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Grindhouse Double Feature: Nemesis (Game Boy, 1991)
Today I'm looking at another pair of portable games. Nemesis was a Game Boy version of Gradius, not unlike how Operation C is a Game Boy version of Contra. Konami likes to do that.
It isn't a straight port, but rather its own similar-yet-different game. It also got a hard-as-hell sequel in the same year, but only in Japan and Europe.
Weirdly, you can give yourself as many lives as you want, as well as start on any stage you want. Obviously these things impact the difficulty level of the game quite a bit. It's very accessible to people new to shooters, something I wouldn't say about previous Gradius games.
The game begins with what you'd expect. Same Gradius powerups and everything. I usually go for Double over Laser, even though Laser (seen here) looks pretty cool. Double covers the area above you, while missiles cover the area below you. Other favorites like Options (two "ghost ships" that follow you and also fire shots) and Force Field (lets you absorb three more hits than your initial one) are here as well.
If there were any doubt that Nemesis is from the Gradius family, that goes out the window with the first boss. The Big Core is quite iconic.
The second stage has you fighting cancer. ...no, seriously, these giant tumor things are called "cancer" in the instruction manual.
The best part of this game? The impressive boss designs. That's pretty common with shooters, actually. They usually have one big obvious weak point.
The famous Easter Island moai statues return for Stage 3. Don't get too close, though, because they fire laser-bubbles at you.
Death in this game, per usual, bounces you back to a checkpoint with no powerups. Luckily, it doesn't take long at all to start regaining your powers. In a way, it's kind of cool to have this happen once in a while just so you can collect things again.
Another sweet boss design. They look great, but they lack any real animation.
The fourth boss bears a passing resemblance to the HK Tanks from Terminator. I think. It might just be in my head.
The final boss, the Mother Computer, is stationary and somewhat underwhelming.
With that, the game is over. Yep, just five short stages. This wouldn't have lasted me long if I'd gotten it as a kid (and I wanted to, at some point).
What I didn't know all of these years is that it had a sequel that never made it to the states. That sequel?
The aptly-named Nemesis 2. Released the same year, this one gives us five more stages... five much harder stages. Actually, the difficulty level of this game seems to pick up right where the final stage of the previous game left off. Kinda like the original Super Mario Bros 2 that didn't get released here.
This is new. A choice of missiles from the get-go gives us some variety. Only thing is... it isn't much of a choice. Few enemies ever attack from behind and Options usually take care of them. Also, Normal is basically the same as 2Way, only without the upper missile. In other words, the middle one is the only one that really makes any sense to use.
We begin with Vic Viper flying through some sort of alien armada. Before long, it gets chased by...
...a Big Core, prompting a high-speed chase through an asteroid belt. This is TOUGH and I died several times right off the bat. That's after barely dying at all in the first game. Yep, I totally see why this didn't get an NA release. We North American gamers weren't Pro enough for this kind of thing.
After the asteroid belt chase (remember that, it's important later), you end up in some very detailed ruins. The scroll-speed normalizes here, thankfully. It's hard to tell if the ruins are a harmless part of the background or if they'll destroy you if you bump them. The answer? The latter. Yep, this game doesn't mess around.
The first boss is very well-designed, especially for a portable game from 1991. It's also hard as hell. In other news, I'd like to congratulate the Xenomorph on making it into YET ANOTHER GAME!
As the fight progresses, the mouth-jaw breaks off and attacks on its own. What circle of hell is this?
Victory causes the boss to fall apart so you can continue. The death-animation here is seamless and a tremendous improvement over the animation-less bosses in the first game.
The stages get less rocky and more metallic as you progress. This particular stage is a smorgasbord of powerups, as all of the weird stationary domes give up orbs.
Another cool-looking boss. This one is a doozy, as it can control the magnetic pull of the room. Getting pushed and pulled back and forth while also avoiding enemy lasers... it's very difficult to deal with, to say the least.
At last, the Big Core returns. I like how damn BIG these things are in the Nemesis duology. In the NES Gradius, they tended to be kind of small onscreen. It wasn't until the SNES Gradius III that these things truly got big and imposing on consoles, so Nemesis and the sequel were (slightly) ahead of their time.
Defeat the Big Core and it tumbles to a planet in a fiery inferno. The player's ship follows it to the planet, and the next stage begins. Yes, all of this is animated. Very impressive game, this.
This game's version of the Mother Computer is much more impressive. Again, this looks like a design out of an SNES game.
The surprise here is that after you defeat the computer, the core flees. You chase it through a collapsing tunnel, dodging falling debris (which nearly all falls behind you, so it isn't as tough as it could be), then...
...out into an asteroid field. That's right, the game ends the same way it began, only in reverse, with you now the aggressor.
Eventually the core stops fleeing and stops to fight, but this one is over quickly. Awesome ending, to say the least.
After you win, BAM, you get this screen. No credits, no nothing. BAM.
Nemesis is a decent Game Boy game, worth checking out and suitable for beginners. Nemesis 2, however, is something else entirely. It's a balls-to-the-wall game with unforgiving difficulty...and yet it's quite impressive on all levels. It's clear that a ton of effort went into this one. Too bad it, like the first game, is a measily five stages. Either game can be beaten in 20-25 minutes, plus whatever time is spent repeating stages (likely quite a bit for the second game). Not a bad way to spend an afternoon for retro shooter fans.
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Labels: 1991, Game Boy, Nemesis, Nemesis 2, Shoot 'Em Up, Shooter Week
Nemesis II did came out in the US. It was called Gradius: The Interstellar Assault.
Jericho November 8, 2014 at 2:23 PM
Whoa, I had no idea. Good to know. I'd correct that part, but since it's noted down here there's no need.
Brayn November 8, 2014 at 1:30 PM
I bet even the easier game was tougher on the Game Boy's small green and yellow screen. Especially considering how quickly you can die!
That's very likely. I played it on a computer, and obviously the screen was very clear so I never died. On an old-school Game Boy, though? I don't think most people remember just how hard it was to see on those things.
Being able to set your level and number of lives makes this kinda like Spades or Bridge. You have to gauge your ability clearly right from the start.
These both look good, and the second looks terrific. Nice clear images. Like Brayn said, they look a lot better now that we have backlit screens.
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#define _ESP8266_H_
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#define UDP 0
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class ESP8266
{
private:
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import javax.annotation.Generated;
import java.util.Objects;

/**
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This particular house had three or four cubby rooms. One was modeled into a den/storage space and it was just under the half living room on the staircase. Really cool concept. I am clearly impressed. So was my husband. But what was more impressive was how much fun we had together going through this mansion we would only ever get to dream about.
This was also our first step in house hunting. We have been wanting/needing to move out of our current apartment for almost two years now. Finally, it is happening. But we didn't go through Misawa Homes. Instead, during the New Year's holidays, when everyone else was huddled at home doing nothing with their day, we spent the day at Keiai. I mean THE ENTIRE DAY.
We weren't expecting to be there for so long. Our real estate agent was very thorough with his explanations and questions about what we wanted in a home. My husband and I had discussed a bit beforehand what we wanted but this guy really covered all the bases when it comes to what we want in a house. Our biggest determining factor, staying at the same school for our girls.
So, then we needed to make a decision. Do we want to build a house from scratch, buy a new pre-built house, or buy something used? It would have been amazing if we could have built from scratch. We would need to just buy land and then have fun getting exactly what we wanted. Unfortunately, that big determining factor put a damper on our designing it ourselves. Land around here is expensiiiiive. The land alone would put the price over most of the pre-built homes and certainly the used ones. So we set our standards lower and started to look at both used and new.
That was where our first day ended. Six and a half hours after we had walked in, my husband and I and our son were starved!! But we came out with bags of snacks for our 3 children (two weren't even with us that day) and a lovely wrapped gift for the adults.
Tea to thank us for taking the time to even consider Keiai as a realtor.
Our next meeting was scheduled with some house viewing, and we went home excited to be house hunting at last.
If you decide to go looking at houses, even if you have no intention of buying, then bring some snacks for your kids and yourself. Even the Misawa tour took 2 hours just to look at one house.


You dont need a map when its frozen!
I hiked as far as I could to the Ice in the dist!
An Ice palace was sitting on the lake. COOL!
There were a few cracks in the lake! Yikes!
More view from on the lake.
Can you spot the Ice Climber?
Looking back towards the ski fields.


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There is a very high chance that you will go to bed one day with no financial worries and wake up the next day with a mountain of emergency situations that need to be financed in the shortest time possible. While these situations may be unpredictable, there is the fixed knowledge that comes with information regarding the exact date of receiving your next pay check. These two things, the unpredictable situation and the fixed date of payment from work create a scenario that leaves many people wondering how they will meet emergency financial obligations. Numerous payday loan companies have been set up in Canada to act as the bridge between the time when people need short term loans and the time that they will receive their next pay check. What these companies realise is that borrowers are in a tough situation at the time of seeking short term financial help and therefore no excess demands are made on them.
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Getting financial assistance in the form of a short term loan has been proven to be effective but only if potential borrowers make their situation known to lender companies. There is a process that is followed when a person is looking for help in getting a payday loan and the good news is that it only involves one step. This step is all about filling of an application form so that payday loan companies in Canada can go about in helping you through a financial emergency. With these companies there are normally two ways by which a borrower can fill out an application form. In the first way, a borrower can make a call to the companies and he or she can be connected to a payday loan representative. Borrowers can expect the representatives from these companies to be very professional and polite. A borrower can be able to ask all questions regarding the application and correct answers can be given immediately. In this way there is no chance that is left to guesswork when an application form is being filled. An advantage that comes with filling a payday loan application over the phone is that borrowers can be guided through the entire process by the qualified representatives.
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Zutty Singleton (ur. 14 maja 1898 w Bunkie, zm. 14 lipca 1975 w Nowym Jorku), właśc. Arthur James Singleton – amerykański perkusista. Jest uważany za jednego z dwóch najważniejszych (obok Baby Doddsa) perkusistów początków jazzu nowoorleańskiego.

Zadebiutował na scenie w 1915, kiedy to wystąpił u boku Steve'a Lewisa w Rosebud Theatre w Nowym Orleanie. Podczas I wojny światowej służył w marynarce wojennej, później podjął pracę jako szofer. Niedługo później wrócił do zawodowego uprawiania muzyki – najpierw wstąpił do zespołu Tom's Roadhouse Band, później (w 1921) do Luis Russell's band, by wreszcie z końcem tamtego roku rozpocząć współpracę z zespołem Fate Marable na statku pływającym po Missisipi.

W 1924 nagrał swoją pierwszą płytę z Fate Marable. W następnych latach, w miarę rozwoju swej kariery, często zmieniał miejsce zamieszkania – żył m.in. w St. Louis, Chicago, Nowym Jorku, Los Angeles.

Znany jest przede wszystkim ze współpracy z Louisem Armstrongiem. Był jednym z pierwszych perkusistów, którzy podczas koncertów grali solówki.

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Amerykańscy perkusiści jazzowi
Urodzeni w 1898
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In 2008, Rev. Dr. Tamara England Wilson, founded Nu Season Nu Day Ministry, Inc., a Christ- Centered ministry which focused on empowering and equipping women to discover and fulfill their God-given purpose, while assisting in the development of healthy 'sistahly' relationships. At God's leading, in September 2015, Nu Season Nu Day Church & Ministries, was established with Rev. Wilson as its pastor.
Rev. Wilson was licensed and ordained by the Enon Baptist Church in Baltimore Maryland where she served for several years as Assistant Minister. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences from the University of Maryland and pursued graduate studies in Speech/Language Pathology at Loyola College. She also earned a Master of Arts degree in Theology from the St. Mary's Seminary and University and a Doctorate of Ministry degree from the United Theological Seminary in Trotwood Ohio.
Rev. Wilson has a passion for empowering women and helping them achieve their God ordained best. She is the author of The Journey To Self: Who Knows What A Woman Can Be When She Is Free To Be Herself and recently founded Journey Ministries with a mission to empower women embrace their authentic selves. Rev. Wilson is also very passionate about the development and strengthen of the community. Currently, she serves as a chaplain for the Northern District of the Baltimore City Police Department and was appointed by Governor Larry Hogan to serve as a Commissioner for the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, and the Maryland Commission for Women. She is an active member of the Baltimore Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and serves as the Vice Chair of the Political and Social Action Committee.
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"Communication" is something I've had the opportunity to discuss with people from all over the United States. Whether face-to-face, or on numerous message boards on the internet, "communication" is always a topic that comes up at some point.
I don't believe communication is only important to the population I now find myself a member of due to my hearing loss. Certainly communication is problematic for us, but even people with perfect hearing can find that they are poor communicators.
Divorce, childhood background, personalities, and personal tragedies can all influence our ability to communicate effectively. However, I am convinced that unless one has an open and vibrant relationship with God, they will always struggle with communication. It boils down to the fact that if you "can't talk to God, you can't talk to anyone".
Especially true if someone who has an acquired disability is also a Christian. If their relationship with God is "not working" due to bitterness, anger, denial, depression, etc., then how can they even begin to communicate effectively with other people? I would think that their relationship with God must be "made right" where communication is again open and meaningful before they can even attempt communicating with others.
As an oral, late-deafened adult I have discovered there are some very real pros and cons of knowing sign language. I don't like to "look back" with regret about choices made, as I believe that even bad choices spawned growth and taught me valuable life lessons. As useful as sign language has been for me, however, there are times I wish I had never learned ASL.
I believe that there is an incredible gulf between those who view themselves as culturally Deaf, and those who are oral deaf, or late-deafened. Reading endless stories and viewpoints about the recent Gallaudet turmoil, has in many ways defined those groups, if by no other means, as a result of vehement opposition and disagreements. I'm reasonably certain I would be defined as not being "deaf enough".
Pros: I first learned a "handful of signs" at a youth camp when I was sixteen. It wasn't really ASL, as I simply learned a few signs to accompany "campy" type of songs. In college, however, I made a Deaf friend and as the university offered sign language courses, I decided to learn. Since then I have taken numerous courses and been involved in certificate workshops, etc.
So when I do come in contact with a culturally Deaf person, I can communicate with relative ease. Unfortunately, I do not know any Deaf at work, church, nor are there any Deaf in my neighborhood. My receptive skills are "hurting" because of this, and I've been trying some new things as I simply do not get to use ASL as a language very often. Teaching ASL is one thing, but using it daily with someone who uses ASL as their primary language is another!
ASL comes in handy at home. My daughter is fluent, and my son – well he tries really hard. My husband cannot sign very well, (he claims manual dyslexia) but has amazing receptive skills. He "reads" sign better than he can "speak" sign. So if I'm giving my ears a rest, or if it's late at night after I've already hopped in the shower and dressed for bed, ASL is a godsend!
Cons: Prior to using the phone more after my CI activation, I would use IP Relay. Whenever I made doctor's appointments, I was always asked if I wanted an interpreter present, or if the doctor's office needed to schedule "Deaf Talk". I would explain that I didn't need an interpreter, that I was oral. Do you know how hard it is to explain that you are deaf enough to use Relay, but not so "deaf" you need an interpreter?
When I looked into an online graduate course this past year, I had to investigate as to whether the required "on site" classes would provide CART. It took forever to explain that I didn't need to schedule classes where an interpreter could be hired. I wanted CART, not an interpreter!
Friends with the best intentions have given advice to me when I grumbled about a difficult time at a training I attended. They asked why I didn't ask for an interpreter. I am not Deaf, I'm deaf! I don't want or need an interpreter. I just ask that the speaker use the microphone all the time. Please repeat the questions asked by those not using a microphone.
I'm sure every late-deafened adult has been in a situation where the assumption is made that because you have a hearing loss, you know sign. When the vast majority of those with hearing loss do not use sign and communicate orally, why is this still the assumption by those with normal hearing?
Yes, I know sign. But I have made the choice to associate myself with oral late-deafened adults. I wish our population did a better job of communicating what their needs are.
"Well, I do know sign but don't use it to communicate. This CI keeps me communicating the same way I did when I was born into this "hearing" world" His confused look told me he didn't "get" why I do not choose sign to communicate.
So although I am many times grateful I know sign, I have had a couple of weeks where I wish I did not. Pros and cons – I suppose it's healthy to remember there are both in most things we experience.


I added Infinite SEO last week so that I could get my buddypress content indexed (member profiles, groups...).
Did you leave the BuddyPress Title & Meta settings as default or did you modify them in any way? If so, could you post a screenshot of those settings please? It would help to see how you have set things up.
The title and description are correctly modified as can be seen by viewing the page info in the browser (screenshot).
site:warlegend.net "war legend communaute public"
You can see that the specific group description does appear in the results when that group is searched for. However, the title links to the main groups page.
So things are being indexed, but perhaps not in the way you may have expected.
Thanks Patrick, from what I understand it means it's indexed but only the url /groups or /members ? and the meta will have all informations ? It seems a bit strange, is this intended?
hmm I was expecting every members or every groups to be searchable and shown independently with its corresponding url, is that possible?
Thanks for your great help !
Unfortunately, this member is no longer active.
For any others who may happen upon this thread, please know that the sitemap does indeed index all BuddyPress profiles and Groups as long as the settings allow it.
Hi PatricK. I am having a similar issue. My site map does indeed contain all the buddy-press group pages, and the settings I have for Infinite SEO are those you've described above. But Infinite SEO is generating a "rel=canonical" tag in the child group pages, redirecting google back to the parent page - essentially telling google that there is "nothing new here". Unfortunately on my site there is lots of new information on the individual pages and I need google to index them. Other than commenting out "rel_canonical()" in function wds_canonical() (which I admit is rather crude) is there something I can do?
Commenting out that line would likely impact other areas too.
Thanks Patrick. I've commented out the line for now simply because I'm getting pressure from my client to do so but if you can come up with a better solution please let me know. It will for sure impact other areas - those pages that really should have a rel='canonical' added to them will not, and who knows what that will do to the overall SEO.
So on the one hand your plugin is saying "take a look at this page" and then on the other hand it is saying "don't bother, its the same as the parent page". Google said "ok" and didn't bother so my pages weren't indexed.
Does this make sense to you? Am I making the issue clear?
There are no canonical links at all there. So commenting out code in the plugin did effectively remove them.
Yes. I was hoping there would be a less intrusive way to accomplish it though. For now I guess that will have to do.
The only problem I can foresee is when your site gets very active with lots of members and groups. If the sub-pages of all the groups and profiles are all indexed, your sitemap is going to get horrendously long very quickly.
I'm wondering if that will have an impact on your site's performance in the search engines.
Yes, I understand the risks and have pointed them out to the client. I know google will allow up to 50,000 links in a sitemap and you're right - that limit can be reached fairly quickly. I believe at that point google will just ignore the site map and index the regular ol' way, following links from page to page. I'm not sure, though, if there are any penalties that will come into play when this happens.
I'm going to mark this thread resolved for now.
If you do notice any strange goings on in the search engines when the sitemap starts clogging up, please don't hesitate to update this thread.


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McDavid with Draisaitl Makes Sense
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Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl together at even strength equals instant offence. They read off each other incredibly well. Draisaitl is one of the few players who thinks and sees the game at the same level. Last night Draisailt could have easily had five goals. He hit two goal posts and was robbed twice by Antti Niemi. "It is rare you score three points in the NHL, but are still frustrated," Draisaitl said post-game. "I owe them (linemates) some goals. I don't think I've ever had that many great chances in a game."
They still finished with three points each. It is rare to see two centres play so well together, yet when they are placed on the same line many fans and some media are quick to suggest you can't win with them on the same line.
I'm sorry, but I politely disagree.
I think everyone agrees the Oilers current roster is not a Stanley Cup contending roster. Let's get that out of the way and focus on more reasonable scenarios.
I recognize the goal of every team is to win the Stanley Cup, but at the start of a season there is maybe — maybe — ten teams with a realistic chance to win. Right now the Oilers aren't one of them, but they do have a legitimate chance to make the playoffs, and once they are in they could win one round.
McDavid and Draisaitl as a duo are the most dangerous combination the Oilers have. I don't think anyone who watches the team regularly will dispute this. If your goal is to make the playoffs, then playing them together makes sense. Let me explain.
It is difficult to find a comparable team with two skilled centres who have scored 70+ points twice and are 23 years of age or younger.
The obvious one is the Pittsburgh Penguins. Unfortunately Corsica and Natural Stat Trick only track back to the 2007/2008 season, but that timeline does fit nicely with the comparison I'd like to illustrate.
The Penguins lost the 2008 Cup Finals to Detroit, but then defeated the Red Wings in 2009. Sidney Crosby was 20 and 21 while Malkin was 21 and 22 during those Cup runs. They were the Penguins best players.
Did you know that during those two seasons Malkin was Crosby's most common linemate at 5×5? I doubt it, because when I hear comparisons about the Crosby/Malkin and McDavid/Draisaitl I always hear who they each drive their own line. They do now that they are established NHL veterans, and have better depth around them, but when they were young they played together quite often.
Why? Because they produced and because the Penguins didn't have anyone who could play with them and produce consistently.
Over those two seasons Crosby played 1,842 minutes at 5×5. His most common linemates were:
Malkin at 709 minutes
Pascal Dupuis 476 minutes
Miroslav Satan 347 minutes
Ryan Malone 312 minutes
Colby Armstrong 283 minutes.
Crosby missed 30 games in 2008, but that season he played 54% of his 5×5 time with Malkin.
You don't win the Stanley Cup in the regular season, but getting to the playoffs gives you a chance. Head coach Michel Therrien played his two best players together quite often because it gave him the best opportunity to win games. His General Manager, Craig Patrick, was astute enough to realize, during both the 2008 and 2009 seasons, that he needed to add a better supporting cast near the trade deadline.
On February 26th, 2008 he acquired Hal Gill for a 2nd and a 5th. Gill played 19:17/game in the playoffs, fourth most among Penguins defenders behind Ryan Whitney (20:46), Rob Scuderi (20:47) and Sergei Gonchar (25:13).
The same day Patrick acquired Marian Hossa and Pascal Dupuis from Atlanta for Colby Armstong, Erik Christenson, Angelo Esposito (20th pick in 2007) and their upcoming first round pick in 2008 (29th, Daulton Leveille).
Hossa and Dupuis ended up being Crosby's regular linemates in the playoff run, while Malkin played with Petr Sykora and Ryan Malone. Once the team added more depth, the centres were split up.
Nov 23, 2016; Denver, CO, USA; Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid (97) and left wing Milan Lucic (27) celebrate the goal of center Leon Draisaitl (29) in the third period against the Colorado Avalanche at the Pepsi Center. The Oilers won 6-3. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports
Hossa didn't stay in Pittsburgh, and Malone's rights, along with Gary Roberts, were traded to Tampa Bay at the draft for a 3rd and 4th round pick. The Penguins didn't want to pay Malone big money. He signed a seven year deal worth $4.5 million with Tampa Bay. He'd scored 27-24-51 in 2008. He had four solid seasons in Tampa Bay, before injuries and a DUI slowed him down, but he didn't become more than what he was in Pittsburgh. He had 45, 47 and 48 point seasons with the Lightning.
Hossa and Malone were their 2nd and 4th leading scorers in the playoffs, so they lost two of their top-six forwards in the summer. But they had Kris Letang emerging on the blueline, Marc-Andre Fleury in goal and two elite scorers.
During the 2009 regular season Malkin and Crosby played almost 400 minutes together at 5×5, and of course were on the top PP unit.
Once again Patrick made some key moves at the deadline to bolster his top-six.
He traded Whitney to Anaheim for Chris Kunitz on February 26th, and then at the deadline on March 4th he acquired Bill Guerin for a third round pick.
Once again his two deadline acquisitions became Crosby's wingers in the playoffs, while Malkin centred Ruslan Fedotenko and Max Talbot. Talbot scored both goals in their 2-1 in game seven of the Cup Final against Detroit. Kunitz only had one goal, but he and Guerin were the Penguins third and fourth leading scorers in the postseason with 15 and 14 points.
Crosby and Malkin carried them offensively. Malkin had 36 points and Crosby had 31. They didn't play very much together at 5×5, but in the short 40 minutes they did they produced six goals. When the Penguins needed a goal, head coach Dan Bylsma wasn't afraid to reunite them.
WIN IN REGULAR SEASON
Mar 1, 2016; Buffalo, NY, USA; Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid (97) and center Leon Draisaitl (29) before a game against the Buffalo Sabres at First Niagara Center. Mandatory Credit: Timothy T. Ludwig-USA TODAY Sports
Again, I'm not remotely suggesting the Oilers are Stanley Cup contender. Far from it at this point. And yes, playing Draisaitl and McDavid illustrates that they need some more scoring wingers, however, playing them together now is the smart move. The team needs wins and they must make the playoffs. If they are in the hunt, and they should be come trade deadline, then it is up to general manager Peter Chiarelli to acquire some wingers who can complement his two centres.
Also, I'm not saying Draisaitl will be as good as Malkin, in fact I'd be surprised if he is, because Malkin is unreal. I believe he was the second best centre in the NHL for a the past decade, just behind Crosby, and even though they were great individually, their coach also played them together a fair amount during the regular season because it gave his team the best chance to win. But Draisaitl is very good, and while he isn't the second best centre in the NHL behind McDavid, I believe he is better than many of his doubters suggest.
The GM's job is to build and bolster the roster. The head coach's job is to win games and if I'm Todd McLellan I'd keep Draisaitl and McDavid together for the foreseeable future. Maybe the Oilers will have a winger or two emerge from within who can score more, but if not, then it will be Chiarelli's responsibility to make a good trade closer to the deadline.
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Q: Calculus Net change and Indefinite Integrals The marginal cost of producting $x$ tablet computers is
$$C'(x) = 110 - 0.04 x + 0.0002\ x^2$$ dollars.
What is the cost of producing $4000$ units if the setup cost is $70000$
Also
If the production is set at $4000$ units, what is the cost of producing $200$ additional units?
I'm not sure exactly what this question is asking, therefore i have no work.

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On June 18, Sun posted selfies taken with her husband James Park�via Instagram. She dedicated a heartfelt message in the caption, writing, "Happy Father's Day my one and only forever husband James. You've been such an awesome husband and father!! So thankful that you are the father of our family."


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Women's Institutes are going on the Net in a bid to cast off their public image of cake-making and coffee mornings.
The National Federation of Women's Institutes unveiled its Internet site on Thursday in an effort to improve the public's knowledge of its activities.
Logical progression
Federation chairman Eileen Meadmore said many of the WI's 260,000 members were interested in new technology and it was "only logical" for the federation to be on the Internet.
"Our main purpose is to let more people know there much more to the WI than meets many eyes," said Mrs Meadmore.
The site includes a letter of welcome from Mrs Meadmore, information about the National Federation's education programmes, its campaigns on social issues and details of its commercial arm, WI Enterprises.
The Townswomen's Guild says patients should be allowd to puff for pain relief
"We want to show that we campaign on national and international social environmental and consumer issues which concern women and their families," said Mrs Meadmore.
"And we want to tell them about our lifelong learning opportunities for women to develop their skills, talents and sense of citizenship."
The federation's life-long learning programme still includes courses in cookery and crafts, but its courses in home computing and technology are some of the fastest growing.
Support for cannabis
The WI is not the only long-established women's organisation which is challenging the public perceptions of what it does. Its urban cousin, the Townswomen's Guild, has decided to urge the government to legalise the use of cannabis for people suffering from serious and terminal illnesses.
Almost 75% of delegates at the Guild's National Council meeting approved a motion backing the legalisation of cannabis for "specific medical purposes".
One delegate, representing a guild from Torbay, Devon, told the 3,000-strong group of largely elderly Townswomen: "Louis Armstrong smoked it all his life and it didn't impair his performance."
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Perch at the sushi counter and watch the chefs work their magic to prepare the freshest, most exquisite sushi & sashimi right in front of your eyes. Enjoy an icy-cold Japanese beer including a very clean, dry Kirin on tap; sip on top-quality sakes from all regions of Japan; try a gorgeous signature cocktail or enjoy a glass of wine while snacking on Japanese tapas.
The wide selection of tapas, seafood dishes, sushi and sashimi, and healthy salads will satisfy any/all cravings. On entering Pabu you will be immediately seduced by the sweet aroma of the environmentally friendly bamboo charcoal grill. Savour char-grilled yakitori from the open barbeque and select from the extensive menu to entice your taste buds.


I think Oprah selected Courant's wireless charging accessory tray as one of her top tech gifts for 2018. Or maybe it was my wife, She-Ra: Princess of Power. Everyone's Christmas wish lists and gift guides seem to be cascading into my lap early and with a fierceness this year. It's like NCAA basketball kicking off their season on November 6 with Duke playing Kentucky. Duke and Kentucky! on November 6! Two Top 5 teams facing each other the first game of the season, which now starts two weeks before Thanksgiving!
Whether recommended to you by Oprah or my wife, Courant's valet tray is indeed a handsome, albeit pricy, specimen. Its flat surface area contains a 3-coil construction that Courant says creates a "more forgiving" Qi-certified fast wireless charging area. The tray also contains an additional USB-A Output for devices that don't do the wireless thing, such as my mama's flip phone.
On the other half of the accessory tray is a shallow basin for storage of your DNL and/or DNF items*, such as wallet, keys, watches, and other jewelry. The whole valet is then wrapped snug in non-slip pebble-grain Italian leather, in your choice of Black, White, or Ash.
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Chattanooga: Grant Prepares to Attack
November 6, 2018 WalterCoffey Military, Tennessee Leave a comment
November 6, 1863 – A Confederate deserter informed the Federal high command that General Braxton Bragg's Confederate Army of Tennessee was vulnerable to attack.
Federal General U.S. Grant | Image Credit: Wikispaces.org
By this time, Major General Ulysses S. Grant, commanding Federal forces in Chattanooga, was poised to attack Bragg, but he wanted to wait for Major General William T. Sherman's Federal reinforcements to arrive first. As Sherman continued struggling to move through mountains, rain, and mud to get to Chattanooga, a Confederate deserter entered the Federal lines and claimed that Bragg had sent Lieutenant General James Longstreet's corps to destroy the Federals at Knoxville. If true, this severely depleted Bragg's army and provided an opening for Grant to try breaking out of Chattanooga.
Grant directed Major General George H. Thomas, commanding the Army of the Cumberland, to attack the Confederate right on Missionary Ridge. Grant's goal was to get between Bragg and Longstreet, making it impossible for them to reunite. However, Thomas argued that it would be better to attack the Confederate left on Lookout Mountain. This would open the Tennessee River even further, ensuring that the Federals would be permanently well supplied. Then, according to Thomas, Sherman could come up and attack Missionary Ridge.
Grant agreed. He revoked the orders for Thomas to attack and explained his latest strategy to General-in-Chief Henry W. Halleck:
"When Sherman crosses at Bridgeport, (Oliver O.) Howard (commanding the Federal XI Corps) will drive the enemy from the west side of Lookout and get possession of the road leading across the foot of the mountain; then join Sherman in his movement up the valley. Thomas will attack vigorously in this valley, and, if the enemy give back, follow them up. Although a large force has gone up the Tennessee Valley that may annoy us, I feel that a decisive movement of the enemy in that direction must prove a disaster to them."
Sherman finally arrived at Bridgeport with his vanguard on the 13th. Due to bad roads, rugged terrain, foul weather, and sporadic guerrilla attacks, it had taken him 13 days to travel just 170 miles. The rest of his four divisions reached Bridgeport two days later, after a 675-mile boat ride down the Tennessee. From Bridgeport, the troops would continue up the Lookout Valley to Brown's Ferry. When they reached Chattanooga, Grant would have about 72,000 troops to face Bragg's 36,000 Confederates.
Grant, Thomas, and Sherman inspected the northern end of Missionary Ridge, where Sherman's forces would take up positions. The Confederate siege line ran from Missionary Ridge on the right (northeast) to Lookout Mountain, three miles to the left (southwest). The Federals in Chattanooga could see the Confederate camps and cannon looming in the heights above them. After discussing strategy for the next few days, Grant planned to attack on the 21st.
General Braxton Bragg | Image Credit: Wikimedia.org
On the Confederate side, Bragg continued his massive reorganization by placing Major General John C. Breckinridge in charge of his Second Corps. Breckinridge replaced Lieutenant General D.H. Hill, who had been highly critical of Bragg's leadership. Breckinridge also had a bad history with Bragg; he even wanted to challenge Bragg to a duel after sustaining heavy (and possibly pointless) losses at the Battle of Stones River.
Bragg's army, which formerly had four corps under Leonidas Polk, D.H. Hill, Simon B. Buckner, and James Longstreet, now had just two under Breckinridge and Lieutenant General William Hardee. Bragg wanted to attack the Federal right at Bridgeport, but bad weather prevented him. Bragg was unaware that Sherman's men were reinforcing Grant. Bragg received a message from Custis Lee, on behalf of President Jefferson Davis:
"His Excellency regrets that the weather and condition of the roads have suspended the movement (on your left), but hopes that such obstacles to your plans will not long obstruct them. He feels assured that you will not allow the enemy to get up all his reinforcements before striking him, if it can be avoided… (the president) does not deem it necessary to call your attention to the importance of doing whatever is to be done before the enemy can collect his forces, as the longer the time given him for this purpose, the greater will be the disparity in numbers."
CivilWarDailyGazette.com; Denney, Robert E., The Civil War Years: A Day-by-Day Chronicle (New York: Gramercy Books, 1992 [1998 edition]), p. 339-41, 343; Foote, Shelby, The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian (Vintage Civil War Library, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Kindle Edition, 2011), p. 825-26; Fredriksen, John C., Civil War Almanac (New York: Checkmark Books, 2007), p. 368, 370-72; Korn, Jerry, The Fight for Chattanooga: Chickamauga to Missionary Ridge (Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1983), p. 97, 118; Long, E.B. with Long, Barbara, The Civil War Day by Day (New York: Da Capo Press, Inc., 1971), p. 431-34; McPherson, James M., Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (Oxford History of the United States Book 6, Oxford University Press, Kindle Edition, 1988), p. 676; Stanchak, John E., Historical Times Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War (New York: Harper & Row, 1986, Patricia L. Faust ed.), p. 133-35
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'Google is the only winner': Google's anti-tracking moves could slow Amazon's ad growth
The Programmatic Marketer
May 14, 2019 by Jessica Davies
Google has painted its privacy updates to its Chrome web browser as squarely intended for consumer benefit. But along the way, the moves to rein in ad tracking could also slow the rise of Amazon as a rival in advertising.
The reason: Amazon will struggle to match audiences off its own site, and its ability to marry its own customer data with audience data from third-party sides will be blocked, should users decide they wish to do so, according to agency executives.
"Third-party audiences are going to be a nightmare," said Pedro Mona, managing director, platforms and engineering at iProspect. "The volumes will decrease significantly. The ability to track their own audiences outside Amazon will go down. Not necessarily on a device level as they will still have their app installed in a number of devices, and there might be a way they can still track users there. But [on web] they will see a reduction, like everyone else. Google is the only winner."
Amazon doesn't split out how much of its ads business is conducted on and off its own sites, but it's reasonable to presume the majority is on site. However, it will no doubt limit off-site plans, according to agency executives.
"It does limit their opportunity to go full-scale programmatic," said a media agency executive who spoke anonymously because of its relationship with Google.
"If say, 100,000 people have demonstrated an interest in Doc Martens when searching on Amazon, and they then want to find them programatically off Amazon, then you will have a problem," added Mona.
Over the last two years, Amazon's ads growth exploded . However, that meteoric growth spurt seems to have been short-lived. In the company's first-quarter earnings report, Amazon said its ads business growth had slowed to 36%, totalling approximately $2.7 billion. Whereas, in the three previous quarters of 2018 ad revenue was up year-over-year 95%, 123% and 129% respectively.
Much of Amazon's ads growth has come about as a direct result of advertisers shifting budgets from Google. Amazon is forecast to claim 8.8% of U.S. digital ad spending in 2019, up from 6.8 percent in 2018, while Google is expected to lose 1 point of market share dropping to 37.2%, according to an eMarketer report.
Should a lot of Google users choose to block third-party cookies, several agency executives have predicted that Amazon will start to push more aggressively into the mobile app ecosystem, where third-party cookies aren't used. Others have stressed that if Amazon's programmatic ads business is affected badly as a result of Google's privacy changes, that Amazon will merely find other ways to offset such as working closer with media owners.
"They can build integrated data management solutions for publishers," said an ad tech executive who spoke anonymously.
Naturally, a lot will hinge on how Google markets the ability to block to users. If it's a clear reject-all third-party cookies for ad tracking purposes, or accept all, then Amazon could be lumped in with all other ad tech vendors. But if the user choice is buried in multiple layers within the settings — a bit like Google's GDPR consent options — it's unlikely to have as big an impact. "Once we start to see the beta version in Chrome people will get an idea of how we can adapt," said a media agency executive.
Ultimately, while there may be some short-term pain should a large volume of users decide to block third-party cookies, most industry executives spy long-term opportunities.
"There will be massive opportunities for anyone that can extract value from users and find different ways of living in a cookie-less world," added Mona.
The GDPR Impact
'It's a balancing act': Media buyers want contextual targeting features to evolve further
July 4, 2019 by Jessica Davies
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