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WASHINGTON — Former secretary of state Colin Powell called the jury verdict that cleared the killer of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin ''questionable'' and urged President Obama to speak more on issues of race during an interview that aired Sunday.
The first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said the Martin verdict soon would be forgotten but said Obama — and all presidents — have a responsibility to discuss the nation's history of racial injustice.
Powell spoke in an interview with CBS's "Face the Nation,'' as Washington held a series of events to mark the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s march that included his ''I Have a Dream'' speech.
''If Dr. King was here, I'm quite sure he would say, 'Congratulations on all the progress that's been made, but let's keep going. The dream is not fully achieved yet,''' said Powell, also the first black to serve the nation as secretary of state.
Asked about the Martin killing, Powell questioned its impact on the civil rights discourse. A Florida jury found that George Zimmerman acted in self-defense and acquitted him during a criminal trial.
''I think that it will be seen as a questionable judgment on the part of the judicial system down there, but I don't know if it will have staying power,'' Powell said. ''These cases come along and they blaze across the midnight sky and then after a period of time, they're forgotten.''
That doesn't mean Obama should keep silent, though, Powell said.
''I'd like to see him be more passionate about race questions,'' Powell said of Obama, whom he endorsed during the 2008 and 2012 presidential election.
''For the president to speak out on it is appropriate. I think all leaders, black and white, should speak out on this issue,'' the Republican added.
Powell said he didn't fully grasp the civil rights upheaval happening during the early 1960s until he returned from Vietnam. His wife, Alma, didn't share the developments with him from their home in Birmingham, Ala., and his service blocked him from engaging in the political upheaval.
He said the civil rights era helped blacks but more needs to be done.
''A lot has been accomplished, and we should be so proud of our accomplishments,'' he said. ''But at the same time, that mirror should show us that there are still problems in this country, that there is still racial bias that still exists in certain parts of our country.''
The anniversary of the King's ''I Have a Dream'' speech is Wednesday but anniversary events began Saturday morning.
In a speech before tens of thousands of people on the National Mall on Saturday, Attorney General Eric Holder said the spirit of the 1963 march now demands equal rights for gays, Latinos, women, and people with disabilities.
Holder, the nation's first black attorney general, praised those who faced repression and brutality to march a half century ago. He thanked them for standing up to ''racist governments and governors.''
Without them, he said, he would never be the attorney general and Obama would not be president.


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Help, I'm Having A Hard Time Living in Paris.
Not everyone experiences the joy and euphoria of being in Paris. For some, the culture shock is greater than others, and it's hard to adjust to something that may be vastly different from back home. If this is your first time in a foreign country (like a friend I met recently - the person who inspired me to come up with this post, by the way), it can be difficult to come to terms with the sights and sounds around you, and you may feel overwhelmed. It could be similar to someone moving from an outlying area into a big city for the first time. Everything seems to be too loud, too fast, too confusing and frantic. Still it's not all bad. You just need to give yourself time to adjust, or learn to slough it off and walk on, as the French do.
"Life in France is everything – amazing, humorous, inspiring, frustrating, invigorating,
amusing, and … nonsensical". - @pretavoyager
Understand the culture
Perhaps you come from a place where people smile a lot or are very friendly, whether or not they know you. In France—Paris especially—the French are very reserved with new people until they get to know them better. Some Parisians may seem standoffish or rude, but really, they're not. It's just a cultural quirk. Be polite, use greetings in French and "vous" not "tu" and you'll begin to break the ice. When you enter and leave the shop on the corner, say "Bonjour/bonsoir" and "au revoir." Make the effort to find things in common with the people you meet, and you'll likely feel more relaxed and at ease in your environment.
Shops may open or close at times you don't expect. Buying transit cards and riding the train or bus may be different than you're used to. Perhaps it's more complicated or dirty or just plain daunting. It's just like learning to ride a bicycle (or figuring out Windows 10). Take it a step at a time and soon, it will get better. Rather than railing against the machine, try working around it.
This is your home now, for however long and there's a lot to see and do in Paris. If the shops close before you get off work and you can't get your groceries or preferred bottle of wine when you want it, try shopping during your lunch break, or on your way to work. If you only have one day a week free from your job, make it fun. Arrange your day to have something exciting to do in between all the drudgery of paying bills, cleaning your apartment and doing laundry, and it will make you feel better. Take a walk in one of the many beautiful parks in the city. Watch a favorite show from back home in French and see if you can figure it out. Are the jokes still funny? Enjoy a free concert, watch a movie. The possibilities are endless.
What about if you hate transit or don't have a car? Try walking. Parisians do that a lot. You may also find some gems you may have otherwise missed by being on the train. Perhaps you can ride a bicycle and get exercise while doing your commute. There are hundreds of kiosks around Paris, and the money you'll save while boosting your health can't be beat.
This quote is borrowed from a lovely post written by Diane of Oui in France. Get the post here.
Learn the language
You can't really get around this one. Think about it. If your native language is English, and someone comes up to you in your hometown and starts speaking to you in Greek, how would that make you feel? Frustrated? Confused? Angry? Paris has millions of tourists walking through its streets every year. There must be some kind of marginal utility on what a Parisian is able to tolerate on a daily basis, and especially if it's not in their mother tongue. Learning French will go a long way to increasing your comfort level, understanding the nuances of the system, and will help things make sense, too. Be patient with yourself—and the locals—as you try to get used to each other.
Dwell on the "likes" not the "dislikes"
Perhaps you're not a fan of French food. Sacré bleu! Well, at least you've tried it. Don't despair, however. There are many other options around the city to choose from. Do a search on Yelp.com, fork.com, parisbymouth.com for restaurants that might better match your tastes, whether it's Chinese, Indian or any other kind of cuisine. You can find just about anything here, if you look for it.
If you find prices too expensive at your local restaurant, search around for cheaper ones. Bistros and cafes might work best. Take cooking classes and go to the markets on weekends. They may not have everything you're used to eating, but there should be enough of things you can work with. Keep an open mind. And think of all the language experience you'll be getting!
Make friends
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Being alone in a new place can be daunting, so why not check out an expat meetup group to find others like you? You might encounter someone who's been where you are now, and they can give you tips on how to make it to the other side, where there's joy in every day in Paris rather than the daily grind. Whatever your interests are—singing, painting, chess—there are groups out there that would welcome you with open arms. Having a friend or two gives you someone to commiserate and spend time with while exploring the city. Maybe you can bond over people who let their dogs poop on the street. They can show you their favorite places, and it could become yours, too.
You're not the only one frustrated by the amount of red tape that exists just to get
something done in Paris. Even the French shrug their shoulders and say "C'est la vie." You should, too. My own experience was enough to almost drive me to drink heavily. But I made it through, with the support of my new-found friends. Keep in mind that it will only get better from here, and once you have that carte vitale or have transferred those pesky utilities into your name, you will feel as though you can accomplish anything!
It may irk you, the laissez-faire attitude that seems prevalent in many parts of Paris, but on the other hand, the French value getting their job done (in their own time, of course), as well as having time off to enjoy life. If you come from a more hectic, do it now, work 24-7 background, this may take a bit of getting used to. But it can be done. Just realize that you'll get what you want, but it will simply take longer. Resign yourself to this—the French do, too—and read a book, play with your phone, or introduce yourself to the person next to you in a similar predicament while you're waiting. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em, right?
Give it time
Most of all, be patient. Remember when you left home for the first time, ever? Did you go to college, or move to a new city for a job? It took you a while to adjust, didn't it? You had to learn how things worked in this new world of yours, and it didn't happen overnight. Eventually, though, you did it, and you lived to tell the tale.
The same thing applies here. Whether you came here because of a fiancé (e), job, or school, you're here now, and you should make the most of it. Give yourself time to acclimate. For some, it takes longer than others. Perhaps you need to look at things from a different perspective. What things do you have here that you don't back home? Is it the museums? The bicycle kiosks? Wine and cheese on every corner? Do you think you'd miss those things if you went back home right now?
This may be the only time you're in Paris, and it's worth your time and sanity to find a way to enjoy it. Go out with your new friends and take a tour of the city. Find things to enjoy. Do you like long walks? Check out the parks. Do you like concerts, movies, plays? Check out lylo.fr for a Paris concert guide (and some are free). Going to see a play will cost anywhere from 13 to 41 euros. You can see a reasonably priced show at the Comedie Francaise http://www.comedie-francaise.fr, or the Comedie des Boulevard: http://www.comediedesboulevards.com.
Get a membership if you love movies for 20 euros a month and take a friend to the cinema. Allocine.fr gives you a list of what is currently playing. Perhaps you like volunteering? Check out France Bénévolat, BeneNova, Je Veux Aider, Restos du Coeur, SOS Helpline, RockCorps and Secours Populaire Français.
There are art and science museums, libraries, and if you're a history buff, Paris oozes with the stuff. With a little imagination and elbow grease, you can make this work. I know it!
"Build it, and it will come." Make the effort, learn the language, make new friends, take a deep breath and ignore the irritants while finishing that bottle of wine, and you might just find you're enjoying yourself, after all.
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Jimmy Webb: As the writer of some of the best pop songs of the 20th Century, Webb has served the careers of artists such as Glen Campbell, Isaac Hayes, Donna Summer, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and the Supremes, who have covered his songs extensively. But connoisseurs also appreciate the pianist's lesser-known solo recordings, and his own highly personal interpretations of his most famous songs, including "Wichita Lineman," "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" and "The Worst That Could Happen," 8 p.m. Saturday at Space, 1245 Chicago Ave., Evanston, Ill., $20, $32, $40; evanstonspace.com.


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Every Family is Different. Every Family is the Same (Alternative families / LGBT)
Children grow up in families that, on the surface, might look different. This makes Sally wonder why she has a brother when her friend has a sister, and this leads to a touching and moving story looking at the different families we find in the present day, all localised around Sally's street and her own family.
Children who have same-sex parents, who are being brought up by grandparents, who are in large families, mixed-race families, children in foster care will all find households they can relate to in this charming story, which normalises and celebrates difference, while looking for similarities between the people who are portrayed.
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Remember Me Joe Brindle
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Three years since your life was taken from us and this world we exist in by a demented soul.
Murder — such a terrible act — and yet we try to live with this each and every day – we all love you and miss you so much. Our hearts are heavy and full of tears as this day passes before us. We know you will always be with us as we travel into an unknown future. We send you all our love, light, hugs and kisses. Miss you so very much.
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Jake Owen may never get his own cooking show, but there's a lot that goes into his recipe for peanuts in Coke. More, in fact, than just peanuts and Coke. There's a little bit of Southern tradition, some very fond memories and a shot of Barbara Mandrell in each one.
"When I was a kid, like around 13 years old, I used to ride to Perry, Ga., with my dad. He used to ride cutting horses," he told me the last time he was in Chicago. "And I remember the first time we stopped, he got some bags of peanuts and Coca-Colas, and he's like, 'Son, there's something about the mix of the Coca-Cola and the salt that makes it really nice.'" So, Owen made me one of these salty concoctions with the ingredients I'd brought on the bus. "This Mexican Coke, you got has carbonated water and sugar. You will not find high-fructose corn syrup in Mexican Cokes. They use actual cane sugar, which makes this Coke way better." Then he threw a handful of salted peanuts in the neck of the Coke bottle, and started singing Barbara Mandrell's 1981 hit "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" to me. "I remember circling the drive in/Pullin' up and turning down George Jones/I remember when no one was lookin'/I was putting peanuts in my Coke," Owen sang. I don't know if it was the classic country or just the heady mix of salty and sweet, but Owen made a fan out of me that night.


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As Oklahoma Baptist University celebrates its first century and looks to the future, University administrators and faculty leadership have worked to develop a strategic plan to serve as a guide for OBU's next decade. OBU 2020 represents a fresh statement of the institution's core values, articulates seven strategic initiatives, and offers a visionary glimpse of a new campus master plan.
OBU 2020 was developed through a collaborative effort by University personnel, drawing from the work of two faculty/staff task forces which addressed OBU's core values and conducted an environmental scan to assess strengths and opportunities for the University.
OBU students, parents, faculty, staff, alumni and friends are invited to review this strategic plan and share in building on a history of success. OBU already is rated as Oklahoma's top comprehensive college by two national organizations. Through successful achievement of OBU 2020 initiatives, the University will expand the effectiveness of its mission as a distinctively Christian liberal arts university where lives are transformed.
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While OBU 2020 offers a strategic vision for the University, annual strategic objectives provide the planning direction for the OBU community. The objectives are created through the work of the University Planning Advisory Council. Click on a link below to view the 2010-11 Strategic Objectives, 2011-12 Strategic Objectives, and 2012-13 Strategic Objectives.
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Javier Puerto was an artist of action comics, mainly for foreign publishers. In Spain, he drew for the A Todo Color supplement of the La Prensa daily. He contributed to collections like 'Bisonte Gráfico', 'Historias' (Bruguera) and 'Hazañas del Oeste' (Toray). From 1952, he illustrated the western 'Bill Cassidy'. Javier Puerto also drew for British Romance comics such as Mirabelle, Valentine and Glamour from the late 1950s to the late 1960s.
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Porter pondering candidates to lead off for Astros
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- The Astros' move to the American League could bring a different wrinkle to the leadoff spot this year. No longer will the top hitter in the order be following the pitcher in the lineup, so there figures to be more opportunities to drive in runs.
Astros manager Bo Porter said Wednesday he prefers All-Star second baseman Jose Altuve to bat in the No. 2 spot in the order, where he batted a team-high 48 times last year. Altuve also hit leadoff in 84 games, which also led the team.
At this point, it appears likely the leadoff spot could be occupied by Tyler Greene or Marwin Gonzalez, depending on which player wins the shortstop battle. Neither will be a catalyst like Michael Bourn, but none of the Astros' outfield candidates nor corner infielders suit the position, outside of Brandon Barnes.
"When you talk about a leadoff hitter, it has to be a guy that's not afraid to hit with two strikes," Porter said. "He's willing to take pitches, but at the same time he's aggressive. I'd like to have a guy at the top of the lineup that can do some damage. He's going to get more fastballs, putting him in position to really ignite the team and get rallies started.
"When you have a guy like Altuve hitting behind you – a guy that's an established Major League player – there are many times the guy hitting in front of him should see better pitches to hit."
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Hope Solo's Amazing Save Versus Canada
If you missed it over the weekend one of the greatest goal saves in female soccer history happened and Richland's own Hope Solo was behind it all.
The save, amazing as it was has also sparked good debate on if the goal should of counted or not. If you watch the entire video you'll see at the end the Canadian forward makes a strong effort to get the ball in the goal and it looks as though it does cross the line while in Hope's hands.
I'm not 100% sure about rules in professional soccer but I do remember growing up and playing rec soccer that as soon as the goalie has the ball in possession you have to stop your attempt at finishing the attack.


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I decided to create a mini album. The base of the album os 3 envelopes, attached together.
The pictures were taken on Sukkot evening. Oren, my husband, was in Milu'im (reserve duty) and I invited my parents & my brother to eat with us in our Suka.
The first opening of the album was inspired by Tuesday Trio's sketch #38. The sentiment is "Happy Holiday" greeting.
I used: 3 envelopes, DCWV cardstocks, Ink It Up! burgundy ink, twine, grosgrain ribbon, stapler, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, the Paper Studio pearls, Mastikim alphabet stickers.


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Sound Off for Feb. 16, 2013
I think we need a Constitutional amendment whereby Republican members of Congress have to live on the current minimum wage right now for a year, because they certainly don't deserve what they earn right now. They are not doing anything for this county except to fight anything Democrats propose. They should be one year on minimum wage. And also there is jealousy with this country by the private sector. Business does not appreciate state and local government treating their workers. State workers and government employees all have good benefits. They are unionized and there's jealousy in this country when it comes to business because they don't want to compete with postal workers, police, fire, governments workers. They don't want to compete with these people. So the best thing they can do is try to shut down the government jobs. That's wrong and it will never work.
It is "hypocritical" for Mr. Obama to blame Republicans for not canceling sequestration since the spending cut program was his idea last year. Further, it appears that Obama's solution to every problem is either a tax increase or a spending program. Even more terrifying is Obama's misguided efforts to deal with climate change, which will destroy the American economy and are futile because "America's not a planet, it's a country. Mr. Obama thinks the free enterprise system that has brought unlimited prosperity to MILLIONS of Americans is the cause of our problems. He thinks that we need to have a bigger government that's more involved, and that's why you saw last night that on issue after issue, every time he identified a problem in America, his solution was some sort of spending program or some new law. Again, Mr. Obama is totally out of touch with the vast majority of Americans.
Many, many bans have been effective - hard drugs, drunk driving, cell phone use have all been effective.
What do you mean by effective? Perfect? No ban is ever perfect and to expect otherwise is foolish. In my view, a ban is effective if it moves the needle towards it goal without too much undue burden. For example, the fact that drunk driving still exists does not mean that a ban on drunk driving has failed. To the contrary, bans on drunk driving have reduced the incidence of drug driving and thus have saved thousands of lives without imposing undue burdens on the citizenry. Thus, the ban is effective.
I will argue that drunk driving deaths are way, way down due to factors other than a ban on driving drunk. Those laws have been on the books for many years. But the drop in drunk driving deaths are due to the following factors:
- safer vehicles improve chances of survival in a crash
- improved medical outcomes
- society finally woke up and demanded that drunk drivers be held accountable
- technology improved to the point where testing on the scene could be done in a reliable manner
- drunk driving laws were tweaked to prevent people from refusing to take a test at the scene
- laws on the books were enforced
So technology advancements on many fronts along with society demanding laws be enforced has resulted in the drop in deaths. Now if we could intelligently tweak the gun laws, enforce those on the books with the same vigor as drunk driving laws, and utilize technology to track and disable stolen guns then the desired outcome would have a far better chance.
Isn't it about time that you Obama worshippers realized what a fraud he is? Didn't you listen to his speech the other night, same old, same old garbage. Nothing new. Oh by the way, do you realize that insurance with Obama Care will cost a family of four $20,000? That's right $20,000. Do you still love this guy ? Wake up and smell the coffee.


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Radisson Resort Orlando completes $10 million makeover
The newest accommodations at a Disney Good Neighbour Hotel now can be found at the Radisson Resort Orlando-Celebration following the resort's $10-million transformation of its guestrooms, meeting and event spaces, restaurant, lobby and public spaces.
Located a half mile from the Walt Disney Resort with complimentary, all-day shuttle transportation to the Epcot Transportation Centre (saving families $14 a day in parking), the new-look Radisson Resort Orlando-Celebration is ideal for families looking for money-saving rates on new accommodations near the Magic Kingdom.
With rates starting at $79 per night, the property's all-new guestrooms feature a modern, sophisticated design with plush, new bedding, new furnishings with ample storage, new bathrooms, new carpet and window treatments, HDTV, and a dining table with chairs where children can enjoy snacks, have fun with an activity or simply spread out their souvenirs.
Guests also enjoy free high-speed Internet access, an in-room refrigerator, in-room safe and coffee maker.
The resort's 6,800 square feet of flexible convention, meeting and event space also has been updated with new carpeting, fixtures and wall coverings while its restaurant, lobby and public spaces have been transformed as part of the year-long enhancement.
The all-new Radisson Resort Orlando-Celebration presents one of the area's finest aquatics experiences featuring a dramatic lagoon-style pool, heated for the winter, with a sweeping, 42-foot waterslide winding around a rocky hill, cascading waterfalls, two whirlpools and a children's wading pool.
Complimentary seasonal poolside experiences include arts and crafts and a variety of children's games.
Families also enjoy two lighted tennis courts, a fitness centre and abundant walking paths amidst 20 lushly landscaped acres.
Besides its location minutes from the Walt Disney Resort at 2900 Parkway Boulevard just off Interstate 4, the Radisson Resort Orlando-Celebration is directly across the street from the community of Celebration.
Designed by The Walt Disney Company, the town is filled with quaint shops and restaurants on brick-paved, tree-lined streets.


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Friday, Feb. 8: Watch These Three Stocks
Brendan Conway has details of three stocks, along with commodities price news, that will have traders' attention on Friday. Photo: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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To Bring Them to Thee
1. Sometimes I think about my life
Unsure of what to be.
My friends and fam`ly give advice
They want what's best for me.
Of all the thing they see in me
What should I become?
I need thee, Lord, to help me choose.
That Thy will may be done.
Will I be prepared to fill woman's role,
Accept the Lord's will, with all of my soul,
To raise children up,
To love them, to lead?
Will I take the time to bring them to Thee?
2. My mother loves unselfishly,
Helps others in their need.
She loves the teachings of the Lord
And teaches them to me.
Of all the things that she could choose
She chose the will of God,
To love and lead us back to Him
As hand in hand we walk.
My mother prepares and fills woman's role.
Accepts the Lords will with all of her soul,
She's taking the time to love and to lead,
And she's taking the time to bring us to Thee.
3. As I prepare for motherhood and children I may raise,
Be near me Lord, that I may teach, inspire in loving ways.
Help me to walk the path the brings my children back to Thee,
That we'll find joy throughout our lives together on our way.
And I will prepare to fill woman's role.
Accept the Lord's will with all of my soul,
I'll raise children up, I'll love them, I'll lead,
And I'll take the time to bring them to Thee.
Text: Dan Carter
Music: Dan Carter
Arranged By: Dan Carter
Artist: Amy Trent


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For discussing climate/energy things that are not the topic of other posts (hint, hint). E.g:
How (in)consistent is the instrumental temperature record with a climate sensitivity between 2 and 4.5 degrees (per doubling of CO2)? Turns out, within the admittedly large uncertainties they are entirely consistent (based on Ramanathan and Feng, 2009):
Global average surface temperatures have increased by about 0.75 degrees Celsius since the beginning of the industrial revolution, of which ~0.6 °C is attributable to human activities. The total radiative forcing by greenhouse gases is around 3 W/m2, with which we have 'committed' the planet to warm up by 2.4 °C (1.6-3.6 °C), according to a climate sensitivity of 3 °C (2-4.5 °C) for a doubling of CO2. The observed amount of warming thus far has been less than this, because part of the excess energy is stored in the oceans (amounting to ~0.5 °C), and the remainder (~1.3 °C) has been masked by the cooling effect of anthropogenic aerosols.
Dana over at SkS has an excellent post on this as well, using slightly different numbers and accounting for uncertainties. Over at the previous thread, RickA makes the common mistake of omitting the negative aerosol forcing and the ocean thermal inertia.
On low carbon technologies I don't have terribly much to add at the moment, except to point to previous posts on technology (including lots of pointers to literature and/or other articles).


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SimCity 4 offers state-of-art presentational updates as well innovative features and fresh aspects of play. Though revisiting the series' basic challenge to design, establish, and nurture a balanced, living community of virtual citizens, SimCity 4 players are able to mold their microcosms as never before. New landscape creation tools allow players to build mountains and valleys, rivers, and forests, so they can create an ideal environment even before the first street is laid down. The SimCity is now part of a larger community, along with other cities in the region.
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The Sims designer Will Wright is also the maker of SimCity, a complex game that has also captured the hearts of many gamers from its first release 15 years ago, with its challenging goal of planning a city and turning it into a successful metropolis with you as the mayor. Now, the series reaches its fourth installment which is not that different from the previous SimCity games. But that doesn't mean there aren't any changes, it does have new features and a major overhaul was done with its visuals but these aren't enough to make you conclude that the game has maximized its capability of becoming the best. Still, its complexity and challenging goals can give you hours of playing time and experiences where you can actually learn from.
The most noticeable change in this new installment can be spotted the moment you begin to play where you immediately see the SimNation, which is dissected into a number of smaller areas where you can build a whole city in an area of your choice. To a certain extent, each city in the surrounding area can collaborate with another city, especially when trading resources. All you have to do is to click on a square, name it and commission yourself as its mayor.
Getting started is just like any of the other SimCity games; beginning with building your power plant and on to creating the commercial zone. But in SimCity 4, everything is made easy by its automated commands when making streets. This is fantastic since it does make everything easier on the other hand, it can also leave your city with little wasted spaces if you are not acquainted with the use of such automated commands. This feature can probably be appreciated more if it had been made optional for those who are more adept at manual operations than using the automated version.
This version has a more polished interface that gives you all the information and the building options that will help you become the best mayor for your city. The game also gives you a wider level of control over your city. Instead of just lowering or increasing your tax rate, you can now choose to differentiate the tax rates between the three zone types in your city. You can also adjust budgets not only locally but globally, too.
The fourth installment in the series also gives you the option to make your own volcano even in the heart of the city, which means you can also make calamities and natural disasters just happen out of the blue through the disaster menu. Be warned that you are not allowed to paralyze random disasters. You can even make yourself the worst mayor in this game like getting your city into serious debts and all! But that is definitely not the purpose of playing this game. The new MySim mode is also not necessary. Sure, your new imports can provide you with important information but why give your attention to that one person when you have thousand more that actually need you right now.
Sometimes, the game strikes some performance issues. The worst that can happen is that your game might not boot up because it is incompatible with some video cards. You can also experience crashes and some hitches on the graphics. Starting up can also be a bit slow and irksome and sometime the cameras become unresponsive when you want to monitor around your city.
These are just minor problems to a game that is still impressive overall, with its variety and attention to details. Among the four, this is the only one capable of giving you a night view of your city although seasons are not yet available. SimCity 4 is still the same complex and challenging game you love and with all its add-ons, you will categorically find it hard to stop.
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As reported on over the weekend, TNA ran into a serious contract issue with current TNA Tag Team Champion Bobby Roode leading into the Lockdown PPV. Roode didn't appear on television for two weeks and it was feared he would miss the Lockdown PPV this past Sunday in San Antonio. TNA officials were able to sign him to a new deal just in time.
According to a report by Jason Powell, TNA had the option of renewing the final year of Roode's contract before it expired. By failing to do this, Roode became a free agent and it then created an issue with his work visa. Roode actually had to inform the TNA office himself about the contract issue in what was described as TNA's talent relations department (headed up by Bruce Prichard) "dropping the ball and costing the company a big chunk of of money." Roode reportedly was able to work out a "significant pay raise" as a result of the oversight by TNA. While this has happened in the past within TNA, Roode was described as one of the more high profile talent whose deal was allowed to expire by mistake.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Treasury prices climbed Wednesday after a report showed weak growth in new home sales and an auction of 5-year notes saw tepid demand.
The 10-year note US:10_YEAR yield, which falls as prices rise, was down 4 basis points on the day at 2.688%. The 30-year bond US:30_YEAR yield dropped 3.5 basis points to 3.469% and the 5-year note US:5_YEAR yield fell 3 basis points to 1.714%.
A Commerce Department report showed a 14.5% plunge in sales of new single-family homes in March. The seasonally adjusted annual rate of 384,000 sales last month was the lowest since last July, missing economist expectations of a 450,000 reading.
"That fall is in contrast to some of the data we have gotten from other parts of the economy in the last couple of weeks, which suggested the economy had a significant rebound," said Jake Lowery, global rates portfolio manager at ING U.S. Investment Management.
Markit's flash PMI index for the U.S. also dropped slightly to 55.4 in April from 55.5 in March. Readings over 50 indicate growth, data showed.
The Treasury market has been looking for confirmation that economic data will rebound as the weather warms after a cold winter in much of the U.S., which was blamed for a slowdown in growth in the first few months of the year. The Federal Reserve says the trajectory of its key lending rate, now anchored near zero, depends on the pace of economic improvement.
The Treasury Department offered $35 billion in 5-year notes on Wednesday, which auctioned at a yield of 1.732%, slightly higher than where the broader market was trading at the time. The sale is the second in a trio of auctions this week, following a soft 2-year note auction on Tuesday. Intermediate sector yields, which are sensitive to speculation about when the Fed will hike its key lending rate, have been hard hit in recent months.
Bidders offered to buy 2.79 times the amount of debt for sale, compared with an average of 2.71 times during the past six sales. Non-dealers took down a sizeable portion of the debt. Direct bidders, which often includes domestic money managers, bought 18.6% of the sale, versus 12.9% in recent auctions. Indirect bidders, a group that often serves as a proxy for foreign central banks, took down 44.9%, compared with a recent average of 44.5%.
"The buyside takedown figures were decent, but the auction still tailed 0.6 basis points at 1.732%," said John Canavan, bond market analyst at Stone & McCarthy Research Associates, in a note.
The market was also bolstered earlier Wednesday by rising tensions in Ukraine. Kiev accused a Russian group of torturing and killing two people, and heard calls to start a military crackdown on activists. Meanwhile, the American sent troops for maneuvers in Eastern Europe amid a visit to Ukraine by U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden.
William O'Donnell, head Treasury strategist at RBS, wrote in a note to clients: "Ukraine tensions have resurfaced after Ukraine's government said that the 'Easter truce is over' with the U.S. moving troops into Eastern Europe."
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The Royal Shakespeare Theatre
The Royal Shakespeare Company and its accompanying theatre is arguably the most popular tourist attraction in Stratford-upon-Avon. The iconic theatre is situated on Waterside along the banks of the River Avon.
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has grown into a world-renowned venue and institution of performing arts. The theatre principally performs Shakespeare pieces, however the works of his contemporaries and new shows are also presented. The main theatre seats a total of 1,040 people.
Many of today's household names began their careers at the RSC. Dame Judi Dench joined the RSC in 1961 and went on to make her debut in 1962 as Isabella in Measure for Measure. Sir Ian McKellen frequently walked the stage of the RSC, most notably playing the titular role in Macbeth alongside Dame Judi. Helen Mirren has played a variety of characters including Lady Anne in Richard III and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. Other notable actors to grace the stage include Vanessa Redgrave and David Tennant.
The RSC is committed to continuing this proud tradition of fine-tuning some of the world's greatest actors. 25,000 young people and 2,000 teachers per year are offered education partnerships with the RSC both domestically and internationally.
Throughout its existence the RSC has been highly revered and this enormous popularity resulted in the recent £112.8 million RSC and Swan Theatre re-development. The building was re-opened in November 2010. As a Grade II listed building, it was vital that it held on to its art deco features that the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre was notorious for.
One of the most popular and exciting features of the re-development includes the Tower. A lift takes you 32 metres up to the viewing platform, which has been designed to provide exceptional views of the town. As you make your way out down the stairs you will be able to view an exhibition installed within the walls.
The Tower opens at 10am every day. Tickets prices are just £2.50 for adults, £1.25 for those 18 and under, and £1 for people with disabilities or RSC members. A visit to the RSC Tower is a fun way to take in the sights of Stratford-upon-Avon and is suitable for all of the family. Guided tours of the Theatre are also available.
As a mark of the renovation's success, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre was awarded with the prestigious Tata Steel Ltd Structural Steel Design Award 2012.
The company produces approximately 20 plays in its Stratford branch each year with around one thousand individual performances. The majority of these take place in the summer months. There are both matinee and evening performances, meaning every visitor to Stratford-upon-Avon will have the opportunity to witness a performance first-hand.
Pre-performance dinner packages in the Rooftop Restaurant are also available. A stunning creation set on the third floor, it offers panoramic views of the town along with fine dining, evening cocktails and live music performances.
Tickets to a performance at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre start at just £5 for restricted view seats, with the best available seating costing £48 for adults. Disabled access is provided, however those with special requirements must contact the theatre in advance using the disability access booking form.
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The Mapleson Cylinders - Program Notes
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by David Hamilton
In the following notes, the headings identify each selection with the words of the original libretto, even when the recording is sung in a translation; this is to assist listeners working with scores in the original languages. (The librettos themselves give the texts as sung.) Words before the beginning or after the end of the recording are bracketed. Following the identification of the selection are listed the performers; solo singers are listed if their roles are specified by the score as taking part, although in ensemble passages they may not be individually audible or identifiable. Standard abbreviations for vocal ranges are used: soprano (s), mezzo-soprano (ms), alto (a), tenor (t), baritone (b), and bass (bs). The heading concludes with the date of the performance recorded.
As suggested in the essays above, the dating and ascription of some of the cylinders is problematic. In the following notes, below the date of the recording, in brackets, is indicated the evidence for that date. There are three basic forms of direct evidence. "Snake" means that a printed cast list (from the long sheets on which the Met formerly published its weekly programs) is attached to (or enclosed within) the cylinder container; sometimes these also have annotations in Mapleson's hand. "Slip" refers to the handwritten slips that Mapleson sometimes inserted inside the cylinders. "Glackens" refers to the Glackens/Bishop inventory of the cylinders held by Seltsam, and is followed by the item number in that list. Unless otherwise qualified, the presence of one or more of these terms indicates that such a source confirms the date given above. On occasion, the evidence for dating involves Mapleson's recording speeds, details of which will be found in the table in Appendix A below; it was noted, during the re-recording and pitching process, that cylinders from the same performance were often -- though not invariably -- recorded by Mapleson at the same mandrel speed. When the reasoning behind an ascription is complex, and when the ascription remains conjectural, more extensive details are given. As will be seen, only a handful of ascriptions are significantly problematic. The present ascriptions represent more than a year of second and third thoughts, based both on repeated listening in connection with preparing the disc masters and on considerable supplementary research. The inevitable typographical errors that crept into the initial publication of detailed findings in the 1982 and 1983 Recorded Sound articles have been carefully corrected.
It was initially planned to reprint translations from librettos of the Mapleson period, but this finally proved unsatisfactory. The old librettos often omit passages included in the recordings, and the translations were often very far from the literal (the chorus from Ero e Leandro was simply bowdlerized!); a few of them have been retained, others modified or replaced by fresh translations. However, we consider that the primary purpose of the texts presented here is to assist listeners -- especially those without access to scores -- in following the recordings. We assume that most listeners to the Maplesons will already be conversant with the stories and librettos of works such as Aida, Carmen, and Faust, though for the relatively unfamiliar works we have provided more detail. Thus, in the librettos we have sometimes summarized inaudible subsidiary parts in ensembles, concentrating on giving the words that belong to the most audible lines. Especially in less familiar works and/or dimmer recordings, complex text repetitions have been written out. A particular effort (not entirely successful) was made to locate the Italian words sung by the chorus in French and German operas; these do not always correspond to what is sung in every detail (no doubt because of the continuing ad hoc modification that translations undergo in opera houses), but they serve to demonstrate convincingly that Italian, not the original, is being sung. What follows might thus be more accurately described as "road maps" than as straightforward librettos. Words omitted at the beginnings and ends of recordings are bracketed; when several cylinders cover the same ground, arrows indicate starting and stopping points. Asterisks indicate performance cuts (musical cuts that involve no textual omissions are noted in the synopsis preceding the libretto); related but discontinuous segments within a band are indicated by letters: (a), (b), etc. (When the omissions are very brief, the libretto runs continuously, brackets indicating the lines missing in the recording.)
Needless to say, these notes rely enormously on the documentation accumulated by David Hall during the original transfer project, and on generous advice from him and from John Stratton during all phases of the preparation of the disc edition.


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Almost two years after Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak was removed from power, Cairo's Tahrir Square is still an epicenter of protest and violence. It's an epicenter of protest and violence because Egypt is again ruled by a man who has declared himself dictator. The country's new president, Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, announced that "constitutional declarations, decisions and laws issued by the president are final and not subject to appeal."
He's already being called the new Pharaoh. It makes no difference that he was elected. Democracy isn't just about getting elected. A democratic election is not a one-time plebiscite on who the next tyrant is going to be. Democracy requires individual and minority rights and the separation of powers. Winners cannot oppress losers, nor do losers get to wage war on the winners.
Some of us are more surprised than others by this development, but the Muslim Brotherhood was never a democratic political movement. It's not even a close call. You don't have to be a cheerleader for Hosni Mubarak to recognize its inherent authoritarianism.
Egypt expert Eric Trager explains in The New Republic how the organization weeds out moderates by design.
It begins when specially designated Brotherhood recruiters, who work at mosques and universities across Egypt, identify pious young men and begin engaging them in social activities to assess their suitability for the organization. The Brotherhood's ideological brainwashing begins a few months later, as new recruits are incorporated into Brotherhood cells (known as "families") and introduced to the organization's curriculum, which emphasizes Qur'anic memorization and the writings of founder Hassan al-Banna, among others. Then, over a five-to-eight-year period, a team of three senior Muslim Brothers monitors each recruit as he advances through five different ranks of Brotherhood membership—muhib, muayyad, muntasib, muntazim, and finally ach amal, or "active brother."
Throughout this process, rising Muslim Brothers are continually vetted for their embrace of the Brotherhood's ideology, commitment to its cause, and—most importantly—willingness to follow orders from the Brotherhood's senior leadership. As a result, Muslim Brothers come to see themselves as foot soldiers in service of the organization's theocratic credo: "Allah is our objective; the Quran is our law; the Prophet is our leader; Jihad is our way; and death for the sake of Allah is the highest of our aspirations." Meanwhile, those dissenting with the organization's aims or tactics are eliminated at various stages during the five-to-eight-year vetting period.
Last year in Cairo I met a couple of young activist recruits who washed out. They weren't fired, exactly. One just up and quit because he could no longer stand the paranoid and authoritarian politics of its leaders, and the other was pressured out by what Americans call a hostile work environment.
"Hamas is more liberal," Mohamed Adel told me, "and more willing to cooperate with other movements than the Muslim Brotherhood is." He had left just weeks before I met him at the journalist syndicate. "The Brotherhood thinks dealing with anyone who is a former member . . . or someone from other movements and parties, is like dealing with an infidel."
Abdul-Jalil al-Sharnouby, another young activist, was an editor at the Brotherhood's Web site. Party officials treated him horribly and it became obvious, from his insider's view, that the leaders would lord it over Egypt with a military regime or a police state if given the chance. "The Brotherhood as it exists now," he told me, "wants to come to power and rule the way Hosni Mubarak did."
Egypt's political culture is authoritarian and always has been. The Muslim Brotherhood is a logical and perhaps inevitable product of a pre-existing problem bigger than itself and older than its religion.
I've met Egyptian liberals. They exist, but they're a minority. Moderates are a larger minority, but genuine liberals belong to an even smaller minority and they know it. They feel it keenly, and are therefore far gloomier about Egypt's prospects than Westerners were when the so-called Arab Spring started almost two years ago.
"The Western worldview is not very popular in Egypt," Egyptian journalist Mohamed Ahmed Raouf told me. "They watch American movies, they drive American cars, but they don't accept Western culture or values of democracy, pluralism, and enlightenment. They don't accept it. People have to be open-minded, and that's not the case here."
Hala Mustafa, a liberal intellectual at the Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, told me the Muslim Brothers grotesquely distort the words "freedom" and "democracy." "I heard one of them just the other day referring to individual rights," she said, "but in a very backward way. He thinks Islam already has all rights for everybody and that we have to respect that. He thinks this is freedom, but it's completely different from any liberal concept of freedom. The Muslim Brotherhood is against individual freedom not just for women and Christians, but also for Muslims and men."
Egypt's deeply embedded illiberalism isn't exactly a secret. It's the country's most obvious political characteristic, one that imposes itself on the observant almost at once. Egyptian blogger Big Pharaoh explained it to me this way the first time I visited Cairo seven years ago: "Most of the armed terrorist groups we see now were born out of the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood…My biggest fear is that if the Muslim Brotherhood rules Egypt we will get Islamism-lite, that they won't be quite bad enough that people will revolt against them. Most Egyptians don't drink, so they won't mind if alcohol is illegal. The same goes for banning books. Most Egyptians don't read. So why should they care if books are banned? Most women wear a veil or a headscarf already, so if it becomes the law hardly anyone will resist."
But sure, the Brothers threw the word "democracy" around when they were on their way up, especially when gullible foreign journalists were in town. They got a big kick out of portraying themselves as religiously conservative democrats, as though they were the Egyptian equivalents of Germany's Christian Democrats or the Republicans in the United States. But their slogan is and always has been "Islam is the solution." They're only moderate compared with the totalitarian Salafists.
Morsi promises that his dictatorial powers are temporary. Feel free to believe that if you find it credible. Hey, it might even be true. Weird things happen in the Middle East all the time. The army could remove him tomorrow. Other regime components might tell him to get stuffed, making him more Hugo Chavez than Fidel Castro. The "street" might throw the country into ungovernable chaos. Morsi might even feel enough pressure from abroad that he dials it down. But whatever happens later, he just proclaimed himself dictator. If he isn't stopped, that's exactly what he will be.
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Do you have a frumpy old filing cabinet at home? Most of us need our filing cabinets for extra storage and to keep our documents organized. However, they do not always make for an appealing room accent. Have you thought about painting a filing cabinet, or, better yet, using wall decals to spruce it up? We have! Check out this quick video where we totally renovate a filing cabinet from drab to fab using a nautical blue spray paint and WallPops by Jonathan Adler stripes!
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Ill. Fire Marshal withdraws sprinkler proposal
The Illinois Fire Marshal said Friday he's shelving a plan that would have required sprinklers to be added to older high-rise apartment buildings as well as all new-home construction.
"As the brave first responders alongside whom I have served during four decades in fire protection know, Illinois needs 21st century fire safety standards," Fire Marshal Larry Matkaitis said in a statement. "(But) in the course of this process, it's become clear that any proposed state rule needs additional refinement."
The change, which would have been the first update to the state's fire code in 11 years, riled community leaders across Illinois, who said the costly retrofits would drive up rents and bankrupt condo associations.
Matkaitis' proposal would have affected residential buildings constructed before 1975. Buildings with at least four floors and 11 units would have had to install fire alarm systems with "manual pull stations" that'd automatically notify fire departments, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Meanwhile, automatic sprinkler systems would also be required in new one- and two-family homes as well as in properties that have undergone major renovations involving half of the overall square footage. It'd also impact religious buildings that have seating for more than 300 people as well as any place with "festival seating" areas that were at least 700 square feet.
But after an "unprecedented amount" of feedback, Fire Marshal Larry Matkaitis said Friday that he'd scrap the plan and withdraw it ahead of a public hearing next week in Springfield.
In Chicago, city leaders said the proposal would lead to massive rent hikes and condo special assessments that could cost some property owners as much as $35,000 per unit. The cost of retrofitting entire apartment buildings was pegged at millions of dollars.
"The rules could have been well-intentioned, but they would have bankrupted many condominium associations," Chicago alderman Bob Fioretti told the Sun-Times, adding that some condo complexes would have to spend $15 million to comply with the new standards. "People could not afford it. They wouldn't have been able to afford the assessment and rent increases. They would have had to leave. These rules would have been an economic disaster for Chicago."
And in a letter to Gov. Pat Quinn, State Rep. Sara Feigenholtz said her constituents were in a "panic."
"The proposed regulations will force them to empty their savings accounts or desert their homes to comply with state fire standards," the Chicago Democrat wrote in Wednesday's letter, asking Matkaitis to reconsider.
But supporters of the sprinklers said critics were inflating the cost to install the devices, which they say save lives.
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Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics Posters – USOC Beauties, but where's the Primary Logo?
Official posters have been a big part of the Olympic movement for almost the entire modern era, with the first being this classic, published for the 1912 Stockholm Games:
The poster that becomes the iconic "Official Poster" is chosen by the IOC as part of the games themselves, so the Beijing 2008 Official Poster won't be available for sale until the end of the year, at earliest. (View a history of each year's Official Poster here; buy reprints for any year here). However, the local Olympic Organizing Committee usually releases a full range of posters in advance, including what becomes known by collectors as the "Primary Logo" poster.
As far as I can tell, there hasn't been a single poster published yet by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG). This "Primary Logo" image has been floating around the internet, but there's no evidence that it has actually been printed as the poster most collectors desire:
If anyone knows where to buy this as a poster, please post a link into the comments section below.
For American Olympic fans, the fine folks at St. Louis-based Fine Art Limited have once again partnered with the USOC to publish a spectacular line of Beijing Olympics posters featuring the work of many world-famous artists. At The Sports Poster Warehouse, we're carrying the most sporting of the new designs. First, there's this two-poster combo of gymnastics-themed posters from artists Hopper and Hua Chen:
Next, there's this USA Swim Team commemorative, featuring the work of noted wildlife artist Susan Sommer-Luarca:
Next, the most attractive of all, Rip Kastaris' "Victory Horses", celebrating the official Olympic motto "Swifter Higher Stronger":
Finally, there's "We are the Champions", a glorious cycling scene by whimsical Israeli artist David Schluss:
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15 Comments on "Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics Posters – USOC Beauties, but where's the Primary Logo?"
March 7, 2008 at 5:08 pm
I'd like to know the size and price of the 2008 olympic poster "dancing"
March 13, 2008 at 9:08 pm
The poster I'm referring to has a red background and a white shape "looks like" of someone dancing or running.
below is black brushed letters"Beijing 2008″ and below the colored five circles. I'm hoping to find a 2 foot by 3 foot poster.
March 13, 2008 at 9:14 pm
I just found out that the IOC poster won't be available until the end of the year. Bummer!!!
April 10, 2008 at 10:25 am
End of the year? You mean after the olympics, like December? God, I hope not.
April 10, 2008 at 2:58 pm
I don't think so, I think they will be available after the Beijing olympics
But maybe with all the nonsense going on, they will make them availably sooner. HOPEFULY!!!
May 16, 2008 at 12:12 am
I carry Olympic posters in my store, but I don't have that one yet. I do expect to get it in, so keep your eyes peeled. Here's the URL for the posters:
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May 16, 2008 at 5:21 am
[…] If you are a sports fan, and particularly one that likes collectibles on your favorite teams or players past or present, then you may want to check out The Sports Posters Blog. The blog is dedicated to those in search of the perfect sports poster. The blogger acknowledges that sports poster publishers are becoming a thing of the past, and thus with licensed sports products being hard to find, the blog would like to inform and entertain, and continue the promotion of sports poster collecting. To learn more about what this blog has to offer, check out any of their recent bloggeries: More on DAMAC NFL Football Posters (1978-1983) – San Diego Chargers, New York Jets, March Madness – 2008 NCAA Basketball Tournament, DAMAC NFL Theme Art Posters (1978-1983) by Chuck Ren – Dallas Cowboy Variations, Professional Bull Riders Posters – the Toughest Spot on Dirt, A Nod to Uni Watch: Top 10 Posters Featuring Rare Sports Unifroms, and Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics Posters – ISOC Beauties but Where's the Primary Logo? […]
June 26, 2008 at 11:44 am
Olympics are six week away; any news on being able to buy a poster yet?
August 10, 2008 at 2:45 pm
I am the proud owner of a signed, gymnast themed poster by Hopper.
Actually, I am the proud owner of an original painting by Hopper,
called "Daydreaming."
He's an amazing, gifted, unique, original, and extremely talented artist.
I am an amateur art collector, but no art collection should be without an original Hopper!
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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner went for back massages together yesterday. Maybe not Ben's most attractive sighting. Check the way he's getting out the car. That's a pretty un-sexy dismount, right there. It's a half squat. With turned out feet. Yeah, not sexy. And what happens when he bends down isn't cute either. But you can hardly blame him. Look, he appears to be experiencing some discomfort, back pain.
Oh, well, did he hurt his back?
If so, what do you think he's taking for it? Just Robax, I'm sure, ahem. Nothing stronger, hell no, f-ck no.
Henry Cavill's already been in Chicago a couple of weeks getting ready to start on Batman vs Superman. Um, right now it doesn't look like much of a fight. But Sarah and I were talking about this last night over dinner: it's like…Ben Affleck just can't get over Daredevil. And in his desperation to try to make up for it, I don't know if he's going for the right choices. Besides, doesn't DIRECTING AND PRODUCING AN OSCAR-winning movie even the score. No, actually. And never.
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- added 512K backup cartridge RAM support
- added savestate support for CD games
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- CD audio tracks (CD-DA) are not supported (yet)
- modified 68k core for Mega CD / Sega CD support
- optimized 68k core using prebuild const tables
- improved DMA accuracy
- improved accuracy of nametables register & VSRAM writes during HBLANK: fixes "The Adventures of Batman & Robin" (graphical issues during 2nd Boss fight).
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- fixed behavior of Z80 banked reads from 68k RAM (verified on real hardware).
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- added support for all recent korean ROM dumps by SMS Power.
- added emulation of korean multi-game mapper (4-Pak All Action)
- added pseudo-random RAM pattern initialization on Mark-III and Japanese Master System (fixes "Alibaba and 40 Thieves" & "Block Hole")
- added port $3E emulation & internal BOOTROM support (Master System & Game Gear only).
- added an option to set VDP mode (PAL/NTSC) independently from console region.
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A ceremony was held in Cambodia on Wednesday to repatriate what are believed to be the remains of three American servicemen who went missing in action more than 40 years ago during the Vietnam War.
The remains, in three white coffins draped with U.S. flags, were hoisted Wednesday into a C-17 military cargo plane for transport to Hawaii, where they will undergo DNA testing to try to confirm their identities. An honor guard of four currently serving U.S. servicemen carried the coffins.
"As the son of a combat helicopter pilot who served in Vietnam twice, I am truly privileged to be a part of this important ceremony," U.S. Ambassador William Todd said in a speech at Phnom Penh International Airport in which he also thanked the Cambodian government for its assistance in searching for the missing.
"To my fellow Americans assembled here today, I am humbled and honored to join with you to pay respect to our fellow countrymen who put our nation's needs above their very lives," Todd said. "Today, we honor colleagues who died far from home and whom we never knew."
Some 90 Americans were listed as missing in action in Cambodia from the Vietnam War, which ended in 1975, but the remains of only 37 have been recovered and identified.
The latest sets of remains were found in eastern Kampong Cham province. U.S. forces staged a brief ground incursion into eastern Cambodia in 1970 and bombed the country heavily from 1969 to 1973.
A year ago, the Pentagon announced the burial at Arlington National Cemetery of the fragmentary remains of a Marine who perished in a failed helicopter rescue from Cambodia of the crew of the merchant ship Mayaguez in May 1975, an incident that is considered the last U.S. military engagement in the long Vietnam War.
Their helicopter crashed after coming under heavy fire; 13 aboard were rescued at sea and 13 others were declared missing. Remains of 12 other U.S. servicemen who also were aboard the helicopter had been accounted for previously, following a series of searches off the coast of Cambodia.
The latest remains were repatriated just two days after U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he is establishing a new Pentagon agency with more focused authority and innovative approaches to account for missing U.S. war dead.
The Pentagon has been under congressional pressure for months to take decisive action to improve the POW-MIA accounting effort. Its failings were highlighted last summer when The Associated Press disclosed an internal Pentagon report that said the search for remains of missing soldiers on foreign battlefields was mismanaged, wasteful and acutely dysfunctional.
After lengthy study, Hagel decided to combine the functions of the two leading agencies in this field — the Joint POW-MIA Accounting Command, based in Hawaii, and the Defense POW-MIA Office, based in the Pentagon. Those two organizations will disappear; the new agency will be directed by a civilian official not yet named.


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Morgiah is a Dunmer princess then a Queen in The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall.
Morgiah is the second child of Queen Barenziah and King Symmachus.[1] After the chaos that occurred in Mournhold, Barenziah travelled to the Imperial City, where she met with an old family friend, King Eadwyre. He convinced her to move to Wayrest, later becoming the queen of the High Rock city, and in the process, making Morgiah the princess.[2]
Morgiah was born eight years after Helseth, and was named after her paternal grandmother.[1]
Much later in life, Morgiah marries King Karoodil of Firsthold,[2] and moves to Firsthold with him. She then proceeded to have two children by him, Goranthir, and Rinnala. About these children is said that, although they are half-Altmer, they "are fully Dunmer in appearance."[3]
She spent a number of years in Firsthold with her husband. There was much resentment at the time from several Altmer, led by Lady Gialene. Morgiah, however, was able to successfully stop this uprising.[4]
Morgiah's Letter
The Hero of Daggerfall must deliver Morgiah's letter to Mannimarco and return his reply letter to her.
- The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (mentioned only)
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