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"I put last year squarely on my shoulders," he said. "I think when you win, the players are the ones that win because they have to make plays. As a coach, you have to put them in position to make plays. I truly believe when you lose, it really is on the coach in terms of maybe you didn't put the right guys in the right spot or maybe you should have eliminated a couple of guys from the team before things got a certain way.
"I really believe when you have a rough season, you need to find a mirror because it usually has something to do with the way that you handled a situation or two. Maybe that wasn't the right way to do it and then it just went down hill from there.
"You have to find guys that believe in what you do and sometimes if those aren't your best players, you can't keep running those best players out there. You have to say 'Hey, let's cut bait here,' and go with some other guys and that might actually make your team better with the guys that believe in it."
Fortunately for Hare and the Cougar faithful, he believes he has found the right players this season.
"I think we kind of went through a cycle there where there was a little bit tougher buy-in and I think that's really what we're back to," Hare said. "Buy-in had been really high when I first got here and year in and year out for about four or five years in a row, they really believed in what we were doing and the whole system. Two years ago I think really had a lot more to do with injuries, but last year I think it really had to do with buy-in. Some guys were doing their own thing and believing that each individual doing their own thing was better than the team philosophy. Obviously that didn't work out really well for us. I think this team is really back to that buy-in that the team comes first and they really are acting that way."
With the right mentality in place for the Cougars, Hare is excited to see what his team is capable of, starting with its new-look offense.
"We're definitely going to spread it out. I think we have some guys that we haven't had a lot of in the past. We have a guy at quarterback I think can really spread the ball around. He's a really good quarterback and he knows the game and wants to get better, but more importantly, he's got guys that he can throw to," Hare said.
Some of the targets junior quarterback Hunter Fralick will have this year include First-Team All-Region returner Vance Lively, as well as senior Ryder Lowry. Also adding to the receiving corps will be senior Blake Nauman and junior Shamir Geisinger. With an abundance of talent lining up at at wide receiver, Hare expects things to open up for the Spanish Springs aerial attack.
"We kind of had one receiver on each team I've coached and then we had a couple other bodies out there that might have gotten a few balls a game, but we focused on one guy," Hare said. "When everybody knows you have one really good guy, it's not that hard to take them out of the game. We have more than one guy this year. You're not going to be able to take away one guy and take away our passing game. If we stay healthy, you're going to have to stay balanced on defense or we have more than one guy we can go to. In my opinion, that's what has made Reed so successful. They haven't had one wide receiver. They've had four, five, six guys that they put out there. It makes you more successful when you can spread out with a number of good players."
While the offense will look to air it out, the foundation of the team will revolve around the defense.
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What is experimental mathematics?
Basically these are the uses:
One thought I would like to add, what would geometry look like if Euclid and his pals had a CAS and geogebra instead of sand and stone tablets?
Would those creatures have agreed with this decision? At any rate, the fact that most mathematicians have turned their back on it is a unique opportunity for the amateurs to move right in.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
I have the result, but I do not yet know how to get it.
All physicists, and a good many quite respectable mathematicians are contemptuous about proof.
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The thing about Nature is it is NOT linear.
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My eyes were opened to this by a pupil. It was a 'low ability' class (not my choice of words) but what happened shows that at least one pupil disproved this label.
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I'm sick of public authorities pussyfooting around what can or cannot be said or done for fear of some special interest group being insulted.
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I've got copper pipe under the house that comes out of the exterior walls at two a places. Attached at both of these is a galvanized 3/4" male NPT union that connects to a 3/4" female galvanized tee. Coming out of each tee is a brass hose bib and ¾ PCV going to the sprinklers.
The galvanized pieces look very corroded, the threads are starting to slowly leak and I want to replace them and redo the PVC going to the sprinklers. Do I use a brass union & tee to replace the galvanized parts that connected the copper to the PVC?
That would be one way, but possibly not the way I would do it. Depending on the situation, I might convert to copper solder fittings.
Thanks for the replies! I attached a image of what I'm working with.
The tee in this location is so corroded that it leaks from the top surface as well. The PVC line goes of to the sprinkler auto valves about 1.5 ft to the right.
HJ, would you upgrade to soldered copper fittings in this situation?
In your case, now that I SEE what you have, I would not, for two reasons.
1. You already have a brass female connection to start from. And,
2. You NEED a proper pressure type backflow/vacuum breaker valve between the tee and the irrigation system, and since it has a threaded connection staying with brass nipples and fittings will be the easiest way to do it.
DO NOT reconnect the PVC directly to the house system without that valve in the interests of your health and that of your neighbors who could get ill if your piping contaminated the local water system. One citizen of our city "pumped" about a million gallons of contaminated water from a duck pond into the city system a couple of years ago. No telling how many people thought they had the flue because it was not disclosed until about 6 months later.


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What is the best cleaner to use on laminate flooring that will provide a lasting shine?
My hardwood floor is a light, laminate that looks and I can not find a cleaner that is brilliant for more than a day or two. I used MOP and Glo, but it has not a lasting shine.
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WE ALL KNOW THE TYPE: the manager who advocates treating customers right, then is quick to take shortcuts that undermine the quality of the company's products or services in order to make the numbers. Or the executive who claims that people are the organization's most important asset, but who, when budgets are tight, is the first to suggest cuts in recognition and incentive programs.
Executives' character are defined more by their actions than by their words. And sometimes inaction — the unwillingness to take the time and effort to keep people motivated — speaks the loudest of all.
Integrity is not about convincing others you have it; it is about being consistently true to a set of values that you have accepted or have agreed to abide by in your role as a leader and a professional. It's something you live — not something you preach. That's why recognition programs that do not evolve from a corporate culture that values people as its most important asset often come across as superficial and without substance.
When the choices are difficult, doing the right thing is not always easy. Unfortunately, that's why nonsales incentive programs are often the first to go when budgets are cut.
I have come up with my own keys to making better ethical choices every day on the job. Many of these speak to decisions you must make when charged with building a culture that values individual contributions:
E — EVALUATE your decisions through the appropriate filters for you (filters might include such things as agreements, laws, policies, values, and even religion).
T — TREAT people and issues fairly within the established boundaries. Fair does not always mean equal; in fact, making adjustments as needed for employees is important.
H — HESITATE before making critical decisions. Do an ethics check and ask yourself how you would feel if what you did appeared in a newspaper or magazine. When in doubt, take more time to consider your actions.
I — INFORM those affected of the decision that you have made. Good ethical decisions are surprisingly easy to justify and explain!
C — CREATE an environment of consistency for yourself and your work group. Your measure of integrity and ethics will be the times that you abandoned both.
S — SEEK counsel when there is any doubt, but seek it from those who are honest and ethical themselves, who are not just "yes" people who want to please you.
The rewards for following these values are knowing that you did the right thing and being able to live with yourself and your decisions.
Bob Nelson, PhD, is president of Nelson Motivation Inc., San Diego; best-selling author of several books, including 1001 Ways to Reward Employees and Managing For Dummies; and a frequent speaker. www.nelson-motivation.com


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In Telluride: Silversmith Jennifer Dewey at Ah Haa
The Ah Haa School opened a new jewelry studio this winter, and silversmith Jennifer Dewey heads it up. Dewey is a Telluride local, but not a Colorado native. "I spent my childhood in Wisconsin," she said, "and I have a great affection for oak trees and acorns." The acorn is one of the most iconic images in her jewelry, and reflects her past. Elk antlers, another iconic motif, reflect the present.
Dewey takes her inspiration from where she lives. In New Orleans, it was the rod iron that decorated the city everywhere ("I wanted a rod iron necklace," she said). But "at the moment, given where I reside, I'm inspired by nature and its resilience – the changing of the seasons." Elk shed their antlers in autumn, rivers gush in spring and summer, and Dewey's pendants and bracelets reflect these things. Lately, she's taught a couple of beginner classes at Ah Haa to help beginning jewelers realize their own inspirations. On Monday at 4 p.m., she'll lead an Ah Haa class in how to make earrings. The tutorial will introduce students to a variety of metalsmithing skills; having taken the class, they will then be permitted to use the Ah Haa jewelry studio anytime, for $25 a day. The school is offering another beginner class next week, in photography with Ryan Bonneau, on Thursday, Mar. 7, 5-7:30 p.m. Bonneau is a photographer with the Telluride Tourism Board, and practiced at capturing the most scenic vistas in this area. He'll utilize landscape photography to help students learn to use their own digital cameras. The course "is designed to build a relationship between you and that metal, plastic and glass contraption that taunts you every time you pick it up," the come-on in Ah Haa's catalogue says. But really, it is designed to help students do what Bonneau and Dewey accomplish every day in their own lives: take inspiration from nature, and channel it into their work. To see more examples of what Ah Haa students have produced this winter, visit their exhibition at the art school opening next Thursday, Mar. 7 at 5 p.m.
Artist Studio Tour in Ouray
While it's satisfying to take a class from a working artist, it can be especially intriguing to see where an artist works. The trouble is, a studio tour won't get you inside the brain of the person who made that art – the true source of their creative inspiration. But it can get you close.
It can get you into that artist's living room, for example, or perhaps their kitchen. Over the past year, studio tours of artists in Ridgway and Ouray have descended upon a working silversmith, a ceramicist, a sculptor, numerous painters, a fused-glass maker, and the man who designs the Grammy Awards – just to name a few. A number of these tours have taken place in the artists' homes. These peeks-behind-the scenes have proved so successful, Weehawken Arts, which sponsors the tours, is offering them again.
The first tour of this year takes place this Sunday, Mar. 3, and will drop in on the Ouray studio, and also the home, of painter Ann E. Cheeks and her partner, graphic artist Rick Bickhart. The two moved here in November (from Charlottesville, Va.), but already, Ouray "feels like home, like no place ever has," Cheeks said. "Crazy." As she has moved, so have the subjects that catch Cheeks' interest, and she has switched from depicting images of the seaside to scenes in the mountains. Her work, which can be seen at anncheeks.com, is so realistic it looks like photography, but those are oils, from places she photographs and then commits to canvas. Weehawken sought them out, but Cheeks and Bickhart were pleased to open their new home and studio, at 222 5th Ave., to the public. They were eager to meet new people in the community, Cheeks explained, "so this is perfect. What a gift." Weehawken encourages artists who'd like to participate in these studio tours to give them a call at 970/318-0150, or drop an email to email@example.com and express an interest. Artist's tours are free and open to all ages. This one is from 4-6 p.m.
Finally, also in Ouray this weekend, good grub for a good cause: the Ouray Public Library is putting the Pub in Public Library for one night only, at O'Brien's Pub & Grill on Main Street this Sunday from 5-7 p.m. "We'll have board members lined up to pour beer," said Library Director Chris Reece, "and donation boxes will be on the table." Last year, monies from Pub Night totaled about $700, and were used to purchase children's books for the library. This year, the plan is to put the proceeds towards books for adults and young adults, as well as shore up Miss Jane's Kids and the Summer Reading programs. "We appreciate our generous donors, who give all year in this tight economy," Reece said. "We'd like them to have a little fun while they're at it." And some good food, too. As the library director remarked of one of O'Brien's most popular specialties: "Yes, oh yes! The fish and chips."
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The Friends of the Animals at Calhoun County Animal Control started a Facebook page in May. They have worked strenuously to look for homes, line up temporary foster situations and move eligible animals to rescue organizations, often out of state. In this time, they and the staff have saved the lives of 2,484 animals who otherwise would have been euthanized.
With our help, this group's work could be even more successful. What can we do?
(1.) Spay or neuter your pet. Don't let them have even one litter — the shelters are full of litters of kittens and puppies.
(2.) Consider adopting a shelter pet if you have room for a furry friend. At the Calhoun County Animal Control, Calhoun County Humane Society and League for Animal Welfare you will meet beautiful, affectionate dogs and cats who are just waiting for a loving home for the holidays. If you can't adopt, consider making a year-end donation.
(3.) Ask our local leaders to support local veterinarians and the S.A.V.E. volunteers in preventing pet overpopulation. Other communities have found success with Trap-Spay-Release methods for stray cats and "Fix Your Mama" programs to assist low-income pet owners.
Thanks to the concerted efforts of many in our community, we are making great progress in humane animal rescue. Let's make 2013 an even better year.
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The Division of Automotive Equipment Service (AES) is responsible for planning, directing, coordinating, and administering all programs and activities associated with the maintenance and repair of the automotive, heavy vehicle, and construction equipment fleets of most city departments and agencies (with the exception of the Honolulu Fire Department, Honolulu Police Department, and the Board of Water Supply). It also prepares plans and specifications for the purchase of new vehicles and equipment.
The division is organized into four activities: Administration, Storekeeping, Service & Lubrication, and Repair and Maintenance.
The Administration activity includes the Preventive Maintenance & Production Control Branch and the Driver and Equipment Operator Training Branch. The Preventive Maintenance & Production Control Branch is responsible for all preventive maintenance and inspection scheduling, production control, work order data processing and review, quality assurance, disposal of replaced vehicles/equipment, and is the primary custodian of the City's computerized fleet management system. The Driver and Equipment Operator Training Branch is responsible for planning, developing, coordinating, and implementing a comprehensive driver improvement and evaluation program. This includes fleet safety for a major operating agency, and conducting skills and road performance tests for driver license upgrade. This branch is also responsible for providing equipment operator qualification training and certification.
Storekeeping is responsible for the acquisition, storage, issuance, and disposal of tools, equipment, replacement parts, accessories, general supplies, and solicitation of private contract equipment and vehicle repair services for the entire division. It is also responsible for processing the division's purchase orders and purchase requisitions (subject to final action by the Budget and Fiscal Services Department).
The Service and Lubrication activity provides fueling, tire repair/replacement and maintenance, lubrication, and cleaning of all equipment supported by this division. Rural fueling stations are also located throughout
The Repair & Maintenance Branch is the division's major operational activity. The Repair and Maintenance sections include: the Halawa Automotive Repair Shop, Construction Equipment Repair Shop, Welding Shop, Body and Fender Shop, Pearl City Automotive Repair Shop, Kapaa Automotive Repair Shops and the Light Equipment Repair Shop.
All inquiries should be directed to the AES Administration office at 768-3500. The office is located at the Halawa Corporation Yard, 99-999 Iwaena Street, Aiea, HI 96701.
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I enjoy a couple of hours of extra daylight as much as the next person, but the more "springing ahead" and "falling back" I do, the more I think government should leave time alone. In case you weren't paying attention, it was already staying light longer in the evening. That's the way our seasons work. All by themselves. Without man's interference. And, most of us were getting up in the morning to daylight. Now it's dark again. I looked up… Read More »
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Health insurance reform opponents continue to spread myths about components of America's Affordable Health Choices Act, including the outrageous scare tactic that reform will lead to rationed care and will harm people with disabilities. In fact, the House bill protects people with disabilities from discrimination and unfair business practices that have resulted in loss of coverage and denial of care. This critical legislation will help ensure that all Americans - including those with disabilities - have access to affordable, high quality health coverage … and that insurance company bureaucrats are no longer rationing care based on health, age, or ability to pay--instead putting doctors and patients back in charge of health care decisions.
MYTH: "Health insurance reform will ration care, harming people with disabilities."
FACT: Forty-three organizations representing individuals with disabilities, chronic conditions and their families signed a letter in support of the House bill stating:
We believe that there are numerous provisions in the America's Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R. 3200) that greatly benefit children and adults with disabilities and chronic conditions. The following stand out as signature achievements of the legislation:
- Major insurance market reforms such as the elimination of discrimination based on health status, a prohibition on pre-existing condition exclusions, guaranteed issue and renewal requirements, elimination of annual and lifetime caps, and mental health and substance abuse parity requirements;
- Significant investments in Medicaid to provide health care services to those with low incomes and disabilities;
- A serious commitment to expand access to affordable coverage through credits for the purchase of insurance through the new Health Insurance Exchange.
MYTH: "Health insurance reform will lead to rationed care for everyone."
FACT: Under America's Affordable Health Choices Act, there is not one provision in the bill that gives any government bureaucrat the ability to determine what treatments an individual can receive. The House bill will put patients and doctors where they belong - in the driver's seat. Actually, care is being rationed now--by insurance companies--which are making coverage and care decisions based on profits, not what's best for patients.
The bill's creation of a Health Benefits Advisory Committee will in no way ration care. The Committee does NOT have any role in determining what treatments individuals are entitled to; its primary role is simply to recommend the minimum benefit package insurers must offer under the bill, to protect consumers.
Comparative effectiveness research, which has been funded by the Federal Government for years, has NOTHING to do with rationing. Instead, this research is simply about giving doctors information they need and want to better serve their patients. The bill explicitly PROHIBITS the Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research and the Comparative Effectiveness Research Commission from using this research to define, limit, or mandate treatment or services.
The Pulitzer prize-winning Politifact website says it clearly: "Some opponents, however, claim the government would use findings from this research to ration care. We looked into this issue in detail and concluded that claim is False."


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If you re new to cigars or prefer a smoother more mild smoke you ll greatly enjoy this petite corona. For me it lacked flavor and complexity. That s not to say that this is a bad cigar, it isn t. It s just not meant for smokers that like a bold rich smoke.Teeka in Stroudsburg October 26, 2013
This is a truly the most smooth and delicious tasting cigar I have ever smoked. It maintains its full flavor and mildness from start to finish unlike many others I have tried. Highly recommend this.Lucas in Albuquerque October 23, 2013
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My favorite rocky and one of my top ten. Like the petite corona,it always leaves you wanting more. Keeps it's flavor until it burns your fingers,never harsh.tom in cookeville,tn January 15, 2012
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I just got done with one and was very impressed. Draw is so smooth, and the flavor is classic. You must try one and you will see what i mean.!Jon in Pennsylvania January 9, 2010
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I have enjoyed the Rocky Patel Junios 12 yr tins for a while now. Recently I have received some bad cigars our of these tins. Out of the 5 you get, 3 will burn right down the middle, spongy in feel, harsh on the tongue and the taste is is just smoke. The other two, I would find hard to draw and would have to use a poker to get any kind of draw. So has anyone else experienced what I am experiencing? All I see are the ratings in the low to mid 90s and I do not find this at all. I have tried to contact Rocky Patel but no response to my complaint.David in Washington October 27, 2009
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This is a good cigar wich I could recommend strongly! Im having one problem with it though. It gets to hot at the end and the taste gets a bit weird.Jonny L in Sweden October 19, 2009
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I had it in my head that I had tried Rocky's years ago and found them bland so I've been dismissing them for years. I kept reading great reviews and finally broke down and bought a 5 pack. I don't know if I confused Rocky's with another brand but man was I suprised at what a nice little smoke these turned out to be. Rich expresso taste not harsh, good burn and decent draw for a small gauge. A very good, satisfying cigar for the money. I will definately buy and try more. After these, based on what I've read, Decade, Vintage 1990 and OWR are next on my list.Rob in Boston, MA April 23, 2009
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Sometimes I think people have nothing better to do than to be negative. The 92 vintage is at least a 9.5 rated cigar one of the best I have ever smoked. But of course I had to take mine out of the humidor before I smoked it!!!Mark in Eagan July 28, 2008
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I got handed one of these playing some golf this weekend. Waaay better than the last one I smoked. It was meaty tasting. I liked it. I enjoyed it up until my golf partner knocked it off the cart and then ran over it as I was about half way finished. Booooo! Good gar though.Yoop in Oklahoma June 23, 2008
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This is the first full box of smokes that I have purchased. They are so good I actually bought 2 boxes! They are smooth, light, and very flavorful. These are easily twice as good as the 1990 vintage. I am a 9 out of 10 smokes maduro type of guy myself. This is closer to perfection than any other cigar I have ever smoked. These are so great that I am going to purchase another 2 boxes before the year is up.S. Newsense in Baltimore, MD December 5, 2007


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From the airport it is easy to reach the hostel. Take bus number 1C, get off in 'Porta Nuova' and from there take bus number 6, (after 9pm become bus n 9) in direction to 'Monterosso'. Get off at 'Leonardo da Vinci' bus stop, and take the steps near the bus stop to arrive at the hostel.
Otherwise if you take a taxi at the airport, the ride will take only 10 minutes.
We are conventioned with a transfert Airport -hostel and Hostel - Airport. The price is 15,00 for a car (1-4 persons max) .From 11pm till 6,30 am the price is 20,00€ To book this service you have to contact us to comunicate the flight and time of arrival."
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This is a great idea but only works if your cat has been declawed. My cats ended up snagging all the plastic sides as they covered. I had to pull up about 5 or 6 each time to clean.
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It works better for clumping litter than the kind that has crystals to absorb urine. Both kinds require scooping normally, but with the crystal you're better off removing solids the old way. For clumping litter, this is great, but most people secure these with the kind of elastic band sold for trash cans to secure the liners. I tried using a bungie cord (they sell them at hardware stores among other places) that hooks together, and it was a lot simpler to remove just one liner at a time.
Bottom LineYes, I would recommend this to a friend
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makes changing litter easy and no mess
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This is a product that actually seems to do what it advertised. Picks up litter clumps with no mess. I do think it took out more litter than I might have with a scoop, but I also have 3 cats who tend to pee in one area so that gets really saturated. The cats did tend to tear up some of the bottom of the liner, but it still pretty much came up intect.
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rubber band snaps up and leaves all plastics scrunched up. Poor cat couldn't figure out how to get in.
Bottom LineNo, I would not recommend this to a friend
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this is a great product i love it
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I have 2 boy cats and they love it...they let me know when it is time to clean....meow !!!!


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You really have to admire the concept behind Skylanders; it's one hell of a thing. Activision and developer Toys for Bob have taken the two ostensibly warring sides of children's entertainment—action figures and video games—and brought them together into one unstoppable, undeniable vacuum on parents' bank accounts. In retrospect it's strange that it took this long for someone to work this out. Back when I was a grade schooler I spent most of my hard earned allowance on Star Wars crap, but then the prequels arrived and were a bitter but cleansing tonic against the toy collecting fever and I switched to videogames. They were smaller, easier to store, and you could get a lot more fun out of them.
But…what if you could take a toy and magically digitize it into a videogame? As many weary parents already know, this is the crack-for-kids hook of the Skylanders series, and its second installment, Skylanders Giants, has just landed on Wii U, courtesy of Vicarious Visions, and with a whole new lineup of figurines to buy. I've been given the illustrious task of reviewing the new game and by extension, the new figures and how it works on Nintendo's new console.
Luckily, Activision was kind enough to send me an entire Christmas morning's worth of Skylanders to throw at the game. I feel kind of guilty; if I were a squeaky-voiced tween I'd now automatically be the coolest kid in the neighborhood, but the best I can muster when I look at these little figures and their glowing portal is "eh, that's kind of cool I guess."
Skylanders Giants works exactly the same as last year's Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, just expanded to accommodate new figures and abilities. You plug the Portal of Power (RFID reader) into one of the Wii U's USB ports, two of which are conveniently placed on the front of the console, under a small flip-open door. Then you place one of the Skylanders figures on the portal and the game scans them into the program, spawning them into the level for you to control.
It's a very simple setup that your kids will probably figure out in seconds if they don't already know how it works, either from the previous game or the commercials constantly played on Cartoon Network. Personally, I'm interested to see if the developers end up using the Wii U's Near Field Communication sensor for the inevitable sequels.
Once you have a figure loaded into the game, you're ready to go…to a degree. Skylanders Giants has an elemental class system and each figure belongs to a different class. Like the original Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, the Giants starter pack comes with three figures: the giant life-type Tree Rex, the air-type Jet-Vac, and finally Spyro's girlfriend Cynder, who is undead-type. These three are enough to get you started, and the game introduces the various mechanics with them.
At its core, Skylanders Giants is a pretty basic dungeon crawling hack-n-slash, very similar to X-Men Legends, Marvel Ultimate Alliance and Gauntlet before them. Each level is a fairly flat area where you'll collect keys and treasure, defeat waves of enemies, locate hidden items and procure mission-specific macguffins to progress the story. Characters cannot jump, at least not at first, and must use strategically placed boost pads to leap up elevations like towers and cliffs. Various classes perform better in specific areas, encouraging you to swap between figurines to get class-specific benefits. As you collect treasure you can spend it on new powers and abilities for each character, or unlock new items to equip each Skylander individually.
The titular giants have a few advantages over the normal characters—they're twice as big and therefore deal twice as much base damage, they can power through regular breakable objects simply by wading through them, and can directly remove obstacles like stone walls and huge boulders, things that the normal figures need bombs to deal with. That said, even on the hardest difficulty the game is exceedingly easy; enemies barely scratched me as a normal character and as the lumbering giants I could clear just about everything in my path. I know Skylanders is a kid's game, but since when did game developers start underestimating kids? At the risk of making myself sound even older and more crotchety, I used to sweat through Mario or Sonic levels when I was a kid and nowadays kid games have me nodding off at the controls.
If things get too heated (or boring, considering how easy the game is) a second player can grab a Wii remote and Nunchuk and drop in for co-op play at any time. They need to place a second Skylander figure on the portal scanner, but it's cool that the portal recognizes two distinct figures at a time. There are also some versus modes, but they are all typical competitive fare: a standard deathmatch, a ring-out, a hold-the-object mode and an item collection rush. These modes are par for the course but sadly only support two players, and don't feature any of the innovative, asymmetric gameplay found in Nintendo Land; you play essentially the same whether you're using the GamePad or a Wii Remote.
There is some more testing gameplay to be had: in the story mode, occasionally you'll run into bosses and there are also timed challenge maps accessed in the game's hub level. To be honest though I was surprised by how much Skylanders is a paint-by-numbers dungeon crawler; it's the action figure gimmick that really makes it a unique experience. If you have a large collection of Skylanders figures that's great, but if you don't you'll run into some limitations.
The three basic figures that come with the starter pack will get you through the main story campaign well enough, but Skylanders leverages a Diablo-style loot mechanic that requires you to have at least one figure from each elemental class. There are locked special areas, often in plain sight, that in no uncertain terms require a specific class to enter, and these areas usually contain the best loot. In particular there is a huge collection of novelty hats in the game (seriously, what is up with hats these days?) that alter and improve the stats of the character wearing them, and make the Skylanders look pretty silly.
Even more telling, there are literal commercials for other figures scattered throughout the environment. Need to get into a special area? Well, check out this trailer for such-and-such figure and his special moves and isn't he cool and go ask your parents to buy him right now! Granted, if I were nine it would be pretty cool and I'd be jumping up and down with anticipation, but now all I can do is fold my arms and look askance at the screen. Remember back in the 80s, when PTA groups were complaining that most Saturday morning cartoons—G.I. Joe, My Little Pony, He-Man—were thinly veiled half-hour commercials for toys? Well, they might have had more ground to stand on if they were complaining about Skylanders.
The Wii U version has some aspects that make collection each figure more attractive. For instance it has stat-tracking for each Skylander. The GamePad screen displays your current character's leveling progression and stats toward various areas, letting you stay updated on how they stack up against the rest of your roster at a glance. The GamePad also lets to swap to a current objectives screen as well and track mission progress—all pretty standard stuff but handy and convenient nonetheless. These stat-tracking features are available in the other versions but having them on hand, right on the GamePad screen makes your figures and their progress more immediate and personal.
Skylanders Giants is also one of the Wii U launch titles that lets you play it entirely on the GamePad. I can imagine this will be an especially attractive feature for parents, particularly with this kind of kid's game; the repetitive action, sound effects and character voices are bound to grate on the nerves, so piping it all to the GamePad and putting a set of headphones on the kid playing it can offer some relief. One aspect I found annoying was that each figure has a little catchphrase they quip, every single time you put them on the portal; after hearing Cynder spout "bolts and lightning!" for the umpteenth time I wanted to set the little figure on fire and chuck her out a window.
This brings me to my main issue with this game, one that I think is entirely subjective—most aspects of Skylanders Giants are probably positively magical for a little kid but are merely redundant, repetitive and annoying to me. For example, every time you scan a new figure, it gets unlocked on an in-game roster. So why can't I just pull up this menu on the GamePad and swap between characters whenever I want? Why do I have to stop playing, reach down into the increasingly cluttered collection of little plastic critters and drop Tree Rex onto the glowing USB scanner, and then sit through him growling "be afraid of the bark!" one more agonizing time?
Yes, a nine-year-old would instinctively surround himself with dozens of little plastic toys, lining them up perfectly as he sits down for a session of Skylanders Giants. It's a sort of status symbol for him. But all that plastic simply clutters up my entertainment center, I have that hideous, kitschy, glowing portal scanner hanging off of my sleek new Wii U, and I'm constantly worried that my girlfriend will walk into the room and wonder what the hell I'm doing with all these toys.
Maybe I'm just too skeptical or frugal for my own good, but I've always had a reflexive resistance to any collecting gimmick attaching a vacuum to my wallet. I never got into Pokemon, even when I was a kid, and the whole toy/game crossover thing always struck me as a redundant middleman.
The problem here might also be a personal lack of interest in the source material. I just have very little enthusiasm for the Spyro universe or how Activision has expanded it to make it collecta-tastic. It would probably be the greatest thing since Quake if I were 12, or had at least grown up with Spyro on the PS1, but I'm 26, and that allows me to know a pandering money grind when I see one.
I can't fault Vicarious Visions for giving the game some decent production values, at least. The vibrant color palette and smooth, cartoony animations makes Skylanders Giants eye-catching, but stare too long and you'll easily spot some visual flaws. The game doesn't look bad, per se, but it certainly doesn't push what the Wii U's GPU is capable of; simply put, it's a launch title and it looks like a launch title, no better than what you'd see in the PS3 or 360 version of the game. As I mentioned previously the goofy voices of the actual Skylanders really got on my nerves, but some of the other voice work is funny and well done. I noticed Patrick Warburton as the bumbling ship captain Flynn, and even George Takei makes a cameo as an early boss, so kudos to the developers for finding some signature voice talent. The game's music is fairly catchy and reminded me of the generic but fun adventure-platformer tunes that I remember from the early PS1 era, so that element was a little nostalgic for me.
At the end of the day, I feel a little guilty reviewing this game. Perhaps an adult, or at least a particularly jaded adult, isn't the right person to review a game like Skylanders. All I can objectively say is that it's a decent, if not spectacular, dungeon crawler that hits all the well-worn points of the genre with reasonable execution and charm. The naked consumerism of it all—and the gameplay inconveniences and contrivances it introduces—did unfortunately stick in my throat, and perhaps kept me from enjoying the experience to its fullest.
I'm not saying I'm above such influences—far from it. The game and movie industries live and die by nostalgia these days and it's only a matter of time before somebody realizes that kids aren't the only demographic they can tap—you just need to pull the right strings. If Nintendo were to develop a fanservice-sodden, Smash Bros-meets-Gauntlet Legends game that used the exact same gimmick, I admit that I'd spend stupid quantities of cash on the accompanying Metroid and Starfox figurines.
I can see this mechanic working for innumerable, highly nostalgic franchises with their own fandoms and niches: pewter D&D miniatures with embedded RFID chips, scannable cards that unlock new guns in an FPS or grant extra mana in a Magic the Gathering game. I'm especially dreading the inevitable, shameless Pokemon marketing campaign and its endless cards and toys. The emergent RFID and NFC mechanic is simply an evolved form of Nintendo's ill-fated E-reader attachment for the Game Boy Advance. The technology has just caught up to the gameplay (and merchandizing) vision.
The storm of plastic and cardboard might loom on the horizon, hungrily eyeing an entire generation of nerds (me among them) and their credit cards, but for now Skylanders Giants is a kid's affair. If you've just picked up a Wii U for the holidays and want something guaranteed to light up the eyes of any 5-12 year olds on your gift list, Skylanders Giants fits the bill. But beware: Skylanders is not a single purchase by a long shot, and that bill is sure to get longer and longer as the Skylanders craze grows.
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1969 Here I Go Again (DAE ) or Opening Night '69 ( FB )
1970 Not too strong on shows but the rehearsals are great
The best Import 1970 shows....hmmm... Double Dynamite though audience is pretty cool...then there's Walk A Mile In My Shoes...better sound but only 10 tracks worth getting though.
The best shows from 1970 are on official cd's.
1971 Again..not a great deal to choose from....loads of audience recordings but the best soundboards are - All Things Are Possible ( DAE ) and Lean, Mean And Kickin' Butt ( FB ).The Power Of Shazam also deserves a mention...good show, but the sound is up and down.
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1974. Again, spoilt for choice...but the best shows are at the start to middle of the year. Some of these are FANTASTIC. I'd rate some of these shows as good as it gets
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1975. My Favourite has to be the March show on the A Profile series ( FB ) but there are loads of great shows...Deep Down South ( King ) Let Me Take You Home ( DAE ). Again, its really down to personal choice. Oh yes and Just Pretend ( FB ) is also a must.
1976. Loads available. The best ones are at the start of the year- Running For President ( King ) and at the end of the year - A Hot Winters Night and Burning In Birmingham. Though there are some good shows in the middle too
1977. Personally i like Coming On Strong ( Southern Style ) and Unchained Elvis ( Krypton ). I'd recommend these if you haven't already got them.
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Justin Bieber needs a nice, long, seminar about him not being the center of the universe.
BTW, I'm SO SICK of people allowing drugs and other unruly behavior just because "He's young", or "He's growing up", or "Didn't you do some stupid shit when you were young?". All the more reason to enact the punishment! Nobody's gonna learn shit if all you do is give a slap on his wrist and tell him to stop, well, other than being famous will somehow excuse you from jail. Jeeze. He's going to die at this rate. Honestly.
I'm sorry, but every fandom ever is backing Jared and his tweet. Jared is right. Bieber is wrong. Basically all of tumblr is out for blood because people are hating on Jared. Too bad for them, but he's entitled to his opinion, and I'm pretty sure that the good looking guy with the great life, successful tv show and beautiful family is a better role model than a has-been who insists on causing scandals and getting tattoos to put his name into the papers. BELIEBERS, YOU DON'T STAND A CHANCE AGAINST THE SUPERNATURAL FAMILY
Stupid Bieber fans. Really? Are you just ignoring the fact that he's an idiot and a huge jerk? That's the true definition of ignorance.
And good for you, Jared. Plus, those Beliebers won't get too far. Supernatural is too awesome a show, and probably half the Beliebers are Supernatural fans, too. No one's giving up an amazing show like that just for a little prick. And if they do, they're probably like 13 years old. This is America people. Right of speech, and not every freakin celebrity is on board with the BS that goes with being famous, including Beaverfever.
I'm with Jared here! The Beliebers can get over it... We all know that Justin Beiber is going downhill... Calling fans "beached whale." Spitting on them off of hotel balconies. Going wherever he wants and doing stupid stuff. Like peeing in a kitchen. And we all know he's doing drugs. It's all ridiculous... All his actions say something's /wrong/ with the kid- probably something to do with him being young, rich, and famous. He probably thinks he's invincible with that combination. Sure, I'm not a fan of his music... But with the things he does, I don't even have a little respect for him anymore. When he first came around, I didn't listen to his music and it annoyed me... But I respected the fact that he had made it big- that was great. Now, this... It's like... Nope. Just get over yourself, Beliebers. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and while you have the right to yours as much as Jared has the right to his... There's no reason to send hate to Jared- hate is NEVER ok.


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