software also be 64-bit. Some examples include, but are not limited to:
- Calling a MEX binary
- Using a COM object or Active-X control
- Loading a library through LoadLibrary
- Connecting Database Toolbox to a database via an ODBC interface
- Connecting to hardware using a vendor-supplied driver
Using external software with a 64-bit version of MATLAB in the following situations does not require a 64-bit version of the external software:
- Exchanging data through files
- Invoking another application using the
!or system command
- Communicating via an out-of-process mechanism such as the MATLAB Engine, Automation (with MATLAB as either a client or server), SOAP, or sockets (TCP/IP)
- Using .NET assemblies, unless they are built for a specific platform
There are a small number of functional differences between the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of MATLAB. The following table summarizes the differences:
|32-bit version
|64-bit version
MATLAB Compiler
Supports 32-bit Excel
Supports 64-bit Excel, and as of R2015b, also supports 32-bit Excel
Data Acquisition Toolbox
Supports a broad range of CompactDAQ, M-Series, and other legacy devices from National Instruments and others
Supports a broad range of M-series, X-series, CompactDAQ, and other devices from National Instruments. Support for certain audio devices, Digilent devices, and Analog Devices devices is also available
Supports Simulink connectivity to DAQ devices from National Instruments and other vendors
Instrument Control Toolbox
Supports a broad range of 32-bit VXIplug&play, IVI-C, IVI-COM, and MATLAB high-level drivers
Supports a broad range of 64-bit VXIplug&play, IVI-C, and MATLAB instrument drivers
Supports GPIB adaptors from a number of vendors including Keysight (Agilent) and National Instruments. Also supports 32-bit VISA implementations from Keysight (Agilent) National Instruments and Tektronix
Supports Keysight (Agilent) and National Instruments GPIB adaptors and 64-bit implementations of VISA libraries from Keysight (Agilent) and National Instruments
Vehicle Network Toolbox
Supports CAN hardware from a number of vendors including Vector, Kvaser, PEAK-Systems, and National Instruments NI-CAN devices
Supports CAN hardware from a number of vendors including Vector, Kvaser, PEAK-Systems, and National Instruments NI-XNET devices
Simulink Coder
External mode requires all 32-bit systems
External mode requires all 64-bit systems


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Monday, October 01, 2012
Victoria Regional Airport (KVCT), Texas: Air service resumes with arrival of Sun Air
Did you know ... ?
Sun Air International hopes to hire two to three more licensed airplane mechanics to service Victoria's aircraft. Those interested can contact the Victoria Regional Airport at 361-578-2704.
The Victoria Regional Airport's terminal bustled with quiet activity Monday as cleaning crews wiped up smudges, travelers checked in and uniformed security personnel ensured everything was on the up-and-up.
Though a common scene for most airports, it was one long-awaited locally.
After three flightless months, Sun Air International took off in Victoria about 11:45 a.m.
Victoria's commercial air service has been grounded since Colgan Air pulled out June 30.
Monday's initial flight was the first leg of Victoria resident Joetta Rocha's weeklong trip to Cancun. The annual trip, now on its 12th or 13th year, is a family tradition.
Although she originally planned to drive to Houston, she said she was glad Victoria's air service began when it did. She read in the paper Sunday that passengers could book flights, she said, and asked her daughter to sign her up.
"This was much easier," said Rocha, one of two passengers who boarded the nine-seat plane about 11:30 a.m.
Local flights won't only help for trips out of town, Rocha said, but for visitors who make their way in to visit. Her two children venture to Victoria about twice a year each.
"We've missed our air service here," she said. "I just hope the community will sponsor it like they did the other company."
Thomas Cooper, president and CEO of Sun Air International, visited the airport to see the first flight off.
It's his policy to visit any new town his airline joins, he said, noting he found Victoria to be a welcoming community.
Cooper joked that employees cringe when he comes on site because he's picky about making sure things go smoothly. A Sun Air International sign behind the check-in counter was off-kilter by probably a quarter of an inch, he pointed out, explaining the little details matter.
"If I don't notice when something's wrong, a passenger will," he said.
Last-minute paperwork pushed the 10:15 a.m. flight back about an hour, he noted but he hoped to have each minor detail ironed out soon.
Cooper, a former pilot of 30 years, said customer service was his company's main goal.
Efforts to improve service include added flights - four round-trip flights between Houston and Victoria during weekdays and two on Saturday and Sunday - as well as an extra plane to avoid rescheduled flights due to mechanical issues. Interline ticketing and baggage agreements also allow passengers to check bags and go through security just once.
Sun Air rehired personnel who had previously worked at the airport, Cooper said, and established a two-person maintenance hub for the planes. Still, he said, he hoped to hire two to three more licensed airplane mechanics in the near future.
Jason Milewski, the airport's manager, found himself busy on Monday, running back and forth to work out last-minute details. Still, as passengers prepared to board, he said he was glad to see operations under way.
"We expected zero people today," he said with a smile. "This is great."
Cooper, too, said he was proud of the new beginning.
"I like to think that, with our agreements and arrangements, this airport is a gateway to the world," he said. "Via Houston."
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Stage 6 - Stroke Mechanics
School Age - Swim Lessons
Stage 6 swim lessons for school age children at the YMCA focus on stroke mechanics, refining the stroke technique for all four of the major competitive swimming styles. At this advanced stage, elements of competitive swim are also introduced, such as flip turns and efficiency techniques. Deep water safety skill enhancement and endurance techniques are also reinforced. Students are encouraged to participate on the swim team after graduating from this course for further skill development. See Swim Lessons for an overview of our Stages progression.
On or before 04/30/2020
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This is an advanced stroke class that focuses on getting children ready for a competitive level swim team environment. Student will focus on Refining stroke movements, flip turns, and starts. Students will build endurance to swim up to 150 yards.


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Recipe of Ina Garten
One of my favorites Chefs. I love this burger
2 pounds ground Niman Ranch beef or other grass-fed premium beef (80 percent lean and 20 percent fat)
1 tablespoon good Dijon mustard
3 tablespoons good olive oil, plus extra for brushing the grill
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
3 sandwich-size English muffins, halved
Good mayonnaise
Caramelized Onions, recipe follows
Caramelized Onions:
2 tablespoons good olive oil
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 pounds yellow onions, peeled and sliced in half-rounds
1/2 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
2 tablespoons sherry wine vinegar
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Build a charcoal fire or heat a gas grill.
Place the ground beef in a large bowl and add the mustard, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Mix gently with a fork to combine, taking care not to compress the ingredients. Shape the meat into 6 (3 1/2-inch) patties of equal size and thickness.
When the grill is medium-hot, brush the grill grate with oil to keep the burgers from sticking. Place the burgers on the grill and cook for 4 minutes. Using a big spatula, turn the burgers and cook for another 3 to 4 minutes, until medium-rare or more, or cook longer if you prefer hamburgers more well done.
Meanwhile, break apart the English muffins and toast the 6 halves cut side down on the grill. Spread each half with mayonnaise and top with a burger and then with a heaping tablespoon of caramelized onions. Serve hot.
Caramelized Onions:
Heat the olive oil and butter in a large shallow pot, add the onions and thyme, and toss with the oil. Place the lid on top and cook over medium-low heat for about 10 minutes to sweat the onions. Remove the lid and continue to cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, for 25 to 30 minutes, until the onions are caramelized and golden brown. If the onions are cooking too fast, lower the heat. Add the vinegar, salt, and pepper and cook for 2 more minutes, scraping the brown bits from the pan. Season to taste (they should be very highly seasoned).


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A woman who can stir emotions and be touched by them. Her life is itself an emotion. One she lives fully and unconditionally with one single purpose: make her childhood dreams come true, for in fashion she always reflected her soul and purest essence. This desire did turn into reality.
This is the story of Elisabetta Franchi, the beating heart of the namesake brand, who managed to rock the female universe with her style and creativity: her success rests on her unlimited passion, painstaking care for product design, sheer devotion to her job and a good share of pragmatic sense. The story began in Bologna, the city where Elisabetta was born in 1968, the third of five children of a humble family. Years later Elisabetta remembered how the lack of a father and the family hardships, mixed with her passion and determination to turn her life around brought her to following her dream with great obstinacy, without giving up before the struggles of life. She made her debut in fashion during her studies at Bologna's Istituto Aldrovandi Rubbiani. Meanwhile, she made a living by doing several temporary jobs, for instance, she worked as a salesgirl, which taught her to pay attention to the consumers' needs and listen to their opinions. This lesson was crucial for her, so much that it would lay the foundation of her professional success.
From a professional standpoint, Elisabetta Franchi learnt her trade moving from one boutique to another, until she opened her first workshop, Le Complici, in 1996. There, she began to give shape to her ideas and fashion her first creations, following her instinct and with only 5 people to help her (now they are over 150).
This is where she put the craft – which she had learnt to master in her boutique years – to good use: she studied people, kept an eye out on street trends and focused her creativity on the product. Thanks to the outstanding skill to personalise and customise products, the workshop began to grow: in 1998 she founded Betty Blue S.p.a to fashion the CELYN b collection, a name that resonates with the unmistakeable Paris style and where the letter b stands for "Betta", short for the designer's name. The style is quite clear and stands out for its extremely feminine urban chic mood, with curvy fits and impeccable silhouettes. These two features are the brand's strong suit still today.
"When I began in 1998, either you were good or you didn't get far. This is why I am used to fighting. You must have your goals very clear in your mind and be confident about accomplishing them. There is no room for even the slightest doubt. I chose a very specific, very feminine type of target; it does not matter whether she is 17 or 50, as long as she wants to show her feminine side".
Her words embody the very essence of her style as it unfolded since the very beginning.
In 2006 the designer bought the facilities of an old pharmaceutical company; in 2008, after two long years developing and renovating it, the building became the maison's headquarters: over 6,000 m2 of modern and functional beauty, Miami style, surrounded by the Bologna countryside. The restyling project followed the eco-sustainable architecture paradigm and restored the building to its old splendour while expressing the passion Elisabetta Franchi has always nourished, right next to fashion, for architecture and design.
Today, Elisabetta Franchi has chosen Milan to open her first key account showroom: the new via Tortona 9 facility stands as a black 950 m2, 6-storey monolith, whose design is a prelude to the sophisticated elegance of the collections is houses inside. Elisabetta decided to feature personally on her products: since 2012 she has been the signature behind her collections.
"I want my reputation and signature to be on my creations, in order to have a clear, straightforward relation with my customers". And customers just love her. They stop her on the streets to thank her for creating a fashion that represents them and with the right price/quality ratio, designed for women who are out to like themselves before appealing to men.
She is the creator of a perfect Made in Italy prêt à porter that owes its success to her style and the particular production strategy based on quality, excellence and care for detail. In little over a decade, the dream of a creative person with a strong pragmatic sense turned into the latest fashion sensation.
A dream that came true also thanks to the special people that assisted her along the journey and believed in her: one in particular was Sabatino Cennamo. The entrepreneur, bound to the designer by a professional and sentimental tie, was one of the main reasons for Elisabetta Franchi's career and the Managing Director of the company until his untimely death in 2008. This ambitious and creative man contributed to the brand's success because he believed in it with all his soul.


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COROT launch postponed
COROT, the upcoming mission to detect exoplanets and probe the interior of stars, now has 27 December as a tentative launch date for its launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The launch was previously planned for 21 December.
After launch, COROT will be set onto a polar circular orbit around Earth. This orbit will allow for continuous observation of two large regions in opposite directions of the sky for more than 150 days each. Within each region there are many selected star fields that will be monitored in turn. The first target field is towards Orion, then the spacecraft will turn towards the centre of our Galaxy, the Milky Way.
For more information
Malcolm Fridlund, ESA COROT Project Scientist
Email: malcolm.fridlund @ esa.int


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DOVER — Freezing rain, sleet and heavy snow hung around the Garrison City until dusk on Thursday, while surrounding coastal communities experienced mostly rain.
AccuWeather Meteorologist Mark Paquette said this is commonly seen in New England, claiming it to be "classic" Northeast weather.
Portsmouth saw rain for most of the day, along with York, Maine, with Paquette adding that the Atlantic Ocean has been warmer than normal, causing the coast to have higher temperatures, bringing less snow and more rain.
While Portsmouth was only expected to see a dusting to an inch of snow to end out the storm Thursday night, Dover saw upward of a foot of snow in some areas, although it was difficult to find an average estimate, with wind gusts drifting the snow. Somersworth was also reporting close to 12 inches of snow.
Winter storm warnings were in effect until 4 a.m. today for many parts of the region, including Rollinsford and Somersworth and Berwick, South Berwick, North Berwick, Maine.
The blustery wintry conditions did not keep all residents inside, as Foster's found Mike Cartelli, owner of Cartelli's Bar and Grill, clearing the sidewalks with a snowblower in the area of his restaurant and Oriental Delight during the afternoon.
"He's a good man. He helps a lot," neighboring restaurant owner Judy Pu said as she cleared some snow with her husband, Shen, in front of Oriental Delight.
Somersworth Market Basket's Abby Beaulier said the store was quiet, with just "whoever can make it out" shopping during the afternoon.
"We have called the majority of the staff to stay home and we only have a couple registers open," she said.
At a normally busy breakfast spot, Weeks Kitchen was brimming with customers as several inches of slush lined the sidewalks in that area of the city. Despite the strong winds, cook John Nason grabbed a red snow shovel to help dig out a customer's vehicle parked in front of the restaurant with its tires buried in heavy snow.
"People need the help," he said of why he came out of the warm kitchen to shovel.
As for storm-related incidents, the Garrison City saw very few by early afternoon with police and fire officials reporting only minor car accidents due to vehicles sliding off slippery roadways.
Somersworth police did say an 18-wheeler slipped off the road downtown blocking Green Street. No damage or injuries were reported, but it did take an hour to clear the scene.
South Berwick, Maine, police saw very few sliding cars, reporting it was pretty quiet, "just the way we like it."
Durham Deputy Police Chief Rene Kelley said the college town was calm during the storm and he suspected many residents stayed home due to the weather.
Lee and Madbury did not report any accidents, but said roadways were treacherous during the afternoon as snow continued to accumulate.
No power outages were known to officials in the area as of 6 p.m.
"I just wish it would stop," Judy Mason of Somersworth Convenience said. "There are at least six more inches to go home to in Rochester. I came in with four-wheel-drive and I'll go home with four-wheel-drive."
Staff writers Andrea Bulfinch and Christina Higginbotham contributed to this report.


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As the old saying goes, "you drive for show and you putt for dough."
Loads of new equipment will be introduced to the public at next week's PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando. While all the shiny, new stuff is wonderful to look at, we all know the most important stick in your bag is the short one (or, the long one for those of you with bad backs).
With that, for this week's, 'A Quick Nine,' feature, we asked our Facebook fans: What type of putter do you use?
Usually, we post our featured question a couple of times to yield a variety of responses. This time, I guess you could say we, "one-putted." Yep. Asked the question just once and, thanks to you, received nearly 300 responses.
So, let's see what particular putter is saving our readers the most strokes:
1. Taylor-Made. This particular company has made a big push in recent years with the flat-stick.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Taylor-Made Nubbins!!! B7 model." -- Mario Tamburino
"Taylor-Made Monza Spider." -- Jd Dickinson
"Taylor-Made Rossi Corza mallet. Older but love it." -- Pasquale A. Ricciardone
"Taylor-Made Rossa Daytona Ghost." -- Richedrian Johnson
"Taylor-Made Rossa Daytona Ghost." -- Seth Trolia
"Rossa Monte Carlo... awesome!" -- Jonathan Smith
"New late season purchase 2010 TM Rossi Monza chest length... love it." -- Mike Raunig
2. PING. Pretty much old reliable. Even though they haven't, it just feels as though PING putters have been around since the beginning of time.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Ping Zing RedWood series." -- Clint Hutchens
"Ping Anser." -- Seth Ray
"Ping Zing." -- Donna Fried
"Ping Craz-e Karsten." -- Sergio Alvarez
"Ping A-Blade (Very old one, from the 1960s)." -- Benjamin D. Wolfe
"Ping Zing, 10+ years old." -- Marc Conter
"Ping Zing. Nice classic style putter that I have used for almost 20 years." -- Chris Taylor
"Ping '69'... not sure how many are out there but I have been putting with it for 16 years." -- Bradley Small
"Ping Faith (mallet head)." -- James Conlan
3. Titleist. Scotty Cameron, to be specific. He's arguably the most famous putter maker in the world.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Studio Select Scotty Cameron Newport 2." -- Andrew Purcell
"Scotty Cameron Studio Style Newport 2... It's only right that I have a putter with my name on it." -- Cameron Grant
"Scotty Cameron Putter! Gotta love the way the ball rolls after hit." -- Peter Gregory Owens
"Custom Scotty Del-Mar." -- Preston Heidt
"Scotty Cameron Bulls-Eye blade." -- Kevin Murphy
"Scotty Cameron... Fastback #1." -- Brian Alas
"Scotty Cameron Newport 2.5." -- Ryan Caesar
"Scotty Cameron Button Back Newport." -- Tony Montovano
"Scotty Cameron Studio Stainless." -- Wayne Davis
"Cameron Newport -- as it is simply the best for rolling the pill." -- Shaun Bezilla
4. Mizuno. Perhaps a surprise appearance on the list?
Facebook fan quote:
"Mizuno insert putter H 705 Prospec." -- Andy Murray
5. Nike. The newest line of Nike putters are really making a splash on the PGA Tour.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Nike Ignite Mid Mallet #3." -- Tomáš Hofman
"Nike Method 001." -- Garrick Malone
"Nike Method 1 and 3." -- Clifford Whittington
"Nike Method 002." -- Justin Darnell
"Nike OZ." -- Jared Wolflin
"Nike Method 004." -- Allen Sparvier
"Nike Ignite." -- Kevin Kirsh
6. Odyssey. With its innovative designs, it seems Odyssey always has something new and interesting to offer.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Odyssey White Hot #1." -- Nathan Hoffman
"Odyssey Black #2." -- Jon Stadler
"Odyssey Marxman." -- Loni Birdsbill
"Odyssey White Hot Tour #2 CS." -- Troy Katterheinrich
"Odyssey White Hot #1." -- Joseph Cerulli
"Odyssey 2 Ball SRT." -- Alex Smith
"Odyssey White Hot Tour Rossie." -- Mark Boyd
"Odyssey White Hot #4 Putter 34" 6 years running." -- Tony Lutz
"Odyssey White Ice Sabertooth. I like it a lot, but the new Backstryke D.A.R.T. looks tempting." -- Ryan Niepagen
7. SeeMore. Zach Johnson used this type of putter when he won the Masters and, as you can see below, 2008 PGA of America, "First Lady of Golf," award winner Carol Mann uses it too!
Facebook fan quotes:
"SeeMore so I can see more putts go in!!!!!" -- Carol Mann
"Custom-made SeeMore mFGP." -- Igor Zagórowski
8. Cleveland. Known primarily for its wedges, Cleveland is also producing some nice putters.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Heel-shafted Cleveland. Ben Crenshaw signature model." -- Scott Flowers
"Cleveland VP." -- Karen Short Kee
"Cleveland Classic." -- Brent Wade
"Cleveland Classic #2." -- Kyle Ehret
9. Bobby Grace. Now there's a putter name I haven't heard in a while!
Facebook fan quotes:
"Bobby Grace MacGregor!" -- Luke Kilcup
"Bobby Grace 2300 blade." -- Bryan J Gill
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Poliqarp for DjVu is an open-source search engine software for DjVu corpora available on GNU GPL license, developped by Janusz S. Bień at the University of Warsaw. It relies on the DjVu format and allows to present end-users with results of advanced language technologies.
Conceived as a modification of the Poliqarp (Polyinterpretation Indexing Query and Retrieval Procesor) corpus query tool, it inherits from its origin the powerfull search facilities based on two-level regular expressions, which can be used in the queries to circumvent the OCR errors, but also the ability to represent low-level ambiguities and other linguistic phenomena. It delivers highlighted results and KWIC search results.
Although at present the tool is used mainly to facilitate access to the results of dirty OCR, it is ready to handle also more sophisticated output of linguistic technologies.
Poliqarp for DjVu is in particular used for a non-medieval corpus (corpus of historical Polish (since 1570 to 1756), with issues related to medieval corpus (spelling, abbreviations, etc.)
The software can be used for the scans of "Lexicon Mediae et Infimae Latinitatis Polonorum" (http://rcin.org.pl/publication/15584) prepared at the cost of the European Fund of Regional Development under the framework of Operational Programme – Innovative Economy, Priority Ax 2. Investment projects relating to development of information infrastructure of science within the 2.3.2 sub-action – The Projects in the area of development of information resources of science in a digital form. Unfortunately, although at first the scans have been available freely "to all for their own use, for scientific, educational or teaching purposes", since February 2013 the access to them is severely limited: "Publication accessible in the Institute of Polish Language of the Polish Academy of Sciences network for their [?] own use, for scientific, educational or teaching purposes".
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The typical iPhone user spends more on his or her phone bill than any other smartphone, according to a report.
Consumer Intelligence Research Partners released data on average monthly carrier bills, and an iPhone typically user spend more than $100 a month. About 59 percent spent more than $100 and 10 percent spent more than $200 a month, according to AllThingsD.
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Only 53 percent of Android users spent more than $100 a month and only 7 percent spent more than $200. Forty percent of Blackberry users spend more than $100, while 56 percent of Windows Phone users spent more than $100. (No Windows Phone users spent more than $200.)
It's not that iPhone users are using more, but that their plans are more expensive than Android plans, CIRP told AllThingsD.
"Given the subsidies on iPhones, the carriers are working hard to make their money back during the course of the contract," said CIRP's Josh Levitz. "With the exception of perhaps the hottest Android phones, we think the subsidies on Android phones are lower, so the carriers make more money even with slightly lower per-subscriber revenue."
CIRP also reported that 88 percent of iPhone users stayed with the iOS versus 64 percent of Android users. The numbers were much lower for Blackberry (7 percent) and Windows Phone users (9 percent.)
What the report tells us is that iPhone and Android users are happy with their devices, but it seems the Apple users are getting a worse deal. Perhaps that's related to the larger subsidies on Android, or perhaps it's that carriers believe that iPhone users will pay a higher price.


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Veteran Motley Fool Hidden Gems members know what we love to find in a small company. Honest, competent management. Solid financials. High levels of insider ownership. Strong returns on equity and assets. Little or no Wall Street coverage. And a price that's right for long-term buyers.
What we don't often talk about, though, are the things that can go bump in the night -- the nasty traits of some small businesses that make us fear and loathe them.
3,500 and counting
There are more than 3,500 public companies capitalized at less than $500 million on our major U.S. exchanges. Sure, there are loads of great winners in that bunch, companies that are poised to rise many times in value. Look back, and you'll find businesses such as Guess?
But let's not kid ourselves. Out of those thousands of small companies, there are tons of mediocre (and worse) ones. Like Tolkien's terrible dragon, Smaug, they can incinerate your savings in no time. (Hey, we warned you this was scary stuff!) Quite seriously, if you're not doing business research and you don't know what to avoid out there, you could lose your fortune. When even long-haul outperformers such as Whole Foods
Let's start with an example of what to avoid.
Case study: Charter Communications
In our active online community, a Motley Fool Hidden Gems member asked us in 2003 what we thought of Charter Communications, a broadband cable company whose chairman and largest shareholder is Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. The business is also substantially owned by Wally Weitz, a Nebraska-based investor greatly admired by Warren Buffett fans, who found great returns in stocks like Apollo Group
Charter stock had fallen from $25 to $4.50, and our member wanted to know whether it was a good time to get in for a turnaround.
We'll start by saying that at Hidden Gems, we absolutely love the broken small cap that's poised for a turnaround. Show us a company whose stock has fallen 90% from its highs, whose chairman is a billionaire, and whose largest institutional owner is a close friend of Warren Buffett, and we'll sign up to do very careful research. That's exactly what we did with Charter Communications at $4.50.
But we did not like what we found. Here's why, in 2003, we warned against investing in this business:
- Massive debt. Net debt (debt minus cash) was more than $18 billion.
- Net debt was 28 times the company's market cap of $640 million.
- Charter was unprofitable under generally accepted accounting principles, with $1.5 billion in yearly interest costs.
- Debt covenants posed a serious threat to the company's survival.
- The SEC had launched an investigation into Charter's accounting practices.
- Heavy spending for cable infrastructure hadn't yielded high enough returns.
Near the end of June 2003, I (Tom) wrote negatively about this stock when it was trading at more than $4. It's tough to go contrary to Paul Allen and Wally Weitz. But there was no turnaround in sight, and the company's balance sheet was cratering. Charter itself cratered, dropping to less than $1 per share. The stock has been on a roller coaster since then, and now sits around $1.30.
What we do and don't fear
Oddly enough, our Hidden Gems team does not fear -- in and of itself -- high debt. One of our recommendations, Middleby, carried more than $100 million in debt after buying a competitor and repurchasing founder shares. Yet, the stock has risen 520% since the original 2003 recommendation, and we remain very optimistic about its future. The company's operations are plenty strong to repay those obligations.
Nor do we fear companies that have fallen well off their all-time highs. Reynolds American
Each of these scary factors individually could make for a compelling investment as the stock price drops into the real value range.
So, what was the problem with Charter Communications? The scale of its debt, running north of $18 billion, alongside harsh payment terms and emerging accounting problems.
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This article was originally published on Jan. 13, 2005. It has been updated.
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One of the two teenagers accused of seriously injuring a woman by throwing a brick from an interstate overpass implicated his friend in a videotaped statement to police, according to court testimony.
TUSCALOOSA | One of two teenagers accused of seriously injuring a woman by throwing a brick from an interstate overpass implicated his friend in a videotaped statement to police, according to court testimony.
Adam Shane Herren and Jordan Price, both 16, are charged with first-degree assault. They are accused of throwing the brick that caused serious injuries to Melissa Jones, who was driving with three of her children to the birth of her first grandchild at Northport Medical Center.
Both teenagers were in court Tuesday afternoon for a preliminary hearing. The lead investigator in the case testified about evidence against the young men, including implicating witness statements, their own statements and Internet searches conducted from Price's seized phone.
Jones, 40, was injured by a 5-pound brick dropped from the Keenes Mill Road overpass on the night of Sept. 16.
"She had a huge gash, probably 10 inches long, that was closed with 45 stitches or staples," Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit Investigator Simon Miller testified in Tuscaloosa County District Court on Tuesday. "Her right lung was collapsed, she had a broken sternum and a broken right collarbone. It dislocated both shoulders, broke both jawbones and several teeth. She had several lacerations on her shoulder."
Jones is recovering, but she still faces more surgeries.
Herren told officers that he and Price had been hanging out in a vacant lot near their homes that Sunday afternoon when Price picked up a brick and mentioned that it would spark if dropped on the interstate, Miller said. He read a summary of the videotaped interview, which was not shown at the hearing.
They dropped a brick from the overpass, which didn't hit a vehicle and did cause sparks, Miller said. Herren said he felt that Price was planning to aim for a vehicle, so he left the bridge, Miller read. Herren told officers that he heard a crash before the two ran to their car. He said that Price was laughing because he had struck a vehicle, the investigator testified.
Price told investigators in a statement videotaped the same night that the two were not responsible. According to Price's statement, they had been at his house on Keenes Mill Road before visiting a friend in Vance for a few minutes and returned back to his home a minute later than his 9 p.m. curfew. Price told officers that he had not been on the bridge in years, Miller said.
Homicide investigators confiscated Price's phone and found that someone had conducted Internet searches including "Are lie detectors accurate?" and "How long is a prison sentence for attempted murder?" Someone searched for a newspaper story about the incident and emailed it to one of Price's friends, Miller said. There were text messages on the phone to Price's friends denying that he committed the crime and stating that he was being framed.
Police found footprints in the sandy mud on the bridge that they believe matched the size and tread of Price's sneakers. Price voluntarily gave investigators the shoes when they came to his home later that night.
"He was a little uncooperative. He didn't want to answer questions fully. He gave short answers to questions like, 'Were you on the bridge tonight?' " Miller said.
Investigators first visited the teens' homes at the suggestion of Coaling police officers, who had contact with the teens in the past, Miller said.
The investigators spoke to another witness who had seen the teenagers walking on the bridge at about 5 p.m. that day. They spoke to a coal miner who said someone in a red car threw something from their car and hit his windshield that afternoon. They spoke to a truck driver whose truck was hit by a cinderblock dropped from the overpass minutes before Jones' vehicle was hit and to the truck driver who came to Jones' aid.
Frederick Golden told officers that he thought Jones must be having a heart attack or other medical emergency when he saw her SUV weaving between lanes. He drove in both lanes to keep other traffic at a distance until her 14-year-old son pulled the vehicle to the side of the interstate. Golden called 911 and helped calm Jones' sons, 14, 8 and 5, until police arrived.
"I was just a fellow human being helping a person in need," Golden said in the police statement that Miller read in court.
District Judge Jim Guin found probable cause to continue prosecution of Herren and Price.
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Open Office For Android? Is not available at the Google Playstore. Will it be available soon?
Anyone use and could you please review for me OpenDocument Reader [free] and Mobile Document Viewer[Full] @ $1.99.
Thanx for your kind attention.
User community support forum for Apache OpenOffice, LibreOffice and all the OpenOffice.org derivatives
9a. "Is there a version of OpenOffice for iPad3?"
9b. "Can I load OpenOffice onto my Google Android tablet?"
(Combining two related questions)
Apache OpenOffice is available from the project for Windows, MacOS and Linux. Community members additionally have ported OpenOffice to BSD, Solaris and OS/2, and make these ports available on their own websites. There is no port of OpenOffice for tablets. However, there are some 3rd party solutions that allow remote access to an OpenOffice session, for example rollApp.
ERROLTY wrote:Open Office For Android? Is not available at the Google Playstore. Will it be available soon?
Tim Worstall at Forbes.com wrote:Take my own computing use: email and browsing, of course. Phones and or tablets already can handle that. Above that I do a little light word processing and some spreadsheets. And that really is about it. As and when there's an Open Office for Android (just to take an example) I could well imagine my never using a PC again, let alone buying one. And as I say, I really don't think I'm alone in this sort of usage.
It's even possible to offer up a design in a way. Take something in the Galaxy Note size and format. Add a hardware keyboard like a Sony Experia. VGA and USB (maybe Bluetooth) outlets so that an external monitor and full size keyboard can be added. And if there's that Open Office (or LibreOffice, just something with that functionality) for Android, or whatever operating system that "phone" is running, then I would be catered to.
And the thing is, I can see those devices being offered soon enough. So it's is possible that this fall in PC shipments isn't just a blip, we really might be at peak PC.
Chad Buenaflor at thedroidguy.com wrote:Aside from having access to the apps in Google Play this tablet will also be able to access Ubuntu specific apps. Some of the popular software that you will be able to run includes Libre Office, VLC and possibly GIMP just to name a few.
sjvn at zdnet wrote:LibreOffice, Gimp, Rhythmbox, etc.--will all run on Ubuntu phones.
officesoftware wrote:Any additional suggestions?
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|Dev: Hothead Games
|Pub: Electronic Arts
|Release: August 30, 2011
|Players: 1-2
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Blood, Cartoon Violence, Crude Humor, Mild Language, Mild Sexual Themes, Tobacco Reference
Frankly, the biggest problem with this game is that the combat isn't very fun. Ranged weapons are useless (even though you can now charge them all for bigger blasts). Your powerful Justice special attack is your primary means of death-dealing, and every other attack just has you running around blindly and hoping you won't die. Combat is the majority of the game, and as a result there are numerous areas that either frustrate you or bore you so much you just want to put the game down. You can bring a buddy along for the ride, but it doesn't really help. In the end, it just means two people get frustrated instead of one.
Then there are the inventory and leveling systems, which haven't been changed at all from the previous DeathSpank games. Once again, leveling up just gets you a level card, and while you can choose from multiple cards each level, you'll see and unlock them all eventually anyway. The inventory is still just a massive grid of spaces that you'll have to shuffle around items in. You can sort your items, but that doesn't really help anything. You can assign a weapon to each of the four face buttons on your controller, an item to each direction on the d-pad, and a piece of equipment to each of DeathSpank's body parts. However, there is an "equip strongest armor" function, and weapon choice rarely comes down to anything else other than "equip the strongest four things you have."
Now, that's not to say the game is all bad. It looks absolutely amazing. DeathSpank will visit areas such as an idyllic town, a world straight out of The Godfather, mad science laboratories, forests of the dead, and more. The hand-drawn pop-up book style environments continue to be a visual treat; that much hasn't changed.
In addition, the voice acting is just as good as it ever was, and DeathSpank and his cohorts have impeccable comedic timing. The music is pretty generic for a fantasy action RPG, but it has an almost cartoonish twist to it. Overall, the sound quality hasn't dropped at all.
I'm not usually angry at a developer for giving us more of the same, but The Baconing somehow manages to be less of the same. It's a DeathSpank that just isn't as enjoyable as the previous DeathSpank titles. It's tedious, unfair, and just not very much fun for any reason other than its humor. Perhaps DeathSpank has worn out its welcome. I mean, there are only so many poop jokes you can hear before they stop being funny. Still, as a personal fan of DeathSpank and DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue, I was disappointed in The Baconing. Sure, it's only $15, but I expected a bit more for my money.
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|Yemeni Court Jails 3 Somali Pirates
|[An Nahar] A court in southeast Yemen on Saturday jugged
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
three Somali pirates for 10 years each after convicting them of hijacking boats in the Gulf of Aden, Saba state news agency said.
... and if you can't believe the state news agency who can you believe?
The defendants went on trial in 2011 after being charged with hijacking a Yemeni fishing boat and a foreign yacht with the aim of using the Yemeni vessel to carry out piracy attacks, Saba said.
The judge also ordered the defendants to pay the owner of the boat 750,000 rials ($3,492) in compensation for the amount he fished on the day of the attack and for the 15 days they held him captive, Saba said.
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