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Jeannie Mai gushes about her daughter's resemblance to husband Jeezy
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In a new interview with People, Jeannie Mai Jenkins talks about her new baby girl, Monaco, and the resemblance she has to her father, rapper Jeezy.
"She has his eyes, she has his nose," Mai says, while discussing her Mother's Day Gift Guide on Amazon. "I'm looking at my favorite twins in the world whenever I wake up."
Mai gave birth to Monaco four months ago, and since bringing her daughter into the world, the journey has been "magical" and "exhilarating," she says.
Parenthood has also been full of learning curves and lots of pressure, she admits. But she's reminded to show herself grace, noting, "It's just a lot of pressure — yes, I'm putting on myself — to perform. But I'm trying and I want to reward myself just for doing that."
Mai has often shared about her experience breastfeeding. "It's hard because it's an every three-hour full-time job," she tells People. "Like every three hours, I'm pumping, I'm massaging my breasts, I'm trying to get enough to fill a feeding, I'm taking the pills, I'm drinking the tea, I'm eating the cookies. I'm doing everything to maximize that every three hours."
Despite the ups and downs that come with being a new mom, Mai says she's "never felt so proud of myself, and never felt so much more like a woman."


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Bay Area home sales suffer second-largest decline in two years
By Jeff Shuttleworth :: Bay City News December 29, 2018
Bay Area home sales declined 15 percent in November compared to the same month last year, marking the second-largest decline in more than two years and the slowest November in four years, according to a report issued Friday by housing research firm CoreLogic.
Sales in the nine Bay Area counties tracked by CoreLogic have fallen on a year-over-year basis the past six consecutive months, the report says.
Sales fell by 8.3 percent in June, 0.3 percent in July, 9.7 percent in August, 18.8 percent in September and 6.5 percent in October.
CoreLogic analyst Andrew LePage said in a statement:
"November's slowdown affected all major price categories, including a nearly 10 percent annual drop in $1 million-plus sales, which have fallen year-over-year in two of the last three months."
LePage said:
"Higher mortgage rates worsened affordability constraints this year and in recent months stock market volatility could have contributed to a high-end pullback. Market corrections can spook high-end buyers and leave some with inadequate funds to cover down-payment and closings costs."
The report says the median price paid for all homes sold in the Bay Area in November 2018 was $815,000, down 3.8 percent from $847,000 in October 2018 and up 3.8 percent from $785,000 in November 2017.
The $875,000 median price in June 2018 was the highest ever recorded, according to CoreLogic.
On a year-over-year basis, the median sale price has risen for 80 consecutive months since April 2012, the report says.
But those gains had been in the double digits for 13 consecutive months prior to September and the last time the annual gain in the median sale price was lower than this November's 3.8 percent increase was in January 2017, when it was 1.3 percent, according to the report.
"Annual gains in the overall median sale price trended lower in most Bay Area counties in November, while Napa and Sonoma counties recorded year-over-year declines of 6.8 percent and 5.3 percent, respectively."
But he said:
"Those annual declines likely reflect, at least in part, market-mix changes that occurred in November of last year following the October 2017 wildfires, which caused some deals to close in November 2017."
LePage said annual declines in the median sale price can be a sign that home prices have flattened out, if not declined.
But LePage cautioned:
"One month doesn't make a trend and the annual decreases could also reflect changes in the types of homes that are selling. The price picture is likely to become clearer over the next few months."
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Ibiza has to be up there as one of the best destinations to see out the last weekend of freedom with the lads. It's warm, sunny, boasts miles of golden sandy beaches and features some of the world's most famous clubs. Of course, you can't be partying constantly, and whilst you're here, you must take advantage of that scorching hot sun. But if the heat gets a bit too much during your time on this Balearic isle, then why not cool down with a trip to a water park? It's a great alternative to the beach!
We'll arrange for you and the guys to make your way to Aguamar, the island's brilliant waterpark based in the stylish Playa d'en Bossa, for a day of wet and wild action! It's packed full of exciting, white knuckle chutes such as the Kamikazee and the Black Hole if you're looking for some high speed thrills! It might have been a while since you went to one of these parks, but we've been sending stag groups here for years and it's always a winner.
If you've got valuables with you that you don't want to risk leaving unattended, then lockers are available for hire on the day should you need somewhere safe to stash your goods. There's also sunbeds for hire in case you just fancy lounging around soaking up the sun whilst your mates splash around in the pools and give the waterslides a go.
So if your stag party in Ibiza is all about fun times in the sunshine, we recommend booking a day trip to the island's awesome waterpark! Whilst you're here, just remember to release your inner kid and go nuts on the towering waterslides, clear your hangover in the wave pool or top up your tan on the sun decks. Entrance to the park includes rides, tobogganing, rapids and inflatables. You'll feel like new men when you emerge refreshed, laughed out and hungry for dinner.


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Holocene Sea Level Changes Along the United States' Atlantic Coast
Simon E. Engelhart, Benjamin P. Horton , Andrew C. Kemp
Published Online: October 2, 2015
https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2011.28
@article{article, author = {Simon E. Engelhart | Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA and Benjamin P. Horton | Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, and Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Andrew C. Kemp | Yale Climate and Energy Institute and School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT, USA}, title = {Holocene Sea Level Changes Along the United States' Atlantic Coast}, journal = {Oceanography}, year = {2011}, month = {June}, note = {
Reconstructions of Holocene relative sea level (RSL) have valuable applications in a number of topics within the Earth sciences, including calibrating and constraining geophysical models of Earth's rheology and glacial isostatic adjustment. The usefulness of these reconstructions depends on application of a standardized methodology that fully considers all age and vertical errors. We outline this methodology and provide a detailed example from New Jersey. We describe Holocene RSL reconstructions from the US Atlantic coast that illustrate both spatial and temporal variability. Spatially, rates of Holocene RSL rise were greatest in the Mid Atlantic (New Jersey and Delaware) with decreasing rates of rise to the north and south. Temporally, rates of RSL rise have decreased since the early Holocene due to the combined effects of continued relaxation of the solid Earth in response to deglaciation and reduction in ice melt since 7,000 years ago. A comparison of late Holocene (last 4,000 years) geological reconstructions to long-term tide-gauge measurements reveals that sea level rise increased above background rates by an average of 1.7 mm yr–1 during the twentieth century.
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TY - JOUR AU - Simon E. Engelhart | Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA and Benjamin P. Horton | Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, and Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Andrew C. Kemp | Yale Climate and Energy Institute and School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT, USA PY - 2011 TI - Holocene Sea Level Changes Along the United States' Atlantic Coast JO - Oceanography VL - 24 UR - https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2011.28 ER -
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The University of New Orleans' (UNO) Center Austria relationship with the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation started when it organized a big conference on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan in May 1998. Günter Bischof has been pursuing a deep personal interest in the Marshall Plan's workings in Austria since his graduate student days at Harvard University.
He noticed in 1997 that the memory of the Marshall Plan was quite shallow in Austria, after having attended conferences elsewhere in Europe. This absence of cultivating the memory of the Marshall Plan in Austria inspired Bischof to organize the New Orleans conference. The top experts on the Marshall Plan in Austria attended the New Orleans meeting. Kurt Löffler and Hans Fußenegger, the leaders of the Austrian ERP-Fonds (ERP = European Recovery Program), attended the meeting and gave a notable paper on the history of ERP-Fund since its foundation in 1962. Ferdinand Lacina, a former Minister of Finance and long-term government official, also attended the New Orleans meeting. Gordon "Nick" Mueller and Günter Bischof presented the case to Löffler, Fußenegger and Lacina that a donation from the ERP-Fonds could start an Austrian Chair program at UNO.
The Marshall Plan Chair program was started in 2001 and the Austrian gift complimented UNO for its long-term partnership with the University of Innsbruck. The New Orleans conference papers were published in both German and English. In order to make the donation to UNO, a mechanism needed to be set up in Vienna to legally transfer the funds abroad to UNO. Under the auspices of the ERP-Fonds the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation was set up in 1999 to transfer the funds. With the vigorous lobbying of the ERP-Fund in Vienna, the Austrian Cabinet under Chancellor Viktor Klima passed a resolution to endow the new Marshall Plan Jubiläumsstiftung (MP Foundation). After signing an agreement with UNO in January 2000, the new MP Foundation transferred the funds to UNO.
Under the auspices of the Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors matching funds program, UNO received additional funding from the State of Louisiana for the newly endowed Austrian Marshall Plan Chair to be annually filled with a young Austrian scholar to come and teach at UNO. To jump start the program, the first Austrian MP Chair was appointed for the spring semester of 2001. Since then, an additional 15 Austrian scholars from the fields of history, finance, economics, political economy, political science, urban studies, geography, diplomacy, and visual studies have come and taught at UNO for a year. Untold numbers of UNO students thus have profited from their expertise and knowledge. The program's focus was changed in 2016 with the appointment of a permanent MP Chair at UNO.
Center Austria has continued to engage in programming with the MP Foundation in Vienna. For the 60th anniversary of the Marshall Plan in 2007, Center Austria and the MP Foundation organized a conference in Vienna on the "Selling of the Marshall Plan" with top scholars in the field. The papers of the conference were published by Günter Bischof and Dieter Stiefel, who coedited the volume Images of the Marshall Plan in Europe: Films, Photographs, Exhibits, Posterswhich appeared in the TRANSATLANTICA series and was published by StudienVerlag in 2009.
In addition, in 2007, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Marshall Plan, the Austrian Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein and U.S. Ambassador Susan McCaw decided to start a scholarship program for Austrian and American students to study abroad. 1,000 such scholarships have been funded since 2007. Austrian students have studied at UNO, while UNO students have studied in Austria.
In the fall of 2013, Center Austria and the MP Foundation organized a workshop on a comparison between regional economic development in the U.S. South and the European Union. The papers were edited by Günter Bischof and published as Regional Economic Development Compared: EU-Europe and the American South with innsbruck university press in 2014. With the move of Center Austria into the new International Studies Center at UNO in February 2016, the decision was made to rename Center Austria as "Center Austria: The Austrian Marshall Plan Center for European Studies." MP Foundation officials were present at the opening and made the announcement to upgrade the Marshall Plan Chair program with an additional gift.
The Austrian MP Foundation has commissioned Günter Bischof to write a book on the "Marshall Plan in Austria" to be published on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Secretary of State George C. Marshall's iconic speech at Harvard University, announcing the Marshall Plan. Thus the close cooperation of the Austrian MP Foundation with UNO's Center Austria as one of its principal partners in the U.S. (next to UC Berkeley and Johns Hopkins' School of Advance International Studies) is continuing.


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Q: Plotting a power fit of for Y=ax^b I have q list of Weight (Wg) and Total Length (TLcm). I need to plot them and estimate the curve and the "a" and "b" values.
I tried to do this:
f <- function (TLcm,a,b) {a*TLcm^b}
fit <- nls(Wg~f(TLcm,a,b),start=c(a=0,b=0),data=rel)
co <- coef(fit)
curve(WLmodel,add=TRUE,col="red",lwd=2)

It did not work because I am not sure if the starting a and b values I am providing are correct. I reach the second step and it stops.
Here is part of my data:
>Wg
714
410
465
628
760
1357
900
1023
3750
3600
1000
1200
1100
2750
3100
1500
700
1500
1700
2000

>TLcm
62
50
54
58.5
62
74
65.5
69
104.5
104
70
73
70
91.5
98
80
60
76.5
83
85

Sorry i could not put is as table form, but consider Wg is the Y and TLcm is the X. Considering the first values Wg=714g for TLcm=62cm and so on. Thank you for your help.

A: Don't give initial parameters with c but with list:
> fit <- nls(Wg~a*TLcm^b,data=rel,start=list(a=1,b=1))
> fit
Nonlinear regression model
  model: Wg ~ a * TLcm^b
   data: rel
       a        b
0.002109 3.095466
 residual sum-of-squares: 140847

Number of iterations to convergence: 31
Achieved convergence tolerance: 5.658e-07

Now you can predict:
> plot(rel$TLcm, rel$Wg)
> x <- sort(rel$TLcm)
> lines(x, predict(fit, list(TLcm=x)), col="red", lwd=2)

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A boiler service will cost £55-£90 and that includes cleaning out a magnetic system filter (if you have one). Your service package will include a full inspection as well as flue gas tests. However, if there are problems with your boiler, the cost of parts and labour to fix your boiler won't be included in the price.
I recommend getting your boiler serviced every 12 months. In fact, most boiler manufacturers won't honour their warranty unless your boiler has been serviced by a Gas Safe Engineer every 12 months.
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Checking parts included in the list below.
You want your boiler checked for drops in pressure, and boiler leaks. Leaks kill boilers quickly. If you have a leak, you want it found and fixed instantly.
Clean any magnetic filter and add extra central heating inhibitor if required.
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The Chicago man accused of plotting to build a pipe bomb during last year's NATO Summit has been sentenced to three years in prison.
28-year-old Mark Neiweem of Chicago pleaded guilty to one count of attempted possession of an incendiary device.
Neiweem was arrested last May, after undercover officers infiltrated a group of "alleged" anarchists who had plans to disrupt the Summit.
Where the hell is "Tired o the Morons"? Party's about to start and his posse need him!
There goes another white bomber!


The second in a series of "quilt films" that pay homage to the work of pioneering female artists, Athyrium filix-femina reimagines Anna Atkins' foundational work in photography as a moving image. In 1843, Anna Atkins published the first book of photography, Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, an exploration of regional botany that classified different kinds of algae using direct prints of the plants. The cyanotype process was a relatively short-lived as a dominant form of photography, however, it found refuge in the domestic sphere where it was used to decorate fabric for pillows, drapes and clothing. By combining filmmaking and quilting, this film extends from the "domestication" of this photographic art by exploring experimental narrative and structural forms through the use of traditional "women's work." The "narrative" in this film is told through the symbolic patterning in quilt-making practices. Athyrium filix femina was created by adapting Atkins' original cyanotype recipe, painstakingly coating clear 35mm filmstrip, and exposing each filmstrip to sun (sometimes for an excess of 4 hours). The images are a combination of botanical photograms (an homage to Atkins botanical images) and direct prints of found footage that tells the story of a young girl tormented by a gang of bullies and an imprisoned spider. The combination of these two dominant "fabrics" produce a feminist narrative that inherently questions malecentrism within the history of the photographic arts and sciences.
Even more than her first quilt film (c: won eyed jail, 2005, which was created as an homage to Joyce Wieland), Athyrium felix-femina combines structural filmmaking and process-based techniques in order to bring materiality of filmmaking to the forefront--but also with emphasis on the handmade aspects of the art form. By adapting and reframing historical photographic processes to highlight the unique temporality and liveness of film, this project explores not only its materiality of film, but also the interface between the histories and discourses of film and photography.


Multiply the length of the easement, by the width of the easement (50 ft.), to get the square footage. In the diagram above this would be 600 ft. x 50 ft. = 30,000 square ft.
Calculate what portion (percentage) of an acre the easement covers.In this diagram it would be 30,000 square ft. ÷ 43,560 square ft. (the size of 1 acre) = 69% of an acre.
make a one time payment based on the "fair market value" of the land within the easement.
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Supreme Court Grants Cert. in Bilski Case
By Alistair M. Nevius, J.D.
IRS Practice & Procedure
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a writ of certiorari in the case of Bilski v. Doll, S. Ct. Dkt. No. 08-964. The Court agreed to review the Federal Circuit's earlier decision in the case and possibly put to rest the question of when business methods are eligible for patent protection.
In October 2008, the Federal Circuit ruled that to be patentable a business process must meet a "machine or transformation" test (In re Bilski, 545 F.3d 943 (Fed. Cir. 2008)). The Federal Circuit held that only a business method that is tied to a particular machine or apparatus or that "transforms a particular article into a different state of things" is eligible for patent protection. In so holding, the Federal Circuit expressly rejected its earlier State Street Bank decision, which was the first case to establish that business methods are patentable (State St. Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Fin. Group, Inc., 149 F.3d 1368 (Fed. Cir. 1998)). (See News Notes, 40 The Tax Adviser 5 (January 2009).)
Bilski involves commodities trading, but the Supreme Court's holding in the case could have a significant impact on the area of tax strategy patents because those patents are a type of business methods patent.
For more on the patenting of tax strategies in general, see Ransome and Sherr, "Patenting Tax Ideas," 38 The Tax Adviser 456 (August 2007).


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Q: jQuery Save all dragged element from droppable box (after a button click) I would like to save dragged element from droppable area after button click. Example: i have a box where i can drag & drop few elements and then click 'SAVE' to get all dragged elements in a array list.
Here is the HTML:

  drag box 1

 drag box 2

 drag box 3

This is Box-1

This is Box-2

 SAVE

Thanks in advance.


Microsoft has stopped giving PC manufacturers a stripped-down version of the Office 2010 productivity suite to bundle with their computers.This week Microsoft stopped including Office Starter 2010 in the preinstallation kits it supplies to manufacturers.
Microsoft has stopped giving PC manufacturers a stripped-down version of the Office 2010 productivity suite to bundle with their computers.
This week Microsoft stopped including Office Starter 2010 in the preinstallation kits it supplies to manufacturers. Introduced in 2009, Office Starter 2010 included basic versions of Word and Excel, but not PowerPoint or Outlook.
"We will begin to phase out the shipment of PCs with Office Starter 2010," Microsoft said in a statement sent to Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet.com. "After Windows 8 becomes available, most new PCs shipped will not have Office Starter."
"People who use Office Starter 2010 today will continue to be able to use the product for the life of their PC. For Windows7/Office Starter 2010 users who want to upgrade their PC to Windows 8 and continue using Office Starter 2010, they will have to install an update to Microsoft Office 2010 which is available today," the statement continued.
The new preinstallation kit being sent out to manufacturers includes a "transition" experience that lets users try or buy the fully-fledged Office 2010 suite.
According to sources quoted by Foley, the other side of this transition will likely see Windows users encouraged to adopt Office Web Apps, the software-as-a-service version of the programs traditionally included in the desktop suite.
The next version of the suit will be Office 2013, currently codenamed Office 15. A beta of this version is expected to appear in the coming weeks.


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Cardi B leads MTV Video Music Awards nominations
July 16th, 2018 by KRNB
Jorda FrantzisThe year of Cardi B continues as she leads all artists with ten nominations for the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards.
The new mother is up for Artist of the Year and Best New Artist, and her "Finesse" remix with Bruno Mars received five nominations, including Video of the Year and Song of the Year. Her song "Bartier Cardi" featuring 21 Savage is up for Best Hip-Hop and Best Collaboration, and Cardi is also nominated in the Best Latin category for her "Dinero" collaboration with Jennifer Lopez and DJ Khaled.
Beyonce and JAY-Z are second with eight nominations for ""Apes**t" from their Everything is Love album, including Video of the Year, and Best Collaboration.
Childish Gambino and Drake each received seven nominations, and Mars is up for six awards.
The 2018 VMAs will air live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Monday, August 20 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Fans can vote in eight categories on the show's website.
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Horror Classic 'The Changeling' is Getting the Remake Treatment
...Via Deadline, horror classic The Changeling, originally directed by Peter Medak and starring George C. Scott, is getting the remake treatment from director Anders Engström and producer Joel B. Michaels (Terminator: Salvation and producer of the original Changeling) for Cornerstone Films.
In The Changeling:
"A musician, after the death of his young daughter, returns to his childhood home. After a series of terrifying events, he begins to unlock the mystery of the dead child that haunts his home along with a terrible family secret."
For those that don't know, The Changeling is responsible for many haunted house movie horror references which we still in cinema today, including the infamous ball bouncing down the stairs.
Uwe Schott and Stefan Arndt of X-Filme (Babylon Berlin) are also producing with Cornerstone's Alison Thompson and Mark Gooder serving as executive producers.
Cornerstone Films will be shopping the film at the Cannes virtual market, with plans to shoot in Ireland.
By Matt Konopka


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Die Thiérache (flämisch: Tierasse) ist eine Gegend in den französischen Départements Aisne, Ardennes und Nord sowie in den angrenzenden Provinzen  Belgiens Hennegau und Namur. Sie wird vom Fluss Oise durchflossen. Hauptorte sind
Guise und Hirson an der Oise sowie Vervins.

Geschichte
Als Grenzregion hatte das Gebiet besonders im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert im Achtzigjährigen Krieg immer wieder unter dem Einfall marodierender Söldnertruppen zu leiden. In dieser Zeit wurden in zahlreichen Dörfern die mittelalterlichen Kirchen mit Verteidigungstürmen und Schutzräumen unter dem Dach versehen und für die Dorfbevölkerung zu Wehrkirchen ausgebaut.

Sehenswürdigkeiten

Wehrkirchen in der Thiérache

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französisches Portal der Region

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We admire celebrities who can laugh at themselves—and take joy in laughing at one another.
That's why, this April Fool's Day, we have rounded up ten of the top celebrity-on-celebrity pranks of all time.
Just this morning, Conan O'Brien released a parody video saying he had purchased Mashable and was ousting Pete Cashmore as CEO.
Then there's the epic, ongoing prank war between George Clooney and Brad Pitt, not to mention Nicole Richie and Joel McHale's penchant for hacking their famous friends' social media accounts.
Today, Conan O'Brien posted the below video claiming he had purchased Mashable and ousted Pete Cashmore as CEO.
"You're through Cashmore, through, get out!"
The two E! hosts are notorious for jabbing one another on their respective TV shows.
On April Fool's Day in 2010, "The Soup" host took over RyanSeacrest.com, renaming it JoelMcHale.com and imposing his face on Seacrest's body.
Then McHale tweeted from Seacrest's account, "Ryan here: just interviewed @SelenaGomez. She was awesome. Really connected. Psych! It's still Joel! #seacresthacked."
In 2010, Khloe Kardashian and Nicole Richie teamed up to prank Kim Kardashian by hacking into her Twitter account and posting about an upset stomach, among other things.
Richie took the liberty of writing, "Sometimes I think I am a lesbian because HOT DAMN I think Nicole Richie is fffooooiiinnneee!"
But Kardashian was a good sport, later tweeting, "That was hands down the funniest April Fools'!!"
Sarah Palin gets prank called by a Nicolas Sarkozy imposter with a ridiculous French accent.
"We should go hunting together!" Palin exclaims.
Listen to Palin get punked below.
It all started when Taylor Swift tweeted, "Last night on tour with Keith Urban. Pranking is a must. How about rushing his stage during 'Kiss a Girl' dressed like this?"
And she did. That's Swift, barely recognizable in her KISS makeup (left), and on-stage next to Urban (right).
On April Fool's Day 2010, Justin Bieber "bought" the Funny or Die website and renamed it Bieber or Die.
Bieber proceeded to post a video, stating "Anything that's not Bieber dies. I'm a star; I do what stars do. I ride on yachts, I autograph lady lumps, and I pay people to slap them."
Watch the obnoxious video here.
The best buds have had an ongoing war of pranks for years, on and off film sets.
It all started when Clooney put a bumper sticker on Pitt's car that read "I'm gay and I vote."
Pitt retaliated by taking out ads in the Hollywood trade papers making fun of Clooney for being twice named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive."
As Hollywood lore has it, Clooney texted Pitt after the gag, "You won't know where, you won't know when ..." Pitt texted back: "It's war."
And it has been an ongoing prank battle ever since, especially while filming the "Oceans" franchise.
George Clooney gives "Oceans" producer Jerry Weintraub a not-so-relaxing massage. And Brad Pitt caught it all on camera.
Watch Weintraub re-tell the hilarious story to Ellen DeGeneres.
"My friends are rough on me. Brad Pitt's brutal, and Matt Damon," Clooney told Parade Magazine in 2011. "My friends used to change my outgoing phone message all the time. This was the old days, when you had a phone machine. They would change the message to something horrible and there was nothing I could do to change it back. That was always brilliant."
"I convinced one of my best friends, [actor] Richard Kind, that I was painting. I bought some other pictures, I told him I was studying art. And then for his 40th birthday I gave him this horrible painting. He had to hang it on his wall, [it was by] his best friend! And for years people would come over -- everyone else knew it was out of the trash -- and go, 'That is a beautiful painting.'"
"He was convinced by the end that it was a beautiful painting," Clooney continued. "Until I did 'The Tonight Show' and told the story and then I told him to watch the show. And he said, 'I hate that painting.'"
Back when Sarah Silverman was dating Jimmy Kimmel, the comedian teamed up with Matt Damon to punk her talk show host boyfriend.
Watch the hilarious video below, in which Silverman confesses she's "f---ing Matt Damon."


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When the game finally ended, it was evident Billy needed to see a doctor. At the emergency room, the staff carefully removed his hockey jersey. A bone on his right side was protruding and X-rays confirmed that Billy had broken his clavicle. The emergency room doctor recommended that Billy be seen by an orthopaedic specialist.
Billy's mother, Pam Stokes, recalled, "We asked to be referred to an orthopaedist who would treat him as an active and athletic kid. We needed someone who would listen to us and help us make the right decisions for our young son.
Dr. Nick Meyer thoroughly explained Billy's injury to Billy and his parents. Billy had two breaks in his bone, which is not typical for clavicle fractures. Dr. Meyer presented Billy and his parents with two possible treatments plans — one would involve surgery and the other would allow the bone to heal itself.
Billy and his parents decided on the non-surgical treatment option. They felt confident the break would heal and Billy would have nothing more to show for it than a little bump. Billy sat out the rest of his hockey season and waited to see how his bone healed. After eight weeks, he was able to resume his normal activity. At ten weeks, he skated for the first time; but his first collision hurt, so they decided to give it a little more time to heal. The final result was just what they were hoping for; Billy's clavicle had healed, just as Dr. Meyer had described.
Although Billy missed much of his hockey season, Pam felt this was a great learning experience for him. "Billy is now so much stronger. He had a setback, but he has had to work hard to get back to where he was before the injury," she said. Heeding Dr. Meyer's advice, Billy has enrolled in a weightlifting program to strengthen his body so he can be better prepared for his next hockey season. Until then, he definitely has a story to share with his fellow hockey players.


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Hildy Brooks (born Hilda Brawner) is an actress who appeared on Broadway (starting in the late 1950s) and later on television. Elia Kazan directed her on the Broadway stage in Tennessee Williams' play Sweet Bird of Youth.

In 1961, she appeared in an episode of Route 66 ("Mon Petit Chou") and in the movie "One Plus One" (credited as "Hilda Brawner" in both). She later appeared on episodes of the soap opera The Guiding Light in 1963, and a handful of roles on The Nurses that same year. In Reginald Rose's "Metamorphosis" episode of The Defenders (1961), she played the wife of a prison inmate (played by Robert Duvall). She appeared on Naked City three times. Her last credit as "Hilda Brawner" came in 1964, when she changed her name to Hildy Brooks.

In 1972, she played Eleanor Jordan on "A Very Strange Triangle" episode of The Bold Ones: The New Doctors. She guest-starred in several television episodes during the 1970s, 1980s, and beyond. She is credited as "Hilda" and "Hildy" having played the same role ("Margie") in two recorded versions of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh: Sidney Lumet's videotaped The Iceman Cometh (Play of the Week), two-part episode of 1960, and John Frankenheimer's The Iceman Cometh (1973).

Brooks's most recent television appearances were in three episodes of Boston Legal (2004–07); one episode of ER  (2005); one episode of Cold Case (2009), and, her last credit, one episode of Nip/Tuck (2010).

Personal life
Since April 1965, Brooks has been married to actor Jim Antonio, elder brother of actor/director Lou Antonio.

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Living people
American film actresses
American stage actresses
American television actresses
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women


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I actually thought there was a lot of potential in this movie. When I read the blurb, I thought the idea was intriguing… and the very first scene was engaging and I was immediately interested in knowing what had happened with Mary.
While it was good to see the sort of personality Mary had had before a piece of her soul was gone, I lost a lot of interest after the start of the movie.
Even though there were parts of this movie that were disturbing (especially towards the end), it actually felt really juvenile. The ghost/spirit that kept appearing looked more cartoonish… and I felt that the acting was really over the top at times and lacked emotion at others. The only character I found realistic and consistent in the family relationship was Victor.
I think this movie could have done with being expanded upon. I actually wasn't sure if Gina was supposed to actually be Mary's mother, as at one point, she talks about her as 'that girl' in a scene that's supposed to be quite an emotional one.
While it was interesting to see the contrast between Mary before and after, it was harder to relate emotionally to her and I felt a lot of the connections between characters weren't formed fully or shown in the right way.
I felt that this movie could have benefitted from a few less characters and although there were a few engaging scenes, the acting seemed to lack a lot of emotion and even Mary's relationship with her sister didn't seem very loving. There were a couple of potential jump scares… but those were ones I saw coming a mile off.
There was a lot of potential in this movie, but I felt it fell short of what it could have been. This isn't a movie I would watch again, I'm afraid.


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#pragma once
#include <aws/ssm/SSM_EXPORTS.h>
#include <aws/ssm/SSMRequest.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/memory/stl/AWSString.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/memory/stl/AWSVector.h>
#include <utility>

namespace Aws
{
namespace SSM
{
namespace Model
{

  /**
   *

See Also:
   AWS
   * API Reference

   */
  class AWS_SSM_API CancelCommandRequest : public SSMRequest
  {
  public:
    CancelCommandRequest();

    // Service request name is the Operation name which will send this request out,
    // each operation should has unique request name, so that we can get operation's name from this request.
    // Note: this is not true for response, multiple operations may have the same response name,
    // so we can not get operation's name from response.
    inline virtual const char* GetServiceRequestName() const override { return "CancelCommand"; }

    Aws::String SerializePayload() const override;

    Aws::Http::HeaderValueCollection GetRequestSpecificHeaders() const override;

    /**
     *
The ID of the command you want to cancel.

     */
    inline const Aws::String& GetCommandId() const{ return m_commandId; }

    /**
     *
The ID of the command you want to cancel.

     */
    inline bool CommandIdHasBeenSet() const { return m_commandIdHasBeenSet; }

    /**
     *
The ID of the command you want to cancel.

     */
    inline void SetCommandId(const Aws::String& value) { m_commandIdHasBeenSet = true; m_commandId = value; }

    /**
     *
The ID of the command you want to cancel.

     */
    inline void SetCommandId(Aws::String&& value) { m_commandIdHasBeenSet = true; m_commandId = std::move(value); }

    /**
     *
The ID of the command you want to cancel.

     */
    inline void SetCommandId(const char* value) { m_commandIdHasBeenSet = true; m_commandId.assign(value); }

    /**
     *
The ID of the command you want to cancel.

     */
    inline CancelCommandRequest& WithCommandId(const Aws::String& value) { SetCommandId(value); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The ID of the command you want to cancel.

     */
    inline CancelCommandRequest& WithCommandId(Aws::String&& value) { SetCommandId(std::move(value)); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The ID of the command you want to cancel.

     */
    inline CancelCommandRequest& WithCommandId(const char* value) { SetCommandId(value); return *this;}

    /**
     *
(Optional) A list of instance IDs on which you want to cancel the command. If
     * not provided, the command is canceled on every instance on which it was
     * requested.

     */
    inline const Aws::Vector<Aws::String>& GetInstanceIds() const{ return m_instanceIds; }

    /**
     *
(Optional) A list of instance IDs on which you want to cancel the command. If
     * not provided, the command is canceled on every instance on which it was
     * requested.

     */
    inline bool InstanceIdsHasBeenSet() const { return m_instanceIdsHasBeenSet; }

    /**
     *
(Optional) A list of instance IDs on which you want to cancel the command. If
     * not provided, the command is canceled on every instance on which it was
     * requested.

     */
    inline void SetInstanceIds(const Aws::Vector<Aws::String>& value) { m_instanceIdsHasBeenSet = true; m_instanceIds = value; }

    /**
     *
(Optional) A list of instance IDs on which you want to cancel the command. If
     * not provided, the command is canceled on every instance on which it was
     * requested.

     */
    inline void SetInstanceIds(Aws::Vector<Aws::String>&& value) { m_instanceIdsHasBeenSet = true; m_instanceIds = std::move(value); }

    /**
     *
(Optional) A list of instance IDs on which you want to cancel the command. If
     * not provided, the command is canceled on every instance on which it was
     * requested.

     */
    inline CancelCommandRequest& WithInstanceIds(const Aws::Vector<Aws::String>& value) { SetInstanceIds(value); return *this;}

    /**
     *
(Optional) A list of instance IDs on which you want to cancel the command. If
     * not provided, the command is canceled on every instance on which it was
     * requested.

     */
    inline CancelCommandRequest& WithInstanceIds(Aws::Vector<Aws::String>&& value) { SetInstanceIds(std::move(value)); return *this;}

    /**
     *
(Optional) A list of instance IDs on which you want to cancel the command. If
     * not provided, the command is canceled on every instance on which it was
     * requested.

     */
    inline CancelCommandRequest& AddInstanceIds(const Aws::String& value) { m_instanceIdsHasBeenSet = true; m_instanceIds.push_back(value); return *this; }

    /**
     *
(Optional) A list of instance IDs on which you want to cancel the command. If
     * not provided, the command is canceled on every instance on which it was
     * requested.

     */
    inline CancelCommandRequest& AddInstanceIds(Aws::String&& value) { m_instanceIdsHasBeenSet = true; m_instanceIds.push_back(std::move(value)); return *this; }

    /**
     *
(Optional) A list of instance IDs on which you want to cancel the command. If
     * not provided, the command is canceled on every instance on which it was
     * requested.

     */
    inline CancelCommandRequest& AddInstanceIds(const char* value) { m_instanceIdsHasBeenSet = true; m_instanceIds.push_back(value); return *this; }

  private:

    Aws::String m_commandId;
    bool m_commandIdHasBeenSet;

    Aws::Vector<Aws::String> m_instanceIds;
    bool m_instanceIdsHasBeenSet;
  };

} // namespace Model
} // namespace SSM
} // namespace Aws

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Those Boots on the Ground Are for Dying In
Posted on September 25, 2014 September 24, 2014 by Mark Horne
President Barack Obama has said no boots on the ground, but, as I have posted, they are already in Iraq. He has already sent them.
But if you don't want to believe me, Politico Magazine has published the analysis of a veteran: "I Was a Pair of Boots on the Ground in Iraq."
I was once a pair of "boots on the ground," so I know a little about what the phrase means. And I can tell you that, listening to the back-and-forth between the White House and the Pentagon over who exactly we're sending to Iraq (and now possibly Syria), neither side is giving the American people the whole story. First of all, you know those boots on the ground everybody's still discussing whether we should deploy? Well, they're already there. We are already effectively engaged in combat in Iraq, in direct contradiction of what President Obama said when he announced he was taking action against the Islamic State terrorists, telling the American people in an address from the White House that the mission "will not involve American combat troops fighting on foreign soil." He said pretty much the same when he told troops at MacDill Air Force Base: "The American forces do not and will not have a combat mission."
It's just not true. The only question is whether the American people will not be deceived for the umpteenth time as to what we are really doing. Like John F. Kennedy's "advisers" in Vietnam, like the U.S. military secretly training Manuel Noriega (only to arrest him on drug charges later on), or the Reagan administration giving weapons to Saddam Hussein to fight the Iranians, or the CIA funding mujahedeen in the 1980s who were later to become al Qaeda, or the Bush administration using the threat of weapons of mass destruction as a pretext for invasion, this strategy to send in "advisers" to fight the Islamic State is subterfuge, and reflects conflicted leadership.
How can we stand up and call out Vladimir Putin for his deception in the Ukraine—for covertly using Russian soldiers and pretending they're Ukrainian "separatists"—and at the same time say with a straight face that our "advisers" will not have a combat mission?
Maybe you are someone who wants a full military commitment to go back to Iraq. Maybe you are opposed to it. But whatever your position, no patriot wants a few Americans sacrificed in a half-hearted effort to "degrade" the capabilities of ISIS.
Only politicians—who want to commit America to combat without letting Americans know what they are doing—want that.
Posted in Middle East, WarTagged Barack Obama, iraq, ISIL, ISIS
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Background, Design, Graphic and Gameplay
Sparta, an ancient Greek city, is the setting for Rise of Spartans. Every other Spartan is familiar with battle techniques. The background contributes to this atmosphere. Here, there are no brilliant skies, puffy clouds, or happy animals. It's a steep, gradual incline face with razor-sharp edges and no easy way up. Instead, there are flashes of lightning, hazy skies, and rough seas.
The vibrant colours, bold symbols, and amount of detail on the human models make the reels stand out. Especially since the men and women in the photos are in warrior positions, revealing their muscles and the precision with which they wield their weapons. It's fantastic how the victorious icons come to life. To choose two words that flash over the screen after a win, I'd say impressive or brilliant.
Rise of the Spartans is a five-reel, three-symbol video slot. It has fifteen paylines that go from left to right. You have the option of selecting a coin size of 0.01, 0.05, 0.10, or 0.25, with denominations ranging from one to five. The amount of lines in the game is also customizable, as you can play any number up to the maximum. If you're in the mood for some bold leadership, press Bet Max, which places 7 bets. While you can Spin with your own, you can preserve your vitality for fight by using Auto Spin, which has default values of 10, 25, 50, and 100 but can be adjusted to any number between those numbers or even higher.
Symbols and Wilds
Special Symbols:
The notion that all of the figures are related to the game is notable, as is the fact that every one of the bonus cards bears the name of a historical figure.
Themistocles is represented by a Warrior symbol of a guy wearing a silver helmet and a blue cape. He is the game's Wild symbol, and he is significant for several reasons. To begin with, he offers decent payments. For five of a kind, you can earn up to 8,000x your stake, which is the highest regular payment in the entire Rise of Spartans.
A woman in gold armour with red marks on her head and a bow may be seen. That's Artemisia, and she's the game's Scatter. If you get five of her anywhere on the game board, you'll be paid 80 times your total bet.
In this game, there is also a second Scatter symbol. It's simple to keep up with Queen Gordo because she's the only lady in Rise of Spartans who doesn't have a weapon. If you can get five of her anywhere on the game board, you'll win 200 times your total wager size, which is equivalent to a 3,000x line bet win.
The Feature Game Scatter is King Xerxes.
Regular Symbols:
A Spartan holding a sword is the highest paid icon. You'll get 1,000x your coin value if you get five of these. For discovering four or three identical pictograms, you'll get 300x and 40x accordingly.
The combination of five Men in Silver Armor wielding a sword is valued up to 300x. A quadruple of similar photos will pay out 100 times your bet, while a trio will pay out 30 times.
You can also earn 160x if you get five Bald Men shouting at the same time. You can win 80 times your bet or 25 times your investment if you gather four or three of these icons.
Apart from that, if you get five of a kind of Persian ships, you'll get a 120x payoff. Individuals will be paid 50 and 20 times your wager if you manage to land four or three of these icons.
For the five of a kind combo, five ships with a giant poster on the front win 100x. Four or three matching symbols must display on the reels to win 40x or 18x.
Minor wins in the Rise of Spartans online slot are made up of four different shields. For five, four, and three bronze shields with an arrow on them, you'll gain 90x, 30x, and 14x, respectively.
Features and Bonuses
King Xerxes and the Pick a Prize Feature – Xerxes was a Persian monarch who attempted to conquer Greece but was defeated by Sparta. He's usually seen as the group's main nemesis, and this is certainly the case in the Rise of Spartans slot. At the front of a hazy background, he wears a large, golden crown with a huge, long beard and golden garments.
Bonus Spins Feature – The Bonus Spins feature in the Rise of Spartans slot is triggered by the Artemisia Scatter. You'll get between seven and fifteen bonus spins if you get three or more. These bonus turns are considerably more significant than usual because each of your payments will be multiplied by three. These multiply together with the Wild Multiplier (2x) for a total multiplier of 6x.
The RTP of this game is 96%.
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Q: Showing a recurrent event is transient
In a sequence of independent throws of a perfect die let $\mathcal{E}$ stand for the event that the accumulated numbers of ones, twos, ..., sixes are equal. Show that $\mathcal{E}$ is transient recurrent event and estimate the probability $f$ that $\mathcal{E}$ will ever occur.

There are a total of $6^t$ possible sequences of die roll of length $t$. There are $\binom{t}{t/6}$ ways to place the ones. Then there are $\binom{5t/6}{t/6}$ ways to place the twos, continuing in this fashion we get the probability is $\frac{\prod_{i=1}^6\binom{it/6}{t/6}}{6^t}$. To show that this is transient we show that $\sum_{m\geq 1}\frac{\prod_{i=1}^6\binom{im}{m}}{6^{6m}}<\infty$. I was thinking that we can upper bound $\prod_{i=1}^6\binom{im}{m}$ by some $r^m$ an use geometric series formula, but I'm not sure if that's doable. Some hints would be greatly appreciated!

A: If you want to show that almost surely the accumulated numbers of ones, twos, ..., sixes are equal only finitely many times, you can use Borel Cantelli Lemma.
Call $A_n$ the event « in the $6n$ first rolls, we get exactly $n$ ones, $n$ twos, ..., $n$ sixes. Then $P(A_n) = (6n)!/n!^6 \times (1/6)^n$ (the product of binomial coefficients that you found can be simplified).
Then Stirling formula shows that $P(A_n) \sim cn^{-5/2}$ as $n \to +\infty$ for some positive constant $c$, so the series $\sum_n P(A_n)$ converges.


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Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti honors McHenry County for service-sharing cost saving
By KEVIN P. CRAVER - kcraver@shawmedia.com
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Sarah Nader – snader@shawmedia.com Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti, who is leading Gov. Bruce Rauner's local government consolidation initiative, recognized the McHenry-Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District and the McHenry County Planning and Development Department for sharing an employee to save taxpayers' money in Woodstock.
Sarah Nader – snader@shawmedia.com Spring Duffey, resource analyst for the McHenry-Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District, accepts a certificate from Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti, who on Tuesday recognized the district and the McHenry County Planning and Development Department for sharing an employee in Woodstock.
WOODSTOCK – Two local governments in a state that critics say has far too many of them got a pat on the back Tuesday from Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti for saving taxpayer money by sharing services.
Sanguinetti, who has taken on the cause of paring down the state's nearly 7,000 units of government, recognized the McHenry County Planning and Development Department and the McHenry-Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District for sharing an employee.
Since 2012, the department has subcontracted a district employee to review all wetland permit requirements, eliminating the need to hire an extra staff member and saving an estimated $500,000 to date in salary, benefits and staff time.
The example falls under one of 27 recommendations listed in a first-of-its-kind report from Sanguinetti's office showing local governments leading by example to try to save taxpayers' money.
Illinois not only has the largest number of local governments, but also, and likely not coincidentally, the highest property tax burden of all 50 states.
Although many governments are sharing equipment and staff, Sanguinetti said McHenry County's example stands out because it's expertise that is being shared.
"This one was extra special because they're sharing brain power, and there is a public policy component to it," she said after the brief ceremony at the McHenry County Administration Building.
Illinois has more than 6,900 units of local government, far more than any other state, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The first runner-up, Texas, which has more than double Illinois' population and is almost five times larger by size, has 5,147 – about 1,800 fewer.
Gov. Bruce Rauner, who highlighted property tax reform as one of his top legislative priorities during his 2014 campaign, created the Task Force on Local Government Consolidation and Unfunded Mandates by executive order in 2015, and he put Sanguinetti in charge of it. Former state Rep. – and now the County Board chairman – Jack Franks, who headed such a task force under the previous governor, was assigned to the new one.
Among the task force's 27 recommendations are cutting costs to taxpayers by sharing services where possible. Sanguinetti's office in December published its inaugural Journal of Local Government Shared Services Best Practices, which highlights examples for Illinois governments to follow.
Accepting the certificates from Sanguinetti were Joanna Colletti, water resources manager for the Planning and Development Department, and Spring Duffey, resource analyst for the Soil and Water Conservation District.
The main reason Illinois has so many governments likely has its roots in a borrowing cap that was part of the 1870 Illinois Constitution, which lasted for a century before the current 1970 Constitution.
Municipal and county governments that reached that constitutional debt limit and wanted to add services asked lawmakers to allow the creation of special districts that flourish today.
The types of special districts in Illinois are many, from fire protection and library districts to obscure ones such as cemetery, museum, street lighting, drainage and mosquito abatement districts.
Read the final report of the Task Force on Local Government Consolidation and Unfunded Mandates and the inaugural Journal of Local Government Shared Services Best Practices at www.illinois.gov/ltg.
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Dishonored Game of the Year Announced
I have literally just started this game last week and while I think "The Last of Us" or "BioShock Infinite" should be game of the year on everyone's list, I can see why "Dishonored" has been one of the most talked about and nominated games. The GOTY edition will be released on October 8th in North America and on October 11th in Europe.
The GOTY edition of "Dishonored" will include the downloadable content (DLC) add-ons Dunwall City Trials, The Knife of Dunwall, The Brigmore Witches and Void Walker's Arsenal. It will be released on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. It's priced at $39.99.
Whether you took the stealth route or the brutal one (which is my current choice), the GOTY edition is worth of your time and money (and possibly soul depending on your relationship with the Outsider.)
You can read the official press release from Bethesda below:
BETHESDA SOFTWORKS ANNOUNCES
DISHONORED: GAME OF THE YEAR EDITIONSeptember 12, 2013 (Rockville, MD) – Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax® Media company, today announced that Dishonored®: Game of the Year Edition will be available in North America on October 8, 2013 and throughout Europe on October 11, 2013 for Xbox 360™, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and PC. This complete collection includes the full game as well as all of the game's official add-on content, including Dunwall City Trials®, The Knife of Dunwall™, The Brigmore Witches™ and Void Walker's Arsenal™.
Dishonored: Game of the Year Edition is the definitive compilation of the critically-acclaimed first-person action game that has won more than 100 Game of the Year Awards from outlets including Game Informer, PC Gamer, Yahoo!, GameSpot.com, MSNBC.com, and CNN. In addition, Dishonored received 'Best Action/Adventure Game of the Year' at the 2012 SPIKE TV Video Game Awards and was named 'Best Game of 2012′ by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) video games awards.
Developed by Arkane Studios, Dishonored casts you as Corvo, a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored's flexible combat system, creatively eliminate targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal. Pursue enemies under the cover of darkness or ruthlessly attack them head on with weapons drawn. The outcome of each mission plays out based on the choices you make.
"Dishonored introduced a new world and cast of characters which have really resonated with gamers around the world since its release in October 2012," said Pete Hines, VP Marketing and PR, Bethesda Softworks. "We're now excited to offer people the opportunity to have all of this great content in one package."
Dishonored: Game of the Year Edition is rated M for mature by the ESRB. For more information on Dishonored: Game of the Year Edition, please visit the official site: dishonored.com.
For more information on Arkane Studios please visit: www.arkane-studios.com.
About Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks, part of the ZeniMax Media Inc. family of companies, is a worldwide publisher of premier interactive entertainment software. Titles featured under the Bethesda label include such blockbuster franchises as DOOM®, QUAKE®, The Elder Scrolls®, Fallout®, Wolfenstein® and RAGE®. For more information on Bethesda Softworks' products, visit www.bethsoft.com.
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ESPN Releases Top 25 Games of the 2013 College Football Season
The 2013 football season provided quite a few memorable moments and games. The Mississippi State Bulldogs had their share of games, but none ended up cracking ESPN's list.
By justinrsutton Jul 21, 2014, 6:30pm EDT
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ESPN recently released its list of top 25 games of the 2013 football season to be aired on ESPNU starting July 21. While some teams and games seemed like a no-brainer to make a list (hello, Auburn), some games may be surprising to many who did not see the games. Of the 25 games, no Mississippi State made the contest, and in fact, the Bulldogs joined only Arkansas, Kentucky and Florida as SEC teams not having a game make the list.
In all when the list came out, only two Mississippi State contests seemed like they had a shot at making the list. While the Bulldogs' contests against Bowling Green and Kentucky ended up being very close, those were far from exciting. However, two close contests, the Egg Bowl and the game against Auburn should have had strong consideration for making the list.
Here is how those two games measured up against the games on the list using two things most of the game had in common:
1. Scoring: The lowest score for a team on this list was the 20 points scored by Stanford against Michigan State in the Rose Bowl. In fact of the 50 team scores on the list, 43 of the teams went over 30 points. With a combined score of 44 points, the Bulldogs and Auburn Tigers would have tied the Rose Bowl, which was won 24-20 by Michigan State over Stanford, for the lowest point total on the list. The Egg Bowl, with a combined 27 points, would have had less points than all but four of the teams out of the 50 represented on the list.
When it comes down to it, most fans, especially more casual ones, find games that have a lot of scoring to be more exciting. This will be doubly true if trying to get fans to tune into a game that has already been played. At the end of the day, the perceived lack of scoring hurt both of these game from making the list.
2. Marquee Matchups: At the end of the day, most of the matchups on this list have a fair amount of sexiness to them. For the most part, they either have storied programs, or upstart programs, or long standing rivalries. Only a few games on the list do not meet this idea: Colorado State vs. Washington State in the New Mexico Bowl, Fresno State vs. Rutgers, Fresno State vs. SMU, and Navy vs. San Jose State. UCF vs. Louisville and Oregon State vs. Utah also could fit in this list, but they are games that have more appeal than many might think. The one thing those games with teams with less appeal had were lots of scoring with much of it coming late.
While Auburn is a team that can move the needle, at least in the southeast, they still do not match up on a national level like an Alabama, Notre Dame, Penn State, or Oregon to name a few. Mississippi State and Ole Miss fall into the same type of category in that they may be seen locally, but do not have a national level of appeal.
However, one thing both games had going for it that could have bumped them onto the list was a late, game-changing play. Against Auburn, the Tigers scored a touchdown on an eleven yard pass from Nick Marshall to C.J. Uzomah with ten seconds left to play to take a 24-20 lead. Against Ole Miss, the game ended suddenly when Nickoe Whitley forced a fumble out of Bo Wallace as the Ole Miss quarterback appeared ready to find the end zone and set up a tying point after attempt to tie the contest in overtime.
Another factor that could have helped Mississippi State-Auburn make this list is that two quarterbacks used the game to emerge on the scene. Nick Marshall finished the contest with 339 yards and two touchdowns. Mississippi State's Dak Prescott threw for 213 yards and ran for 133 yards and two touchdowns.
Other than the lack of scoring, the biggest reason I'd guess the Mississippi State-Auburn contest did not make the list is that it might have only been the third or fourth most exciting finish to an Auburn game of the season. The Tigers have three games in the top five of the list: Alabama, Georgia, and the National Championship game against Florida State. While one could argue the ending to the Mississippi State-Auburn game equalled that of the National Championship game, the game as a whole did not quite measure up, and in no way could the game measure up to the wacky endings to the Auburn-Georgia and Auburn-Alabama match ups. It would have been hard for ESPN to make a list with four of the 25 games featuring Auburn, so even if that game would have been more deserving, and looking at the list, it probably was, ESPN did not have a way to do it.
If you are wondering, here is the list of the Top-25 college football games of 2013.
Top 5 College Football Games of 2013
(Order to be determined by fan vote)
· Auburn (34) vs. Alabama (28)
· Auburn (43) vs. Georgia (38)
· BCS Championship: Florida State (34) vs. Auburn (31)
· Ohio State (42) vs. Michigan (41)
· Chick-fil-A Bowl: Texas A&M (52) vs. Duke (48)
Top 25 College Football Games of 2013
(No. 25 - No. 6)
No. 25 Rose Bowl: Michigan State (24) vs. Stanford (20)
No. 24 New Mexico Bowl: Colorado State (48) vs. Washington State (45)
No. 23 Alabama (49) vs. Texas A&M (42)
No. 22 Fresno State (52) vs. Rutgers (51) (Overtime)
No. 21 Navy (58) vs. San Jose State (52) (Three Overtimes)
No. 20 Georgia (44) vs. LSU (41)
No. 19 Orange Bowl: Clemson (40) vs. Ohio State (35)
No. 18 Arizona State (32) vs. Wisconsin (30)
No. 17 Auburn (45) vs. Texas A&M (41)
No. 16 Oregon State (51) vs. Utah (48) (Overtime)
No. 15 Georgia (34) vs. Tennessee (31) (Overtime)
No. 14 Penn State (43) vs. Michigan (40) (Four Overtimes)
No. 13 Notre Dame (38) vs. Navy (34)
No. 12 Rutgers (55) vs. SMU (52) (Overtime)
No. 11 Ole Miss (39) vs. Vanderbilt (35)
No. 10 Oklahoma (33) vs. Oklahoma State (24)
No. 9 Big Ten Championship: Michigan State (34) vs. Ohio State (24)
No. 8 UCF (38) vs. Louisville (35)
No. 7 South Carolina (27) vs. Missouri (24) (Two Overtimes)
No. 6 Oregon (36) vs. Oregon State (35)


Greetings are an essential part of French social etiquette. The most important and common greeting is bonjour, which means "hello," "good day," or even "hi." There are also other ways to say hello or greet someone in French, but it's important to understand what greetings are acceptable in various social contexts. You'll also need to familiarize yourself with greetings that are considered informal versus those that you would use in more formal settings.
Saying bonjour is the most common way to greet someone in French. It's a flexible, all-purpose term: You use it to greet people in the morning, afternoon, or evening. Bonjour is always polite, and it works in any situation.
In France, you need to say bonjour when entering a place. Whether you are talking to a single salesperson or entering a crowded bakery, greet them by saying bonjour. For example, if there are a few people sitting at a table you are approaching or several acquaintances are drinking un expresso at the bar as you walk up to them, greet them with a friendly bonjour.
It's acceptable to say bonjour by itself—without using courtesy titles—if you are greeting several people, such as when you enter une boulangerie (a bakery) packed with a line of customers.
Use bonsoir to say hello in the evening. Since the hour that nighttime arrives in France can vary greatly depending on the season, generally start saying bonsoir around 6 p.m. You can also use bonsoir when you leave—so long as it's still evening.
Salut (pronounced with a silent t) is commonly used in France, although it is extremely informal: It's the equivalent of saying "hey" in English. Avoid using salut with people you don't know unless you are a teenager. If you are in doubt, stick with bonjour, which—as noted—is always an acceptable form of greeting. You can also use salut to say goodbye in an informal setting among close friends, but there are better ways to say goodbye in French.
If you say bonjour to a group of strangers—such as when you are entering a shop—you need not add any gestures, though you may nod your head a bit, and of course smile.
If you know the person you are greeting with bonjour, you would either shake his hand—a frank, strong handshake is preferable—or kiss him on the cheek. Light kisses (rarely just one kiss on each cheek but usually three or four total) are extremely common in France among friends and acquaintances. Be aware however, that the French do not hug upon greeting each other and saying bonjour.