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Q. Fruit juices give me a stomachache. Do you think I'm allergic to them?
Q. Fruit juices give me a stomachache. Do you think I'm allergic to them?
A. I never diagnose because I'm not a physician; I'm just a journalist. If you have a problem digesting fruit juices and this is getting in your way, you should get a checkup.
Meanwhile, you might want to keep a diary of the food you eat; this will isolate foods that are giving you digestion problems. The intensity of your reaction can help determine whether you are allergic to certain foods or are suffering from a food intolerance.
A food allergy is an abnormal response to a food triggered by the body's immune system. An allergic reaction to food occurs quickly — sometimes within only a few minutes. Reactions include oral itching, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain. You may have a drop in blood pressure, asthma and skin reactions such as hives or eczema. Allergic reactions to food can cause serious illness and, in some cases, death.
Sometimes, a reaction to food is not an allergy but a "food intolerance." Food intolerance is more common than food allergy. The immune system does not cause the symptoms of food intolerance, though these symptoms can look and feel like those of food allergy.
Many people think they have food allergies. However, most symptoms are caused by intolerance to foods such as wheat and other grains, sugar found in fruits and honey, and dairy and corn products.
If fruit juices are giving you a stomachache, there is a possibility that you have fructose intolerance.
Fructose is a sugar in fruits, honey and some syrups. Fructose is also a basic component in table sugar (sucrose), and it's used to sweeten many processed foods and beverages.
In addition, sorbitol — a sugar alcohol — is converted to fructose during normal digestion. Sorbitol is a sugar substitute often used in diet drinks, ice cream, mints, cough syrups and sugar-free chewing gum.
You should avoid foods with fructose in them. In addition to fruits, honey, syrups and table sugar, you should watch out for high-fructose corn syrup, powdered sugar, regular sodas, flavored water, sports drinks and sweetened milk. Read food labels carefully to avoid fructose.
The term fructose intolerance covers two conditions: hereditary fructose intolerance and fructose malabsorption. People with hereditary fructose intolerance, a rare genetic disorder, lack an enzyme that breaks down fructose. This a serious disorder that can lead to liver and kidney damage.
Those who have fructose malabsorption have difficulty digesting fructose. This is a less serious disorder because it doesn't cause organ damage. But it can cause abdominal pain, gas, bloating and diarrhea. Either condition should be confirmed by a doctor.
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are moving lower for a second day in a row as investors position themselves for corporate earnings reports.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 137 points, or 0.8 percent, to 16,886 at midday Tuesday. Boeing and Goldman Sachs fell the most in the index.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 15 points, or 0.8 percent, to 1,962. The Nasdaq fell 72 points, or 1.6 percent, to 4,378.
The Dow and the S&P 500 set record highs last week.
AbbVie fell $1.63, or 3 percent, to $55.77 after the company raised its offer to buy rival drugmaker, Shire.
Major U.S. companies start reporting their earnings this week, beginning with aluminum maker Alcoa later Tuesday.
Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.57 percent.

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America's aggressive strategy for tackling its financial and economic ills is working better than Europe's go-slow approach -- and investors are taking notice.
Even amid the weakest recovery in modern history, the U.S. economy is outperforming the euro area and soon may break higher. More than a year after U.S. gross domestic product returned to its pre-crisis level, Europe still has to make up lost ground and is back in recession. While America's unemployment, at 7.5 percent, is 2.5 percentage points higher than at the start of the recession, it's below the 12.1 percent rate of the euro zone -- and the gap is the most since 2000. Manufacturing is shrinking in the 17-nation bloc; U.S production is expanding.
"The U.S. is in a transition from the intensive-care unit to out of the hospital," said Mohamed El-Erian, the chief executive officer at Pacific Investment Management Co. in Newport Beach, California. "Europe is out of the ICU, but in a ward close by."
The source of America's relative economic success may lie in the decisions of policy makers. While the U.S. quickly addressed bank solvency, Europe battled over how to deal with its sovereign-debt turmoil and still is struggling to craft a comprehensive banking plan. The Federal Reserve eased monetary policy faster than the European Central Bank, and governments in Europe put their faith in austerity over the U.S. preference for fiscal stimulus.
S&P's Gain
Investors are beginning to tune in. The 15 percent gain in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index since the start of the year is more than twice the advance of the Euro Stoxx 50 Index. A Morgan Stanley gauge of 50 companies that generate almost all their sales from within the U.S. is up 18 percent this year, compared with an 12 percent rise in a measure of 49 companies that get 60 percent of their sales from abroad.
The dollar also stands to benefit. Deutsche Bank AG, Citigroup Inc. and Barclays Plc are among banks predicting the currency will gain this year against the euro as U.S. growth accelerates.
Since financial turmoil first began in 2007 and then accelerated with the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in 2008, the U.S. has set up a $700 billion bank-bailout fund, enacted a fiscal-stimulus program of about $800 billion and embarked on a loosening of monetary policy that has injected more than $2 trillion into the economy so far.
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Even though the U.S. was "the source of the crisis, we moved quickly to clean things up," said David Hensley, director of global economic coordination at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York. "And we haven't had the aftershocks that unfolded inside the euro zone as people began to question the very foundations of that structure."
In the EU, while nations have provided 1.7 trillion euros ($2.2 trillion) of support to their banking systems since October 2008, they put off calls for sweeping recapitalizations, even as the debt crisis festered beyond Greece. The latest bailout of Cyprus even included a tax on uninsured bank deposits as countries again tried to ring-fence turmoil rather than find a continent-wide solution.
Policy makers still are clashing over a banking union aimed at breaking the cycle of contagion between governments and lenders so troubled institutions don't paralyze economies. Disputes include how far to go in building a central authority to handle failing banks and whether national deposit-guarantee programs should be linked up.
Expose Weakness
Europe also ran into criticism for failing to replicate the success of U.S. bank stress tests by being too soft and failing to expose weaknesses. In 2010, for example, the now-defunct Committee of European Banking Supervisors said seven EU banks needed only 3.5 billion euros more capital, a 10th of the lowest analyst estimate.
Now the ECB is left propping up the system through unlimited long-term loans to financial institutions, justifying this approach by noting that banks account for 80 percent of European financing compared with 20 percent in the U.S.
"The natural adjustment has been impeded by counter- cyclical policies to prevent deleveraging," said Stephen Jen, managing partner at hedge fund SLJ Macro Partners LLP in London.
To Mike Howell, founding managing director of London-based CrossBorder Capital Ltd., Europe's banking system is similar to Japan's in the 1990s, which plagued the Asian nation's economy for two decades. As much as 15 percent of European bank loans may be bad, the same share as in Japan, he estimates. Attracting new deposits will be hard, because institutions are paying interest rates below comparable government-debt yields and their credit ratings have fallen, he said.
'Bad Business'
"Banking is a bad business in Europe," Howell said. "They have to recapitalize the banks, and then you might get lending. The U.S. outlook looks pretty good because the banking system is coming back to normality."
The divergence is reflected in how easily nonfinancial companies can tap credit. While U.S. banks eased conditions in every quarter but one since the end of 2009, European lenders have tightened for 23 consecutive quarters since 2007, according to UBS AG. Europe's small and new businesses particularly have been hit.
The different approaches are influencing economic performance as the U.S. and Europe decouple, breaking what Lucrezia Reichlin of Now-Casting Economics Ltd. in London says is a traditionally high level of synchronization. Kevin Loane, an economist at Fathom Consulting in London, says America's economic output will be 8 percent above its pre-recession peak by the end of next year, while the euro area will still be 2.4 percent below.
Root Causes
"Policy makers in the U.S. addressed the root causes of the crisis more quickly," Loane said. "That is why the U.S. is doing better."
The world's five biggest businesses are American for the first time in nine years, and automakers General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group LLC all gained U.S. market share in the first quarter for the first time in 20 years.
"We wouldn't be hiring if we didn't think it was going to last," Joe Hinrichs, Ford's president of the Americas, said in a May 2 telephone interview after the company announced plans to add workers at its F-150 truck plant in Claycomo, Missouri.
Global policy makers have recognized the gap. International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde divides advanced economies between those "on the mend," like the U.S., and those "that still have some distance to travel, such as the euro area."
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After a long time of not using my clix, I'm trying to add music to it, but neither windows xp sp3 nor windows media player 11 will recognize my clix when it's plugged in
I believe it's because I need a driver, since under device manager, 'other devices > iriver clix' there's a yellow question mark and exclamation mark, and when I click on 'iriver clix' I 'm told that 'the drivers for this device are not installed'
Where can I find the appropriate drivers ? (I never installed any drivers to begin with, and the unit worked perfectly fine)
Th iriver site is very confusing, as there are no drivers for the clix. In fact I'm confused between the designations 'clix', 'clix2', and 'U10'. My model says 'iriver clix' and below '4GB N73'
Some other info:
1) When I plug in the clix to one of the usb ports I hear the characteristic three little beeps but there's no recognition of the device under 'my computer', nor is there any recognition of the device in windows media player 11
2) I can recharge the clix battery by plugging it into my pc
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The following is a sampling of calls received by the Niagara County Sheriff's Office from Wheatfield and the Town of Niagara between Oct. 15 and 21.
Monday, Oct. 15
•6900 block of Sy Road, Wheatfield, loud party. Kids being loud. Parents not home.
•2200 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard, Wheatfield, unwanted person. Customer made threats, refused to leave.
•600 block of C Street, Town of Niagara, burglary in progress. Thirteen-year-old just arrived home, door wide open.
Tuesday, Oct. 16
•Niagara Falls Boulevard, Wheatfield, attempt to locate. Black Nissan, road rage incident.
•6100 block of Shawnee Road, Wheatfield, injury accident. Female states she was hit by a vehicle, denies need for emergency medical services.
Wednesday, Oct. 17
•2600 block of Ferchen Street, Wheatfield, stolen vehicle. Vehicle taken from driveway overnight.
•Katherine Drive, Wheatfield, traffic enforcement. Ongoing problem with cars not stopping for stop sign.
Thursday, Oct. 18
•Niagara Falls Boulevard and Ward Road, Wheatfield, animal problem. Two reports of car/deer accidents.
•7300 block of Shawnee Road, Wheatfield, open burn. Neighbor complaining of large bonfire.
Friday, Oct. 19
•3000 block of Michael Drive, Wheatfield, check welfare. Adult son is intoxicated, yelling.
•Shawnee Road, Wheatfield, animal problem. Rabid fox reported in yard.
Saturday, Oct. 20
•2500 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard, Wheatfield, theft of services. Customer threatened staff members at animal hospital.
•3900 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard, Wheatfield, accident. Two vehicle, head on accident, possible injuries.
•1800 block of Third Avenue, Town of Niagara, fight. Six to eight people fighting in lot.
•6000 block of Grauer Road, Town of Niagara, domestic. Female smashed car into building.
Sunday, Oct. 21
•2400 block of Lake Mead Road, Wheatfield, neighbor problem. Neighbor sent dog after complainant's kids.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 25, 2012) – A week after celebrating its first-ever Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship, the ETSU volleyball team finally learned its opponent and destination for the 2012 NCAA Tournament on Sunday afternoon. Watching with their teammates, family, friends, and fans at One12 Downtown, the Bucs drew Kentucky in the first round of the single-elimination tournament.
The Bucs – who are making their first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament – will play the Wildcats on Friday, Nov. 30 at 7:30 p.m. inside Memorial Coliseum.
"First off, I want to thank everyone for coming out to today's event and supporting us at One12 Downtown," said head coach Lindsey Devine. "We are so honored to have the community, family, friends, student-athletes, and coaches be with us at this event. All year they have supported us inside Brooks Gym and I think they understand how special this group is.
"As far as the matchup goes, I'm very pleased with the pairing. I feel the selection committee valued our overall potential. It helps with the location being close so our fans can make the trip to Lexington, and as far as playing Kentucky, I think it's a great opportunity for our program to play a team of their caliber in our first trip to the NCAA Tournament."
ETSU (23-12) enters the tournament on a three-match winning streak after securing the A-Sun's automatic bid in the field of 64 by defeating North Florida in a five-set thriller last Saturday, Nov. 17 in the conference championship inside Lipscomb's Allen Arena. Overall, the Bucs have won seven of its last nine and 11 of its last 14 matches.
Meanwhile, Kentucky (20-10) received one of the top 16 seeds in the tournament as the Wildcats were penciled in at No. 16. The Wildcats finished third in the SEC East, and like the Bucs, have won their last three matches after sweeping Auburn and Missouri, while taking down Georgia in four. Kentucky – who has won 10 of its last 13 matches – was ranked as high as No. 10 in the AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll this season.
As a team, the Wildcats rank in the top-50 nationally in hitting percentage (33rd, .252), aces per set (44th, 1.42), and blocks per set (45th, 2.53). Individually, senior setter Christine Hartmann ranks 43rd in the country in assists per set (10.93) and junior middle blocker Alexandra Morgan's .348 attack percentage ranks 65th nationally.
"Craig Skinner has done a fantastic job during his time at Kentucky and his teams are really well-coached," added Devine. "They have dominate outside hitters and three talented senior leaders, and we know they are going to put up a fight – especially being on their home court."
Friday will mark the second meeting all-time between the two schools as Kentucky swept the Bucs back on Sept. 17, 2004 in West Lafayette, Ind.
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The highlight of "The Dean Martin Christmas Show," which was just released on DVD, is a comedy bit with the host dressed in a tux playing an employee at a department store complaint department. He's visited by Bob Newhart, who wants to return a bad toupee. The two try to maintain their composure but can't stop laughing during the sketch. The swinging fun, which aired in 1968, also features Dom DeLuise, Dennis Weaver, a cameo by Bob Hope and plenty of holiday songs with Dino, the Golddiggers and his staff's offspring. Hollywood legends such as William Holden announce the children's charities that would be receiving deliveries thanks to the show.
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Angella Gilbert, Gioia declutterer and organisation expert on how to keep your home office separate from the family space.
Working from home can be a joy, but to be truly productive in your work, your home office needs to function well. And this may mean keeping your office area very separate from the rest of your home. The office desk can all too quickly become a chaotic mess of miscellaneous non-work related items, not to mention the kids' toys. Ideally your home office will be in a room where you can shut the door and quietly focus on your work, and close the door at the end of the day when you're ready to join the family.
Whether you are fortunate enough to have a spare room to set up your home office, or have to be creative and set it up in a corner of your living area, you can still create an inviting space that you enjoy and where you can focus quietly on your work. If you have the space, the addition of a comfortable chair or two may allow for small meetings in your office. In this case you will ideally have an uncluttered working space with most of your files and papers tucked away out of sight.
The most important thing you'll do in your home office is to set up your systems, both for filing and storage. You can use a filing cabinet, a cupboard, or an attractive set of drawers for your filing needs. Whichever system you are using, do categorise the areas clearly so you can immediately access client files, stationery, resource material, and any other papers or periodicals you use in your work. A cupboard with shelves is ideal for storage of files in archive boxes or magazine files and can be closed off to maintain a nice clear working space.
An organised and effective working environment will make all the difference in your home office, and you'll love 'going to work' each day.
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LOS ANGELES -- Pinch-hitter Hector Sanchez had a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, and the Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series.
Brandon Belt added an RBI single for the Giants, who had tied the score at 1 when Brandon Hicks homered off Josh Beckett in the seventh.
J.P. Howell (1-3) issued a one-out walk in the 10th to Angel Pagan, who advanced on a wild pitch by Jamey Wright before the right-hander walked Hunter Pence and Buster Posey.
Sanchez, who came in 1 for 10 as a pinch-hitter with seven strikeouts, flied out to the warning track in right field to drive in Pagan. Belt followed with a single to make it 3-1.
Santiago Casilla (1-0) pitched 1 1-3 innings for the win, striking out Yasiel Puig with a runner at second to end the eighth before throwing a perfect ninth. Sergio Romo got three outs for his 11th save in as many chances.
Ryan Vogelsong yielded one run and five hits through 7 1-3 innings in his seventh start and third against the defending NL West champion Dodgers. The other two were San Francisco victories in which he did not get the decision.
The Giants are 5-0 in Vogelsong's last five starts against the Dodgers, and he's had a no-decision in all of them.
Beckett continued to pitch well despite little run support. The three-time All-Star went 6 2-3 innings, allowing a run and five hits.
It was the fifth straight start in which the Dodgers scored fewer than three runs while Beckett was in the game, leaving him with a loss and four no-decisions. He is 0-6 with a 4.12 ERA in 14 starts since his last victory on Sept. 30, 2012, when he beat Colorado 7-1 at Dodger Stadium.
Dodgers third baseman Juan Uribe left the game because of soreness in his right hamstring. He grounded into an inning-ending double play in the seventh and played one more inning in the field.
Los Angeles opened the scoring in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Drew Butera.
Hicks homered to left field in the seventh to end a 4-for-30 skid, after striking out his first two times up. It was his sixth home run this season, doubling the total he had in 90 at-bats over the previous three years with Atlanta and Oakland.
Beckett walked three of his first seven batters, equaling his total in 19 2-3 innings over his previous three starts combined.
NOTES: Giants manager Bruce Bochy said RHP Matt Cain should be reinstated from the 15-day disabled list Saturday -- the day he is eligible to come off -- and start against Zack Greinke after missing two turns in the rotation. Cain hasn't pitched since April 23 because of a cut on the tip of his index finger, which occurred in the clubhouse kitchen at AT&T Park when he tried to catch a knife that fell out of his hand. ... In the previous three-game series between the teams in mid-April at San Francisco, the Giants and Dodgers combined for just 11 runs while the Giants took two of three. ... Pablo Sandoval hasn't driven home a run in 18 games and 61 at-bats since his RBI single against Howell on April 16 at San Francisco. Sandoval has two hits in his last 23 at-bats with runners in scoring position.


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The National Transportation Safety Board says the pilot told an air traffic controller he was not rated to fly a plane using only instruments for navigation.
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Ben Tenison (Graham Phillips) comes back to his hometown of Bellwood after a summer of adventurous alien fighting. School proves dull, and having a secret identity isn't as much fun when you actually have to keep it a secret. Fortunately for the bored Ben, an evil alien named Eon is on his tail, seeking the powerful Omnitrix for his own evil gains. Ben, his sister Gwen (Haley Ramm), his Grandpa Max (Lee Majors), and a group of anti-alien agents codenamed 'The Plumbers', must defeat Eon before he gets a hold of the Omnitrix and brings about the end of the world.
My interest in Avatar: The Last Airbender and Justice League seems to have put me on some kind made for kids mailing list. I have actually enjoyed the handful of Ben 10 episodes I caught on Cartoon Network over the last couple years, but I wasn't really looking forward to a live-action, made for TV movie adaptation. I was planning on sticking this disc into the 'when Hell freezes over' pile of unsolicited DVDs, when I double-checked the press material. The director's name caught my eye—Alex Winter. That's right, Bill S. Preston, Esq. directed a made for TV, live-action Ben 10 movie (this isn't Winter's directorial debut of course, he's responsible for a rascally cult flick called Freaked).
At its best, Ben 10: Race Against Time is the kind of man-in-suit (though digital suits) creature fighting fun time the two live-action Guyver adaptations were, at its worst it's just a slightly pricy episode of Power Rangers. The plot is a mix of Spider-Man and Men in Black (including specific jokes like an alternate explanation for the Chicago Fire). Ben is a loser in real life and resents the fact that he can only be a superhero in private, and he's introduced to an underground alien intelligence agency. In a way this unoriginality is a blessing given the film's brief runtime because we can fill in the blanks ourselves, and the brief runtime is a blessing because it means we don't have to sit through another superhero origin story (that's so 2005).
The special effects are mostly budget row, like morphing effects and some explosions, but a lot of the digital creature animation is pretty impressive (though Ben only turns into four of his ten alien personalities). But there isn't a lot of action, and that's this fluffy little goof's real problem. The flat acting (even Lee Majors and Robert Picardo don't impress) and unimaginative narrative are hard to handle after a while, and without monsters hitting each other Winter's Barry Sonnenfeld inspired visuals just didn't hold my interest.
Ben 10: Race Against Time is a live-action cartoon adaptation, and Alex Winter gets the best out of his meagre budget visually. This 1.78:1 anamorphically enhanced transfer is very colourful, and the colours pop pleasantly (look out for those reds, oranges, and villainous purples). There's a flatness to the image, but this meshes nicely with the cartoony look, kind of like a moving comic book. Contrast is pretty high, and blacks are nice and inky. Details are about average for a standard definition release, with only a little edge enhancement and compression.
The addition of a 5.1 Dolby Digital track should be a nice surprise for kids with decent sound set-ups. Most of the film is stereo friendly, but the fleeting action scenes are a fun time. Monster sounds are loud enough, and whip around the back speakers with eager ferocity. The soundtrack's production values are lacking, for sure, but canned and over-the-top effects fit nicely into this cartoonish environment.
Are only extras are a collection of three, two minute 'behind the scenes' commercials, which give a tiny bit of insight to the making of process, a ninety second video of Winter introducing the film at the L.A. premiere, and another small series of thirty second quick looks at the making of with some kid host named Fried Dynamite(?). No one ever acknowledges that Winter was in the Bill and Ted movies.
Ben 10: Race Against Time isn't really good enough to enthral most adults, but it has its cute moments, and the special effects are much better the expected. I know that when I was a kid the idea of seeing my favourite cartoon characters in live action was super keen, so I imagine the little ones will have a blast.
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this is gay
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,719
Writing a review of a childrens made for tv movie makes me a homosexual?
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It will be real interesting to see a decent script and a decent budget thrown at Alex Winter to see his potential....
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I watched this with my son and I have to say that I was semi-impressed by it. I will probably never watch it again, but I suppose it was worth at least one viewing. Most of my time was spent trying to explain to my son who Alex Winter is and I even broke out the Bill & Ted DVD... His reaction? "Isn't that the guy from The Matrix?" "...No son, the OTHER guy."
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Cartoon = good. Live action = bad.
Thought that I'd put it into child friendly terms...
Thought that I'd put it into child friendly terms...
m@tt Member Join Date: October 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 551
I've got the funniest feeling i'll be watching this c**p ad infinitum.
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Gabe Powers wrote: Writing a review of a childrens made for tv movie makes me a homosexual?
Chris Johnson Member Join Date: October 2005 Location: United States Posts: 1,465
Gunsprout wrote: Cartoon = good. Live action = bad.
Thought that I'd put it into child friendly terms...
I cannot imagine this working with real people.
Thought that I'd put it into child friendly terms...
I cannot imagine this working with real people.
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Release Date: 1st January 1995
Discs: 10
Disc Type: Single side, single layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 2.0 English
Subtitles: None
Extras: Behind the Scenes Featurettes, Premiere Footage
Easter Egg: No
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Director: Alex Winter
Cast: Graham Phillips, Haley Ramm, Don McManus, Beth Littleford, Andrew John Ferguson
Genre: Adventure and Family
Length: 67 minutes
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I've had numerous requests for advice recently about winter skin and what to do/not to do.
The change from warm to cold to central heating to cold to office to travel to central heating etc can really make your skin feel like it's 'burning'.
Here are just a few tips that may may help.
- Treat the skin like you do your clothing, if you're layering clothing, layer your skincare. You need a skincare 'wardrobe' at this time of year more than any other.
Cleanse, Tone, Serum, Oil, Cream, Protectant and/or balm. How much and when you use all of these depends on your skin but a general rule of thumb is if it's still absorbing, keep going (the only thing to be aware of is layering silicone as it will inevitably 'peel' or 'roll').
- Don't over-cleanse. Your skin needs all the moisture it can get at this time of year. If you're dry/sensitive and you are using harsh cleansers suitable for the summer months AND overusing something like a Clarisonic – your skin may be very unforgiving.
- Avoid alcohol-heavy products. It's one thing to have a toner showing alcohol denat at the very end of the inci list – its another to have alcohol as the main ingredient.
- If you love a face wash (foaming) – try and change to a cleansing milk while the weather is so cold. You can buy a milk for oily skin if you need it.
- Even better, use oils and balms. Natural ones. No mineral oil. An oily skin can use an oil designed for its specific type.
- You should NEVER aim for 'squeaky clean' anything, be it hair or skin. If you have this feeling after washing/cleansing, you really need to stop/rethink what you are using..
- Exfoliate regularly. Face and body. Topical exfoliants in liquid form are far more effective than scrubs. Use toners or pads with AHA acids twice a day and follow with a spray of a hydrating toner containing glycerin and/or hyaluronic acid before you apply your serum and you'll feel a difference after one day.
- Ensure you are taking omega oils to help your skin internally. Fish are the best – flax are a good second for vegetarians.
- Do continue to use face masks – but go for more hydrating ones as opposed to clay ones. If you have a combination skin use your clay mask and go straight in afterwards with a hydrating one for a good boost.
- If you are a shower person – don't be tempted to stand under a hot shower to warm up. Your skin will not thank you for it. Keep it warm-hot, not boiling!
- If you suffer from psoriasis or eczema it it likely that you will experience a worsening of symptoms in the colder months. Make sure your shower/bath products are as irritant free as possible, avoid tumble dryer sheets and moisturise, moisturise, moisturise!!!
- And finally – don't forget your Vitamin D. I've posted about Vitamin D previously here – top up, keep happy.


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A Liberal Admits that 'Christianophobia" is a Problem
"In parts of Africa where bandits and warlords shoot or rape anything that moves, you often find that the only groups still operating are Doctors Without Borders and religious aid workers: crazy doctors and crazy Christians. In the town of Rutshuru in war-ravaged Congo, I found starving children, raped widows and shellshocked survivors. And there was a determined Catholic nun from Poland, serenely running a church clinic. Unlike the religious right windbags, she was passionately 'pro-life' even for those already born — and brave souls like her are increasingly representative of religious conservatives. We can disagree sharply with their politics, but to mock them underscores our own ignorance and prejudice." READ MORE >
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An interview with Chris Hedges: "I don't believe in atheists"
"…Not believing in sin is very dangerous. I think both the Christian right and the New Atheists in essence don't believe in their own sin, because they externalize evil. Evil is always something out there that can be eradicated. For the New Atheists, it's the irrational religious hordes. I mean, Sam Harris, at the end of his first book, asks us to consider a nuclear first strike on the Arab world. Both Hitchens and Harris defend the use of torture. Of course, they're great supporters of preemptive war, and I don't think this is accidental…" READ MORE >
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Driving a Wedge into the 'Evangelical Center' on Gay Marriage
Why is it taboo within the cultural left to "privilege" marriage in any way? Several years ago I came across a snarky little news item in New York Magazine titled: "The Smug Marrieds Head Underground: Pro-marriage propaganda to invade subway." What sort of propaganda was this? They were subway billboards produced by an abstinence advocacy… READ MORE >
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Summertime is here and the eating is marvelous. If the temperature hasn't tipped you off to the arrival of the season's bounty, the farmers markets will. Lush with fruits and vegetables, booth after booth beckon you to fill bag and basket to the brim.
"Tomatoes." While I can eat a sliced tomato sandwich every day, I also have to have my favorite cooked dishes of stewed tomatoes, okra soup and tomato pie. You just can't make them with winter tomatoes. In her cookbook for the UNC Press series, Savor the South, chef and food writer Miriam Rubin serves up an array of such summer tomato specialties along with a creative collection of soups and sandwiches. Her Double Corn and Tomato Cobbler has buttermilk-cornmeal cobbles. Her Baked Garlic-Cheese Grits has a Tomato-Crunch Topping. And her Goat Cheese Spoonbread comes with a Cherry Tomato Saute. I can't wait to try them all. Hardcover. University of North Carolina Press. $19.
"The Perfect Peach: Recipes and Stories From the Masumoto Family Farm." This book from renowned fourth-generation heirloom peach farmers is part cookbook and part celebration, with beautiful photography of summer's signature fruit from blossom to pie. It's for reading in the porch hammock while you sip a Peach Margarita and splattering with peach juice while you cook Peach Jam. Enjoy new hot weather dishes such as Peach Gazpacho and Butter Lettuce Cups With Peaches and Blue Cheese. And perhaps most important of all, marvel as you discover what it takes to grow a peach. Hardcover. Ten Speed Press. $22.
"Peaches" is another member of the Savor the South collection. Author Kelly Alexander takes on the fruit that made Gaffney famous, delivering a delicious assortment of sweet and savory offerings. A do-not-miss: Crook's Corner Green Peach Salad from Chapel Hill chef Bill Smith. Hardcover. University of North Carolina Press. $18.
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Upland's thrilling 18-25, 25-20, 21-25, 26-24, 17-15 Baseline League volleyball victory over Los Osos was a tense battle that had several critical moments.
One came late in Game 3, when there was confusion about the score after Los Osos scored the point. The scoreboard read 22-21 Los Osos, and it was eventually changed to 23-21 Los Osos. I had on my sheet 23-20 Los Osos, for what it's worth. If it was a mistake as I believe, I'm glad it didn't affect the outcome of the game. Los Osos won that game anyway by winning the next two points.
Another came midway through Game 4, with the score tied 14-14. Los Osos appeared to spike the ball wide, which would have given the point to Upland. Officials ruled Upland touched it and Los Osos got the point and a 15-14 lead despite Upland coach Scott Robertson's pleas. Upland recovered to win that game, 26-24. For the record, I didn't think the ball was tipped. And again, if it was a mistake as I believe, I'm glad it didn't affect the outcome of the game. Upland won that game, 26-24.
Los Osos' first loss might not be the worst thing in the world. It's a lot of pressure to go into the playoffs undefeated and now some of that pressure is off. But Los Osos coach Cindy McGraa is right. There are good losses, but this wasn't one of them. Leading 14-11 in the fifth, Los Osos had four match points but couldn't get it done.
I am very conscious of supersititions, especially my own. I usually sit to one side of the scorer's table at a volleyball match, because that's a better angle than even with the net where not only the net but the official can block your view. It so happened that on Tuesday, I was seated at the North end of the scorer's table. That's where the Los Osos bench was for Games 1, 3 and 5, and Upland was for Games 2 and 4. If you look at the scores at the top, you'll know the winning team was sitting by me for each of the first four games.
Not wanting to affect the outcome, I moved my spot to even with the net for Game 5, so I wouldn't impact the outcome. Hopefully, I didn't.


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Council on Education pitches changes to accreditation standards
The first proposed change would require that veterinary school curriculum must be reviewed as a whole, not in parts, and that the majority of members of curriculum committees be full-time faculty members. Grading systems for veterinary college would also be required to be "relevant and applied to all students in a fair and uniform manner," according to the proposed language of the revised Standard 9.
Another proposed change, to Standard 7, would affect admission requirements and require that academic achievement no longer be considered an optional consideration for veterinary school admission.
The final proposed change, to Standard 6, would remove the language being proposed to Standard 9 about grading, as well as a clause requiring the college to provide students with details about licensure.
The proposed changes were reviewed by the COE at its fall 2010 meeting, and comments will be accepted on the possible revisions until Dec. 1, 2010. Comments can be mails to Millie Maresh, Administrative Assistant, AVMA, 1931 N. Meacham Road, Suite 100, Schaumburg, IL 60173-4360.
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To be admitted to the B.B.A. program, students should select the B.B.A. program on their Undergraduate Application for Admission/Readmission to the University or on the Declaration/Change of Academic Program Form.
To graduate with the B.B.A., candidates must successfully complete the following 120 credit hours with a Grade Point Average on those 120 credit hours of at least 2.5 and a numeric average on those 120 credit hours of at least 60%:
Six credit hours of English which must include English 1110 or 1021
Mathematics 1000;
Statistics 2500;
Business 1000, 1101, 1210, 1600, 2010, 2101, 2210, 2400, 2710, 3310, 3401, 3700, 4000, 4050, 4320, 4330, 4500, 5301, and 7000*.
45 credit hours of electives, of which not more than 21 credit hours may be from Business courses (which must be chosen from Table 4 Business Electives).
* Students are encouraged to note the prerequisites for 7000 (Strategic Management 2) and to plan their courses so that they have completed the prerequisites prior to the semester in which they plan to take 7000.
Notwithstanding 1. above, graduates of a three year community college business diploma program may be eligible for exemptions for some of the curriculum requirements of the B.B.A. Students who are granted exemptions on the basis of their college business diploma will be required to complete, at this University, a minimum of 45 credit hours beyond those awarded on the basis of their college diploma. Specific course requirements will be determined on an individual basis by the Undergraduate Programs Office, Faculty of Business Administration.
A student enrolled in the B.B.A. program may complete a minor within the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Science, the School of Music, or from Sir Wilfred Grenfell College. Regulations for the minor are given under the Calendar entries for the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Science, the School of Music, and Sir Wilfred Grenfell College.
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A northern Arizona ski resort that got nearly three feet of snow from recent storms is opening this week.
Skiers and snowboarders can hit the slopes Thursday at the Arizona Snowbowl. Another ski area, Sunrise Park Resort near Greer, plans to open a day earlier.
A winter storm moving into the state late Tuesday into Wednesday morning could bring even more snow to the resorts.
Officials at the Snowbowl say they'll supplement the natural snow between storms by using newly installed snowmaking equipment.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (April 21, 2007) - The second-seeded ETSU women's tennis team advanced to the finals of the General Shale Brick Atlantic Sun tournament after defeating Stetson, 4-2 on Saturday. The Lady Bucs improve to 17-9 on the season, while the Hatters fall to 13-11.
The Lady Bucs jumped out to an early 1-0 lead as they captured the doubles point. In the No. 1 position, Masha Ilina (Kyiv, Ukraine) and Olya Batsula (Minsk, Belarus) rolled past Anna Leonenko and Catherine Nowicki, 8-3, while Yevgeniya Stupak (Kyiv, Ukraine) and Elena Volobueva (Barcelona, Spain) cruised past Valentina Galbarini and Samantha Lange, 8-2 in the second slot. Competing in No. 3 doubles Tara Byrne (
In singles action, Elena Volobueva was the first off the courts as she dropped Catherine Canady, 6-2, 6-2 in the No. 5 position to give the Lady Bucs a 2-0 lead. ETSU also picked up wins as Olya Batsula and Tara Byrne won in the No. 3 and No. 4 slots respectively. Batsula defeated Anna Leonenko, 7-5, 7-5, while Byrne defeated Katherine Nowicki, 7-6(10-8), 6-3.
Competing in the No. 2 position Masha Ilina fell to Breanna Atkinson, 7-6(7-5), 6-0, while Vita Moskaliova fell to Samantha Lange, 6-4, 6-4 in the sixth position. In the No. 1 slot, Yevgeniya Stupak was leading Valentina Galbarini when the match was called.
"I expected a tough match from Stetson, they are a really good team and they are coached very well," said head coach Steve Brooks. "They've got four freshmen on their team and they all competed very well and I knew that they were going to give us a battle."
"I think the key to winning is coming out in doubles and getting the doubles point and playing smoothly early on in the singles and do the things we know we can do. I think if we do that then I don't think we have to worry about winning or losing. We just have to come out and take care of business."
The Lady Bucs will take on the top-seeded Jacksonville Dolphins tomorrow in the A-Sun Championship match at 9 a.m. Follow all ETSU women's tennis action at www.ETSUBucs.com.
No. 1- Yevgeniya Stupak (ETSU) vs. Valentina Galbarini (SU) DNF
No. 2- Breanna Atkinson (SU) def. Masha Ilina (ETSU) 7-6(7-5), 6-0
No. 3- Olya Batsula (ETSU) def. Anna Leonenko (SU) 7-5, 7-5
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No. 5- Elena Volobueva (ETSU) def. Catherine Canady (SU) 6-2 6-2
No. 6- Samanthan Lange (SU) def. Vita Moskaliova (SU) 6-4, 6-4
No. 1- Ilina/Batsula (ETSU) def. Leonenko/Nowicki (SU) 8-3
No. 2- Stupak/Volobueva (ETSU) def. Lange/Galbarini (SU) 8-2No. 3- Atkinson/St. Clair (SU) def. Byrne/Moskaliova (ETSU) 8-1


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Rallying 'Idol' votes
Reed Grimm's fate on "American Idol" now rests with viewers.
He advanced into the top 24 contestants after Wednesday night's program. Public voting will begin Tuesday Feb. 28 -- the same night Ellsworth will hold a party at the high school to both celebrate the local graduate's success and help area residents cast votes for him.
Tuesday from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Ellsworth High School will sponsor a Reed Grimm Night. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. The event is free.
Organizers Shelly Moore, Peter Dulak and Mark Stoesz will show that night's "American Idol" episode on the big screen in the cafertorium. This will be the first live show.
During commercial breaks, they will show clips of Grimm through his high school years.
Throughout the evening people can videotape messages to send to Grimm, Moore said. Organizers will record a large group message just prior to the show's start.
"We want Reed to know how much we support him," said Moore, who directed Grimm when he head the lead in the high school musical "Footloose."
Throughout the night "Reed" T-shirts and items from his band Shoeless Revolution will be on sale. Concessions will be available.
Quick learner
Harvey Halpaus, retired Ellsworth instrumental teacher, recalled how Grimm made an impression.
The Fox-TV "American Idol" hopeful was a member of Halpaus' jazz ensembles from grades 7 to 12.
"I recognized his abilities almost immediately," Halpaus said Thursday. "He mastered the Beginning Methods book in a month."
Halpaus said his student, the son of Colleen Raye and the late Steve Grimm who once toured as a family musical act, benefited from that exposure. But he also credited the youth for being "highly motivated."
Grimm received a lot of recognition and earned numerous awards during his high school career.
Halpaus called the "Idol" contestant well-rounded, gifted and a hard worker.
"He was a born leader," the retiree said.
"Everyone liked him," he added. Sometimes someone so talented can offend others, but that wasn't the case with Grimm, who easily made friends.
Halpaus has seen his former student's appearances on the TV show, assessing him as "savvy when it comes to what he's decided to do." He noted that Grimm holds a college degree in percussion plus a lot of experience, which should give him an advantage over other participants.
"He'll do real well in the finals," Halpaus predicted.
Above all, the teacher praised the character of Grimm and his sister, Sophie, another of his past students and a musical standout.
"They're very nice people," he said. "They're very respectful to everyone."


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If my memory still serves (questionable), the 327 block with 4 bolt mains was the main reason for setting up with 4" bore x 3" stroke for the 5 liter engines. TRACO had a lot of problems with cracking around the main webs using the 2 bolt blocks, even some of the 4 bolt blocks cracked. As I mentioned before, if the 300 Below process had been available back then, a lot of blocks and heads might not have adorned the scrap pile.I think the earlier stamped metal rocker covers were used a lot because of the oil bafflels welded into them. Chevy came up with hollow push rods where the oil was pumped through, then just about any rocker covers would suffice and style became more of an issue.I don't remember the exact Grey paint used, but it was chosen by Jim & Frank and mixed to their spec. The cans were marked TRACO GREY by the supplier. One of the reasons for using it was the ability to easily see any sort of "Leak" on the engine.Pigpen
Rex, nice of you to check in with us again and I'm glad you have enjoyed this Traco thread. If you could post that color formula for the Traco grey when you get it, that would be terrific. I'd love to see some photos of your special parts too, if that is possible.


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Paul Kelly, "Spring and Fall," (RED Distribution)
After time spent exploring his catalog, Australian Paul Kelly has made his first new music in five years. "Spring and Fall" is a song cycle tracing the arc of a relationship from the rush of new love through disillusionment, a bitter end and finally to acceptance.
Recorded acoustically with a few embellishments in a rural hall, the story is told succinctly in 11 songs, none more than 3:50 minutes in length. The singing of Laura Jean Englert in the opening two tracks conveys harmony both musically and thematically. By the time things turn sour in "Cold as Canada," the music is icy, too.
Kelly is one of the world's most expressive and economical songwriters, one of the world's best, period. Each song here stands on its own or as a chapter in a book. By the end, in "Little Aches and Pains," the old lovers are reunited as old friends and Kelly concludes the story with this sentiment: "I don't count my losses now, just my gains."
Or almost ends. There is an uncredited hidden track. Although sweet, it's too slight to sum up the story and is a distraction.
CHECK OUT THIS TRACK: In "Someone New," the restless narrator yearns for a fling but doesn't want to mess up his relationship. The solution is in his mind: "Daily I will make her someone new," he sings.


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3 stars (out of 4)
Patti Smith opens "Banga" (Columbia) with an irresistible invitation: "We are going to see the world," she announces. For the rest of her 11th studio album she makes good on her word, drawing connections across history between cultures, generations and genres of music.
"Banga" was recorded at scattershot locations around the world with a core band that includes Lenny Kaye and Jay Lee Daugherty, who have been with Smith since her debut, the 1975 masterpiece "Horses."
She moves freely among primitive punk in the title track, her voice gleefully emulating an insidious guitar riff; the spacy voyages of Sun Ra on "Tarkovsky (The Second Stop is Jupiter)"; Celtic folk in "Mosaic"; doo-wop and early R&B balladry in "This Girl"; tender eulogies in "Maria"; and the incantations of "Fuji San." Neo-classical strings rub shoulders with the sound of barking dogs – anything seems possible.
Smith the vocalist has changed since she resumed her music career in the mid-'90s after rearing her children. She used to sound possessed. Lately her wordplay has become more measured, her delivery more deliberate, even solemn at times. But she can still lose herself in a song, a moment, and that's when she's at her absolute best. On "Banga," she looks out at the world and drinks it in, enraptured by the "call of art." Her voyage begins alongside "Amerigo," the New World explorer Amerigo Vespucci. And it winds down with the nine-minute "Constantine's Dream," in which being in the presence of a painting by the Renaissance artist Pierro Della Francesca fills her with awe. No wonder she's raving again.


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Qweery necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 132 diseños de 53 diseñadores freelance.
We are a small search company offering a self learning search platform for websites. It increases conversion goals through search.
TypeResult is a new product we will launch at the end of Q1 2010 where anyone can complete a search implementation in 30 minutes. We will show the best fitting documents/products below the search box with every letter being typed, fully hosted, self learning and easy installation.
Our first step in developing our website is the good logo. Hence this contest (which may result in a template design contest later on...)
Our website will be visited by marketing managers who want the nifty feature on their website and then the webmaster/developer has to do it, so they will be our visitor as well.
We see webshops and commercial blogs as our main client group, but anyone who wants to improve their search is our target audience.
We would like to see free creative ideas, so no requirements on colors (is must integrate with white and base color backgrounds...you can determine base background color though).
A tagline could be part of the logo if you can think of a good one
We would like the logo to contain the product name (TypeResult) and hold some kind of symbol which we can use seperatly (think icon, favicon, powered by icon etc) but want to show it as a whole on our website.
We want a professional look&feel, so no cartoons or graffiti styles.
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
We want to be able to use the logo on a car or billboard so it can be really big (2metres).
All images must be transparent as far as backgrounds go
All rights of the winning logo will be transfered to us
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Discussion in 'The Bar' started by GHP, Jan 28, 2013.
But prefer union people
Mercy bump.
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Max Level: "If you read this title and automatically wrote this off as flame bait, I completely understand. For the heading of this blurb is some of the most troll heavy shit I've heard in a long while. Perhaps this is a sign of where gaming is heading… or rather… heading back to."
Good question lol. I'm not sure to be honest. I can only think of master chief, and the gears of war characters off the top of my head.
The game would be called "Gears of War Dudes VS. Halo Dudes" and it would guest star a random driver with a racing helmet from Forza.
While I do think Xbox doesn't have as many characters, you have to admit Master Chief is bigger than ANY Sony character because of Halo. He's not as big as Mario, but Sony doesn't have a character as big as him let alone Mario. The good part though, is that Sony has Kratos, Drake, Sackboy, Ratchet, etc that really make up a well rounded roster.
I hope you don't mean big in size, Because Nathan Drake Is fuckin Popular
Sony doesn't focus all their marketing on one character. lol
lol the pic was too damn funny
and true ...
..unless they can add 3rd part characters which is fair since PASBR did that too
Kratos is popular too. Most people don't know master chief by his name. More like halo dude.
Hey wait!!!!!! You forgot one guy..... The king from burger king!!!!! He should be in there throwing hamburgers and fries as his attacks. If you don't think he should be in there you are wrong. Just search mugen Ronald McDonald.
That's subjective. Bigger or popular does little per individual and not always means a better character.
For example, like other people, I couldn't care any less about Master Chief. There are Sony and Nintendo characters that are way beyond Master Chief, personally.
Microsoft owns rare.. That puts Banjo-Kazooie, and Joanna Dark on the list. Probably a trials HD character, Crackdown guy, and the cute Tiger from Kinectimals. Done!
Hey Blitz0623, you'd have to be a fucking stupid Sony fanboy to think otherwise...oh wait....I bet most people on this site are.
NO parents know who Snake is or Nathan Drake. EVERYONE knows Halo and Master Chief. It's a household branding like Apple.
This may actually surprise people but the top 5 most popular characters across Sony and Microsoft are:
Kratos > Master Chief >>>>>>> Sackboy >> Nathan Drake > Marcus Fenix.
Halo may sell the most out of all of these franchises, but Kratos is slightly more popular now. It's interesting how unpopular Marcus and Drake are comparatively since those characters are meant to be from big series (although a lot of Uncharted's sales are due to monumental bundling so that isn't truly a big series which might be why Drake isn't popular). Sackboy isn't very popular either but surprisingly more so than Marcus and Drake.
One thing's for sure, both Kratos and Master Chief are bloody popular, more so than any Nintendo character not called Mario or Pikachu and a lot more than any other Playstation or Xbox exclusive characters.
Fable and Alan Wake are obvious too. I think MS could dish up enough characters to do it too. PSASBR has some multi-platform characters like Big Daddy and Dante. MS could have some multi-platform characters to round out the roster. Plus they own Rare, so they could add some Killer Instinct characters and Banjo Kazooie. They have a lot of downloadable characters they could use, like Minecraft and Jason Fleming from Shadow Complex. It doesn't seem like MS has a lot of characters, but they haven't spent the time promoting their characters (outside of the obvious like Master Chief) the way Nintendo and Sony have. I love SSB and PSASBR, so I have no problem with MS making a brawler too.
I was just about to put the same thing. MS do have a lot of name to but I think this was done to start a argument between the fans of each console.
I don't think this type of game will sell well on the xbox look at the sales of it on the PS3/PSV. There is really only Nintendo who can pull a game like this off because of the history of the charters and also because most people know who they are. PSASBR has a lot of characters on there people will not know and it would be the same for a Xbox version.
That said im still loving my PSASBR and I hope we get to see another one next gen.
Rare characters are more relatable with Nintendo.
Especially because some of these haven't even appeared on an Xbox platform and only on Nintendo, like Killer Instinct.
Nuts and Bolts was just... no, not the same and not as good.
You can't rely on third party characters. Minecraft? Third party.
PSASBR only had 1 downloadable character and 3 third party. One of which is highly relatable with PlayStation (Heihachi).
i just don't understand why MS think that 1st party exclusives are not important, people keep saying its gonna catch up to them but they keep making the same 2-3 sequels and keep selling well
i like verity and for me personally sony has the most spread out type of games, what i mean is you can be a fan or horror,action adventure,rpg,fps,hack and slash along with many other type of games
i think soon these same franchises will get fatigued, look at COD for what it is for making billions it has slowed down big time compare to last one as much as 10%. you don't think 10% is big but take 10$ out of 2.5 billion and its quite big
sony still has some 2nd party studios that it can buy
insomniac, if their next game fails which isn't look so good and now its coming in between a lot of AAA game than i can see them crawling back to sony
read at dawn studios are working on next gen title rumored to be for ps4
QD after beyond 2 souls i could see sony buying them
and in the long run that's what's gonna matter, bottom line is most 3rd party games will be out on every console so you need to give people reason to buy your machine. and for a gaming console you need to provide games-more important exclusive games
They'd have Banjo Kazooie.... which would feel kind of wrong.
really? this is retarded, there are many XBOX exclusive characters that could be included in a Smash Bros type game on 360. some of these are third party, but I'd pick Marcus Fenix, Master Chief, Baird, Blinx the Cat, Conker, Banjo, a Viva Pinata stage, Shu from Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey characters, Tales of Vesperia characters, Commander Shepherd, Garrus, Riddick, Sam Fisher, Sonic the Hedgehog, Stranger, Jade Empire characters, Naruto from Rise of Ninja, Ryu Hayabusa, DOA characters, Kameo, Crackdown police officer, and there are a few more from original XBOX, I'm sure.
come on guys, there have been more much more than a few great exclusive releases on XBOX over the years. Go ahead and thumbs me down, Sony fanboys, because I know there are a crap ton of you on this site.
whats funny is the picture has a big daddy on psa even tho bioshock appeared on xbox first. Any character that hit xbox could be put into the game.
You expect thumbs down because you know your list is weak as hell.
Big Daddy is only 1 of 3 characters third party characters out of 22 on PS AllStars.
That list above sure has A LOT of third party characters.
Vesperia also on PS3, same with Ryu Hayabusa and DOA. Commander Shepard on PC and PS3 as well, same with Garrus. Sam Fisher also on PC and PS3. Rare characters are highly more relatable with Nintendo. If they were to be included, man would that feel cheap and wrong. Sonic the Hedgehog and Naruto... are you kidding me?
Weak list is weak.
rare is still owned by MS! Not that I care. I didnt even go into the whole list thing.
PSA didnt sell well because most of its characters arent mainstream enough and MS would be even worse. Fact is Nintendo has more known characters.
Dante,raiden,big daddy,heihachi all 3rd party. Some like nariko arent even stars.
your really reaching on that list, and I mean scraping an empty barrel reaching, more than half of those aren't exclusive, have never been exclusive and if they were, haven't been exclusive to xbox for like 5 years, that's more than half of your list, so that game may as well be multiplatform if it was ever released.
Microsoft could have lots of characters but most would have to be third party characters. I'm really surprised they got rid of so many developers over the last few years. You can't always count on third party support like they have now. You need lots of first party games too.
This article is dumb, is doesn't take into account that also has 3rd party characters. And to be fair they would be other characters such as Joanna Dark, Conker, 'Splosionman, Captain Smiley, Crackdown guy, Fable hero etc. Plus third party characters but oh wait! The article is biased. And why is this rising again? This was already discussed many months ago.
Not saying MS should ever make a game like this but for crying out loud, your fanboy is showing.
You do realise that crackdown guy has a name right? Why do they always refer to him as either the crack down guy or "that officer dude?"
I could imagine the game coming out and his character name is "that crackdown guy."
Besides that point being made 'Crosoft will have to do what Sony and 'Tendo did for those third party cameos. That involves a lot of paper work. Hopefully the rights to those characters, while they are being fumbled with new owners, won't be as misconstrued as spyro or crash is. Even that blue haired ninja from the n64 era.
Plus didn't Xbox have that platformer from the makers of oddworld?
The question is...... How many different characters does the Xbox have? A.k.a. fighting styles? They would have to have an equivalent to Nathan Drake and his barrel roll attack.....
The sad part is that 'Crosoft would have to double up with each game to get a sizable roster... But there is only so many variants of play styles when it comes to shooters....
Then you have the problem where super smash has the objective of knocking your character off the screen as its main point of scoring. Psasbr has the point of the game to do finishing moves that borrow from mortal kombat. What would 'Crosoft come up with? Knock the player out of the screen with a finish move where you have to then play duck hunt with them?????
As far as third party characters go.... With so many already claimed from psasbr and smash.... Who is left? That leaves gex, sonic, Lara Croft, dragon ball z, one piece, blues clues, Dora the explorer..... You get the idea...... Lmao!
fanboyism all over N4G is funny.
i never owned an xbox so dont call me a fanboy for posting this picture below.
* Yuri - Tales of
* Castle Crashers
* Minecraft Character
* Fez
* COD Soldier
* Xenoblade character
* Joanna Dark
* Banjo
* Bond
We have all been through this when PS All-Stars was announced, see the pictures on the link
Lmao on the pic for this article.
the only thing that picture is missing is a banner saying "better with kinect"
and a car from forza
"sony waste their time "
you are right
sony waste their time making real exclusives and new ip's like what coming this year alone
and you as xbox owner will get another gears and poker game
MS is the real deal ....awesome work MS /s
who the hell is even asking for this game?? im asking for good xbox first party exclusives not a stupid mascot fighting game. let sony waste their time trying to mimic nintendo's success with smash bros...
Who said it was a waste of time for Sony. If the fans wanted it and if fans enjoyed playing it, then Sony nor the developers wasted their time.
You may not want a mascot fighting game, but some Xbox owner or two would like to see one. Are you a multiconsole owner, because if you are one, you would be okay, but not angry with what Microsoft has done because you can play exclusives on other consoles?
It's okay to ask for them because as a owner you kinda deserve them, but your comment comes off as angry because you might have went with the Xbox 360 to be your only console.
Waist of time? It's my favorite game that came out last year! I still love playing the game.
If Microsoft makes a mascot fighter chances are they are going to mostly play as the most iconic character in the Xbox brand, I bet you know who he is...
If you select Radec in PASBR and pick his pre order alternate costume with green color, he looks just like Master Chief!!!
Characters that pop in my head:
Alan Wake
Master Chief
viva Pinata
Bango Kazooie
Killer instinct chick
Master Chief
Games that are popular or started pretty much on the Xbox platform.
Frank West
Left for dead zombie
Call of duty character
Niko Belic
Stages could be for example a Forza stage.
It's possible I say but I may have some of this info incorrect because I do not owned an Xbox/Xbox360.
Niko Belic is from GTA which started on the playstation platform
I could see Alan Wake, the Crackdown dude, one of the leads from Fable and Ninety Nine Nights, and one or two L4D charachters (if they could convince Valve that is). Same with Artyom from the first Metro.
Add to that..
The Gunstringer.
Those little guys off Happy Wars.
Agent (Crackdown)
Jack of Blades (Fable)
'Splosion Man/Ms 'Splosion Man.
Yeah, Xbox could pull this off if they wanted. But the whole mascot fighting thing would feel like a bit of a cash grab if you ask me.
Do not want.
@ Riderz1337.
Xbox avaters have been used in a lot of 360 games why not this?
Who the hell is Avater? Do you mean the little Avatar thing's you use for Xbox? SERIOUSLY BRO?
Crap I was thinking about Gunnstringer when I was typing my list >.<!
You know you're scraping the bottom of the bucket when you include a "zombie" as a playable fighter. I mean really...
And why not??? I dont see anything wrong with playing a Zombie. Sony pretty much did the same thing by adding multiplatform game characters. The Big Daddy is a good example.
I lol'd so hard when i read that >_<
You can't compare a Big Daddy to a zombie though lol A zombie with a splicer maybe. Oh and Sony added 4 multiplatform characters out of 20 (soon to be 22). PASBR is a game to represent all of Playstation. It's past (Parrapa, Sir Dan, Sweet Tooth, Ratchet and Clank etc.) It's present, (Cole, Nathan, Kratos, Sackboy etc.) and it's future (Raiden, emo Dante, Kat). Multiplats also make up a pretty big chunk of that past, present & future. In other words,,,,, no zombie.
Bango? Bonker? You must be 'Bonkers'!!! :-)
Blinx the Timesweeper would make an ok addition to the roster. That was a fun game =)
Characters from lost odyssey and blue dragon also
MS actually has alot of IPs and characters.
ahahaha, nice one
"ahahaha, nice one"
What are you laughing at? If you did some research, you would know what I said wasn't a joke.
master chief and....who else...hmmm...o well at least master chief is there maybe it will sell
This is why Microsoft should make a crossover 3rd Person shooter rather than a fighter/brawler. All of their well known characters come from shooters, so why not roll with it? I would buy it!
Just call it Halo battle royale... It will probably sell anyways...
Master Chief
Marcus Fenix
Alan Wake
Banjo & Kazooie
Sam Fisher
Frank West
Joanna Dark
Kaim from Lost Odyssey
Splosion Man
Riptor from Killer Instinct
Ghost from Modern Warfare
Commander Shepard
and Jack of Blades
My list similar to yours.
Master Chief (Halo)
Marcus Fenix or Cole Train (Gears of War)
Fable character (Fable)
The Agent (Crack Down)
Alan Wake
The Lead character from Shadow Complex
Sam Fisher
Ryu Hayanusa
Splosion Man
Commander Shepard
Big Boss or The Boss (MGS3 Snake Eater)
Blinx the Cat
VooDoo Vince
Stranger (Oddworld Strangers Wrath)
lead character from Jet Set Radio Future
Brotherhood character from Fallout 3
There are actually a lot of characters, you just gotta look up Microsoft owned IP's (which is a lot) and take the main characters from those games.
Master chief so just 1
@Zodiac GTA started on PC but was made relevant on Ps2
5-10 at most.. That originated on xbox anyway
i dont think a game like this would sell anyway on xbox.
plus xbox has never been known for having a lineup of strong characters.
xbox games primarily focus on shooting as many ppl as possible rather than having great characters.
i know that flamebait brings flamewars but god, n4g is giving ps3 a bad name by being deliberately offensive with their comments. while xbox may not diligently support their exclusive ip's it doesn't mean that they aren't there.
Ok you obviously havent seen the other articles swarmed with xbots hating on Playstation allstars BR. Its way worse than anything you'll see here.
Considering half the ones in Playstation All-Stars aren't owned by Sony or even Playstation exclusive, i would guess the X-Box one could have just as many characters if they pulled a Sony and borrowed them from other studios.


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Ditch the debugger, bone up on biz risk management
Budding chief information security officers (CISOs) would be better off boning up on business, communication, and risk management skills than getting bogged down in detailed discussions about technology, according to a panel of senior security professionals.
The overwhelming message from the InfoSecurity Summit 2012 in Hong Kong, was that CISOs need to be trusted and they need to add value, but most importantly they must understand risk in all areas of the business and then manage that risk proactively.
"The days of the CISO being technology-focused are over; the role is much more transversal now," argued Jerome Walter, chief security officer Asia Pacific at French bank Natixis. "You should build relationships. Each department has different risk, different issues and you need to create an image of trust so they'll come to you."
Thomas Parenty, MD of fraud prevention firm Parenty Consulting, agreed, adding that security should never be approached out of context of the business.
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Trying to protect all the organisation's information all the time can be challenging, especially when the bad guys can put all their resources into nabbing just one bit of it.
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On "III," the Hackney brothers have mellowed the thrashing, though the hard and fast still dominates when they muse on the grimy "North Street." But they have more funk, soul and psychedelic sounds on the latest effort, which includes songs recorded in 1975, 1976, 1980 and 1992.
Guitarist David — who died of lung cancer in 2000 — paces himself on the intro, an instrumental simply titled "Introduction by David" (vocalist Bobby and drummer Dannis round out the trio). David's eerie, bewitching riffs begin steady, but after a lengthy pause, irrupt in a wash of lavish, hurried reverb.
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VIENNA (AP) — The story of Natascha Kampusch, who grew from a 10-year old to a young woman as a captive of a sadistic abductor, is now a movie.
The film depicting her more than eight-year long ordeal premiered late Monday in Vienna. Titled "3096 Days," the English-language film is based on Kampusch's biography.
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Baruch College and the Rubin Museum of Art to Co-host Conference on Museums & Higher Education in 21st Century
Panelists Include Representatives from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, University College London and Columbia University
NEW YORK, NY - April 7, 2013 ? Baruch College and The Rubin Museum of Art will host "Museums and Higher Education in the 21st Century: Collaborative Methods and Models for Innovation," from April 24-25. ?The conference focuses on how collaborative models between art institutions (particularly museums) and higher education can enhance the learning experience for students.
Representatives from Baruch College, the Brooklyn Children's Museum and the Rubin Museum of Art will share ideas on arts integration and current museum-university partnerships, using the Baruch College-Rubin Museum of Art Project as a model. Bruce Payne, Executive Director of the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, will deliver the morning keynote address.? Other noted institutions in attendance include Sotheby's Institute of Art and Yale University Art Gallery.
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HOUSTON (AP) — Chris Carter homered twice and tied a career high with five RBIs to lead the Houston Astros over the Minnesota Twins 10-4 on Tuesday night.
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Carter connected again on his next at-bat with a three-run shot in the fifth which chased Minnesota rookie starter Yohan Pino (1-5).
Carter leads the majors with 15 homers since July 1 and his six multihomer games this season ties a franchise record set by Lance Berkman in 2006. Tuesday was his second multi-homer game in a week and his 28 home runs are third in the American League and just one shy of his total in 2013.
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I'm a level 3.0 player. I'm looking for hitting partner. Tennis at Williamsburg or flushing meadows.
thank you,
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Hi I am interested!
I live in Williamsburg right by the Mcarren park.
I am 2.5 player and I am available to play anytime on the weekends!
Let me know!
The McCarren Park courts are maybe a 7-minute walk from the Bedford Ave stop on the L - first stop in Brooklyn.
hey frank,
I'd be interested in hitting around in the afternoons in Williamsburg.
Don't remember the last time I was rated but I'd say I'm a 3.0 player. Looking to get back into the game.
Hello Zach,
How about tomorrow or Sunday afternoon? But you'd have to have a permit or a single-play ticket.
Jim Lardner
Great to see everyone is hooking up in here.
FYI: we also have a big Queens group and a McCarren group as well.
Find them here: http://tennisopolis.com/groups
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The act of attempting to wizz when you have a full tank of semen and instead of urine coming out of your penis the flow is interrupted by ejaculate.
After not getting any for a month, Tim went to urinate and was surprised to wizzaculate all over the ivory throne.
by FrancisFerdinand September 28, 2009