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The standard comeback to any sarcastic compliment. That is, "nice" should be changed to match the adjective they happened to use.
Ha, nice shirt.
Nice FACE.
I like your hair. *snicker.
I like your face. *snicker.
Nice FACE.
I like your hair. *snicker.
I like your face. *snicker.
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A Greeting between friends used as a general "hello". If greeted it is improper to not replie. Generally is responded with the same greeting. It is Never to be used as a greeting to family or a stranger.
Boy1 *walks past friend*: Nice Face man
Boy2: Nice Face to you too.
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to roll a joint or a blunt with great perfection.
man look at this blunt, i pearled this!
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the act of being pearled refers to the act of a guy cumming on the neck or lower leck of a girl. Being "pearled" usually happens after the action of titfucking.
After she squeezed her big tits around his hard cock and he titfucked her, he pearled her.
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In many ways, Lourdes Leon isn't your typical 18-year-old. Her mom is Madonna, after all.
But the Material Girl designer and recent high school graduate still has time in her busy schedule to hang with friends. Lourdes, who goes by Lola, recently posted on her blog about graduation, prom and how she's been spending her last summer before college.
"HEY to all the readers. I don't know if u heard (sarcasm) but I GRADUATED. GRAAAAAD. UATED. From High School. Its very difficult to wrap my head around because I feel like its something I've been talking about FOR EVER and it finally happened," she wrote. "There also isn't the ominous presence of another year of high school and test taking up ahead like there usually is when you're about mid way into the beautiful summer."
Lourdes is reportedly enrolled at the University of Michigan, the school her mother briefly attended in the 1970s before becoming a pop superstar.
But before heading off to college, Lourdes experienced another rite of passage: her high school prom.
"A week before graduation I attended the classic party every American teenager goes to despite the really bad music – this is known as prom. What can I say? Those of you who have been probably know exactly what I'm talking about. Of course I had a beautiful time but I'll attribute that to the fact that I partied with my awesome friends all night," she wrote.
"I got to spend an entire weekend kicking it with my high school homies. It was a great way to end the year."
For more from Lourdes, check out her blog.
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Mo being out makes us lose more and more; the FO finally gets with the program and trades Millsap/Foye/whatever random vets they can; this allows the The Four to get big minutes and develop, plus maybe lose a few more games for a better draft pick; get lucky in the lottery and draft Shabazz
Meh, this was a throwaway season anyways.
I hope we don't make a stupid trade out of desperation and we instead pick up a diamond PG and go into full on scouting mode.
I just hope to see a line up of...
Let Hayward be the main ball handler!!
There is always one or two big impending moves that dam the flow of trades. Always. The jazz will be patient and wait for things to progress, but that doesn't change the fact that Watson and Tinsley are playing major minutes... patience has a limit.
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Police and rescue crews are on the scene of a crash where a person was reportedly hit by a truck.
Around 7:30 p.m. Thursday a pedestrian was was hit by a vehicle on Route 309 and Lower Saucon Road in Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County -- near the Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley.
Reports indicate the person was hit by a tow truck.
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Okay so I'm logging on the Detroit Red Wings website and I notice the intro screen is a collage of players from Original Six teams...with Sidney Crosby as the 7th. Do they SERIOUSLY have to include him in EVERYTHING?
There's enough Cindy bashing I'm aware but did I miss the petition to include Pittsburgh in the "Original Seven"?


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ATTICA - Good things come in threes and that proved true in a couple different ways for Carey's girls Thursday night.
Freshman Sydney Wentling knocked down 23 points, including four baskets from 3-point range for the Blue Devils. Meanwhile, Makenzie and Gwen Wentling were doubling down at the defensive end of the floor.
The Wentling combination was a winner as Carey downed Seneca East 57-41 in a Midland Athletic League showdown.
It took Sydney Wentling just eight seconds to get her scoring act in gear as she knocked down a 3-pointer off the opening tap. Carey had the lead for good at that point, but an equally big reason could be found in what the other Wentlings were doing.
Either Makenzie or Gwen drew Seneca East's Ashton Daniel as a defensive assignment in the Blue Devil man-to-man coverage.
Daniel, the league's top scorer and the school's fourth leading scorer all time, finished with 16 points, one short of her average. But she went scoreless in the first half, the portion of the game when Carey laid the foundation for its 11th win against just one loss. The Blue Devils are 5-1 in the Midland Athletic League, one game behind league leader Calvert.
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Carey 57, Seneca East 41
Carey (11-1, 5-1): Hannah Tong 4-0-8; Sydney Wentling 9-1-23; Makenzie Wentling 1-0-3; Haley Hoepf 0-0-0; Ali Rymer 1-2-4; Logan Johnson 3-0-6; Gwen Wentling 1-0-3; Dana Newell 0-0-0; Hannah Draper 3-4-10. Totals: 22-7-57.
Seneca East (8-4, 3-2): Ashton Daniel 5-6-16; Jessica Enders 0-0-0; Lauren Sprenger 0-0-0; Emily Depinet 0-0-0; Cameil Ruffing 1-1-3; Brittany Brookes 3-0-7; Hannah Hahler 2-4-8; Seina Adachi 3-0-7. Totals: 14-11-41.
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Field goals: Carey 22-51; Seneca East 14-48.
3-point goals: Carey 6-13 (S. Wentling 4, M. Wentling, G. Wentling); Seneca East 2-7 (Brookes, Adachi).
Rebounds: Carey 38 (Tong 13, Rymer 8); Seneca East 22 (Hahler 9).
Turnovers: Carey 21; Seneca East 17.
"Absolutely, that was the game-plan," Carey coach Phil Vaughn said of the defensive effort. "You look at the league stats and she's leading the league and scoring almost 18 points a game. We went Tuesday and watched her score 25 or 27.
"She's not a one-person team, but I think it was a key part of stopping them," he said. "The rest of the team did a good job. When you don't help off somebody, it puts pressure on their other players."
The pressure took hold as Seneca East managed just four points in the first period. At the same time, Sydney Wentling was off and running. She hit another 3-pointer and had 12 first-quarter points as the Blue Devils opened leads of 11-2 and 19-4.
"We knew that was Phil's plan all along," Seneca East coach Dave Stallings said after his club fell to 8-4 overall and 3-2 in the league. "We knew he was at the Edison game and that they'd come out and try to stop (Daniel). I don't blame him.
"We've just got to start better," he said. "All four of our losses this year, we just didn't start those games well at all. You have a 10-1 team and an 8-3 team, it should be a good game. And it was a nice back-and-forth game. We just spotted them too much in the first quarter."
Daniel got on the board 18 seconds into the third period, but by that time, the Tigers were trailing 27-17. Brittany Brookes hit a 3-pointer to pull SE to within eight at 31-23 midway through the quarter and it was 34-26 at the 2:39 mark after a basket by Seina Adachi.
But Carey's Hannah Tong hit a couple inside baskets to push the margin back to 38-26 at the quarter break and the Blue Devils expanded from there.
Hannah Draper scored 10 points, all in the fourth quarter, to back Sydney Wentling. Tong added eight points and 13 rebounds to the winners to a 38-22 advantage on the boards.
"We had a little bit of a height advantage, but rebounding comes down to effort, too," Vaughn said. "I would hope we'd be able to get an edge in rebounding most nights."
Daniel's 16 leaves here 11 points short of joining Annette Kessler, Erica Cramer and Kelly Elmlinger as 1,000-point scorers in Seneca East girls basketball.
"I think she might have been a little nervous early, but she'll get there," Stallings said. "I can't fault the girls' effort. I'm not disappointed. They played hard."
Hannah Hahler had eight points and nine rebounds for the Tigers. Brookes and Adachi each scored seven.


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Too fist a girl and whilst you're fisting here, she's squeeling and acting like a wild boar.
a la ...Boarski.
a la ...Boarski.
I seen my buddy walking up to the bed room from the party, and just to make his girlfriend feel uncomfortable i shouted "GIVE HER A BOARSKI!"
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on December 5, 2012 - 9:08 PM
Thirteen men and three women – including a Florida man wanted in that state on cocaine trafficking charges and an Akron couple charged with child neglect – are being held at the Erie County Holding Center following an court warrant pickup operation Wednesday by the Erie County Sheriff's Family Court Child Support Enforcement Unit and patrol and civil deputies.
Sheriff Timothy B. Howard said the sweep unexpectedly led to the arrest of Victor Gonzalez on Eckhert Street in Buffalo. Gonzalez is a fugitive on Orange County, Fla. in a cocaine trafficking case and will soon face an extradition hearing,
Among the Family Court suspects arrested on warrants issued for child neglect, failure to pay child support or related domestic affairs issues were Shiloh and Jason Ferns, of Knapp Road, Akron. The Ferns are being held in a child neglect case, the sheriff said.
The warrant sweep also unexpectedly lea to the arrests of two men wanted in Buffalo City Court and a man wanted in West Seneca Town Court. All three face a variety of criminal and vehicle and traffic charges, the sheriff said.
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And we have a name.
Five days after Kim Kardashian and Kanye West welcomed their baby girl, the new arrival's name has been revealed. And it's likely to surprise the couple's fans.
The reality star and the rapper named their daughter North West, a source confirms to PEOPLE.
Back in March, Kardashian, 32, denied rumors that her boyfriend, 36, wanted that name for their baby.
"I do like Easton, Easton West," she said on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno at the time.
Apparently, the new mom had a change of heart – or direction.
TMZ first reported the name news Thursday night, citing the birth certificate from Cedars-Sinai hospital.
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April 6, 1938 – May 19, 2013
Daniel J. Tomaka Sr., who owned and operated a beverage distribution company and several other businesses, died Sunday in his Lake View home after a battle with cancer. He was 75.
Born in Lackawanna, he was a graduate of Lackawanna High School. After working for many years in beverage wholesaling, in 1980 he founded Frosty Valley Beverages of Lackawanna, which provides soft drink and juice dispensing systems for restaurants, schools and day care and senior citizens centers in Western New York and Southern Ontario.
Mr. Tomaka also owned and operated Tomaka Auto Sales, Hydro Spray Car Wash and Oil Change Alley, all in Lackawanna, and assisted in Tomaka Technology.
He was a parishioner at Our Lady of Victory Basilica.
Surviving are his wife of 54 years, the former Claudette M. Kedge; a son, Daniel Jr.; two daughters, Cheryl Wojcik and Tracy Robel; a brother, Richard; and a sister, Lucille Evoy.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Our Lady of Victory Basilica, South Park Avenue and Ridge Road, Lackawanna.


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East Aurora school officials aren't letting budget worries stop them from planning a future capital project to address districtwide needs, possibly starting in the 2016-17 school year.
The administration and School Board said they need to start preparing to address items such as roof replacements, chimney work, enlarging and upgrading some classrooms at the Middle School, improving the district telephone system and focusing on lighting and technological needs.
The laundry list of items was long, though not yet spelled out in great detail, when the board last week first began to publicly mull a capital project for 2016-17. The district was not able to include a good amount of the work highlighted in its previous capital project.
News of the district planning a capital facilities project comes on the heels of the school administration announcing a nearly $950,000 budget gap for the 2013-14 school year.
But district officials indicated they have no choice. They said if East Aurora doesn't do one large-scale project, other scenarios could include a smaller project and then a more district- wide project, or even dividing the work into three separate projects spread over several years.
Board President Daniel Brunson said that planning a project for the 2016-17 school year is appealing because the district will have paid off some bonded work by then.
"That is the year in which we could do a significant project without increasing taxes, because the high school work in the 1990s will be paid off," he said.
District Business Manager Paul Blowers said he felt the district should move more quickly than that. "I don't agree with waiting that long," Blowers said, citing current issues with hot water tanks, roofs that need replacing, an outdated phone system and other needs throughout the district. "Some needs are immediate."
Superintendent Brian D. Russ suggested the district might want to have a smaller project and then a separate, more "global, districtwide" one.
A third scenario had Blowers suggesting a $4.3 million project to address soon what he termed emergency needs. Then another $5 million project could be done a few years later, followed by a $3 million project a few years after that.
Brunson said he had hoped that if some of the issues could wait to be addressed, one large project could be bundled together without imposing a great tax burden. The district does have a repair reserve fund in place that it could tap, as well.
East Aurora completed a $14 million reconstruction project in 1998. In its latest move, the district recently completed a $24 million capital facilities project – approved by voters in 2007 – that led to an addition that doubled the square footage of Parkdale Elementary School and expanded the school to a kindergarten-through-fourth-grade school from a kindergarten-through-second-grade school. The latter project also included renovations at the middle and high schools.
Board member Jessica Armbrust said the district may want to consider looking into energy performance as it plans a capital project.
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When one's penis Touches or "crosses" the penis of a midget, or otherwise smaller person.
Karen the weirdest thing happened today. I was gettin done with a shower and stepped out and BAM!! I just crosshammed a little person. I was so angry. You never want that to happen! Crosshamming is so horrible.
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH – Parking was at a premium on all side streets around Flagler Avenue Friday night. It was apparent there was one big party going on. Parents and their children, students, and all those in the holiday spirit, gravitated toward the beachside shopping venue for the annual "Light Up Flagler," which drew about 1,500 people.
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quote: Why do I see all these comments defending the metro UI? It's pretty defensive. If you feel the need to defend it, you clearly aren't getting the point of those complaints. It's not what you do, it's how you do it. It isn't directly because of the metro UI, it's how it's being implemented into people's use patterns. To someone who doesn't want anything to do with it, there should be a clear and easy way for them to remove it. This would cost nothing for MS to do. Do you get it now? Do you get how they can easily implement this YET they are choosing NOT to? That's in the extreme case. I myself find it having it's uses. Though there are still things about it I don't like. Every one of which could be easily addressed, yet I'm afraid they don't have much intention on doing so. You can be revolutionary, without neglecting those people that have stood so long by you. Now I'm the one that can't believe I'm saying that, I've always wanted more out of Windows. I've always hated how it changes very little. Even in Win8, there are still oh so many remants of legacy crap/bad ui that I just can't stand. However, I do think their metro ui is too tablet-centric. If you're going to go that far out in enforcing that experience onto the Desktop, it better damn well be implemented seamlessly. Currently I would say it is not.


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MIFFLINTOWN - Two Juniata County missions organizations are pooling resources this summer to build an orphanage for Haitian children who have no homes.
JuniPer (Juniata-Perry) Community Missions and Houses of Hope for Haiti connected this spring when one group noticed a need and discovered a way the other ministry could help.
During a recent JuniPer missions trip to Haiti, local resident George Losch said they met a native man who is living his vision to care for orphaned children.
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Haitian children play with Sponge Bob toys they received from a Juniata and Perry county missions group. The JuniPer Community Missions and Houses of Hope for Haiti are working together to provide shelter and food for orphans in the impoverished nation.
After the January earthquake in 2010, the man - Audonson is his name - found himself trapped beneath the rubble of his home. His 4-year-old son died beside him, and for 1 1/2 days, the father was too injured to move.
He promised God that if he survived he would use his life to care for orphaned children, Losch said.
After weeks in the hospital, Audonson returned to his community in Bongette, near the earthquake epicenter, and began a make-shift orphanage for homeless children.
When the JuniPer group met Audonson, his New Horizon Orphanage had 37 children ranging in age from 18 months to 16 years.
The children still live in tents left over from earthquake relief donations. When it rains, they lie in the mud, and a layer of mildew forms on their tarps, Losch said. Mosquitoes buzz around the often sick and malnourished community.
"I know God doesn't intend any child to live where they're living," Losch said.
When they returned, Losch contacted Houses of Hope for Haiti, another Juniata County mission that builds temporary houses for people who lost their homes in the earthquake.
Lori King, one of the mission founders, said Houses of Hope was eager to help.
The mission's only stipulation: The person or entity must own their own land, King said.
And when Losch called Haiti to talk about the partnership, he found out that the ministry there already was in the process of buying property.
"God has connected us with Houses of Hope," Losch said. "I can't even begin to express what this is going to mean for these kids ..."
JuniPer also is working with Fish Ministries to raise funds to build a chicken house, a self-sustainable way to provide food and revenue for the orphans.
Meanwhile, Houses of Hope sent two 16x24-foot dormitories to the Haiti orphanage. The shipment should arrive in August, and a construction team will travel down in September, King said.
Each dormitory will have 24 bunk beds and buckets filled with personal hygiene items and toys, King said.
Houses of Hope, which began last April, has donated 87 homes and two dormitories in total, King said. Soon, the ministry plans to transition to more permanent housing structures, built with concrete and steel, she said.
The community has shown overwhelming support for Houses of Hope, King said. But with the expenses of the dorms and houses, the organization has "exhausted its funds," she said.
"God brought these two ministries together," King said. "We would love to continue if God allows us to."
George Losch's wife, Lori, shared James 1:27, "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."
JuniPer groups not only help with construction and financial needs, but they also participate in village ministry through Fish Ministries, Lori Losch said.
They go door to door, sharing the purpose of their visit with the family and then pray with them and tell them about Jesus, she said.
"No matter how many times we go to Haiti, God always reveals a huge need," Lori Losch said. JuniPer groups have been traveling to the impoverished nation for more than a decade.
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By Mary Jo Monnin
It was the perfect start to the end of the season.
Last weekend's 31st Lockport Kiwanis Shootout exceeded expectations and provided just what the Lockport girls basketball team was looking for in a playoff tuneup. Lockport split with its Monsignor Martin Association challengers, losing to Cardinal O'Hara, 49-47, on Friday and beating Sacred Heart in the final seconds, 47-43, on Saturday.
"We didn't play well at all on Friday. We stunk up the place and still had a chance to beat the best team in Western New York," said Lady Lions coach Bill Shaw, "Then we turn around the next night and beat a damn good Sacred Heart team. Both of those games give us a lot of confidence going into the playoffs."
Lockport is among the favorites to win titles as the 38th Section VI Girls Basketball Tournament tips off tonight with early-round games in Class B. Here's a look at how each class could unfold:
Class AA
Favorite: No. 2 seed Lockport has won three out of the last four AA titles, and enters the postseason as winner of the Niagara Frontier League. Jamestown won ECIC I this season, helping them earn the No. 1 seed. The Red Raiders have plenty of scoring power with Anne Campion (16.8 ppg), Karisha Tapia (13.5) and Rosa Velazquez (10.6 ppg.)
Alexis Cheatham is deadly from the outside for Lockport, averaging 18.9 ppg., followed by Sara Franco's 13.4 ppg.
Challengers: Lancaster, finalists against Lockport a year ago, have one of the best players in the tournament in Sarah Saba (19.6 ppg), who is coming off a 33-point game against Clarence.
Sleepers: Is this the year Niagara Falls puts it together? Victoria Pryor (15.3 ppg) and Toni Polk (10.2 ppg) think so. Williamsville North handed Jamestown its only league loss this season. Senior Natalie Galus, a recent 1,000-point scorer, will keep Frontier close. Orchard Park could surprise if three-point shooters Noelle Poloncarz (40 threes) and Shaye Swiatek (33 threes) get hot.
Best matchup before NCCC: It would have to be Lockport and Lancaster in the semifinals at Sweet Home. The game would be a rematch of last year entertaining sectional final, won by Lockport, 57-54.
"I think there's a lot of teams [who could win it]," said Shaw. "It may not come down to Jamestown and Lockport, it could come down to two other teams, In past years maybe you've penciled in certain teams to make the final. This year I think there are some teams that could make some noise if they get hot at the right time."
Class A-1
Favorite: No. 1 seed Hamburg went 10-0 while winning ECIC II. The Bulldogs offense doesn't revolve around a player or two, they are just a group that oozes "team." The mainstays are senior Taylor Wolf, junior Jill Ford and junior Leah Jones.
Challengers: This title has gone through Grand Island an impressive four years in a row. Looking to carry them to a fifth is Cassie Oursler, who has been asked to do a lot in her senior year. She led the Niagara Frontier League in scoring at 21.3 ppg.
Sleepers: Williamsville East's Sabrina Lipowski led ECIC II in scoring at 14.7 ppg.
Best matchup before NCCC: Does McKinley have what it takes to end Grand Island's run in a possible semifinal? The Macks' Daesha Thomas goes for 19.8 ppg., with nice support from Mone Gaymon (13.7).
Class A-2
Favorite: No. 1 seed Iroquois is led by senior Lauren Jensen, who was second in scoring in ECIC II at 14.3 ppg. Colleen Wirth, injured last year, is averaging 13 ppg. Senior Jenny Colvin needs seven three-pointers to break the school record of 113 held since 2001 by Eva Cunningham. Colvin leads Section VI with 45. She's had at least one three in 24 straight games. Colvin has signed with UB for soccer.
The Chiefs have two wins over Class AA teams – beating Lancaster in their season opener, 59-58, and Kenmore West in the Matt Colpoys Memorial, 51-34.
Challengers: Pioneer is the two-time defending A-2 champions as Jacque Law and Shannon Rogers look to make it three. Lake Shore joins the hunt with Melanie Linsmair dropping in 11.0 ppg., and Miranda Aiken having a big year.
Sleepers: Starpoint has a 30-point win over Tonawanda and beat Iroquois in its season finale. The Spartans lost only to Wilson by six points. Among the promising young players for first-year coach Megan Rumschik are freshman and leading scorer Erica Bradley (12.7 ppg) and sophomore Jenna Faulkner.
Best matchup before NCCC: Starpoint, winners of its last five, and Lake Shore could meet in one half of the bracket while Iroquois and Pioneer clash in the other.
Class B-1
Favorite: No. 1 Olean repeating as B-1 champ looks pretty likely. The Huskies have a veteran lineup. Their 15-3 record includes an 11-game winning streak before it was snapped by Class AA Orchard Park in the season finale. The Huskies, winners of the overall Class B title in four of the last five years, are senior laden. Seniors Sara Ziegler (11.8 ppg), Maggie Moore (11.2), Emily Bantleman (10.2) and Kayla Pearl, along with sophomore Rachel Painter, have big-game experience.
Challengers: No. 2 East Aurora won ECIC III as Erin Nason poured in 12.1 ppg. No. 3 Tonawanda has either won or shared the ECIC IV title the last two years. The Warriors' Joanna McCarthy averages a double-double and play-making guard Alanna Herne has the knack for finding the open person.
Sleepers: Maryvale 6-foot-1 center Clara Rosten led ECIC III in scoring at 20.0 ppg. Springville has a solid shooter in junior Tia Woodarek (12.1 ppg.). No. 4 Dunkirk knows how to fill it up as it boasts the top two scorers in CCAA I in Khee Nance (18.4 ppg) and Lacey Clark (16.4 ppg).
Best matchup before NCCC: East Aurora and Tonawanda could make for an interesting semifinal at Sweet Home as both teams look to make a mark in the postseason.
Class B-2
Favorite: No. 1 seed Wilson has won this title two of the last three years. The Lakewomen (16-1) look to build on a regular season in which the lone loss came to Holy Angels. They won the Niagara-Orleans League with a 14-0 record putting them at 54-2 the last four years. Senior Jamie Curry added to her single season records for threes with 47 and assists with 103.
Challengers: Buffalo Arts (16-2) and Medina (12-6) are the only other teams in this bracket of 11 with winning records.
Sleepers: Southwestern, which beat Wilson in last year's final, is a No. 4 seed with a 7-10 record.
Best matchup before NCCC: Southwestern and Fredonia, two teams that battle it out in the tough CCAA I, meet for a third time this season on Saturday in the quarters.
Class C-1
Favorite: No. 2 Randolph has its sights set on a return trip to the Class C state finals where it lost a 43-42 heartbreaker last year to Hoosic Valley of Section II. Mckenna Maycock is a veteran player as a sophomore. She has scored 445 points this season bringing her career total to 1,513. Her 26.5 ppg., is second in Section VI. Mandy Finch provides senior leadership and joins Maycock as a team captain. This team can be explosive, putting up 106 points against Gowanda.
"We're getting deeper and deeper as time goes on. I've got a lot of young kids who are good shooters," said coach Shawn Huntington. "They're not afraid, I had an eighth-grader hit a three in overtime to beat Frewsburg."
Challengers: Holland is the No. 1 seed. A sectional title would be its first. It's had its most success starting a trio of guards: sisters Abby and Olivia Schmidt and Korey Lavrey. Holland beat East Aurora and split with Tonawanda, both Class B-1 teams.
Sleepers: Halee George of No. 4 Allegany-Limestone has done a nice job in the paint this year averaging 14.4 point. No. 5 Salamanca won Class C-1 last year.
Best matchup before Jamestown: Tapestry Charter won't go quietly if it meets Randolph in the semis. Tapestry has three players who average in double figures led by Mount St. Mary transfer Adila Gathers (16.8 ppg.), Kayla Walker (12 ppg.) and Shaquana Owens (11.5 ppg.).
Class C-2
Favorite: This class has the only undefeated team among the 75 teams broken into eight classes. Chautauqua Lake may be young, but that didn't stop the Thunderbirds from going 18-0. The CCAA III champions are led by three sophomores: Jenna Einink, who led the league in scoring 18.1 ppg., Courtney Hewes and Ashton Albanesius.
Challengers: No. 2 Frewsburg (16-2) losts only to Randolph, 73-69, and Cardinal O'Hara, 58-51. The Bears will go as far as Shawna Raymond can take them. Her 20.8 ppg., ranks her among the top 10 in the section. She was CCAA II's Player of the Year last season.
Sleepers: No. 3 Olmsted and No. 6 Health Sciences are unknowns to the Southern Tier teams in this bracket and could surprise.
Best matchup before NCCC: No. 4 Maple Grove, led by Lauren Nickerson 11.6 ppg.) hosts No. 5 Silver Creek, led by Jordan Brooks (21.1), on Saturday.
Class D
Favorite: A title for No. 1 seed Clymer would be its third in four years. Six-foot center Dani Reinwald (22.0 ppg.) and Jo-Linda Rhodes (12.1) are ready to help the Pirates win this nine-team bracket.
Challenger: No. 2 seed Sherman boasts the leading scorer in Section VI. Senior Elle Reed has been a terror all season, averaging 32.6 ppg. Her 586 points includes a school record 79 three-pointers. She is the Wildcats' all-time leading scorer with 1,627. Sherman finished 16-2 with its only loses to Clymer.
Sleepers: No. 3 Ellicottville presents matchup problems for most teams as it starts three 6-footers: Janae Hamilton (25.8 ppg.), Grace Hall and Madison Szpaicher. No. 4 Pine Valley and No. 5 Panama join the mix as both played undefeated Chautauqua Lake tough.
Best matchup before NCCC: Sherman and Ellicottville could meet in the semis. The Wildcats beat them three times, but each game was close including the most recent, 48-42.
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5 Popular Jokes That Only Make People Want to Punch You
Be honest. How many of you have opened up Facebook first thing in the morning, looked at the first post in your feed and immediately closed the window with a sigh, saying, "I don't have the patience for this stupid shit already"? Or maybe you were in a good mood to begin with, posting jokes and having fun, and then one person responded with something so stupid, you'd swear they were putting on an act just to fuck with you.
The problem is, I don't think that the majority of those people are intentionally trying to piss us off. They just don't realize that when they're trying to be funny or interesting, there are certain things they can do that automatically make us wish they were someplace that's a lot more on fire than their current location. Things like ...
#5. "Actually ..."
Sounds Like ...
"When I think about how dumb I was as a teenager, I wish I could travel back in time and kick my own ass!"
"Actually, if you traveled back in time and encountered yourself, the space-time continuum and the universe itself would collapse."
I'm not talking about all uses of the word "actually" here, I'm talking about when people use it in response to a statement that's clearly meant as a joke. This comes from people who always feel like they have to have the last word, or otherwise "top" what you just said.
"Oh, that is precious. Actually, if those three religious fellows were in England, they'd be in a pub, not a bar."
Why People Do It
I once made a joke about how I'd rather be shot into the core of the sun than watch a full season of anything written by Joss Whedon. It was a quick jab at a group of my friends who would bottle the air if they knew it contained one of his farts. What I got in response was a complete stranger butting in with "Actually, you'd never make it to the center of the sun because the temperature of its atmosphere is 300 times hotter than the surface. You'd disintegrate long before you got there."
Hey, I have to give him this much: His knowledge of high school science trivia must have worked, because I didn't shoot myself into the core of the sun. Of course, he didn't have any ill intentions when he butted into the conversation. He had this fact collecting dust in his head, and when he heard me make fun of something he liked, using that analogy, he saw his opportunity and took it.
Seriously, don't go there. The sun is not for humans to visit.
In my experience, I've found that people do this for two reasons: 1) They really, really want to use some otherwise useless fact. It's the hanging curve with the bases loaded that a batter has been waiting on his entire career. 2) They think that adding a level of complexity and "correctness" to a joke makes it somehow funnier. Like they're somehow crushing the joke and making it invalid in hindsight. But in both cases, there's at least a little bit of "Look how incredibly smart I am" that makes you just want to punch their head until hats stop fitting them.
Why We Hate It
If you're one of these people, I desperately need you to understand something: It doesn't make the original joke even slightly funnier. In fact, it sucks all the humor completely out of the conversation, because now everyone is trying to figure out if you have a legitimate medical problem that prevents you from understanding how humans work.
"I'm sorry, it turns out you're extraordinarily stupid. We'll have to remove your entire head."
It comes across as you being an unfunny know-it-all cock, regardless of whether or not everyone in the conversation already knew the fact that you decided to jam into the gears of a smoothly running joke. The best jokes are worded very specifically to elicit the biggest reactions. Obviously, if you start adding amendments and asterisks to a simple throwaway one-liner, you sound like you've never fucking spoken to a human before. And when you cut it down to its roots, "actually" is just the short way of saying "You don't know what the fuck you're talking about, but I do because I'm smarter than you. Allow me to correct your obviously uneducated bullshit."
It's why you spend the first eight years of school being the only kid who can tell who each student is by the smell of their knuckles.
#4. Responding to an "I Hate" Joke With That Thing
Sounds Like ...
"Oh my God, if I hear one more person quote that stupid fucking 'Call Me Maybe' song, I'm going to punch them right where their dick is!"
"That is crazy. You should calm down maybe."
Some of you, upon reading about my disdain for the word "actually," went down into the comments section and typed a reply that began with it. Many of you, even after reading this point, will still do it. It's an impulse that's almost impossible to resist -- especially if you're on the Net, safely out of foot-to-crotch distance.
The reason I know that people will still do it is because I watch it happen literally every time someone talks about something they hate.
I ended up blocking 25. No, I don't care if it makes me an asshole -- it's my damn Twitter.
Why People Do It
For those who don't watch wrestling, years ago Stone Cold Steve Austin started interrupting other stars as they tried to speak by saying "What?" It was the stupidest gimmick in the history of any form of entertainment ... and it ended up becoming the biggest, most popular, most often used crowd chant in all of wrestling. The audience still chants it a fucking decade later, long after Austin left the show. Check out this video of them doing it to R-Truth as he tries to cut a promo, and listen to their reactions when he tells them to knock it off:
Even if you don't watch the video, you know what happened. They yelled it twice as loud and twice as often than they would have if he hadn't responded to them at all. The biggest reason people do it is to elicit a reaction. If they know what you hate, and they do that thing, they get your attention. R-Truth starts speaking in cadence, inserting hard pauses so they know exactly when to yell it out. Listen to them cheer when he gives them the stank eye.
When they're provoking him like that, it makes them a part of what he's doing. They become a foil. Even if it goes as far as putting them in the antagonist role, they're still a part of what he's doing because the audience is now the other half of a battle. It's all about inclusion, and it's the same principle on an individual basis. "I know you hate this, but saying it is the only way you'll notice I'm here. It's either that or throw handfuls of my shit at you ... which honestly is almost the same thing."
"Do you hate this? I bet you do."
Why We Hate It
In a nutshell, it's a predictable, no-thought means of saying "Look at me!" Given the chance to have a genuinely funny exchange with someone about the subject and show your creative side in discussing the thing that the original person is bitching about, you're instead choosing the zero-effort route. It's walking into a room, farting in everyone's faces and then offering them a high-five for how much it made you laugh ... and being genuinely shocked when they elbow you in the throat and throw you outside to vomit blood on the lawn.
#3. Explaining the Punchline by Making the Same Goddamn Joke
Sounds Like ...
"If that guy wins the election, I'll be playing hockey and ice fishing by Thursday."
"Yeah, or moving to Canada to get away from him!"
Not every joke I make is about putting my dick in things or demanding that someone lick my asshole. Given, those are some of my favorites, but sometimes a punchline is best delivered with a touch of subtlety. Unfortunately, there are unfathomable masses who can't stand the thought of letting other people get the joke without pointing a giant, flashing, neon, cock-shaped arrow at the punchline and screaming "THIS IS WHAT THE JOKE MEANS! GET IT?!"
Why People Do It
One of my favorite things in the world is fucking with celebrities on Twitter. In fact, the night that Chris Brown ragequit and deleted his account, Ian Fortey and I had been bagging on him for being a woman-beating piece of shit pretty much nonstop for most of a full night.
I can count this as research, right?
After hours of prodding, I wrapped it up with a joke that was only subtle in the loosest sense of the term. Meaning that, no, I didn't come right out and say "Here's the punchline!" But it also didn't take much thought to get what I was referring to. Within minutes, someone jumped in to shove a volcano up the ass of even the smallest fragment of an implied insult:
The sarcastic comedian side of me immediately thought "Sincerely, thank you for finishing the joke that I just made. I just stopped at 'beating the fuck out of a dead horse,' but if I had put some thought into it, I could have taken that even further and made a reference to the highly publicized assault and battery of his girlfriend, Rihanna. I wish I had thought of that before I took the 'horse' path."
Now, don't think I'm just picking on that one person. I've since talked to him, and he's genuinely a nice guy who seems to be a good sport about me being a huge asshole and making fun of him. The point is that this happens pretty regularly. Sometimes, people do it because they didn't realize the original joke was actually making the same point without coming right out and saying it point blank. They think the original person just left it out or didn't think of the punchline that they offered in their reply. Other times, they do it because they think the original joke is just too subtle for other people to get. I mean, sure, they got the joke, but what about those other poor bastards who don't possess our nearly supernatural skill to get things? So for the good of society, they spell out the punchline so it slips by no one.
"Lower floor: Satire, parodies, cock jokes ..."
Why We Hate It
Here's the thing, and this is important: The joke is subtle for a reason. The idea of making people think for an extra second or two is the whole reason it's funny. But mostly, the reason we hate it so much is because we see it so goddamn often. Go on any message board anywhere on the Net, and no matter what group mentality or IQ level you find, you will come across one or two dumbasses who prompt another person to respond with "Yes, that was the joke. Good job."
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A tardo is the evolution of a retard. when a retard gains the ability to function among normal people but is still considered retarded because of his or her awkwardness. Tardos are prone to crapping their pants in public and will most likely try to attack you if you make too much eye contact. The best way to deal with tardos is to keep away.
Steve: Holy Crap!!! did you see that new kid. I was checkin her out and then she just friggin jumped out of her chair and tried to attack me. What a tardo.
Jorge: You know what steve? I think she just crapped her pants.
Jorge: You know what steve? I think she just crapped her pants.
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Can you define these popular missing words?
Similar to retard. A conglomeration of a retard and an idiot.
Man this kid from 2nd block is such a tardo...He wears a Jacket, sweat pants, and gloves to school right in the middle of the summer.
by BillyGoat November 14, 2002
Someone who is an idiot, slow or otherwise incompetent
My friend was being a tardo at the concert.
by evan andersen 1 April 01, 2008
-a dumbassed person who acts like a sped
That crabapple just ran into a wall. what a fucking tard-o!
by Heather The Great April 02, 2005
n: a back woods, slack jawed, hill billy, mouth breather... who makes frequent brake checks at his wifes request.
"Man... that hill billy tardo just SLAMMED on his brakes... for no apearant reason.
by priceless mustache April 30, 2008
A Super Goofy Acting Person
The Young Lady Was Laughing At Everything Thus Being A Tardo
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ38 Review
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Thanks for your very prompt review!
yes thanks, i want to buy fz28 in the next day… will no wait this model realeased
Thanks for the review. I'm not interested in video so I'll keep my FZ28 and forget the FZ35/38.
I have been waiting for this camera to come out. But now I am not so sure I want it. It has all the features i was hoping for but oh the look of the new one.
I thought the las FZ-28 looked really good, but somehow this new one has one major flaw for that is really distracting me.
What is up with the bling? I mean that chromed thick shinny cock ring thing on the lens? Lol
I mean before on the FZ-28 it was nice little touch. It was just a a very thin small add on put on the very end of the lens surround.
But now it's like
"Hey everyone look at me I'm taking pictures in the bright sunshine. I'm sorry if I am blinding you with my reflection off my camera That's just giant shinny cock ring on my long lens."
Well, i better snap up a Fz-28 before they are gone.
I bought a FZ28 3 days ago. Really love it. Paid 460 CHF for it which is probably cheaper than the FZ38 will be. I didn't know there was a new model coming out. If the price is the same, I might sell it and buy the FZ38 but only if I don't loose money. The faster focus is interesting and the better mic with the video but thats all….no big deal.
Rivals page doesn't include the Canon SX1???
That is THE main rival.
And only GBP260 in Hong Kong.
Not worth the bother if you've got an FZ28, which I have. I also have a new Canon SX1 IS and so I'm selling the Panasonic - enough said!
This looks like the same thing Panasonic did with the FZ28 release. Just a slight bump in resolution and a few little, but important features/upgrades. I'll keep my FZ28.
The frustrating thing about the Lumix line is how quickly your current model becomes obsolete. I've been thrilled with my FZ28, purchased last November for trekking and hiking (see http://bit.ly/eUe2g). One spec I've really appreciated is how light it is compared to other bridge cameras.
Great review. I really appreciate it—especially since the camera is so new.
Based on what I read and saw here, I'm definitely keeping my FZ28! The picture quality of the FZ38 (FZ35 in my area) is only negligibly better (if at all) than the FZ28—and I believe that purple fringing is worse on the FZ38. My FZ28 has virtually no purple fringing—unlike the Canon SX 10 IS, which seems to treat abundant purple fringing as one of its best features.
Thanks for the wonderful review.. i am very much impressed by FZ38 i will wait for sep to grab this one.. 12MP with 18X zoom well its worth for the price tag around 390$.i am also planning to buy a Tele Photo lense for FZ38 under 50$ can any one tell me which brand i should go for?
"Rivals page doesn't include the Canon SX1???"
Or Sony hx1.
could you please answer some questions about the video portion of the camera, since you didn't elaborate in your review?
1. Is there exposure compensation support in this model in video mode?
2. Is there a way to change contrast, saturation, sharpness in video mode? In other words, to make it less punchy?
Also, I analyzed your sample movie, apparently the container claims that the video is 50 fps, but in reality, it's 25 fps. The video has every other frame duplicated, which is kind of phony. In my opinion, Panasonic should not have done that.
I wouldn't really consider the fact that in video mode, the shutter can "only" be set to 1/30 second a negative. That would be a pretty impressive camera if it was longer than 1/30 second shutter speed at 30 frames/second.
I don't see many people needing to replace their FZ28s, but for those looking for a new camera that haven't upgraded in a while, it definitely looks like a great choice.
Any online store accepting pre-orders?
I have been researching cameras in this category for a month now. Ordered SX10 IS which is arriving tomorrow. Now this announcement. I think I will wait for FZ35 and return the Canon. Not even a single professional review said negative about Panasonic. So its worth the wait. The only problem is, I am going for a vacation between now and September :(
Im considering many options to substitute my Canon S5
Sony HX1 : 720p video, swivel LCD , panorama mode
Canon SX1 : 1080p movies, great scene modes
and now this one. I dont want to buy a Sony ! And Canon is very expansive with terrible reviews regarding photo quality !
Maybe is time to shift to another brand ....
I've owned every Panasonic Limix in the curret series - from the FZ10 to the FZ50 and now the FZ28. I also own the Canon 50D with L series lens' - I must say that the FZ28 produces images as good as any SLR that I've owned. I just shot the American Idol concert with the FZ28 and the images are amazing: AI2009AZ.shutterfly.com
I just pre-ordered the FZ35 from Amazon - I'm sure this camera will be as amazing as its predecessors.
One big problem I've had with my FZ28 is that it refuses to focus on a red subject which was torture when trying to capture flower closeups. Am i the only one experiencing this? is there a workaround? Thx.
BTW, I got 550 images (in one morning) on a fresh and new battery on the FZ28 at pretty high resolution.
Also, the lens is threaded and takes 46mm filters that don't cause vignetting at full wide. Since I'm generally hiking with the hood on—which prevents using the lens cap—this is great insurance.
To protect the camera while hiking, I use a small silnylon dry bag that slips over it. It's protection not just from the elements but from my own sweat. I have a fitted neoprene case that protects the camera when packed.
Is this camera any good at taking picture's of planes? Or at an Air Festival/Show????
Its pretty good at aircraft photography. Helps if you get nice and close to the action and you need a bit of practise at panning shots but its not bad. I use mine for some shots near Zurich airport.
I contemplated to buy the fz28 and understood that the successor would come
and I'm glad to have waited!
Started to get very bexcited reading about this camera as an upgrade on my 2005 FZ30 but where oh where is that fold-out viewing screen? I bought the FZ30 for that feature more than any other. If that's gone I shan't be buying the 38.
Thank you for a fast review ! I am interested to know how the TZ 38 will perform with the Panasonic teleconverter. Not often the use of teleconverters is included in reviews of the superzooms. A pity indeed.
Thanks for the very positive review.
I was actually wondering whether to buy that camera or not, and I read that the official release date for this particular camera should be September.
However whilst surfing the net, I found this web site in GB which already seems to be selling the camera, at 319.99 GBP (approx. 534 $)
Is this at all possible, or are they some preproduction models. It's quite strange, isn't it?
Really. These guys have the camera in stock?
Did panasonic mean "Available in August"?? :-)
I have Canon sitting right in front of me in the box. Mr Editor, should I wait for Pany or just go ahead with Canon SX10 IS. The main difference is HD Video. I am not going to take a lot of videos anyways. Please suggest before I return.
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Thanks for the quick review.
Just if they'd also added an articulated lcd, what an amazing p&sh; camera it could be!
by the way Fujifilm FinePix S200EXR is a rival as well, right?
When you write things like "Panasonic have tried" or "We're a little disappointed that Panasonic haven't extended" you lose credibility.
You must know that Panasonic, a company is an it,
therefore it should be, Panasonic has tied, and Panasonic hasn't extended etc.
Time to grow up and write like an adult.
Barlo - it's perfectly acceptable use of English to use "have" in this context, for companies, staff, etc. Maybe it's time you stopped making pointless snipes at worthwhile output such as this excellent review. And, incidentally, I think you meant to type "tried" rather than "tied". Attention to detail is clearly not your strong suit.
I see that the FZ28K takes RAW images - can someone tell me if the images can be manipulated in Photoshop CS3? or does one need CS4?
More so, what about this same question for the FZ35?
I'm new to photography and want to invest in a decent super-zoom camera but I'm completely stuck on what to choose. I can get a Canon SX1 IS for the same price as the FZ38, both new, which one would you recommend I buy?
Panasonic FZ38 - 9 points, CanonSX1 IS - 7 points, Sony HX1 - 6 points
I have a Canon S5. Good camera. Now I want a new one capable to recording movies in 720p at least. Finally, I got into 3 models :
Sony HX1 , Canon SX1 , e this new baby FZ38. After reading a lot (keep reading yet )I have no conclusion . All of the cameras aboves have great unique features alongside huge drawbacks too.
Lets see :
Canon SX1 :
Pros :
- Movies in 1080p , full hd (you can use the creative scene modes , like Color Swap or Color Accent too when recording movies )
- Swivel LCD ( I have this in my S5 and yet not indispensable its a great feature)
- Hot shoe for flash ( I didnt buy any for my S5 so I think I wont buy one for the next camera regardless the model )
Cons :
- Heavy
- No 720p movies . 1080p movies are huge in Canon.No easy editing (if any required) in Windows
- Image Quality. Many, many complains here . Its almost unanimous that Canon SX10 with CCD have better images than CMOS SX1.
Sony HX1 :
- Panorama mode for still subjects ( not too good for moving ones)
- Movies in 720p with great sound quality
- Very good reviews at Amazon with people generally satisfied with image quality.
- Burst mode ( but not that good as Sony advertises )
- Swivel LCD ( not the same usability like Canon's)
- 3 pictures can turn in one with great quality (forget the name of this feature !!!)
Cons :
- Well, its a Sony ! I can say the camera will last long.
- Uses of Memory Stick (why, why ?)
- Proprietary battery
- No 1080p movies
- Difficult to focus in low light
Panasonic FZ38
Pros :
- Built in to fix the problems of the acclaimed FZ28.
- Great quality in pics given Leica lens
- Light
- No useless 26x zoom
- 9 point of focus
- Creative mode when recording movies (lets see how this works in day by day situations )
- Recording you face for future portraits (its a really good feature?)
Cons :
- No Swivel LCD
- No hot shoes for flash
- No 1080p movies…
Well, of course there are much more to use when comparing those cameras. Everytime I think of it I incline to buy either the Panasonic or Sony. Although Canon and its swivel LCD took my heart a long time ago with Canon S1.
In October Ill make my decision.
Ah…there is Casio FH20 too…hehe
dpreview: Canon SX1 IS:Build quality 8.0
Ergonomics & handling 8.0
Features 8.5
Image quality 7.0
Optics 8.0
Performance (speed) 8.0
Value 7.0 ; Sony HX1 : Build quality 8.0
Ergonomics & handling 8.0
Features 8.5
Image quality 7.5
Optics 8.0
Performance (speed) 8.5
Value 7.5
how do you edit video with FZ28 if you don't have a mac? anyone know?
And soon to be released is the S200EXR from fuji replacing the S100FS
Tom Boycott:
QuickTime movies are time-consuming to edit, but it's not that difficult. Check my posts in this thread for freeware and pay-fer options:
Please add comparison with sony hx-1 and canon sx1
I bought my FZ20 around 4 years ago and now am thinking about upgrading to the FZ38. Is this camera a giant leap from the one I have?
Thanks for your review.Sorry for my english!
I can't open the samples raw images.
I try with camera raw 5.4, but camera raw refuse
Can you help me, please?
Hi - I had pretty much decided in the FZ28 until I heard the audio quality - awful! It's the camera I want in all other respects. I record family moments (my daughter singing etc) but also my partners gigs and other concerts. Is the FZ38's improved audio going to handle this?
I'm stuck deciding between the Canon SX10 and the Panasonic ZX38 - I can currently get them for the same price so that's not a factor. Decisions, decisions .........
or even the Panasonic FZ38 (too many Z, Xs and Fs around!!)
I have the FZ28. Returned the first one (not because of audio) and both sound alike—I had heard reports of wildly varying audio quality in the same scenes with two different Z28's. I really do not know why everyone rags on the 28's sound quality. Of course it's not on par with high-sample-rate Dolby Digital stereo units, nor should one expect it to be. But it's entirely usable and can be cleaned up some with a parametric EQ, proper filters, etc..
The FZ38 audio should be on par with the Canon Dolby Digital models, and most Canon users seem happy with theirs.
Having said that, since you'll be recording concerts and it seems audio is very important to you, you might want to consider investing in a good field recorder. These offer much higher sample rates and external mic inputs to let you plug in pro mics for better quality and tremendous separation. Some even offer surround sound in a package smaller than the camera you'll be using. Joining the audio/video streams on the pc is a simple, though not completely painless, task.
@ labalbi:
I think you got something wrong with the video resolution on the FZ35/38.
It is able to record in AVCHD with 1.280 x 720 pixels :)
I bought it yesterday for 399 euros incl. two 4GB SC-cards & a bag. Can't wait for it to arrive (been using the Cyber-shot DSC-H3 from Sony).
Thanks for the review guys - was a lot to read but very informative!
Bought my FZ38 yesterday. Looks good, but I turned the image sharpness down by one stop, as it appeared grainy at default setting.
Certainly faster to focus, and the image stabiliser allowed me to take a shot at 1/10 sec! Not every time, mind you! Had the FZ28 for a year, and took over 11 thousand pics with it.
Not shooting cars any longer, just flowers and insects, and the great asset of the FZ 28/38 is that the close-up goes to infinity, which allows one to forget to take it off close-up!
I'm so jealous! Have you tried the video yet - is the audio of ok standard. I guess you guys are in the UK - does anyone know when we'll get them in Australia?
Just got it and testing it.
Very good quality all around. rw2 (raw) files can be manipulated with the included Sylkipix software which is really good. The captor seems to have quite a good dynamic range allowing you to actually get all the details back from your overexposed areas.
video is great quality and you can use any mode as described in the review.
Very happy with it so far.
My only advice would be to really use the raw format as soon as you want to do a little bit of fine detail work with your stills, as most of the time I really dislike the way the internal processor denoises images.
But, don't worry too much, it's a great camera
I was wondering if someone could help me, I am really stuck on picking between in HX1 and the FZ38.
I am looking for a camera which will give me high quality pictures in low light as well as normal light. That is why i am tilting towards the HX1, but then ive been told, the picture quality is a lot better on the Lumix.
The tilt screen is also a big plus on the HX1 as is the CMOS sensor and panorama mode.
The major yhing for me is the night/low light mode, how does the FZ38 compare.
Which one would you go for? (not taking into considerstion price)
Since low-light performance is paramount and price is no concern, the answer is simple: get a dSLR. No zoomer is going to match a dSLR's low-light capabilities. Some dSLR's do HD video, and you can buy zoom lenses for them…
I have the same interest in low light performance as Kishen, but price IS also important. I also know that a dSLR would be superior, but that is of no help. I would like to know if the FZ38 is better than other super zoomers and if anyone with experience can tell if it is reasonably useful in low light.
I meant that price was not an issue between the hx1 and fz38 (about £30 difference)
I've no personal experience with the Sony HX1.
However, since the FZ38 uses the same lens as the FZ28 and I do own that model, I can tell you this Leica lens is relatively fast for a zoomer and the FZ28 is a good low-light performer. The shutter can be slowed down to 60 seconds as well.
The FZ38 adds millions more pixels on the same size sensor as the FZ28, which generally tends to reduce light gathering ability per pixel, but they've lowered FZ38's minimum ISO to 80 vs. FZ28's minimum of 100, which could mean it's low-light performance is on par with FZ28. <shrug>
It's tempting to assume CMOS sensors are superior, but I've from some Canon SX1 owners who claim they obtain better images with their SX10's.
As usual, I suppose YMMV, as the skills of the photographer also come into play at some point.
Maybe these will help:
Or, go search a site like flickr for night shots from the two cameras of interest. There will doubtless be many pics available and they may help you decide.
Good luck.
But FZ38 has new image stabilistaion which is said to be more effective than the previous so FZ38 should perform better in low light than FZ28.
Improved stabilization will be more helpful at longer focal lengths, but it's meaningless when using a tripod, which should be used for all low light shots w/o a flash and in many cases w/flash. Indeed, I disable stabilization when I use a tripod for added insurance against the camera deciding to move the optics.
I'm an amateur and prefer to use a camera without tripod when taking photos on holidays.
I would also like to see the SX1 compared to the
FZ35/38. Both have some interesting advantages.
The real cometitor to this camera is the newly announced canon SX20IS which has very similar specs but uses 4 AA batteries instead of rechargeable
But it weights 560g !!! without batteries which are very heavy for me (I use 2700 mAh rechargeable).
Compare this with the Canon 1D and I think one would be quite surprised at the difference.
Pity Panasonic did not do hdtv full in this but would have meant loss of sales in their video mkt.
For those who are looking for better low light performance should buy an entry level DSLR coz P&S won't give you the best low light performance. I have an entry level DSLR - D40 and Just bought SX10 IS from Canon and Canon being built on newer technologies still cannot beat the D40 in low light. I love both the cameras.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com sent me an email earlier today announcing that they have product in stock. Yes, it is full retail price at $399, but will be probably be worth it. I'll know later this week after mine arrives.
hi i am interested in buying a fz38 but really confused by these reviews. I compared this one with sony hx1 and cannon sx10 IS but this one sounds far better. but thing is that I am confused with the real time reviews reg fz38.
can any one suggest me which one is better in the above ones. I want both image and video quality. please tell me that if i go for a nikon d60 slr will there be a better video quality as i know that for image it is great.
SX 20 IS also goin to be realesed at this time so give a suggestion for finding a good cam with image and video quality(stereo sound).
Today we have :
Canon Sx1
Canon SX20
Pana FZ35
Sony HX1
Casio FH20
All with at least HD video and good pic quality.
Theres a new Samsung too…
Correction : Casio FH 20 doesnt record in stereo .
Canon SX20
Pana FZ35
Sony HX1
please suggest which one is better for picture and video.
No official review of SX20 so far, so thats hard to say.
Video in SX1 is simply great , so we expect the same with SX20 . The FZ35 is reported to achieve great results in video too with good sound capture (the main drawback in Fz28).
Lets wait a little more to final judgment , ok ? But, if Canon SX20 keeps the same SX10 quality with the added SX10 I think we'll have a winner here…
Pana FZ35 is the Best in Video..
Howdy guys, the SX20 review is out.
Personally, I'm going to opt for the Panasonic, given it's better quality with stills.
What's your verdict everyone?
SX20 little bulky and Heavy compared to FZ35 and The Menus are not easily accessible compared to FZ35 bcz to take a good photo you need to be quick with the settings. and chk out one more review of FZ35
They just posted a complete review of the Canon SX20 and it got blasted, scoring only a 3.5 out of 5 in Image Quality. Plus, the SX20 uses 4 AA batteries, which is a real turn off for me. That's it… the final straw… can't rely on Canon anymore. I am seriously thinking of getting a Panasonic FZ35, if not an entry level DSLR. Don't know too much about Panasonic cameras, though a close friend of mine has the LX3 and swears its the best camera he has ever owned. Any comments?
@ Sribash
After testing and shooting with the entire range of Canon's (s1-is,s2-is ... sx1) I can say that I have tested some stuff.
One thing is for sure! I will not return to Canon for now and I don't regret going to Panasonic at all.
I own a FZ28, and today hopefully the FZ38, and it is the best allround camera by far for me.
- weight
- batt pack
- size
- lens
The 4 things above are just not minor point, they are huge advantages over the Canons that I have tried.
wanted to learn photography… had canon and sony in mind… started my research… was fascinated by 24X's and 26X's .....but then… FZ28 emerged as King everywhere… took my heart away…ordered it on one website… was out of stock .. then tried another… no luck there as well… by that time had gotten my accessories and other stuffs, as I ordered them from Amazon… knew that FZ35/38 would be in market soon… but all these delays here and there actually made me see the "launch date" and then ... finally went ahead and decided to spend some extra and get this one… u can't imagine how happy am I with all these happenings… was a windfall… second all the reviews about this great camera… one advice to everyone whoever is venturing into this category of superzooms…look no further and don't zoom too much… ...this 18X is enough and the best….
forgot to mention… was not very much interested in the HD VDO ... but started smiling after watching a test .....superb…. proud of my choice…
Harsha-the tyro, the fledgeling
My wife and son wanted to get me a dSLR for my birthday and I was excited when they told me their intentions. Knowing their limited budget and the model they had in mind, a Nikon starter set, I knew I wouldn't be satisfied until I forked out a lot more $$$ for a decent zoom lens. So, did a reality check and know that photography is just a personal hobby and I am not likely to turn pro in this lifetime, I settled on a megazoom and started trawling the web for good reviews. Most agreed that the FZ35/38 is an outstanding choice. Started calling the shops in my area and finally got me a good deal yesterday. I am extremely happy with the results so far. A really outstanding camera!
Thank you - this is the best review on FZ38. I've just ordered this camera and I have no patience to get it as soon as possible.
I too own a FZ38 since a few days and I am certainly impressed by many of its qualities. Unfortunately, there is a big dark cloud totally overshadowing my joy and that is low light performance. There is of course noise, but it is not what I call "normal noise" I am talking of. Dark and sometimes even midtone areas on ISO 400 shots are covered all over by big size, clearly visible yellowish stains, more or less ruining the pictures. I am not talking night scenes but low light, like unlit indoor scenes.
I have never seen anything like it before. I do not know much about CCD sensors, but is it possible that I have got a bad unit?
Has anyone of you observed anything like I describe?
I have noticed that the FZ35 movies lose focus while panning and zoooming. Some of the sample videos on you tube don't show this problem. Has anybody seen this problem or know how to avoid it?
Thaks for the review…. I will go for a FZ35/38. But any one please tell me whether fz35 and FZ38 are same models or different.
If so what are the differences between 35 and 38?
With regard to the question as to whether the DMC-FZ35 and DMC-FZ38 are the same model, the answer is YES. The FZ35 is the U.S. model number; the FZ38 is the European model number.
I purchased the Canon SX20 IS due to good results with other Canon digital cameras. I found the image quality to be poor with the SX20 IS, so I took it back and exchanged it for a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35. The DMC-FZ35 produces absolutely crisp, stunning, vibrant photos, and the video clips are also very good. I am very happy with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35.
Thanks for the reply.
I am very thankful for PB and all of u for ur valuable reviews.
I am going for FZ35.
Thanks for all the valuable comments. I was considering the sx20is, but from all the reviews led me to the FZ35. It is cheaper and seems to have more positive feedback. I found it at camerakings.com for $333
Hello Bjorn, Sweden.
Have read you remarks etc., ref: FZ38, seems to be a few queries, that need explaining…I tried a FZ 28, and took approx 6 Photos Stills, and they were brilliant, very sharp,bright, & true colours. I then heard about the FZ38 , took exactly the same 6 Photos, same subject matter,same lighting conditions, same F stop, and speed. Could not believe it, when I viewed them, Images NOT sharp, DULL, with lots of GREEN CAST. Very dissapointed. anyone with similar experieces, as Bjorn, and myself.(FZ38 now gone back)
OK .... Driving me nuts at the moment!
Also tossing up between the SX20IS and FZ35…
Which is the best camera for the price? Anyone know this answer?
@Nicole : i was in the same quagmire a month ago. So, I can very well empathize with you. In my case, I had actually set a strict budget constraint of $300. As I have said in my previous post, found FZ-28 to be the best in the lot…decided to buy it… but then in all the websites given to me by google shopping, price grabber and shopzilla… "out of stock" was the only response which I got… decided to raise the price bar a lil bit.. added 100 more… then started my research again from the scratch… what happened here was ... the competitors now became SP-590UZ, SX20IS, SX1 IS, HX1 and FZ-35….dpreview, dcview, trustedreviews and 100s of others, endorsed what is said here..pana performs "slightly" better if you see the overall picture… no doubt that others too are a great piece of equipment. still, be it a slight difference..it is better ..... i bought it giving 400 ...now you can find it for 60 bucks less… my advice ...go for it… u won't regret a single penny spent on this one…"look no further, don't zoom too much….pana is ur answer" ;)
Hey Harsha….
I was leaning towards FX-35 in the end as I am yet to see a good review on the SX20IS which is the one I really wanted.
Thank you for response.
I am leaning toward the FZ35 after missing the 28. Canon 10 or 20 is my next choice.
If I go with the FZ35, what extras would be best- battery,memory, cables, filters, etc.?
Extras: In decreasing order of importance, based on a week or two of ownership:
* Memory card(s) - for filming, Panasonic say you need SDHC Class 6. SD cards can be used for pictures. Without it you're restricted to something like 8 pictures unless you reduce the file size of the images. I found a 16Gb SDHC Class 6 for about £25 and this can take over 2000 full-size JPG images, or about 800 RAW+JPEG combos.
* A good bag - I've just given up on film SLR, so I'm used to just putting a camera and a lens or two into an ordinary daypack rucksack and getting away with it. Here you've got about 5 square inches of scratchable screen, so you need a bag into which the camera fits well.
* Spare battery - the FZ35/38 does not have the ability of some Panasonic cameras to recognise third-party batteries and refuse to use them. Working out whether to buy third-party is your problem - needless to say, Panasonic recommend that you don't. If you're sure of being able to recharge every day you can probably leave this for a while, but having a spare seems wise.
* Filters: A circular polarizer is the most useful, as you can't fake this one with image-editing software or in-camera options. If you believe in "protection" filters, a UV or skylight too. Filter holders of the Cokin type seem not to be an option because the lens retracts into its housing at various times. The Cokin filter adaptor ring then jams - unjamming it wasn't something I'd want to repeat on a regular basis. So for graduals or wacky artistic filters, you'll have to use software versions.
* Support - tripod or similar. Even the tiniest table top one can make the difference between getting a good shot and relying too much on image stabilisation.
* Cleaning stuff - blower brush and/or lens tissues, which seem fine as LCD tissues too.
* The necessary cable if you want to show movies on a TV using HDMI. (You get one TV cable with the camera, plus the USB one.)
* If you want more macro or telephoto facilities there are fairly pricey Panny converters which screw onto the lens with an adaptor. Panny make a wide-angle converter too but it seems incompatible with this camera - not mentioned in the user docs or offered as a Conversion option in the menu. So for wider angles than 27mm you have to try the panorama assist facility.
Hello everyone, I was hoping for a couple of replies, etc., to my comment/queries, posted Monday 14th., (Bjorn Sweden) and myself, cannot be the only persons, having had a faulty/dodgy? FZ 38, but not a single reply, plenty of (do I or don`t I buy this or any other. but thats about all) and only about the same two/three names involved. Anyway best wishes to all.
There are always more readers than writers in places like this. I haven't said anything about these problems because they don't match my fairly brief experience with the FZ38. My guess is that anyone else who'd noticed them would be disappointed enough to say so, so my conclusion would be that of the unknown number of people who've come here, only the two of you have had this kind of problem.
I've certainly managed to take some bad pictures as I try things out, but so far I've thought the problems were my fault.
Thank you Peter, for your prompt reply, I acknowledge what you say, about more readers, etc.
also about taking bad pictures, but in this particular case, both cameras 28 & 38, the 28, were brillant, and the 38, were as I previously mentioned in my first post, identical details, as I tested them. I only wish I had made a mistake, it was a great dissapointment to me, and as I realised I probably was`nt the only one,thought it would be interesting, to see how many other people had the same type of problem. Once again thenk you for your reply.
Well after several months of trawling through these pages of Super-Zoom bridging cameras and getting totally confused I have now decided to bite the bullet and get an FZ38 over all the other cameras I have read about.
Fingers crossed its as good as all of you that own one say it is!
I basically want to know what size thread is the lens so that I can order a UV lens to protect it.
The Answer to your question, "CARICALL" re size of Filter thread, is:46. Hope this helps.
All the best.
The filter thread is 46mm.
Suggestion (ideally just before you buy): look at the detailed Operating Instructions in PDF format, at
(you may as well get used to the PDF now as you don't get this information in print!)
I had much the same superzoom review headache too. I went for the Panasonic as it was relatively cheap, had good reviews, and I'd seen one in the hands of a retired TV cameraman on holiday and thought he'd know which one to buy.
The main possible reasons for getting one of the others instead seem to be: you really want 24/26x instead of 18x, you want a movable LCD screen, you want a flash hotshoe.
When looking for that PDF, you need to search for DMCFZ38 not just FZ38.
On the US web page there are in fact two manuals:
The DMCFZ35-ADV.PDF - Advanced Features
The DMCFZ35.PDF - Basic Operating Instructions
If these are only available as PDF's and not hard copy, we will all want a mini-notebook laptop to carry with us to read the manuals….
Betmar, I was also disappointed to hear about your experience "...Images NOT sharp, DULL, with lots of GREEN CAST. Very dissapointed." in comparison with the FZ28. If others are having similar experience it would be very nice to hear from them as well.
I am also looking into the Canon SX1 IS….
Hi Betmar and Bjorn,
I had a FZ28 and now the FZ38. I don't see anything that is strange on my end
On the two manuals: "Basic Operating Instructions" comes printed with the camera (for the FZ38 at least). It tells you how to charge the battery, insert your memory card, set the date and a few other start-up bits.
It's the advanced stuff that's only on PDF - "Operating instructions for advanced features".
It's a subject close to my heart as I've written user guides myself, and studied user interface design. There should be a more complete printed guide, but there should also be more help in the camera's own user interface. When the UI is done well, the manual is short because you can effectively say "follow the instructions on the screen". It's when you have to explain things that the UI doesn't explain that you start building up dozens of pages. Both guides and UI could be better, but about 90% of Panasonic's effort on the two should be on the UI.
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Key pieces of evidence in the killing of 13-year-old Crystallyn M. Girard were either intentionally ignored or missed, leading to a cover-up and miscarriage of justice involving Erie County's former top prosecutors and detectives in the city's homicide squad, lawyers for Lynn M. DeJac Peters, the victim's wrongfully imprisoned mother, contended Tuesday.
The attorneys cited:
• The position of Crystallyn's body in the bedroom of her South Buffalo home. She was found lying on her back, spread eagled, with a laceration to her left breast, which matched the same position and cuts for two other slain women. Dennis P. Donohue was later convicted of murdering one of the women, Joan Giambra in 1993, and he was named as a person of interest in the case of the other, Carol Reed, who was slain in 1975.
• A vaginal swab containing sperm taken from the teenager that was never tested for DNA.
• Donohue's allegedly receiving a pass as a potential suspect in Crystallyn's slaying because he worked at a South Buffalo "cop bar," which was co-owned by Tommy Duebell, a police officer at the time.
In addition, Donohue was reported to be a brother-in-law in the Duebell family.
These allegations of police and prosecutorial errors and apparent efforts to block justice were made at a news conference Tuesday where it was announced that DeJac Peters received a $2.7 million settlement from New York State for her nearly 14 years behind bars.
Wrongful imprisonment, according to lead attorney Steven M. Cohen and attorney Diane R. Tiveron, could have been avoided if all of the evidence from the February 1993 murder of Crystallyn Girard had been reviewed back then, pointing police to Donohue as the real killer.
Giambra, slain in September of 1993, Cohen added, might still be alive.
Instead, Cohen said, Crystallyn's mother, DeJac Peters, was sent to prison and her boyfriend at the time, Donohue, was granted immunity in exchange for testifying against her to a grand jury.
The mother, now 49, was an easy target because of her lifestyle, Cohen said. DeJac Peters had been criticized by authorities and neighbors for failing to pay closer attention to her daughter.
In past comments, DeJac Peters has said she was "100 percent guilty" of leaving her daughter alone and has suffered because of that.
Crystallyn was killed either late on the night of Feb. 13, 1993, or in the early morning of Feb. 14, authorities have said, while alone in the house with only the family's dog.
"Joseph Marusak and Frank Clark had to get the jury to hate Lynn because the evidence did not support the charges against her," Cohen said, referring to the top homicide prosecutor and the Erie County district attorney, respectively, at the time.
Cohen said attention in the case is turning to DeJac Peters' $30 million civil lawsuit pending before Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny against Clark, Marusak and seven homicide detectives and supervisors, along with the City of Buffalo and the county Medical Examiner's Office.
Attorneys hired by Clark and Marusak were highly critical of Cohen's statements during a 90-minute news conference in the Amherst law offices of HoganWillig.
"There is a vast difference between the standard of proof for a press conference and the standard of proof for a courtroom. We will defend this case in the courtroom if it's not dismissed beforehand," said Terrence M. Connors, lawyer for Clark.
R. Scott Atwater, attorney for Marusak, said, "Any new evidence he [Cohen] claims exists has not been disclosed in the federal court action, but Joseph Marusak is an honorable man who at all times conducted himself honestly and ethically, and any suggestion to the contrary is reckless and false."
Cohen has credited Dennis A. Delano, a now-retired Buffalo cold case squad detective, with uncovering the DNA evidence that resulted in DeJac Peters' release from prison in 2007.
Buffalo police officials have steadfastly argued that it was other cold case detectives, Mary E. Gugliuzza and Charles J. Aronica, who led the behind-the-scenes effort to free DeJac Peters.
While details about sperm samples belonging to Donohue appear to be a new development, there were previous DNA tests that linked Donohue to a vaginal swab. But Cohen said that DNA was from other bodily residue, namely Donohue's skin cells.
Cohen also said that the cause of Crystallyn's death should now be settled once and for all, with independent reviews by pathologists separately hired by the State Attorney General's Office and HoganWillig during the negotiations to settle the wrongful-imprisonment suit against the state.
He said that on Sept. 28, the pathologists agreed that seven slides of tissue and the vaginal swab proved she was raped and strangled, a direct contradiction to a revised 2008 ruling by noted forensic pathologist Dr. Michael M. Baden.
Baden was brought in by Clark to review the original autopsy findings by Dr. Sung-ook Baik, the then-associate chief county medical examiner, who had ruled that the death was caused by strangulation.
Baden stated that his review of samples taken from the teenager determined that Crystallyn died of a cocaine overdose and a head injury.
The independent pathologists, Cohen said, found no evidence of alcohol or drug abuse.
"A cocaine addict at the ripe old age of 13," Cohen said in disparaging Baden, contending that the doctor's opinion proved convenient for Clark at a time when the DA was considering re-election.
A state official took issue with Cohen implying that his legal team and the state were in accord on key facts in reaching the $2.7 million settlement.
"The pathologists' review had no role in the settlement. We were waiting for a reduction on the dollar-amount demands from the other side.
The original request was $14 million, and there was no way we were going with that," the state official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Cohen, in explaining reasons for settling on the lesser dollar amount, which he described as fair, said the state's liability in locking up his client was minimal when compared with the failure of a more thorough homicide investigation and what he believes was a concerted effort by prosecutors and police to corrupt the system.
DeJac Peters did not attend the news conference because of recent surgery, but her husband, Chuck Peters, said his wife was "happy" about the settlement.
"We're looking for a little bit of truth," Peters said, "and a whole lot of justice."
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Ronald L. Filer, 69, Golden LivingCenter-Hillview, died early Tuesday morning at the center.
He was born in Altoona, son of Pearl (Kerstetter) Filer and the late Charles L. Filer. He married Betty L. Cox, and she died May 3, 1978.
Surviving are his mother of Altoona; three siblings: Ralph and wife, Julia, and Darlene Hollows and husband, Tom, all of Altoona, and Debbie Johnsonbaugh of Millersburg; three nieces; and two nephews.
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Ronald was a graduate of Altoona High School and retired from the Hollidaysburg Area School District Maintenance Department. He was a member of the Duncansville Kiwanis Club and enjoyed fishing, camping and country and western music.
Friends will be received from 10 a.m. until the noon funeral service Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, at Mauk & Yates Funeral Home Inc., Juniata, the Rev. Ralph Hamer officiating.


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It was designed for quick sound repair after update, without any rollbacks.
It allows you to insert your own layout and Platforms xml files.
It has also binpatch support.
It will set permissions, rebuild cache and prelink kernel.
It has drag and drop support.
It will not create any files, it will only help you to install them.
You still need a DSDT patch, or HDAEnabler.kext with proper LayoutID.
Mountain Lion version: http://www.insanelym...-lion-108-beta/
Download link: http://dl.dropbox.co...d/download.html
Edit: I don't have time to develop this app. It wasn't really popular anyway.
I only needed a quick tool to put Platforms into correct place (ALC262 doesn't need any binpatch).
I published source code. Maybe somebody will use it to give community more tools.
I know that source code isn't perfect, but I made this tool a long time ago, and since then I haven't seen a point in rewriting it.
Feel free to use it in your open source tools.