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Soundtrack CD – RO2 items in the Web store
by Alan Wilson on Tuesday, September 27, 2011, under News
While people are busy enjoying the game, you can now pre-order the Soundtrack CD on iTunes (click on the image…):
As well as the soundtrack, we also have some nice RO2 swag available in the web store, including T-shirts, hoodies, paratrooper bag, boxed copies of the game AND the rather smart hip flask:
Soldiers of Stalingrad Interview
by Alan Wilson on Monday, September 26, 2011, under News
The Soldiers of Stalingrad fan website has a small interview with our own Bill Munk (Creative Director). The site is run by the VvV clan, so thanks to them for this little interview!
Reviews – Part 6
by Alan Wilson on Thursday, September 22, 2011, under News
And for Thursday afternoon:
- PC Advisor – 4/5
- Airborne gamer – 83%
- PS3King (in German) – 7/10
- Elder Geek – 4/5
- Games.CZ (in Czech) – 8/10
- Gamestar (in German) – 85/100
- Gamepro – 4/5
- GrE (Games R Evil) – B+
- Ten Ton Hammer – 80/100
- Front Towards Gamer – 7/10
- Nerd Repository – 8/10
$12,000 Scorched Earth Tournament for RO2
by Alan Wilson on Wednesday, September 21, 2011, under News
Forgotten Honor together with Tripwire Interactive and The Wild Bunch are happy to announce the opening of the sign-ups for our massive knockout tournament "Scorched Earth". This is the first competitive tournament for Tripwire Interactive's new release – Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad. To celebrate, Tripwire Interactive is putting up $8,000 for the winning team and $4,000 for the second place team!
"Scorched Earth" is a knockout tournament for Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad, played in the Countdown gametype. The tournament will run through rounds of matches, held between clans in a US division and a European division, with the winners of each division playing a Grand Final (USA vs EU) on servers on both sides of the Atlantic. All tournament servers will be provided exclusively by Gaming Deluxe for Europe and NFO Servers for the US.
For the full details and to sign your clan up, head for the Scorched Earth sign-up page at: http://www.forgottenhonor.com/scorchedearth/clan-presignups.html
Reviews – Part 5
by Alan Wilson on Wednesday, September 21, 2011, under News
Wednesday morning…
- Everyeye has an 8.6 (in Italian)
- Sarcastic Gamer as well
- Gamefront give us 87/100
- Officially not-a-review from Kotaku
- Edge have a review up too
- Rock Paper Shotgun weighing in as well


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Is this show suitable for a nine year old to see please?
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Posted 09 January 2013 - 08:02 PM
Personally I think spamalot is fine for a 9 year old, there is no really rude bits. It's s very silly story which I am sure they will love , very colourful sets and it is quite short which is always a plus with kids!
Posted 10 January 2013 - 08:58 AM
Yes, I think so although a bit of Monty Python knowledge helps so some of the humour may go over their head. Still plenty to amuse though.
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Mentor Graphics Announces Synthesis Support for New Altera Arria GX FPGA Family
WILSONVILLE, Ore., May 8, 2007 — Mentor Graphics Corporation, (NASDAQ: MENT), today announced that its suite of advanced synthesis products supports the newly introduced Arria GX field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) from Altera Corporation. Both companies have been in close cooperation to ensure Precision® Synthesis support for the full range of Arria GX devices with release 2007a3.
Arria GX, Altera's latest family of FPGA devices, is designed to deliver protocol-optimized transceivers at a cost point attractive to high-volume applications. "Arria GX expands Altera's already impressive offering of FPGAs, broadening the portfolio of products with integrated transceivers," said Simon Bloch, general manager, Mentor Graphics Design Creation and Synthesis Division. "Designers using Arria GX FPGAs will benefit from the advance features of Precision Synthesis to meet their design goals both predictably and rapidly."
The companies began collaboration late last year on supporting the Arria GX FPGA family within the Mentor Graphics family of synthesis tools. "Precision Synthesis' high quality of results, advanced design optimization and analysis capabilities enable users to reduce costs and accelerate the overall design process," said Danny Biran, vice president of product and corporate marketing at Altera. "We recommend Precision Synthesis to our customers for all Altera families including our new Arria GX family."
Precision Synthesis forms the centerpiece of Mentor Graphics' FPGA flow — the industry's most comprehensive vendor-independent solution for FPGA design. With advanced support for ASIC prototyping (support for DesignWare® libraries, SDC constraints, gated-clock handling, etc.) plus advanced implementation and optimization techniques such as automatic mapping and inferencing of dedicated DSP and RAM blocks, Precision Synthesis is uniquely suited to handle today's high-end FPGAs. In addition, Precision Synthesis features an award-winning design analysis capability, allowing designers to cross-probe between multiple views as well as perform interactive static timing for rapid "what-if" analyses. Precision Synthesis reduces design iterations, and enables faster, more predictable completion of designs, while delivering high quality of results.
As a part of the Mentor Graphics synthesis product line, LeonardoSpectrum™ offers customers a well-proven, mature synthesis solution for both FPGAs and ASICs.
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Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) is a world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products, consulting services and award-winning support for the world's most successful electronics and semiconductor companies. Established in 1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of about $800 million and employs approximately 4,250 people worldwide. Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/.
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FPGA Press Releases
- Mentor Graphics Announces Logic and Physical Synthesis Support for Xilinx 7 Series FPGAs (Mar 8, 2011)
- Mentor Graphics DO-254 Platform Adopted by the Civil Aviation University of China (CAUC) (Sep 13, 2010)
- Mentor Graphics Announces New FPGA Synthesis Innovation in Precision Synthesis 2010a Release (May 20, 2010)
- Mentor Graphics Extends DO-254 Platform Offering with Enhanced HDL Coding Standards (Apr 13, 2010)
- Mentor Graphics ReqTracer Automates Requirements Tracking and Reporting for Broad Range of Electronic Design Projects (Apr 5, 2010)
- The MathWorks and Mentor Graphics Outline Joint Workflow for Model-based Design (Mar 23, 2010)
- Mentor Graphics and Aeroconseil Partner to Support DO-254 in China (Oct 15, 2009)
- Mentor Graphics Launches Precise-IP Vendor-independent IP Platform for FPGA Design (Sep 3, 2009)
- Mentor Graphics Announces Logic and Physical Synthesis Support for Xilinx Virtex-6 and Spartan-6 FPGAs (Jun 24, 2009)
- Mentor Graphics Precision Synthesis Tool Family Supports Altera's Stratix IV GT and Arria II GX FPGA Devices (Mar 9, 2009)


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By any estimation, it is one of this nation's most successful attempts, legislative or otherwise, to better Americans' lives. With this Franklin D. Roosevelt-era program, million of Americans are able to live comfortably when they retire. Without it, a great many of retirement-age Americans would see their quality of life greatly diminished in their final years.
By no means is it a perfect program. Its long-term fiscal shortfall means substantive policy changes are needed. It doesn't provide wealth, especially to those who paid into the system while working decades at low-wage jobs. It's common for low- and middle-income American retirees to work part-time to make up for what Social Security doesn't cover.
But it is invaluable.
On Thursday, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities published a report on Social Security's impact on modern America. For those who think it is a dying program that no longer is fiscally or politically needed in this nation, the report's data beg you to think otherwise.
To wit:
• Social Security contributes on average two-thirds of income for recipients aged 65 and over.
• A majority of Hispanics and a near-majority of black recipients rely on Social Security for more than 90 percent of their income.
• In 2011, more than 21 million Americans were rescued from poverty by Social Security benefits, including nearly 15 million people aged 65 and over.
• And, for a point of reference, it's important to note that the average monthly Social Security benefit check is $1,300; only 9 percent get more than $2,000 a month, and only 1 percent gets more than $2,500. As the Center's data show, those figures are extremely low by international standards.
Whenever discussion in Washington turns to reforming Social Security, conservative and radical thinkers propose all sorts of alterations, some of which would decimate the program and harm millions of recipients. That can't be allowed to happen.
Social Security needs protection, if not expansion as the economy improves. May it live on to see many more birthdays.


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Statement on urban streetcar project
Today State Senator Wentworth announced his intention to request an opinion from the Attorney General of Texas concerning the use of Advanced Transportation District (ATD) funds for the San Antonio urban street car project. We are confident, based on the ballot language approved by the voters, that ATD funds can be used for such a project.
"The ATD was created to advance transportation," said Henry Muñoz, Chairman of the VIA Board of Directors. "That's what we have done since 2004 and will continue to do. Expenditures should be an appropriate mix of highway construction and multi modal funding and that's what we are attempting to do."
In November 2004, voters overwhelmingly approved at quarter of a cent sales tax for the ATD and for the following purposes specified in the ballot language:
· One-half (50%) of the tax proceeds will be used for projects including advanced transit services, operations, passenger amenities, equipment and other advanced transportation purposes.
· One-fourth (25%) would be used to construct, improve and maintain streets, sidewalks and related infrastructure designed to improve mobility, and other advanced transportation or mobility enhancement purposes within the District; and
· One-fourth (25%) would be used as the local share for state and federal grants for improved highways, transportation infrastructure designed to improve mobility, and other advanced transportation or mobility enhancement purposes within the District.
The $92 million for VIA's short-term plan -- which includes multimodal centers, an urban street car system and two park-and-ride centers located in congested areas of the city -- clearly meets the description of related infrastructure improvements and advanced transportation purposes.
With the price of gasoline approaching $4 a gallon more people will seek public transportation. VIA has developed a comprehensive multi modal plan that includes a 5-year plan to get started. The Advanced Transportation District funds will be used toward street improvements, sidewalks, stations and other capital improvements for the urban, short-term plan.
To date, Bexar County has only used ATD dollars to fund capital and debt service costs associated with roads and capital infrastructure. Funds have been used to supplement state and federal dollars for over $100 million in local road improvements. The following list breaks out the projects and their respective cost:
Culebra Road: $23.385 million
Blanco Road: $31.125 million
Lower 1604: $28.75 million
FM 471: $18.59 million
Total: $101.85 million
Using the County's AAA credit rating, the County issues $100 million in bonds to advance the construction costs of these projects on behalf of the state. By issuing the debt, the County is taking the risk that it will have to pay back as much as $76 million of the cost of these projects if the state funding in not made available. This $76 million in local, at-risk funding is above and beyond what was to be funded through the ATD sales tax.


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On Saturday night in Las Vegas Matt Hughes further cemented his legacy and in the process retained his post as the top 170lbser in the division, even though there was no title on the line. But the question now is who should Hughes defend the title against next?
On Saturday night in Las Vegas Matt Hughes further cemented his legacy and in the process retained his post as the top 170lbser in the division, even though there was no title on the line. But the question now is who should Hughes defend the title against next? After the events of Saturday night there are now 3 fighters vying for the opportunity to challenge Hughes for the welterweight title; Karo Parisyan, Georges St. Pierre, and BJ Penn who is returning to the UFC.
Initially, Karo Parisyan was in line for a title shot at UFC 56 until he had to pull out of the fight due to a leg injury 3 weeks prior to the event. Now in all fairness you shouldnt lose an opportunity because of an injury, but in sports sometimes things are not always fair. For instance, in the 2001 NFL season the New England Patriots Tom Brady stepped in for injured star quarterback Drew Bledsoe, relegated Bledsoe to back up duties once he was healthy, and to the delight of New England fans Brady hasnt looked back. There is no denying Parisyan is one of the top rated fighters in the division, however theres also a possibility that he was only given a title shot because the UFC was trying to avoid setting up a fight that would have been viewed as a rematch with Matt Hughes, as such an encounter with either Georges St. Pierre or Frank Trigg would have done. I truly feel because of what transpired on Saturday, Parisyan now needs a win over another top rated fighter to get his title shot back, as his last two fights certainly pale in comparison to Georges St. Pierres last two opponents. Add to that, the only other highly regarded fighter Parisyan has beat since his loss to St. Pierre is Nick Diaz, who was recently beat by Ultimate Fighter Diego Sanchez.
BJ Penn is unofficially still the UFC welterweight champion after he beat Hughes at UFC 46, but he was stripped of the title shortly afterwards for contractual reasons. Penns situation is unique in that hes the last fighter to beat Hughes, and had he not been stripped its very possible he would still be the reigning king of the division. However, since the win over Hughes, Penn has kind of been all over the map. He moved up to 185 lbs to fight Rodrigo Gracie, and earned a unanimous decision victory in the process. He then fought 205lbser Ryoto Machida, losing a unanimous decision, and most recently he defeated Renzo Gracie by decision fighting at 185 lbs. Even though Penn was never beaten for the belt, he hasnt shown any consistency fighting at the welterweight division since May 2004. I think one win over a ranked fighter would validate Penn is back in contention and ready to challenge for Hughes crown.
Georges St. Pierre has been on a mission since he lost to Hughes at UFC 50, claiming he made a mental mistake when he fought Hughes by giving him too much respect. St. Pierre has fought 4 times in 2005 and is unbeaten with wins over, Dave Strasser, Jason Miller, Frank Trigg and Sean Sherk. St. Pierre seems to get better each time he steps into the Octagon, and the level of competition he faces also seems to improve at the same rate. Against Trigg, St. Pierre controlled the pace of the fight from the onset, passed Triggs guard with ease, thoroughly dominated the fight and made Twinkle Toes look like an amateur. Heading into his most recent fight against Sherk, many MMA observers felt this was the best Sean Sherk anyone had seen, even better then the fighter who fought Hughes for the title at UFC 42. However, St. Pierre was in brilliant form and stopped Sherk for the first time in his career, a feat not even equaled by Matt Hughes. By fighting the best and beating the best, I believe St. Pierre has more then earned his rematch with Matt Hughes, before a title fight with either Parisyan or Penn should take place.
Champion: Matt Hughes1. Georges St. Pierre2. BJ Penn3. Karo Parisyan


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- Eight of the Nation's Top HBCU Marching Bands and Grammy-nominated Big Sean Wow Fans at Georgia Dome
- One Lucky Fan Won an All-New 2014 Honda Civic
ATLANTA, Jan. 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Marching band fans from across the country poured into Atlanta's Georgia Dome on Saturday to celebrate the 12th annual Honda Battle of the Bands (HBOB) Invitational Showcase, and to witness firsthand the dynamic ensemble of music, choreography and showmanship displayed by eight of the nation's premier Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) marching bands. Fans also experienced a live performance by Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist, Big Sean.
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For three hours, marching band enthusiasts were treated to eight electric performances from Alabama A&M University, Alabama State University, Bethune-Cookman University, Morehouse College, North Carolina A&T University, South Carolina State University, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and Winston-Salem State University. Big Sean wowed the crowd at half-time, with a half-hour performance of his hit singles. For the first time, fans participated in a text-to-vote selection of the "Fan Favorite" and the winner was North Carolina A&T University.
As a continuation of Honda's 2013 "Best Yourself" campaign featuring Nick Cannon, three fans and their guests were awarded an all-expense paid trip to the 2014 Honda Battle of the Bands, plus the chance to win the newly launched 2014 Honda Civic. Finalists were chosen as part of the #HBOBfame contest, which asked contestants to showcase the talent of their choice in a 15-second Instagram video that best embodied this year's Honda's Battle of the Bands theme, "Best Yourself." One lucky fan's performance rose above the rest. Singer Antenica "Nica Nashae" Smith, of Kennesaw State University, drove away in an all-new 2014 Honda Civic.
"The Honda Battle of the Bands continues to support HBCU music education programs across the nation, while producing an entertaining show that never fails to get fans to their feet," said Gina Jorge, head of Multicultural Marketing for American Honda Motor Co., Inc. "We are honored to showcase this incredible musical talent, and are dedicated to sustaining music education at these institutions, through the grants awarded to each participating university."
Widely known as "The Honda," The Honda Battle of the Bands was created to celebrate, support and recognize the excellence of Black college marching bands and the unique academic experience offered by HBCUs. The participating eight marching bands each received a $20,000 grant for their school's music education programs from Honda, along with an all-expense paid trip to Atlanta, to perform at the 2014 Invitational Showcase.
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American Honda Motor Co., Inc., was founded in 1959 as the U.S. sales and marketing subsidiary of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Honda currently produces automobiles, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, lawn mowers and engines at its eleven major U.S. manufacturing operations, using domestic and globally sourced parts. Honda's long-standing commitment to the support and success of the nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities began more than 20 years ago with the creation of the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge, a program designed to showcase the academic gifts and prowess of HBCU students. Honda Battle of the Bands was established 12 years ago as an effort to support HBCU music programs.
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Enevoldsen, 16, made the trip from his hometown of Aalborg, Denmark (the northern part of the country, which lies between Germany and Sweden) to Spanish Springs and since coming to the United States, he's been soaking it all in.
"The whole experience has just been amazing," Enevoldsen said. "It has been super interesting here. There are a lot of things that I am learning. There are so many things that are different about America."
One of the largest things that Enevoldsen said has been the most surprising and fascinating disparity between Danish lifestyle and American lifestyle is day-to-day happenings.
"Just the normal day life is so different," he said. "Like how the high schools have so much spirit for the clubs. It's not like that in Denmark. Maybe for the pros, like we have hooligans in soccer and they're spirited at games, but not for high school. That's been really amazing. I like going to the football games and the volleyball games. It's been really fun.
"In Denmark, the reason football is not that big is because it comes on only on Sundays, at 11 p.m. and the games are like three hours. I've learned a lot more here going to the football games and seeing it on TV, but baseball and football are the only thing that runs on TV here. It's interesting. I'm liking it more."
Enevoldsen said he was considering trying out for the Cougars football team, but was too late for tryouts. Naturally, Enevoldsen said the ideal position would have been kicker, specifically because the man that holds the NFL all-time leading scoring record, Morten Anderson, is also Danish. While Enevoldsen missed out on his opportunity to test out the gridiron, he did join the Spanish Springs soccer team and helped it to the regional championship game. However, the squad on the pitch isn't the only group of people that Enevoldsen has had an impact on.
"I think it says a lot about an individual who is willing to have an experience like that," said Art Anderson, Spanish Springs Athletic Director. "It is one of the best things a high school student can go through in order to get worldly experience. Just learning about different cultures is important. It's going to make him a better person. Not only has he been able to expand himself, but he has also improved the knowledge of individuals that have met him. It's just a good program. This has benefited Lasse, the host family and everyone in our school to have that cultural exchange."
One of the people immediately impacted by Enevoldsen's visit was his host mother, Mikey Sinclair, and the rest of her family. The day following the passing of Sinclair's own mother, it was Enevoldsen who helped brighten Sinclair's mood.
"When I woke up the next morning, I had a Facebook message from Lasse introducing himself and letting us know he was our exchange student," Sinclair said. "It made the whole thing with my mom not so bad because I had something to immerse all my energy into and it's just been a wonderful experience since then.
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"Everyone here is super nice. It's great," Enevoldsen said. "My host siblings introduced me to their friends and I've gotten to know some people and they are like my good friends now.
"This is going to be like the most amazing time of my life practically. I'm more thankful for what I have. I didn't notice how much my parents do for me and now I recognize more. Maybe all these super nice people will make me a better person. I hope so. Even with the homework, maybe I can be better in school too. I just think this is going to be so good for me." He is not the only one.
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40-under-par is a target that stares back at the 204 teams in the field like a dare.
It's like hitting .400 in baseball, shooting 59 on the PGA Tour or getting to 10-under in the U.S. Open. Sure, it's happened before, but it's a high bar.
In the Sunny King Classic, 40-under has never happened in the modern era where handicap strokes can only take a player to par. While some players expect it will happen some day, it might not this year. The combination of formats, putting surfaces and recent heavy rains to soften conditions are expected to conspire against it, despite expected generous hole locations and all three courses in the best collective shape of any King rotation.
"I doubt we see 40, but I would definitely think we'll see some 35s and 36s," tournament chairman Jimmy Flowers said even before the rains came. "That's still some scoring; that's less than 60 average. To go that low, somebody has to get in the 50s ... at the Country Club and nobody has gotten in the 50s all three days."
"It's got to be a magical weekend, for sure," four-time winner Jeremy McGatha said.
That weekend starts today when the 35th annual Classic tees off at Anniston Country Club, Cider Ridge Golf Club and Silver Lakes. A full field of 204 two-man teams will be competing in seven flights, with the high-powered Mustang championship flight drawing 44 pairs for what Flowers calls a "wide open" race for the overall title.
Teams have gotten close to the magic number before. McGatha and Jaylon Ellison shot 39-under two years ago and Randy Reaves and Gary Wigington shot 38 with a final-hole winning birdie last year, but that's been the limit.
Jimmy and Charles Singleton are the only team in Classic history to get to 40. They shot 41-under in 1987, but that was a time it was a straight net event; the current handicap rules went into effect two years later.
Each of the last 11 champions — and 12 of the last 13 — have won it with scores in the 30s. Before that, the best score under the current scoring rules was 26-under-par.
Thirty-five used to be the number; now it's just a layover. Course managers are expected to offer generous hole locations this weekend, largely to improve pace of play concerns, but the players still have to hit the shots and make the putts.
"I think it's possible and one year it's going to happen, but I don't know if it's going to be this year," two-time champion Marcus Harrell said. "The conditions are really wet right now. Those greens you used to drive up close to, you're not going to get the roll so it's not going to be as close. So, now, instead of a 15-yard chip shot you've got a 40-yard pitch shot. That doesn't sound like much of a difference, but in all reality it's a huge difference."
Earlier in the week tournament officials were discussing options in the event the weather or conditions prevented portions of the courses from being open, but those fears seem to have been allayed.
The field will play a scramble round at Silver Lakes, a modified scramble with partial handicap at Cider Ridge and a best ball with full handicap at Anniston Country Club. There are two mulligans and "sandie" throw available to help the players along, but, as it has been since 1989, handicap strokes can only take a player to par and no lower. So, everything the players get under par has to come naturally.
"Forty under is nearly impossible with our current format," Wigington said. "The main reason is the final round at ACC. Shooting double digits there is very difficult, especially with the pace of those greens.
"It is very hard for a team to play perfectly for three straight days and that is what is would take to get to 40 under."
While each of the last two winners have shot 60 at the par-70 Anniston Country Club, only one champion has ever broken that barrier under the current rules. Gary Wilborn and Ott Chandler shot 59 in the final round of 2002 when they tied what was the modern-day scoring record, but they shot 59-61 in the two rounds prior. In fact, each of the last five champions have posted their first two rounds in the 50s, but failed to break 60 at ACC.
Reaves and Wigington were on pace in 2002 when they shot 58-56 in the first two rounds, but they were only 5-under at the Country Club.
"You've both got to have six or seven birdies apiece and luck up and not have them be the same hole," McGatha said. "It's not easy."
Negotiating ACC's challenging greens may be the key to shooting 40 for the entire weekend, but the key to winning the tournament — in at least one contender's eye — is the modified scramble round at Cider Ridge. A hybrid of the other two formats, a team choose its best drive then plays their own ball through the green.
Daniel Glidewell and his partner — now Silver Lakes assistant pro Brennan Clay — have finished in the top three each of the last three years. Although it could be argued they let it get away last year through a crucial lapse in judgement on the 53rd green, they missed a chance to make a big move in the middle round. In 2010, after grabbing a share of the first-round lead, they shot 9-under in Oxford to fall off the pace. Last year, they shot 13-under there, but were only 1-under through their first four holes after rising late and rushing to the first tee without warming up.
"If I had to pick a round, a shot, a day, Saturday is where you win the golf tournament," he said. "You don't win it on Sunday unless you shoot nothing and you don't win it on the first day no matter what. You could shoot 20 on the first day (and) you haven't won the golf tournament. We haven't lost it on Saturday, but we very easily could've won it on Saturday. I think I'm going to Brennan let's have fun the first night but not go crazy. You never know what can happen Sunday, but let's not lose the golf tournament on Saturday because we had too much fun Friday night."
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Wonderful upgrade with this HTiB unit
by JLett42 on September 3, 2012
Pros: 1. Speaker quality and sound is huge, crisp and clear
2. Great center speaker with two mids and a tweeter
3. On-screen display is great for set-up and for fine-tuning
4. Set up was easy
Cons: 1. Disappointment with the 'look' of the interface for the Internet apps
2. Short wires for the two surround speakers
Summary: I recently received my S7400 unit and have been very happy with my purchase. This is my first purchase of an Onkyo brand item and it is winning over this ...
Summary: I recently received my S7400 unit and have been very happy with my purchase. This is my first purchase of an Onkyo brand item and it is winning over this Sony loyalist.
Obviously, the most important part is how the unit sounds, and the sound from the S7400 is wonderful. I upgraded to this unit from a Sony HTiB system, and the improvement in both receiver quality as well as speaker quality and sound is huge. Highs are crisp and clear, mid frequencies are clear and much more distinguishable, and the bass is of a decidedly higher quality with more refined accuracy than my old Sony unit, making music more balanced and more enjoyable to hear. There is also still plenty of `boom', for those earth-shaking action sequences when played through the HD audio-compatible receiver. What separates this higher-end, powered subwoofer apart from the passive Sony subwoofer are both the amount of bass as well as the ability for the 7400 to have more 'accurate' and natural sounding bass rather than the muddy sounding bass I was used to.
This system has a great center speaker with two mids and a tweeter in it. Dialogue is much fuller sounding and much clearer and easier to hear. The front speakers also have separate tweeters and mids, where my old system only had a single, smaller speaker for everything. Having those frequencies separated by speakers handling the duties individually is certainly one reason for which the sound is so good from this system. The 7400's sound is almost multi-dimensional compared to the very flat sounds that came from my previous system (and this is coming from one who used Sony exclusively up until the purchase of this unit). Basically, it's almost like going from DVD to HD in terms of audio quality, whether it be watching TV, playing CDs or watching blu ray discs.
The on-screen display is great for set-up and for fine-tuning, but once the system is set up and all of the settings were made, I found the on-screen display a little annoying as the overlay covers up the bottom part of the TV screen when selections are made or volume is changed with the remote. I LOVE having the OSD for setting the system up and making adjustments in the settings, but don't care for it popping up while watching normal television. However, it can be turned off, which is a great option. The front-screen display of the receiver is also much larger and easier to read and has 3 different dimmer/brightness settings. I never had a problem reading the small Sony ones, but some have complained of it being very small to read from any distance over 5 or 6 feet.
I've had no problems at all with the HDMI connections. I've got 3 components running into the receiver via HDMI and one HDMI out to the HDTV and all is working properly. I even find lip-sync to be much better as well for the satellite viewing-probably because of the improved processing abilities of the receiver. I had a slight lag when watching my satellite with my old system, and that lag is now gone.
I have noticed some people mention issues with the HDMI pass-through. I am not needing to use components on a pass-through basis, but I did notice there are some pass-through settings that can be made in the set-up of the receiver, so it may be that adjustments in the set-up need to be made for it to work properly...just a thought.
I'm in the process of reading through the manual. It is a little complicated and convoluted in some of the wording for this audio novice, but I think it will be necessary to read through it to really get everything out of the benefits the receiver offers.
Set up was easy with all of the cords color-marked to know which speaker goes where and to which connection in the rear of the receiver. I will admit that the wires supplied for the rear speakers are quite short; mine just barely being long enough with not an inch to spare in a smallish living room (running the wire around the walls rather than a direct route). It also would have been nice to have a little thicker speaker wires.
I was not thrilled with the interface of the wifi and Internet available apps-very basic looking. I actually like the interface offered from my blu ray player better, so I can't comment to the working of these apps on the 7400 as I am not using the receiver for them.
The auto calibration software was thorough and took much longer to set up than my Sony, but did a wonderful job. I needed to tweak the bass a little, but overall it did a great job of processing the sound, taking into consideration the speaker distances, the speaker set up and acoustics.
At this point, I'm a convert for sure and admit that you do get what you pay for. I do realize that sometimes one can only get what is within the means of their budget, but one should get the most bang for their money and I certainly feel this unit has been worth the extra it costs over other 'budget' systems. If this HTiB unit is within your budget, you are doing a disservice to yourself buying a cheaper unit like I did before, just to save some money. I'd even think the lower priced 3400 would be a better option for smaller budgets.
So, other than a slight disappointment with the 'look' of the interface for the Internet apps and the short wires for the two surround speakers, I am a very happy user and consider this to be a great upgrade. I give this system 5 stars because of the sound and quality of the system and because the minor issues don't really affect my enjoyment of the system. I'm sure it's not the cream of the crop compared to separately purchased components of a high-end systems, but I'd certainly consider it 'high-end' for a HTiB unit and I have no reservation in recommending it.
P.S., for best deal of this system, find out more at this blog: Networkavreceivers.blogspot.com/p/onkyo-ht-s7400.html
Hope this review is helpful.
- Manufacturer: Onkyo
- Part number: HT-S7400
- Description: Onkyo's HT-S7400 offers a fast track to spectacular all-in-one home entertainment. Along with a feature-laden A/V network receiver, the package includes a dock for iPod /iPhone and a quality, gloss-finished 5.1-channel speaker set. The receiver's network functionality allows you to bring Internet radio and PC audio into your living room. HDMI inputs handle the latest high-def formats, such as 3D video, lossless Dolby and DTS audio, and 4 K video upscaled via Qdeo technology. Other rear-side connectors include an analog RGB input for PC video and a universal port for Onkyo peripherals. The USB input enables digital connection of flash memory devices such as iPod/iPhone, while analog A/V inputs let you hook up a camcorder or game console just like that. All of this high-performance functionality is surprisingly easy to set up and control, thanks to Audyssey room-correction and equalization, and Onkyo's interactive on-screen menus.
- Product Type Home theater system,
iPhone / iPod cradle
- Product type Home theater system
- Dimensions (WxDxH) & Weight AV receiver : 17.1 in x 12.9 in x 6.9 in / 19.2 lbs,
Speaker system : 4.7 in x 4 in x 11.4 in / 2.4 lbs,
Speaker system : Center channel speaker : 11.4 in x 4 in x 4.8 in / 2.4 lbs,
Speaker system : 4.7 in x 4 in x 11.4 in / 1.8 lbs,
Speaker system : Active subwoofer : 10.8 in x 16.2 in x 20 in / 25.6 lbs
- Components AV receiver,
Speaker system
- Surround System Class 7.1 channel
- Amplifier Output Details 6 Ohm,
130 Watt - THD 1.0 % - 7 channel(s) ( Surround )
- Sound Output Mode Surround Sound
- Audio D/A Converter 24bit / 192kHz
- Built-in Decoders Dolby TrueHD,
Dolby Digital+,
Dolby Pro Logic IIz,
DTS-HD High Resolution Audio,
DTS-HD Master Audio
- Sound Effects CinemaFILTER
- Input Impedance 47 KOhm
- Input Sensitivity 200 mV
- Response Bandwidth 20 - 50000 Hz
- Signal-To-Noise Ratio 100 dB
- Total Harmonic Distortion 0.08 %
- Output Power (Total) 130 Watt
- Bass Control Yes
- Treble Control Yes
- Tone Control Yes
- Additional Features Audyssey Dynamic EQ,
Sirius satellite radio ready,
HD radio ready,
Audyssey Dynamic Volume,
XM satellite radio ready
Networking & Digital Media
- Connectivity Ethernet
- Internet streaming services Pandora ,
Slacker Personal Radio
- DLNA Yes
Speaker System
- Speaker(s) Satellite speakers,
2 x Subwoofer - 2-way - External - 130 Watt - 60 - 50000 Hz - 6 Ohm - Wired,
1 - 2-way - External - 130 Watt - 60 - 50000 Hz - 6 Ohm - Wired,
2 - External - 130 Watt - 90 - 20000 Hz - 6 Ohm - Wired,
1 - External - 120 Watt - 25 - 150 Hz - Wired
- Driver Details 1 x Woofer driver - 4 in,
1 x Tweeter driver - 1 in,
Center channel speaker : 2 x Woofer driver - 4 in,
Center channel speaker : 1 x Tweeter driver - 1 in,
1 x Full-range driver - 3.25 in,
Active subwoofer : 1 x Subwoofer driver - 10 in
DVD / Blu-ray
- Additional Features 3D movie playback
- Tuner Type Radio tuner - AM/FM - Digital
- Preset Station Qty 40
Inputs & Outputs
- Connections 4xHDMI,
- Headphone Jack Yes
- Coaxial Digital Input Yes
- Optical Digital Input Yes
Signal Processing
- Video Conversion/Scaling Analog to HDMI up conversion
- Type of remote control Universal remote control - Infrared
- Features Programmable
- Included accessories FM antenna,
AM antenna,
Universal remote control,
Auto calibration microphone,
iPod cradle
- Power Device Power supply - Internal
- Power AC 120 V
- Power Consumption Stand by / Sleep 0.2 Watt
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support 2 years warranty
- Service & Support Details Limited warranty - 2 years
Manufacturer info
- Manufacturer profile
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- Manufacturer:Onkyo
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18 Park Way, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
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AUGUSTA -- A family living in a home that's been declared dangerous by the town of China has two weeks to let the Superior Court know if they are able to sell the property.
Judith Farris, left, and her daughter, Becky Ratcliff, may be moving from their China home, if the town carries an order to raze the trailer and outbuilding.
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After that, Justice Michaela Murphy said, she'll issue a decision that could force them to move.
"This is somewhat of an unusual procedure," Murphy said during a hearing Tuesday at Kennebec County Superior Court. "You don't see this a lot in Superior Court. I just want to make sure other alternatives have been explored."
China Code Enforcement Officer Scott Pierz described why the town feels the three buildings on the property should be vacated and demolished. Property owner Judith Farris, 70, and her son-in-law, Larry Ratcliff, told their side of the story Tuesday and explained that they are attempting to sell the property to a neighbor.
Farris, who had no attorney with her in court, said she wants the family -- which includes Ratcliff, her daughter Becky and two grandsons, ages 19 and 17 -- to stay together.
"My daughter and son-in-law help me get to the doctor," Farris said. "I have this problem with my left side. (Becky) doesn't want me to be by myself."
But the sale is not likely to happen quickly, because Farris needs to get permission from probate court to sell the property. That's because a will stipulates that while Farris owns 51 percent of the property, the rest is owned by Stephen Thibodeau, the son of her former partner, Donald Thibodeau. The will states that neither can sell the property while the other one is living.
Farris and Thibodeau filed court documents on Dec. 10 to modify those terms so they can sell the property for $10,000 to neighbors Robert and Joyce Williams. A hearing has yet to be scheduled in the matter, according to the court.
Murphy said she wants to allow some time for the sale to be completed, at least in part because the town might be able to save money if the new owners are responsible for removing the dangerous buildings.
"Mrs. Farris, you have until the 22nd of January to let the court know if it's going to be sold," she said. "If not, I will issue an order fairly quickly."
The town, which has had complaints about the property over the past several years, took action in August to declare the buildings dangerous and ordered Farris and her family to move. When they did not, the town took the issue to court.
On Tuesday, Pierz described the conditions he found in May in three buildings on the half-acre property on Fire Road 60, a camp road that leads to China Lake. In a mobile home occupied by Farris and her two grandsons, Pierz said, he found holes in the floor and ceiling, missing Sheetrock near the bathroom tub, black mold and significant water damage to the floor around the toilet.
At the time, there was no running water in the mobile home. He said that during other visits, there was a strong odor of ammonia and signs of pet feces and pet urine from dogs and cats.
An outdoor fuel tank is showing signs of deterioration and ice is building up under the home where water is leaking, he said. He described a small garage on the property as dilapidated, noting a sagging, mossy roof, rotting sills and a buckling wall. The 10-foot-by-12-foot "guest cottage," which is occupied by Becky and Larry Ratcliff, has no water source, no chimney, no furnace and no electrical panel, Pierz said.
In response, Ratcliff told the court that many of the problems discovered in May have been repaired. He said the roof no longer leaks, he removed the hot water heater and the holes in the ceiling and floor have been patched. He said the line running from the mobile home to the shed where he sleeps is a cable line, not electricity, and that the shed has its own electricity.
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The winner of the competition in the forum will have his/her pictures on the front-page and be used in marketing material YAY sends to its customers!
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Thanks for the tips! It's always good to know a few extra tips on how to increase sales!
Interesting blog Jan and some useful and informative links. I already use my stock photography blog site www. shootingstock.blogspot.com to promote my portfolio and have a link to Yay on there. Will certainly be signing up for Facebook now as well having read your article. Anything that connects buyers to photographs is to be welcomed. Regards, David
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Onto my opinion exactly this is Your job !!!
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You're playing a wizard in an RPG. You have a warrior cornered at the end of a box canyon. He has a medallion that renders your magic ineffective against his person. His fighting skill is so superior that he is the equivelant of 10 men. He has placed himself far enough away from the canyon walls so a landslide cannot injure/kill him.
One of you must die. How would you go about it? Use your imagination.
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Challenging RPG fight
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Cause an earthquake, that creates chasms with lava welling up, of such intensity that he cannot stand.
Or simply turn the entire floor of the canyon into molten rock to a depth of three metres. Absorb THAT *****!
26-04-2006, 04:23 #3Originally Posted by Sokar Rostau
Or simply turn the entire floor of the canyon into molten rock to a depth of three metres. Absorb THAT *****!
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Sacrifice the Wizard and keep playing with the Warrior.
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Sweet, text based RPG's. Ok, I'd first look around. I see a flask on the ground, and my exits are North, South, and Dennis. I'd get ye flask and drink it.
Anyway, create a massive sinkhole below him that he cannot climb out of. Let him then die of starvation.
26-04-2006, 04:25 #7
Sorry Smeg, but I cast a hover spell first so I'm still alive and cooking marshmallows as I fly away.
26-04-2006, 04:28 #8
On your second life you cast hover first? OK. So there you are, hovering in the air. The fighter is quite amused as he shoots you full of arrows. You're dead again.
26-04-2006, 04:29 #9
I press L1/L2 R1/R2 Start/Select at the same time to reset the game.
I never come back.
26-04-2006, 04:43 #10
With 400% FCR, I'm quite certain I can Hover and Cast some kind of Magma spell before the Warrior can reach his bow.


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Repetition in Design
at Queens Botanical Garden, Queens
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A series of oil paintings on canvas along with original sketches by Queens artist Gennadyi Gurman.
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Exhibition, Benjamin Swett: New York City of Trees
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Twenty-eight color portraits of trees around the five boroughs that grow along the streets and in the parks, cemeteries, gardens, and backyards of the city.
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Madison Square Park Conservancy's Mad. Sq. Art announces a new installation to inaugurate the spring 2013 season: Topsy-Turvy: A Camera Obscura Installation (2013) by Newâ?¦
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Community Environmental Center EcoHouse
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The Community Environmental Center EcoHouse is a mobile, free, environmental education exhibit designed for both youngsters and their parents.
Category: Art, Kids
Street Types: Turn of the Century Portraiture By Alice Austen
at Alice Austen House Museum (in Alice Austen Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
This show explores the portraits Alice Austen made on the streets of Manhattan at the turn of the last century.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Art
Bryant Park Juggling
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Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons.
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Castle and its Kingdom
at Belvedere Castle (in Central Park), Manhattan
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A tour of Belvedere Castle and the surrounding area.
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Spring Sing-Along with Patrick
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Join Patrick Raftery for a fun-filled, family-friendly springtime sing along. Plenty of fun in the forest as we sing about animals and great ways to experience the outdoors. Visit…
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UPDATE: Bryan Stow Beating Witness Dies From Food Allergy
Update: When I posted this I was aware that a friend from high school had passed from a heart attack. His name is Matt Lee. After posting this article, I came to realized that the Brentwood native was also the same man I was discussing in this article, Bryan Stow's friend and witness to his beating. He, himself, was even punched before Stow was beaten into a coma. My thoughts go out to friends of mine who have lost a great friend, as well as his family who had to see a good guy go so young. RIP Matt Lee.
CSN Bay Area – One of Bryan Stow's friends who witnessed the opening day attack against Stow at Dodger Stadium has reportedly died.
KFI AM reported Monday that Matthew Lee, 26, died Sunday due to an allergic reaction to peanuts. Authorities close to the case told the Los Angeles Times that Lee had an allergic reaction after eating a salad.
Earlier in the day, Lee was identified as a witness via documents filed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office.
Initial Suspect of Bryan Stow Case Slams LAPD
The initial suspect, Giovanni Ramirez, has a family who is not too happy about the way the LAPD has handled the Bryan Stow case and has taken to speaking out about it publicly.
Giovanni's mother, Soledad Gonzalez, is especially upset that her son's photo was released to the public before he was proven to be involved in the case. She has said, "If they didn't have any proof, why did they put a picture of him in public and say he's the suspect?"
Since the beginning, there has been no sufficient evidence of his involvement. During the lineup, only one individual was able to positively ID his, while two others identified a different individual altogether and the other four witnesses failed to identify anyone at all. Along with this, his Uncle had an alibi for his whereabouts and told the police department about this from the beginning.
The only thing that was going good for the department were the witnesses that were able to positively ID him in a photo lineup.
Los Angeles Times - "But after scouring mobile phone records, thousands of images from surveillance camera footage, financial records and hundreds of other possible links and tips, detectives were unable to link Ramirez to the beating."
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Does Melissa Rycroft Have Unfair Advantage on DWTS?by Free Britney at .
Melissa Rycroft and Tony Dovolani delivered a smokin' hot salsa on Monday evening's Dancing With the Stars. But after the show, The Bachelor beauty found herself, once again, on the hot seat over her dancing background.
"I'm not the only person that has ever come in here with dance experience," Melissa told Access Hollywood when asked if she has a leg up on her foes.
Dancing pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy sparked the debate prior to Week 2 of the hit ABC show, telling TV Guide it was unfair that Rycroft was allowed to compete with her background in ballet and as a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader.
When given the opportunity to backtrack on that, Maksim stood strong in his stance: "Let me be that voice of everybody who thinks [it] but won't say it."
"I mean, I can't be expected to compete next to someone that's had a lot of dance training," Maksim's partner, Denise Richards, added.
Melissa Rycroft and Tony Dovolani heat up Dancing with the Stars.
After Monday night's show, where Melissa Rycroft turned in her second impressive performance in as many weeks, it seemed more members of the cast were ready to throw fuel on this smoldering Dancing with the Stars fire.
"I'm not going to say anything about it being unfair, but compared to everybody else, there is a huge difference in ability," Julianne Hough said.
Not everyone's a critic, though.
Melissa's dance partner this season, Tony Dovolani, took exception to the comments made by his good friend and competitor, Maksim."Well, I would love to say to Maks, 'How about Mel?'" Tony said, referring to Maksim's partner in Season 5, former Spice Girl Mel B. "That's all I'm going to say."
For her part, Melissa Rycroft insists her success on the dance floor is a product of her hard work with Dovolani, rather than her prior experience.
"There have definitely been people that have more [experience] than me. But it's not benefiting me at all, believe me. It's not like we practice for a day and have six off," Rycroft, who was cheered by new beau Ty Strickland, said.
Melissa and Tony's fancy footwork has certainly paid dividends with the judges - earning the couple scores of 23 and 26 out of 30 in each week, respectively.
However, Sex and The City heartthrob Gilles Marini and partner Cheryl Burke have netted the high score each week so far, with impressive scores of 24 and 27, respectively - despite no professional dancing experience for him.
In the end, reigning Dancing with the Stars champ Derek Hough said it's up to the voters to decide if Melissa's background goes against the theme of the show.
"It really just depends on what American wants to see. Do they want to see a non-dancer become a dancer, or do they want to see a dancer dance?" Derek said.
Ultimately, Maksim seemed to agree that it's all up to the audience.
"Does she have dance training? Of course. But it doesn't matter if people love what she does," he concluded. "You know, Mazel Tov to her, as we say."
Here's Melissa Rycroft's most recent performance on the show ...
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I am very dissapointed in Julianne and Max, I guess their true colors are coming out! I believe Melissa can dance as well as they do and they are professionals! She was asked at the last minute to join the show and she accepted. Go girl, go! She is a natural. A beautiful person, personality and warming smile!
No body has said anything about Julianne's partner.
I agree the comments need to stop. Kristi was an Olympian who also competed in pairs skating before she took on her single skating full force. I used to skate and I will tell you I had to do many hours of ballet and ice dancing which includes doing dances on ice w/ a partner. I think Kristi did a great job and deserved to be there and I believe Melissa deserves to be there as well. I only watched a few episodes here and there of DWTS. Now that Melissa is on the show I watch every Monday and Tues!
Lay off her guys. Melissa is entertains us greatly with
her dancing and that's what important. Could you Maksim and
Julianne improve more the ratings without her in
this season? She's hot. Every contestant has some sort of
training in their life like the band boys, Lance and Fatone.
Kristi and other Olympians have trainings that one way or
another help in their dancing, but you have to consider too
dancing TALENT. If you have no dancing bone in your body,
you can learn the moves but you won't excite the audience except in a comical way in which the producers have envisioned and had built the show.
What a joke! Melissa came onto the show at the last minute and she has the personality and willingness to learn from a great pro, Tony! How do you explain Brooke's talent last season? I used to be a fan of Max and Julianne, but now you get to see the claws come out. Go Melissa! Make Twxas proud!
I cannot stand this show. The only reason I watch it is for Melissa... I LOVE HER (Jason can go to he**). She is boosting the ratings...which is what the producers want anyway. As for dancing ability...this show covers all ages, all levels of fitness...it is not ever going to be "fair".
I agree with Anon. I have been watching since season 1 and every season there is someone who has had some sort of dance experience. Whether it's hip hop or ballet or figure skating...it's not ballroom. I have been a ballet, tap, jazz, and contemporary dancer for years and I have never ballroom danced. I would have to work just as hard as everyone else to learn the technique and the choreography. The only advantage would be performing infront of people...and doesn't every actor and actress have that advantage...pretending to be someone that they're not? I love the professional dancers, but come on give Melissa a break.
Lol, how many seasons have these pros been dancing? Seriously, every season, there is someone on the show that has had dancing experience. Every single boy bander have, Drew, Joey. The cheetah girl has. Mario Lopez, and that spice girl has. The wrestler girl did ballet as well. Last season it was Kristi Yamaguchi that was getting the flak. Just because they can dance doesn't mean they know ballroom. GET OVER IT! Stop whining because your partners suck!
This article is interesting but Julianne Hough needs to keep quiet about having an unfair advantage. She has the biggest advantage since she knew her partener before the show and was even teaching him to dance. So people in glass houses Julianne shouldn't throw stones. The problem for Julianne is that her unfair advantage isn't working since no one is buying this cute couple couple scam and people don't like her partner and he can't dance.


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For most people, taking a bus to work isn't considered a perk or a luxury. Driving a Porsche or riding in a chauffeured limousine, perhaps, but waiting at a bus stop to get picked up, is, well, for those who can't afford to do better.
Except in Silicon Valley. Just as it redefined dress codes with Steve Jobs's jeans and black turtlenecks and retooled company cafeteria food with Google's organic fare, the nation's tech center has redefined the daily commute.
As tech companies engage in the most fevered talent war in a decade, they've created a cottage industry in employee transportation. In San Francisco alone, at least 5,000 city residents take private shuttle buses to work everyday, up from 2,600 in 2009, according to city officials. Some 3,500 Googlers now get bused to the Internet search firm's Mountain, View, Calif., headquarters each day, up from 1,200 in 2007. Companies like Apple, Yahoo and Genentech are effectively running their own small transit systems in San Francisco's suburbs.
The use of the shuttles has become so ubiquitous that city officials are considering a plan to regulate the industry by setting up rules about where the buses can stop to pick up passengers.
"Right now it's the Wild, Wild West," said Jesse Koehler, a transportation planner at the San Francisco County Transportation Authority. "The sector has gotten so big that the city no longer can have an ad hoc approach to it."
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What started as a unique perk to recruit and retain employees -- the buses, which can have as many as 52 seats, are outfitted with high-speed wireless Internet access and plush leather seats -- has become a necessity for companies that want to expand. Real estate is precious in the San Francisco Bay area and companies are reluctant to build new parking lots when they could be building more office space. Some California cities are requiring transportation systems for companies that want to grow staff.
"Shuttle buses are a nice way to get people out of single-occupancy vehicles," said Menlo Park, Calif., Associate Planner Rachel Grossman. "Facebook, Apple and Google, they provide this as an amenity to their employees, but it's also beneficial to the communities in that it reduces vehicular trips and the impact of increasing numbers of employees."
As Facebook prepared to move into its new headquarters in Menlo Park last year, its employee base was growing so quickly that it risked exceeding the 3,600 employee cap the city had instituted to keep vehicular traffic from overwhelming the town's residents. The company and city agreed it could continue to grow to an estimated 9,400 employees by 2018 as long as it didn't increase traffic congestion from cars.
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Facebook will expand its use of buses and vans and subsidize public transportation for its employees. "We want to do this without adding one parking spot," said Facebook spokesperson Slater Tow. Currently, 47% of Facebook employees commute to work in ways other than single-occupancy cars, including car pools and bicycling.
As Valley companies build out their private transportation systems, they're creating relatively cushy jobs for a decidedly low-tech group of employees: the drivers who operate the buses.
At Google's Mountain View headquarters, there is a special facility designed to keep workers happy and relaxed during their downtime, a Google spokesperson said. It's got a kitchen stocked with food, televisions, bunk beds for napping, exercise equipment and showers for washing up afterward.
A personable driver who arrives on time and gets employees to work promptly can make or break a company's shuttle bus program, says Daniel McCoy, associate director of transportation at Genentech, the biotechnology firm which employs 69 drivers through a contractor and spends $15 million a year ferrying employees to and from its South San Francisco campus.
"The drivers are the most important piece of this whole puzzle," McCoy said. "Getting a California person out of their car who has a good job and two cars in the garage is not an easy thing to do. You have to be exactly on time, you have to be 100% reliable."
Genentech drivers, uniformed in black fleece vests with the transportation program's logo, gRide, embroidered beneath the lapel, earn between $17 and $30 an hour, plus benefits, and quarterly bonuses of $250, McCoy said. In addition, employees often pool their money to provide holiday bonuses, McCoy said.
Steady Jobs for Drivers
"Being a driver is a well-paying, steady, professional job," he said. The tough part of it is the split shifts, which often require drivers to work in the mornings, take the afternoons off, then work again in the late afternoon and early evening.
One Genentech driver starts her day at 5:30 a.m. By 8:30 a.m., she's dropped off her passengers at the company's headquarters, and waits until 4 p.m. to start shuttling employees home before she clocks out at 7 p.m. Drivers can sometimes pick up extra paid hours by washing or fueling the buses, McCoy said.
Split shifts aren't uncommon in the transportation business, but they're not always well-liked by its workers. In 2007, the issue came to a head when drivers working for Google bus contractor Bauer's Intelligent Transportation tried to unionize. The drivers wanted to do away with split shifts, said Jack Bookter, head of San Francisco Local 278.
The Bauer's drivers eventually voted down the unionization effort. At the time drivers received perks not enjoyed by drivers who worked ad hoc jobs like driving individuals and groups to weddings and Napa wineries, according to a ruling by a National Labor Relations Board official.
Bauer's Chief Executive Gary Bauer didn't respond to a request for comment. Google no longer contracts with Bauer's and now owns and operates its buses internally, a spokesperson said.
During their split time, Google drivers wore distinct uniforms with the company's name imprinted on the back of their shirts, received a regular schedule, and were given Google security badges that allowed them to use a lounge inside of Google headquarters. If a driver didn't live in or around Mountain View, he or she would be paid for two and a half hours of their split time. Google drivers were paid $15 per hour and received medical benefits, vacation time and sick days, according to NLRB documents.
"That was the company to work for as a shuttle driver for perks," said a former Bauer's dispatcher who worked with drivers at the time.
Bragging Rights for Being Green
Aside from providing jobs and reducing congestion, the Valley's shuttle system gives companies bragging rights to green initiatives. When Genentech decided to double the size of its existing campus in South San Francisco in 2007, it agreed it to mitigate the environmental impact of its staff increase by limiting the number of cars Genentech employees brought into the city each day. Nor would the company have to worry about building extra parking spaces, which can cost $35,000 each, Chief Financial Officer Steve Krognes said.
Genentech estimates that since its gRide program began in 2005, its employees have consumed 3.3 million fewer gallons of gas than they would have and reduced their CO2 emissions by 64.3 million pounds.
"We made a business decision that was in our best interest and in the city's best interest. It was a win-win," said Genentech's McCoy. "We agreed to limit [car] trips and the city agreed to not force us to build as much parking as we otherwise would have. So we were able to save money on concrete, rebar and other stuff that we don't care about."
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Interesting story. Perhaps a naive question --- but --- shouldn't this sort of a tip-off be caught/detected by Alabama's offensive line coaches when watching game films? I assume this wasn't the first game the right tackle was taking these different stances.
Earlier this week, we linked you to a piece by SB Nation writer Steven Godfrey in which he was "embedded" with the Western Kentucky football program as it prepared to face #1 Alabama. In the piece, Godfrey revealed that Hilltopper coaches believed Tide right tackle DJ Fluker was tipping plays based upon his positioning at the line scrimmage. According to WKU defensive line coach Eric Mathies:
"When (offensive lines) have big guys, like big, big guys, they change how they get in their stance. So Fluker's 6-6, 320. When it's run, he'll get down in his three-point stance because he's coming off. When it's pass, he's got that right foot back."
(If you listen closely, you can still hear coaches of future Bama foes yelling, "Dangit, why'd you tell em!")
Informed of the claim during a presser yesterday, Nick Saban didn't seem too concerned:
"We actually asked some of their coaches on their staff if they had any clues on us, and they said they didn't. I don't know. I hadn't heard (about that statement)…
Good to know."
Don't expect WKU to get another invitation and paycheck from Alabama anytime soon. If Saban asked for for tells — and that's common among coaches after games — and the Hilltopper staff lied to him, well, you don't want to be on Saban's bad side. You wouldn't… like him… when he's angry.
For the record, Alabama did win the game 35-0, but they gave up six sacks and rushed for just 3.3 yards per carry in the process.


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In this course, we will discuss the basic themes surrounding the legal regulation of elections, politics, and the political process as a whole. We will cover all the major Supreme Court cases (and a few important lower court decisions) on the topics of voting rights, reapportionment/redistricting, ballot access, regulation of political parties, campaign finance, and the 2000 presidential election controversy. We will also discuss competing political philosophies; alternatives to the two-party system; and the role of the courts, the legislature, and direct democracy in our system. By the end of the course, the goal is that you will have a basic understanding of the structure, mechanics, and history of the political process in this country, but with an appreciation for the complexities of the right to vote and the difficulties involved in regulating the behavior of political actors. Toward the end of the semester, we will have a mock Supreme Court argument on the constitutionality of the 2006 amendments to the Voting Rights Act. This will hopefully be a welcome break from the stream of cases that we will have covered over the course of the semester, and it will also give you an opportunity to apply what you have learned. Course Requirements For each week, I have assigned several cases from our textbook, Samuel Issacharoff, Pamela Karlan & Richard Pildes, The Law of Democracy (3rd ed. 2007) (noted as Text) as well as supplemental materials from another textbook (Dan Lowenstein and Richard Hasen, Election Law) (4th ed. 2008) that will be available to you, along with other readings, in a course packet. Since there are many issues raised in this class that involve basic constitutional law doctrine, I will put some background materials on reserve to assist you with the assigned readings. This background reading is not required. ¿Tribe¿ refers to Laurence H. Tribe, American Constitutional Law (2nd ed. 1988 & 3rd ed. 2000). I will run the class using the basic Socratic method, but the format will be more discussion based for those days where we will be discussing policy issues. Each class, I will assume that you have read the assignments, and I will do my best to keep the reading load manageable. Class participation will count toward 10% of your grade. The final exam (comprising 90% of your grade) will be a one-day take-home consisting of three hypotheticals.
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|Fall 2012
Title: Election Law
Faculty: Kasper, Michael
Section: 1 Credits: 2.0
Capacity: 25 Actual: 25