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LA-based Live Streaming Co. Covers Big Productions with Tiny Footprint
By: Allie Gavette
BC Live Productions is a full-service live streaming company that produces concerts, corporate client webinars, sporting events and other live events. The team also provides rental equipment, but their main service is producing live events for clients like Avid, Disney, Honda, Cisco, Google, Capitol Records, and YouTube Space LA.
With such a wide variety of clients and events to produce, one of the challenges that Brett Collins, owner of BC Live, encountered was the variety in workspace sizes at venues. He needed a workflow with equipment that could fit discretely into a small church, yet be powerful enough to cover a major concert venue. The type of content is varied as well, so he needed equipment that would be versatile enough to shoot very basic to very complex events, resulting in the same consistent, high-quality end product.
Smaller Equipment, Smaller Footprint
Last year, Collins added a few NewTek TriCaster Minis to his collection of studio equipment for rent and for hire. It quickly became the go-to unit for anything that involves traveling, because it fits in a small carry-on case.
"It's good when you don't have to whip out the big guns for a remote shoot," said Alex Hobbs, BC Live producer. "I can fit the TriCaster Mini and a Canon C300 in a small Honda coupe, and have a full-scale production."
Not long ago, BC Live was hired for a special broadcast of the Que Buena radio show in LA. The shoot was in a recording studio's control room, which was very small. He had to fit his equipment and his team in that tight space, and had it not been for the new workflow, they would have had to structure the whole thing differently—an inconvenience for both the client and the production crew. He ended up putting the equipment on a small workbench in the corner and it worked out perfectly.
Now Collins can scale up and down easily, depending on the production. He might send one or two people to operate the TriCaster and the camera, or he could send a full crew—anywhere from one to 25 people.
Workflow is generally similar across all BC Live productions, with customizations made for different types of events.
For audio, ambient mics (usually Sennheiser 416s) and headset/mics are input into the Mackie 1604 Mixer, along with at least one wireless handheld mic, which goes through a wireless microphone trans/receiver. All mixed audio is input into the TriCaster Mini. Also going into the TriCaster Mini are pre-made graphics from a laptop, which are fed directly into Mini's HDMI input. One secret weapon on the conversion front is the Decimator DMON-4S, which acts as 4 x SDI-to-HDMI converters in one little box. By adding this to the kit, BC Live is able to easily convert 4 SDI cameras into HDMI for use with the Mini. Canon C300s are a favorite of BC Live because they deliver that classic Canon look and work very well in low light. At concerts, the A1 will give them a feed, then they record ISO cameras as well as line-cut. Audio and Video is then output from the TriCaster Mini through an HDMI cable into a Client Confidence Monitor to preview the content being streamed online or to whichever destination the customer prefers.
"A lot of it comes down to portability and the power you get in a small unit because we can easily slide into any production environment, and we don't take up a huge space," said Collins.
Sometimes the production environment is simply the back of a truck. If someone is switching cameras from there, Collins can carve out a tiny corner and give the client a complete streaming solution with just one person. He bought a USB bus-powered monitor for the TriCaster that can all fit together in one case, so he is literally one power cord away from being up and running.
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BC Live uses this workflow in places where they already know the space won't be very large—typically for corporate clients, schools, and church services, where they don't want a lot of bodies and gear that may be disruptive. It doesn't look like a huge production is happening, even though the end product looks like a professional-grade broadcast.
The new workflow's portability and flexibility allows BC Live to access spaces and clients which would have been a much bigger challenge before.
"It makes live streaming accessible to a whole new market of people," said Collins. "The price point opens the door to a range of clients that we would have been out of reach prior to this."
BC Live's clients choose to use them for productions because they have a familiarity with live streaming platforms and with the gear itself. Hobbs says that there's an expectation in online content now. They're in the live streaming realm, and when it's well done, it looks like TV online—and now audiences have come to expect it.
However, the reality is that a lot of companies aren't willing to spend a lot of money on something that just lives online for that one moment in time. That's where BC Live comes in.
"Our clients need a partner that understands what that looks like, and at an affordable price," said Hobbs. "You really have to sell the prospect that yes, it's being created for web delivery, but what we're creating is a switched, live-to-TV-like product. It's a VOD archive for their website or channel that will continue to provide value long after the event is over."
BC Live clearly doesn't need to work too hard to convince people of the benefits of live streaming. As demonstrated by their continued evolution and success, Collins and his team intend on sticking around for more than just a moment.
Small Footprint Workflow:
- For audio, any combination of handheld, lavalier, or overhead mics as well as ambient mics are input into a small audio mixer (often a Yamaha 802VLZ4).
- All mixed audio is input into the TriCaster Mini.
- Pre-made graphics from a laptop, which are fed directly into the Mini using the laptop's HDMI output
- Canon C300s are converted from SDI to HDMI using a Decimator DMON-4S.
Audio and video is then output from the TriCaster Mini through an HDMI cable into a Client Confidence Monitor, to preview the content being streamed online or to whichever destination the customer prefers. Gear list for a typical small footprint 2-camera sporting event:
- 1 TriCaster Mini
- 2 Canon XA-25 or Canon C300 Package
- 2 Tripods
- 4 100 ft SDI
- 2 20 ft HDMI
- 1 Mackie 802VLZ4 Mixer
- 1 42" Confidence TV Monitor
- 4 Short HDMI Cable
- 2 Clear Comm AB 120
- 1 x BTR800 Wireless PL
- 4 x David Clark Isolating Headsets
- 1 Decimator DMON-4S (4X SDI to HDMI Converter)
- 1 Wireless Microphone Trans/Receiver
- 5 IEC, 2 Power Strips, 2 Extension Cords
- 2 ¼" to XLR Male
- 2 ¼" to ¼" Male
- 2 25 ft XLR
- 2 100 ft XLR
- 2 x 100' SDI
- 4 x 50' SDI
- 4 x 25' SDI
- 2 Sennheiser 416 Mics
- 2 Mic Stands
- 1 Headphones
- 1 Gaff Tape
- 1 100 ft Cat5 Cable, Network Switch More Photos from BC Live:
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[From an article by Cody Liska, featured in Insight Magazine, that mentions the Malleus Maleficarum]
In a dimly lit cave, a sorority of witches stands around a bubbling cauldron, cackling as they await the witching hour. Their faces are lousy with sores and their breath putrid with death. Behind their abysmally black eyes, the devil can be seen looking back… plotting. The night yields a full moon, magic is aplenty. They'll need all the help they can get. After all, an unbaptized infant is a delicacy. The midnight bell tolls – time to act. And in devilish accordance, they snatch their broomsticks and vanish into the night.
Although a Medieval foreboding of a witch is a far cry from today's understanding of one, it's difficult to skirt the misconception. It has a permanent locale in our collective unconscious. Needless to say, a real witch lacks these stereotypical prerequisites.
Sixty-three-year-old Ellyn Darrah is a witch. In fact, she's a High Priestess. She writes and orchestrates rituals, dances around campfires and drinks mead. She is not possessed, nor does she eat babies. She's more like a hip grandmother than a spooky spell-caster. The depth of her quirkiness is immediately obvious as she orders a vegetarian pizza with pepperoni.
Twenty years ago, Darrah began her journey as a witch. It all started in her college years back at the University of Santa Barbara, California, when a poster read "Come Celebrate Mother Goddess" caught her attention.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. – MMAjunkie.com is on scene and reporting live from today's "Strikeforce Challengers VI: Kaufman vs. Hashi" event.
Tonight's show takes place at the San Jose Civic Auditorium. The main card airs live on Showtime.
Following along with our round-by-round updates and official results, which begin at approximately 8:30 p.m. ET (5:30 p.m. PT local time) for the preliminary card and 11 p.m. ET for the main card.
Tonight's event features a main event between female fighters Sarah Kaufman and Takayo Hashi, who mill meet for Strikeforce's first-ever welterweight (135-pound) title, as well as a co-feature between South African veteran Trevor Prangley and fast-rising French prospect Karl Amoussou.
To discuss tonight's show, be sure to check out our "Strikeforce Challengers VI: Kaufman vs. Hashi" discussion thread.
Enjoy the fights, everyone.
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RONALD CARILLO VS. ANTHONY DE LOS SANTOS (a)
Round 1 – Carillo with a vocal cheering section in the San Jose Civic Auditorium's upper deck as most fans are still finding their way to their seats. The fighters touch glove and Carillo kicks high immediately. De Los Santos answers low, but Carillo is fast-paced with multiple kicking attacks. Carillo changing level while De Los Santos continues to work low. Very fast pace to open. Carillo lands a right hand and clinches. Carillo pushes his opponent to the cage, and looks for a guillotine choke. It's not there, but he spins, leaps up and locks in a second attempt. De Los Santos remains calm and Carillo eventually slides off. De Los Santos backs away and the pair stands. Another high kick from Carillo before he shoots in. De Los Santos is on his back, and Carillo moves to side control before the bell rings. Action-packed two-minute round that MMAjunkie.com sees for Carillo, 10-9.
Round 2 – De Los Santos opens up jabbing and lands a few low kicks. Carillo clinches and shoves him to the cage. De Los Santos circles off and pulls away. Another clinch from Carillo results in a trip to the floor. De Los Santos sets up in half-guard. Carillo works a few short right hands to the body and head. As he passes to mount, De Los Santos rolls to his belly. Carillo looks for a choke, but he switches to an arm-bar in a scramble. It's textbook, and it's locked in. Facing the floor, De Los Santos can't escape and is forced to tap and save his arm. Ronald Carillo def. Anthony De Los Santos via submission (arm-bar) – Round 2, 1:20.
STEVE DICKEY VS. ALAN LUMMEL (a)
Round 1 – Heavyweights in the cage for the evening's second fight. Lummel clinches quickly and pushes Dickey to the cage. Lummel holds the Thai clinch, but Dickey powers him off and throws a few wild haymakers. They connect, and Lummel is forced to retreat. He moves straight back, and Dickey continues the wild assault. A few more shots land, and Lummel falls to the floor against the cage. Dickey throws a few more right hands to his downed opponent to seal the deal, and the fight is quickly waved off. Steve Dickey def. Alan Lummel via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 0:33.
RENEE ROBINSON VS. LILIA SALAS (a)
Round 1 – A touch of gloves gets the first female action started. Robinson comes out swinging, and Salas immediately drops for the shot. Robinson fends it off and moves to the back as Salas turtles. Salas trying to control the arms of her opponent while on her knees, but Robinson has the hooks firmly in place. Robinson realizes the choke isn't there and turns to big right and left hands. The flurry comes quick, and Salas has no answer from her belly. The TKO finish comes quickly and justly. Renee Robinson def. Lilia Salas via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 1:06.
JOHNSON NGUYEN VS. JESSE TOBAR (a)
Round 1 – Nguyen charges forward with heavy blows, but Tobar pulls guard as the two crash to the floor. Nguyen walks him to the cage, and Tobar rolls out for an arm-bar. He misses, and Nguyen pounces. Tobar scrambles to top position. There's nothing there, and the two stand. Nguyen lands a big right hand, and Tobar falls to the floor. He grabs a leg to regain his wits, but Tobar forces him to his back and moves to mount. Tobar eats a heavy shot and rolls to his belly to avoid damage. Nguyen lands a few shots but can't maintain position. Tobar stands, but Nguyen immediately sends him back to the floor with a toss as time expires. MMAjunkie.com sees it as a clear round for Nguyen, 10-9.
Round 2 – Cautious start, and Tobar shoots in and earns an early takedown. He moves immediately to the back. Tobar rolls to his own back with both hooks in. The rear-naked choke is quickly applied as the fighters roll onto their right sides. Nguyen surviving, and he rolls to his knees. Tobar re-adjusts his grip with firm control of the back, and Nguyen is forced to tap. Tobar impressive after dropping the opening frame. Jesse Tobar def. Johnson Nguyen via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 1:24.
TRISTAN ARENAL VS. GEORGE MILLER (a)
Round 1 – Miller opens with a jab. Both tentative early. Miller works a right hand in, but he eats a counter when he misses a big left. Fireworks ensure from both. Miller opens up too much and loses his footing. Arenal moves to the back as the fighters hit the floor. Arenal has the hooks in and goes for the rear-naked choke. It's not there, and he switches to the arm-bar. Miller moves to his feet, stacks his opponent, and eventually frees his arm. Arenal is forced to pull guard. Miller throws a few punches, but there's no real weight behind them as time expires. MMAjunkie.com sees the first round for Arenal, 10-9.
Round 2 – Miller again opens with a jab. Similar start as first round, but Miller not reaching quite as much. Now he is. Miller misses on a wild left, and Arenal with another well-timed powerful counter. Miller is wobbled, and Arenal unleashes. A few more powerful hooks connect, and Miller drops to the canvas. Arenal pounces and forces the TKO stoppage. Miller's sloppy attacks cost him big. Tristan Arenal def. George Miller via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 0:30.
SAMUEL BRACAMNONTE VS. CHRIS STEWART (a)
Round 1 – Rowdy arena as the two local square off. Bracamnonte moves forward quickly and pushes into a clinch. Stewart throws knees inside and circles off. Bracamnonte answers with right hands to the ribs and puts him back against the cage. Bracamnonte pushes for a single-leg, but Stewart briefly snags a guillotine choke. Bracamnonte quickly out and in top position. Bracamnonte spins out to north-south, but Stewart stands. Now Stewart shoots in, but Bracamnonte sprawls against the cage. Bracamnonte eventually falls, but only to a seated position, as the frame ends. Close two-minute round, but MMAjunkie.com likes Stewart with the choke attempt and the better strikes on the feet, 10-9.
Round 2 – Immediately into a clinch, and Stewart earns a takedown. Back up quickly, and Bracamnonte returns the favor. Bracamnonte in half-mount, and Stewart is trapped against the cage. Stewart wall-walks up to his feet, but it's immediately back on the floor. Bracamnonte on his butt in side control, and he reaches in and traps the left arm in an old-school maneuver. He can't crank the arm, and instead he settles for holding dominant position until the bell. MMAjunkie.com sees the second for Bracamnonte, 10-9, though the first was indeed a close call and the score is tight going into the final frame.
Round 3 – No clinch this time. Toe-to-toe swinging is even. Bracamnonte slides over to the back and looks for the takedown. Stewart holds the cage to prevent it, but he releases and hits the floor. Stewart looks gassed. Bracamnonte moves to mount easily, and Stewart has little room to maneuver against the cage. Bracamnonte turns to the ground and pound, and the referee watches closely. A few more shots connect with little-to-no resistance, and the fight is waved off. Samuel Bracamnonte def. Chris Stewart via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 0:59.
Round 1 – In the first pro fight of the night, Phillips slips on an early high kick. Lawson clinches as Phillips returns to his feet and delivers a few knees as he pushes his opponent to the cage. Chants of "Let's go Lawson" erupt. Lawson continues to drive in for a takedown, but Phillips sprawls well and remains on his feet. Phillips spins off the cage, and the two reset in the center of the cage. Lawson lands a few nice right hands before returning to the clinch. More shots come in as uppercuts in the clinch. Lawson earns a takedown and goes to work on the ground and pound. After a few blows, there's a stand-up, and Lawson gets a warning for shots to the back of the head. Lawson moves back into the clinch after the restart ad lands more uppercuts inside. Lawson works another takedown, and moves to the back when Phillips scrambles. It's not in, and Phillips escapes to top position. Lawson rolls, and now Phillips is on the back. One hook is on, though he rolls over and gets the second. Now on his back, Phillips has the rear-naked choke. Lawson appears fine, and he eventually slides out and turns in. Phillips switches smoothly out to an arm-bar. Lawson is trapped and has no choice but to give up. Wayne Phillips def. Eric Lawson via verbal submission (arm-bar) – Round 1, 4:27.
Round 1 – Undefeated middleweights it the cage as the evening's televised fights get underway. Dan Stell calls the action. Castillo circles in a Thai stance. Medeiros patiently looks for an opening. Both trade jabs. Medeiros scores with a combination and resets. Castillo snaps in a low kick. Medeiros misses on a counter. Medeiros jabs and Castillo shoots. Fight hits the floor, but Medeiros immediately back to his feet. Castillo keeps the body lock. Two minutes in. Castillo pinned to the leg as he pushes against the cage. Medeiros remains on his feet, and Castillo backs away. Castillo shoots in again, but he can't get the takedown. Medeiros returns to stalking. Castillo again ducks under a punch, but Medeiros' defense is strong. Castillo again pinns to the leg as Medeiros has his back to the cage. Medeiros lands a knee inside and pushes away. More hands land for Medeiros, but he doesn't leap in. Medeiros lands a sharp overhand right. Castillo with a low kick, but Medeiros' hands are starting to land. Another overhand right. Castillo looks for a leg, but he eats more shots. Castillo looks wobbled, but he survives by shooting in again. MMAjunkie.com sees it for Medeiros, 10-9.
Round 2 – Castillo circles again to open. Medeiros comfortable in the center. Castillo shoots, but Medeiros lands a knee, punches. Superman punch lands for Medeiros. Castillo looks to have little to offer right now. Medeiros' hands very low. He's only worried about the shot. Jab lands for Medeiros. Overhand right connects, and Medeiros is picking his opponent apart. Spinning attack as Medeiros is very comfortable. Hands extremely low now, but Castillo can't capitalize. Two minutes in. Medeiros peppering Castillo at will. Castillo circling away, and he's abandoned the shot in round two. 1-2 lands for Medeiros, and he follows with a kick. Medeiros bobbing and weaving. Castillo backs away to boos from the crows. Medeiros kicks to the body. Castillo circling and shoots in again. Body lock, but Medeiros retreats to the cage and defends well. Castillo backs away and kicks to the leg. Medeiros patiently stalks. Castillo shoots and tries to attack with a knee on the scramble, but it misses. Medeiros lands a jab as time winds down, and he cruises to another round on the MMAjunkie.com card, 10-9.
Round 3 – Touch of gloves for the final round. More of the same for Castillo. Medeiros attacks to the body and head. Castillo shoots in again, and he's again unsuccessful. He briefly threatens the back, but Medeiros walks his flank to the cage. Uninspiring attack from Castillo. Castillo pressing against the cage, but the fight is restarted in the obvious stalemate. Medeiros stalking and popping his jab. Left hand stuns Castillo. There's a heated striking scramble, but Castillo lands a knee the the cup. It halts the best action of the bout, and the fight is restarted after a brief delay. Crowd wants Castillo to let it go with two minutes left. Castillo collapses after catching a right hand, but he jumps back to his feet quickly. Medeiros returns to the center of the cage. Castillo shoots again with less than a minute, but Medeiros shucks him off and to the floor. Medeiros stands over him briefly before letting him stand. Castillo shoots again, and Medeiros defends again. Big right nearly lands for Medeiros as time expires, but he'll have to settle for a one-side decision win. Yancy Medeiros def. Raul Castillo via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
Round 1 – Not much love for Saffiedine as he enters the cage against the hometown fighter in Terry. Jason McCoy the third man in the cage. Terry misses on a high kick, Saffiedine lands one low. Saffiedine feigning while looking for openings. Saffiedine goes to the legs, and Terry whiffs on the response. Saffiedine lands a right hand. Saffiedine scoring up the middle with his hands, and Terry missing on the counter. Saffiedine continues to use head movement to keep Terry off-blance. Terry shoots o but is cast aside. Traded right hands. Terry misses a knee. Saffiedine evades another combo. Terry lands a left, but Saffiedine in with a shot, too. Saffiedine kicks high. Saffiedine showing crisp Thai boxing. Terry attacking in spots but missing. Saffiedine with a knee up the middle. Saffiedine with a left hand that connects. Terry active, but he's having trouble finding range. One minute left. Terry shoots in, and Saffiedine pulls guard. Saffiedine scrambles back to his feet quickly. Terry charges forward but lands nothing. Saffiedine answers with a 1-2. Saffiedine again to the leg, and Terry winces briefly. Bell sounds, and it's Saffiedine, 10-9.
Round 2 – Quick punches traded to open. Saffiedine backs away and resets. Saffiedine kicks to the leg, and Terry says it landed low. Brief break. Saffiedine continues to punish the legs. Saffiedine leaps in with a knee, and Terry slides out of a Thai plum. Crowd tries to motivate Terry, but he's running into a solid opponent. Saffiedine lands a left, and a mid-kick sees Terry fall away. Saffiedine misses on a right and resets. Terry still moving forward, but Saffiedine countering effectively. Terry lands a slapping kick. Terry misses on a leaping punch, and Saffiedine answers with a few straight shots. Less effective attacks in the second, but Saffiedine still in charge. Saffiedine again to the lead leg. Terry gets a lead uppercut in. One minute left. Terry evades a punch and clinches, but Saffiedine slides away. Traded low kicks.Terry shoots but Saffiedine sprawls, and the round ends. Another round for Saffiedine, 10-9.
Round 3 – Terry eats a right hand, and Saffiedine attacks. Saffiedine lands with his hands and his feet, and he looks intent on finishing. Right hand scores. Terry shoots in, but Saffiedine pops back to his feet immediately. Terry keeps a body lock and throws a few knees to the leg. Saffiedine pulls away, and Terry's bleeding on the left side of his face. Terry clinches, but Saffiedine knees and pulls away. Right hand for Saffiedine. Terry fading, but he throws up a high kick. More offense from Saffiedine. Knee in the clinch. Saffiedine again to the lead leg. Saffiedine leaps in with a knee. Two minutes remain, and a right hand scores. Terry clinches and eats a knee. He;s running on fumes and eats a knee. Saffiedine breathing heavily as well, and the punches have lost a little zip. Low kick wobbles Terry. Crowd firmly behind Terry again, but he's had few chances to shine. One minute left. Both fighters tiring, but Saffiedine certainly earning the best yet again. Spinning back kick lands to the gut for Saffiedine. Terry shoots in, but Saffiedine switches on the takedown and winds up in mount. A few shots sneak in before the final bell, and it's all Saffiedine. Tarec Saffiedine def. James Terry via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
Round 1 – Rockhold just misses on a high kick to open. Bradley lands a few punches before moving away. Rockhold kicks high again, and his reach advantage is evident. Rockhold stalking after another kick bad a 1-2. Right hand drops Bradley, and Rockhold jumps on top. Bradley gathers his wits quickly, and he's got a loose half-guard. Bradley scrambles to his knees, then his feet. Bradley misses a jab. Rockhold land a counter straight that drops Bradley again. Bradley wobbled, but he returns to his feet. A series of knees land against the cage, and Bradley crumples again. The attack is astounding, and with the San Jose crowd on its feet, the bout is waved off. Luke Rockhold def. Paul Bradley via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 2:24.
Round 1 – Prangley takes the center. He rushes forward but runs into a few shots to the jaw. Prangley pushing forward again, but Amoussou looks to tee off on the counters. Amoussou bobbing and weaving, but he's only looking to counter early. Crowd wants action, but Prangley patient after initial exchanges. Prangley clinches, knees, and shoves Amoussou away. A second clinch sees Amoussou forced to the floor, and he takes half-guard. Prangley on top at the halfway mark, but Amoussou holding well from underneath. The stalemate earns a standup. Amoussou lands a right and moves away from a clinch attempt. Amoussou punches and tries to toss Prangley. Quick seres of blows from both fighters. Amoussou quicker, but Prangley showing a chin and delivers a counter right hand. Amoussou again lands a few strikes and moves away. A left hand staggers Amoussou, but it was an open-handed blow, and Amoussou right eye has been compromised. Doctors come in to take a look. Amoussou having trouble opening the eye, though he seems to say he wants to continue. Nevertheless, the fight is waved off. Amoussou appears disappointed at the decision, but it's too late. Karl Amoussou vs. Trevor Prangley results in a technical draw (accidental eye-poke) – Round 1, 4:14.
Round 1 – Dan Stell calls the evening's main event. Hashi opens with a low kick. Kaufman answers with a straight right. Kaufman throws over the top of another low kick. Left hand lands, and a right drops Hashi. She pops right back up. Kaufman clinches, and Hashi's back is to the cage. Hashi tries to circle off, but Kaufman keeps thw pressure on. Kaufman with a few knees inside, but the fight is restarted in the center. Kaufman lands a left and follows with a kick to the legs. Kaufman with another straight left.She's patiently picking Hashi apart. Kaufman lands a right over the top, and Hashi wobbles when a left scores. Hashi backs away, and Kaufman stays in front. Three minutes in. Kaufman lands a right. The smaller Hashi has little in the way of return fire. Hashi throws an off-balance kick. Kaufman lands again to the head. She's not over-committing, but she's landing Kaufman catches a kick and lands a counter straight. Hashi shoots in on the leg as she hits the floor. Kaufman sprawls well and pulls away. Action is back on the feet. Kaufman lands a low kick. Round ends, and it's all Kaufman, 10-9.
Round 2 – Kaufman again in the center, and she looks to utilize her hands. Hashi jabs but eats a kick. Kaufman presses forward conservatively but scores again. Hashi refuses to follow to the floor. Kaufman landing lefts and rights at will, but she's not opening up completely. Hashi lands a nice right hand, but Kaufman stays in the pocket. Halfway through the second. Hashi moving away. Kaufman lands a straight, then catches a kick and lands another. Crowd wants Kaufman to open up. Kaufman methodic in her attack. It's working, but it leaves a little to be desired in the way of aggression. Kaufman lands a right hand inside. Moderate action as time winds down in the second. It's another round for Kaufman, though it's less impressive than the first.
Round 3 – Some of the crowd filing out as the third frame opens. Kaufman catches a kick and puts Hashi on her back, but she still refuses to engage on the floor. Kaufman lands a 1-2. She appears to have little to concern herself with on the feet, butshe's still refusing to unleash. Kaufman lands to the legs. A right hand lands inside. Hashi backing away, but she hasn't figured out how to turn the fight into a grappling match. Two minutes in. Kaufman lands a few right hands inside, but this once-electric crowd has gone relatively silent. Kaufman continues to control the pace and the flow of the fight, but she simply isn't letting her hands go. Hashi dropped, but Kaufman refuses to engage on the ground. The fighters clinic, and Kaufman delivers a nice right hand after a missed knee from Hashi. Kaufman lands a few jabs, and Hashi shoots in. Kaufman backs away and time runs out in the round. Another round for Kaufman, though even more fans head for the doors.
Round 4 – Championship rounds. Kaufman leads with a low kick, then a straight. Hashi continues to move away, and Kaufman refuses to open herself to a counter. Clinch from Hashi, but she can't overpower Kaufman. The action stalls, and the fight is restarted. Kaufman sticking with her jabbing attack, and a few get through. But the punches aren't followed. Hashi shoots in, but with two minutes left, Kaufman simply shrugs it off. Hashi sneaks in a punch on the break and then shoots again. Kaufman sprawls out and Hashi is left on her butt. Kaufman sneaks a punch in before pulling away. The energy in the building is non-existant. Time winds down in the fourth, and a decision finish appears inevitable.
Round 5 – Fighters touch gloves for the final round. Kaufman again lands with her jab. A stiff straight lands, and Kaufman does open up a bit and flurry. There are no boos in the building, but there are plenty of pleas for action. Hashi shoots in, but she's again unable to convert. Kaufman backs away and the action resets. Fires have cleared arenas slower than this as the majority of the crowd looks for the exits. Kaufman in complete control of the action, but there's little of it. Hashi moves in and flops to her back. She tries to tie up a leg, but Kaufman pulls away. Hashi trying desperately to score a submission but it's not there. Hashi lands a nice front kick to the face. Hashi tries a kick to the body. Kaufman catches it, but nothing there. Less than a minute, and Hashi catches a shot to the eye. Brief halt to the contest, but she squints through it and wants to continue. Hashi shoots in desperation, and there's nothing there, either. Time winds down, and Hashi tries one more time, but she'll come up short. Sarah Kaufman def. Takayo Hashi via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45).


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Interacting with naked people while on duty is required of San Francisco police officers at least annually. If one is not assigned to provide escort for the doms and slaves at the Folsom Street Fair, then there is the gay pride parade to contend with. Photographing naked people, off duty, however is punishable behavior—or so discovered Officer Gared Hansen, who enjoys creating fantasy scenarios with full-bodied mermaids and sorceresses.
The 36-year-old San Francisco Police Department officer accuses the department of violating his right to free speech by suspending him twice for his off-duty hobby of "creative photography" and nude "figure study," according to his complaint filed on Aug. 9 in a federal court.
Thanks to the 36-year-old cop's suit, a federal judge in Oakland is now saddled with making a ponderous precedent: Do police officers have the right to take and publish nude photos in their free time? Though cops with a penchant for sexy succubi may be rare, this case has important implications for other public employees with hobbies that their employers may find objectionable.
The seven-year officer served 10 days of suspension this January following an internal affairs investigation stemming from a photo shoot in an abandoned hotel in March 2010.
That's when four sheriff's deputies and a sergeant in neighboring Contra Costa County cited Hansen and his two models—er, sexy ghosts—for trespassing onto private property. When asked why he was there, Hansen identified himself as an SFPD officer and said that he was taking photos. Hansen says the deputies asked if he had a website for his photos. He said yes, which was enough for his bosses to claim that he was "establishing a nexus between [his] employment as a San Francisco Police Officer and [his] personal website."
Though his website did not mention his work for the SFPD, this amounted to "conduct which reflects discredit on the department," according to the complaint.
His department's distaste for his hobby did not come as a surprise. He was suspended previously in 2009 when his employer first learned of his side project and decided to investigate whether it violated the mission of the SFPD. There was no definitive ruling, but Hansen says that that the repercussions continued in the form of "punishment assignments" like transporting inmates to jail.
"I don't believe that artistic expression brings discredit to anything," explains Hansen, who describes his photos as art, not porn. "I believe that the work I make is beautiful and interesting and so do my friends and family … It seems like creating art is a benefit to the department."
Hansen, who works as a patrol officer in San Francisco's crime-heavy Mission District, has since taken down his site and put his fantasy photo shoots on hold. But his pre-existing body of work continues to be accessible via a site owned by his wife. Visitors to www.peanutart.com enter a (not-safe-for-work) world full of bare-breasted she-wolves, nymphs perched seductively on trees, and other freaky creatures with come-hither faces and prominent curves. Most of the women's bare skin has been painted—or Photoshopped—with bold otherworldly colors.
So what's the likelihood that Hansen will be able to expand his online portfolio after hours, without additional repercussions? It depends, say legal experts pointing to a haze of overlapping precedents setting boundaries around public-sector employees' First Amendment rights. The most important was Pickering v. Board of Education, a 1968 Supreme Court ruling in favor of a small-town teacher, who had been fired for criticizing the board.
Since that decision, cops and other public employees' rights to free speech on and off duty has been protected by the First Amendment under two conditions: First, the content of the speech had to be a "matter of public concern"—meaning it must have some political or social relevance. And second, employees' free speech interests had to outweigh the employers' interests to efficiently operate.
Nudity—often in the form of pornographic content—has been muddying the waters ever since, begging for legal clarification to questions like: Are naked photos a matter of public concern? And when do public employer's interests outweigh employees' right to read, make, or sell something that could be considered offensive to others.
Courtesy of some ballsy plaintiffs and hard-thinking jurists, we have some answers. For example, reading Playboy (in uniform and on-duty) at the firehouse is a constitutionally protected right since 1994. That was the year a federal judge ruled that Los Angeles County Fire Department's anti-sexual harassment measure banning the magazine imposed "severe limitations" on the First Amendment rights of Captain Stephen Johnson. The fireman celebrated with the declaration that he'd bring a copy to work the next day.
Meanwhile, posing for Playboy in uniform and with your department's gear even off-duty has been legitimate grounds to be fired ever since 1996. That was the year Carol Shaya Castro lost her suit, after she was terminated for appearing in a spread titled "N.Y.P.D. Nude: One of New York's Finest Steps Out of Uniform." A New York appellate court found she brought disrepute to the NYPD and reasoned that the agency's interests outweighed her own.
For similar reasons, selling eBay videos of yourself stripping out of a generic cop uniform resembling your real one, while masturbating (off duty, no less) is not protected speech to the consternation of a San Diego police officer identified only as John Roe. The Supreme Court determined in 2004 that Roe's—ahem—products were not a matter of public concern and his attempts to identify himself as a law enforcement officer—even if generically—brought San Diego PD disrepute.
By comparison, Officer Hansen's off duty artistic endeavors seem tame, say legal experts.
"The question becomes whether the public employer's interests in a disruption-free, efficient workplace trump the public employee's free-speech rights," says David Hudson, a legal scholar at the First Amendment Center. "I don't see how his photography causes a disruption or even creates a huge morality problem."
For now, the San Francisco Police Department isn't talking. A spokesman there declined to comment on its reasons for suspending Officer Hansen but did confirm that he is still employed there.
Martin Mayer, an attorney for the California Peace Officers Association, who represents law enforcement agencies in discipline cases against their own police officers, seems optimistic that Hansen's work will get First Amendment protection.
"Publishing nude photos could be considered a matter of public concern," says Mayer. "Because we like it."


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Urban renewal
Some districts or quarters of down have "aged" and are no longer in keeping with current needs or standards. For example, a compelling need for action in a district may stem from the following characteristics:
- A concentration of buildings there exhibiting a severe need for modernization and restoration,
- A longer, enduring period of extensive vacancies,
- An absence of "residential support facilities" such as kindergartens or shops, or where these exist they are of inferior quality,
- Problems in the residential fabric or the public space, such as the inadequate provision of areas for children to play, scant green areas or problematic transport links or traffic problems,
- Social conflicts or flashpoints.
In order to take an integrative approach to addressing the problems in districts that are especially hard hit, urban planning can bring a combination of various support instruments to bear as a comprehensive package of measures. At any rate, the goal is always urban renewal, social stabilization and the strengthening of the local economy in order to emphatically foster the quarter's identity and how the inhabitants identify with their surroundings.
Based on various methodologies, urban renewal instruments are currently being applied in the following areas.


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Sichuan, a south western chinese province, dates back to the 15th Century BC. Sichuan, with over 80 million people, is home to the Giant Panda preserve in the capital Chengdu. In 1997, Chongqing, the world's largest city with 29 million people, was split off of Sichuan to form it's own municipality. To put that in perspective, it's about the size of the 16 largest US cities, combined.
But what has made Sichuan truely world famous is its cuisine. Known for its spice, the very word Sichuan has become synonymous with heat. from chinatowns the world over, Sichuan cooking has made its way into the fabric of global culture. And while Sichuanese cooking is famous, it is not known for being refined. That is, until you have the real deal.
Beijing, as China's capital city, is home to representatives from all of its provinces. Chuan Ban Can Ting is the restaurant owned and run by the Sichuan Provincial Government Office in Beijing. And it is spectacularly delicious.
Of particular note is the Kung Pao Xia, Fried Prawn Balls with Chili Sauce. Now, for a full disclosure, I am NOT a fan of Kung Pao. It is a staple of every bad Chinese restuarant; made everywhere, rarely well. But this dish convinced me of why Kung Pao is so popular. It is because the real dish is so damn good. Perfectly cooked, succulent king prawns, crunchy, earthy peanuts, scallions and red chilis come together with to form a balanced, sweet and firey dish. And that is what is so surprising. It's sweet with a strong base of heat that is left simmering by the peanuts. Amazing.
Mixed Yong Soybeans with Vegetables
Lobber Chicken
Sauteed Pea Sprouts
Fried Prawn Balls with Chili Sauce (Kung Pao Xia)
Duck Smoked with Tea Leaves
Sichuan Cold Noodles
Young Chicken Chongqing Style
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Sometimes Labor Day busiest around home
Certain things come to mind on Labor Day weekend – travel, cookouts and home improvement projects. If you're staying local this weekend, you'll likely notice more congestion and longer wait times in some areas. Here are a few things to keep in mind during your holiday weekend.
Shopping: Retail outlets will be hopping while locals go shopping. Labor Day weekend often sparks those home improvement projects you've been putting off. The two home improvement stores and three big box stores could bring a lot of traffic to the 1 1/2-mile stretch of East Franklin Boulevard where they sit. Both Lowe's Home Improvement and Home Depot have sales this weekend to entice do-it-yourselfers to take on those end-of-summer tasks.
Travel: Interstates and highways get bogged down during most holiday weekends. According to Capt. W.S. Melton with the Gaston County Police Department, these should see the heaviest travel:
Melton also anticipated heavier traffic around most retail outlets.
Entertainment: Those of us staying home may tire of manning the grill after a cookout or two. Regal Cinema could see an influx of moviegoers with a chance of rain throughout the weekend. Redbox locations could also get a lot of action. And both the Belmont and Bessemer City Kings Mountain drive-ins will be open Saturday and Sunday. Public pools will open for the final weekend of the season, so expect a lot of swimmers in the water.
Travel times: A higher volume of traffic on the highways is expected during certain times because of out-of-town travel. Expect more cars on the major highways on Friday afternoon, Saturday morning and Monday afternoon.
You can reach Diane Turbyfill at 704-869-1817 and twitter.com/GazetteDiane.


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State certified marijuana doctors are now certifying patients in Hugo online using MedCard Telemedicine. After receiving a medicinal marijuana card from the state, patients can shop for medical cannabis products at dispensaries near Hugo.
To get your marijuana card online, simply fill out the form below and press submit. You will be contacted by a doctors office to set-up your appointment. You will also receive a follow up email with the details. Legal Residents Only Please
MMJ Patient Registration Form
Find Hugo Marijuana Doctors near you on the map.
MN Veterans For Cannabis Legalization
Local Veterans everywhere have expressed strong support for cannabis to help treat medical conditions they face as a result of serving our great country. The most common being Pain Management and PTSD, which is a spectrum anxiety disorder caused by trauma.
Currently, Veterans have to go out of the network to find Hugo medical marijuana doctors for a cannabis recommendation, ridiculous. Does medical marijuana help veterans? When interviewed, one Combat Wounded Marine stated, "Weed is a miracle for PTSD, sometimes I think I smoke a lot, then it occurred to me that I haven't wanted to hit anyone in 6 months." We're sold!


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Early yesterday morning I went to midnight mass at the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus. On Monday, I noticed it right across the street from where I'm staying while I'm in New York this week (for Mechon Hadar's Singing Communities Intensive). I've never been to a Catholic midnight mass, though I think I've gone to an Episcopalian one before, and I was curious.
Right before I arrived, I posted on Facebook that I was going to the service. I was a little nervous in doing so. I was comfortable in my decision: I think it's perfectly fine for me to attend another religion's services (as long as they also think it is), and my hope is to do interfaith work, which I can't do unless I'm willing to "border cross" (a term I borrow from the lovely UU folks). But I did wonder how it would look, and, truth be told, that factor is made more complicated by the fact of my conversion. I don't want my decision to be mistaken for nostalgia (which it couldn't be, because Catholicism was not my tradition, and indeed was as foreign to me as Judaism when I first came to it) or ambivalence about Judaism (which it absolutely isn't). Simply put, this was cultural tourism — which I hope I pulled off with sensitivity.
The service turned out to be a really powerful experience, and in sharing it with a few of my fellow seminar participants, I realized I wanted to write about it here.
It turns out that I was in no way the only Jew who went to midnight mass on Erev Christmas. A group from my seminar went to St. John the Divine for its late service. And a rabbi who was a mentor to me when I lived in D.C. commented that my post made her miss "her" church, the one she used to go to on Christmas Eve when she lived in New York. As it turns out, in an amazing coincidence, this church *is* her church. And the church itself recognized that outsiders might be in attendance: When he offered the invocation, the pastor welcomed the parishioners, as well as "our friends of other religions who have joined us tonight."
The service was in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole, reflecting the diversity of the parish. Indeed, there was a striking variety of race and socio-economic status among the attendees. And the three languages were well-integrated; none was token. Many readings and hymns were only offered in one language, with translations printed in the other two languages. The main reading, the story of the birth of Jesus from the gospel of Luke, was read verse-by-verse in the three languages. It seemed like two of the associate friars were native Spanish and Creole speakers, respectively.
The service was really moving. (My friends said the same thing about the service at St. John the Divine.) The building's Gothic Revival architecture is strikingly dramatic, and it was decorated with lots of lights and greenery. The music was beautiful, and at the end of the service the choir sang the Hallelujah chorus from Handel's "Messiah." (The one odd moment was seeing one of the friars carrying an old plastic doll supposed to represent the baby Jesus during the procession.)
I found myself watching the service through a lens informed by the seminar that I'm participating in this week. The annual program at this egalitarian yeshiva is focusing on the High Holidays; we're studying Torah related to music and the days' liturgies, melodies, and nusach. Christmas and Easter, I imagine, are the church's High Holidays. These are the two times a year when it has an opportunity to reach parishioners who don't come the rest of year. As with synagogues, there is probably enormous pressure to make the service accessible and engaging.
I especially saw this in the pastor's homily. He talked about the angels' injunction to the shepherds, upon announcing the birth of Jesus: "Don't be afraid." He addressed some of the most vulnerable members of the congregation, including queer folks and undocumented immigrants, reassuring them of G-d's love and message to them not to be fearful.
Everyone exited the church joyfully, wishing those around them a merry Christmas. I was very happy I went. (So was my mom, who I views any way that I am Jesus-adjacent as a positive.)


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Ah Fatal Frame, a series I found quite interesting when I was a little child but fell in love with a few years ago when I was able to get my hands on a collector's edition of the Wii U entry in the series. It was the 5th entry in the series and I loved it so much, I started to hunt down all the other entries in the series. Last year, I was able to get myself all the European released games on PS2, in a physical copy! While testing them out, I enjoyed myself quite a lot with Fatal Frame 2. So, I kept playing that game. It's no secret that I enjoyed myself with this game since I gave a spot on my top 10 games I played in 2018. So what are my actual opinions on this game? Well, let's find out! And as usual, feel free to leave a comment down below with your opinion on the game and/or the content of this article.
PS: The article was originally going to be published this Sunday, but because today is my 26th birthday, I decided to publish it today as a birthday special.
A sisterly bond
The story starts out with two sisters running around in the forest playing. Suddenly, the pass a stone and it looks like the duo entered another dimension. The two get terrified that there is no easy way out and even worse, the two split up. Not willing, mind you. One of the two sisters gets mesmerized with a crimson butterfly that she keeps following.
So, you need to go look for your sister in a creepy and haunted town while you need to escape ghosts and try to find an exit of the city. The setting for this horror game is excellent. The voice acting in this game is really well done, the voices of the two sisters are excellent. I also loved the performances of the ghosts since they kept me on the edge of my seat in certain battles.
The story is mostly told through notes, cutscenes and the environment. There are moments you are together with your sister and there are moments she sees that damned butterfly again. She really likes these red butterflies. Now, the story so far has been quite enjoyable. While sometimes I feel that the story is mostly used to string levels and areas together, it's executed extremely well. I really felt that something strange was happening and that there were higher powers at play.
Now, I am quite curious about where the story of this game will go. The mysteries are getting unrevealed slowly but I still don't have any answers. Now, do you need to play the first game before you can understand the story of the 2nd game? Well, not at all. The story is totally independent of the first game, while a lot of story mechanics return in the second game, all the characters are new.
Also, I haven't beaten the original game myself. Now, you might wonder why I have chosen to play this game on the PS2 and not go for the director to cut on the XBOX or Wii. That has two reasons. One, I don't own an XBOX and two, the physical copy of the Wii game is extremely expensive. Now, when I was finishing up this review, I discovered that the game got released on the Nintendo eShop, so I bought myself a digital copy.
Anyways, we are getting off track here. The story itself is interesting. It's two-fold actually. In one part, it's about how to escape the village and in another part, it's about saving your sister. So, I have the impression that this game has multiple endings. But, I have to beat the game to know that for sure!
Spooky Camera
Because this is a Fatal Frame game, the Camera Obscura shows itself again. If you have played any other games in the series, you know how this game plays. In this game, you have to explore an area that's filled with ghosts. Some ghosts aren't hostile but most of them are hostile. In order to defeat the ghosts, you have to take pictures of the ghosts. The better they are in the frame, the more damage they receive. The damage also depends on the film you use. There is an aspect of survival horror to this game since the amount of film isn't infinite. The stronger films are really hard to find and quite rare.
Combat in this game is an awkward dance with the ghosts. You have to come close to snap a good picture. But, if they are too close, they can grab you and you get damage. So, you have to move backward. Now, the camera you use is quite old. So, it needs to recharge after each use. You have audio and visual cues to see when the camera is recharging.
To be honest, I found the combat controls better in the Wii U game I played. In my review of Resident Evil 4, I mentioned that I had difficulty with aiming my gun on the PlayStation 2. The same thing applies here. So, each play session, I have to get used to the controls. It doesn't take too long, but it makes me miss the Wii U controls. Maybe when I play the Wii version, I won't have this issue too much.
Now, this game doesn't have an autosave. Much like Resident Evil 4, you can save at certain locations. In this game, it's a red lantern on a pedestal. You have a limited amount of save slots, but that doesn't bother me too much since it helps me to get more points. Side note, there is an improvement over the save system of Resident Evil since there is a small picture accompanying the save file.
Yes, the better the image, the higher the points you get. These points can be used to upgrade your camera. Upgrades like shutter speed or damage output. You can also find upgrades in various, sometimes hidden, locations to get certain things up to a higher level. There is a safer way of earning points as well. If you are able to take a picture of the scripted harmless ghosts, you get some bonus points. So, it's highly advised to explore around and not go to solve the puzzles straight away.
Oh yes, this game has puzzles. Some of the puzzles require you to analyze a photograph and try to work out where it came from. Other puzzles require you to find a certain key item to open a door or to lift a curse on a door in order to progress.
Like a lot of other survival horror games, this game also suffers from some jump scares. Now, I find the build-up to the jump scares pretty good. Most of the jump scares happen a bit off-screen when you haven't encountered a ghost for a while. In the Wii U game, the jump scares were way worse. Also, it's quite possible to miss some jump scares if you didn't explore certain areas of the room.
Exploring the city and the buildings is made much easier with a great map system. The map draws itself while you are exploring. The area only adds itself when the area is discovered. Also, when a door is locked, the door isn't shown in blue but in red. Now, if you unlock a door when solving a puzzle that is somewhere else on the map, I don't know for sure if the door also changes to blue. Since, to be honest, I haven't paid attention to that.
There are a few additional things to the combat and gameplay I'm going to keep a secret for this article. The only thing I'll say about it is that there are a combo system and a few other features. The camera is used in so many different unique and creative ways, it keeps the mechanic from being repetitive.
The atmosphere in the dark
This game is totally worth to wear the title of a horror game. The atmosphere of the game is done extremely well. While this game first released on the PS, this game still looks amazing to this day. Some models and textures do show their age, but the lighting and visual design give an extremely creepy atmosphere. I found myself sitting on the edge of my seat during most of my play sessions. I even went as far as closing the curtains of my room or to play this game at night with a good pair of headphones and in the dark. Only the dim glow of my darkened LCD television to keep me company.
I have played this game without and with my headset on. I found the game better when I played with a headset or with a good sound system. I wouldn't listen to most of the soundtrack outside of the game but in the game, it helps to build a scary atmosphere so well. Some tracks sound like wind blowing through the room or that something is chasing and/or following you. Together with the amazing sound design of the ghosts, this game is just creepy.
The ghosts don't sound either human nor otherworldly. This is especially creepy because the ghosts moan and speak in Japanese. Well, most of them speak Japanese. Some ghosts also speak English and hearing that suddenly makes it even more creepy. They even managed to make picking up items scary with playing animation and a creepy sound effect each time when you reach down to pick up an item. You also never know what the item will be since it's a glowing white orb on the ground. It's also possible to find some items in various drawers and household items. So, explore away!
Now, the bulk of the story is told through the locations you visit. There are some cut scenes where somethings are explained, but the visuals help to tell the story. There are also some moments where you find a stone that tells some additional story to flesh out the story even more. Earlier in this first impression, I talked about how the two sisters entered a cursed village and they are trying to find their way out. In this game, you explore various locations. From a graveyard to a scary forest. You also explore various typical Japanese homes to a big shrine. While I was exploring, I really felt I was exploring an abandoned haunted village. The realism and attention for detail in the visual presentation is amazing.
Something I really want to praise this game for is that lighting. The lighting in this game is one of the strongest points. Of course, the game takes place during the night. It's never light outside. At least, so far. I haven't finished the game after all. The various candles littered around the village help to sell the atmosphere even more. The flashlight that you can control with one of the joysticks of the PS controller works flawlessly.
So, I think it's quite clear that the atmosphere of this game is solid. When you want to play a good horror game, I highly recommend this game. The game also provides you with some good challenges. From tricky ghost encounters to clever puzzles. Now, you can run away from the ghosts, but you'll lose points. And if you don't get enough points, you might not be able to defeat certain bosses easily. Since, points = upgrades.
The controls are something that some people don't like about this game. Personally, I got used to them after a while. I already talked about the struggle I had with the aiming of the camera. But, that also helps in the immersion department in a way. Remember, you are playing as a young Japanese girl trapped in a cursed village looking for your sister and a way to escape. Of course, you are scared and you are looking frantically for a way to defend yourself.
I'm almost forgetting to talk about the animation of this game. The animation in this game gets extremely close to the uncanny valley. I'm convinced that it's in the uncanny valley for some. Especially how certain characters react and express their emotions. For example, how the two sisters like arms when they are witnessing something scary for the first time. They are looking for comfort with each other. It still blows my mind that there was such lifelike animation on the PlayStation 2.
I could continue to talk about this game for a while longer but most of it will be praising the game. If you are a horror fan, you really owe it to yourself to check out this game. The quality of the Fatal Frame series is up there with Silent Hill and the original Resident Evil games. I'll talk a bit more in-depth about the game when I write my review. Consider the things I haven't talked about in this first impression review as nice surprises when you decide to play this game.
With that said, I want to thank you for reading this article. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing this article. I hope to be able to welcome you in another article but until then, have a great rest of your day and take care.


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WASHINGTON – Sales of new homes in the United States plunged last month to their lowest level in more than 12 years, a grim testament to the problems plaguing the housing sector.
The Commerce Department reported Friday that new-home sales tumbled by nine per cent in November from October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 647,000. That was the worst showing since April 1995, when the pace of sales was 621,000.
The sales pace for November was much weaker than economists were expecting. They were predicting sales in the weakest sector of the economy to drop by around 1.8 per cent, to a pace of 715,000.
The median sales price of a new home dipped to $239,100 in November. That is 0.4 per cent lower than a year ago. The median price is where half sell for more and half for less.
By region, sales fell in all parts of the country, except for the West, where they rose.
New-home sales dropped by 19.3 per cent in the Northeast. They plunged by 27.6 per cent in the Midwest and they fell by 6.4 per cent in the South. However, sales increased by four per cent in the West.
Over the last 12 months, new-home sales countrywide have tumbled by 34.4 per cent, the biggest annual slide since early 1991, and stark evidence of the painful collapse in the once high-flying housing market.
That market has been suffering through a severe slump following five years of record-breaking activity from 2001 through 2005. Sales turned weak as did home prices. The boom-to-bust situation has increased dangers to the economy as a whole and has been especially hard on some homeowners.
Foreclosures have soared to record highs and probably will keep rising. A drop in home prices left some people stuck with balances on their home mortgages that eclipsed the worth of their home. Other home buyers were clobbered as low introductory rates on their mortgages jumped to much higher rates, which they couldn't afford.
With credit now harder to get to finance a home purchase, the problems in housing have grown worse. Unsold homes have piled up. The problems are expected to persist well into next year.
Housing demand probably won't show signs of stabilizing until home prices start to drop, said Michael Gregory, an analyst at BMO Capital Markets, in a note.
"But home prices are unlikely to stabilize until housing demand significantly reduces the inventory overhang," he said.
"This is a vicious circle that has pushed homebuilders' confidence to record 22-year lows in Q4, and points to a deepening housing downturn to start 2008."
The housing and mortgage meltdowns have raised the odds that the country will fall into a recession. And, it has given Democrats and Republicans politicians – including those who want to be the next president – plenty of opportunities to spread blame around.
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The economy's growth is expected to have slowed to a pace of just 1.5 per cent or less in the October-to-December. Analysts believe that the housing and credit troubles will force consumers and businesses to tighten the belts, causing the economy to lose considerable speed. The housing slump has been a drag on overall economic activity, lopping more than a full percentage point off growth during the summer alone.


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Natasha Trethewey has been a frequent contributor to NER since 1999, including work in issues 20.2, 22.4, 23.4, 25.4, 27.2, 30.4, and 32.3. Her poems "Genus Narcissus" and "Elegy" are available in full on our website.
She is the 19th United States Poet Laureate and the author of Thrall (2012), Native Guard (Houghton Mifflin), for which she won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize, Bellocq's Ophelia (Graywolf, 2002), which was named a Notable Book for 2003 by the American Library Association, and Domestic Work (Graywolf, 2000). She is also the author of Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast (University of Georgia Press). A memoir is forthcoming in 2013.
Trethewey read from her book of poetry Thrall at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference on August 19, 2012.
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Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of Him who is the head, that is, Christ. – (Ephesians 4:15, NIV)
No, we will speak the truth with love. We will grow to be like Christ in every way. He is the head. – (Ephesians 4:15, ERV)
But instead we will remain strong and always sincere in our love as we express the truth. All our direction and ministries will flow from Christ and lead us deeper into Him, the anointed Head of His body, the church. – (Ephesians 4:15, TPT)
This is such a critical element to growing together as a body. It is not merely speaking the truth, but speaking the truth in love. There is a dramatic difference. Truth in love seeks to help, heal, correct, and make better, every situation and circumstance with ultimate good as the goal. The intent should never be to harm, but rather be to help grow in likeness to Christ. Additionally, we must be careful with our own walk, before we become concerned with the decisions of those around us. Of course, we can care, but in order to be a loving bearer of truth, we must be living out the truth we speak, daily. To speak truth anywhere, there first must be trust. Trust only comes through invested time in relationship. If we are to grow and become mature as a body of believers, we have to be willing to break down barriers, get to know and trust one another, so that we are able to grow together. As we do, speaking the truth in love becomes a "normal" practice, in the same way it does between dear friends, healthy spouses, and various other relationships that are built on trust. May we seek the Lord to grow and mature us in our trusting relationships with Him and those around us, so that we may always speak the truth in love, in the same way that He speaks to us.
May truth be spoken,
Ever wrapped in love;
With intent to grow,
Heart like God above.
For when there is trust,
There's a heart to hear;
What will lead to good,
As love removes fear.
To grow together,
In trust and God's good;
Let love lead in truth,
To do as we should.
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You that You sent Your Son to show us what it is to speak the truth in love. Jesus came and taught, loved, corrected, redirected, and showed us what it is to walk in Your way and grow together as a body. Forgive us for the times that we have spoken without love or without truth; the absence of either is not the way You intended for us to grow. Teach us to trust and rely on You to show us how to build and establish relationships that are full of trust, so that there is safety to always speak the truth in love. Show us how to love those around us in word and deed. May many come into a lasting relationship with You. Be glorified O God, as we love You and love people, ever seeking to speak the truth in love for Your glory. Amen.
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He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. – Micah 6:8


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As I've mentioned, Heinrich Barth remains unknown to the general public despite being one of Africa's greatest explorers. The reasons are complicated, but among them is his nationality. He was a German working for the British—a sentence loaded with historical thorns. In my book, the antagonism between Britain and Germany plays out on both the personal and national levels.
British suspicion and resentment of Germany goes back to at least 1714 when George I, the first Hanoverian king of England, arrived in London from Germany. Georges II through V all married German princesses. Queen Victoria's mother was a German princess. Victoria married a German prince, Albert. These marital alliances brought the countries closer together but also produced an undercurrent of suspicion that Germans were gatecrashers with too much influence on British affairs. (The attitude evidently survives: Princess Diana reportedly referred to her in-laws as "the Germans.")
Similarly, certain people in London resented that one of Britain's greatest African expeditions had succeeded almost solely because of several Germans—primarily Barth but also his fellow explorers Adolf Overweg and Eduard Vogel, the cartographer August Petermann, and Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Ritter, who had recommended Barth for the job. Though some factions of British society at first showered Barth with praise and gratitude, others accused him of mismanagement, overspending, slurring the honor of a British soldier, promoting Germany's commercial interests over Britain's, slave-dealing, and denying scientific information to Britain's scholars in favor of Germany's.
Every one of these charges was false, even absurd, and deeply offended Barth. He suspected—sometimes backed by clear evidence, sometimes inflamed by his touchy sense of honor—that the charges stemmed from his nationality.
He no doubt remembered the British response to René Caillié, which made clear that the British preferred their heroes homegrown. In 1824 the French Société de Géographie offered 10,000 francs to anyone who reached Timbuktu and returned alive. The British craved this laurel and in 1825 sent two men after it, each of whom wanted it for himself. Major Alexander Gordon Laing left from Tripoli, Commander Hugh Clapperton from the Guinea Coast. Clapperton got stalled in Sokoto and died of dysentery. Laing reached Timbuktu in 1826 but was expelled and murdered in the desert. Caillié, a Frenchman, made it to Timbuktu in 1828 and, crucially, got home alive. For this feat he collected the 10,000-franc prize, the Legion of Honor, and a government pension. His book was a bestseller.
But then public opinion about Caillié began to change, driven partly by British sniping and outright calumny. To lose the prize to the French was bad enough, but to a nobody like Caillié? Especially since one of their own dashing officers had gotten to Timbuktu first. The British Consul in Tripoli, Hanmer Warrington, whose daughter had married Laing, accused Caillié of somehow acquiring Laing's missing papers and then colluding with the French consul and the pasha of Tripoli to defraud the public. The Royal Geographical Society sniffed that even if Caillié had reached Timbuktu, he had returned with no useful scientific information (which was true). These accusations and disparagements created doubts about Caillié's feat. In 1833 the French government cut off his pension.
Barth was the next European to reach Timbuktu and survive. He probably nettled some people in England by corroborating most of Caillié's account and by praising him as "that very meritorious French traveler."
Henry Morton Stanley offers another example of the British tendency to downplay the accomplishments of non-British explorers. In 1871 Stanley tracked down the beloved British explorer David Livingstone. Livingstone was the mid-19th century equivalent of a rock star, attracting hundreds to his lectures about African exploration and selling thousands of books. He had been missing for years in the heart of Africa when Stanley found him, ill and tattered, in a remote village on Lake Tanganyika. Yet the British treated Stanley coolly because he was a mere American working for an American newspaper. Sir Henry Rawlinson, president of the Royal Geographical Society, scoffed that it was "not true that Stanley had discovered Livingstone, as it was Livingstone who had discovered Stanley." The kicker: Stanley was British but had changed his name and nationality after moving to the United States.
Traces of this snobbery and resentment show up throughout the history of British exploration. A small final example that perhaps sums it up: after Romolo Gessi, a remarkable Italian who was the right-hand man of General Charles George Gordon in Africa, became the first European to circumnavigate Lake Albert, Gordon remarked to him, "What a pity you are not an Englishman."


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Many cancer survivors want to help other people by becoming organ donors. It's possible for many people who've had cancer to donate, but it varies by cancer type and medical condition.
There's always an urgent need for donated organs. According to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), the organization that facilitates every organ transplant in the United States, nearly 125,000 people are waiting for organs. Some organ donations, such as a kidney, may be done when a person is still living. Others are possible only if a person wishing to donate passes away under certain circumstances.
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Even if other organs and tissues can't be used, donating your corneas is one way to offer help to others. Almost anyone with cancer (except those with certain blood or eye cancers) can donate their corneas. You can learn more about cornea donation from the Eye Bank Association of America (see additional resources).
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Brentin Mock covers national politics for Colorlines. He previously served as lead reporter for Voting Rights Watch 2012, covering the challenges presented by new voter ID laws, suppression of voter registration drives and other attempts to limit electoral power of people of color.
Brentin is also a contributor for Demos' blog PolicyShop, where he covers voting rights and civil rights; and also a blogger for Grist.org, where he writes about environmental justice. You can read some of his other work at Next American City, Facing South, The Root, In These Times, American Prospect and The Washington Post.
In Showtime's powerful new documentary, Years of Living Dangerously, will the West's rapacious consumption habits be let off the hook?
Right-wing machinations around voting haven't stopped just because the election's over. Now up: rebuilding the walls around registration.
Voter suppression efforts in Virginia and Florida have galvinated activists to fight harder to protect–and expand–the vote in 2016.
If the state GOP's effort to reconfigure electoral college tallying would have been law last year, hundreds of thousands of black voters would have waited hours in line for nothing.
Elections administrators gathered for a hearing before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary to unpack some of the shenanigans from last month.
Obama's recent court victory on early voting may have carved a legal path for fighting down felony disenfranchisement laws.
Just a month from Election Day states are already pining for restrictions in the next election.
Guyot's memorials prompted a Wall Street Journal op-ed writer to insist that the civil rights past is irrelevant to the Voting Rights Act's future.
An idea is spreading on the right that Republicans are unfairly constrained by a court ruling that bars the party from targeting "ballot security" measures at communities of color.
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"The Guns of the Enemy", dates not examined
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The collection illustrates the literary and military careers of Cozzens in manuscripts, notebooks, diaries (1920-1970), war journals (1911-1945), correspondence (general, family, and business), documents, memorabilia, clippings, and photographs. Ten of his novels Ask Me Tomorrow, By Love Possessed, Castaway, Guard of Honor, The Just and the Unjust, The Last Adam, Men and Brethren, Morning Noon and Night, Son of Perdition, S. S. San Pedro—as well as short stories, poetry, articles, and introductions, are represented by drafts, typescripts with author's corrections, and/or galleys.
Cozzens's correspondence with his mother, Bertha Wood Cozzens, covers almost 40 years (1917-1953); other correspondents include Carlos Baker, Saul Bellow, Matthew Bruccoli, Erskine Caldwell, Granville Hicks, William Jovanovich, Oliver La Farge, Richard M. Ludwig, Arthur Mizener, and John O'Hara. Also included is military material, such as transcripts of press conferences, correspondence, manuals, and Cozzens's Air Force file.
In addition, there are seventeen letters to John Abbott regarding problems with the publisher B. J. Brimmer & Co. (1924-1926), fourteen letters and one postcard to Richard M. Ludwig (1957-1975), two letters to Pat Lawler (1958), and one lettter to Pearson (1968).
Abbreviations used, mostly in correspondence:
JGC: James Gould Cozzens (had a great-uncle by the same name; is clearly marked as such)
BWC: (Mary) Bertha Wood Cozzens (1875-1953) JGC's mother
MEW: Mary Eliza Wood JGC's maternal grandmother
HWC: Henry William Cozzens, Jr. (1866-1920) JGC's father
Note: JGC married Sylvia Bernice Baumgarten. She is sometimes referred to as Sylvia and other times referred to as Bernice. Her professional name (as a literary agent) was "Bernice Baumgarten".
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Male Television Viewership Shifting From Young to Old
Following the reaction to the exodus of men 18-34 from television, a new study from Carat Insight finds, while young male viewership is, in fact, down, viewership among men 34-49 has gone up.
The explanation for this finding is simple. While most programming is developed for younger audiences because, well, it's hip to be young, that same young audience sees that attempt to be hip as lame and has left the building for the Internet. On the other hand, the older male demo is making one last attempt to vicariously prop up their waning youth by watching more TV where they can see hot young things prance around and fantasize about getting with oh, say, Mischa Barton or Rachel Bilson from The O.C. Simple human nature.


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Male fish eggs?
I once saw a supermarket rag headline that read, "Men Can Have Babies Too!" and, after nosing through the article while waiting on line, almost believed it. (I was much younger, of course. Well, okay, only ten years younger, but honestly, who's counting?)
Yet, according to this fascinating piece over at ABC News yesterday, ""¦scientists are finding male smallmouth and largemouth bass with immature eggs in their sex organs."
Why? Mutant fish can only mean one thing, right? Right. Just like real estate or baseball pitching, it comes down to location, location, location. In this case, these unfortunate fish find themselves in the wrong part of the Potomac River at the wrong time.
Scientists have identified a large number of pollutants [in the river] that could be to blame including human estrogen from processed sewage, animal estrogen from farm manure, certain pesticides and soap additives.
Hmmm, maybe if we eat enough bass over the next several decades that old tabloid headline I read won't be considered so apocryphal after all. And, while we're on the subject of mutant fish and two-headed creatures, check out the rainbow trout below, caught in Nebraska last December!


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Time and again I see people start to make their plans for their future – pursuing a new job or career path, or starting their own businesses. They are initially excited by the possibilities that lie in front of them and eagerly set out on their path, only to see road blocks and work ahead. Soon, they are feeling frustrated and defeated; some go on, only because they have to (job seekers) but some give up (career changers). Why does this happen?
These people live in "self-defeat". They allow their fears and insecurities to overtake them. They base their future on past perceptions of failure, either from their own or from someone else's. Often, these types of people don't rely on, or trust, themselves and seek out the opinions of others who can't grasp their head around lofty goals or change. They allow that "little voice" to creep in and take over, leaving them feeling so frustrated that they give up or give in. Eventually, they feel angry, anxious and depressed and go about doing what they did before. Or they take the first job that comes along.
This type of self-defeatist behavior can be attributed to a myriad of issues, but usually has to do with a lack of self-esteem and confidence, mixed in with fears. From an adult developmental perspective, we have different stages that we pass through from infancy to our adult years with each of these stages presenting challenges and learning opportunities on how we act and react. Our learning and behaviors become imprinted at an early age and we master them as we grow up. But there are also outside influences that impact us and, dependent upon our personality, we may hold onto that impact for a long time and will revert back to it as situations arise. Here is an example: if you can remember when you were a child and had your first spelling test; you studied hard and thought you did well, only to find you got a B or a C. You thought you did well. You bring home your test and are yelled at by one of your parents who thought you did not study hard enoug and could have done better. You now have a fear when you take the next test because you don't want to be yelled at again. This is how we get imprinted.
It is possible to overcome and banish this self-defeat attitude but it takes conscious awareness and work. Changing self-behaviors is tough – it does not come automatically although there are people who have that ability. It will take some behavior modification, some motivation, mixed in with some positive psychology to set your goal and determination to face your fears and to think more positively. If you believe you can achieve your goals, you can. How do you overcome your fears and self-defeating behaviors?