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Earlier today, LG officially launched a rather unique product – the LG Pocket Photo Printer (PD221). The Pocket Photo is being dubbed by LG as a smart mobile printer, and the device certainly lives up to its nomenclature. I've been using a unit that was gifted to me for the past couple of months.
The printer is incredibly small – it's actually slightly smaller than my Galaxy SIII. However, the thickness means that you won't be actually able to carry this in your pocket (unless you're wearing a jacket or a coat). The printer produces 5.1 x 7.6cm (2 x 3 inch) prints, which are definitely not large enough to please a photographer, but are good for quickly capturing and sharing fun moments with friends.
The Pocket Photo PD221 is USB powered, and can also run on battery. The battery doesn't last long, but the good thing is that it only takes a few minutes to charge up. Once it's charged, the indicator changes from red to green, and you're good to go. Before you can print though, you'll need to install the LG Pocket Photo app from the Play Store. Windows and iPhone users are out of luck though, since the app is only available for Android. The app is pretty straightforward and simple to use. You can apply Instagram-like photo effects, crop and rotate the picture, add text or even a custom QR code. Once you're happy with the photo, you need to hit the print button. The Pocket Photo transmits via Bluetooth. Pressing and holding the power button makes it discoverable. However, if you have an NFC equipped phone, you can skip the hassle of searching and pairing with the printer. Just tap your phone on the printer, and it should instantly start transmitting. At least in theory. In practice, it took a couple of tries to get it right, but the entire process was still pretty hassle free. The Android app can also print multiple photos in a single page, so you can also use the printer for quick and dirty passport photos.
The LG Pocket Photo uses a special paper known as ZINK (Zero Ink). Unlike traditional InkJet printers, it doesn't require any ink. Instead it prints by applying heat on the special ZINK paper. This is the innovation that enabled LG to shrink the printer. The LG Pocket Photo is undoubtedly an incredibly cool device. Take a snap, fire up the app, tap on your printer, and in less than a minute you would have the pic in your hand. Unfortunately, the ZINK technology has its limitations. The quality of the prints isn't bad, but isn't very good either. The color reproduction is off, as a result of which images appear washed out and tinted.
The biggest caveat of the PD221 is its price. It doesn't serve a lot of purpose other than having some fun. The printouts are neither big enough nor good enough for a photographer. They're good for taking that quick passport photo when you really need it. They're also great for something you would want to keep in your wallet or on your table. However, they won't go into your photo album. For something with a limited utility, the LG mobile printer is just too expensive for most people. The printer is being launched at an MRP of 14990, and a pack of 30 papers cost Rs. 1099. Ten papers are bundled with the printer. The LG Pocket Photo Printer is something that will fit the drool worthy gadgets column in a magazine. It's not something the average consumer will purchase, but will probably attract the gadget affectionados who have the moolah to splurge on the coolest new gadget in the store.


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Defense attorneys in the probation case pushed for a mistrial Friday after a witness revealed he had discussed the case with another witness who had been a friend of his in the department. The judge took the motion under advisement and had not ruled on it late Friday.
As the defense tried to press its theory that a clique of malcontents within the probation department had seen their prospects improve after Commissioner John O'Brien's ouster, defense attorney William Fick learned he had been a subject of conversation between two witnesses.
"What's been discussed is you, in terms of what attorneys are aggressive," said Ed Dalton, a former regional administrator in the probation department, who said he and Ellen Slaney, a former probation official, had talked during her multi-day testimony at the outset of the trial, about the "600 sidebars" and other "logistics" of the weeks-long trial.
"Did prosecutors ever tell you there's a sequestration order?" asked Fick, O'Brien's attorney.
Dalton said, "No, I don't recall them saying anything about sequestration, whatever that means."
After the jury left for a midday break, Stellio Sinnis, another attorney for O'Brien, said he wanted to "push" for a mistrial, and Judge William Young said he would take it under advisement.
Sequestration orders generally prohibit witnesses from talking to each other about the case.
Former Probation Commissioner John O'Brien and two of his former deputies, Elizabeth Tavares and William Burke, are charged with rigging hiring in the department to benefit politically connected applicants, a scheme that prosecutors claim was hatched around the time O'Brien became commissioner.
Dalton had been passed over for promotion to deputy commissioner by O'Brien, and testified Friday he had been pressured into manipulating the scores of job interviews and at one point was directed to keep two people from being moved on to the final round. He said he was not happy when Tavares told him to make sure two people did not make the cut the night before February 2005 intermediate interviews with candidates for assistant chief probation officer at Barnstable District Court.
"I swore a bit because I was livid," said Dalton.
"As you were losing your composure, she was calm and responding to you calmly," said Tavares's attorney Brad Bailey.
Though he said he told no one but his wife until an investigation into the department was launched in 2010, Dalton recorded answering machine messages left for him by Janet Mucci, the personnel director, giving him names of candidates to advance and discussing the reasons they had to be favored.
In October 2000, Mucci left a message praising Dalton and telling him he needed to advance Doug MacLean, the son of a former senator from Fairhaven, and five other favored candidates for a position at a Dedham court.
"Jack was sort of praising you in there today. Now don't fall of your shoes laughing – but saying at that, but he was saying something about you doing a good job getting people on for finalists or something. I think that's what he was talking about. Anyway, so, now that I've just beefed you up a little bit, you've got to do this," according to a recording played for the jury and posted on the Boston Herald's website. In a chatty, half-whispered follow-up message that appears to lay out a quid pro quo, Mucci said, "Jack had had a meeting at the State House yesterday, or the day before, and I guess that triggered a lot of this. You know, and he got everything he wanted this year in the budget, moneywise. So they feel like they did that for him, and obviously he needs to do this for them."
In December 2000, Dalton said O'Brien demanded to know why he had failed to advance MacLean to the final round for positions in Dedham and Falmouth, and Dalton told him it was because of a criminal record MacLean discussed in his interview. O'Brien later appointed MacLean to a position at a New Bedford family court.
In January 2001, Dalton said he had been reprimanded by former probation official Fran Wall, now a key prosecution witness, who Dalton said told him "the commissioner wasn't happy" about his failing to advance certain candidates. Dalton stopped sitting on hiring panels until about 2005.
Prosecutor Karin Bell inquired about Dalton's efforts to steer the hiring process for the 2005 Barnstable position.
Dalton said the two candidates Tavares told him to block were left off his list of finalists because they did not do well in their interviews and said he did not pass along any directive about them to the two other interview panelists, Judge Joseph Reardon and David Park, the court's chief probation officer.
Under questioning by Bailey, Dalton said one of the disfavored candidates, Joseph Zavatsky, had performed poorly on four audits, which are shared with the commissioner's office, and Dalton believed the other, Barry Nunes, lacked some traits necessary for leadership in the department.
When one of the commissioner's favored candidates missed his 11:20 a.m. interview and didn't show up until about 2 p.m., when the candidate thought he was scheduled to be interviewed, Dalton said he tried to delay the proceedings, and then wanted to interview him in the afternoon, but Reardon, citing his own prior experience as town counsel in Mashpee, said that could create problems.
The candidate who arrived late, Elzy Tubbs, was a probation officer in charge at the local Office of Community Corrections, and Dalton said he would have done the same for anyone else because it was possible the candidate had been given the wrong interview time.
After Tavares called Reardon, according to Dalton, a new panel was convened with Judge Rosemary Minehan and without Dalton's participation. That spring, former probation official Wall reassigned Dalton and his friend Slaney, who previously testified she had resisted efforts to rig panels, telling them they would have to conduct audits around the state rather than participating in hiring. Dalton said he believed he was being "punished."
Dalton was testy under cross examination from Fick, who led off with suggestions that Dalton never supported O'Brien, and questioned who he knew to obtain a high-ranking security position at Fenway Park. Dalton said he has two World Series rings from the Red Sox job, which dates back to before his 2010 retirement from probation.
"Why, do you want tickets?" Dalton quipped when Fick asked him about his work for the Red Sox. The Jamaica Plain resident who said he worked 39 years in probation frequently scoffed before answering and sometimes sought to correct Fick before acquiescing to the attorney's assertions.
"Do you find these proceedings amusing?" Fick asked. Dalton said he did not.
Dalton acknowledged that he had wanted Ron Corbett to be the commissioner when O'Brien received the post in 1998, and said that when Slaney succeeded Corbett as acting commissioner after O'Brien was suspended in 2010, he received the position of acting director of OCC at $454 per day in addition to his pension, which is now roughly $91,000 per year.
Dalton insisted that Court Administrator Harry Spence had been the determining factor for that job, interviewing him after Slaney gave him the appointment without an interview.
Fick also delved into Dalton's own employment history, which dates back to the time when presiding judges made appointments in their own courts, and when numerous witnesses have testified that patronage was a major factor in court hiring.
When he applied to be a full-time probation officer at Norfolk Superior Court, Dalton, who was born in South Boston in 1946, listed former Sen. Arthur Lewis, a Boston Democrat and "friend," according to his application. In 1983, former Senate Ways and Means Chairwoman Patricia McGovern appeared on one of Dalton's applications for promotion and members of the Legislature were apprised in writing from probation officials of his job moves.
Dalton said he knew former Attorney General Scott Harshbarger had called O'Brien on his behalf in his unsuccessful application for a promotion to deputy commissioner.
At the urging of Corbett, Dalton said he met with Chief Justice of Administration and Management Robert Mulligan at his home in Wellesley in 2006 and talked to him in general terms about the rigged hiring.
Dalton said Mulligan "indicated he was aware" and "felt that his hands were tied."
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Yankees closer Rivera says he will pitch in 2013
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Mariano Rivera sat on a chair in the corner of the visitor's clubhouse at Kauffman Stadium, his right knee tightly wrapped Friday night and crutches resting against a nearby locker.
In one declarative statement, the Yankees' closer put to rest any notion that he'd shuffle off into retirement after a devastating injury sustained the previous night in batting practice.
"I'm coming back. Write it down in big letters. I'm not going out like this," Rivera said.
The 12-time All-Star vowed he will return to the mound by 2013, despite hinting in spring training that this season may be his last. He said he reflected on the injury at his hotel room in the wee hours of Friday morning before making his decision.
"I love to play the game. To me, I don't think going out like this is the right way," Rivera said. "I don't want to retire because I got hurt in the way that it happened. I don't think like that. With the strength of the Lord, I just have to continue."
Rivera tore his ACL and damaged his meniscus when his foot caught near the outfield wall before the series opener against Kansas City. An MRI taken during the game revealed the extent of the injury, and Rivera dabbed tears from his eyes when he spoke in the clubhouse Thursday night.
He wasn't sure at the time whether he would return.
He was certain of it less than 24 hours later.
"Miracles happen," Rivera said with a smile. "I'm a positive man. The only thing is that I feel sorry I let down my teammates. Besides that I'm OK."
Rivera's decision was merely the start of an encouraging night for New York. CC Sabathia pitched into the eighth inning and Derek Jeter belted a two-run homer in the seventh inning, helping the Yankees snap a three-game losing streak with a 6-2 win over the Royals.
"It's always tough when you lose the greatest closer in the history of baseball," Sabathia said. "That was the first time since I've been here that I didn't have him out there."
Rivera spoke with New York Mets medical director Dr. David Altchek, who performed surgery on his shoulder following the 2008 season, and was told that he should be ready to work out again in about five months. Rivera hopes that allows him to pitch by the start of spring training.
"You know, I just kind of had a feeling in talking to him last night that it wasn't the way he wants to go out," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "He still has to get through this rehab and we'll see where he's at, but Mo wants to do things on his own terms, and determine when he's done, and I don't think he wanted to be done because of an injury."
Rivera remained with the team Friday night in Kansas City. He plans to return to New York this weekend before consulting with Yankees team physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad.
Rivera said he was touched by the outpouring of support he received after the injury – even Miami Heat star LeBron James mentioned the "freak accident." There was a bouquet of flowers in the empty locker that adjoined Rivera's in the clubhouse, bringing a smile to his face.
"He's special," Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine said Friday night in Boston. "Hopefully he'll come back, even though he's with the bad guys."
Royals manager Ned Yost called Rivera "one of a kind," while Philadelphia closer Jonathan Papelbon referred to him as the "godfather" of their role.
"It's just kind of tough to put into words," Papelbon said. "It's just tough to see your leader, your idol – it's hard to even comprehend it or talk about it."
Longtime Yankees manager Joe Torre called the injury unfortunate.
"Even though he has a tall mountain to climb I think he still has a lot of fight left in him," said Torre, now the MLB's vice president for operations. "It's a testament to Mariano's work ethic that he was injured while preparing for a game as he has done his entire career."
Rivera had lunch with Alex Rodriguez on Friday and spoke with Derek Jeter in front of the captain's locker when they arrived at the ballpark. He planned to address the rest of the team before Friday night's game against the Royals.
"We need him around and we need his presence and his leadership," A-Rod said. "He promised me that he's going to be around as much as possible and I'm going to hold him up to that."
Jeter simply shrugged when he was asked about Rivera making a comeback, pointing out that he knew all along that his close friend of some 20 years would never be forced into retirement.
"Regardless of when he decides to retire or slow down, I think we're going to remember him for everything that he's done," Jeter said. "People aren't going to remember him for this. It's an unfortunate incident. Whenever he decides to do it, it's going to be the same story."
Girardi said that David Robertson and Rafael Soriano will close games the remainder of the season, though he seemed to indicate Robertson will get the first shot.
The 27-year-old Robertson emerged as a dependable setup man for Rivera, tossing 11 scoreless innings to start the season. He's coming off a breakout year in which he appeared in 70 games with a 1.08 ERA, earning his first All-Star selection in the process.
"Very confident in Robby," first baseman Mark Teixeira said. "He's been so good for us in the eighth-inning role. He's got great stuff. He's got confidence. He's got the support from us and we hope to hand him a lot of leads."
The Yankees officially placed Rivera on the disabled list prior to the game, giving them 10 players on the DL – one fewer than the rival Red Sox.
In a flurry of roster moves, right-hander Michael Pineda was transferred to the 60-day DL, and outfielder Dewayne Wise and right-hander Cody Eppley were brought up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Right-handed reliever D.J. Mitchell was optioned to Triple-A.
It's the first time that Rivera has been on the disabled list since 2003, when he missed time with a groin injury. But the sting of the move was lessened by Rivera's declaration that he would resume his sterling career once his knee has been repaired.
"I thought he was going to come back anyways," Teixeira said. "I was one of those guys that didn't believe he was going to retire. He's still one of the best players in the game. It's tough to think at 42 he'd walk away."
AP freelance writers Alan Eskew in Kansas City, Mo., Maureen Mullen in Boston and Benjamin Standig in Washington contributed to this report.


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Curiosity Rover Report (Aug. 5, 2014): A Softer Trek to Mount Sharp
On the second anniversary of NASA Curiosity on Mars, the rover navigates a sandy valley on its way to Mount Sharp
I'm Erisa Hines. I'm a Curiosity Rover Planner and this is your Curiosity Rover Report.
Today we're celebrating Curiosity's second Earth year on Mars. That means that she's been on the surface over 700 Martian days.
Curiosity's first year was primarily focused on science, mainly due to all of the interesting places that we found right around the area where we landed.
For the second year, we've been much more focused on driving.
She has about three kilometers to go before we reach the base of Mt. Sharp.
The team has carefully selected a path through a series of sand-filled canyons along the way. The goal is not to drive through the middle of these canyons where the sand is the deepest but to sort of pick a path off to the side of them where we are on solid but soft terrain to take care of the wheels as we continue the journey.
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Fort Hood shooting suspect seeks trial delay again
A military judge is to hear arguments on whether to postpone until October the trial of the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage.
Maj. Nidal Hasan's (nih-DAHL' hah-SAHN') attorneys have not said why they want the trial postponed from June until October. The judge, Col. Gregory Gross, previously delayed it from March until June.
Last week, Gross granted the defense team's request for a government-paid forensic pathologist to review autopsy reports from the November 2009 attack. He denied prosecutors' request to admit evidence before the trial, including 911 calls made from the Texas Army post during the attack.
Hasan is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. He faces the death penalty if convicted.


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Report suggests problems came with landing
ASHLAND, Wis. — An investigative report about a fatal single-engine plane crash in northwest Wisconsin this month said the plane bounced "out of control" on the runway.
A La Crosse Tribune report said the June 15 crash killed 63-year-old La Crosse physician Richard Renwick and his 58-year-old brother, Bruce Renwick of Waunakee.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating. Its final report could take 12 to 18 months, but a preliminary report released Friday suggests there were difficulties with the landing.
A witness reported hearing sounds like screeching tires and seeing the plane bounce out of control on the runway. The plane then began climbing to the right and the witness thought it was going to attempt another landing. Then the witness heard an explosion and saw a plume of smoke.


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Miss Piggy is finally joining her love, Kermit the Frog, in the Smithsonian Institution's collection of Jim Henson's Muppets, and Bert and Ernie will have a place in history, too.
Henson's family, including his daughter, Cheryl Henson, donated more than 20 puppets and props Tuesday to the National Museum of American History to accompany the earlier donations of Kermit, Oscar the Grouch and early Henson creations.
The newest donation includes an original version of Miss Piggy and some of her co-stars from 'The Muppet Show,' including Fozzie Bear, Rowlf the piano-playing dog, Scooter and the Swedish Chef. Puppets from 'Sesame Street' joining the museum collection include Bert and Ernie, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Grover and Count Von Count, among others.
Many of the puppets are among the first constructions of the characters.
Smithsonian magazine welcomed Miss Piggy, dressed in a silver evening gown and holding a red rose, with a photo shoot. The museum allowed her to pose with Dorothy's ruby slippers from 'The Wizard of Oz' and wearing the real 45-carat Hope Diamond from the National Museum of Natural History.
'She was very well-behaved, considering she wanted to take it home with her,' said Bonnie Erickson, who created the Miss Piggy puppet with Henson and now is executive director of the Jim Henson Legacy foundation.
The gift was made on what would have been Henson's 77th birthday and shortly after his wife, Jane Henson, died in April.
Since she was diagnosed with cancer four years ago, Jane Henson spent years planning to find permanent homes for each puppet character, Cheryl Henson said. Other puppets are being donated to the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City, and to the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta.
'Many of these puppets have been in boxes for years. They've been tucked away in boxes, and we don't want them to stay in boxes. We want people to see them and to appreciate them,' Cheryl Henson said. 'There's something about puppets. They're not animated. ... They are actual, physical things.'
Miss Piggy will go on display in March 2014 in the Smithsonian's 'American Stories' exhibit. The original Kermit and Cookie Monster will go on view in November in a special display case, and a puppetry exhibit in early 2014 will likely feature Bert and Ernie, among others, curators said.
The Hensons have a longtime connection to Washington. Jim and Jane Henson met as students at the nearby University of Maryland and became performing partners before they married. They made early television commercials with their puppets and created a local TV show, 'Sam and Friends,' which included the first Kermit creation.
The original Kermit, made from an old coat and pingpong balls for eyes, was donated to the Smithsonian in 2010, along with other characters from 'Sam and Friends.'
The newest donation includes Boober Fraggle, Red Fraggle and Travelling Matt from the 1980s show 'Fraggle Rock.' The Hensons also donated a 1957 puppet called Wilkins that was made for Wilkins Coffee commercials.
Erickson and others who worked with Henson gathered Tuesday at the museum for a donation ceremony and said the Muppets will have a new life among the relics of history. The puppets were never meant to be made for posterity, Erickson said, but 'considering that they're retired, they're looking absolutely wonderful.'
Fran Brill, the first woman puppeteer Henson hired for 'Sesame Street,' who created the characters of Zoe and Prairie Dawn, said Henson had created a puppet family with his many collaborators.
'I'm just looking at all of these characters and thinking this is the puppet family, and yet, I feel like they're all my relatives,' she said.
Curator Dwight Blocker Bowers said the puppets represent the creativity of 'one of America's great innovators.' He said Henson had extended the boundaries of puppetry, using film and television.
'I love these puppets' eyes. You can't walk near them without making eye contact,' Blocker Bowers said. 'They're very much like an oil painting. And they have such an innocence.'


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Leo (レオ, Reo) is a young citizen of the Tonika Village.
He is rather bold, teasing his sister Miina by taking away her drawings and calling her weird, as well his sensei Dokku fat. However, he shows great love towards the two, trying to protect his sister during the destruction of their village, preventing her from seeing burned corpses as well encouraging her to move on to the neighbouring village. He also seems to greatly respect his grandfather. After the massacre of his village, he is seen being short-tempered because of Faz's lamenting, shouting out the displeasing truth and regretting it later. He is very brave, not hesitating to attack a shinobi years older than him or running over a fragile bridge despite knowing it could crush every second. Naruto described him as "gutsy".
He is equally as impressionable as his friends, admiring Naruto's rather basic ability to stand on water and attempting to emulate it repeatedly with Faz and Lando. He shows great love towards his new family, consisting of Miina, Faz, Sora, Lando, Dokku, Shiseru and himself.
He is a small, 7-year-old boy[1] with short black hair. During the massacre of his village, he wore simple blue pyjamas. Later, he wears casual clothings, like a simple yellow shirt and later a light blue shirt, green crocs, and brown shorts.
Part II
Before going to bed, he fights with his sister about one of her drawing about their sensei Dokku, but is stopped by his grandfather. When the massacre of their village began, he was told by the local militia to take his sister and hide inside their house. However, the house quickly catches fire and there seemed to be no way out, forcing the two to start crying. Moments before burned alive, they are saved by Dokku, who carries them out of the village. Their sensei leaves them shortly after, giving Miina his jacket. He tells them to go to the Hachō Village to request help before leaving. Leo then finds two strange bars who fell out of Dokku's jacket. After the massacre was over, the two start to go to the village, but are too exhausted to go on. Later, they are found by Dokku once again, who managed to rescue three more children, Sora, Faz and Lando. Arrived in Hachō Village, the group of survivors could rest at Shiseru's house, who knows Dokku from earlier days. At one point, he, Faz and Lando went fishing and due to Lando's knowledge, Leo managed to catch a whole bucket full of fish. After hearing Faz's lamenting that things were better when he lived at home with his mother, Leo shouts that his mother is gone now, forcing Faz to almost cry. The group is interrupted by Miina's melody on a wooden sticcado. When they arrived at Shiseru's home, Dokku mistakes Naruto and Sakura with enemies and tells everyone to flee.
As Naruto tries to clear the misunderstanding, Leo stuns him with a kick in the genitals. He is then seen running over a fragile bridge and tells his teacher to do the same. This advice turns out bad, but moments before Dokku and Miina fell down, Naruto manages to save them. After the introduction, the group cooked and ate together and took a bath afterwards. Leo is as surprised as Lando and Faz by Naruto's ability to walk on water and tries with the other two to perform this technique as well. Anyway, they gave up after many failed attempts. He is later seen sleeping peacefully with the other four.
The next day, he and the other kids push a sick-looking Naruto to train them. At the beach of Hachō Village, he looks sad while Lando, Sora and Faz mourn about their families, but is happy as well when Naruto notes that there are indeed people who take care of them, referring to Shiseru and Dokku. He is shocked as the rest when Shiseru slaps Miina after the latter didn't stop to bother Naruto. When Disonasu and his grandfather appear, he gladly hugs the latter, but is disturbed after finding out his grandfather is just brought back to life.
Reinforcements arrive from Konohagakure, giving Dokku and Shiseru enough time to bring the children to safety. After Kabuto and his forces retreat, Shiseru brings them home, where they sit stunned for several hours, until Faz breaks the silence by starting to cry about Dokku, who was kidnapped by Kabuto. Leo and the others also start crying, until he calms down and encourages them to save Dokku by themselves.
After taking the two remaining sounds required to activate the Saezuri to the ruins of Tonika Village, the children were greeted by Kabuto and Disonasu, who were holding Dokku captive. The group witnesses Disonasu activating the Ama no Hoko and as the Konoha-nin engage Kabuto's reincarnated shinobi, they flee the battlefield alongside Shiseru. During their escape, they nearly got hit by lightning caused by the Ama no Hoko, forcing them to go back since Dokku states that he could stop it as a former Tonika Village Guard. As they bid farewell, Dokku encourages Leo to bear the incoming hard and sad times and to take care of the others. Leo and the others cry as their new parents approach the Saezuri but follow them as Naruto lost control about himself and slowly takes the form of Kurama.
After Miina stopped Kurama's influence, Leo and the others beg Naruto to save Shiseru, who falls down a cliff at the moment. After Naruto saved her and defeated his clone, the group is elated and happily thanks and hugs him.


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Pork Saltimbocca On Grilled Polenta Squares With Grilled Green Pepper Puree.
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Boneless porkchops
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Shredded mozzarella
Fresh Parmesan
Sage - didn't have so used rosemary
Olive oil
Green Pepper Puree-
Green Bell Peppers, whole
Olive oil
Fresh Parmesan Cheese, grated
Prepare your polenta using your favorite recipe or as directed on package. My basic recipe is as follows:
Bring 6 cups salted water or broth to boil. Add 2 cups polenta once the water starts to boil. Turn down to a simmer and simmer covered until it is thick and the grain is soft. Add a couple of tablespoons butter to taste. Be sure to use a deep pot and a long handled spoon because it spits as it simmers and trust me, those spit ups burn!
To make squares simply spread into a 9 x 13 pan. Use the bottom of another 9 x 13 pan to push down and compress the polenta so that you get solid and durable squares. Allow to cool in fridge for at least 30 min. I prefer a couple of hours.
On to the MEAT!
Pound chops until thin. I had a big package of Costco mile thick chops so I cut them in half horizontally. My meat mallet was no where to be found. I know I had one before I moved in with Matt but had a feeling it was outside in the storage building with all this his and her junk. Since it was cool and raining I decided to stay inside. While oinking on tummy warming polenta I found a citrus juicer to use instead.
To cheese or not to cheese. I elected to add cheese. The mixture spread below is a paste made with salt, pepper, fresh thyme, fresh oregano, garlic, olive oil, sour cream, crumbled mozzarella, and freshly grated Parmesan.
Place prosciutto or ham on top of the cheese.
Lay down sage, if you have it. There was no fresh sage to be found in town so I used some organic Rosemary that I received in my CSA box. In hindsight this was A LOT of rosemary. I am used to the half/mostly dead fresh rosemary that we get in the store here. Next time I will add a bit less!
Roll up and wrap with plastic. Place in the fridge for at least 30 min. I prefer to do this so that I don't have to use toothpicks later on.
While the meat is chilling brush olive oil on a few bell peppers and grill until blackened. Set the grilled peppers to the side to rest.
Prep the polenta for grilling. Remove the polenta slab from the fridge and cut into squares.
Preheat the oven to 350. Pull the pork out of the fridge. Remove the plastic. Roll a very thin layer of panko and flour. I wanted a thin crisp layer, not a breading. Drizzle a bit of olive oil on a skillet and cook the pork until browned but not done in the center. Place the browned pork in oven to cook the rest of the way. Continue with remaining rolls if needed.
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Brush the other side of the polenta with oil and flip to grill the other side. Remove from the grill.Plate and enjoy!
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We Chat With: Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi, Authors of 'Jerusalem'
While cooking from their new book, Jerusalem: A Cookbook, we were given the opportunity to sit down and chat with Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi about the process of writing the book, the inspirations, and the politics of hummus.
How did the city of Jerusalem act as a source of inspiration in the book?
Yotam Ottolenghi: The inspiration [for the book] is very much all the communities in the city. You just need to go to Jerusalem to see that there's a lot of things going on. You can find traditional Palestinian restaurants or Persian restaurants or Turkish restaurants. I mean, everything is out there. Inspiration also comes from peoples' homes. There are dozens of communities and they're all cooking their own traditional foods. The way we chose the recipes was really just to pick the best that we like. We didn't try to cover all of the communities of Jersusalem. It would have been impossible to cover all of them.
How much did your own family histories play into your recipe selection?
YO: [Neither of] our families were much involved, but I think both of us are very much inspired by our parents. Sami's parents and my parents, they're all very good cooks. We were constantly inspired in our childhood. A few of the recipes in the book are ascribed to our parents. Sami's mother was a very illustrious cook, so she maybe either invented those recipes or cooked them for him when he was growing up, so we mention them quite a bit. All the flavors really are our childhood flavors.
So did you cook with your parents growing up at all?
YO: Not so much, sometimes, but not often. I didn't hang around the kitchen so much. I love to eat, but I used to arrive once everything was more or less done. I cook with my parents more now than I did when I was a kid.
Given the current political climate in the region, do you think politics is a running thread throughout the book?
YO: Not so much politics in the strict sense of the word, but yeah, [we talk about] food politics. We're not trying to make the book itself political, but we're also not ignoring the fact that it's a very politicized space and there's a lot of conflict. So we describe the conflicts when we need to, and then talk about the food politics which are sometimes amusing, sometimes interesting--how people argue over ownership of recipes, who made it first, all of those politics. Jerusalem is always going to be a very interesting place. Nowadays people are getting quite a lot of bad news from Jerusalem, and we're trying to bring a slightly more positive aspect of life there, which is the wonderful food that there is in the city.
Do you think showcasing recipes from both sides of the conflict has any effect on the audience for the book?
Sami Tamimi: It varies. A lot of the people that we've met appreciate the fact that we both come from two sides and we've become good friends that cook together. And they see that friendship as a message. But we don't really have a [political] message. If we have a message it is that we try to open people's eyes to Middle Eastern food.
YO: We also don't see ourselves as people who bring peace. We just do what we like doing, and that's cooking and writing recipes.
Speaking of conflict, can you talk a little bit about hummus?
YO: Well what we say in the book, and we say it in our talks, is that hummus is the national dish of two nations. The Palestinians and the Israelis both see it as their national dish, and because it's not the most peaceful place in the world, it creates quite a lot of argument of ownership. The Jews claim that their people were cooking hummus like 2,000 years ago, and then the Arabs say that no, it's actually something that's just appeared and we invented it. And everybody's happy to keep on having those arguments. For us, it doesn't really matter who is the owner of hummus. We just like to feature it, enjoy it, show it to our readers, and give an example of the hummus that we really like. For us, it contains quite a lot of tahini and sharpness, and is very, very, very, smooth. This is our idea of a good hummus, but people will keep on arguing forever about it.
Besides hummus, what are your favorite recipes in the book?
YO: It's always hard for us to give this example because we really like all the recipes. Choosing recipes is a very rigorous process. We had to turn down dozens that we just didn't think were good enough. So the ones that ended up in the book, we were very happy with.
ST: Well they were good enough, but we didn't think we loved them enough to put them in the book.
YO: Sami, what is your favorite at the moment?
ST: This changes every day.
YO: It's a really tough question. At the moment I'm really in love with kofta b'siniyah. They're little meatballs with tahini. It's a very simple thing, but it's the best combination of lamb kebabs and tahini sauce. It's like the essence of Jerusalem in many ways. This is one of my favorite recipes at the moment.
Did you feel like you had to simplify things for your audience?
ST: Yeah, quite a lot.
YO: It's not that they're complicated, they're just a lot of work. We know that people just don't have enough time to spend doing things that are very fiddly. Some recipes we kept really busy and others we simplified.
How much recipe testing did you have to do to get the flavors right?
YO: A lot. We are very obsessed testers. A recipe doesn't leave us before it's been tried and tested quite a few times, by ourselves and also by the people we trust to give us good comments. That's the main reason why it took us two years to write the book. That, and all the research that went into the personal stories and histories.
When you're not testing recipes, what are your go-to meals to cook at home?
ST: It all depends on the mood, you know. I do quite a lot of lentil soup with like cumin and lemon. It's really easy to make.
YO: Sami does a lot of interesting things. He's more keen on cooking in the evenings when he comes home than I am. I don't have the patience.
So do you go out a lot?
YO: Yeah I go out, almost every night. I don't cook that much.
What's your favorite type of food to eat when you go out?
YO: I like a lot of Asian food. Vietnamese, Malaysian, and Indian. Those are my favorites if not Middle Eastern. We also have a trend of tapas bars at the moment in London. I love Spanish tapas, all the types of Spanish food from different regions of Spain. I don't like to go to very fancy restaurants, I prefer regional restaurants. Japanese food is one of our favorite cuisines. There's really nothing like it. All the other cuisines of the world are just a little mixed together. Like Vietnamese is a bit like Thai, a bit like Burmese, but Japanese food is just a stand-alone cuisine. There's nothing like it.
ST: Like us, they're really obsessed with how the dish should work.
So if I were to go out and buy Middle Eastern ingredients, what should I buy?
ST: Sumac, za'atar, tahini, pomegranate molasses probably.
YO: You'd want to get a few essential waters, like rose water or orange blossom water, or geranium water.
ST: Then you need a spice kit. A lot of spices and a lot of herbs.
YO: Most of the recipes in the book are based on, I'd say 15 key ingredients we like using. Here are a few: cumin and cardamom, turmeric, saffron, and coriander, allspice, cinnamon, caraway. Once you get yourself stocked, you can do a lot.
What do you keep in your fridge?
YO: Harissa and preserved lemons. A few mustards, mayonnaise--homemade, normally.
ST: Garlic and lemon. I always have cheeses. Cured meats, I always have those. Pickles...
YO: Yeah, lots and lots of pickles. I have pickled turnips and pickled chiles, pickled cucumber and cauliflower. In the book we have a large number of pickles. In Jerusalem one of the identifying features of all cuisine is pickles. Everybody eats pickles with their food. There are these turnips pickled with beet juice so they go pink. That's something that you see all over. People also love pickling cauliflowers and cabbage and cucumbers. I quite love pickles.
ST: The other thing I have is yogurt. Full fat yogurt. I go to my local Turkish place every time. They have so many different yogurts there, every time I choose a kind I've never had before. I don't have a particular favorite brand.
Do you have any advice for new cooks just getting started or who want to learn more about cooking?
ST: Don't get too stressed about cooking directly from the book. Cooking should be enjoyable.
YO: It is good to get to know the recipe first, follow the rules and then see how it comes out. Once you know the recipe you can cook it without fear and change things you don't like. I also think people should just have a core of about 5 recipes that they are really really familiar with, and keep on cooking them.
ST: Our recipes are also quite easy to follow because we think about the home cook.
Any closing thoughts on your book, or cooking in general?
ST: Buy our book!
YO: Most people don't know enough about Middle Eastern food. They may know a lot about Italian or maybe Spanish, but they just haven't immersed themselves in Middle Eastern cooking. But I think that people who do will find that it's exciting and it's also as complex as what they'd consider the most famous European cuisine, like French. It's a whole world of ingredients and flavors and techniques that have worked for so many tons of generations. In terms of techniques it's actually one of the most simple. So I think that the message of the book is how approachable Middle Eastern cooking can be.
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The evolutionary pathway of Homo Sapiens wasn't just walked – we have evolved to be able to run for long distances across varying terrains in search of prey, and escaping predators. The biomechanics of movement are perfectly geared towards carrying us across vast distances – and our ancestors certainly were not wearing padded, arch supporting shoes!
Read barefoot Olympic Athlete, Montell Douglas' story here.
The environment our ancestors existed in shaped the way we are today. It's thought that when humans began living in varied terrains, the evolutionary pathway was directed towards developing bodies that were geared towards agility, endurance and movement, leading to the naturally athletic bodies of healthy humans today. We were born to move through a natural environment!
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Wearing tight, inflexible shoes can damage your feet. Study into the skeletons of the barefoot Zulu people show that they suffer from fewer foot problems than those who wear shoes.
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Somewhere along the line, modern society began teaching us that we should desire small, dainty feet regardless of their natural shape. However, a study that worked with men from the Karo Batak people who have lived in isolation of Western media showed that they prefer women with bigger feet.
Have a read of this blog to learn about the ancient history of barefoot shoes.
There's a reason that many modern shoes have developed to be the way they are – and that is because we think that they look good! We understand that not everyone wants to be barefoot all of the time, but it's a good start to wear wide, thin and flexible shoes when you can in order to give your feet a well-earned rest. Why not try wearing barefoot shoes for your commute?
Read our blog about the importance of being a Human, not a Zooman, in an urban environment.
A lot of us are wearing shoes that are far too small. Around half of women and a third of men buy shoes that don't fit properly. Shoes that are too small cause compression that alters the shape of your feet, undermining natural movement and weakening your feet. We'd recommend having a finger's width between your toes and the end of your shoe!
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Vault Boy icon as it appears in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas
Fallout version
Knowledge, wisdom and the ability to think quickly. A high Intelligence is important for any character."— Fallout in-game description
Intelligence is one of seven primary statistics in the SPECIAL character system.
- 1 Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics
- 2 Fallout 3
- 3 Fallout: New Vegas
- 4 Fallout 4
- 5 Low Intelligence characters
- 6 Notes
- 7 References
Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics[編集 | ソースを編集]
Modifies: the number of new skill points per level, dialogue options, and many skills.
One of the unique qualities of Fallout and Fallout 2 was the difference in gameplay caused by creating a low-Intelligence character. With a dimwitted player character, many non-player characters will simply shrug one off, while others will insult or even attack them. It is possible to complete the game as an idiot, but most side-quests are impossible to do, and character growth is limited, as is the story involvement possible - while it is possible to bumble through the main quests, almost all plot details and background information will be left missing. Furthermore, due to limited-at-best non-player character interaction, almost all side-quests are unavailable. Because of this, playing as a low Intelligence character is only recommended for experienced players looking to role-play, or as a humorous replay option.
Ways to increase Intelligence[編集 | ソースを編集]
- In Fallout, the Brotherhood of Steel doctor in the Lost Hills can perform an operation to permanently increase Intelligence by 1, assuming it can be afforded.
- Intelligence can be raised permanently in Fallout 2 using ACE and the Yellow memory module (+1) and by the Hubologist zeta scan in San Francisco (also +1 Luck, though the game may need save-scumming to get a bonus rather than a penalty).
- In both Fallout 1 and 2, Mentats can be used to temporarily raise Intelligence by 2.
- In Fallout 2, Intelligence can be temporarily raised by 1 point by the Purchase the Kesting Special quest given by Miss Kitty in the Cat's Paw brothel.
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Modifies: Medicine, Repair, and Science skills, as well as the number of new skill points per level.
Intelligence determines the number of skill points earned per level up. The base number of skill points gained per level is 10 + INT. Skill points gained for raised Intelligence are not retroactive for past levels, so increasing this primary stat early, if at all, is the best. Also, temporary modifiers to Intelligence (e.g. from Night Person or Button's wig) do not affect the number of skill points gained when leveling up.
|Skill Points / Level
|Skill Modifiers
|Medicine +2, Repair +2, Science +2
|Medicine +4, Repair +4, Science +4
|Medicine +6, Repair +6, Science +6
|Medicine +8, Repair +8, Science +8
|Medicine +10, Repair +10, Science +10
|Medicine +12, Repair +12, Science +12
|Medicine +14, Repair +14, Science +14
|Medicine +16, Repair +16, Science +16
|Medicine +18, Repair +18, Science +18
|Medicine +20, Repair +20, Science +20
Intelligence-based perks[編集 | ソースを編集]
|Additional Requirements
|Daddy's Boy / Daddy's Girl
|Gun Nut
|Agility 4
|Swift Learner
|Science 40
|Nerd Rage!
|Science 50
|Computer Whiz
|Science 70
Ways to increase Intelligence[編集 | ソースを編集]
- Permanent
- Bobblehead - Intelligence (+1)
- Intense Training perk (+1 per rank)
- Broken Steel No Weaknesses perk (will raise base to 5 if below 5.)
- Broken Steel Almost Perfect perk (will raise base to 9 if below 9.)
- Temporary
- Button's wig (+1)
- Lincoln's hat (+1)
- Berry Mentats (+5)
- Mentats (+5)
- Night Person perk (+2 between 6:00 PM and 6:00 AM)
Notes[編集 | ソースを編集]
- If the Lone Wanderer has an Intelligence below 4, Dean Dewey will call them a "special needs" child and escort them to a classroom.
Fallout: New Vegas[編集 | ソースを編集]
Intelligence affects skill points differently from how it did in Fallout 3. The number of skill points gained each level is based on the formula 10 + (0.5 * IN) per level, including level 1, where IN is the Courier's Intelligence. If one gets a non-whole number of skill points per level (e.g. 10.5 for INT 1) it will be saved for the next even level up (see Skill Rate).
Intelligence-based perks[編集 | ソースを編集]
|Additional Requirements
|Swift Learner
|Survival 45
|Pack Rat
|Barter 70
|Nerd Rage!
|Science 50
|Computer Whiz
|Science 70
|Voracious Reader Lonesome Road (add-on)
|Lessons Learned Lonesome Road (add-on)
Ways to increase Intelligence[編集 | ソースを編集]
- Permanent
- Intelligence Implant available at the New Vegas medical clinic (+1)
- Intense Training perk (+1 per rank)
- Lonesome Road (add-on) Completing the quest The Apocalypse or The End will allow raising any one primary statistic by 1.
- Temporary
- Armor and clothing
- Old World Blues (add-on) Mad scientist scrubs, Scientist scrubs, Dr. Klein's glasses (+1)
- Old World Blues (add-on) Dr. Klein's scrubs, Dr. Mobius' scrubs, Dr. Mobius' glasses (+2)
- Chems
- Mentats (+2)
- Party Time Mentats (+2)
- Perks
- Meat of Champions (+1 for 60 seconds after eating a corpse.)
- Night Person (+2 between 6:00 PM and 6:00 AM)
- Traits
- Old World Blues (add-on) Claustrophobia (+1 while outdoors, but -1 indoors)
- Old World Blues (add-on) Early Bird (+2 between 6am and 12pm, but -1 between 6pm and 6am)
- Honest Hearts Black coffee (+2 - +6 depending on Survival skill)
- Old World Blues (add-on) "Smart Light" (+2 for 12 hours or until the player uses the "Mood Lights")
Intelligence in quests and exploration[編集 | ソースを編集]
- When speaking with Arcade Gannon, a Courier with an Intelligence of 3 or less can convince him to become their companion by stating "This place is really complicated and stuff. You're smart, can you help me do... stuff?"[1]
- Having a character with Intelligence of 3 or less can grant "special" Intelligence checks. If the character's Intelligence is really low, dialog options will appear to be short and monosyllabic, with barely any sentience.
- When first meeting Ignacio Rivas at HELIOS One, he will ask the player character what their interest in the place is. If the their Intelligence is high, they may respond with "My interest in this place is scientific." However, with a low Intelligence, the same option will be available as "I is scientistic."
- An Intelligence of 6 is needed to tell Veronica that the Brotherhood of Steel are only hostile if one uses plasma or laser weaponry around them. Otherwise, a Courier with low intelligence can only humorously state the Brotherhood is known to shoot lasers from their eyes.
- An Intelligence of 6 is needed to ask Arcade Gannon how he knows so much when one enters REPCONN headquarters.
- An Intelligence of 6 is needed to ask Orris how he managed to kill 4 thugs with 3 shots during the G.I. Blues quest.
- Old World Blues (add-on) An Intelligence of 6 is needed for Dr. Mobius to reveal that they are still planning how to save themselves.
- A character with an Intelligence of 6 or lower will admit they don't know what a fish is during a conversation with Cass. With an Intelligence of 7 or higher the Courier will ask Cass in return if she knows it.[2]
- An Intelligence of 7 or a Speech of 70 allows the Courier to talk Alice Hostetler down from killing her mother in the quest Someone to Watch Over Me.
- An Intelligence of 8 is needed to trick Silus into thinking the Courier is an agent of Caesar's Legion on a mission to kill him. Silus will take the bluff and inform the Courier about Caesar's brain tumor and indirectly about Ronald Curtis.
- Old World Blues (add-on) An Intelligence of 8 is needed to reveal the fact that Dr. Mobius scattered the personality chips across Big MT.
- Old World Blues (add-on) An Intelligence of 7 and a subsequent value of 9 or having the Math Wrath Perk is required to resolve Dr. O's naming issue.
- During the quest, Come Fly With Me If your Intelligence is below 4, you can also try randomly mashing the buttons on the control panel. Watch the cut scene as the rockets take off from the opened launch hangar. You should see a notification that your reputation in Novac is improved.
Level names and statistics[編集 | ソースを編集]
|Skill Points
|Skill Modifiers
|Medicine/Repair/Science +2
|Medicine/Repair/Science +4
|Medicine/Repair/Science +6
|Medicine/Repair/Science +8
|Medicine/Repair/Science +10
|Medicine/Repair/Science +12
|Medicine/Repair/Science +14
|Medicine/Repair/Science +16
|Medicine/Repair/Science +18
|Medicine/Repair/Science +20
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Low Intelligence characters[編集 | ソースを編集]
Fallout 1 & 2[編集 | ソースを編集]
When the player character in Fallout and Fallout 2 has less than 4 Intelligence, the biggest change in gameplay is undoubtedly the dialogue. Upon reaching Shady Sands, the villagers take pity on the Vault Dweller, and Aradesh will simply shrug them off. The best they can speak is half-word sentences or gibberish.
The real downside, though, is the nigh impossibility to do about 90% of the side quests. No one will talk to a moron or even give them the time of day (even though it can be seen on the Pip-Boy 2000).
In Fallout 2, the Chosen One may meet Torr, the "town simpleton of Klamath," who would normally give them a quest to under go protection of his brahmin against "the evil bugmen." He will appear highly intelligent as if slightly smarter, and being stupid as a culture and language all its own. Two flat-headed people can have a complete, thought-provoking, and fully articulated conversation between them.
Another person one may have an "intelligent" conversation with in Fallout 2 is AHS-9, who becomes able to understand what the Chosen One tries to say after the alignment, and gives the quest to kill the Shi Emperor.
When talking to Algernon in the basement of New Reno Arms, the Chosen One can start a "childhood cop and robbers" type dialog in which they accidentally shoot and kill him.
A character with a low Intelligence is unable to gamble. When they observe a roulette table or a slot machine, the character will respond to it as a fun toy or an interactive character, respectively. Visiting a craps table will result in a dumb Chosen One commenting to the dealer that they "play craps in pants".
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In Fallout 3, there are conversation situations where characters with low Intelligence are granted other dialog options, often relating to their low intellect. However, these options are few and far between, unlike the other Fallout games where one could play the entire game as a person without Intelligence. One instance is in Roosevelt Academy, where if the Lone Wanderer activates Dean Dewey while having an Intelligence below 4, he will deem them a "special needs" child, and escort them to a "proper room."
Fallout: New Vegas[編集 | ソースを編集]
In addition to alternative Intelligence checks, low Intelligence changes some dialog options when speaking to vendors and non-player characters. For example, when speaking to Miguel at Miguel's Pawn Shop, the option to start trading is "Me buy things," and when speaking with Dr. Usanagi at the New Vegas medical clinic, after she gives the Courier the initial description about implants they get the dialogue option "You sell plants, too?", which will make her to re-explain the implants and suggest [the player character] take the implant to make them smarter. If taking her up on this deal, she will state that she thinks the Courier "could really benefit from it," and offer the implant at a discount.
In place of the gibberish of past games, however, the player character will simply not completely understand a conversation, confuse what someone is saying with something else entirely, or not understand what situation they are currently in. In the REPCONN headquarters, for example, a character with an IN of < 3 can bypass a robot that demands a password by saying "ICE CREAM!" Normally, a Luck of at least 7 would be needed to guess this.
Low-intelligence characters attempting to do the quest That Lucky Old Sun will be granted several unique and highly entertaining dialog options when conversing with Fantastic and Ignacio Rivas. An example is when informed about the hostilities between the Followers and the NCR, the Courier can ask, "Do Flowers and NCR bear play together?"
When first speaking to Ranger Milo he will inform the Courier that some "Legion snakes" are held up in Nelson, to which they can respond "Snakes are small. Why don't you just use a gun or whatever to shoot them." He will then call them a "special folk," and explain that they are not really snakes but "like snakes."
While helping Argyll in Nellis medical station while doing the quest Volare!, the Courier is given an option to "CHOP CHOP CHOP!" instead of giving him treatment. Ironically, the Courier actually saves the patient and Argyll comments on it, saying it was "dumb luck."
Notable quotes[編集 | ソースを編集]
- Me Shoulder- a ditzy Vault Dweller
- I don't care if you were dropped on your head as a kid. No guns in the city limits. - NCR gate guard.
- Glug glug glug glug glug glug! - another Vault Dweller
- *Snfff* You big meenie... *snff*... me go sumplace 'n have partee wiff clowns... *snfff*... and ice cream... and kake... and me no invit meen peuple like YOU! - a childish Chosen One
- "Most people have evil spirits. You? You have stupid spirits. Go see shaman, get hole in head... Big hole... Very big... Huge." – Sulik
- Hep Torr hep moo-moo. (Yes, of course I'll help you fend off the predation of your family's brahmin by these nefarious bugmen.) - Chosen One to Torr
- Me help shoulders make shinies warm. - A Courier
- I IS SCIENTISTIC! - another Courier with improper language skills
- What are Flowers of Pock-lips? - a Courier misunderstanding
- Ooh Shiney Robot - the Lone Wanderer
- ICE CREAM! - Courier with Intelligence 1 or 2 at REPCONN headquarters
- Me pet aminals - the Courier
- I no hurt anyone - the Courier
- Where I send shiny juice? - the Courier
- Me take you job cause me is smarter - the Courier
- You no ask. - the Courier
- Very well. Let me put this into terms you'll understand. Brain: Smart. Heart: Stupid. Spine: Very stupid. You: Exceptionally stupid. - the Courier's brain to a low intelligence Courier
- Not 'ha ha' funny, you moron. Funny as in suspicious. - Eddie to a dumb Courier.
- Hmm. Wow. You sound like you really do need some help. Look, I can help you out, but you can't do anything stu- <ahem> I mean, you can't... help bad people, who want to hurt the locals in Freeside. If you do, I'll leave. Does that make sense? - Arcade Gannon
- "Pizza/Warm" - the Courier misinterpreting "Peace" and "War" respectively
Notes[編集 | ソースを編集]
In Fallout: New Vegas, if the Courier's Intelligence stat is the most extreme (highest or lowest), Doc Mitchell will either compliment saying "maybe them bullets done your brain some good." (for highest) or apologize, stating he fixed up the Courier's head the best he could. (For lowest).
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Year removed from tragedy, Alexei eyes improvement
White Sox shortstop focuses on baseball after father-in-law's murder in spring of '13
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The loss of Alexei Ramirez's father-in-law last Spring Training was far more painful and far more real than the sum total of the 99 White Sox setbacks during the course of a dreadful 2013 season.
And when the 2014 White Sox season begins on March 31, hope once again will spring eternal. Last year's shortcomings can be quickly washed away, even with the White Sox not exactly considered a favorite in the American League Central.
Ramirez's loss can never be replaced. The feeling of extreme sorrow has been dealt with, but lingers forever.
As Ramirez was preparing for his sixth season with the White Sox, Federico Poquelin was shot to death outside of his home in the Dominican Republic. Ramirez's priorities immediately shifted to his family, and dealing with this heartbreak helps explain a subpar 2013 campaign based on Ramirez's lofty standards.
"You know, it's different and it's hard to say. When someone dies, you do your best to work through a situation and to grieve in your own special way," Ramirez told MLB.com through translator and White Sox director of public relations Lou Hernandez. "But when someone is killed, and still to this day they haven't found a killer, there's a certain pain and suffering inside that is hard to get over.
"It was a tough season, a really tough season. Having been through some personal things that I went through, having to work through that, and now this offseason I've tried my hardest to be prepared and to have the best season I can."
At 32 years old, Ramirez stands as one of the elder statesmen on this reshaped version of the White Sox. He holds great value as one of the AL's most complete shortstops, but with young middle infielders -- such as Marcus Semien, Carlos Sanchez and Micah Johnson -- on the rise, the man playing in the second year of a four-year, $32.5 million contract extension holds equal value as a potential trade chip.
People might argue for a complete talent analysis, especially after Ramirez committed a career-worst 22 errors in 2013. A number of those miscues came on routine plays Ramirez made flawlessly thousands of times before.
The necessary defensive focus became hard to maintain when his real-life focus stayed understandably with his wife, Mildred, and their three kids.
"He had a lot on his plate going on, family-wise, off the field," said White Sox manager Robin Ventura. "Some people have tougher years defensively. You can't have any lapses to be really good at it for the entire year. That probably led to some of it, and ... he's just too talented to see that happen again."
"When you play in the big leagues for 162 games, the grind of it, you have to be mentally prepared every single day," said White Sox third-base coach Joe McEwing, who also works with the infielders. "Dealing with stuff off the field, it's tough. Until you go through it, you don't know what the individual is feeling."
To completely write off Ramirez's 2013 campaign would be inaccurate and unfair. He topped all shortstops with 181 hits and ranked second in doubles with a career-high 39. Ramirez stood second among AL shortstops with another career-high, 30 stolen bases.
Ramirez played in 158 games for a third straight season after playing 156 in 2010. Ramirez is No. 1 among AL shortstops in RBIs (328), games played (775), hits (817) and total bases (1,185) since '09.
His goal to become an even better overall player pushed Ramirez toward offseason preparation with former Major League shortstop Rey Ordonez in Miami. They "worked on the routine stuff, the A's, B's and C's of baseball," according to Ramirez.
"I've picked up and gotten better," Ramirez added.
Those errors and those tough White Sox losses stand as a distant memory. The same will never be said about Poquelin. Ramirez left the team for a short time last Spring Training when it happened and tried his best to help his family as they all grieved over the senseless loss of someone truly beloved.
"Primarily because he was a man who was so easy to love and be close to," Ramirez said. "A man who was incredibly great to my kids, and they still have memories and they still talk about him. So it was hard for everyone in my family.
"He treated me like I was his son and there's nothing that is ever going -- I'm never going to forget that, the relationship we had and the connection that we had. He treated me like I was his own."
Pundits and fans alike criticize players who don't live up to their lofty standards. These are highly paid athletes expected to consistently perform at a high level.
They also are husbands, fathers, sons, grandsons, brothers and friends. It's easy to forget off-the-field issues can play a major role on the field.
Psychologically, Ramirez and his family are in a better place than a year ago by his own assessment. His familiar and infectious energy seemed to come back with him to Arizona, as he begins work with this new young core.
"Just being around so much energy, new faces, young faces," Ramirez said. "I just have the motivation, and it's exciting coming in again and it doesn't feel like it has been however many seasons. It feels like my first time."


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Invaron Pharmaceuticals and the Center for Assisted Reproduction (CARE) Initiate Investigator Led Phase III Clinical Study on INVOcell(TM)
Feb 28, 2013, 16:53 ET
BEDFORD, TX, Feb. 28, 2013 /CNW/ - Invaron Pharmaceuticals Inc. clinical partner, the Center for Assisted Reproduction (CARE), led by Kevin Doody M.D., today initiated an investigator led, IRB approved Phase III study using INVOcellTM in patients with tubal blockage or unexplained infertility that require in vitro fertilization.
INVOcellTM is an innovative medical device used in infertility treatment which enables conception and early embryo development to occur within a woman's own body rather than in a laboratory. "The primary focus of the study will be to first evaluate the comfort and retention of the system over 5 days to ensure that INVOcellTM performs similarly to existing 3 day retention data," remarked Dr. Kevin Doody. "We will then examine how INVOcellTM compares to conventional IVF in an open label extension, examining the quality day 5 embryos, known as blastocysts, and ultimately pregnancy and live birth rates".
"We are excited at the prospect of partnering with CARE and Dr. Kevin Doody as part of our Phase III/IV clinical program in the United States and Canada," said Jason Broome, President and COO of Invaron Pharmaceuticals. "IVF is increasingly utilizing day 5 embryo culture and this data will ultimately serve to broaden the use of INVOcellTM".
Patients interested in learning more are encouraged to contact the Center for Assisted Reproduction in Bedford Texas directly.
About Invaron Pharmaceuticals
Invaron is a Canadian based pharmaceutical company focusing exclusively on the acquisition of niche drugs and medical devices registered in other countries but not in Canada. By facilitating local registration, bridging clinical gaps, and launching innovative marketing strategies, Invaron will effectively meet the under serviced needs of Canadian patients in a wide variety of therapeutic areas. Invaron encourages patients, physicians, potential pharmaceutical partners and other stakeholders to visit www.invaron.ca to learn more.
About the Centre for Assisted Reproduction (CARE)
CARE is an independent facility providing comprehensive medical care for the treatment of infertile patients. Established in 1989, CARE has been providing state-of-the-art fertility treatment to residents of Dallas, Fort Worth, and cities throughout the state of Texas. CARE strives to make it easy for patients to receive cutting-edge treatment and maintains longstanding relationships with all major managed care organizations. CARE offers a comprehensive suite of services including IVF and egg donation. CARE centers are conveniently located in Bedford, Fort Worth and Frisco, Texas. Visit www.embryo.net to learn more.
INVOcellTM a registered trademark of INVO Bioscience, Inc. used under license by Invaron Pharmaceuticals Inc.
SOURCE: Invaron Pharmaceuticals Inc.
For further information:
Media Contact:
Jason Broome, President and COO
Invaron Pharmaceuticals
[email protected]
350 Royal Ave., Kelowna, BC, V1Y 5L2, Canada
Phone: (250) 869-0651
CARE Contact:
Kevin Doody, MD
Center for Assisted Reproduction
1701 Park Place Avenue Bedford, TX 76022, USA
Phone: (817) 540-1157


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NEA calls on President Obama and world leaders to keep their promise to fund and fulfill the goal of education for all children
WASHINGTON - April 21, 2010 -
As millions of educators, parents and children around the world celebrate Global Action Week, April 19-23, the National Education Association is urging President Obama and world leaders to fulfill their promises to fund education for all of the world's children.
More than 72 million children around the world lack the right to basic education at a primary school, while 226 million children are denied the opportunity to attend secondary school. NEA President Dennis Van Roekel, joined by the Most Rev. Bishop Desmond Tutu, honorary chair of the Global AIDS Alliance, called on President Obama and world leaders to carry out their promises for universal education.
"Educators around the world are united in the belief that education is a fundamental human right," Van Roekel and Tutu wrote to President Obama, asking him to attend the Global Summit on Education at the World Cup in South Africa. They also asked him to fulfill his pledge of $2 billion for the Global Campaign for Education.
Financing Quality Public Education: A Right for All is the theme for Global Action Week. The Global Campaign for Education has teamed with the FIFA and the 2010 World Cup soccer tournament to launch 1GOAL, a worldwide effort to collect names in support of Education for All from the public, soccer players and celebrities.
"It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible. We must be willing to do more than talk and put universal education on the fast track to break the cycle of illiteracy and poverty running rampant in regions around the world," added Van Roekel and Tutu.
NEA Vice President Lily Eskelsen joined Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY), author of the proposed Education for All Act, and actress Jessica Alba, co-chair of the 1Goal Campaign in the United States, to press lawmakers on Capitol Hill to provide the resources to achieve the goal of universal education by 2015.
"NEA's 3.2 million members are proud to be a part of the Global Campaign for Education and help teach an important lesson, The World's Largest Lesson, about economics, democracy and human rights," said Eskelsen. "Investment in education pays returns in health, economic growth, environmental stewardship, democratic participation AND it's a human right."
NEA, a member of the U.S. Chapter of the Global Campaign for Education Leadership Council, helped develop the 1Goal lesson plans being used by educators around the world.. Following Global Action Week, NEA members will continue to lead by example, teaching the 1Goal lessons in classrooms, taking the Education for All messages to policymakers and engaging the public in a large grassroots movement to expand educational opportunities around the globe.
Follow us on twitter at www.twitter.com/NEAMedia
For more information on NEA Global Campaign and 1Goal activities, go to www.nea.org/gaw
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