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Sony made the PSP smaller and plagiarized pretty much every design idea from the iPhone, while also abandoning the UMD format and forsaking previous fans of the machine. Nintendo put a couple of cameras in the DS and asked us to buy it again. And Microsoft gave us a glimpse of the future with Project Natal, even if it sort of, kind of, turned out that the whole Peter Molyneux/"Hello Milo" thing was a hoax on par with the fabled Piltdown Man.
2009? You can go now. Don't let the door hit you on the ass (or, as you call it, your "December") on the way out.
Wii MotionPlus = horseshit
We plugged it in, then spent several hours of our lives trying to deduce exactly how much of a difference WMP made. Our conclusion: After losing those hours of our lives, which we can never get back again, we have come to the conclusion that it is 100-percent unnecessary to attach this utterly useless piece of non-technology to the Wii Remote.
EA lays off 1,500 people, purchases Playfish in same breath
It is generally accepted that the smaller fork is the salad fork, that you should always hold doors open for old people, and that you should at least wait three days between the firing 1,000-plus people and announcing that you've just spent their salaries on purchasing a new company.
Facing Facts Dept.: Street Fighter IV is really Street Fighter II with nicer graphics
Hardcore Street Fighter fans will joyously describe the ways in which Capcom tweaked the gameplay in Street Fighter IV. But Capcom has been "tweaking" gameplay, and giving us marginal reasons to purchase "new" Street Fighter games, in this fashion since 1994. Hide Your Wallet Alert: Super Street Fighter IV will ship this spring with around eight new characters. If Capcom asks me to fork over another $60 for what's being described as "roughly eight additional characters," that's horseshit.
Satoru Iwata's gassy, unfunny, uninformative keynote address at GDC 2009
That wasn't a keynote; that was a two-hour-long Nintendo commercial.
GTA series = stale, boring
Remember how excited we were when Grand Theft Auto IV expansion packs were first announced? We all cried in unison: Hooray. But after The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, we've had it. Note to Rockstar: GTA V better not be another drive-here-do-this fest. After 10 years, it's time to evolve.
Let's Be Honest Dept.: Flower wasn't really much fun and/or moving
Mostly I'm angry at Flower for giving so many reviewers the opportunity to trot out the phrase "tone poem." Congratulations, reviewers. You got an A-minus in Mrs. Watkins' 11th-grade English class. And if Flower made you cry, I have the numbers of several good therapists for you.
Was That Really Necessary Dept.: The Secret of Monkey Island do-over
Why not just repaint the Mona Lisa while you're at it.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii not really very super at all
It's four-player Super Mario Bros. that allows you to play as Mario, Luigi, or -- dream-come-true-alert -- a yellow or blue Toad. The sideways-Wii-Remote control scheme isn't ideal (the original NES game had superior controls); four-player gameplay is too chaotic; the game is marketed as a casual fun-for-the-whole-family experience, but it's too f***ing hard; and a 2-D Super Mario Bros. with some 3-D graphical elements? Played that game already back in 1994 when it was called Super Mario World. This disc comes up short on so many levels Nintendo should have called it Old, Step-in-the-Wrong-Direction, Decidedly Un-Super Mario Bros. Wii.
Pandemic Studios dies, goes to Awesome Developer Heaven
If the studio that made the Star Wars: Battlefront and Mercenaries series can't survive, everyone else in the industry should say a little prayer before starting their cars in the morning.
Electronic Gaming Monthly dies, goes to Awesome Game Magazine Heaven
EGM grew thinner and thinner with each passing month, until it abruptly passed away last January. (Though recent reports say that the EGM brand could, as the famous Altered Beast sound bite says, "Wise from your gwave " in 2010.) But can magazines that aren't named "Game Informer" survive in 2010? And if not, what exactly are we supposed to read in the bathroom?
Videogame art books
Art in videogames can indeed be quite beautiful. Yet is it beautiful enough to hang on the walls of the Louvre? No. Is it beautiful enough to appear in a hardbound book? Again, the answer is no. But that didn't stop the makers of Assassin's Creed II, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition, Metroid Prime Trilogy and Tekken 6 -- yes, Tekken 6! -- from including pack-in collectible hardbound art books with their games. Should you ever stop by my apartment and find me leisurely leafing through any of these art books on a lazy Sunday afternoon, remove one of your white gloves, then strike me across the face with it.
Installs on the PS3: still woefully prevalent, still painfully long
A friend of mine who works as a developer told me that when they are building a cross-platform game, they always build the game for the PS3 first, then adapt it to the 360 and the PC. Why? Because, the PS3, as Gabe Newell has announced on several occasions, is very, very difficult to program for. This no doubt explains why the PS3 version of The Saboteur, the final AAA title of 2009, requires a seven-minute-long install at startup -- after three full years of having the PS3 on the market.
The Modern Warfare 2 Boo Effect: Sad, unfortunate
If you're looking for something to play for the rest of this month and come up empty, blame MW2. Except for a handful of C- and D-grade titles and boredom, and maybe Guitar Hero: Van Halen, there's really nothing new to play between now and 2010. A host of juggernauts -- BioShock 2, Mass Effect 2, Bayonetta, Dark Void, Darksiders:Wrath of War and MAG -- all experienced suspicious production delays that postponed their release dates until January. Translation: They hid under their mothers' skirts.
DSi Store = horseshit
Nintendo squeezed a cute little hard drive inside the DSi, then encouraged us to go online and enjoy what was supposed to be an avalanche of downloadable content. Problem is, there's nothing there. And when I say nothing, I mean nothing. I've got Nintendo points burning a hole in my pocket, but everything that's available, except for maybe Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again, is total shit.
Tony Hawk: Ride: Failure on par with the XFL, New Coke, the Hindenburg
Landfills everywhere are already busy furiously writing to their congressmen to protest the truckloads of Ride copies heading their way.
Videogame PR: No longer afraid to make absurd, unethical requests and/or threats
After a few attempts by PR people to get me to alter review scores, 2009 will always be remembered as the year that the Machines became sentient. Er, wait. That's the plot of the Terminator. Er, wait. It's actually apropos in this context.
[2009 Honorable Bullshit mentions: PSN's Home (yes, again); Nintendo's stubborn, pig-headed refusal to admit that gamers actually enjoy going online (yes, still); PSP Go "Minis" (Sony: You still owe me $5 for Alien Havoc); Sony's forsaking of UMDs and early PSP adopters; Activision's Bobby Kotick (just because); analyst Michael Pachter (also just because); EA's questionable PR tactics surrounding Dante's Inferno (which I won't repeat here, since I will only be doing exactly what they want me to do).]
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The panel will award the best Merino wool designer in the world with the International Woolmark Prize, a competition that launched the careers of Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent in the 1950s.
Regional awards have been taking place globally for the past year and have narrowed the shortlist down to six entrants representing Europe, USA, China, Australia, Japan and India. The finalists are: Sophie Theallet from the US, Christian Wijnants from Belgium (for Europe), Ban Xiao Xiu from China, Dion Lee from Australia, DRESSEDUNDRESSED from Japan and Pankaj and Nidhi from India.
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Gallatin Steel, Ghent KY, is a joint venture between ArcelorMittal and Gerdau Ameristeel—with equal emphasis on safety, environment, and quality. This steel manufacturer has a Contract Strip Production facility capable of producing more than 1.4 million tons of hot band coils on an annual basis.
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World stocks were only modestly changed Wednesday as recent enthusiasm was offset by disappointing U.S. economic data, including an unexpected fall in consumer prices and a continued slump in industrial production. The Labor Department said consumer prices edged down 0.
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Industrial production fell for the fifth straight month in March, the government said Wednesday, as companies cut output in order to clear stockpiles of goods. But economists expect that trend to moderate soon, as businesses bring inventories in line with slower sales.
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Once upon a time, I associated AIG with the comforting voice of the narrator and the clean white lines and blue shading in its advertisements. The name elicited nothing more in me than does any other large American financial and insurance institution—a delicate balance of protection and profit.
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Wholesale inventories drop by most in 17 yearsApril 8, 2009 8:39 am | by CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer | Articles | Comments
Inventories dropped in February, but sales rose for the first time since the summer. Wholesalers cut their inventories in February by the steepest amount in more than 17 years, but sales rose for the first time since the summer, encouraging signs that companies may be getting their inventories under control.
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Seems like someone's enjoying the single life. During an interview with Key 103 radio, One Direction was minus one Liam Payne. When questioned as to why he was M.I.A., the boys attempted to vouch for him, saying everything from "He's ill" to "He ate one of us." However, leave it to the flirty band member, Harry Styles, to call him out and say, "He's been kissing too many girls." Whoa, guess he really is looking for some rebounds, eh? But obviously, that's not all they dished on. 1D was also interrogated (in a friendly manner, of course) about the infamous banned questions list. Watch the interview above! Celebrate Halloween with a Liam-o'-Lantern! 2 Comments | Leave Your Comment by: Kaitlin Cubria on October 26, 2012 at 12:06 pm EDT | in Celebrities Spread the Word Tagged: Liam Payne Comments 2 Responses to "Harry Styles Tells Key 103 Radio: "Liam Payne's Been Kissing Too Many Girls!" (VIDEO)" Ruby says: Lola Niall is like biting Zayn's arm October 26, 2012 10:04 pm | Reply lola says: what is niall and zayn doing at 6:27 October 26, 2012 8:26 pm | Reply Tell Us What You Think! Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Name * Birthdate * Comment You may use these HTML tags and attributes:   <acronym title="">
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Beatties is closing one of its Black Country department stores, it was announced today
Beatties is closing one of its Black Country department stores, it was announced today
The bombshell news was given today to staff at the Dudley shop, which has just celebrated its 40th anniversary. Bosses say the branch in the Churchill Shopping Centre will continue to trade as normal for now but closure is planned by the end of January.
There are 76 staff at the shop in total, 48 are not paid directly by Beatties but by the concessions they work for.
The company said today it would be looking to redeploy people where possible and it was now entering into a period of consultation.
Nick Orford, West Midlands general manager for Beatties owner House of Fraser said today: "The financial forecasts show it is not financially viable to continue trading.
"We have advised all the staff this morning. It is our intention to redeploy staff where possible.
"It is very sad and it is not a decision we have taken lightly. We have tried a number of different retail formats which didn't work such as trading as a clearing store."
He said Beatties had also closed the lower ground floor in the summer.
He added no further store closures were planned and the Wolverhampton branch was not affected.
The Dudley store became the fourth branch of Beatties to open in England on September 4, 1969.
The new £750,000 store drew hundreds of people to its official opening.
Beatties was founded in Wolverhampton in 1877 in a small shop in Victoria Street. The founder, James Beattie, began the business with two assistants and by 1895 had a staff of 40 and an annual turnover of £30,000.
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Better than 400 attendees were on hand Saturday night, as Kankakee County Speedway honored its 2010 Track Champions and recognized the accomplishments of many more at it's annual awards banquet held at the Kankakee County Fairgrounds' Hall of Industry. Promoter Tom Smith, fresh off having completed his first full year at the helm of KCS, handed out over $26,000 in cash and prizes to the Top 15 in each division, as well as, other award winners like Rookies of the Year and Most Improved Drivers in each of the five competing divisions at the 1/3-mile dirt oval. Smith blushed when Master of Ceremonies and public address announcer Bill Yohnka boasted that over the course of the 2010 campaign, Smith and his staff dished out over $450,000 at the pay window for the year. Much of that can be attributed to the title sponsorships in each division as well as all of the associate sponsors including Indy Pic-A-Part, Lane Automotive, and All Star Performance. In addition, Smith was proud to announce that the track donated $5,000 to local charities during the course of the year, and also awarded one lucky fan a sum of $12,000. It was also announced that all five of the title sponsors have renewed their commitments for the upcoming 2011 campaign which kicks off Friday night, May 6th. Also, MPH Trucking and owner Mike Heckenast have pledged their support to the I-Mod division for 2011, despite Heckenast making a personal move up to the UMP Modified division.

 Among the award recipients Saturday night were Matt McCarty, Adam Williams, Don Hilleary, Jim Farris, and Ted Loomis as divisional track titlist. Fourteen-year-old Joe Tsilis became the youngest ever to finish in the Top 10 in points in any division in the history of the speedway and was also recognized as UMP Sport Compact Rookie of the Year. Jim Barkus was also awarded ROTY honors in the I-Mods, as was Axle Wicker in the UMP Stock Cars. Steven Brooks made a successful jump from asphalt to dirt and earned recognition as ROTY in the UMP Modified division, while Kyle Madison grabbed that honor in the UMP Late Model division. Madison made a brief appearance at the banquet until he went to a local hospital with a dental emergency. Madison of Lowell, IN, was also the winner of the 2011 Bob Pierce Late Model Chassis valued at $3,200, while Kankakee's Chad Osterhoff was the winner of a 2011 Wilson Race Car Modified chassis valued at $1,800. Madison, who also produces MadFab pit carts, donated a pit cart that was raffled off valued at $1,300. Manteno's AJ Dixon was the lucky recipient of that awesome prize. Other big winners on the night included Joe Kranker of a $200 Losi mini-Late Model RC car, and Jason Klopp, winner of four Chicago Bulls vs. Dallas Mavericks tickets, donated by Court Street Ford valued at over $450. Klopp of Crescent City, who owns and operates Radiators Unlimited in Kankakee, was also bestowed the track's highest honor in receiving the Sportsmanship Award for 2010. Klopp epitomized the phrase "one for all, and all for one", as he battled all year with adversity, both on and off the race track. He was able to always see the light at the end of the tunnel and always kept a positive attitude. While not yet a consistent feature front-runner, Klopp focused much of his attention to tending to the needs of others, particularly one Dustin Hubert, who after suffering severe damage to his machine after a violent impact with the backstretch wall and subsequent rollover, was back out on the track to record a thrilling first ever UMP Stock Car feature win, in large part due to the help of this year's recipient of the Sportsmanship Award. On behalf of Promoter Tom Smith and his ever present hard working staff, congratulations to all of this year's winners, and thank you to all of you for supporting Kankakee County Speedway this season. The new season is not much more than a few thaws away, and will be back out racing again each and every Friday night... God willing.


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Generous viewers have already contributed hundreds of toys to 13abc's Hope for the Holidays toy drive, including a drop-off of some 1,200 Hot Wheels.
Josh Chevalier began collecting the toys in 1995 and continued to amass more cars until 2003.
He says there's a simple reason he's parting with his collection.
"I just thought, you know, there are enough children out there that can't have a good Christmas," he says. "The less fortunate children could use them more than I could."
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SEATTLE, Washington - Manager John Gibbons was forced to make a lineup change moments before the start of Wednesday afternoon's series finale against the Seattle Mariners.
Catcher J.P. Arencibia, who was penciled in to get his first start of the series and hit ninth, was scratched after suffering a knee injury while warming up in the bullpen.
It's a right knee problem Arencibia says has been lingering for some time.
"I mean, it's stuff that I deal with the whole year," said Arencibia. "It was there a little bit more than usual. I'm wanting to play through everything possible. It just didn't feel like I could really go."
Arencibia suffered a flare up during a pre-game bullpen warmup session, conducting a drill in which he practices blocking pitches.
He underwent an MRI and the Blue Jays expect to have the results on Thursday.
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J.A. Happ, pitching in his first major league game in exactly three months, couldn't hold an early 7-2 lead and the Blue Jays lost 9-7, failing to sweep the Mariners.
"Obviously not how I wanted it to go," said Happ. "We should have won that game. We scored seven runs early and I wasn't able to keep us holding on to that. Not the way I would have written it up and not what I was hoping for but looking forward to the next one already."
Happ didn't get a decision. In four-plus innings, he allowed seven runs (six earned,) on seven hits and three walks. Happ struck out two Mariners.
It was May 7 in Tampa Bay when Happ was struck in the head by a line drive off the bat of the Rays' Desmond Jennings.
Happ suffered a skull fracture and lacerated ear. His most significant injuries, however, were strains to the PCL and MCL in his right knee, which occurred as he fell to the ground.
In eight starts this season, Happ is 2-2 with a 5.84 ERA.
Happ's next scheduled start is Tuesday when the Blue Jays open a three-game series with the Red Sox at Rogers Centre.


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College welfare for the wealthy?
US universities are putting billions into merit aid, much of which goes to the children of well-to-do parents.
This post comes from Lynn Mucken at MSN Money.
College recruiting is big business, but in ways that might surprise you.
The wooing of athletes gets the headlines, but while those 220-pound running backs and 6-foot-3 women basketball players get a $1 billion-plus piece of the scholarship money each year, a much bigger chunk of the chocolate is spent to bring in kids whose primary reason for going to college is an education.
And the colleges are fighting over them, something many parents have been quick to recognize.
"We're getting calls back from families saying, 'We're getting this much from another college. Can you match it?'" Joseph Urgo, St. Mary's College of Maryland president, told The Washington Post. "We're wasting billions of dollars nationally competing for kids, but we can't stop it." Post continues after video.
Most college scholarships -- and about $110 billion worth are given out each year -- fall into one of three categories: athletic (you can jump, throw or run), need (your parents are less than well-to-do) and merit.
The same Washington Post story focused on the awarding of merit aid, which used to be called academic scholarships, to two young women:
- Gillian Spolarich, a student at Blake High School in Silver Spring, Md., wanted to go to American University in Washington, D.C. She was attracted by its communications program. But American, which would have cost $50,000 a year in tuition, fees and living costs, offered no aid despite her 3.85 grade-point average and 30-plus ACT scores. The College of Charleston, however, offered $13,000, so Spolarich is heading off to South Carolina this fall because the resulting annual bill of $21,000 better fits her white-collar parents' pocketbook.
- Samantha Shevach of Queens, N.Y., with an "A" average and high SAT scores, chose the University of Delaware over Penn State, her first choice. Penn State offered no aid. "It was $43,000 a year," she said. Delaware offered $20,000. "(My parents) said that they would have paid for Penn State," she said, "but I didn't want them to be $160,000 in debt. You need to think about the investment you're making: Are you going to get that $160,000 back?"
The Harvards and Stanfords can still skim off the top layer, but the second- and third-tier schools, still fine academic institutions, are increasingly engaged in what the Post calls "a polite bidding war."
"They were straightforward at the beginning that if she applied, and if her numbers were what she had written on the (information) card, they would be able to make her a very good offer," said Audrey Spolarich, Gillian's mother.
Athletes get to go to college, the lower-income students get in through the nine federal and 605 state scholarship programs, and the middle- to upper-middle-class kids get a little help, too. In turn, those second- and third-tier schools brighten up their academic credentials with students smart enough to qualify for the elite schools and with parents wealthy enough to pay the difference in costs. What could be wrong with this system?
Plenty, according to critics.
The Washington Post's Daniel de Vise writes:
Critics deride merit aid as affirmative action for the wealthy, a system that increases access for students who can afford college without it. … It's natural that families would shop around: The sticker price at top private colleges can exceed $50,000 a year in tuition and living expenses, beyond the reach of the middle class.
But merit dollars are spent, by and large, on students who would go to college anyway. A middle-class student denied merit aid by a $50,000-a-year college might not be able to afford that college, but he or she can still afford college.
Merit aid favors the wealthy: Children from affluent families tend to have greater "merit," in the form of higher grades and test scores.
... Winners of the bidding wars lose tuition money that might otherwise be spent on teaching or on students with need. Merit discounts inflate the tuition charged to those who pay full price.
"There are colleges where the average price paid by rich kids is lower than the average price paid by poor kids, and the reason is merit aid," said Sandy Baum, an independent policy analyst.
A study conducted in 2009 by the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute showed that within six to 10 years after middle- and top-tier colleges start offering merit aid, the number of Pell Grant recipients -- lower-income students -- drops by an average of 5 percentage points and black student enrollment declines 2 percentage points.
"Every dollar that we spend on merit aid as opposed to need-based aid is wasted," said Douglas Bennett, president of Earlham College in Indiana.
Others feel differently. In a comment on The Washington Post article, "ArmyBrat1" wrote:
The suggestion to do away with merit-based aid is simply wrong. It speaks of a mindset that's disconnected with reality.
I have three children in college this year …. Two are receiving merit-based aid. If they weren't, they wouldn't all be in college, because I will not permit them or myself to take on large amounts of debt. As far as DeVise's suggestion that, if you can no longer afford the college of your choice without merit aid, you just go to a different (lesser?) college, that would work nicely to crush the aspirations of those who started as lower middle class and want to get ahead.
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Boost For Game Vol. 10 No. i Weber Wins Right To Play $ 4. .5. .;. .fr .j ASSEMBLY RENOVATION Many Improvements To Be Made In College Auditorium SUGt TO BE REMODELED, NEW SEATS, OTHER IMPROVEMENTS The information comes from the office that the long wished-for improvements in the auditorium are at last to be made. Definite arrangements have been concluded with carpenters and painters and work is to be begun immediately. An extensive program of reconstruction and renovation is contemplated vhich ".11 transform our present assembly hall into a fine place worthy of the Weber student body. The plans include an almost complete change of the stage and ceiling. The stage is to be raised almost a foot and a half, and the old steps at the back of it removed. This will afford a larger space on the stage, and will make it more nearly the standard of what a stage should be. Dressing rooms will be built on either , i 3: t x at i side, affording entrance to the stage from two directions. A complete stage-lighting system will be installed which will provide effective and artistic lighting for all productions. To add the finishing touching to the stage, a beautiful curtain will be hung, probably of plain velvet in a dark color, lending a richness compatible with the other improvements.To better the acoustics of the room, the heavy cross beams and posts are to be removed. This will also remove any obstruction to a perfect view of th estage from any position in the hall. The entire ceiling is to be remodeled and arranged so that there will be no possible interference with sound. To replace the battered chairs at present in use, new opera chairs have been purchased. They have already arrived, and await unpacking and installation. These seats are the best that could be purchased, comfortable and sturdy. When the chairs j save been put in, carpets will ; be laid down the aisles, so that one will be able to pass clown the hall between the rows of chairs without creating a great disturbance. The final touch will be the decorating. The walls and ceiling are to be tinted and decorated in a tasteful and quiet manner. An indirect lighting system will be installed, which may be turned partly or completely off, to suit any demands. The completed result will be as fine a place for theatricals, or meetings as can be found anywhere in the city. The old make-shift gym and auditorium will be gone forever, you won't know the old place. But, to quote President Tracy: "This is only the beginning. Watch us grow !" FRESHMEN LEAD IN For the next few weeks school interest will be centered in the Barker Extemporaneous Speaking Contests. Professor Barker, at present head of the modem languages department at the University, was formerly president of the Weber Academy. He instituted the contests at that time to develop among the students who do not usually go out for oratory talent along this line. The first contest was held i Friday, October 31, on the subject, The Presidential Election and the Supreme Court." Miss Ella Robinson, sophomore, won first place; second and third places going to freshmen. The second contest was held Tuesday, November 4, the subject being "The World War That the World Gained." Mr. Gean Greenwell fresh- man, took first place in this, second and third places going j i. to sophomores The two classes being even in the two contests, centered great effort on the third contest, held Friday, November 7. The subject of this contest was "Fundamentalism vs. Modernism in Religion." Miss Althea Thomas, freshman, was awarded first place in this, second and third places going to trie sophomore ana freshman classes respectively. There are four preliminary contests yet to be conducted, m which the classes will en deavor to capture as many points as possible. Then, as a final contest, the two best speakers of the whole contest one freshman and one sopho more, will contest for the personal award. The prize awarded to the best speakers is ten dollars in cash, the honor of winning the contest going to the class which has the most points. EAST Mr. Eugene Roberts, director of the Weber gymnasium, returned last week from the East, where he has been inspecting gymnasiums and equipments. Mr. Roberts made the trip for the express purpose of investigating how Eastern schools equip and conduct their gymnasium, with an eye to obtaining the very best apparatus possible for our new building. Immediately upon his return, the school and church officials met and ordered the equipment. They cannot, as yet, announce an opening date, but anticpate having the gymnasium ready in time to begin the physical education courses in the winter quarter. ORATORICAL CONTEST ON NOVEMBER 21 PLANS COMPLETED EAR The Grant Oratorical Contest is to be held on the 21st of November. This date is considerably later than the regular time, but owing to the great number of student body affairs, it has been impossible to get this event in before now. The contest is sponsored by President Grant to stimulate interest in the religious as well as oratory. The subjects j have usually been on ' religious topics. This year President Grant has announced that the subject shall be "The Real Evidences of a Religious Life." Try-outs will be held the last of this week or the first of next week. Entrants to the contest will therefore have to have their speeches written and memorized by that time. It is permitted that the contestants have their speeches criticized by their English in structors, and that they revise them after the tryouts. Every .student who takes theology will be required to write a theme on the subject of the contest. The theme must be long enough to thoroughly cover the subject. It is possible that this will bring out more contestants, for if they have to prepare the theme they might as well memorize it and take part in the contest. The speeches must take only fifteen minutes in delivery, and as this makes the address a very short one, every student who is interested in oratory should not fail to at least try out. The judges of the contest have not as yet been chosen, but no doubt they will be men i outside of school who are well fitted for the positions. Professor Farley, who has charge of the contest, will also select the judges. He will announce further details of importance to contestants. To the winner of the contest will be awarded a book autographed by President Grant. It is hoped that the President will find it possible to be present to award the prize, but this is doubtful, as he is very busy at the present time. WEBER DEFEATS WEST- Playing on a muddy field against a comparatively weak prep-school team, the "W" men had little difficulty in trouncing the Salt Lake Parsons in a 24 to 0 game at Lorin Farr Park. The whole Weber squad showed nicks, but gave promise of rounding into the championship con-from Coach Stevenson. MONDAY, NOVEMBER io, 1924 itiiist pnpp S 100 IS GREAT JISSET TO ENGLISH DEPT: Among the valuable additions to the faculty of Weber this year is Miss Grace S. Wood of the English department.Miss Wood is a graduate of the University of Utah. While at this institution she made an enviable record, participating in many activities, being a member of the Oasis club, Honorary Debating Society, Trotters club, Euterpean Honorary Poets Society, Lamda Phi Lambdi Social Sorority and Dedication Editor of the 1923 Utonian. In the fall of 1923 Miss Wood entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. The following spring she received her Master's degree, being the only one of five hundred students to win such an honor. This accomplishment alone is exemplary of the brilliancy of Miss Wood. While at the University of Michigan she studied under three of the most prominent authorities, in their depart ments, in America. She stud ied the Development of the Novel under Dr. Strauss, head of the English department, English Literature under Dr. Hanford, America's greatest authority of Milton and public speaking under Professor Hollister. Miss Wood also studied under other eminent men and comes to us fully competent to uphold and raise the standard set by the department she is in. While in the East she visited many of the larger cities as well as many points in Canada. On her way home she was accompanied by her brother. They motored home by way of the old Mormon trail, joining it at Council Bluffs and thence westward to Salt Lake City. Miss Wood is at present the faculty advisor on the Herald staff and Freshman class advisor.We may feel very fortunate in having one of such ability and with so splendid a record course that cannot be sur-join us. passed in the state. STARTED LAST FRIDAY WEBER p E BETTER ALL COMPARE WELL WITH U. OF II. AND 111 C. There is a notion current that because of Weber being a small college, that it is unable to give competent instruction, but such is not the case as seen by a comparison of the training of the Weber College instructors and the training of those at the University of Utah and Agricultural Col lege, which was made recently. ' After a survey of the I the teaching staffs for the at the two larger institutions of the state it was found that, taking it by an average, the instructors at Weber have had either equal or higher train-teaching staffs for the ing. In the English department Professor Farley has an A. B. degree, Miss Wood has a mas ter s degree, and Miss Read has an A. B. degree. In this department the . University of Utah and the Utah Agri cultural College present instructors with training just about equal to that of the Weber's instructors. In the physical science department our rank is higher than that of the other two schools. Both of our instructors have Ph. D. degrees. Among the faculty at the other two schools, lower degrees than those held by the professors at Weber College are the rule. The same is the case in the department ' of History and Political Science. Pro- lessor Blaylock possesses a Master of Arts degree, while the instructors for undergraduate work at the Utah Agricultural College and at the University of Utah generally hold lower degrees. Professor Winsor of the Psychology and Education Department also possesses a Master of Arts degree, which makes him of superior standing to those of the other two schools. In the mathematics department Professor Stevenson compares very favorably with those of his department at the University and the U. A. C. He has his Bachelor of Arts degree and has had a great deal of experience as well as having had some extension work. We need not say more after the foregoing facts have been adduced concerning the standing of teaching Weber College presents. Those who have been prejudiced toward high class of work obtainable at Weber have not been acquainted with these facts and a consideration of them should allay their bias on this point. It can be said very truthfully that Weber College can present a two-year college TRAINING For Qi According to annuncements from the classes, dramatics will be prominently featured in the social and activity calendar for the coming winter. No doubt, the remodeling of the auditorium is directly responsible for this stimulation in the field of dramatics. To formally open the audi torium to the students and the. public, the Freshman class will present a clever vau deville bill, capped with a one-act play. Work on the stunts has already been started, and as soon as a cast for the play is selected rehearsals will be begun. About three weeks after the Freshmen present their entertainment, the Sophomores will put on something of a similar nature, which will be announced soon. There is a great deal of talent in this class, some of its members having been in "The Charm School" last year. It is the intention of the classes to present these enter tainments at frequent intervals, to stimulate interest in dramatics, contribute to the student body funds, and de velop talent for the school play, which will be produced in April. The English department will supervise class as well as school dramatics, so we may expect productions of a very high order. E TO WEBERFIELD At the meeting of the nesday, November 5, the question of enlarging Weber's campus was discussed. W. H. Wright and Sons' Company have offered at a very reasonable price, certain property on the Weber block, which, if, purchased, will form a very considerable addition to the school grounds. Weber is bound to grow, nothing short of fire or flood can stop her progress, and now is the time to provide for her expansion. The offer made by the Wright family is very generous, it almost gives the school the privilege of naming her own price. If the board can see its way to make this purchase, the first great step toward a greater Weber will have been made. With a newly remodeled auditorium, the new gymn and some new property to boast of as evidences of the steady growth of the school in scarcely two years of existence, what cannot be expected in "the next few years which will mark as a permanent addition to higher education in this state, Weber College. FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES TO GIVE PLAYS PROSPECTIV ADDITION .ampionsmp B.Y.C. Decisively Beaten In Crucial Contest Last Saturday Brigham Young College was handed a decisive defeat by the score of 23 to 0 in the football game played at Lorin Farr Park last Saturday against Weber College. By winning this game Weber receives the right to play the Arizona Junior College for the junior college national championship. The field was in fairly good condition considering the snows recently and except for a few spots of mud permitted a fairly fast brand of ball to be played. The weather was ideal for football, although a little cold for the fans. The B. Y. C. student body was well represented and much to their credit, had a band of twenty-two members there. In all, there were over seventy B. Y. C. students, and the support given their team was commendable. A!mo3t the entire student body from Weber was present and the spirit they carried throughout the whole game was beyond criticism. One remarkable feature of this spirit was that the greatest part of the cheer ing was done when the B. Y. C. team made its only advance of the game upon Weber terri tory. The Weber band was also present and aided to ke.jp up the college spirit. The towns-people came out in greater numbers this time and we are sure that they were thrilled with the splendid work of Weber and the support given the team. At the end of the first quarter it looked like it was going to be a hard-fought affair. Weber came within scoring distance several times and then failed to put the pigskin over when the B. Y. C. line held firmly. During this quarter neither team resorted to forward passing to any ex tent, but later in the game the air tactics were used to considerable advantage. Late in the quarter Couch registered a pretty place kick from the thirty-five yard line which ;gave Weber her first points, During the second quarter Weber seemed to . gain her stride and by a series of line plunges and end runs put the ball over for the first touch down of the game, Halliday carrying the ball. B. Y. C. came back strong in the sec ond half and made an advance which netted them three first downs, but were held when they came within scoring dis tance. Weber retaliated, came back and the rest of the quarter held B. Y. C. in her own territory. The fourth quarter saw Weber in full bloom. Two touchdowns were made in this quarter, resulting from wonderful open field running and forward passing. Couch carried the ball over for one touchdown and Halliday for the other. This brought the total score to twenty-three for Weber and nothing for B. Y. C. Picking stars of the game would be difficult because of the excellent team work displayed. In the Weber back-field every man deserves credit. The kicking of Couch, as well as his plunging, featured the game. Doxy got away for S e Grant Oratorial Contest Nov. 2 1 st is FOUR PAGES several long runs and was a great strength in breaking up plays on the defensive. Halliday also featured in many sensational plays and played a heady and consistent game throughout. Vest figured in some excellent line plunging and made nicmy-gtcirts .lnxmgii clever twisting and side stepping. On the defense Vest was a tower of strength. We cannot praise those who worked on the line too highly. Zinn and Barker at nd positions worked in admirable fashion, especially the last half. At tackle positions Mor ris and White stood up under some rough treatment and opened big gaps in the B. Y. C. line for the backfield. White played his first game of football in this game and stayed the whole game work ing consistently all the time. At guard McGregor and Parker stood the brunt of the de fense. Except for two short periods in the game there was nothing made over these positions and when in danger they held like a stone wall. It was over these positions and tac kle that the ball was carried for two touchdowns and these men opened the holes to make scoring possible. Van Tanner and Cortez each worked at center very effectively, and both on offensive and defensive showed up in great style. Bramwell, who substituted for Vest, filled up the gap creditably. Bybee, quarterback for the B. Y. C, showed up well and was responsible for most of the gains for his team. Those who worked in the backfield with him did some good work and in fact the whole team is worthy of commendation for the fight they put up even after defeat was certain. The main plays by quarters is as follows : First quarter: B. Y. C. C. kicks off to Weber thirty yard line. B. Y. C. penalized five yards for off side. Weber plunges over for first downs. Weber held and punted to B. Y. C. ten yard line. B. Y. C. returns punt to Weber, Halliday returning the ball to the sixty yard line. Weber punts to B. Y. C. fifteen yard line and B. Y. C. exchanges the punt. Halliday carries a forward pass to B. Y. C. thirty-five line. Halliday again carries the ball to B. Y. C. five yard line and B. Y. C. holds and punts out of danger. Halliday takes the ball to the fifteen yard line. Vest plunges to seven yard line and the B. Y. C. again holds and (Continued on Tage Four)
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Audi can spout all the boilerplate it likes about benefiting from Ducati's technical expertise in small engines, all we want to know is will its buyout be a good thing or not for the Italian firm?
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Sep 09
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mickofield says:
The problem with having a motorcycle company owned by a car company is that the two vehicles are completely different, not just 2 vs 4 but the way they are marketed and perceived by the buying public. You have to have a car, either expensive or cheap, you do not have to have a motorcycle.
This is especially true of the Ducati brand. The good news is that Audi have a great racing reputation like Ducati, so they should "understand" each other. The other great thing is that the technology that cars have right now is in many ways advanced way above that of bikes. Ducati gets to "peep" into the Audi laboratories and Audi gets a bike brand to compete with BMW, their arch rival. So hopefully the marriage will "stick"
Sep 10
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daveire says:
Its not just a good thing for ducati its a great thing. As much as I think audi cars are over rated they are one of the strongest car manufacturing companies. They have helped lamborghini since taking over there.
The german car brands, all make quality, reliable and good handling cars much better than any japanese car (which are all reliable but shit). I recon ducati's future is in safe hands.
Apr 12
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europeben says:
Whilst a good thing. I do still hope audi don't take it lightly. I think we can all be buoyed by what Audi did with Lambo. Yes, Lambo's have a few audi bits in them, but the overall brand and package has matured and become more powerful as a result. Audi and ducati are related as they are objects of desire for many (I want both and can afford neither). Ducati's range is currently strong and as long as Audi don't take Ducati on a niche-filling crusade like they have with their car business recently, the brand should remain strong. That being said, there would be nothing wrong in my view with more bikes competing for the kind of markets BMW has in it's grasp. If it does, this only means that it is better for the rest of us who can't afford these premium products. It will push prices of "lesser goods" down, and what would be wrong with that?
May 04
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madproffesor says:
I was lucky to visit the Ducati and Lambo factories last July and came away thinking how sterile the Lambo factory was and how passionate the Ducati staff were. Hopefully Ducati do not become like Lambo a souless Volkwagen parts bin assembly line. The only thing at Lambo that was not in a VWAG crate were the engines and the leather seats. The body of the Aventador was being unwrapped off a VWAG trailer and fed into the production line. There is no doubting the desire for bikes that VWAG have at the top but at 74 how much influence will be there when he has passed away? What happened with VWAG and their partneship with Suzuki?
May 08
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SHIVA_ says:
considering that the potential new owners could have been Mercedes or Hero of India, I think VW may be the best possible scenario. That because they already have a very impressive line of small, expensive, exotic brands, such as Bentley, Bugatti and Lamborghini. I think Ducati will fit right in. For a while Duc publicly stated that they wanted to be bought by Harley, aren't we glad that never happened.
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69Fastback says:
Really pleased that it went to a prestigious engineering company! Now then...!!! Is a Ducati; Italian or German! Is a Norton V4; British or Italian! Who's really worried? As long as there's quality "progressive" engineering going into these machines, don't we, as riders, benefit all the way?
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speedo007 says:
They now share their electrical problems :)
Oct 09
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biaggi69 says:
there would have been no Bugatti Veyron without Audi, don't think anyone would argue if they can do the same for Ducati
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spondonste says:
The other options are either Ducati being sold to the Indians, (possibly loosing a degree of prestige and having to evolve cheaper lower brow products),...... or bankcruptcy. Bit of a no brainer this one.
From reading earlier posts when did Audi cars really become desirable? I've driven them and found them (in my opinion) to be overpriced tat and modern Audi drivers are often thought to be arogant ar&ehole$ that have little regard for other road users.
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Additional ReadingWorks dealing with the distribution of style areas and the history of African music include Francis Bebey, African Music: A People's Art (1975; originally published in French, 1969); Wolfgang Bender, Sweet Mother: Moderne Afrikanische Musik (1985), dealing with highlife and related popular styles; Billy Bergman, Goodtime Kings: Emerging African Pop (1985), a discussion of eight styles of popular music; O. Boone, Les Xylophones du Congo Belge (1936); David Coplan, In Township Tonight! South Africa's Black City Music and Theatre (1985), a survey of South African popular music and its history; E.M. von Hornbostel, African Negro Music, Africa, 1(1):3062 (January 1928), a pioneer survey in the field; A.M. Jones, African Music in Northern Rhodesia and Some Other Places, rev. ed. (1958); Gerhard Kubik, The Kachamba Brothers' Band: A Study of Neo-Traditional Music in Malawi (1974; originally published in German, 1972); Alan P. Merriam, African Music, in William R. Bascom and Melville J. Herskovits (eds.), Continuity and Change in African Cultures (1959, reprinted 1970), pp. 4986, a valuable and concise survey of salient features; Paul Oliver, Savannah Syncopators: African Retentions in the Blues (1970), which traces African roots of the blues; John Storm Roberts, Black Music of Two Worlds (1972, reissued 1974), which surveys black popular music in Africa and the Americas; Gilbert Rouget, La Musique d'Afrique noire, in Roland-Manuel (ed.), Histoire de la musique, vol. 1 (1960), pp. 215237; Klaus P. Wachsmann (ed.), Essays on Music and History in Africa (1971); and Klaus Wachsmann and Peter Cooke, Africa, in Stanley Sadie (ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, vol. 1 (1981), pp. 144153. See also L.J.P. Gaskin (comp.), A Select Bibliography of Music in Africa (1965), an annotated work useful for locating earlier sources. The following deal more specifically with musical instruments of Africa: David W. Ames and Anthony V. King, Glossary of Hausa Music and Its Social Contexts (1971); John F. Carrington, Talking Drums of Africa (1949, reprinted 1969), describing how drums are used to transmit messages in central Africa; E.M. von Hornbostel, The Ethnology of African Sound-Instruments, Africa, 6(2):129157 (April 1933), a survey of types, their distribution, and prehistory; A.M. Jones, African Drumming: A Study in the Combination of Rhythms in African Music, Bantu Studies, 8:116 (1934, reprinted 1967), a pioneer study of cross-rhythms in Zambia; Percival R. Kirby, The Musical Instruments of the Native Races of South Africa, 2nd ed. (1965), the standard work on this subject; Gerhard Kubik, Ostafrika (1982), a well-illustrated survey of East African music and instruments, with a wealth of detailed information; J.S. Laurenty, Les Cordophones du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi (1960); Stanley Sadie (ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, 3 vol. (1984, reprinted 1985), which extensively covers African instruments; Hugh Tracey, Chopi Musicians: Their Music, Poetry, and Instruments (1948, reprinted 1970), about the Chopi of Mozambique, who are famous for their timbila xylophone orchestras; Margaret Trowell and Klaus P. Wachsmann, Tribal Crafts of Uganda (1953), including a discussion of musical instruments; Klaus P. Wachsmann, The Primitive Musical Instruments, in Anthony Baines (ed.), Musical Instruments Through the Ages (1961, reprinted 1978), pp. 2354; and Ulrich Wegner, Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente (1984). Also useful are two works in Essays for a Humanist: An Offering to Klaus Wachsmann (1977): David K. Rycroft, Evidence of Stylistic Continuity in Zulu Town' Music, pp. 216260; and Frank Willet, A Contribution to the History of Musical Instruments Among the Yoruba, pp. 350389. Theoretical and practical aspects of African musical structure are to be found in the following: Paul Berliner, The Soul of Mbira: Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe (1978, reprinted 1981); A.M. Jones, African Rhythm, Africa, 24(1):2647 (January 1954), and Studies in African Music, 2 vol. (1959, reprinted 1978), based mainly on Ghana and Zambia but also with much general discussion; Joseph Kyagambiddwa, African Music from the Source of the Nile (1955); J.H. Kwabena Nketia, African Music in Ghana: A Survey of Traditional Forms (1962), Drumming in Akan Communities of Ghana (1963), Folk Songs of Ghana (1963), and The Music of Africa (1974, reprinted 1986), the last a useful survey dealing mainly but not exclusively with West Africa; David Rycroft, Nguni Vocal Polyphony, Journal of the International Folk Music Council, 19:88103 (1967), an examination of overlapping antiphonal parts in polyphony among the Zulu and their neighbours; Artur Simon (ed.), Musik in Afrika (1983); Kwesi Yankah, Beyond the Spoken Word: Aural Literature in Africa, Cross Rhythms, 2:114146 (1985); and Hugo Zemp, Musique Dan: la musique dans la pensée et la vie sociale d'une société africaine (1971), an in-depth study of music and its context among the Dan of Côte d'Ivoire. The journal African Music (irregular), the only periodical devoted solely to African music, has published a great number of valuable and scholarly articles in this field, including, on the history of African music, Gerhard Kubik, Harp Music of the Azande and Related Peoples in the Central African Republic, 3(3):3776 (1964); and Andrew Tracey, The Original African Mbira? 5(2):85104 (1972); on musical instruments, K.A. Gourlay, Long Trumpets of Northern NigeriaIn History and Today, 6(2):4872 (1982); David K. Rycroft, The Zulu Bow Songs of Princess Magogo, 5(4):4197 (1975/76), the late princess having been an expert performer and a leading authority on Zulu music and its history; and Andrew Tracey, The Nyanga Panpipe Dance, 5(1):7389 (1971); and, on theoretical and practical aspects, Rosemary Joseph, Zulu Women's Music, 6(3):5389 (1983); Gerhard Kubik, The Structure of Kiganda Xylophone Music, 2(3):630 (1960), a detailed analysis of performance and output, The Phenomenon of Inherent Rhythms in East and Central African Instrumental Music, 3(1):3342 (1962), and Composition Techniques in Kiganda Xylophone Music, 4(3):2272 (1969); and Andrew Tracey, Mbira Music of Jege A. Tapera, 2(4):4463 (1961), and The Matepe Mbira Music of Rhodesia, 4(4):3761 (1970).
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Progressive, anti-gun agenda is getting people killed
Clearly, The Journal Gazette has no journalistic integrity.
The letter from Gloria Dance (Latest attack shows folly of arming schoolteachers, Sept. 25) was so patently false that anyone with a little bit of integrity left would have known the letter was full of typical progressive propaganda.
An overwhelming majority of Americans know that an armed citizen is extremely unlikely to become a victim of violent crime. Criminals do not want to face a potential victim who is armed and, given the choice, they will attack people or areas they know to be gun free, areas like schools, military bases and government buildings.
We need to start electing politicians who can see facts and ignore the party system in America. We need politicians who actually care about Americans and not getting re-elected.
While some in America may think that the progressive agenda will provide them with a utopian lifestyle, history has proven otherwise. There is no utopian society, and humans are greedy. When we elect greedy people to represent us and allow them to govern without constraint, society collapses.
RUSS ALBERSON Fort Wayne