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My five cents' worth on these redundant little coins
Five cent coins. You can't use them in vending machines. You can't use them in parking meters. And I wouldn't be surprised if beggars and wishing wells start refusing them next.
The heyday of the Australian five cent coin ended long ago. It's time to take the echidna out of circulation.
Myki machines don't even take them! You'd think with all their budget blowouts, they'd gladly take any source of money people jam in the slot.
When was the last time you bought something for five cents? I don't think I've made a five cent purchase since that single candy heart I bought for a primary school crush circa 1995.
And even at the school tuck shop, it was all I could do to avoid being up sold to a ten cent bag of mixed lollies.
These days those little coins are completely useless and plain irritating. They just amass in your purse, wallet or pocket. Nobody likes them. The five cent coin is the Gary Busey of Australian currency.
Some people don't even bother picking them up off the ground if they drop one. Evidentially, the act of bending over in 2012 is worth at least 20 cents.
Plenty of businesses try to discourage their use through setting prices at 10 cent intervals. And if you're five cents short at the supermarket, you can usually get away with it. So what's the hold up?
We made the choice to ditch one and two cent coins 20 years ago. It's the natural cycle of inflation. Prices keep going up and eventually the smaller denominations become practically worthless, ultimately of interest only to museums and collectors.
Unbelievably, just like rowing at the Olympics, the abolition of the five cent coin is yet another area where New Zealand beats Australia. The Kiwis got rid of theirs in 2006.
But the Royal Australian Mint still churns out up to 300 million five cent pieces a year. More than any other coin. That's 13 five cent coins for each Australian.
Someone needs to set an example. If I get one in my change, I'm not taking it with me. It's going straight into the tip jar or it's being left on the counter.
It's just like that episode of Seinfeld where Kramer decides he's ready for daylight saving, so he puts his watch forward an hour all on his own.
So that's it, Mint. I'm doing a Kramer! From now on, David M. Green does not do five cent coins.
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Super D says:
SO no one wants them yet millions have to be made every year. It's time to our coin hoarders as traitors and economic vandals.
Danny B says:
I've often wondered why we haven't already taken the step of abolishing this little, almost useless coin. It does make a lot of cents.
(Pun fully intended).
Carz says:
As far as I'm concerned everyone who doesn't want their five cent pieces can send them to me. I volunteer to give them a safe and happy home, where they will feel wanted. Don't abandon your five cent coins where they won't be cared for.
Me says:
A little off topic, however still in the theme of things, here's one for you. You remember those one and two cent pieces that disappeared, oh at least 10 years ago…...why do we still use them in our economy; as in .98c; $1.97; $99.99 (under $100, what a bargain!)?
Where are all those one and two cents going? Straight into someones stash without a doubt. Where could we see the five cent piece going? Well, if trends and past history is a great predictor, my bet would be that the ol five cent piece will also become a redundant, yet symbolic use of plageurism in the financial world, and guess who gets ripped off….again…..we, the people. The great disappearing act of one, two and now five cent pieces.
Mahhrat says:
I still think we could do worse than simply 2 for 1 the Australian dollar. Everybody's pay gets halved, everything's price gets halved. Bring back the little coins, etc.
(Yes, I know it's wishful thinking, hush).
gobsmack says:
The designs of all the coins that came out in 1966 are pretty amazing, but the design on 5c coin would be my favourite.
Frank says:
im pretty sure the mint has to wait a little bit to take them out of circulation, isnt there a push to start the process in 2014?
Inky says:
Personally, I'm waiting for the day when all physical currency is removed and we start paying for everything electronically with the exact cost of it, rather than rounding all over the place.
bael says:
Also it should be noted the value of the metals in the 5 cent coin are almost worth 5 cents.
Rossco says:
I'm a big fan of NZ currency including their smaller 50 cent piece (more like our 20c). However the 10s and 20's I did sometimes get confused due to the similar colours.
John Oh says:
Devalue our money. That will allow them to regain their usefullness.
Might upset those who sell home a bit. Wages will be lower etc…
Steve says:
The five cent piece can go, but why we're at it we should give serious consideration to removing our heaviest coins , the 20c and 50c pieces, and replacing them with a lighter 25c coin. It may be perceived as a little too American, but the quarter is one example of Americana I would happily embrace.
Richard says:
This article really annoys me. Well, not the writing, which is witty and enjoyable; but the premise, that 5c coins are redundant. In actual fact, 5c coins indeed cost more to produce than their face value of 5c. Apparently, the melt value of the metals in each 5c coin are more valuable than 5 cents!
Now, this is a travesty, because it is first-hand evidence of the ravages of inflation. Far from being a "natural cycle", inflation is a disease which brings massive pain, to mainly the lower classes in society.
There was much rejoicing last week in the press when Ben Bernanke announced yet another round of massive inflation A.K.A Quantitative Easing in the USA. But the despicable fact is that this money printing program, like all inflation, is specifically designed to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
Because the rich own all the assets, all the stocks, all the real estate, all the gold, all the tangible assets of value. So when the massive monetary inflation hits (and like Hayek said, inflation is everywhere and in all cases a monetary phenomenon… i.e. consumer price rises are merely the SYMPTOM of inflation, not the inflation itself), but when the inflation hits, the rich see the value of all their assets rise dramatically, meanwhile, the rise in their cost of living is only comparatively small, because they don't spend a great proportion of their wealth on essential living expenses percentage-wise.
But for the poor, you know, they don't have any/many assets, so they don't get the benefit of willful inflation, but meanwhile, because such a great proportion of their income is spent on essential expenses necessary just to survive and stay alive, the increases in the cost of living for them are devastating.
And so you know I can't fathom why the left-wing compassionistas, who suppose to support the poor and hate the rich, aren't up in arms about this blatant policy to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. The fact is, the left-wing do not care about the poor, they do not hate the rich, they're all just posers trying to adopt whatever the "cool" political position is, latching onto the flimsiest rationale by the latest "expert" du jour to defend it, all the while not even understanding the slightest bit about the real issues at stake, nor even really caring about anything other than their ability to paint themselves as "compassionate" and their opponents as "heartless".
andrew says:
I don't bother carrying any coins with me - empty them into a bag every night, pay for everything with notes. I don't generally use EFTPOS or card in shops either to minimise the chance of fraud, it seems much safer to me to go to my own bank's ATM about once a week and pay cash. Yes i know i'm every shop keepers worst nightmare!
Alicia says:
Yes! Get rid of the 5c coin! I hates them. I'd love them if the parking meter was hungry for them though. I empty mine into a small box at home when I remember but this isn't very often and I have about $1 so far.
colin says:
Yes, let's get rid of five cent pieces and bring back leaves as currency…Then we can burn down forests in the name of Economic Rationalism..!
Coin Dealer says:
Obviously, it shows that David Green and most people commenting do not really understand the real collector (not face) value of any 5 cent coins.
For example, a 1972 5 cent coin is worth approximately $30, but then again, most do not know this. The reason a 1972 5 cent coin is worth that much is because there were only 8,256,000 minted, making it a rare circulated coin. When was the last time you held a 1972 5 cent coin. There are many other rare 5 cent coins that are collectable and that are worth many times their face value.
The 1968 5 cent coins are worth $8.00 each in excellent condition.
I purchased 2oz gold in 1999 from keeping (2 x) 6,000 5 cent coins
Nowadays, 1oz of gold costs 36,000 5 cent coins, six times as much..
hmmm, now what has greater value to you, keeping that 5 cent coin or getting poor.
All 5 cent coins are worth more than the face value (the value printed on the coin, the legal tender value). The collector value is, at minimum, 40 times more for all 5 cent coins.
also, as governments purchase metals at government rates, then the cost of producing a 5 cent coin is not more than the cost of the metal. The costs you are using are the public rates, not government rates.
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by Kathy
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October 15, 2011
From journal Madrid my 2nd favorite city in Europe (after London)
by Zhebiton
Moscow, Moskva, Russia
July 19, 2010
From journal Madrid and Its Surroundings
by Owen Lipsett
New York, New York
September 30, 2005
Although critics claim the Thyssen-Bornemisza's works vary in quality and offer only a cursory introduction to innumerable painters and periods, I personally find these criticisms unjustified – next to the unusually airy galleries the museum's scope is its greatest charm. Nevertheless, if you're interested in seeing comprehensive displays of the work of specific artists or individual famous works the cavernous Prado and Reina Sofia, the other two points on Madrid's "Art Triangle" will be more to your liking. If you'd prefer a more approachable collection, and a broad introduction to Western art, however, read on…
Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza's collection is arranged roughly sequentially over three floors, with the earliest works on the highest level (which can be reached by elevator) and modern works on the ground floor, which are arranged according to style rather than in the strictly chronological fashion of the upper two floors. It's worth renting an audioguide (€5) to make sense of the assemblage, although most paintings are accompanied by labels that provide basic information in both Spanish and English. Tita Cervera's collections are displayed in separate galleries (located in what were once different buildings) on the upper two floors. This thoughtful design doesn't disturb the harmony of the Baron's collections (which were installed here under his supervision) and still allows you to compare the two as paintings from the same period are located in adjacent rooms. Tita's collections are more heavily geared toward nineteenth and twentieth century art – particularly by non-Spanish artists who are underrepresented in the Prado and Reina Sofia – and consequently make a wonderful addition to the "Art Triangle" as a whole.
Choosing favorites from the collection is entirely a matter of personal taste – its greatest charm may be that there's literally something for everyone. Although I personally find the display of works by Caravaggio and Ribera, thoughtfully placed together in Rooms 13-15, and the who's whos of Post-Impressionism (33) and Expressionism (35-37) most compelling, your interests are likely to be different. Indeed one of the collection's joys is that it confronts you with styles you might seek to ignore in another museum and that it places works by artists of different nationalities together in contrast to their usual segregation – illustrating both points I personally found the assemblage of British, French, and American nineteenth century landscapes in Rooms 29-31 delightful.
Further information: http://www.museothyssen.org
From journal Madrid: Spain's True Heart
by Hal1026
Scottsdale, Arizona
August 3, 2004
For detailed information on hours/activities/programs/visiting exhibits go to their website: www.museothyssen.org
From journal Madrid, Colors of a Capital
by KJP
Dallas, Texas
August 22, 2004
As a fan of the impressionist, post-impressionist, and early modern styles, the Thyssen-Bornemisza was the Madrid museum I was most looking forward to seeing. But the museum has much more, including 18th century Venetian paintings, Flemish, French, German, Spanish, and Dutch works, and 20th century art.
The collection is arranged in chronological order, so I'm impatient as we walk through the early Renaissance and 16th and 17th century paintings. We keep our eyes open for Caravaggio's works, but there's only one on display.
Eventually we reach the impressionist part of the collection, and there's a lot to admire here. There are several nice pieces by Alfred Sisley, Camille Pissarro, and Claude Monet, and a couple by Edgar Degas and Paul Signac.
The next viewing room contains the post-impressionist collection, and here's where I spend the most time, as Gauguin, van Gogh, and Toulouse-Lautrec are three of my very favorites. The Thyssen has an incredible collection by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, including the lovely Redhead with white blouse (1889).
While there are only four works by Vincent van Gogh, the collection does span his Dutch, Arles, and Auvers-sur-Oise periods. We saw Landscape at Dusk (Nuenen: 1885), Coal Barges (Arles: 1888), and View of Vessenots Near Auvers (Auvers-sur-Oise: 1990). A fourth said to be in the museum's collection, Water mill at Gennep (Nuenen: 1884) was not on display. With its vibrant yellows and blues, View of Vessenots near Auvers in particular seems to jump off the wall and outshine the other paintings in the room.
I also enjoyed the various styles in the 20th century collection, which included pieces by Georgia O'Keefe, Marc Chagall, Jackson Pollack, and Edward Hopper. Hopper's Hotel Room (1931) was my favorite 20th century piece.
If you're a fan of impressionist, post-impressionist, or 20th century art like myself, a visit to the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza is essential.
Additional information:
Web site: http://www.museothyssen.org/Ingles/index.htm
Metro: Banco de España (L2); Sevilla (L2).
Tel: +34 91 369 01 51
Fax: +34 91 420 27 80
From journal Madrid From Kilometer Zero
by travelprone
Carlsbad, California
May 19, 2005
Some of my favorites at the Thyssen are as follows: Monet's "The Thaw at Vetheuil" (a glorious blue-white winter scene); Degas' "At the Milliner's" (I like practically everything by him); Kaspar David Friedrich's "Easter Morning" (strikingly dim sun shining wanly over almost barren trees); Bramantino's "The Resurrected Christ" (cadaverous, more realistic resurrected Christ); Ruben's "The Toilet of Venus" (gorgeous, flesh color and a play on a half-reflection in a mirror); and Carpaccio's "Young Knight in a Landscape" (a compendium of medieval motifs that serves as the headliner for all of the museum's publicity).
To a degree, the oft-repeated criticism of this museum as having minor works by major artists and major works by minor artists has some relevance I would say. Van Gogh's "The Stevedores in Arles" lacks the exciting brushwork and vivid color of most of his other Arles canvasses and Goya's "Asensio Julia" cannot compete in vibrancy with other portraits of his in the Prado. But Grosz's "Metropolis 1916-1917," in all its blaring redness, triumphs for me as an expression of a modern big-city claustrophic effect.
On the museum's website, you can take a virtual tour room by room or check out their 50 Masterpieces section. You can also view some of the landscapes in Carmen's collection that reflects her belief that landscape art in particular is like travel that takes you to other places and other times.
From journal Magnificent Museum Madrid
by Re
São Paulo, Brazil
July 16, 2002
From journal Alone in Madrid
by roza4
Cinnaminson, New Jersey
May 3, 2003
Also on the 1st floor there are several rooms of paintings from French school of the 17th century and British paintings from 18-19th centuries -- the most notable works are by Reynolds, Gainesborough, Fragonard, Watteau. More of 19th century is represented by Sargeant, Whistler, Delacroix, Goya, Corot, Constable, and Courbet. There is also a very impressive collection of impressionists and post-impressionists: Manet, Pissarro, Monet, Renoir, Sisley, Degas ("Swaying Dancer" is probably the envy of any museum), Toulouse-Lautrec, Gaughin, Bonnard, Van Gogh, and Cezanne are all next door to the expressionism/avant-garde of Kandinsky, von Jawlensky, Goncharova, Larionov, Delaunay, Vlaminck, Braque, Kokoshka, and Dufy.
The main floor continues the various movements of the 20th century almost as a retrospective of the past century. It boasts such names as Mondrian, Leger, Picasso, Braque, Gris, Popova, Kupka, Rozanova, Udaltzova, Chashnik, Suetin, Lissitsky, Filonov, Glebova, Annenkov, Ernst, Klee, Chagall, Matisse, Miro, Pollock, Gorky, O'Keefe, Kooning, Dali, Tanguy, Giacometti, Magritte, and Francis Bacon. At the entrance to the collection on the main floor you can also see Tintoretto's "Paradise," which looks like a miniature of the wall in Doge's Palace.
The temporary exhibit that shares the floor with the modern art is "Ribera – The Pieta" (through May 11, 2003), which is free. This is not a large exhibit but it shows the paintings that influenced Ribera's vision that are on loan here from the National Gallery in London, the Louvre, museums of Rome, Naples, Museo del Prado and led to the painting of his Pieta which belongs to the Museo Thyssen collection. Also here are Ribera's sketches of Pieta from private collections.
From journal Travels to Spain - Madrid
Permanent collection 4.80€–adults, 3€–students
Combined ticket for the permanent collection and temporary exhibit 6.60€–adult, 3.60€–student
If you are staying in Madrid just for a day, you have to visit Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. It is located across the street from Museo del Prado in the 18th century villa and considered the most important privately-assembled art collection in the world, which I really have to agree with.
The collection is truly enormous and it is best to start on the 2nd floor and work your way down to the basement -- this way you will start with the early Renaissance and follow the art through Baroque, Rococo, Realism to the 20th century modern. You can also the paintings of the founders of the museum, Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza.
If you visit Prado first, this collection will be like a great addition to what you've just seen. You start with the Italian icons of the 14-15th centuries, then move on to the early Gothic paintings of Van Eyck, della Robbia's beautiful porcelain statues. The collection of Dutch masters includes works by Memling, van Cleve, and Holbein's famous portrait of Henry VIII. Next, we see the Italian Renaissance with works by Pietro della Francesca, Rafael, Corregio, Veronese, and Strozzi. Carpaccio's "Young knight in a landscape" is considered a symbol of this museum and is shown on the cover of all the catalogs. The German school is represented by works of Durer and Cranach the Elder, the most beautiful of which is Cranach's "Reclining nymph". In other rooms you will find paintings by Murillo, Tiepolo, Teniers, Brueghel, Van Dyck, 4 Rubens paintings the most interesting of which is "The toilet of Venus", Van Loo, Rembrandt's "Self-portrait", Bronzino, and Titian's "Portrait of Doge Francesco Venier". You can also see portraits by Holbein and views of Venice by Canaletto.
The first floor has a large collection of 17th-century Dutch paintings that show scenes of daily life, interiors, and landscapes including Metsu, de Hooch, and Teniers, which are really missing from Prado collection.
Continued in Part II
Paseo del Prado, 8
Phone: 91 369 01 51
Open: Tues–Sun 10am–7pm, closed on Mondays, May 1.
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There is a large bookshop on the main floor to the right of the main entrance.
by Columbus
Miami, Florida
December 27, 2000
From journal Visiting Madrid in the winter.


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I'm guessing I'd be at least as depressed as that time I was 14 and thought the Backstreet Boys were breaking up.
Seriously, though, I might cry. I'd probably be really angry, too.
Cry endlessly; tears of infinity. And then suicide.
(I hope Rivers sees this forum as a type of flattery)
....Why is "happy" even one of the options?!
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How happy/upset would some of you be?
What if the White Stripes retired from music?
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I was 10 years old when my childhood came to sudden and tragic halt. I remember the exact moment that it happened. I was sitting in a movie theater on my 10th birthday watching 1986's Transformers: The Movie and during the film's opening battle, Prowl died. Sure lots of Transformers died during the battle and the film, but that was the one that really affected me. When Prowl opened his mouth and smoke roiled out as he turned gray my childhood drained away just like his color. Thinking back on it right now, I can still see it like it was yesterday and all those feelings come rushing back.
I never really paid any attention to the Transformers after that. The show was still on TV and I did see the episode where they found Optimus Prime's zombie hulk floating in space and brought him back to life, but I found it weird, creepy, and more than a little upsetting. It only reinforced the notion that Transformers was no longer for me.
So that was that. The Transformers kept reappearing in one incarnation or the other, but I paid them no mind until the Bayformers ravaged souls and movie screens all across the nation. I watched the first two and was impressed by the special effect while at the same time feeling embarrassed for suffering through such childish gags without throwing my TV in a swimming pool. Of course, those movies also got videogame adaptations, because of course they did. It's just what happens but I didn't play a single one.
Then something weird happened: High Moon Studios released a good Transformers game called Transformers: War for Cybertron. Based on my old stomping grounds - G1- it told a story that acted as part of a prequel to the G1 story of the autobots fleeing their homeworld of Cybertron, then crash landing on Earth. I didn't play that one either because Transformer had ceased to be my thing nearly 20 years earlier.
Fast forward to a few weeks ago when I found myself assigned War for Cybertron's sequel, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. I was going to have to face off against the entity that ended my childhood all those years ago in that dark and sticky movie theater. So I set aside my personal feelings and sat down with controller in hand to see how the years had tempered those negative associations and also to see if I could find a decent game hidden somewhere in the nostalgia fogging up the lenses of my rose-colored glasses that had sat cracked and broken for two decades.
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron details the last days of the war for dwindling resources on Cybertron and dovetails nicely with the Ark's crash landing on Earth that kicked off the old G1 cartoon. Over the course of the game's 13 chapters you'll play as a selection of both autobots and decepticons allowing you to see both sides of the war. The selection was nice, I don't want to spoil it here, but if you must know, I'm sure it's out there on the 'net somewhere. I will say that while it wasn't the character line up I might have preferred, the variation was nice.
During battle, each Transformer can wield a primary weapon and a secondary weapon. Each can be upgraded at Teletraan 1 stores using energon shards as currency. Also at Teletraan stores, you can purchase perks that permanently upgrade all the playable characters' attributes and you can purchase offensive and defensive equipment like fire support drones or shields. Collectible blueprints can be redeemed at stores that let you upgrade newly discovered weapons, and there are collectible audio logs to fill in the back-story.
The primary weapons follow the standard "pistol, assault rifle, smg, sniper rifle, shotgun, rocket launcher" template (hereafter known as the P.A.R.S.M.G.S.R.S.G.R.L or Parsmugrusgirl template), while the secondary weapons mix it up. Some offer nice twists like the Corrosive Slime Cannon, or not, like the Scrapmaker heavy machine gun. All of them are fun to use and can carve out a niché for themselves in any battle. Also cool is the way they integrate into the wielder's arm instead of simply being held in their hand. Let's face it; if Transformers were real, that's what they'd do. You can't drop a gun that's part of your arm after all. Also, you get a nice little "transformation" when you switch the side your gun is on and if there's one thing Transformers is about it's transformations. To round out combat abilities, each character also get's their own special ability that works on a cool-down timer like artillery strikes, an energy grapple, or invisibility.
Speaking of transformations, no Transformers game would be complete without the ability to change form. Fall of Cybertron allows seamless one-click transforming at almost all times (there are a few places on each map and during plot-advancing sequences where you can't). Each character's vehicle form follows alien aesthetics and actually has two forms: the hover form that allows slow controllable movement and the actual vehicle form where wheels are on the ground (or your wings are out if you're an aircraft). In this fast form, you can boost for extra speed while both forms allow the firing of your vehicle mounted gun or guns. There are even sections that boil down to mini races where you can only survive by speeding away as a vehicle. These sections were a nice change of pace after a series of grueling battles.
Everything involved in transformations is spot on. They're fully animated complete with that classic "chi-cha-chu-chir" sound. Not only that, but the vehicle forms felt integral to the gameplay as the levels are laid out in such a way as to encourage both forms and the quick shifting between them - even in the heat of battle. Even the vehicle handling was good. If you normally crash immediately whenever you get behind the virtual wheel, you'll still find yourself cruising at breakneck speeds with little trouble once you get used to it. In the robot future past, things like over steer and under steer thankfully don't exist.
Early on in the game, once I got a handle on the controls, I forgot about the past and it was as if I was back in my room after school watching Transformers G1. Everything felt right. There's just something seductive about robots that can change into vehicles and back again. Jumping off a ledge as a robot, transforming in mid-air and landing as a vehicle, then speeding off, or jumping into space and changing to an aircraft, then "landing" again as a robot just felt right - like I was back in the old TV show rather than playing a videogame adaptation 20 years after the fact. High Moon Studios should be commended for nailing that very important aspect of the property. After all, nothing would ruin a Transformers game faster than poorly handled transforming.
Of course, not everything is just like G1: vehicle forms are different - alien, like I said. Also, robot forms are much more complex than they were in the old cartoon. Purists may find themselves annoyed by the fact that Bumblebee is mute and that since there's no mass shifting, Megatron doesn't turn into a handgun (he's still technically a gun, but it's a giant self-propelled cannon), and Soundwave doesn't turn into a cassette player (although his pets Lazerbeak and Rumble remain - seeing them was a shock for me because I'd forgotten they existed so long ago), but that stuff never bothered me.
To go along with the extreme sense of Transformers
déjà vu
, I got another strong sense of videogame
déjà vu
from Fall of Cybertron. Surprisingly the game I was so strongly reminded of was Halo. Despite the fact that Fall of Cybertron is a third person shooter versus a Halo's first person shooter, Fall of Cybertron has a lot in common with Microsoft's stoic space marine. The pacing, battles, gunplay, and vehicles all felt pretty much identical. You move through either open battlefields or tight hallways full of both enemies and allies shooting at each other and you can traverse them either on foot or in a vehicle. The only difference is that you ARE the vehicle in Fall of Cybertron so there's always one handy. And I swear if you don't think of the Covenant Ghost as you circle strafe and run over enemies in your vehicle form, then it's because you've never played Halo before. They way enemies react to taking gunfire is similar as well: they don't. Killing bad guys at a distance is a matter of pumping them full of enough bullets to kill them before they disappear into cover and let their shields recharge. At close range, you're either playing a chess match of ducking behind boxes or killing them outright in one or two hits with something overwhelming. Also like Halo, the levels themselves are each a trial of shifting goals. In almost every level, you'll go from charging a waypoint to operating a turret, to calling in artillery strikes, to being ambushed by enemies way more powerful than you are. The game was a constant supply of Halo-esque situations. All the **** was hitting all the fans in some levels while others required you to infiltrate enemy strongholds while fending off snipers, and stealth killing sentries. I can't really convey to you to depth of Fall of Cybertron's similarities to Halo during its roughly 10-hour campaign, but trust me when I say that it's not really a criticism, and it may not be intentional. Halo does a lot of things right and in High Moon Studios' similar effort to do a lot things right it's possible they simply came to identical solutions.
Once you're finished with the campaign, or at any other point for that matter, you can jump into War for Cybertron's multiplayer modes. There are both co-op and competitive modes. The co-op is called Escalation and plays out just like any other game's "horde mode." You are part of a team that must defend an area against waves of enemies. You earn money with kills and you can spend it on new gear and defensive upgrades. Overall, it's not very remarkable; it's just there because people enjoy it in other games. What's really bad is that it only ships with four maps.
The competitive modes are probably where people are going to spend most of their time, and I have to say that one of the features of the competitive multiplayer is going to allow many a gamer's inner child to come out cheering. Why? Well, you can CREATE YOUR OWN TRANSFORMER. Let that sink in for a minute. Imagine being a little kid playing with Transformers action figures and you suddenly found yourself with the ability to design your own. You'd die. I know I would. You choose from one of 12 templates spread across four classes that follow the standard "scout, soldier, heavy, engineer" template. From there you can customize the look and both an autobot and decepticon color scheme. Along with the expected variations of heads, arms, and legs, you're also given the option to choose one of several different vehicle forms along with wheels, cannons for the heavies (called titans) and wings for the engineers (called scientists) who are all aircraft. Finally, you get to name your creation. It's awesome.
Once you are done creating your very own Transformer (if you can ever stop because you can create 12 different ones), you can play one of four modes: Team Deathmatch, Conquest, Capture the Flag, and Head Hunter. Team Deathmatch is pretty straightforward, Conquest and Capture the Flag are just variations of the same idea (capture or control things for points), and Head Hunter requires you to kill enemies then collect sparks. The winner is the first to collect 30 sparks. Thankfully, competitive multiplayer doesn't get the short end of the map stick - the game ships with a very healthy 10 maps. As you play, you gain xp to unlock new items and eventually you can enter "Prime mode." It resets all your characters and xp so you can do it all again, but with a snazzy medal next to your name.
The multiplayer for War for Cybertron was pretty popular, but Fall of Cybertron has been accused by fans of WfC of being dumbed down because perks and other features were excised to make for a more streamlined experience. I never played WfC so I can't say for sure. Multiplayer is so subjective anyway that your best bet is to simply play it for yourself to see if it's worth your time.
So pretty much everything I've talked about so far has been pretty good, however, graphically, Fall of Cybertron is only average. The aesthetic is as Transformers as Transformers can Transformers, but the actual nuts and bolt are un-special. Fall of Cybertron uses the Unreal engine so everything looks like it was molded out of clay, then wrapped in colorful tin foil (which I kind of like, but your mileage may vary). As per Unreal usual, there is a lot of texture pop-in, and they're still not that good once they're all popped in, but it doesn't really harm the game. I also noticed a fair amount of jaggies, suffered some framerate drops, and once I was booted out of the level geometry by a decepticon leaper. I then proceeded to fall through what must have been all 84 levels of robot hell (It's a very real place, ya know?) before the game finally decided I could die and reload the checkpoint. Don't get me wrong, Fall of Cybertron doesn't look bad; it just won't wow anyone anytime soon.
Sound wise, Fall of Cybertron was fairly unremarkable. The voice actors all do a very good job, and Peter Cullen returns to reprise his role as the Only Optimus Prime That Can Ever Be. The soundtrack, meanwhile, left zero impression on me. Same with the other sound effect. They weren't good or bad, just there.
Now before we finish up, there is one thing that for me counts as an "elephant in the room" issue I need to talk about. There is only one level (or maybe one and a half levels depending on your definition of "level" that lets you play as the dinobot's leader, Grimlock. ONLY ONE! That's an outrage if you ask me. He was a main focus of the game's marketing, and looking back, I think it was pretty misleading since he's in the game less than just about every other character. Also, Grimlock is boss. He was my favorite Transformer, and he should have been every little boy's favorite because he exists at the nexus of two of their favorite things - robots and dinosaurs. Another issue I had was that you couldn't freely transform into his T-Rex form at will. For some reason, Grimlock is arbitrarily damaged so changing form is relegated to his special ability and must be refilled by killing enemies. All the other Dinobots can transform at will, and frankly seem much more capable than Grimlock, which doesn't jive with how he was portrayed during, pre-release hype (as an unstoppable killing machine - in fact he's very stoppable). It doesn't affect my final opinion of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron much, but dammit, it bears mentioning. It's the one real blemish on an otherwise fun game.
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Transformers: Fall of Cybertron is a lot of fun, even if its looks aren't on par with its gameplay. It does, however perfectly capture the essence of Transformers and is worth checking out whether you're a life-long Transformers fan or just watched it when you were little and never gave another thought.
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I adored the
original game
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The story is engulfing and character rich (and we're talking a TON of characters) and the gameplay is spot on both in terms of the shooting mechanics and the driving / platforming. High Moon absolutely LOVES the Transformers franchise and it shows in their work. This is a game made for fans by fans. Everything that made War for Cybertron great has been improved and refined. There are a lot of new bells and whistles include this time around, especially in terms of the multiplayer options and the ability to upgrade your weapons and tech in the campaign.
The one thing that stood out to me more than anything else, is the "epic" feel to the game. This represents the final days of Cybertron and fans of the series can truly feel it both in the action and the atmosphere created by the characters. Thanks to an absolutely stellar voice cast, the resulting experience is one that you could easily get lost in. In the end, this game reminded me of why I started playing video games in the first place: to escape the real world and become apart of another. When you add in the fact that the world in question is one that engulfed a large majority of my childhood, it makes the experience even better. You truly feel like you are a part of the Transformers universe and fans are absolutely going to love it. It sucks you in and refuses to spit you out, even when the game is over. For fans like myself, this is like a dream come true. Bravo High Moon! Bravo!
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Kathies Note: This musical is timeless in its introduction of Christian figures through history. From Pauls conversion to the real story of Pocahontas to the chill bump moment of the video footage of Billy Graham (included in the Directors Aide and Video) this musical is witty and winsome, ending with a strong salvation message. Promise U is another of my favorites, especially for involving older children or teens in your program.
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Beyond the visual fireworks, many of these poems also display an edgy intelligence at work. The cerebral and touchingly elegiac 'Your Grandfather Would Have Wanted You to Have This', for example, muses on the "boy / with his minute jeroboam" aboard a model ship inside a bottle, while 'Dedication' makes a succinct case against linguistic imprecision. With its lively patter and suburban settings, however, Bird's remains "the language of supermarket tradegies, of the intense emotions behind the tiny instants of daily life" (New Statesman).
Listening to Julia Bird read gives a real sense of the energy and deft music of her poetry. The tone is often upbeat, reflecting the celebratory nature of much of her work, but not without a certain gravitas when the subject matter demands it. As Sarah Crown has stated of her work on the page: "her poems charm; her passion for language is palpable, her lines heaped with gorgeous words, selected for sheen and texture". The same can be said of Bird's accomplished and dynamic reading of her poems.
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|Photo courtesy of Jeremy Rodorigo A Metro-North Railroad crew hooks up an SUV to a crane to pull it away from a train just north of the Beacon Falls train station on Thursday afternoon. Emergency workers and police responded to the scene after the train collided with the SUV, which was on or close to the tracks, authorities said.
BEACON FALLS — The driver of an SUV was injured Thursday when a Metro-North Railroad train collided with the vehicle just north of the Beacon Falls train station, authorities said.
The 59-year-old man, who wasn't identified, suffered injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening and was taken by Beacon Hose Company No. 1 ambulance to Waterbury Hospital, said Jeremy Rodorigo, Beacon Hose spokesman.
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We have all heard the warnings from trade associations, vendors and peers – the supply of experienced industry talent is decreasing as veterans retire and less trainees join in all the fun. The shortage especially seems most apparent with chief engineers, linen rental plant managers and cross trained GMs.
New talent filtered into our industry several ways through the years. The route based operators in linen supply or uniform rental hired a route sales rep who after a year or more "out on a route" would aspire to do more. "Be careful what you wish for," they would say, as the promotion to route supervisor often meant more hours for comparable (or less) pay, or transferring inside to a production supervisor position, taking away the freedom of the road.
New management talent often started as production supervisors, especially in larger plants. The better supervisors have progressed into plant management quicker in the uniform rental plants as opposed to the linen rental plants, due in part to the complexities of flatwork finishing and, especially in food and beverage linen plants, with its roller coaster of daily requirements.
Many chief engineers started out as a mechanic, and often were promoted more because of their trade skills than their ability to train, delegate and plan. Today's demands of technology, safety training and PC based PM programs require a bona fide manager willing to develop people and work in unison with production.
In my opinion there are significantly less management candidates available in our industry today than thirteen years ago when I started LaundryCareers.com. Remember all those consolidations and acquisitions? The left over candidates filled in when the seasoned veterans retired or the "bad apples" got kicked out of our industry. Meanwhile there have been less and less high quality "rookies" coming on board. Large companies like Unitog, RUS and National Linen who used to hire and develop "manager trainees" became part of other organizations. Unfortunately, in the past ten to fifteen years the better entry level talent went to other industries willing and able to pay a slightly higher dollar. Now that talent is 30 to 45 years old in the prime of their careers and, subsequently, we don't have them as plant managers, service managers and general managers.
One of my barometers are the resume databases of the major job bulletin board firms. Every year my business invests many thousands of dollars for access to their database of candidates. Eight to ten years ago I could put in obvious keywords and seemingly hundreds of laundry industry candidates with various level of experience from all over the U.S. would show up in a database search. Granted, that may seem like a lot, but factoring in the typical high percentage unwilling to relocate across the most 20 populated states and the ratio translated to a relatively small talent pool.
Now for the scary part – on any given day those same databases may show less than 20 experienced candidates within our industry and most of those are "first line" supervisors, and often not wanting to relocate. Good second line managers are critical to our industry – these are the plant managers who can train and develop production supervisors, service managers who can train and develop route supervisors. They are the future GMs, though ideally they first get the opportunity to manage multiple departments (e.g. production, maintenance, sales, service, and office). Unfortunately, not too many employers are willing to risk cross training their plant managers and service mangers, that development chapter seems to have gone the way of the last century.
Some of the larger companies in our industry, especially in California, are taking advantage of the unemployed talent showing up from other industries. Production managers from vehicle manufacturing plants, food processing operations, and other sophisticated production facilities are being forced to layoff individuals with fascinating credentials. Often these are managers who know how to drive efficiencies, run safety meetings and figure out ways to get good results without complaining about equipment issues or union shop rules. Maintenance managers from other industries can make the transition even easier than their production brethren, just make sure you don't set them up to fail.
The key is to assign the right person to coach the "outsider" on what he or she does not know about laundry. The manager needs some time to build trust and credibility, and if they have the support of a well respected "coach" then the odds will be in their favor.
What the more savvy employers are finding out is looking at more than just the candidate's experience and salary history, they are also looking at what their previous commute had been. If a good candidate, laid off from a $80,000 production manager position in a different industry, had to travel an hour and a half to get to work, they could be real open to a lower salary at a laundry plant twenty minutes from their house. Especially if they don't want to (or can't) sell their house in today's depressed real estate market.
Often I hear the grumbling in the background, "I don't want to train someone only to lose them to a competitor or back to the industry they came from." It is a good point, as trained employees do change jobs, and sometimes to work for direct competitors.
What I say to them is we can always learn a lot from baseball. The best teams have three elements going for them – they hire the best available talent into their farm system, they train them their way and they have good coaches. They don't seem to miss a beat if one of their best players leaves for free agency. Those same teams will also blend in some experienced players, even if they are from the opposite league or Japan. They are confident they have a good system in place and can surround their employees with good coaches.
Like most facets of business, you have to "play the numbers" when it comes to hiring talent new to our industry. Don't let the failures discourage the strategy, but learn enough from the failures to tweak the strategy.
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Gregg obviously hasn´t been keeping up with Obama´s thug tactics. Playing golf with Boehner is a bad isea. For one itll make it appear there´s an establishment fix in the works which invariably sells out taxpayers.Secondly there´s a total lack of confidence in Boeher to represent our side effectively.Thirdly,Obama doesn´t want problems fixed in order to say he needs Pelosi as speaker toget anything done.Can anybody think of a single proposal Obama has made on anything that actually makes sense?Obama is a showman and con artist not to mention a compulsive liar so who should make a deal with someone of this character?The majorette girl from Chicago who got killed after participating in Obama´s inauguration,really bothers me.The left´s response to this disaster was to send MO and VJ to the funeral,while overlooking the raw culture of violence coming from their own support groups.Obama goes there on a gun violence and within hours someone else was killed.Instead of the unleashing their wrath on this variety of criminals they go after law abiding citizens instead.The point is why would you deal with people like these.They ought to have the door slammed in their face.
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Propping up O´blamo´s lies is not governing.The republicans must just say NO NO NO.
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A photo by Karen Roze.
Yesterday I found a series of photos by Ellen Von Unwerth, posted on a website. I read the comments people had left in reaction to the editorial. Said one commenter of Von Unwerth's body of work, "She ALWAYS makes girls look like either sluts or rape victims."
Personally, I wouldn't put it quite that way, but I have long felt that women who photograph other women have a connection with their subjects men don't have. They are more adept at finding both uncommon strength and unsettling weakness in their images. Whether it is because their own experiences inform their work (as they must) or because their models feel more connected, it's hard to say – both, perhaps – but the difference is there.
Last night the WOMEN X WOMEN exhibit opened at Fashion House. The press release promised "the exhibited works [would] capture beauty, vulnerability, and strength of the model through the photographer's eyes with the artistic direction drawing on the photographer's own memories, style, and dreams."
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I was very excited to see the images, I was disappointed to find that most of them, while they were certainly competently executed, were also absolutely typical of the majority of mainstream high-fashion photography. The models were predominantly white, thin, and expressionless, slumped in editorials that hardly covered new ground. There were, however, a few standouts.
Karen Roze's untitled editorial was an aggressive blend of deep shadow and saturated colour. The model appeared from the ether with the determination of an avenging angel. Maude Arsenault's "Masha 14" was just the opposite. She documented her model, Masha, dressed in over-sized bows and voluminous gowns. In her heels and makeup, there is no mistaking this model is still a child. Her expressions are plaintive, her eyes slightly bewildered but locked onto the lens (and the audience). It highlights an unsettling vulnerability and the viewer-as-consumer must answer to why she is there at all.
Finally, Genevieve Caron's editorial (also untitled) shows an extremely pale model, dressed in a severe Edwardian-style dress. She stands stiffly, all forehead and jawline, holding up one edge of her dress to expose a thigh. Her pose is reminiscent of vintage erotica, with the exception that she stares unapologetic, almost brutally, into the lens. Her expression is deliberate and she dares the audience to question her motive.
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An enchanting depiction of the legendary Ipanema Beach in Rio, Brazil, done by the artist Parvez Taj. Taj created this water-based painting working from one of his photographs. He mixed softly contrasting colors with a sponge to achieve the effects of light. The blended photograph and painting was then printed on canvas.
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Alicia administers the CLS, OMA I, OMA II and CMFS certification programs, She is the person to contact for information regarding the certification process and the requirements for renewal. She also works with the STLE Board of Directors and various committees. Contact her directly with any questions you may have, she would be glad to assist. In her free time, Alicia is an avid hockey fan (GO HAWKS!) who loves to travel, movies from the 1980's, spending time with her family, and has an affinity for anything vintage.
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Education Manager
Kara is the person to talk to about education. She can assist you with questions about your overall professional development and upcoming events (including on-site or online education). For more details about STLE University, see the Education tab on the home page. In her spare time, she reads with her cat Jackson curled up on her lap. She likes to run, and hopes to run a 5K with Judy sometime soon. She loves her local library, enjoys baking, and, like Alicia, adores anything vintage.
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Franciscan Glass Company
Map and Directions 35255 Fircrest St. Newark CA 94560 USA
Contact Person: Phil Bibo
Phone: 800-229-7730 510-505-9775
Fax: 800-229-7730
PRODUCTS OR SERVICES: Franciscan Glass Co, Inc. is a full line Distributor of Stained Glass and related tools and supplies for traditional stained glass as well as fused and hot glass. We have a wide selection of architectural glass for cabinets and sidelights that can be fabricated to cut sizes with the capability to temper or laminate for safety glazing. We have been family owned and operated for 50 years. Our staff is very knowledgeableand helpful, ready to answer all of your questions. We ship via UPS and common carrier daily and get most orders out within 24 hours. Export orders welcome.
BRIEF ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Great customer service is our goal. We hand select all glass as if it were for our own work. All orders are packed
PRODUCT TRADE NAMES: Spectrum, Uroboros, Bullseye, Youghiogheny, Kokomo, Armstrong, GNA, System 96, Glamir, Pilkington, Glastar, Inland, Morton, Gryphon,Gemini, Toyo, Fletcher, Weller, Pro Tools, Fan Out, American Hakko, CKE Odyssey, Clarity, Cascade Metals, Canfield, Amerway, Lamp Base
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Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton is sorry today for calling Miss California a "dumb bitch."
Perez Hilton to Miss California: Sorry I called you a dumb bee-otch
April 20
But he was REALLY ticked off last night when, on live TV, to his face, Miss California, Carrie Prejean, said that marriage should be between a man and a woman.
Prejean said today that she believes her answer to Hilton's question cost her the crown. She finished second behind Miss North Carolina.
Did Prejean not recognize her questioner, the self-described "Queen of All Media" or something?
From one queen to another, here's how it went down:
Hilton: "Vermont recently became the fourth state to legalize same-sex marriage. Do you think every state should follow suit? Why or why not?"
Prejean: "I think it's great that Americans are able to choose one or the other. We live in a land that you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage and, you know what, in my country and my family I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anyone out there but that's how I was raised and that's how I think it should be between a man and a woman."
Perez was so steamed that as soon as the pageant was over - Miss California lost, by the way - he went off on her on a video blog.
"She gave the worst answer in pageant history," he fumed. "She got booed. I think that was the first time in Miss USA EVER that a contestant has been booed.
"She lost not because she doesn't believe in gay marriage. Miss California lost because she's a dumb bitch."
But apparently Perez has slept on it, because now he's saying he'd love to take Miss California out for coffee and "talk."
Oh to be a fly on that wall.
Prejean spoke to "Access Hollywood" today about all the drama and stuck to her guns.
�I feel like I won. I feel like I�m the winner. I really do,� she said, noting that today she had 1,000 messages on Facebook and 2,000 friend requests.
She added that her answer "did cost me my crown. I wouldn�t have had it any other way. I said what I feel. I stated an opinion that was true to myself and that�s all I can do.
"It is a very touchy subject and he [Perez] is a homosexual and I see where he was coming from and I see the audience would�ve wanted me to be more politically correct. But I was raised in a way that you can never compromise your beliefs and your opinions for anything."
And who knew? She's apparently been in an on/off relationship with Michael Phelps?
�He is a great man,� she told the TV show. "We can talk about that a different day.�
| Lisa Gutierrez
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Assemblyman Tim Donnelly said he introduced AB 202, which he dubbed the "the California School Marshal Plan," in response to the December shooting at a Connecticut elementary school that killed 20 children and six adults.
"The teachers and administrators at Sandy Hook showed incredible bravery, laying their lives down for their students," the Twin Peaks lawmaker said. "We must honor their sacrifice by ensuring that our teachers are not left defenseless again."
Current law allows school staff to carry a concealed firearm on campuses if allowed by the district. The proposed law would expand that by allowing school districts to use general purpose funds to train any willing school employee—teachers, administrators or support staff—to use guns, Donnelly said.
Having such "school marshals" would serve as a deterrent to would-be intruders, as well as a line of defense against violent perpetrators, he added.
"We have a moral imperative to protect the children in our schools," Donnelly said.
The bill is the latest that a host of lawmakers have introduced in response to the Connecticut rampage and other mass shootings.
Proposals range from SB 49, which would require schools to update their safety plans to AB 48, which would place more controls on ammunition sales.
Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, a Democrat from San Francisco who chairs the Public Safety Committee, said he had not yet studied any of the proposals.
"I'm ready to make sure each of the bills gets careful consideration," he said.