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http://www.upenn.edu/commencement/webcast.html Denzel Washington giving a speech right now at the commencement

Brock Lesnar reminds us that we really do need to eat vegetables, no matter how much you want to bulk up. NHL goon Boogard dies at the tender age of 28.

Long weekend is like the summer of sam, only less tragic and more manly

EDF 2 PSP is a port of the PS2 EDF2. The PS2 EDF2 is arguably a more content-rich game than EDF 2017 (i.e. the 360 one, albeit without the awesome teammates and some of the new weapons), as it has more enemy variety, and a second playable character that has a completely different set of weapons and has a jetpack to manage. On the other hand, the PS2 one was basically unplayable as you got towards INFERNO difficulty because the PS2 couldn't handle all the lunacy that's happening, let alone in 2P mode. One thing I wonder about are the controls. It used both analog sticks for moving/aiming, but the PSP only has one analog stick, which you will almost certainly use for aiming. I don't know how infuriating it will be, though. If you've never played EDF 2, then it's probably worthwhile. I wouldn't be surprised if the graphics and enemy counts have been further scaled down to accomodate the PSP. All that said EDF! EDF!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI6CfKcMhjY Michael Boltonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Well, Ralf not being able to close C certain people (damn choi) was annoying as hell. Lucky's low C is cancellable. l o l Also a bunch of his special moves that looked scary but were actually unsafe/unreliable are now either safe/reliable. Of course, is top tier Lucky a cancer? only time will tell

Also, Brian(Ex Run or Adv Step) is in the 2nd tier... so it looks like if you can stock meter with Brian, or dash forwards with Brian, you're good, but if you can't do either you're SOL (and not Sol).

Dash overheads were removed in 98UM, but not dash specials. So Brian can still do his Gamera impersonation.

Recent KOF98FE (that's right, FE, not UM... how many versions does KOF have now?) tournament in Shinjuku featured the following ratio rules: Ratio chart (max 6.5) 3 Eiji, Brian(Ex Step), Alt&Norm Mary, Iori(Run), Alt&Norm Yashiro, Heidern, Normal Kyo(Ex), Alt&Norm Ryo(Ex), Alt&Norm Yuri, Alt King, Kim (Ex Step), Choi, Alt&Norm Chris, Lucky(Ex), Alt&Norm Geese, Leona(Run), Alt Yamazaki(Ex), Chizuru, Alt Shermie 2.5 Iori (Step), Normal Kyo(Adv), Benimaru, Goro(Run), Alt&Norm Andy (Ex), Alt&Norm Ryo(Adv), Kim(excluding Ex Step), Mature, Vice(Ex), Normal Shermie, Normal King, Saishu(Ex), Brian(Ex Run or Adv Step), HeavyD, Krauser, Alt Yamazaki(Adv), Normal Yamazaki(Ex), Alt&Norm Mai, Athena (Adv), Leona (Step), Rugal. Alt Robert(Ex), Normal Joe(Ex) 2 Alt Kyo, Ralf, Kensou, Normal Yamazaki(Adv), Alt&Norm Billy, Lucky(Adv), Vice(Adv), Saishu(Adv), Big, Kasumi(Ex), Alt&Norm Andy(Adv), Goro(Step), Alt Robert(Adv), Athena(Ex), Normal Robert(Ex), Normal Joe(Adv), Alt Joe(Ex), Clark, Shingo 1.5 Alt&Norm Terry(Ex), Normal Robert(Adv), Chang(Ex), Chin(Ex), Kasumi(Adv), Takuma, Alt Joe(Adv) 1 Alt&Norm Terry(Adv), Chang(Adv), Chin(Adv), Brian(Adv Run) You will note that EX Step Brian, which I built my entire KOF98UM team around, is somehow considered top tier for tournament. Kyo's hits on block make this loud slapping sound as opposed to the usual wooden block sound. It's kind of strange.

Pacquiao seems to have no relevant competition aside from Mayweather. In fact, Pacquiao is more or less the ultimate face; the people's champ and everything. I almost get the feeling that if he were to be defeated, the economy of the Phillipines would drop preciptiously. Except for the liquor industry, I guess. But Mayweather too busy fighting the law on minor felonies to bring real heel heat. I don't know if they're hatin or if Mayweather's ragin but at this rate he really is going to be caught riding dirty.

Oh man Souten no Ken Kenshiro gets KO'd by OG Raoh, but OG Raoh can't finish him off, because just like in HnK 2, the aura of the war god.

When they cycle the puck down low, all the orcas on display make it a dolphin loop

Hamhuis, Hodgson, Higgins, Hansen, and.... Henrik i guess The new Canucks super formation: HHHHH or 5H If Henrik and Jannik Hansen double-shift as Daniel comes on, with another pair switching for Samuelsson and Salo for the deadly combo of 5H 2S 3H 2S

http://www.news1130.com/news/national/article/221182--19-year-old-sets-record-as-youngest-mp-ndper-planned-summer-job-at-golf-course Alright, it's time to run for office. If a 19 year old college freshman can win, so could any of us. Just do as he says and watch a lot of (Parliamentary broadcast) television, and spend your time campaigning instead of studying.

I love that the pictures of other goaltenders show them doing goaltender-ly things like kick saves, sprawling, etc. the picture for Hasek has his stick flying in the air, him practically on his back with all his 4 limbs seemingly all going in different directions. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1004/nhl.great.playoff.goaltending.performances/content.7.html Then again, I have no idea what this guy is trying to do aside from striking a grand pose: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1004/nhl.great.playoff.goaltending.performances/content.17.html

Remember back when Joe Clark ran the right, and the party was called Progressive Conservative? And now it's run by a comic book villain, has dropped the (arguably oxymoronic) "Progressive" prefix, and enjoys more power than it has in decades. The Canadian federal gov't is characterized by villains. The most charismatic BQ leaders were total villains (though Bouchard came off as more noble than the nigh-caricaturish Parizeau did), the most powerful Liberal gov ever was run by the most outwardly gangsterly guy in Chretien. Preston Manning wasn't a villain back when the Reform party actually was a thing, but it was more or less impossible to take him seriously when he talked. The fact that the Conservatives don't need any approval from any other party to pass things means that we will see the most ridiculous stuff soon. Unless we see a Belinda Stronach flashmob event in the parliament, we're probably in for a few years of lunacy.

I'm kind of surprised that BC voted for Conservative so much. Maybe the opinion was that we already have one brand of Liberals in provincial gov't, and what we get from them is bad enough to not need a double dose of similarly named stuff.

Conservatives won a majority. I blame Mike, because Mike represents big business.

I really don't know what to think about this. I don't know if we'll ever know the truth of it all (Stallman alleges that the Bush administration had a proactive hand in the 9/11 attacks, as opposed to a merely incompetent one), but it doesn't feel like much of a victory at all. Then again, the entire war in Afghanistan is now so far removed from the public eye that it almost isn't happening anymore. Strange and scary times we live in.

Research on cannabinoids goes poorly as researchers unable to coherently document experiment proceedings How stiff are the mats in the octagon? Has anyone ever been KO'd or TKO'd as a result of a suplex/power bomb?

If do right, no can defense.

"All that kick did is prove that Steven Seagal is the most dangerous man alive. "

I do kind of want to see the Couture/Machida retirement/I-Quit match. and Jose Aldo to see if he does another TK

Well, it probably would hit your APM and micro pretty hard. I'm sure Long could describe a cocktail of drugs for chasing it that would restore some of your reaction speed. I don't remember or know all of the neurotransmitter/receptor details of cannabis, but I do remember that it simultaneously promoting gamma-amino butyric acid and some kind of glutamate. I'm sure there are clinical GABA blockers, and that would suppress some of the inhibitory effect of the weed. Of course, that might result in intense excitation since the excitatory neurotransmitters promoted by the weed would have no counterbalance, and that might obliterate your ability to properly focus on anything. In short: NEEDS MORE RESEARCH, WHERE IS MY FUNDING????

GSP fighting tonight Are we going to expect another night of him zoning a guy to death, or does Shields have a secret weakness that nobody else knew about that we will see exploited?