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<title><![CDATA[Wow! - Fifth District Meeting.]]></title>
<link>http://nc05.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/wow-fifth-district-meeting/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ncfifthdistrict</dc:creator>
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Republicans this year seem to be more energized than ever.  This years Fifth Congressional Republ]]></description>
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<p>Republicans this year seem to be more energized than ever.  This years Fifth Congressional Republican meeting was no different.  More than 60 people filled the back room at Shatley Springs in Ashe County on Saturday morning.  Owner and former Ashe GOP Chairman Lee McMillan had to add extra seating at tables in an adjacent room.  Most candidates were out on the campaign trail, excepting two.  Congresswoman Virginia Foxx remained in Washington to work on the bailout issue and NC Senate hopeful Jerry Butler.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The debates are set. ]]></title>
<link>http://nc05.wordpress.com/?p=109</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ncfifthdistrict</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Congresswoman Virginia Foxx announces 5th district debate schedule. 
Ashe Middle School
Friday, Oct]]></description>
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<p>Ashe Middle School<br />
Friday, October 24<br />
1pm until 2pm</p>
<p>Triad Today Debate at ABC45 Studios<br />
Wednesday, October 29<br />
2pm until 2:30pm</p>
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<title><![CDATA[A little help from our friends.]]></title>
<link>http://nc05.wordpress.com/?p=98</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ncfifthdistrict</dc:creator>
<guid>http://nc05.no.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/a-little-help-from-our-friends/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Thank you North Carolina Republican Party!  Two new Victory 2008 offices have opened to help the GO]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you <a href="http://www.ncgop.org" target="_blank">North Carolina Republican Party</a>!  Two new Victory 2008 offices have opened to help the GOTV effort in our district.  Volunteers are needed, and you can work out of your local GOP headquarters.   Work on the point system and get rewarded with cool campaign gear.  If you are interested feel free to contact one of these fine gentlemen listed below.</p>
<p>Kevin Turner <a href="mailto:turner@ncgop.org">turner@ncgop.org</a><br />
(Ashe, Alleghany, Alexander, Wilkes, Watauga)<br />
149 Meadowview Drive<br />
Boone, NC 28607<br />
(573) 647-1616</p>
<p>Thomas Coley <a href="mailto:coley@ncgop.org">coley@ncgop.org</a><br />
(Davie, Forsyth, Rowan, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin)<br />
2110 Cloverdale Ave. Suite D<br />
Winston Salem, NC 27103<br />
(336) 724-6000</p>
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<title><![CDATA[5th District Meeting]]></title>
<link>http://nc05.wordpress.com/?p=83</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ncfifthdistrict</dc:creator>
<guid>http://nc05.no.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/5th-district-meeting/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There will be a 5th Distrct Executive Committee Meeting on Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 10:00 am.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There will be a 5th Distrct Executive Committee Meeting on Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 10:00 am.  The meeting will be held at Shatley Springs in Ashe County. </p>
<p>We will be discussing the upcoming elections and the different county activities and events leading up to the election. </p>
<p>If you have any questions, please contact Dan Barrett at e-mail Dan@Barrettfirm.com or Teresa Miller at (336) 838-5610 or e-mail tlm0509@embarqmail.com.             </p>
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<title><![CDATA[Federer edges through in thriller ]]></title>
<link>http://expressyoureself.wordpress.com/?p=855</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
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Federer last lost at the US Open against David Nalbandian]]></description>
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<p class="first"><strong>Roger Federer came through a desperately tense five-set encounter with Igor Andreev to keep his bid for a fifth straight US Open title alive.</strong></p>
<p>The champion showed the frailty that has dogged him all year as he was taken to a fifth set but raised his game to win 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 3-6 6-3.</p>
<p>Andreev took the first set and had seven break points at the start of the second but Federer managed to hang on.</p>
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<p>Muller, a qualifier, stunned Russian fifth seed Nikolay Davydenko 6-4 4-6 6-3 7-6 (12-10) in a dramatic match.</p>
<p>Federer had looked superb in his third-round win over Radek Stepanek, but his recent frailties were in evidence throughout against Andreev on Arthur Ashe Stadium.</p>
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<p><!-- E IBOX --> He made 60 unforced errors and faced 15 break points, and his survival was largely due to the fact that Andreev converted just two of them.The Russian broke at the first attempt and should have taken the set from there, but he allowed Federer back in at 5-5 before edging the tie-break.</p>
<p>A nervous Federer then framed a smash to slip 15-40 down early in the second but Andreev failed to capitalize on five break points, and a further two in the next game.</p>
<p>Still the world number two struggled with his form, missing two set points in the second set tie-break before Andreev handed him the set with a wayward forehand.</p>
<p>That gave Federer a temporary boost and when he cracked away a cross-court forehand to break for 3-1 in the third, the game appeared up for Andreev.</p>
<p>But at the same stage in the fourth set Andreev benefited from a hugely fortuitous net cord and confidently served out to take it to a decider.</p>
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<p><!-- E IBOX --> At last, Federer reminded everyone of why he has won 12 Grand Slams as he stepped up a gear, moving 3-0 clear after winning an epic rally to break.It was hardly downhill all the way after that as the Swiss fought off four break-back points at 4-2, but his fighting spirit saw him through to a meeting with <strong>Muller</strong>,the world number 130.</p>
<p>"He was playing well," Federer said of Andreev. "He broke me so easily at the beginning and I was struggling to get in a groove from the baseline.</p>
<p>"The second set was key for me to get back in the match. I served well but it was a tough match."</p>
<p>Davydenko could not cope with Muller's serve-volleying and a barrage of 20 aces on Louis Armstrong Stadium.</p>
<p>Muller pulled out his best shots when it mattered, serving an ace to save a set point at 4-5 in the fourth set and saving another with a big serve at 6-7 down in the tie-break before getting a net-cord on match point.</p>
<p>"I think it's not about that last point," said Davydenko. "It's about many points. I had so many chances."</p>
<p>In the same half of the draw, third seed <strong>Novak Djokovic </strong>edged out Tommy Robredo 4-6 6-2 6-3 5-7 6-3.</p>
<p>The Serbian will play American <strong>Andy Roddick </strong>in the last eight after the 2003 champion thrashed Fernando Gonzalez 6-2 6-4 6-1.</div>
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<title><![CDATA[Aranauam, Axé, Saravá]]></title>
<link>http://estudoreligioso.wordpress.com/?p=238</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>CMaduro</dc:creator>
<guid>http://estudoreligioso.no.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/aranauam-axe-sarava/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Aranauam - O termo aranauam é composto de duas partes:
ara (luz)
anauam (paz)
Logo,traduz-se por ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Aranauam - </strong>O termo aranauam é composto de duas partes:</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">ara (luz)<br />
anauam (paz)</p>
<p>Logo,traduz-se por “paz e luz”.</p>
<p><strong>Axé - </strong>O termo ashé é composto pelas três letras arquetipais do alfabeto adâmico (A, S e Th) e representa o princípio vital de realização do espírito; Em outras palavras, é o que dá vida ao Universo Material.</p>
<p><strong>Saravá - </strong>O termo saravá significa o movimento das energias sutis, isto é, quando se pronuncia saravá está se colocando em movimento (dinamizando) as energias e vibrações sutis do<br />
campo astral.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Color en el tenis]]></title>
<link>http://eldepo.wordpress.com/?p=135</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>eldepo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://eldepo.no.wordpress.com/2008/06/10/color-en-el-tenis/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[El francés Gaël Monfils llegó a la semifinal del Roland Garrós. Este hecho, poco trascendente, f]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>El francés Gaël Monfils llegó a la semifinal del Roland Garrós. Este hecho, poco trascendente, fue el disparador de este post en homenaje a los negros que hicieron historia en el deporte más blanco.</p>
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<p><a href="http://arthurashe.org/home/">Arthur Ashe</a> fue el primero en su color [<a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Ashe#Su_lucha">en su raza según Wikipedia</a>] en ganar Wimbledon en 1975. Su concienzudo genio no lo dejaba disfrutar de las comodidades burguesas clásicas de un número uno del tenis y utilizó el dinero en luchas contra el SIDA (enfermedad que sufrió en carne propia) y el Apartheid en Sudáfrica.<br />
"Hablar ante audiencias sobre el SIDA se ha convertido de algún modo en la función más importante de mi vida"<br />
"No quiero ser recordado por mis logros tenísticos, eso no es ninguna contribución para la sociedad. Eso fue puramente egoísta; eso fue para mí"<br />
"Sé que nunca me hubiera perdonado si hubiera elegido vivir sin un propósito humano, sin tratar de ayudar a los pobres y desafortunados, sin reconocer que quizás, el regocijo puro de la vida viene al tratar de ayudar a otros"<br />
El francés Yannick Noah quedó en el recuerdo, con sus dreadlocks, por ser el primer y único negro que ganó un Rolanda, torneo blanco si los hay, en 1983. Se destacó además como <a href="http://www.yannicknoah.com/">músico</a> y confesó que se <a href="http://www.cannabis.com.ar/candep.htm">fumaba un porro de vez en cuando</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Foxx sponsoring e-stub bill]]></title>
<link>http://nc05.wordpress.com/?p=28</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 13:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ncfifthdistrict</dc:creator>
<guid>http://nc05.no.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/foxx-sponsoring-e-stub-bill/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Foxx sponsoring e-stub bill

By Ron Fitzwater

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx circulated a letter to he]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="header1">Foxx sponsoring e-stub bill<br />
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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx circulated a letter to her fellow representatives on Capital Hill May 9th seeking support and co-sponsorship for legislation she believes will save 5th District taxpayers millions of dollars.</p>
<p>In the letter Foxx pointed out to colleagues that unlike many privately owned companies and some state governments, the federal government did not offer an option to send employee paycheck stubs electronically, resulting in millions of dollars in printing costs being paid for with tax dollars.</p>
<p>Foxx suggests that unlike traditional paper stubs, e-stubs ensure on-time delivery of payroll information and are safer and less susceptible to identity theft because they do not include private information such as social security numbers and home addresses.</p>
<p>Foxx is confident that she can get support in the congress for the bill simply on its merits.</p>
<p>“I feel certain that we will get a lot of co-sponsors for the bill because it is a good idea that will save a lot of money,” Foxx said.</p>
<p>Although the federal government employs nearly three-million people in dozens of agencies around the world Foxx said there would be no cost other than time for programming the system, but “just saving every pay stub having to be printed every month, and now some federal employees are going to be paid twice a month, it logically will save millions of dollars just because they won’t have to print those stubs. We already have everybody in a computer system to receive email and so folks will be able to get it through their e-mail. It would seem to me to be a fairly minor change to be made in the program to have the information simply sent to an e-mail address as opposed to having it printed out,” Foxx said.</p>
<p>Although Foxx is presenting the program as optional for federal employees she said that the future of the program if enacted could become mandatory depending on how fiscally conservative the majority of congress is but she doesn’t think that it would become mandatory anytime soon.</p>
<p>On how this legislation would benefit citizens in the 5th District, Foxx said that they were interested in how congress was spending their money.</p>
<p>“In my experience we have a lot of common sense people who are saying ‘cut federal government spending everywhere you can and this is one way to do it,” she said.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[mardi gras indian - ashe cultural centre new orleans louisiana]]></title>
<link>http://jacobsfotos.wordpress.com/?p=68</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 03:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>me</dc:creator>
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mardi gras indian during costume contest - st josephs day [mar 31 2008] ashe cultural arts centr]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>stephberger</dc:creator>
<guid>http://homeneworleans.no.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/32/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I finally got my videos off my camera, so here&#8217;s a clip.  The first half is Jeffrey Cook talki]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I finally got my videos off my camera, so here's a clip.  The first half is Jeffrey Cook talking about his role in our project.  We happened upon a friend of his who was in the midst of renovating a huge space in Central City.  The second half was from our class meeting today.  Barnes discusses what we'll be working on in the next few weeks with our found objects.  Enjoy!<span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/MQgLdB-W5sA'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/MQgLdB-W5sA&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span>We're heading back to the EOC on Friday to start collecting stories from the elderly.  Hopefully we'll get some good responses to the items we bring in.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Final Fantasy XII: Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca Figure]]></title>
<link>http://japantoys.wordpress.com/?p=244</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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From game Final fantasy XII, Ashe or Ashelia B&#8217;nargin Dalmasca (アーシェ・バナルガ]]></description>
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<p ALIGN="justify">From game <a HREF="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000F5IH2I?tag=agaboo-20&#38;camp=14573&#38;creative=327641&#38;linkCode=as1&#38;creativeASIN=B000F5IH2I&#38;adid=000AA73N1HGS2AE5DFZ6&#38;" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Final Fantasy XII">Final fantasy XII</a>, <strong>Ashe </strong>or<strong> Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca</strong> (アーシェ・バナルガン・ダルマスカ Āshe Banarugan Darumasuka) is a 19 year-old Hume princess and main female protagonist of the game, fighting to liberate her kingdom, Dalmasca, from the Archadian Empire. The only living child of King Raminas and the sole heir to the throne, she married Rasler Heios Nabradia shortly before Archadia's invasion of Dalmasca. Her husband died in the battle to protect Nalbina Fortress directly following their marriage, (on the border of fellow Nabradia, Rasler's home state), making Ashe a young widow. Though their people believed that their marriage was political, they actually loved each other, evident as she still grieves for him and still wears her wedding ring two years after his death. She was thought to have commited suicide, but took on the alias, Amalia (アマリア Amaria), to serve as the leader of the Resistance before joining the group. Her intention on getting revenge on Archadia, for the horrors its militant forces had committed on her people, was manipulated by the Occuria to reinforce their rule over Ivalice. Along the course of the story, the Occuria created an image of the late Rasler to lead Ashe wherever they needed her to go. In their encounter, the Occuria offered her Nethicite to rule as another Dynast-King, and conquer Ivalice at their stead. At the final moment, however, Ashe rejects the Occuria's offer and declined to use the Nethicite. Ashe acknowledges Larsa's intention to stop the war between the two empires, and finally makes her way to Vayne in the Sky Fortress Bahamut to end it.</p>
<p ALIGN="justify">A year after the Bahamut's crash, Ashe is crowned Queen of Dalmasca and eventually rejoins her friends in protecting the peace they had ensured from the mysterious Judge of Wings on Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wings. Her main weapon eventually becomes hand-bombs instead of being a sword wielding warrior.</p>
<p ALIGN="justify">Despite having been created for Final Fantasy XII, Ashe was first introduced in the 2004 crossover board game Itadaki Street Special. She also appears in Itadaki Street Portable. <a HREF="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000RGYJVS?tag=agaboo-20&#38;camp=14573&#38;creative=327641&#38;linkCode=as1&#38;creativeASIN=B000RGYJVS&#38;adid=1RTQA8KYXN874VR5QH77&#38;" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca">See details</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[What we found]]></title>
<link>http://homeneworleans.wordpress.com/?p=21</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>stephberger</dc:creator>
<guid>http://homeneworleans.no.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/what-we-found/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I finally got to join the Central City team as we headed out to collect found objects.  I took a ton]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I finally got to join the Central City team as we headed out to collect found objects.  I took a ton of pictures and a couple of videos, but am having technical difficulties getting the videos from camera to computer.  Because images often speak louder than words, I've decided to put together a slideshow from this morning's adventure.To give you a frame of reference, we started out at Ashe, then walked all around Central City.  We discovered a few abandoned fields, a collapsed restaurant, a house whose walls had all come down, and a lot of great items.  On our way back to Ashe, Jeffrey Cook ran into a friend, who was in the middle of renovating an old department store.  The last few images are from the amazing work he's been doing, converting the space into a studio and loft.  Check out the video below (and enjoy the music from Final Fantasy, not the video game):<span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/uTTRW2UKQ2g'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/uTTRW2UKQ2g&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span>Check back later in the week for video clips and interviews!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Megaman ZX Advent]]></title>
<link>http://tracia.wordpress.com/?p=114</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>~ Céfiro</dc:creator>
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Género: 2D • Acción • Plataforma
Desarrollador: Inti
Publica: CAPCOM
Clasificación ESRB: E10]]></description>
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<p><b>Género:</b> 2D • Acción • Plataforma<br />
<b>Desarrollador:</b> Inti<br />
<b>Publica:</b> CAPCOM<br />
<b>Clasificación ESRB:</b> E10+<b><br />
Clasificación PEGI:</b> 12+<br />
<b>Fecha de Salida:<br />
</b><sup><b>JPN</b></sup> 12 • Julio • 2007<br />
<sup><b>USA</b></sup> 23 • Octubre • 2007<br />
<sup><b>EUR</b></sup> 29 • Febrero • 2008<br />
<b>Jugadores: </b><img src="http://i1.tinypic.com/4ibm81z.gif" alt="Un Jugador" height="10" width="10" /></p>
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<p align="left"><span class="msnoticia">Capcom nunca ha tenido mayor reparo en explotar hasta la saciedad sus sagas por antonomasia. El caso de Megaman es uno de los más sangrantes de la industria; en los últimos años la empresa nipona ha sacado a la luz numerosas continuaciones para el hombre de hierro, entre las que destacan precisamente las dos de NDS, StarForce inspirado hacia el rol y ZX, la vertiente más arcade y típica de la serie. Esta se convirtió a su salida en uno de los juegos más vendidos de la portátil gracias a su fórmula retro que sin incluir apenas cambios con respecto a los títulos originales, en parte gracias a su extrema similitud con Megaman X. Tanto es así que el resultado de la suma entre Megaman Z y X –ambos spin-off con sede en Nintendo- es el causante de este binomio que hoy analizamos.</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="msnoticia"></span><a href="imagenMML%20('cw4697b29820538');"><img src="http://plataforma.meristation.com/EPORTAL_IMGS/GENERAL/juegos/NintendoDS-Accion/23/IMG-cw4697b29820538/MeriStation_E3_MegamanZXA_2pe.jpg" alt="Megaman ZX Advent (Nintendo DS)" align="middle" border="0" height="287" width="380" /></a></p>
<p><b>El mundo del futuro</b></p>
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<p>ZX Advent narra la historia de dos personajes distintos que por motivos dispares han descubierto un Biometal, como recordaréis la base sobre la que se sustentan estos dos últimos Megaman, por lo que será menester elegir a uno de los dos en pos de comenzar la historia. Al contrario que en la aventura original, en Advent los dos personajes principales gozan de ciertas diferencias entre sí, poco acentuadas pero de cierta relevancia a lo largo de la aventura. Mientras que Grey es rápido y habilidoso, Ashe centra sus ataques en la fuerza física relegando la velocidad a un segundo plano.</p>
<p><span class="msnoticia"><b>Apartados técnicos</b></span></p>
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<p>En cualquier caso en ZX Advent, amén del sistema de juego que comentaremos a posteriori, también prima el aspecto técnico, o al menos el gráfico, otra de las características que siempre ha cuidado muy bien Capcom y que en ZX ya demostró dominar a la perfección. Ya comentamos anteriormente el ligero desfase temporal que ha habido entre la aparición de un cartucho y otro, un problema del que en cierto modo se desentiende ZX Advent al cambiar gran parte de los decorados donde transcurre la acción.</p>
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<p>Laboratorios, túneles subterráneos, oficinas, edificios en llamas, destruidos…, si ZX Advent también recuerda al sistema clásico de la saga Metroid –scroll horizontal, acción en tiempo real, grandes escenarios…- pero se desentiende del título de Nintendo en todo lo que respecta a la ambientación. De nuevo son los parajes desoladores y post-apocalípticos los que más presencia tienen durante la aventura, sin olvidar a los personajes secundarios cuyo papel es casi irrisorio y muy en la onda de un juego que lo único que pretende es, básicamente, ofrecer acción a raudales.</p>
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<p>Si gráficamente el juego se mantiene a un nivel aceptable –o casi notable-, el sonido es harina de otro costal. Poco se puede decir sobre la música o las melodías que hacen acto de presencia durante el juego, de corte electrónico con la clásica mezcla entre el ‘beat’ y las potentes guitarras eléctricas que como de costumbre son las más llamativas del apartado. Por desgracia el doblaje al inglés es una lacra más que un beneficio, con voces estereotipadas y lejos de cualquier signo de emotividad. No es tanto un problema del juego como un elemento extra que no hacía falta y que en este caso, para colmo, no beneficia en nada al cartucho. Hubiese sido preferible que mantuvieran las voces en el idioma japonés.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="imagenMML%20('cw4697b2981da12');"><img src="http://plataforma.meristation.com/EPORTAL_IMGS/GENERAL/juegos/NintendoDS-Accion/23/IMG-cw4697b2981da12/MeriStation_E3_MegamanZXA_1pe.jpg" alt="Megaman ZX Advent (Nintendo DS)" align="middle" border="0" height="287" width="380" /></a></p>
<p><b>Jugabilidad</b></p>
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<p>De cualquier modo es la jugabilidad del juego lo que a priori presenta novedades sustanciales con respecto a ZX, no sólo por el ‘nuevo’ argumento ya mentado sino también por las novedades que nos ofrecen en esta ocasión los BioMetales, indistintamente de a qué protagonista escojamos.</p>
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<p>Nuestros nuevos héroes cuentan con la posibilidad de clonar o adquirir las habilidades especiales de sus enemigos al derrotarlos: hablamos claro está de los enemigos más fuertes e imponentes de la aventura, esos que alargan la vida del cartucho. Nunca un Megaman nos había permitido transformarnos directamente en un robot enemigo para hacer uso de sus habilidades, siempre se había puesto en práctica un sistema remotamente similar pero no haciendo uso de la transformación al uso.</p>
<p><span class="msnoticia">Este aspecto mejora enormemente el aspecto gráfico del juego entre otras cosas gracias al variado diseño de monstruos que hallaremos por donde transcurra la acción. El sistema del juego nos incita a probar nuevas habilidades, conseguirlas todas, e incluso a pasear allá por donde queramos para abrir el juego a una falsa apariencia de libertad absoluta que nos ofrece la posibilidad de realizar las misiones a nuestro antojo y en el momento deseado. Capcom no ha conseguido dar forma al tan anhelado sistema de juego sin tener que pasar primero por obligarnos a realizar ciertas misiones y por llevar al juego hacia una linealidad –típica en todos los Megaman- que se equivocan al tratar de suprimir. Megaman nunca ha sido una saga conocida por sus innumerables posibilidades al estilo GTA, sino más bien por ser endiabladamente divertido aún a costa de no dar al jugador mucho margen a que piense hacia donde ir o por qué camino continuar.</span></p>
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<p>Aparte de estas nuevas habilidades contamos con nuevas funciones destinadas para el stylus, aún muy de cara a la galería y sin funcionalidad real dentro del juego, y con la inclusión de un pequeño mapa que facilita algo más la exploración por los diferentes escenarios de los que se compone la aventura. Dos modos de dificultad que se amplían una vez terminado el juego, algunas sorpresas –como disfrutar del Megaman azul celeste original- y poco más.<b></b></p>
<p><b>Conclusión</b></p>
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<p>¿A qué atenernos con ZX Advent? ¿Es un juego nuevo, una ampliación? El término correcto sería ‘secuela’ con algunas novedades jugables que mejoran la calidad general de su antecesor, aún contando con algunos problemas de poca relevancia en un cartucho de estas propiedades y sin aportar nada nueva al género, aunque sí a la saga –lo cual por otro lado tampoco quiere decir mucho-. Hará las delicias de los aficionados y de todo aquel que se acerque por primera vez a un juego de estas características, con un apartado gráfico muy bien cuidado y con un sistema de juego que mantiene la diversión del original.</p>
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<p>No esperes por ello encontrarte ante un juego totalmente nuevo, sino más bien ante un cartucho mejorado de un título que ya de por sí podía presumir de contar con una calidad a nivel general muy alta. Salvando los problemas sonoros –melodías repetitivas, doblaje al inglés terrible-, el juego no padece de ningún otro problema llamativo o que pueda mermar la vida útil del cartucho, algo que, a decir verdad, pocos títulos pueden afirmar.<b></b></p>
<p><b>Lo mejor</b></p>
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<li><i>Las novedades en la jugabilidad.</i></li>
<li><i>Varios modos de dificultad abren las puertas a los jugadores menos experimentados.</i></li>
<li><i>Gráficamente se mantiene en la misma línea de su antecesor. </i></li>
<li><i>Megaman puro y duro, sabrá satisfacer a los hardgamers.</i></li>
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<p><b>Lo peor</b></p>
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<li>El sonido, más que nada las voces en inglés.</li>
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<p align="left"><b>Descargar:</b><br />
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<title><![CDATA[Ashe County a veteran to Operation Inasmuch]]></title>
<link>http://ncoperationinasmuch.wordpress.com/?p=37</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>operationinasmuch</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Despite being without a pastor at this time, Friendship Baptist Church in Jefferson, NC is proceedin]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Despite being without a pastor at this time, Friendship Baptist Church in Jefferson, NC is proceeding with plans to participate in Operation Inasmuch Day on April 19th. This is not the first time, Friendship Baptist has joined together to reach out to the community in this way. They do it every year. Among the projects they do:<br />
•    Cleaning up limbs from ice storms<br />
•    Free car wash<br />
•    Light constuction<br />
•    Painting houses<br />
•    Cutting fire wood<br />
•    Baked goods handed out at the local Wal-Mart.<br />
According to Youth Pastor Darryl Giles, <b>they do all kinds of “servant evangelism”</b> on that day.</p>
<p>Several other churches in Ashe County are considering joining Operation Inasmuch Day. Two that have confirmed are Cornerstone Fellowship and Bald Mountain Baptist in West Jefferson. Here is a round-up of activities at Bald Mountain Baptist in West Jefferson, NC.</p>
<blockquote><p><i>This packed two day event is designed to revive young people and old alike to reach their community for Christ with many projects throughout the community going on simultaneously. It may be yard clean up, roofing for a home that just burned, beautifying a school or church yard, assisting someone at a supermarket, car clinics, construction projects, Bible Clubs and many other opportunities! Adrian Despres will be our speaker on Friday night and then on Saturday morning after our morning session we will go out into the community to accomplish numerous projects in groups. We hope you will join us as we try to partner with all the local churches to reach our community for the cause of Christ! Adrian is on staff with Kingdom Building Ministries and travels extensively as an itinerate evangelist. He has a heart to see this generation raise up and be "real". Adrian and Lisa Despres have four children: Rachel, Branson, Kaitlyn, Benjamin Alma Maters: Furman University, Greenville, SC (BS - Biology); Columbia International University, Columbia, SC (M Div) check out Adrians website @ http://www.adriandespres.com/</i></p></blockquote>
<p>Darryl Giles<br />
Friendship Baptist Church<br />
336-982-2080 (church office)<br />
darryl_3d@yahoo.com<br />
Bald Mountain Baptist Church<br />
1460 Bald Mountain Road, West Jefferson, North Carolina 28694, United States<br />
Phone: 336-877-1550</p>
<p>Cornerstone Fellowship<br />
270 Barnett St<br />
West Jefferson, NC 28694<br />
(336) 846-3954</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Finding lost objects]]></title>
<link>http://homeneworleans.wordpress.com/?p=24</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>stephberger</dc:creator>
<guid>http://homeneworleans.no.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/finding-lost-objects-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Led by local artist Jeffrey Cook, our team finally headed out into Central City.  The main goal was ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Led by local artist Jeffrey Cook, our team finally headed out into Central City.  The main goal was to become familiar with the area, and also to find lost objects.  The greatest find was an old wood stove (I’ll post a picture later!), but we have a ton of great objects.  After meeting this morning, we decided to use the found objects to create a 4-foot-tall fleur di lis, decorated and shaped with the things we’ve found in Central City, to give to the EOC.  Here are a few pictures from the expedition:</p>
<p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/insilico/Creative1.jpg" alt="" width="528" height="400" /></p>
<p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/insilico/FridgesonPorches.jpg" alt="" width="533" height="399" /></p>
<p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v736/insilico/SecretGardenLight.jpg" alt="" width="528" height="400" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Humoreska JE Victora Ashe]]></title>
<link>http://manobuso.wordpress.com/?p=196</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>vertok</dc:creator>
<guid>http://manobuso.no.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/humoreska-je-victora-ashe/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Wczoraj wieczorem byłem w podłym nastroju, ale na szczęście trafiłem na list Ambasadora USA  do]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wczoraj wieczorem byłem w podłym nastroju, ale na szczęście trafiłem na list Ambasadora USA  do "Dziennika" w sprawie ruchu bezwizowego.</p>
<p>Ubaw po pachy. Z listu, przepełnionego bzdetami o sojuszu, najzabawniejszy jest taki fragment:</p>
<blockquote><p>Prezydent Bush uprawomocnił niedawno zmianę polityki wizowej, która ma ułatwić Polsce sprostanie wymogom związanym z włączeniem do ruchu bezwizowego.<br />
Jednak płynący stąd przekaz, iż <b>wszyscy</b> pragniemy, by Polska zakwalifikowała się do programu ruchu bezwizowego i cieszymy się, że kraje nasze łączą tak silne więzi, zbyt często jest przeinaczany.</p></blockquote>
<p>I następny cytacik:</p>
<blockquote><p>Należy bowiem podkreślić, że program ruchu bezwizowego <b>dotyczy wyłącznie turystów oraz przedstawicieli biznesu</b> uczestniczących w spotkaniach i seminariach. Chociaż oferuje oczywiste ułatwienie, <b>w rzeczywistości ogranicza czas pobytu</b> w USA - ze 120 dni przysługujących posiadaczowi wizy do 90 dni w przypadku obywatela kraju objętego ruchem bezwizowym.</p></blockquote>
<p>[Pamiętajcie! Jedziecie do stolicy kraju kapitalistycznego. Który to kraj ma być może i swoje plusy. Rozchodzi się jednak o to, żeby te plusy nie przesłoniły wam minusów.- Miś, jak zwykle z cytatem na wszystko]</p>
<p>A na koniec:</p>
<blockquote><p>Praca bez pozwolenia oraz nielegalne przedłużanie pobytu nigdy nie wchodziło w zakres "amerykańskiego marzenia".</p></blockquote>
<p>Tyle wybitny satyryk Ashe.</p>
<p>Amerykanie są absolutnie bezwstydni. Rżną głupa i wysyłają to jeszcze do gazet. Dzięki takim produktom ichniej dyplomacji rośnie we mnie amerykanofob.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Central City]]></title>
<link>http://homeneworleans.wordpress.com/?p=9</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>stephberger</dc:creator>
<guid>http://homeneworleans.no.wordpress.com/2008/02/12/central-city/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hey guys.  So the Central City team isn&#8217;t getting started until next week, but I thought I]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey guys.  So the Central City team isn't getting started until next week, but I thought I'd clue you all in as to what we're trying to do in our part of New Orleans.The team will be heading over to New Orleans EOC Central City Senior Center where they'll be meeting elderly patrons who stay at the Center during the day.   Between one-on-one conversations and story circles, the students will be gathering information about the patrons' histories.   If you don't know, story circles are just what they sound like -- circles of people sitting around sharing stories.   There are some basic rules to the story circle (no interruptions, you don't have to tell a story, etc.), but the idea is to create personal connections between people that might not otherwise be revealed.After digesting these stories, the team will be heading out into the surrounding community to search for found objects, which will be constructed into an art piece for the center.  Hopefully, the final project will represent both the individual stories and the way they come together.  We'll also be working closely with <a href="http://www.ashecac.org/">Ashe Cultural Arts Center</a>, whose goal is to "combine the intentions of neighborhood and economic development with the awesome creative forces of communtiy, culture and art               to revive and reclaim a historically significant" part of New Orleans.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[My New Blog]]></title>
<link>http://jerrybutler.wordpress.com/?p=4</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jerrybutler</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jerrybutler.no.wordpress.com/2008/01/29/my-new-blog/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Welcome to my new weblog.   I am campaigning for a seat in the North Carolina State Legislature as s]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to my new weblog.   I am <span class="style24">campaigning for a seat in the North Carolina State Legislature as senator representing Alexander, Ashe, Watauga and Wilkes counties.   I hope to post regularly to this blog with my thoughts and ideas for making a difference in our area, NC District 45.</span></p>
<p>Please feel free to comment or raise issues important to you.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[En kåring uten verdi]]></title>
<link>http://asadnoy.wordpress.com/2007/12/08/en-karing-uten-verdi/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Åsmund</dc:creator>
<guid>http://asadnoy.no.wordpress.com/2007/12/08/en-karing-uten-verdi/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Kåringer er en perfekt anledning til å vise sin inkompetanse. Det viser vi av og til her i Norge ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kåringer er en perfekt anledning til å vise sin inkompetanse. Det viser vi av og til her i Norge år vi tildeler Nobels fredspris, mens amerikanerne har perfeksjonert kunsten i sine årlige Grammy-, Oscar- og Sportsman of the year-utdelinger.</p>
<p>Sistnevnte deles ut av Sports Illustrated, som huser den glimrende tennisjournalisten Jon Wertheim. Men ledelsen av bladet kan ikke ha mange hjerneceller på deling. For tredje år på rad hadde de muligheten til å gi prisen Årets idrettsmann til årets suverent beste idrettsmann - Roger Federer.</p>
<p>Det er ikke bare jeg som mener Federer skulle hatt prisen for lengst. Federer er tre år på rad kåret til årets sportsmann i prestisjetunge Laureus Awards.</p>
<p>En nærmere kikk på <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportsman_of_the_Year" target="_blank">vinnerlisten</a> til Sports Illustrated understreker at amerikanerne har et helt annet forhold til hva som er viktig idrett enn alle andre. Amerikanerne er verdens beste år etter år. Maradona? Pele? Hvem er det? Den eneste mannlige tennisspiller som har fått prisen er Arthur Ashe, 12 år etter at han la opp, noen måneder før han døde.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[vaan ]]></title>
<link>http://springtime.wordpress.com/2007/06/17/vaan/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>maiyue</dc:creator>
<guid>http://springtime.no.wordpress.com/?p=55</guid>
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Another Vaan sketch!  And Ashe, ich love her!
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<p>Another Vaan sketch! :) And Ashe, ich love her!</p>
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