text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - Major League Baseball Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Major League Baseball Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Sports View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message chloe-3-chanJoined: 25 Sep 2006Posts: 30 Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:18 pm Post subject: Major League Baseball HI! Every one. I love baseball. Expecialy, Major League Baseball is exciting! Do you like it? And who is your favorite player? Back to top LonsukeJoined: 12 Nov 2006Posts: 1 Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 10:07 pm Post subject: Hello~ Hi,chloe-3-chan. I love baseball too. I think Major League baseball is very strong. My favorite player is Ichiro. He can always hit. How about your favorite player? Back to top kani27Joined: 25 Sep 2006Posts: 24 Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 10:40 pm Post subject: Hello! Hi!! How are you? I'm fine I love baseball too!! Major League baseball is very exciting and wonderful! My favorite player is Ichiro too. I think he is an emotionally strong person,and he make good on his promise. Former Seibu Lions player, Matuzaka Daisuke has decided to join the Boston Red Sox yesterday. Matuzaka is Japanese baseball player. What do you think ?? Back to top chloe-3-chanJoined: 25 Sep 2006Posts: 30 Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 2:49 am Post subject: Hello! Thank you for your answer.Nice to meet you. Me too,my favorite baseball player is Ichiro. I must admire that he is nice. When he established 262 hits in Major leage,I was realy moved. And Matuzaka,he is also japanese player. He also has a gift as a pitcher. He will win the victry in the Major Leage. Back to top morimoriJoined: 12 Nov 2006Posts: 2 Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 10:05 pm Post subject: Major League Baseball Hi I'm Japanese student!!!!! I like Major League Baseball. I like Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Matsui. Back to top realfaceJoined: 12 Nov 2006Posts: 4 Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 10:16 pm Post subject: Hi!! I'm Japanese student, too. I like like baseball game. I Know Hideki Matsui and Daisuke Matsuzaka. They are one of the best player!!! Back to top kani27Joined: 25 Sep 2006Posts: 24 Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:28 pm Post subject: Hello How are you? I think Japanese plfayer went to Major League Baseball continuously in 2007. Did I imagine it? Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Sports All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Student Forums----------------ComputersCurrent NewsCultureEnglish SchoolsFamilyFilm and CinemaFoodHealth and FitnessHelp CenterHobbiesHolidaysLearning EnglishLiteratureMaking FriendsMusicOpinionsPetsScienceSportsThe Strange and MysteriousTOEFL and Other English ExamsTravel You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Dave's ESL Cafe is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Banner Advertising | Bookstore / Alta Books | FAQs | Articles | Interview with Dave Copyright © 2018 Dave's ESL Cafe | All Rights Reserved | Contact Dave's ESL Cafe | Site Map Teachers College, Columbia University: Train to Teach English Here or Abroad Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group


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You've got full-sized launch games, from New Super Mario Bros. Wii U to Assassin's Creed III, several indies, including Little Inferno, Mighty Switch Force: Hyper Drive Edition, Nano Assault neo and Chasing Aurora.
Wow, didn't expect Assassins Creed 3 in there so fast! Or ZombiU. I only expected Nintendo titles. Very nice impression! Someone needs to check out the download times/speed.
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Olivia Palermo's Upper East Side style has placed her at the center of the fashion world. Her looks are impeccable and her accessories, the most desired.
Undoubtedly we are referring to quintessential it-girl Olivia Palermo, who, for the second year in a row, is dressing in spectacular Carrera y Carrera jewelry.
On the cover of various magazines, Olivia Palermo is a feminine woman radiating character, naturally chic and possessing her own unique style. She is frequently seen in the front row of international runway shows and in the style pages of the best-selling magazines.
Today, Olivia Palermo is known the world over as the New York socialite of the moment. An authentic it-girl, a woman who is a true trendsetter turning every piece of clothing or accessory she wears into a must-have item.
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This iconic brand is characterized by a unique style and precise designs where the combination of a matte-shine effect on gold, work in volumes, and meticulous craftsmanship make for exceptional jewelry pieces where gold and precious stones come to life.
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Bathroom Floor "Painted Rug"
Would you believe that this beautiful hand-painted bathroom floor started off as unfinished plywood subfloor? Now, it's a graphic black-(actually very chocolate-y dark brown)-and-white painted rug that perfectly compliments the rest of the room:
Spotted at The DIY Showoff, there's even a tutorial on how to do something similar yourself.
Starting from an unfinished plywood subfloor in an old farmhouse, there was much sanding to provide a smoother surface. The floor was painted in a gorgeous dark brown porch paint (Valspar Porch and Floor paint in "Journey"), then the "rug" was laid out in a contrasting white. A border was taped off and painted, then the pattern was stenciled on for the finishing touch. To see it all, including more before and after shots, head on over to the The DIY Showoff.


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If I May Be Frank...Or Franco, Rather
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Told you.
MALLORY: Told me what?
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Told you you'd love Franco.
MALLORY: I don't love Franco.
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Yeah, you do. Nailed it.
MALLORY: I don't, though.
GENERAL HOSPITAL: No, you do. You have to. What more could you ask for? You were all "But he's so bad and terrible!" and it's like "Um, no, he's clearly on videotape not doing anything bad OR terrible." And then you were all "No, I still grudges because I'm crazy and obnoxious" and it's like "HE HAD A BRAIN TUMOR, OKAY?" And when you were still upset that he was Alan Quartermaine's son, we were like "HOW'S THIS FOR A LOOP, MOFOS?" and made him HEATHER and SCOTT's kid. HA! Who could see that coming?
MALLORY: No one who actually watched the show in the 80s.
GENERAL HOSPITAL: So now we can all just sit back and watch Carly and Franco be all cute and sparkly together.
Franco: It was an act. You know that. You know there's only one woman in this world for me.
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Couldn't you just DIE?
MALLORY: Yes, yes, I could.
GENERAL HOSPITAL: But the chemistry!
MALLORY: Is...fine?
GENERAL HOSPITAL: I'm sorry, do you even hear yourself? The chemistry is amazing.
MALLORY: Even if--IF!--their chemistry was "amazing", does that make up for the years of misery Franco caused Carly's son and, probably even more importantly to her, her JASON?
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Yes.
MALLORY: That's like saying "Anders Hove and Kimberly McCullough work so well together. Who cares what tragedies he's caused her family, right? Chemistry!"
MALLORY: Oh, no...
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It's no secret that the gaming community is the heart and soul of Child's Play. The efforts of individuals and groups to raise funds and awareness for Child's Play is incredible. Just take a look at our Events calendar and you'll see what I mean: people from all walks of life, all different types of games and geekery, coming together to help out some kids when they need it most.
Which is why we created the Child's Play Fundraising Widget. We want to make fundraising simple and secure- for both the donor and the event organizer. The widget looks like this:
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The Punxsutawney Minor League Softball All-Star squad edged the St. Marys squad by a 13-12 score Wednesday night at Benzinger Park.St. Marys was the winner of the winner's bracket while Punxsutawney won the loser's bracket. With Punxsy's win, the two teams will meet again on Friday as the District 10 Tournament is a double elimination affair. A coin flip determined that St. Marys will travel to Punxsy Friday night for the title game.
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Honda built its reputation early on with top-notch engineering and a propensity for going its own way. For the last several years, however, cost cutting coupled with a drive to become a more mainstream auto manufacturer seemed to push Honda away from its ingenious roots. Thankfully, the winds of innovation seem to be blowing strongly again from Honda Headquarters.
Honda has introduced a trio of new Sport Hybrid drivetrain technologies, beginning with small and simple vehicles up to larger all-wheel drive vehicles. Honda is calling these new technologies "Sport Hybrid Intelligent Dual Clutch Drive. If that name seems clunky, remember, Honda is composed of engineering wizards, not wordsmiths.
At the bottom of the range is the One-Motor Sport Hybrid Intelligent Dual Clutch Drive. Designed for small vehicles, the system improves upon efficiency as well as acceleration.It uses a new inline four-cylinder 1.5-liter Atkinson cycle engine, mated to a seven-speed automatic transmission with a built-in electric motor and Lithium-ion battery pack. This arrangement improves efficiency by more than 30 percent over the outgoing version. As one might expect, the system is capable of electric only driving mode (EV) during stop-and-go and low-speed driving.
In the middle – and with an even longer name – is the Two-Motor Sport Hybrid Intelligent Multi Mode Drive/Plug-In. The Two-Motor system follows along the same lines as the One-Motor, improving efficiency and acceleration. This system has been designed with mid-sized vehicles in mind and will be first implemented in the 2014 Honda Accord Plug-In. The Two-Motor system is capable of three drive modes: "EV Drive," "Engine Drive," and "Hybrid Drive." EV Drive is essentially what it sounds like: electric-only driving with energy coming from the on-board battery pack, which is charged at home or at a charging station. Engine Drive is for medium- or high-speed driving and relies on power generated from the gasoline engine, which is directly locked to the front drive axle by a lock-up clutch. Lastly, Hybrid Drive is for stop-and-go driving when the on-board electric power has been depleted and the gas engine is relied on for electricity generation but does not power the wheels.
Last, we have the Three-Motor Sport Hybrid SH-AWD (Super Handling All-Wheel Drive). With the power output of a V8 and the fuel efficiency of a four-cylinder, the Three Motor system is ideal for larger vehicles like the Honda Ridgeline pickup or the Pilot, Honda's large SUV. The Three-Motor system is powered by a fairly typical 3.5-liter V6, which has been mated to a seven-speed automatic transmission. Here's where it gets tricky. In the rear of the vehicle are two electric motors, one on each rear wheel. This system allows for either motor to most efficiently deliver torque to its respective wheel, whether it is positive or negative torque. For instance, as a vehicle goes around a corner, the inside wheel spins more slowly, and the outside spins more quickly as it travels a greater distance. The electric motor on the inside of a given corner in the road will capture energy of the slowing inside wheel and transfer it to the outside wheel, requiring less energy to be exerted by the gasoline engine up front.
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Commission approves proposed LNG Terminals in Texas and Massachusetts; Rhode Island Terminal Rejected
Citing the growing imperative for imported natural gas to meet ever-increasing demand nationally, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today approved two new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals that propose to bring up to 2.8 billion cubic feet per day of new service to the United States. Another proposed LNG import facility was denied authorization by the Commission.
The Commission approved projects proposed by Weaver's Cove Energy and Mill River Pipeline, limited liability company affiliates of Hess LNG, for a new terminal and related facilities to be constructed in Fall River, Mass. (Docket Nos. CP04-36-000; CP04-41-000; CP04-42-000; & CP04-43-000), and by Golden Pass LNG Terminal and Golden Pass Pipeline, limited partnership subsidiaries of ExxonMobil Corp., for a terminal to be constructed in Texas and Louisiana (Docket Nos. CP04-386-000; CP04-400-000, CP04-401-000, & CP04-402-000).
The Commission denied an application from KeySpan LNG and Algonquin Gas Transmission to convert an existing LNG storage facility in Providence, R.I., into a new LNG import terminal because the facility would not meet current construction and safety standards (Docket Nos. CP04-223-000 & CP04-293-000; CP04-358-000).
After holding several public meetings, reviewing numerous written comments and taking a number of extraordinary steps to assure detailed consideration of environmental, safety and security issues, the Commission granted authority under Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act to Weaver's Cove LNG for a new terminal that potentially would import and store up to 800 million cubic feet of gas per day for customers in the Northeast. Mill River Pipeline would construct two lateral pipelines to connect the Weaver's Cove terminal to interconnections with the Algonquin Gas Transmission system and intrastate pipelines.
The Commission said the Weaver's Cove project serves the public interest because the additional LNG imports will help meet the New England region's growing demand for natural gas service. Citing federal government and regional reports, the Commission said that, because the interstate gas pipeline system is currently running at full capacity during the winter months and because there are no geological gas storage formations in New England, LNG storage plays a significant role in meeting winter peak-demand heating needs for natural gas.
The Commission said the Weaver's Cove LNG and the Mill River pipeline laterals may be constructed in an environmentally acceptable manner. The Commission will require the companies to adhere to the construction and operation mitigation measures detailed by FERC staff in the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and adopted in the Commission's order.
Coordinating review with other federal agencies, including the U.S. Coast Guard, the U. S. Department of Transportation, state and local agencies, the Commission concluded the Weaver's Cove LNG project may operate safely and securely. In unprecedented actions, the U.S. Coast Guard, in coordination with the Commission, conducted a series of workshops with local law enforcement agencies and port stakeholders to develop procedures and resources required to manage the safety and security of LNG vessels while moving through Narragansett Bay and unloading LNG at the dock. The process, the most extensive effort ever performed prior to a Commission authorization of an LNG import facility, resulted in the development of an initial vessel transit security plan. The procedures used by the Coast Guard in this case served as a blueprint for the Coast Guard's new Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular, issued June 14, 2005, for assessing the suitability of a waterway for LNG marine traffic.
Weaver's Cove will be required to submit various safety and security documents prior to construction including: a comprehensive plan identifying the mechanisms for funding all project-specific security and emergency management costs incurred by state and local agencies; an initial emergency response plan; and identification of emergency evacuation routes that will be coordinated with local officials before construction. Weaver's Cove must report to the Commission every six months as to its progress in developing these documents.
The Commission approved the project proposed by Golden Pass LNG for a new terminal and related facilities to be constructed in Jefferson, Orange and Newton Counties, Texas and in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. The project would be located on the Port Arthur ship channel and would be constructed in two phases. The first phase would provide import capacity of up to 1 billion cubic feet per day.
The second phase would receive up to 2 billion cubic feet per day of imported gas. The project would further consist of two new protected berths, five double-walled full containment LNG storage tanks, and 122.4 miles of pipeline that would connect the terminal with up to 10 existing interstate and intrastate pipeline systems. Golden Pass LNG must adhere to mitigation measures detailed by staff and adopted in the Commission's order.
The Commission denied applications submitted by KeySpan LNG and Algonquin Gas Transmission because the existing LNG peak-shaving storage tank, dike, and facility site do not meet current Department of Transportation (DOT) safety standards. Although it found the project could provide benefits to the New England region, the Commission concluded that converting KeySpan's facility into a new import terminal that does not meet current DOT safety standards is not in the public interest.
KeySpan's LNG peak-shaving facility was placed in service in 1974 and receives LNG deliveries by truck from Distrigas' LNG terminal in Everett, Mass. The DOT standards were implemented in 1980. In the EIS, FERC Staff concluded the existing facility does not meet current federal safety standards because: the LNG storage tank impoundment was designed to 100 percent of the tank contents rather than 110 percent; thermal radiation and flammable vapor exclusion zones would extend offsite onto adjacent properties; and a detailed evaluation by a seismic consultant would be required to determine if the existing tank would comply with National Fire Protection Association criteria.
KeySpan proposed to add a ship berth in the Providence River east of the existing facility and wanted to add additional facilities that would receive more than 500 million cubic feet of gas per day. It did not propose modifying the existing facility. Algonquin Gas Transmission proposed to construct and operate 1.44 miles of pipeline that would connect the terminal to Algonquin's existing system in order to transport the gas to markets in the Northeast.
All applicants have thirty days from the date of issuance of the orders in which to accept the Commission's actions or to seek an appeal before the Commission.
For more information, see the Commission's website at www.ferc.gov.
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"I certainly love the IT thing. But when we want to improve lives, you've got to deal with more basic things, like child survival, child nutrition. As a priority? It's a joke. Take this malaria vaccine, [this] weird thing that I'm thinking of. Hmm, which is more important, connectivity or malaria vaccine? If you think connectivity is the key thing, that's great. I don't."
- Bill Gates, an American business magnate, investor, programmer, inventor and philanthropist. He is the founder and current Chairman of Microsoft.
Source: As quoted in the Financial Times, November 1, 2013, An inclusive interview with Bill Gates, by Richard Waters.
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Can we say that the sun is more important than the moon? Can we say that air is more important than water? Can we say that the brain is more important than the heart? If we do - we know nothing of life. There is no less and there is no more – but an inter-connection of all what makes life at every level possible. I worked with countries that run out of medicine because they had no connectivity and logistics systems to allow them resupply medication on time including large quantities of malaria medication. And of course there must be medication in the first place on that Bill Gates is right :)
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Hi Sina,
Actually Bill Gates said the exact same thing before - I think it was back in 2006 or something...
In any case, Bill Gates is one of the very few ultra-wealthy men out there who genuinely care for the less fortunate.
He should be respected for his heart, for his compassion, for his work to help others, even more than he should be respected for his massive contributions to computer science and technology in general.


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I also need to find my ones from when we hired Mike. I remember that GM just came up and they were going to need an on-site TAM, either Chi or Detroit. I started IMing with Mike and he was *this* close to taking a job in ad ops with weather.com, but we moved quick and got him to come work for us..
12/12/05 - simanoffM (10:12:08 PM): detroit is the ass of america
simanoffM (10:18:30 PM): i'm not so sure about this king kong movie
bsaitz (10:18:36 PM): yea, looks so-so
simanoffM (10:18:57 PM): i really want to be excited by it, but the previews aren't doing anything for me
bsaitz (10:19:25 PM): agreed .. and for some reason, jack black bores me.. and the whole kong thing looks like a snoozer
simanoffM (10:19:46 PM): even the sets and the special effects don't look right to me
bsaitz (10:20:17 PM): i know.. way digital
simanoffM (10:20:34 PM): i guess it was too hard to find a giant monkey they could train
simanoffM (10:30:41 PM): sinead o'connor is on letterman right now singing reggae
simanoffM (10:30:46 PM): and wearing a star of david
simanoffM (10:30:50 PM): this world is too weird for me
simanoffM (10:30:54 PM): good night!
simanoffM (10:36:48 AM): it was 100 degrees here yesterday too
simanoffM (10:37:27 AM): i am going to move to greenland, do we have an office there?
me and mike went for sushi when i was in town and we decided to get quail eggs.. it was nothing like what we expected (i.e. they werent cooked!)
simanoffM (9:45:15 AM): i think those quayle eggs made me sick
bsaitz (9:45:20 AM): sorry dude
bsaitz (9:45:24 AM): i could eat nails, i'm fine
simanoffM (9:45:27 AM): lol
simanoffM (9:46:01 AM): i'll be fine, was just a bit unsteady this am
simanoffM (10:33:53 AM): every since i moved here, the white sox won the world series, and it has been the warmest winter in decades...
10/25/06 - mike saw the future
simanoffM (4:57:14 PM): google is unstoppable


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The price of oil rose Thursday to above $94 a barrel, propelled by a rebound in China's trade growth and an encouraging start to the U.S. corporate earnings season.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for February delivery was up $1.04 to $94.14 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract slipped 5 cents to end at $93.10 per barrel in New York on Wednesday.
Data released Thursday showed China's export growth in December more than quadrupled from the previous month's level to 14 percent. Imports rose 6 percent, after failing to grow at all in November, in a sign of increasing domestic demand.
Analysts also pointed to an 8 percent year-on-year rise in China's imports of crude oil in December and a 6.8 percent increase for all of 2012. The data was a boost for energy prices, since a pickup in economic activity in the world's second-largest economy could boost demand for oil.
"China has thus underpinned its status as a key driver of global oil demand," said a report from Commerzbank in Frankfurt.
In the U.S., corporate reporting season began with better-than-expected results. That helped lift stock markets and energy prices followed.
Brent crude, used to price international varieties of oil, was up 89 cents to $112.65 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
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Holy Mass of Christian Burial for Robert P. "Bobby" Gomez, 61, of Sweetwater, will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church with Father Charles Okonkwo officiating. Interment will follow at Sweetwater Cemetery under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home.A Rosary will be recited by Lupe Medellin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 23, at McCoy Chapel of Memories.Gomez died Sunday, Jan. 20, at his home.Gomez was born Aug. 28, 1951, in Sweetwater. He married Vicki Meneses on March 4, 1972, in Sweetwater. Bobby was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church. He had lived in Sweetwater all his life and was a graduate of Sweetwater High School in 1969. He worked at Lone Star Cement Plant as a machinist from 1972 until he retired in 2002.Survivors include his wife, Vicki Gomez of Sweetwater; sisters-in-law, Hope Reyna and Sammy Reyna, Margaret and Michael Hillis, Laura Flores and Sue and Julian Moncada; brother-in-law, Jerry Meneses; father-in-law, Jesus Meneses; mother, Stella Gomez of Sweetwater; brothers, Ricky Gomez and wife Margaret of Abilene and Sammy Gomez of San Angelo.He was preceded in death by his son, Christopher Gomez on Jan. 14, 1996; his father, Robert Gomez on Nov. 25, 2002; and his brother, Roger Gomez on Dec. 23, 2001.Pallbearers will be Adon Reyna, Kevin Rosas, Matthew Figueroa, Chris Gomez, Charlie Rosas, Jr., Sammy Reyna, Jr., Jerry Meneses and David Pickrell. Honorary pallbearers will be Eddie Torres, Jr., Ricky Heredia, Charlie Rosas, Sr., Nicholas Figueroa, Christopher Figueroa, Joe Torres and Juan (Rue) Abalos.


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Looking for more evidence that HTC will unveil its 5-inch phone at this week's press event? An official press shot and a name may just do the trick. The image above shows a device named the HTC One X 5 which looks identical to the blurry-cam pictures we've already seen. The device looks very similar to the HTC DIx (HTC DROID Incredible X) which is heading to Verizon.
One other notable feature shown in the image is the size of the bezel around the 5-inch display. I originally noticed its thinness when working to confirm the size of the display last week, but the new image makes it a lot more obvious. Compared to the HTC One X, the bezel around the screen on the new HTC One X 5 is about half the size.
The naming discrepancy should really be an issue. HTC will most likely be using the HTC One X 5 name for its GSM version while allowing Verizon to contaminate the branding of its flagship devices. We doubt AT&T and T-Mobile are planning to carry the HTC One X 5 since both carriers have been fiddling with the HTC One X+. We'll just have to wait until HTC's press event on Wednesday to see if all the rumors are confirmed and what devices will be offered by your favorite service providers.
Update: based on some new information, it appears is though we've been dooped. As Alex has pointed out in the comments, the image is a design concept by Dannix which was originally posted to flickr. Closer examination of the image shows that the screen on the image has been lifter from a press shot of the HTC One X from when it was unveiled in Barcelona in late February.


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Imagine a home where lighting, heating, entertainment and security can all be controlled from the same device, either at the touch of a button or by intelligent voice commands. This vision, once solely the preserve of science fiction, will become a reality for many homeowners within the next few years as advancing electronics and an increased awareness of environmental concerns propel smart home technology rapidly forwards.
Most modern home technology centres around the use of smartphones or tablets to control the variables in your environment. Central heating, or specifically thermostat regulation, is an industry that's predicted to increase in value by $600 million over the next three years, thanks to the vast potential of this new technology. In a smart home, occupants are able to set energy-saving timetables, a development that's proven to reduce the energy required to heat or cool a property by almost a third. Should your schedule change unexpectedly, you can easily edit the timetable remotely from your smartphone. Installing this technology provides homeowners with a flexible and simple way to reduce household bills, conserve energy and enjoy their optimum room temperature at all times.
Other developers have honed in on individual appliances, seeking ways to make them more efficient and responsive. The coffee maker, for example, could be programmed to turn on and make a hot drink the moment its owner gets out of bed. When that person later returns home from work, an app on their smartphone could open their front door automatically after recognising their heartbeat. It's expected that all this technology would be interconnected, assuaging fears of having to manage a multitude of different programmes on different devices.
These gadgets are on course to make an appearance within the foreseeable future, but for many forward-thinking engineers and innovators, the immediate priorities centre around more mundane, everyday technology that makes life a little more convenient for the home's inhabitants. Examples include the development of a radiator that intelligently responds to an open window, and an alert system that informs you when guests have arrived even when you're at the bottom of the garden.
Once solutions like these are developed, the extent of the smart home technology installed in each modern property will be determined by the occupant, their circumstances and their habits. Some may judge smart heating to be an essential, while others will install security technology before considering interior comforts.
Although convenience and environmental concerns are leading motivators in smart home design, they're far from the only ones. In response to parental concerns regarding their children's time in front of the television, it will be possible to programme your television so that children are only able to watch at specific times. These inventions could soon save lives, too; in the event of a house fire, smart technology could notify the emergency services, unlock the property's doors and illuminate an evacuation route.
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By the mid-1960s, the civil rights movement had made significant cultural, legal and political progress in advancing the cause of racial justice and equality under the law — a struggle that continues to this very day. This was a rapidly evolving, heady time in American history.
It was a time when individual men, women and, yes, children came together to literally bend the moral arc of their nation in the direction of justice.
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In our current day, we have approached a very similar point in the struggle for basic fairness and equality under the law for our lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender brothers and sisters. The incredible progress this community has made over the past four decades is remarkable on many levels and is a testament to what is possible when everyday people come together to make real the promise of America.
Today, gay and lesbian people are widely visible in popular culture, increasing numbers of elected officials are "coming out" in support of fairness and equal treatment, and landmark cases related to marriage for same-sex couples are pending at the Supreme Court. This barrier is even starting to be broken in professional sports.
We did not arrive at this point by happenstance. It took a great deal of courage and decades of advocacy and activism on the part of many.
However, as LGBT people have gained greater equality under the law, we are hearing similar objections to the ones I heard in response to the civil rights gains of African-Americans in the 1960s. We hear people asking for exemptions from laws — laws that prohibit discrimination — on the ground that complying would violate their religious beliefs.
I heard this argument in Maryland last year when working to secure the freedom to marry for committed and loving same-sex couples. And now we are hearing it in Congress with respect to the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, critical federal legislation introduced in Congress in April that would prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in most American workplaces.
ENDA follows in the mold of life-changing civil rights laws that, for decades, have prohibited employment discrimination based on race, sex, national origin, age and disability. However, there are some who feel that ENDA must allow religiously affiliated organizations — far beyond churches, synagogues and mosques — to engage in employment discrimination against LGBT people.
We haven't accepted this in the past, and we must not today. In response to the historic gains of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, opponents argued that their religious beliefs prohibited integration. To be true to their religious beliefs, they argued, they couldn't serve African-Americans in their restaurants or accept interracial marriages.


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Daniel Geale and Anthony Mundine have taken opposite paths to prepare for their eagerly awaited boxing world title rematch, one man staying at home and the other heading interstate.
Mundine claims he has received a timely boost ahead of his January 30 bout with IBF middleweight champion Geale, by returning to the city where he last defeated his rival - Brisbane.
Conversely, Geale has stayed at his western Sydney base and has no plans to go elsewhere before their Sydney Entertainment bout.
Mundine on Friday completed a month-long training stint in the Queensland capital where he was awarded the controversial 2009 victory - Geale's only professional loss.
He claimed there was "something special'' about Brisbane and believed the four-week camp had provided the finetuning needed ahead of his re-match with Geale in Sydney.
"I always feel different when I leave this joint. I always feel a lot fitter and stronger,'' Mundine said.
"Moving to a different climate, it's like altitude training for me.''
"Now I am ready to shake the world up again.''
Geale lost his IBO middleweight title to Mundine in a split-points decision in Brisbane in May 2009.
He went on to win the IBF and WBA Super titles, though he was stripped of the latter for choosing to fight Mundine.
Tasmanian-born Geale relocated to Sydney several years ago and saw no reason to change his usual routine and follow Sydneysider Mundine out of town.
"Everybody to their own - I'm getting the best out of what I need to do right where I am. It definitely works for me,'' Geale said.
"We pretty much do everything we need (to) here in Sydney.
"We're very happy - we've got good sparring partners. Everything has fallen into place perfectly for us.''
Geale, who has sparred with Trent Broadhurst and former Mundine victim Rob Medley, said he kept working throughout the holiday season.
The 37-year-old Mundine, is a $3.36 outsider with bookies against hot favourite Geale ($1.30).


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Never forget who you are, for surely the world wont. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you. - Tyrion Lannister (Game of Thrones)
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"Youngster, let that show you what it is to be without a family, without a home, and without a country. And if you are ever tempted to say a word or to do a thing that shall put a bar between you and your family, your home, and your country, pray God in his mercy to take you that instant home to his own heaven. Stick by your family, boy; forget you have a self, while you do everything for them. Think of your home, boy; write and send, and talk about it. Let it be nearer and nearer to your thought, the farther you have to travel from it; and rush back to it, when you are free, as that poor black slave is doing now. And for your country, boy," and the words rattled in his throat, "and for that flag," and he pointed to the ship, "never dream a dream but of serving her as she bids you, though the service carry you through a thousand hells. No matter what happens to you, no matter who flatters you or who abuses you, never look at another flag, never let a night pass but you pray God to bless that flag. Remember, boy, that behind all these men you have to do with, behind officers, and government, and people even, there is the Country Herself, your Country, and that you belong to Her as you belong to your own mother. Stand by Her, boy, as you would stand by your mother, if those devils there had got hold of her to-day!"
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I've recently watched a trio of movies, which I'd like to briefly review. I'm not really a fussy watcher. I can enjoy most types of movie, although my mood at any moment might make me lean towards one genre over another. What do I look for? Good acting, reading from a decent script. Preferably without looking like they are actually reading from the script. Special effects or stunning landscapes? Both are good. I just want an escape for a couple of hours. Something that entertains, works my imagination, makes me think, provokes emotions. Any one of those or a mix. Most importantly, unless it's an intentional farce, it must be plausible. Plausibility is everything.
Plausibility isn't necessarily a limitation. Star Trek is no more implausible than the Ten Commandments. The writer need not prove his concept. He just has to be imaginative enough with it to ensure it isn't instantly disprovable by the average layman. Needless to say, Star Trek director JJ Abrams might have a greater struggle to convince an astrophysicist that he would me. Although the franchise actually has quite a fascinating scientific history. Even Superman has a semblance of plausibility. Sort of. Until someone finds Krypton, grabs a wee bairn, and shots it to Earth, then nothing is disproven!
The first of the three films was Dark Zero Thirty. Plausibility is helped by the fact the film is based on a true life event – the hunt for and eventual killing of Osama Bin Laden. Possibly also by politically motivated leaks, although that seems to be conjecture at the moment. Dark Zero Thirty is gritty, with a gripping storyline and a gutsy finale. The scenery whisks you away to strange, foreign lands and has you feeling a little out of your comfort zone. It's also proof that if the script and screenplay are strong enough, it doesn't necessary matter if someone goes and ruins the ending for you before you've seen it. I won't spoil it for you though! Dark Zero Thirty gets a nine out of ten for plausibility and an eight out of ten for the movie from me. Definitely recommended.
Next up was Flight. Denzel Washington is an ace pilot. A drunk ace pilot. A drunk, coked up ace pilot. Who flies a broken passenger jet upside down in a heroic effort to get it safely to the ground. Well, relatively safely. He really is an ace pilot. Who else could do that? There are some who try it in a simulator. Is all this plausible? Well, I know planes can fly upside down. I'm pretty sure that a few drunks have tried that before now. Impossible, then, it is not. But we're moving downwards on the likelihood scale. But still, the first fifteen minutes are gripping, thanks to the special effects. So all is forgiven. Much of the rest of the film is a very human story. At times, it's touching. And frustrating. The end is a little too heroic. But it is kinda how you want it to end. So forgiveness reigns once more. A six out of ten on the plausibility scale, and a six and a half out of ten for the movie. It's a good enough flick if there's nothing better on.
The last on my list? Skyfall. Bond. A bastion of British cinema for a half century. I loved the old Connery films. Roger Moore too. In fact, especially Roger Moore. After watching the first ten minutes of the first Timothy Dalton Bond, I switched off, and hadn't watched another Bond film since. Till Skyfall. I'd read mixed reviews. But mostly positive. The glorious scenery. Top class acting. Stunning special effects. Where do I lie on Skyfall? The kindest thing I can say about Skyfall, is that I watched it to the end. It's a shame. I liked Daniel Craig. And the scenery. But the storyline was shockingly weak.
The effeminate super villain was utterly preposterous. He had no character, no personality to speak of. He was shallow and, like the rest of the film, thoroughly improbable. Too say the least. Cliches and cheese fitted into every other line. This movie contained not one iota of plausibility. Not a shred. What a disappointment. I give it a zero out of ten for plausibility. And a generous four out of ten for the movie. I guess I'm trying to make a point. A simple point. A movie just needs to make me believe. How it does that doesn't matter. It can earn my belief through the science. Through the story. Or just by making me want to believe. But it has to make me believe in it.
Movies have a new competitor. A competitor so extraordinary that it'll put pressure on movie makers to up their game. And a competitor that trumps any movie on plausibility. This competitor is real life. Life has always been more exciting, dramatic and unexpected than the movies. But it's twists and turns came infrequently and if you blinked, you missed them. Not any more. Nowadays, real life is captured, condensed, bottled up and distributed on YouTube and other video sites. Click here for some Russian dash cam action. The exploding road mid way through the video, in case you're interested, is a passenger jet crashing just out of camera. But I'll leave you with a real plane crash. Not as dramatic as Denzel's shunt, for sure. But still. It's real. And a pretty unique 'insiders' view of a crash.


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Sean Christopher Wilde, 28, admitted to detectives with the Missoula police department that he raped a woman on Thursday, June 27 at a residence on River Road.
Deputy Missoula County Attorney Jennifer Clark said on Monday that the female victim reported the assault to Missoula police.
"On June 27, the female reported a sexual assault that occurred on River Road, and identified the suspect as Sean Wilde," Clark said. "She provided the details of what had happened to her. Law enforcement personnel contacted Mr. Wilde, and he admitted that he had raped the female."
Clark said a warrant was issued for Wilde's arrest.
"A warrant was issued for his arrest in the amount of $100,000," Clark said. "He will appear in court on Monday and plead not guilty because most courts will not accept a plea of guilty. Since he is being charged with a felony, Monday's appearance will be in justice court where he will be advised of the charges and his rights, but the case needs to be resolved in district court since it is a felony."
Sexual intercourse without consent is punishable by a sentence of from two years up to life in prison with a $50,000 fine.Wilde is currently in the Missoula county jail.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and its musicians agreed a new contract Tuesday to end a weekslong lockout and clear the way for the resumption of concerts.
The new five-year deal cuts musicians' pay by 32 percent in the first year and reduces the year-round performance schedule by eight weeks during the first two years, orchestra management and the musicians union said.
Concerts are expected to resume Thursday after five weekends of performances were canceled during the lockout.
Orchestra leaders said the contract includes $11.5 million in concessions by the musicians but that at least a 50 percent increase in its annual $6.5 million in private donations is needed.
"We have seen the numbers of people willing to sign petitions, send in letters of support and demonstrate their admiration for our music and educational programs," symphony board Chairman John Thornburgh said. "We now need to convert that support into tangible financial commitments from our community, which we are confident will occur."
The orchestra reported drawing $11.4 million from its endowment during its latest fiscal year, dropping it to $80 million as of Aug. 31. Symphony management said that withdraw rate was too high and that spending cuts were needed.
The new contract reduces base pay for the orchestra's some 80 musicians to $53,000 a year, rising to $70,000 in the final contract year. The symphony said that the contract provides for a 38-42 week performance schedule over the five-year period.
During the past month, the musicians performed union-organized benefit concerts and played during lunch hours on the sidewalk outside the symphony's Hilbert Circle Theatre home on Monument Circle.
"The musicians are doing our part to save this great orchestra we all love," said Rick Graef, a horn player who is chairman of the musicians' negotiating committee. "We remain committed to harnessing the positive energy that arose from the community during the lockout."


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Compassion for your subjects is a necessity for photojournalists.
This article appeared in News Photographer Magazine in March of 2010.
By Steve Raymer
Several generations of photographers have found Haiti a compelling story with its heartbreaking jumble of natural disasters, coups d'états, United States military interventions, environmental degradation, and public health calamities like HIV-AIDS – all rendered in richly saturated colors that remind us of the work of French painter Paul Gauguin in the tropics. What's more, Haiti is close, at America's backdoor in the Caribbean. And with more than a half-million people of Haitian descent living and working in the United States, Haiti is local news in cities like New York and Miami.
So it was no surprise that the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that leveled much of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, in January summoned photojournalists from around the world to document the deaths of some 230,000 persons, the dramatic rescues, the injured, the heroism of doctors and nurses, the mourning, the orphans, the looting, and one more U. S. military intervention – this time to bring security, food, water, and medical care on a massive scale to the poorest country in the Western hemisphere. Heavyweight shooters like Damon Winter and Lynsey Addario of The New York Times, Carolyn Cole of the Los Angeles Times, Carol Guzy and Nikki Khan of The Washington Post, James Nachtwey shooting for Time, Dominic Nahr for the Wall Street Journal, Peter Turnley for The Atlantic, and Ron Haviv of the VII agency were some of the first to arrive. And their images broke our hearts one more time.
What we were unprepared for was an online offer of a $4,000 workshop in photographing disaster in Haiti – or for dozens of students and other freelance photographers who traveled to Haiti to build portfolios and make dramatic pictures in the hope of winning contests. I photographed human suffering in famines in Bangladesh and Ethiopia and natural disasters on four continents, so the idea of young photographers going to any of the world's hotspots without training, logistical support to sustain and ensure their success, and an assignment for a publication or Web site strikes me as crass and ultimately unworthy of journalism. That a few university journalism professors would encourage this, or organize fieldtrips around humanitarian nightmares, is simply naive.
"Taking students to any disaster or telling students that they need to go to a disaster to build a portfolio is foolish," says Terry Eiler, director of the Ohio University School of Visual Communication at Athens. "It sends all the wrong messages about what visual journalist are doing at disasters. It confirms the public's worst fears about coverage."
And Eiler, who worries about a university's liability for students on fieldtrips to any hotspot, is hardly alone in condemning the practice of building portfolios on the backs of Third World innocents. "This smacks of exploitation of others' misery, so comparatively wealthy and comfortable foreign post-adolescents can sharpen their professional skills," says professor Trevor Brown of Columbia University in New York. "No doubt it will be argued that this fortuitous educational exercise will also develop their ethical sensibility and empathy. They will not only become finer journalists, but also finer human beings. If I understand the purpose of these trips, it's not to inform the world through news, information, and images so that the world can better respond to the needs of Haitians. The purpose is apparently mainly to attend to the needs of these students."
One of the nation's leading authorities on media ethics, professor David Boeyink of Indiana University, sees "the human tragedy of Haiti as a bad choice for student learning" – at least for now. Boeyink, who earned a doctorate at Harvard Divinity School and has worked for years among the poorest of the poor in Central America, thinks a better idea would be for educators to prepare students professionally and emotionally to report on a story like the Haitian recovery effort "six months or a year from now when the attention of the world, likely having drifted to the next crisis, will need to be brought back to Haiti's ongoing struggles." This would insure that students stay out of the way of critical relief efforts and, in Boeyink's view, could serve "an important journalistic purpose other media organizations may miss."
Editors and photographers with years of experience in covering disasters also have weighed in on the debate about self-assigned photographers, many of them students or right out of universities, flocking to natural disasters, whether they are in Haiti, China, Indonesia, or New Orleans, where Hurricane Katrina in 2005 attracted student reporters and photographers from around the country, including my own university.
"First, do no harm," says Frank Folwell, a former assistant managing editor at USA Today in Arlington, VA. While photographers on the ground in Port-au-Prince report food and transportation are readily available for those with wads of U.S. dollars, Folwell thinks "voyeur photographers" only strain an already overtaxed system. "Where would a group of students live?" asks Folwell. "If they are in a tent, that tent would better serve a Haitian family which has been living outdoors for a month. What would they eat? Their rations could go to Haitians who have had no good food for a month."
Pulitzer Prize-winner Michel du Cille, the Washington Post's director of photo/multimedia/video, is no stranger to trouble, having covered the U. S. invasion of Grenada and wars in the Sudan, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. (Du Cille and I also reported on the 1985 explosion of Nevado del Ruiz, a Columbian volcano that killed 23,000 people in the ensuring mudslide.) So in my book, his words carry extra meaning.
"Experience at dealing with human drama begins at home," says du Cille, who advises aspiring visual journalists to first learn to shoot local news under the guidance of editors or professors – professionals who can help young people channel their emotions into meaningful images. "So many times I have been to disaster zones where the novice has no clue and they seem to just grovel in the scene of being there, rubbing elbows with the so-called star shooters."
A better idea, du Cille suggests, would be for a university journalism program to organize a trip to Haiti, or another underreported country, as a book project to help the poor or disaster stricken – or as a fundraiser for a nongovernmental organization (NGO). "This would seem more worthy to use the disaster as a teaching moment for photography and for humanity."
That said, the days of massive, saturation coverage of natural disasters by staff photographers representing major newspapers, magazines, and news agencies are long-since over. Staff downsizings mean there are fewer professional eyes witnessing the earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and famines that kill thousands and leave thousands more destitute every year. Inevitably independent, or freelance photographers – some of them very young and with mixed motives – are going to fill the gap. And some are going to get their pictures published, reminding a fickle world of the suffering of the poorest among us and that there is always a dollar to be made by the enterprising.
"Photographers' motives are key in their work," says award-winning photographer Jodi Cobb, a National Geographer staffer for more than 30 years. "What is the purpose of the photograph, what is it meant to do, to communicate? And to whom?" These are the questions all photojournalists, not just the young or the naive, need to ask themselves. And especially when people's lives are at stake.
Steve Raymer, a former National Geographic magazine staff photographer, reported from Haiti several times for the Geographic during the 1980s. He is now a professor at Indiana University School of Journalism.


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Renovating the Giant Ocean Tank
Renovating the Giant Ocean Tank
The New England Aquarium's Giant Ocean Tank, seen looking down, was emptied for reconstruction, which began last fall.
Construction staging came up through the top of the tank.
At the New England Aquarium's Animal Care Center in Quincy, fish were prepared for the move back to the tank in Boston. Divers in the waters looked for sharks to be netted and removed.
Caity Crowley used a red ball and a target on the floor to get fish use to a feeding ground area.
Barbara Bailey, left, held a net to help grab bonnethead sharks for the journey back to Boston.
Aquarium workers unloaded the sharks from a pool in the cooled truck compartment after the trip.
Penguins were moved back early in the day to keep them cool.
Intern Genevieve Resnick and staff member Chris Bauernfeind transported fish in a container through the aquarium's hallways and elevator.
Staff and volunteers helped with plastic bags to transport fish from tank to tank.
A bonnethead shark was kept in a pen to get it used to the renovated tank's waters after being driven from Quincy.
Fish were lowered into the tank, which features a new reef designed to represent a pre-Columbus Caribbean reef, before climate change and pollution took their toll on the ocean floor.
Myrtle the turtle, the unquestioned queen of the Giant Ocean Tank, checked out the waters with the help of diver Doris Morrissette.
Changes include larger viewing windows along a ramp that circles the tank that make it easier for small children to see.
The Giant Ocean Tank is the last step in a $43 million renovation and expansion that has been ongoing for six years.
With this project, the tank will resume its place among the world's elite.


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Happy Father's Day
Sunday is the day to recognize good old dad for all of the values and lessons that he imparted with you.
Father's Day was founded in Spokane, Wa. at the YMCA in 1910 by Sonora Smart Dodd, who was born in Arkansas. Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, was a single parent who raised his six children there.
To read more of this story, pick up the weekend print edition of Catawba County's community newspaper, The Observer News Enterprise, at newsstands throughout the county.


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Don Chapman with the Minority Business Development Agency discusses the panel review process for MBDA Business Center grant applications.
Initial Screening
Every application receives an initial screening to make sure that all required forms, signatures and documentation are present. It's imperative that you complete this paperwork and documentation.
There is a check list included in the Announcement of federal Funding Opportunity for you to follow to make sure you don't miss anything.
Any application that is not for the operation of a MBDA Business Center will be rejected and will not be recommended for panel review.
In addition, any application that does not include the required forms and documentation will either lose points or not be evaluated, depending on what was omitted.
It's also important that you get the entire application turned in on time – anything received after the closing date and time also will not be evaluated.
Independent Merit Review
After that initial screening, each application goes through an independent, merit review by a panel of at least three qualified business development experts who are full-time federal employees. At least one panelist for each application will be an MBDA employee.
Applications are reviewed for each specified project based on the evaluation criterion published in the Announcement of Federal Funding Opportunity. The panel will review, evaluate and provide a score for each MBDA Business Center grant application.
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After the panel reviews the applications, MBDA Regional Directors then review panel recommendations and the applications for MBDA Business Centers located within their geographical service area. A listing of the regional service area is available on MBDA's website.
The Regional Directors then provide a written memorandum to the MBDA Selecting Official – in this case, the MBDA National Director.
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The anticipated time for processing awards is generally 140 days from the closing date.
The selected MBDA Business center grant awardee will receive information from the Grants Officer on how to accept the grant electronically.
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Battle: Los Angeles (UK - BD)
Chris takes a look at the recent aliens vs. army movie courtesy of Sony's BD...
August 12th, 2011 and all over the world mysterious objects believed to be meteorites crash into Earth's oceans near major population centres. It soon becomes apparent that the objects are not meteorites, but instead an invading alien force that quickly moves to overrun the defences of most of the cities. In Los Angeles, the last free major US city, Staff Sgt. Michael Nantz (Aaron Eckhart) is thrust back into active duty on the eve of his retirement as he accompanies a platoon of Marines into the heart of L.A. to look for survivors ahead of a planned saturation bombing by the Air Force. However, when his squad is ambushed by the alien raiders and sustains heavy casualties, Nantz must step up to the plate to assist his inexperienced CO, 2ndLt. William Martinez (Ramón Rodríguez). Together with a group of civilians—including a veterinarian named Michele (Bridget Moynahan), father and son Joe and Hector (Michael Peña and Bryce Cass) and two young girls—the Marines must make their way across the war torn city streets to the Forward Operating Base at Santa Monica Airport.
Ah, the alien invasion movie. There have been some pretty good examples over the years, but last year's Skyline almost convinced me that it was time to put the genre to bed for a while (jeez that was a bad film). While not a groundbreaking piece of cinema Battle: Los Angeles is a pretty significant improvement over the woeful Strause brothers flick. It's got an A-list lead in the form of Aaron Eckheart, a grander scale, superior effects and a more cohesive plot. Sure it's derivative, sentimental and hackneyed, but I had quite a lot of fun with it. The action picks up almost immediately and apart from one brief interlude it doesn't let up for the entirety of the running time. There is the sense that you're watching an extended video game cut scene at times—a sort of cross between Modern Warfare and Resistance—but the explosions and ooh-rahs held my attention throughout and some of the set-pieces are quite impressive. As much as I enjoy cerebral films I do like a good 'switch your brain off' action movie now and again and this fit the bill nicely. Sure it features one of the dumbest lines in movie history (the terrible 'maybe I can help. I'm a veterinarian'), but there's nothing on the brain-numbing level of something like Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
I've become accustomed to Sony's releases—both new and catalogue—looking pretty damn good, and Battle: Los Angeles is no exception. A quick look at IMDb reveals that the film was shot using a mixture of digital and 35mm film, but whatever the cinematographic process the end result is that this 2.40:1 widescreen (1080/24p AVC) transfer looks great. You can pick out the tiniest details in the environment, which is especially effective during the scenes set in the ruined city, while clothing and facial textures are also well-rendered. I wouldn't go so far as to call the film colourful as the urban environments don't allow for a lot of variation in the palette, but skin tones are surprisingly natural and there are some nice fiery explosions to break up the greys and browns. Contrast is intentionally amped and appears healthy throughout without any severe black crush, and I don't remember anything that could really be described as a visual defect. In short, it's everything you'd want from a modern action 'blockbuster' and another winner from Sony.
From the opening strains of 'California Love' the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack is every bit the aural extravaganza that you'd want for a movie of this nature. There's a ton of directionality in the mix, from subtle touches like the placement of dialogue in the fringes, to the whirring of helicopter rotors and gunfire (both terrestrial and extra-terrestrial) in the surrounds. What's extraordinary is that all of this occurs before the real action kicks in. When the marines finally do meet the alien invaders things step up another level, with all manner of weaponry, explosions and ambient battle sounds traversing the soundstage. Honestly, it's a veritable maelstrom of sound. The track also brings some impressive bass to the party, with each and every explosion receiving the sort of aggressive reinforcement from the sub that rattles ornaments and causes pets to shift nervously. Thankfully dialogue never wavers in the face of this fury and while the score isn't particularly memorable it is a solid accompaniment to the action. All things considered this is a fantastic soundtrack.
I'm pleased to report that the disc includes a pretty healthy selection of supplemental material. First up is the 'Command and Control' mode, which is basically a picture-in-picture feature that provides access to storyboard comparisons and ten short featurettes. Moving on we come to 'Behind the Battle' (06:44 HD), which is your standard making of featurette featuring interviews with Eckhart and various other members of the cast and crew. As you can probably guess from the running time, it's not long enough to offer anything more than a superficial look at the movie. 'Directing the Battle' (06:33 HD) is more of the same fluffy EPK style of featurette, this time focussing on director Jonathan Liebesman and how he got the gig.
Slightly meatier is 'Alien in L.A.' (17:57 HD), which takes a reasonably detailed look at the design of the alien creatures, while 'Preparing for Battle (05:15 HD) provides a short window into the physical exertion required of the actors while shooting the film. 'Boot Camp' (10:18 HD) comes next, and as you might have guessed it's a look at the training the actors underwent before filming commenced. 'Creating L.A. in LA' (05:46 HD) takes a look at how the production recreated the streets of Santa Monica in Louisiana, while 'The Freeway Battle' (05:18 HD) takes a look at one of the film's major set-pieces in more detail. A selection of trailers comes next, including promos for The Green Hornet (02:38 HD), Priest (01:52 HD) and Blu-ray Disc is High-Definition (01:19 HD). The usual movieIQ and BD-Live stuff is also included, along with a PS theme. Oddly I couldn't find the code to allow access to the Resistance 3 demo, but then again I didn't receive my copy until a week after the release date so that could be the reason.
Look, I'm not going to pretend this is a great film (or even a particularly good one), but if you're looking to pass a couple of hours without the need to engage your brain or if you're simply a fan of the sort of video games that the film riffs on, you could do worse than to give Battle: Los Angeles a spin. It's a very impressive disc audio-visually, and while the extras don't quite meet the same high standards they are about par for the course these days. It's not been the best year for blockbuster action movies as far as I'm concerned, but I probably enjoyed this about as much as any other and considerably more than some.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Chris Gould
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I liked this much better than the woeful Skyline
This flick was so disappointing.
I just kept zoning out and like you say in the review it was too much like a game. I kept wanting to grab a gun and show them how it was done. The aliens were so faceless and game drone like.
It seems to have divided opinion among the review sites. I quite enjoyed it on the big screen, but admit that it lost some of its impact at home.
This movie bored the hell out of me which is a shame as the ad campaign for this made it feel like it could be great.
Suitable only for persons of 12 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 11th July 2011
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Audio Description 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 Thai
Subtitles: English, English HoH, Greek, Hindi, Korean, Mandarin (Simplified), Mandarin (Traditional), Thai
Extras: Command Control PiP, Featurettes, Trailers, BD-Live, movieIQ, PS3 Theme
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Ramon Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Michelle Rodriguez, Will Rothhaar, Ne-Yo, Cory Hardrict, Jim Parrack, Gino Anthony Pesi, James Hiroyuki Liao, Noel Fisher, Adetokumboh M'Cormack, Bryce Cass, Michael Peña, Joey King
Genre: Action and Sci-Fi
Length: 116 minutes
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How about that weather on Saturn, eh?
The next time you want to complain about some downpour or blizzard in Toronto, consider these massive, beautiful storms happening at the north pole of Saturn. These amazing images were captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
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This false-colour image shows stunning views of a monster hurricane at Saturn's North Pole. The eye of the cyclone is an enormous 1,250 miles across. That's 20 times larger than the typical eye of a hurricane here on Earth. The hurricane is believed to have been there for years. This image is among the first sunlit views of Saturn's north pole captured by Cassini's imaging cameras.
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This is a natural colour view of the north pole of Saturn, in the fresh light of spring. The north pole was previously hidden from the gaze of Cassini's imaging cameras because it was winter in the northern hemisphere when the spacecraft arrived at the Saturn system in 2004. A hurricane-like storm circling Saturn's north pole at about 89 degrees north latitude is inside the famous "hexagon" feature, which scientists think is a wandering jet stream that whips around the north pole at about 98 metres per second. It folds into a six-sided shape because the hexagon is a stationary wave that guides the path of the gas in the jet. Saturn's rings can be seen at the upper right of the image.
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This false-colour image highlights the storms at Saturn's north pole. The angry eye of a hurricane-like storm appears dark red while the fast-moving hexagonal jet stream framing it is a yellowish green. Low-lying clouds circling inside the hexagonal feature appear as muted orange color. A second, smaller vortex pops out in teal at the lower right of the image. The rings of Saturn appear in vivid blue at the top right.


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NHL Lockout Deepens
This past weekend, the National Hockey League should have been entering its ninth week of the season. While ESPN's front page for the NHL touts their collaboration with EA Sports on an innovative video game, no simulation highlights package is going to cover up the fact that the NHL, having canceled their season through mid-December's All Star Break, is in a precipitous position.
When the NHL announced that it was scrubbing the All-Star Game, the season should have already been under way. In truth, this has been a long time coming. Some hockey fans might even claim that it's a remnant from the previous lockout.
The poll results on ESPN's article, although far from scientific, speak strongly to people's beliefs that there will not be a hockey season this year. The commissioner of the NHL, Gary Bettman, has taken his fair share of the blame for this lockout. But there will always be those who look at the situation from the outside and think any players refusing to play a game for thousands—or hundreds of thousands—of dollars are the greedy ones. With the NHL Players' Association union chief, Donald Fehr claiming that the sides are close to working out a deal and Bettman claiming the opposite, it's hard to know what exactly is going to happen with this season.
Stars such as Sidney Crosby are reportedly looking into playing overseas. This is a fine option if you're one of the most marketable names in the entire league, but doesn't help many more than the top ten percent of the NHL. Having gone witnessed one recently, NBA fans are familiar with situations such as JR Smith's delayed return from China and the troubles that might be associated with playing outside the U.S.
The back-and-forth of professional hockey has been more of a rule than an exception in comparison to other leagues, but that doesn't excuse the lack of progress by now. Bettman's palpable anger at a recent press conference is merely the latest salvo in a war that's been waged since he took over as commissioner of the league. It's also a sharp reminder that the NHL is the only major sports league in America to ever miss an entire season. Seven years ago, the entirety of the 2004-2005 season was lost to labor disputes.
With rumors circulating this morning that that more games had been canceled, the NHL is teetering on the brink of furthering its own irrelevance and setting back most, if not all, of the gains that had been made since that lost season.


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Gifts in all sizes and in different ways are powerful investments in the futures of Excelsior's students.
Gifts to the campaign provide the unrestricted dollars that Excelsior relies on to assist our students with scholarship support. Your contribution is a vote of confidence in our mission, but more importantly, it is the most powerful way to help our students achieve an Excelsior degree.
You can make a gift of cash, securities or other means in support of our mission. Gifts to Excelsior College are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the Internal Revenue Code.
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Brown seamed trousers
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London, United K...
This is a brand-new pattern called "Peter & The Wolf" from the small New Zealand pattern company, Papercut. I absolutely loved their leggings pattern from their first collection and the intricate seaming on these trousers really stood out to me!
I love the front and back leg seams, the curved yokes, integrated pockets, and the scooped and scalloped hems!
To see more photos, head over to FehrTrade.com!
Material Notes
Brown stretch cotton twill I'd bought in Paris a few years ago
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- Winter, Fall
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- Women
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- Style
- Casual, Classic
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Papercut patterns "Peter & the Wolf pants"
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