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· Ricoh GR vs Sony RX100
Some update for those who have been interested in this thread, whether it be to see how these two camera's compare, if simply to gain some additional user feedback on a model of choice.
I took them both, (along with my RX1) to the state fair for a bit of late afternoon/night shooting in some real world conditions. Was able to sometimes shoot the same image with both, other times just simply try to work with whatever was in my hand at the time and see the images I could get.
So should have some interesting results to share, along with my impressions of what worked and what didn't and when, in the context of how I shoot (your mileage can and probably will vary)
Nothing like some crowded places to really stress test camera models though, be it knowing you've got mere seconds to get the shot focused before more walkers pass through your shot, or trying to quickly get a shot of a cute kid in a livestock barn seeing their first cow, or grabbing a quick grab shot of a carnie, etc.
So look forward to that tomorrow, too late to go through SD cards and process files from 3 different cameras and about 7 hours of shooting
Jul 31, 2013 at 03:08 AM
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^ Updates on this? Would love to hear from this.
Aug 02, 2013 at 08:38 PM
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evilgeniusdan wrote
^ Updates on this? Would love to hear from this.
Working on going through all the images still I'm afraid. I'm the official city photographer and we have been having this 4 day day long Irish festival where I live, so I've been spending about 12 hours a day working on that so I'm in a bit of an image backlog right now to say the least.
I can share a few quick observations at the very least in the event that helps.
Of the cameras, I enjoyed shooting with, and thus took the most images with the GR first, the RX1 (since I had it with me) second and then the RX100.
As far as IQ, the RX1 far and away was the winner, especially at higher ISO, but that was no surprise. I mean a f2.0 lens on a state of the art 24meg full frame sensor vs a f2.8 lens on APS-C, not a fair fight.
So that said, I'm sure more are interested between the RX100 and the GR, as those are more realistic choices/competition.
GR hands down was the champ as far as handling and shooting enjoy. It frankly mopped the floor with the RX100, but, the RX100 did at times prove the more useful camera.
For example, they had some draft horses with all the harness stuff etc and they would all come charging into the show arena. Really cool shot getting a team of draft horses coming right at you full speed.
Well, needless to say, your not going to be able to get that shot with a 28mm equiv lens, so in that regard, the RX100, zoomed into 100mm, and shooting at 9fps or whatever its top speed is sure came in handy and got some pretty cool shots (D3s and a fast zoom would be better, but no way I want to carry that around for pleasure shooting)
Now other than that though, I basically used the RX100 at its widest setting, so its a case of where the zoom really isn't useful very often, BUT, when you do need it, its good to have.
As far as handling goes though, the RX100 felt a bit frustrating. It doesn't have a min shutter speed with auto ISO, so its always too slow, so I'd get some motion blur on subjects, even though the IS kept the camera steady. You could shoot manually but then that is a bit of hassle going in and out of buildings with changing light etc.
GR on the other hand let me select my min shutter speed and I could just let it ride the ISO as needed. Works so much better and such a simple little thing.
Likewise, changing settings on the Sony would require some button pushes, go into menu's, spin dials etc. On the GR, I could quickly access ISO, my snap focus distance, etc, all as I had them set up ahead of time.
Sony has some cool bells and whistles like HDR mode, but I also missed some shots because it was still in that mode and I'd miss what I wanted messing with trying to get it out.
GR never once frustrated me in terms of its handling, and if it did, I'm sure I could change that behavior with a custom tweak.
So on the basis of handling alone, GR, no questions asked.
HOWEVER, I will say, the GR did give me a lot of OOF shots, and/or hunt for focus. The RX100 is much quicker and almost always achieved focus.
I don't know if its just my GR, but a lot of times I'd focus, it would seem to lock, but then on viewing them later on the PC, the focus isn't really spot on, though it looked sharp enough on the LCD.
Luckily the camera has the snap focus modes, which come in pretty useful as I wouldn't call the GR that reliable otherwise in terms of AF. Its kind of like a X100 from Fuji used to be. It can work, but it can also miss, even when the light seems decent etc. That was kind of frustrating.
Finally, as far as IQ.... Fairly close, though the GR does have a bit sharper lens in the corners, and also does do better, but not by a huge margin at higher ISO. Frankly the GR isn't a great high ISO cam if you want really clean files. It has a grain, and it looks good for black and white though. Its just not the best APS-C can offer these days, but still pretty good.
The difference between f1.8 and f2.8 though did do a bit to equalize them really.
GR does have nicer SOOC jpegs with the high contrast b/w and sepia. Color nod goes to the Sony with a little richer color, but I personally love the in camera b/w stuff, and what else is cool is you can bracket it to give you a couple versions with each click of the shutter.
Again, a little frustrating though because the images looked so good on the LCD, but then on my 27" monitor they would be a little softer.
I guess in the end its a bit of a wash. GR handles better, but RX100 AF's better. GR does have better IQ at the same settings, but the RX100 has a faster lens to let you stay at a lower ISO. RX100 also does have the zoom, which not widely used, is a lot more useful than a 35mm crop mode.
The GR handling really does go a long way towards the enjoy of the camera though. It really is as good as people rave it is. Its not a perfect camera, but its a nice pocket carry.
I will say too, that being able to slip either the RX100 or the GR into my pocket was really nice for when I sat down to eat etc. Just beats having to set the RX1 on the table and keep an eye on it or having to try to hang onto it on a ride etc. Out of sight/out of mind sometimes is a nice camera feature when it can go into a pocket.
In the end I really don't know if I'll keep the GR or not. I mean the RX100 I already own and it works pretty good, but I rather do enjoy shooting with the GR and its just a likeable camera.
Further throwing a wrench into the works is I got a Nikon V1 recently at the blowout prices and darn if that little camera didn't amaze me (and every photographer I showed it to at the Irish festival) with its spot on AF and exposure. Added the 18mm f1.8, which is a 50mm equiv, and you can just shoot away like crazy, even little kids running around etc, with its PDAF af system. Its a really brilliant street camera except the IQ is a bit wanting at higher ISO. I'm rather enjoy using it and honestly today wondering why I'm carrying around 20lbs of Nikon DSLR's at the festival.
So hope that helps a little, and I'll try to get some IQ samples soon as I can, as I said though, not a huge difference due to lens speed.
If you shoot the RX100 at f2.8 then it is noiser by about 2 stops, but naturally you'd use it at f1.8 (or at least I do) so it kind of washes out.
Handling vs zoom and other features is really what it boils down to IMHO
Aug 03, 2013 at 04:59 AM
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· Ricoh GR vs Sony RX100
Thank you just found this thread and great observations thanks for sharing.
Aug 03, 2013 at 06:57 PM
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millsart wrote
Both are clearly pocket camera's, no question about it, as they will fit into jeans, dress pants etc.
Ummm, I guess fashion is not the same in the US and Europe.
I can definitely NOT fit the RX100 in the pockets of any of my pants.
Aug 03, 2013 at 09:42 PM
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Makten wrote
Ummm, I guess fashion is not the same in the US and Europe.
I can definitely NOT fit the RX100 in the pockets of any of my pants.
Us Americans are too fat to wear that tight of pants. My pockets are big enough for a 7" tablet, both the GR and RX100 fit great
. The RX1 though does not fit
Aug 04, 2013 at 02:03 AM
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millsart wrote
I'm rather enjoy using it and honestly today wondering why I'm carrying around 20lbs of Nikon DSLR's at the festival.
Job preservation? Once clients get wise to the fact a photographer only needs a $300 camera system (or a smartphone), there's no way you can charge a decent professional rate.
Of course it's not that simple, but I do believe there is some value (and client expectation) in showing up to jobs with 'professional' equipment. Even though you could be just as photographically creative with a much cheaper system.
BTW, I've found this thread very informative. My first Ricoh was the GXR. And while it's a really slow camera shot to shot, it really impressed me with the user interface and customizability. My impression about the GR is it needs a serious firmware update to address the slow and from your accounts, inconsistent, AF performance. I think it's enough of an issue to keep me on the fence about it for awhile. If Sony could copy some of Ricoh's UI, the RX cameras would be that much better.
Aug 04, 2013 at 05:26 AM
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I can AF in ISO6400 1/60s consistently, provided that there is enough contrast for it to lock on. Otherwise, the GR would be in an extra slow hunting mode, I think that's when the AF consistency is less reliable. It also doesn't turn on the focus assist light in those situation when it is needed.
In those cases, I usually switch to MF mode, turn on mode 2 focus assist and magnification of full screen, use the AF lock button to AF, half press shutter will momentarily switch back to normal screen for metering and compose. It's pretty spot on and seldom miss that way and I think the AF box is even smaller than the pin point AF.
Of course snap focus is always instantaneous.
Aug 04, 2013 at 06:16 AM
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Hi millsart, thanks for posting the comparisons. I also have the GR and RX100M2 so it's really helpful to see my observations confirmed regarding handling, focus, and color.
Very similar to you, I really prefer shooting with GR because of its amazing handling (especially the minimum shutter speed setting). But sometimes I'm not sure of its focus or when subject is out of range, I take out the RX100M2 for AF and alternate framing. In the end, I find GR constantly frustrating me due to OOF images and RX100M2 constantly surprising me because its colors (even in RAW) are amazing.
One thing I haven't noticed in your reports is how the RX100M2 RAW files come out much softer than GR (due to AA filter?). I find it necessary to always add 20 clarity or dial up sharpening in Camera RAW/Lightroom to compensate for this.
PS. Could you also talk about how RX1 compliment your GR and RX100? I've been considering its purchase to shoot 35mm exclusively, but afraid that I might be annoyed by the lack of "minimum shutter speed" setting. I know in M mode, shutter speed can be fixed while Auto-ISO is enabled, but this is still not as intuitive as GR's "minimum shutter speed" mode. How have you overcome this issue?
Aug 07, 2013 at 01:02 AM
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the RX1 does not (notice a trend with Sony's) let you set a minimum shutter speed, however, they rather wisely set it to 1/80th of a second, which for me works well as that is about what I'd set otherwise on my own. The camera has such a clean high ISO that you can pretty much just not even think about ISO.
Also nice is that the camera can do auto ISO in M mode, and still give you the EC control, so that is rather the best of both world's giving you total control and just riding the ISO.
The RX1 and RX100 share a common battery and the mkII version can share the EVF, so it really dose make sense for a RX1 owner to maybe pick up a RX100. Can't say that is equal the other way around lol, but shooting with the RX1 as a primary camera, the RX100 makes a nice pocket backup/2nd camera for shots that need a zoom etc.
When I was on vacation, I would always carry both, and when someone offered to take a picture with me in it, I'd just hand them the RX100, so I didn't have to worry about them dropping a $2800 RX1.
Aug 07, 2013 at 01:27 AM
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Thanks a lot for sharing your experiencing so well, millsart! I follow(ed) them with great interest and they helped me to better figure out what camera may fit my needs.
Aug 07, 2013 at 05:42 PM
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Ulff wrote
Thanks a lot for sharing your experiencing so well, millsart! I follow(ed) them with great interest and they helped me to better figure out what camera may fit my needs.
Glad I was able to help. Everyone is different of course, so what works for me may be totally wrong for someone else, or vice versa, but I always enjoy hearing of other peoples experiences with a camera, so try to do my part and share my thoughts on camera's I've got.
A lot of the formal reviews you can find on the net always seem to focus so much on image quality or the features a camera has, and that is certainly very important, but I've always found that what sounds good reading a spec sheet, or what looks great in a review, doesn't always translate to actual shooting, at least based on how I tend to use a camera.
Its like on the RX100 for example, yes its pretty cool it has all the DRO and HDR options, and they can work pretty well (in the right situations) so that sounds like a nice thing to have, but, what they never talk about is how you access those features.
Its when you take the camera out and find that you have to press a button, then spin a dial around to turn it off, and then find you spun it one notch too far, and have to do it over, and by then you've missed what you've wanted to shoot (or not) that you get a feel for how well you can really get along with a camera.
Some people don't find a few button presses an issue at all, others may simply have it drive them crazy. I usually fall somewhere in the middle, but for sure some little aspects of a camera can have a big factor on how I enjoy using it. So that is the type of experience I like to share.
Aug 07, 2013 at 06:07 PM
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You give so much details that I haven't found in others reviews yet, especially regarding the direct comparison of the cameras.
I'm using for 90% of my images a Canon 5D2, but need a tiny cam with very good IQ for occasions where a DSLR is oversized. Last year I bought a Sony NEX 5n and am using it with with a lot of different manual focus lenses (mostly Leica M 35 2.5, Zeiss 28 2.8, Minolta 58 1.2, Leica R 90 2.8, Canon FD 50 1.8) and mit the great Metabones adapter to simulate a full frame camera. I like the size and handling (especially the tiltable touchscreen) of the camera a lot. The IQ is okay and I see no point in upgrading it to a newer NEX until FF becomes real.
But in the end the ratio of really good images I am getting from the 5n camera is quite low compared to the 5D2, which is probably mainly due to the fast that I don't trust the 5n in critical shots. If people are involved, manual focus and reaching the appropriate menus is too slow to be really useful. For architecture it is too much of a hassle to correct the lens distortions manually. Regarding size, the camera is only really pockatable with the Leica Summarit, but due to the crop it acts like a normal lens. What I really want is at least one very good, small and relatively fast (f2.8 or less) lens with an effective focal lenght somewhere between 20-35mm. And this doesn't exist for the NEX. The 12mm Zeiss is attractive, but more than I'm willing to pay for a crop system.
So what I'm looking for is a pockatable camera with great sensor and lens IQ, a wide angle lens, fast operation and not too expensive, because it will be used at locations where I don't want to bring expensive cameras. I really would love to have a RX1 (because of the sensor and lens), but in the end it would be too expensive, not pockatable and the my 5D2 + Zeiss 35 2.0 is for my purposes similar enough to justify it. The RX100 is feature wise very attractive (and I agree completely with your reasoning), but I usually work a lot with raw-files and this essentially rules out cameras with smaller sensors, even if it is as good as the RX100. A Sigma DP1 is out of question because fast operation is nothing where it really shines. Therefore I will opt for the Ricoh, because it seems that it will fit my needs the best and I like everything I hear from it. My Sony 5n will stay and can nicely complement the Ricoh because I takes normal or portrait lenses very well.
Aug 08, 2013 at 08:23 AM
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tagging to join in. I like everything about the Ricoh
its len's FL.
GR with 50mm EFOV? I'd be first to buy.
Aug 08, 2013 at 01:01 PM
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they both look bad. save $$ get yourself RX1
Aug 08, 2013 at 02:36 PM
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vovkinson wrote
they both look bad. save $$ get yourself RX1
"bad" how ? I have a RX1 and its a great camera, but its 3-4x the price, doesn't fit in a pocket, and comes with its own limitations as well as strengths.
To simply write off cameras like the GR totally misses the whole point
Aug 08, 2013 at 04:25 PM
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Would you rather have high pixel quality or higher picture quality? I'd pick having a nice picture every single time. I think the Ricoh is the more successful camera in that sense due to ergonomics, snap focus, etc.
Aug 08, 2013 at 04:53 PM
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cjrpostma wrote
Would you rather have high pixel quality or higher picture quality? I'd pick having a nice picture every single time. I think the Ricoh is the more successful camera in that sense due to ergonomics, snap focus, etc.
Exactly! Which is one of the very reasons I'm loving my Nikon v1 so much, it gives me perfectly in focus and well exposed images every frame, even though they are a bit lacking in resolution and higher in noise. Its just so fast and responsive I don't miss a moment.
Somewhat I think it comes down to who we are shooting for, and who we are trying to impress, ourselves included.
Shots I take and share with family and friends on things like Facebook I have totally different image quality standards for than shots I take to post in the various image threads on this forum.
In a small sense, its kind of a "look how amazing my camera is, can you believe this was taken at ISO 12,800!" or "Look how this image pops off the page with its amazing shallow DoF" even if the image is of something a bit boring, like a post in the ground. The shot shows off the ability of the camera quite nicely though.
On the other hand, there are cameras, which still good technically, don't have much "wow" factor. They aren't that clean at high ISO, they don't do that shallow of DoF etc. There is basically nothing special about them on their own. As such, it really comes down to a great composition to make them something special.
GR, V1, RX100 are camera's like that. No one is going to "ooooh" and "ahhh" about how creamy the 'bokeh' is or wax poetic about the drawing style of the lens and how it reminds them a Leica pre-ASPH etc.
Good images from the camera, and I've seen plenty from all those models, are the results of simply being a great photo. Great light, great subject, great framing etc.
Now this doesn't mean that cameras like the RX1 can't product amazing photographs, the sure can, but in a way its almost "easier" to take something a certain crowd might like.
Let me put it this way.
I could walk out into my front yard, with the GR and the RX1 and snap a pictures of my mailbox, maybe focus on the flag in the up position.
I bet I would get far more positive comments on the RX1 image because it would have this really nice focus transition and "pop" than I would the GR taking the same shot.
However, that is in the context of a photo forum. Post those images both on Facebook and my non photographer friends probably wouldn't be impressed by either, because its a mailbox, and who cares if part of the image is out of focus, they can do that on instagram.
So its really something to consider when judging images/cameras and what your actually using as the benchmark for a "good" image. If people are impressed by you as the photographer, or if they are simply impressed by the technical quality of the camera.
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I have a GR and owned the RX1 for a short time before selling it off due to handling annoyances. The strength of the GR is the snap focus mode and great BW mode. It's a very specific camera and probably wouldn't appeal to anyone looking for a general purpose camera. For me, I've come to love the 28mm FOV, so much so that 35mm no longer feels wide enough. The GR is really designed to be a street shooter, which means shooting up close and personal, with it's 28mm lens and snap focus.
I'm not sure it's fair to compare general purpose cameras like the RX100 to the GR since you're not taking advantage of the GR's strengths. The GR is all about fast shooting (w/o AF), close and personal, and BW. They maybe close in price, but both cameras are very different. Ricoh's reputation is based on making shooter's cameras. Everything from handling, feature set, menu system, and ability to configure practically any buttons and dials are designed around this schtick. The GR is not the right camera for everyone. For those that it is targeted for, it's a brilliant implementation. For the style of shooting that the GR is targeted for, the RX100 and RX1 are not comparable.
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That is certainly true, but at the same time, I've seen some really amazing street shooting images from the RX100, scroll halfway down the page and see some of the amazing work Bob has been posting
The RX100 has some really nice b/w in camera modes as well, and you can toggle AF/MF on off very easily, I have it assigned to the center button of the Dpad. It misses a nice scale, but you can just focus on something 1 or 2 meters away, switch to MF mode and you've got a hyperfocal shooter, especially with the smaller 1" sensor. Works great.
GR for sure has some advantages over the RX100, just as the RX has some advantages over the GR, but I rather think they are more similar than they are different in the overall sense, as both are about providing very good IQ (for their size) in a pocketable package.
I think they are all very comparible, because I've got all 3 (4 if you count the V1) sitting here and I still haven't been able to figure out which one I ultimately prefer. GR gave me great images and the RX100 gave me great images, just at different times and in sometimes different ways.
For me at least, they are about as evenly matched as two camera's can get, even though they do have some big differences on paper.
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Review submitted: October 18, 2013 Date of arrival: October 5, 2013
First off, finding the location to Starfish Manor where you must check in 1st is a bit tricky especially arriving in the dark. Once we arrived to the First Mate location (which you don't get the actual address of until you check in), the entrance is a bit difficult to maneuver for anyone with mobility issues. There are 4 very deep & uneven stairs to get to the 1st entrance door and the front is not well lit making it a safety hazard at night. It has an unusual entrance as there is also a long & steep interior ramp going to the secondary front door. Due to the steepness of both the stairs & the ramp, I would NOT recommend this location for disabled guests or those with mobility issues. (Someone at Starfish Manor forgot to tell us about the 1st set of stairs going to the front door when I initially called the office to inquire about accessibility).
Prior to going inside, we did not get a great 1st impression. The interior entrance is greatly in need of attention with paint peeling above the door, rust showing & spiders & cobwebs directly overhead. Once inside, thankfully most everything else was cleaner than the exterior; however the creases of both sofa's had obviously not been vacuumed in who knows how long???
The big draw of the location is obviously the view. You seriously cannot get any closer on the beach. 12 steps down onto the sand. That was the whole reason for choosing this place, and for the most part the view is truly spectacular. Only 2 big drawbacks, there are no screens on any of the windows or slider door. We wanted to be able to leave the window open to hear the waves, however we were chasing huge mosquito's the entire time if we had the window open. The only other drawback to the view was the hedge directly in front of the living room window/small yard area. You can still see over the hedge when standing but part of the view is blocked when sitting on the sofa. We would've far preferred to not have the hedge there at all.
The "fully stocked" kitchen (except for food -- in the words of the office staff) is not all that fully stocked. No hot pads, no measuring cup, knives were dull, cookware was older & not in very good condition. It is a nice feature to have a full kitchen available if you don't want to eat every meal out, but you may want to consider bringing some of your own cooking supplies for anything important to you. There is also a washer & dryer available for use, though it does get pretty noisy & no door to close it off. Keep
Recommended for: adventure seekers, families with young children, girls getaway, sight seeing, tourists without a car
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It was just……okay!
Review submitted: September 22, 2011 Date of arrival: September 6, 2011
First the good. Great view and couldn't be any closer to the beach, just steps away. Jacuzzi was very nice also. As for the rest, I would have to agree with others that the pictures are misleading. Bad indoor/outdoor carpet, dirty sliding glass door, none of the windows or sliding glass door had screens on them, so if you wanted to enjoy the sea air you were chasseing bugs all night. Lighting is very poor in all rooms except for the bathroom. TV in living room is very small. Kitchen cabinet doors are misaligned and or don't shut. We found that the kitchen was not stocked well at all. It was not worth the price we paid per night.
Recommended for: sight seeing
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Vacation with the kids
Review submitted: August 9, 2011 Date of arrival: July 31, 2011
I couldn't have asked for a more perfect place to spend a week with my kids. We rented the First Mate, which was the smaller part of the house. It was absolutely perfect. The only thing I regret is that I didn't bring a fold up chair to sit on while on the beach. Easy access right to the beach, extremely private, hot tub out back, and the house was stocked with EVERYTHING we needed. Just went to the grocery store the first day and we were set!
One suggestion, there weren't any screens on the windows and I would have like to have had the slider door open to feel the ocean breeze, but we kept it closed so no bugs would come in. Minor detail and certainly didn't ruin our trip.
We went to Disneyland last year and the kids say Oregon was their best vacation so far!!! We'll be back.
Recommended for: adventure seekers, age 55+, families with young children, people with disabilities, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sight seeing, tourists without a car, romantic getaway
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Review submitted: July 22, 2011 Date of arrival: July 20, 2011
With the backgrpound of an experienced VRBO customer, we were very disatisfied with the property. The pictures are misleading as to the layout, one bedroom has no window or ventilation, and the ramp into the entrance is long and STEEP. Light bulbs were missing and the plugs were old and some would not hold contact allowing my lap top to not charge. Had to figure that one out! Management has not kept up the correct TV guide and cable channels were difficult to locate correctly. The view is tremendous and the location is stated accurately with the location being in a good locale and with easy access to stores etc. All in all, the 7 days we spent were enjoyed but we felt the $ value was not represented due to the condition of old and worn and neglect of current info. Will continue with VRBO as a customer. Del S 7/22/2011
Recommended for: adventure seekers
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Jeff and Lori (Colorado)
Review submitted: June 28, 2011 Date of arrival: June 20, 2011
Thanks for a memorable vacation at your beach house. We had a great time and wonderful weather. The Kite Festival was a pleasant surprise. We didn't expect the fireworks on the beach Saturday night either. We had everything we needed in the kitchen to cook all our meals. The house was clean and comfortable. The only suggestions we have is it would be nice to have some shelves in the bathroom to put your things on and an outlet. The bush in the yard drove us crazy. If it was just trimmed a foot lower you could see the beach from inside the house. I don't know if your aware that everyone in the neighborhood, it seems, uses your stairs for beach access. Most people when they saw us said they didn't realize it was private. Maybe a gate at the top or just a sign would take care of this. This is an issue for renters as the bedroom window is on the side of the house by the stairs. You really have the best location on the beach. When we walked down the beach we notice that your house was the only one, other then your neighbors, that had the rocks for the waves to crash into. It really inhances your view. Thanks for a great 6 days!
Recommended for: adventure seekers, people with disabilities, girls getaway, sight seeing, romantic getaway
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Review submitted: July 1, 2010 Date of arrival: June 15, 2010
Two weeks ago tonight, my daughter, husband, and I checked in to The First Mate for the following 5 nights! We had the most amazing vacation there that we have had in our lives!!
The First Mate was everything you said it was, and more..............we could never have duplicated the view that came with our "home" away from home! It was absolutely amazing. I cannot say enough good about our stay! We even brought good weather with us. How could we ask for anything more? The beds were the most comfortable that any of us have EVER slept on. We even uncovered the mattress to check on the brand. Will need to look up information on those Serta's!!! Tom and Amy were able to take many long walks on the sandy shore. What fun we all had - together!!!
I cannot tell you just how grateful we all are that we spotted your beautiful First Mate on the website. We were so very blessed. Thanks to you, your husband, and your parents for making this vacation spot the hightlight of our life!!!
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Family time at the Pacific
Review submitted: July 1, 2010 Date of arrival: June 26, 2010
Location is absolutely perfect! Best tidepools in the area! Could make a couple of suggestions to make it more comfortable, but we were very pleased and enjoyed our stay.
Recommended for: adventure seekers, families with young children
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Review submitted: March 29, 2010 Date of arrival: March 22, 2010
photos are deceiving, lacked atmosphere, not romantic, place was old and worn, plugs too loose to hold plug in, bath room has no plugs to hold hair dryer etc was old and worn. Kitchen counters old, dirty looking and dirty feeling, appliances old & worn not inviting to prepare meals. Immediate beach access was a positive and hot tub was clean and nice, you are required to wash towels before leaving and take out all your trash. Place need a good update to bathroom and Kitchen. Place should be more like $75-$100 max
Owners response: We always appreciate feedback from our guests. This unit has been updated and the kitchen is completely stocked with everything you will need to make a great meal to enjoy by an incredible sunset. This is a 1100+ sq ft 2 bedroom oceanfront with private hot tub, full kitchen, livingroom with fireplace, washer/dryer - and is less than some hotel rooms on the oceanfront. This is a GREAT deal - you can't beat the oceanfront location and direct beach access!
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Review submitted: March 23, 2010 Date of arrival: March 1, 2010
just adequate, no major complains, direct beach access, sea view, very quiet were all positives. 3 story this is the basement type unit, no atmosphere to the place, very old can do with a nice update, you are required to take the trash out and wash the towels thus the question whats the cleaning fee for? Kitchen is very old and bearly stocked, you dont really get a feeling you want to make a meal in it. 2nd bedroom has no window. The bath room fan doesnt work, Your cell phone will no work in the unit but will on the beach.
Owners response: We always appreciate feedback. We have just completed updates and completely stocked the kitchen with everything needed to make a great meal to enjoy with friend and family while taking in the incredible views of the beach. The new pictures will be uploaded by June 18. Cleaning fee is for cleaning the unit, servicing the hot tub, and linens. The only thing we request is that you take your trash out and start a load of towels (but there's no extra charge if you don't do it). Come and enjoy this GREAT lowbank beachfront location.
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Review submitted: March 19, 2010 Date of arrival: March 19, 2010
My husband and I stayed here with my brother and his new wife this past week. It was amazing. Very clean and very comfortable. There was two king beds so there was no fighting over who got the bigger bed, and we slept rocks, the beds were soooooo comfortable. There was private beach access but the best thing was how private the house and the hottub were! We felt like we were the only ones on the beach! Full kitchen so we made dinner a couple of times which was nice. And the washer and dryer was really handy. We had an amazing week. Thank you.
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I am very disappointed in myself that I've done so little exercise in the past few weeks, but this feeling may be a symptom of such general mental exhaustion that I am not sure how I could have done it differently.
I am ridiculously tired - my Rochester visit went very well, but the combination of getting the talk written before I went, clearing off my week's teaching obligations and then the visit itself & the associated travel has left me utterly knackered!
I made it downtown for this morning's boot camp class because I had promised I would, but the first half of class was pretty awful - I did an overly hard-effort 800 with a faster runner before I had fully warmed up, and it activated my asthma, in spite of having taken rescue inhaler puffs beforehand. Basically spent the first twenty minutes with very painful lungs and also slightly worried that I was going to burst into tears!
However by 9:30 or so I was feeling much better, and I do think that it was good that I came. It is the virtue of this sort of class that even in a week where I did no other exercise, it kept me on track for basic fitness stuff. I'm meeting Liz to run at 9:30 tomorrow morning; I think we'll just do 1 x the full loop, I have midday and afternoon obligations that make it impracticable to go longer.
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Sorry I couldn't run with you on Saturday! But it was nice hanging out anyway!
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Super-sniper emerges in Fayetteville w/ 316 "confirmed" kills
I'm always somewhat naively amazed by stories like this (Google cache version – original link has been pulled) because I have to wonder how these guys think they can get away with claims like this. The first thing that obviously catches your eye are the inordinate number of ARCOMs and AAMs the man claims (54?). He claims he was a Ranger and claims "six Overseas Service ribbons for combat" but no CIB (all this apparently dutifully written up without question by the "reporter"). And of course the award from the "emperor of Saudi Arabia" along with "several dozen others". Several dozen, mind you:
Jeff "Rock" Harris refuses to display his medals and honors in his Kinston home.
He tries to keep the awards – three Purple Hearts, two Silver Stars, a Bronze Star, 23 Army Commendation Medals, 31 Army Achievement Medals, six Overseas Service ribbons for combat, an award from the emperor of Saudi Arabia, along with several dozen others, he acquired during his time as a U.S. Army Ranger – packed away. However, those around him refuse to let him forget how important his time in the military was.
Yeah, I can understand why he refuses to display them (someone wondered what the gross poundage of the oak leaf clusters would be). Then this:
"I have 316 confirmed kills as a sniper, and that's only in that last three years I was in the Army," Harris said. "Every one of those horrifies me regularly because they were somebody's children, somebody's husband or father."
He still feels conflicted about what he had to do, but in the end, he knew it was his duty as a sworn soldier.
"They're bad people and they've done bad things, but who am I to take that away from them?" he asked. "But it was my job to do. Lives were safer because of that – but it's never easy."
Gee, really? 316 confirmed kills, eh? Funny, but the 4 most storied snipers in our recent history, the top four snipers, only had a little over 400 confirmed kills between them. So here we have super-sniper who apparently absolutely no one knows about and he killed almost 3 times the confirmed number of our most lethal sniper, Adelbert Waldron (109 confirmed) had in VN. In fact he so badly outshot Chuck Mawinny (103 confirmed -VN), Eric England (98 confirmed-VN) and Carlos Hathcock (93 confirmed-VN) that he ought to be a legend in the SpecOps community.
Except apparently no one there has ever heard of him.
Finally there is this bit of "corroboration" which is just as puzzling:
James Murphy served in the Army as a Ranger with Harris and said he wouldn't be alive if not for Harris' heroic actions. Murphy recalled after he and another soldier were hit by a rocket-propelled grenade in Mogadishu, Harris ran to their position and carried both of them a half-mile away "not knowing if we were alive or not." He drove them to safety in a burning vehicle and returned to continue to fight.
"If you know him, you are privileged," Murphy said. "If you served with him, you were in the presence of a true American patriot. If he is your friend, you should be honored. He gives hope to humanity that there are still decent, amazing people all around you."
Mmmm … half-mile. Didn't know if they were alive or dead (really?). Drove them to safety in a burning vehicle. Huh … so that relief taskforce in Mogadishu wasn't really necessary – all they had to do was follow super-sniper out … in his burning vehicle. Hey, at least it would be easy to follow.
Of course this should all be easy to check out – as I recall, it was B Co., 3rd Bat, 75th Ranger RGT that was at Mogadishu. This nonsense has already caught the attention of the US Army Ranger Association (that's where I found out about it). Their quick internal checks came up empty on the guy and Murphy.
Two questions – how does a person think such a story will pass undetected and unchallenged? The irony is this piece was in the Fayetteville Observer. Yeah, that's right, the newspaper of the town in which Ft. Bragg, NC is located. Yeah, no one there is going to notice, are they?
Which brings me to the second question – how does something like this get through the editorial process without being heavily questioned, especially in a paper that should have a staff thoroughly educated in the military given their proximity and the huge part the base plays in the life of the town? Whatever happened to fact checking? What ever happened to knowing enough about your subject that you're not as easily gulled as these folks appear to have been?
Anyway, something tells me this isn't going to turn out well for "Rock".
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Political fiction of "Trustees' report" too much for CMS actuary
You remember last week when the supposed "good news" was released – Social Security wasn't in as dire shape as we'd been told and Medicare was going to be fine too? Yeah, since ObamaCare passed and the doc fix was sure to be implemented, not to mention the half trillion in cuts to Medicare, why we were on the road not only to solvency but to deficit reduction.
And the yearly bit of political theater played out as planned:
The normal process with the annual Trustees' Reports is for the Trustees to develop and publish the best available projections for the future finances of Social Security and Medicare. The respective Social Security and Medicare actuaries then sign a pro forma blessing of those projections, which is tacked to the back of the report when released to the public.
"Pro forma" is the key. Usually, whether they believe the rosy projections or not, their signatures appear on the report.
But this year, one of them just couldn't do it in good conscience. The Medicare Chief Actuary just couldn't sign his name to the fiction without adding a memo of his own.
The actuary's alternative memo explains that "the projections in the report do not represent the 'best estimate' of actual future Medicare expenditures." Worse than that, they are not even in the ballpark of reasonability. The official 2010 Trustees' Report tells us that total Medicare expenses will be total 6.37% of GDP by 2080. The CMS actuary's alternative memorandum explains that 10.70% of GDP is a more reasonable estimate for that year – though one that is roughly 68% higher.
The two reasons the actuary cites are the "doc fix" – a formula the actuary describes as "clearly unworkable and almost certain to be overridden by Congress" (both the Obama administration and leaders in Congress are on record opposing them – yet there they are in the report on the "plus" side of the ledger).
The other assumption the actuary dismisses as unrealistic is the assumption that future program cost will be contained by "downward adjustments in annual price updates reflecting in turn the assumption that health service productivity growth will parallel "economy-wide productivity." The actuary flatly states there is no evidence to support this assumption and, on the contrary, much to call it deeply into question.
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This is a key point; the glowingly optimistic projections in the official Trustees' Report assume that we as a nation will be content to have 40% of our medical facilities go under within the next 40 years, and that we will happily accept these severe constraints upon beneficiaries' access to health care. If that is not in fact the societal will after the enactment of health care reform, then the official cost estimates should be tossed into the nearest receptacle.
Bad though all of this is, none of it is actually the worst gimmick in the official report's advertised improvement in Medicare solvency. That involves the double-counting of Medicare savings. Earlier this year, Congress passed a health care bill containing various new Medicare taxes and constraints on program expenditures. Such savings are assumed in the official report to extend the solvency of Medicare. But Congress chose instead to spend the savings on a new health care entitlement.
Remember, the Trustees' report, like CBO projections, must be based on current law. So they must include the assumptions contained within those laws. What the actuary says very bluntly is the assumptions are a fantasy and that the reality of the situation is far from that included in the report.
"(T)he financial projections shown in this report for Medicare do not represent a reasonable expectation for actual program operations in either the short range. . . or the long range. . . . I encourage readers to review the 'illustrative alternative' projections that are based on more sustainable assumptions for physician and other Medicare price updates.
You can read that "illustrative alternative" here. Needless to say the Trustees' report, as published, belongs on the same shelf in your library as "The Wizard of Oz."
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Katie Holmes Valentine's Day Plans and Traditions
With Valentine's Day around the corner, 34-year old Katie Holmes, who was formerly married to actor Tom Cruise, and has 6-year old daughter Suri Cruise, revealed her Valentine's Day plans and traditions for all to know.
As a notorious sweet tooth, Katie Holmes indicates that she loves chocolates and other candy quite a lot. She began celebrating early when she arrived at the Godiva Rockefeller Center boutique in New York City with her mother and her aunt on Thursday. As we soon learned, spending Valentine's Day with her mom is an important part of the holiday. Well, after been married to Tom Cruise, mother is definitely a better option.
In an exclusive interview with omg!, Katie said: "My mom always made us red pancakes growing up. Growing up in Ohio, it usually was snowing a lot this time of year, so there were a couple of snow days that fell around Valentine's Day. It made it extra special."
Besides red pancakes on Valentine's Day, she also includes fresh blooms, which she shares with her daughter Suri.
At the Godiva store, she felt like a little kid in a candy store. She tasted many of the Godiva chocolate varieties and said: "I like everything. I try to not overdo it. It's amazing how your body just wants chocolate at this time of year."
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Iain M. Banks diagnosed with late stage cancer
In case you haven't heard. Banks is one of my favorite SF authors, and this is super depressing. Cancer sucks.
He has a personal statement. Excerpt below:
I have cancer. It started in my gall bladder, has infected both lobes of my liver and probably also my pancreas and some lymph nodes, plus one tumour is massed around a group of major blood vessels in the same volume, effectively ruling out any chance of surgery to remove the tumours either in the short or long term.
The bottom line, now, I'm afraid, is that as a late stage gall bladder cancer patient, I'm expected to live for 'several months' and it's extremely unlikely I'll live beyond a year. So it looks like my latest novel, The Quarry, will be my last.
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Comment: The hotel website has the celeb glamour pics from the opening night and on it you can catch a view of the rooms too. Wow,one of their signature suites is $4200 per night. I will be in Marrakesh next week for a work trip and will definitely peek in the lobby and stay away from the beach. Thanks for the article.Recommend
Comment: It would have been difficult for the hospital to catch this theft - toner for multifunction copier/printers can easily run $500 per cartridge. Also, I imagine it started with one cartridge that he resold for a few hundred dollars and when he realized it went unnoticed, he boldly increased the orders and frequency until it was impossible to miss; his greed caught up with him.1 Recommendation
Comment: Lands End and LL Bean are trying to do the same thing this season, update their looks - from what I can tell, dresses and sweaters are pretty close to what you would find at JCrew.Recommend
Comment: In case you didn't see this WSJ review on Barbara Demick's book, "Nothing to Envy". Take a look at the wsj link or read the amazon reviews, it is an incredible glimpse into the daily lives of the more rural citizens of North Korea.
Did you see the photo for this article - those poor people look famished and they are probably some of the most well-fed in their country. Freedom from tyranny is a blessing, indeed!
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I suspect they dream of taking their own journey.
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A man is in custody following a standoff in Texarkana, Texas Wednesday night.
It happened at a home in the 1300 block of Waterall Street near 13th Street. Police say it happened before 7 p.m. when they went to serve a felony warrant out of Wake Village on a suspect in multiple car burglaries where weapons had been stolen.
The man ran into his house and barricaded himself inside. Police knew there were others inside the home, but they say they were not being held against their will.
A SWAT team was called to the scene and began negotiations. Eventually, the others who were in the house came out, but the subject of the warrant refused to surrender.
That's when officers went into the home and searched, ultimately determining that the man was in the attic. Bowie County Deputy Jeff Neal says that's when they deployed a chemical agent in the attic to try to get him to come out and he still wouldn't.
"We were trying to give him every chance we could to come out on his own and of course getting anyone else hurt and the officers," explains Deputy Neal. "We always want any of these incidents to end as peacefully as possible."
They eventually had to physically go into the attic and take him into custody.
He has been identified as Lee-Dell Robertson, Jr. So far, he has been charged with theft of property over $15,000 and under $20,000. Police say stolen property was recovered during the execution of the search warrant.
Police say the investigation is ongoing, and more charges are possible.
Robertson remains in custody on $15,000 bond.
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text: Sergio's shot is so flat, that a midget could block it. That just a joke. Really, what happend is that in Europe their hoops are 2 feet shorter than in the NBA. They just use a camera at games that makes everything look taller on tv. The true story is that Sergio gets mad that he is not playing. When he comes home he goes outside and adjusts the hoop to 8 feet so he could dunk the ball, to release his anger, then he practice shooting. He does not have any friends from the team, because if he would then he would invite them to his house for tea, then they all would go out and shoot basketball, and all would learned the same flat shot. Then the opposing teams would not need scouting about the blazers, they would all just try to block blazers shot. He has a friend his name is Shaq, he also shoots free throws flat. But Sergio better make a new friend, if he wants to play. Maybe become friends with Marion, he shoots shots like a rainbow. They will help each other out, Sergio's shot will have a bigger arch, and Marion's will be a bit lower. Im just give Sergio a bad time, but I like him, he needs to imrove his shooting and handling the ball, but I think he is the best passer on this team.


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The U.S. Dept. of Energy has set a goal to develop battery and energy storage technologies that are five times more powerful and five times cheaper than today's within five years. To accomplish this, U.S. Energy Secretary Stephen Chu is taking some lesson from U.S. history. The DOE is creating a new Joint Center for Energy Storage Research, at a cost of $120 million over five years, that's intended to reproduce development environments that were successfully used by Bell Laboratories in the World War II Manhattan Project that produced an atomic bomb. Read the full story at ComputerWorld.
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Albany- Jaye and Tony Washington both like to shop. Adding different shirts to his wardrobe is where Jaye likes to spend his fun money.
"You can make a totally different outfit with just a shirt," Jaye said while looking through clothes at American Eagle in the Albany Mall.
Tony's clothes shopping hasn't been affected by a slow economy. He's still been out there spending money.
"More on clothes to be honest with you," he said. "I've bought more clothes this year than I did the previous year, even though the economy has been a lot worse this year."
Apparently there are other shoppers a lot like Tony.
According to a monthly Survey, consumer confidence is on the rise. In fact, right now, it's at its highest all year. But not all shoppers are convinced.
"With the economy no," Jaye said. "I think it's still taking short little steps, but I don't think it's any better than it was a year ago."
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NFS Most Wanted 5-1-0 Review5 Comments Published by Dasme 7 years, 9 months ago in PSP, Reviews.
As you grip the wheel tighter, the red and blue lights come closer. The sirens, fueling your adrenaline rush, become louder. A lone drop of sweat rolls down your already soaked forehead to the tip of your nose. Looking back into your rearview mirror, you press the nitrous oxide button. As you're pushed back into your seat, the lights and sirens dim away… for now! On November 15, 2005 this became possible without being put away for several years to get to know Bubba. The game, Need for Speed Most Wanted 5-1-0.
NFS MW 5-1-0 is the special PSP version. If you played the other recent NFS games like Underground, then you'll be right at home…almost. Obviously one big aspect of this game is that now the police are coming after you while you're illegally racing on the streets, something that was left out of the previously mentioned NFS Underground. This would sound extremely fun at first but when you go out and encounter them for the first time this becomes increasingly annoying, giving you all the more reason to show them what your taillights look like as they're disappearing in the distance. The general idea of the game is to race while having cops come after you; the idea behind the career mode is to make your way up the ranks of the "most wanted" street racers. The "black list" is your guide to who you have to beat in order to take their position. Think you're just going to go and challenge the number one person on the list? Don't think so. Each and every event you participate in gives you both money and respect points. We know why you need the money, but the respect points is what lets you unlock the "chapters" that the black list is arranged in. Let me elaborate, each person has a place on the list DUH! But its not just going to be one race, beat them, you get there space on the list. Every person is a chapter. Each chapter has four different events in which you must complete in order to challenge them. So in order to take someone's place, you need to complete the events in their chapter, this will let you challenge them, and then if you beat them you will gain their position on the "black list." A little weird at first, but it becomes very simple as you learn it. As you complete the events you will be rewarded by unlocking new visual upgrades, which let you trick out your ride. You are also rewarded with unlocking performance upgrades, obviously making your ride faster and harder to catch. These upgrades aren't just unlocked and available to use, once you unlock them you have to buy them. Shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who's played these kinds of games. Another object in the game you will have to unlock is the cars. You'll have three cars available to buy from the beginning, but you have to unlock the other, sweeter, ones. You accomplish this by challenging someone for their spot on the list. If you beat them, you unlock the car they we're driving.
The police, they've been striking fear in the hearts of street racers for as long as street racers have been around. Yet in NFS MW, fear isn't the word. Annoying is more like it. I know this is the whole basis in the game, but those little buggers don't get the hint even if you make them slam into a wall. In almost all events you will have a little something on the corner of your screen called a heat meter. It ranges from zero to ten. Zero is basically as if you were driving miss daisy, ten being the all out high speed pursuit you're looking for. You're heat meter increases by driving the exact opposite way you're dad taught you. Getting air, nearly missing cars, speeding, all these increase your heat. The weird thing is that all other games reward you for doing these things, yet this game scolds you for it. The cool thing is a little thing called Double Down. This feature becomes available if you finish an event with a full heat meter. Basically, if you wish to "Double Down" you'll continue the event, but have to get away from the cops. Doing this will double your reward money and the respect gained. If you lose, you'll get nothing! If you're like me you'll love raising your heat in order to make them chase after you so you can show them whose who.
During the game you'll encounter regular events such as circuit races, knockouts, and time trials. The newer ones would include tuner takedown. This is really similar to the pursuit mode in Burnout. The other one would be heat challenge. You are given a specific heat level that you must reach in the allotted time.
The gameplay itself is like it should be, a racing game. Although the career mode doesn't have the nice addition of an in-depth story, cut-scenes, or any voice at all, it still has a lot of play to it. It would have made the game that much better if these were included. The cars themselves, at first, feel extremely awkward to maneuver because the physics is really high up there in terms of reality. It has an almost perfect mix of arcade feel with the real life physics that will immerse you in the events. The cars sway and turn and grip the road like they should. You'll find yourself gripping your PSP as if it were the steering wheel. The only bad aspects of the game is the fact that because there is no in-depth story, it makes the career mode go stale really quick, but usually that's when the police start to get you mad and then it becomes a game of revenge. Believe me, there is nothing better than actually "fish-tailing" the cop that was supposed to do that to you! That's right; make them earn their meager salary!
Sound and music is one of many things that EA knows how to do and this title is no exception. There is a butt-load of music that you can listen to. And, as always, the playlist is completely customizable. EA has even kept the PSP in mind when they came up with a little something called EA Pocket Trax. This is where you will customize the playlist and be able to listen to just the song you want while playing a little visualization. Something like the original Playstation. Comes with four different visuals, nothing too special, but something that will definitely impress your friends and alike. The sounds in the game are what you would expect from motors and sirens. Nothing much to say there.
I thought that the graphics would take a hit being that you would be traveling at somewhere around 160-200 mph, but to my surprise, the PSP handles it beautifully. The tracks themselves feel extremely nice for racing and look awesome. The game never slowed down even when four cops where trying to take me down while traveling at about 190 mph. The odd thing is that it does slow down in the menus. Go figure. The cars themselves look realistic. As always with the NFS titles the high speed blur looks really sweet, especially on the PSP.
Got some friends that have this game? Then you'll love the multiplayer. This title uses both Ad-Hoc AND Infrastructure. It's about time that the developers started doing this. The Infrastructure mode will let you compete around the world and you can work your way up the global list of best players.
The replayability is average, only is you have access to the multiplayer aspect of the game. Showing someone on the other side of the world who's the "big daddy" never gets old. If you don't have any access to multiplayer, then you'll be stuck playing the career and quick play modes, which will leave you feeling lonely.
In summation, this title is a very solid racing game. Has everything that makes a racing game a classic, with the added twist of the "fuzz" chasing after you. If you don't really like racing games then obviously this game isn't for you. Someone looking for a solid racing game with a little something extra to overcome that will take you away from the average run of the mill laps of pure racing will enjoy this game entirely. Definitely worth the rental, especially if you have a little grudge against the police!
The game never slows down while you're playing. Which is especially remarkable with how nicley the game looks. Pure beautiful.
The music is very nice to listen to which gives it some kudos points. Motors sound like motors, sirens sound like sirens. What else can I say?
This title delivers exactly what it says it will. Running from the cops has never been more enjoyable, since you won't have to serve any
If you don't have access to the multiplayer than once you beat the career mode you'll find yourself driving around in circles. If you do, then let loose your unholy speed demon on the world!
5 Responses to "NFS Most Wanted 5-1-0 Review"
Nov 26th, 2005 at 9:28 pm
Yeah, cool game. I have tears of joy everytime I play.
Nov 27th, 2005 at 9:53 pm
great review, although two opinions:
1. you wrote "Gameplay:
The controls are some of the best in a shooter on the PSP."
- it's a racer, not a shooter
2. you gave 4 scores… 9, 8, 8 and another 8… so where did you come up with 7.5? the average score should be 8.25 (9+9+8+8=33/4) – therefore, if you were to round up or down, would be 8.0 or 8.5.
Dec 13th, 2005 at 6:50 pm
What Kind of cars do you get to DRIVE???
Dec 13th, 2005 at 10:34 pm
If I were to go ahead and tell you that would defeat the purpose of unlocking them!


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A new take on socialism
25 09 11 - 17:56Socialism can't be all bad. Imagine we crossed it with natural selection.
What if we took a test in 8th grade or 11th grade, and the smart ones got subsidized for life?
This would free up our best to do their work outside the bounds of commerce or popularity.
The rest would support them, and benefit from their efforts.
I wonder why socialists never seem to explore this possibility.
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i propose a definition for insanity and it is thus: to have such smart ones among ourselves who care about us and failing to put ourselves at their disposal, to do with us as they please. bloodsuckingfeast (Email ) - 25-09-'11 18:23
Subsidizing anyone is the opposite of natural selection, and the only thing 'natural selection' cares about is procreating and you don't need a 180 IQ to do that. nigger - 25-09-'11 22:18
imagine if we had a society where the only thing impeding someone was the limits to their talent, instead of a inflated and costly bureaucracy whose first aim will be perpetuate its own existence. oh wait its called liberal free market capitalism and ANUS hates it. cvdfg (Email ) - 27-09-'11 09:41
Anon: Libertarian philosophies fail at assisting the group in favor of individual "freedom" and monetary gain. This promotes corrupt, disingenuous behavior that caters to the Lowest Common Denominator because money can be made. The sacred can not be judged by the measure of modern capitalist and communist philosophies, all routed in the purely material. Josh - 27-09-'11 12:08


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A Fan's Farewell to Larry Weir
I am just one of the many people who was fortunate enough to know Larry Weir and to have my musical life shaped by his love of the singer-songwriter's art, a love he manifested so eloquently on his radio show. Like anyone who knew Larry or listened to his show, I could go on and on about what a superb person he was and how much his life and his radio show meant to me. But I won't. Instead, I'll just let this sign above the Pony Espesso in Alton, Ill., testify to the reach and impact of Larry's life. Good show, Larry.
Down Yonder: Top Ten from 2009
These CDs (all released in 2009) represent ten of my favorites from last year, ones I like a lot. Ranking them would be silly so, as much as I enjoy doing silly things sometimes, here I chose to list them in alphabetical order by artist.
- Bearfoot, Doors and Windows (Compass) ~ When I first heard this Alaskan quintet's previous release (Follow Me) last year, it was a revelation. This year's release, Doors and Windows, is even better. For me, along with The Greencards, Bearfoot is helping filling the musical void left by the breakup of Nickel Creek. Must-hear: "Don't Let Me Down"
- Big Medicine, Pine to Pine (Yodel-Ay-Hee) ~ Old-time music played with deep passion and impeccable precision, Pine to Pine is a gem. While Big Medicine's versions of standard tunes are first-rate, it is their originals that elevates this release above those of other string bands. Big Medicine, it's just what the doctor ordered. (Sorry, I couldn't resist.) Must-hear: "Red Rocking Chair"
- Dailey & Vincent, Brothers From Different Mothers (Rounder) ~ Their second release continued the momentum from last year's debut, Dailey & Vincent.I'm a sucker for the "close harmony" singing style popularized by The Louvin Brothers and others. Today, no one does it better than Dailey & Vincent. Must-hear: "Winter's Come and Gone"
- Del McCoury Band, Family Circle (McCoury Music) ~ When it comes to the classic five-piece bluegrass lineup of fiddle, banjo, mandolin, rhythm guitar, and bass, the McCourys are "it." They know exactly what each songs needs and how to bring it out. They play bluegrass that is deep in tradition and yet fresh. Must-hear: "Sweet Appalachia"
- Dixie Bee-Liners, Susanville (Pinecastle) ~ Last year's Ripe established the Dixie Bee Liners as a band to watch. This year's Susansville rewarded those who paid attention to them. A concept album, a rare thing in bluegrass circles, and one that works, an even rarer commodity. Must-hear: "Susanville"
- Gibson Brothers, Ring The Bell (Compass) ~ Track for track, this release is perhaps their strongest since Bona Fide. The arrangements are rock solid, the performances are precise, and the singing … oh, the singing! The Gibson Brothers are running neck-and-neck with Dailey & Vincent in the Close Harmony Singing Sweepstakes. Must-hear: "Ring The Bell"
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Props to Grandpa Paul
If you've spent any time listening to KDHX (I assume you have), you know there are a lot of great programs on the schedule. As far as adjectives go, "great" has probably been devalued through overuse. It's no longer enough to call something "good." In these days of vocabaulary deflation, it's either "great" or nothing at all. You can define "a great program" as you choose. For me, I like programs where the host consistently plays compelling songs in interesting combinations, mixing musical elements (styles, rhythms, tones, etc.) the way artists mix colors to create a painting that is a whole — and wholly satisfying. I realize that description is so broad as to be almost useless. Surely every program host on KDHX does just that, or tries to, during his or her alloted timeslot. Still, some seem to have "the knack": they just seem to do it better than others.
That said, taste is a very personal thing. Based on my musical biases, I am predisposed to like some programs more than others based solely on the types of music played on them. For example, I (like many, I am sure) am a great fan of John Wendland's Memphis to Manchester and Steve Pick's Sound Salvation. Both programs and the men who host them are easy and obvious examples of my formula for "a great program": compelling tunes played in interesting combinations. (In this respect, John and Steve are the poster boys for "What's Best About Community Radio," and I hereby suggest they immediately form a band called The Poster Boys.) I could cite a dozen other examples as, no doubt, could you.
But when I reflect on the KDHX program schedule (something I do occasionally, but not too often; it's not good to dwell), I am constantly impressed by the distinct charm of The Musical Merry-Go-Round hosted by Grandpa Paul Stark. A long-time fan of his Ska's The Limit, I was surprised when I first heard he was moving to Saturday mornings to present a family radio show, one that played childern's music for grown-ups and vice versa. While I do not tune in every Saturday morning to hear what Grandpa Paul is spinning on The Musical Merry-Go-Round, whenever I do listen, I am always impressed by the care he puts into each show. His visits with the woman from the St. Louis Public Library (I've misplaced her name) to discuss children's books are always pitched just right — always both fun and informative, never just "cute." And his interviews with his musical guests combine surprise and delight. (Did anyone else hear the harp duo that plays Metallica tunes?!) Many program hosts boast they play things you can't hear anywhere else on the radio, and that's generally true. But Grandpa Paul does more than just that. Through his program, he succeeds in creating a hipper Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, a place where parents and their kids can hang out together. That's not just a radio show: that's an achievement.
I just saw on the KDHX site's home page that the Boulder Acoustic Society will be his guests on January 2nd — an excellent way to start the new year. I remember when their CD first showed up on the station's New Release shelf. I had not heard of them before, much less heard their music. While they're jazzier than what I usually play on Down Yonder – that's an observation, not a criticism — the music was good, so I gave them a few spins. I did not know that they were coming to St. Louis, but Grandpa Paul did, and he had the foresight to get them to drop by KDHX on their way through town.
If you're already hip to what Grandpa Paul is doing on The Musical Merry-Go-Round, you know what I'm talking about. If not, I encourage you to check it out when it airs live on Saturday mornings or listen to the archived shows on its KDHX page. And if you enjoy what you hear of the Boulder Acoustic Society, you can catch them live when they perform at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp, on Friday, January 8th. Tell 'em Grandpa Paul sent you.


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'Facing the Headwall': Alain Comeau celebrates the Tuckerman experience in new DVD
Published DateBy Tom Eastman
MOUNT WASHINGTON — Whether as as a skier or snowboarder, or just as a spectator, tackling Tuckerman is the ultimate challenge for spring skiing lovers in New England.
Capturing the excitement, allure, danger and thrills and spills of Mount Washington's famed ski bowl is Alain Comeau of Brownfield, Maine, in his soon-to-be released DVD, "Facing the Headwall: Experience a Day in Tuckerman Ravine."
Produced over a period of two years, the 23-minute action-packed DVD features footage gleaned from numerous treks to the ravine by Comeau, a veteran climbing guide, photographer, videographer and musician.
"I just brought my camera along every time I went up on Mount Washington," he notes. "I just was interested in the subject and kept on filming. I had no plan. Then I began to realize I had something, and then it was a matter of telling that story of a day in the ravine, and of editing all the footage down."
Ever humble and quiet-natured, Comeau said in an interview at the Frontside Grind in North Conway Village Friday that he is happy to have had the opportunity to share Mount Washington with avid skiers and armchair adventurers alike.
"I feel it does capture the essence of what I would call the 'Tuckerman Experience,' which is all-encompassing and multi-generational," said Comeau. "The people, the camaraderie, the dangers. I also include interviews with the snow rangers, including veteran, retired snow ranger Brad Ray, who just had so many stories — I wish I could have included them all, but of course, when you do a film, it's always what to leave in and what to leave out. Maybe there's another project just on Brad's stories alone!"
In one compelling scene, Ray is shown at the popular gathering spot for spectators in the ravine known as Lunch Rocks, sharing tales about ravine safety and the dangers of avalanches, crevasses, flowing water behind undermined snow on the headwall, and falling rocks and ice, especially on warm spring days when it all loosens up.
As Ray speaks to Comeau's camera about those hazards, chaos erupts when someone shouts out, "ICE!" The camera tilts as Comeau tries both to capture the action while also doing his best to get out of the way of the tumbling ice boulder.
It drives it home dramatically, and demonstrates how a glorious sun-filled day in the ravine can turn deadly in a matter of seconds.
Other scenes with head U.S. Forest Service snow ranger Chris Joosen and snow ranger Justin Preisendorfer underscore the need for all visitors to the ravine to be prepared for those challenges, and to have escape routes planned in advance, should automobile-sized chunks of ice come barreling down at them from above.
Some of the dramatic shots show skiers and boarders attempting to make it down the center headwall of the ravine — viewers will be astounded that the daredevils were able to survive such falls. Other footage shows GoPro helmet shots, taken by a snowboarder as he descends Left Gully.
History of skiing the ravine
A brief portion recounts the history of skiing and racing in the ravine, dating back to the American Infernos of the 1930s. One photograph featured shows then-19-year-old Austrian skiing sensation Toni Matt just as he nears the sole gate on the Lip of the ravine, just as he makes his turn for his legendary downhill schuss of the Tuckerman Headwall in the American Inferno of April 16, 1939.
As all ski history lovers know, Matt made his dramatic summit to base run in an amazing 6 minutes, 29.2 seconds — a time that halved the previous record set in 1934, and which was a full minute faster than second-place finisher and 1934 champion Dick Durrance.
Through photographs loaned by Jeff Leich of the New England Ski Museum, and other footage shot over the years, Comeau seamlessly connects those early daredevils with the skiing and snowboarding thrill-seekers of today.
"We have progressed in time," says Comeau, owner-operator of New England Mountain Climbing Guides, a team leader for the volunteer Mountain Rescue Service of Mount Washington Valley, and an instructor and certifier for the American Mountain Guides Association. "But there is something about Tuckerman Ravine that is timeless. The equipment has changed, as has the clothing — but the ambience has not changed. It is kind of a timeless place."
Skiing and climbing
Comeau has had a lifelong love affair with Mount Washington since he first came north from his boyhood home in Wayland, Mass., as a teenager to hike the 6,288-foot mountain. Later, he returned in spring to ski Tuckerman.
As a skier, he became a climber in an effort to safely get to some of the more challenging routes he wanted to ski.
He eventually became a climbing guide. His video pays homage not only to skiing in Tuck's, but also to climbing in neighboring Huntington Ravine.
It all reflects his love and reverence for Mount Washington, and all of its joys, challenges and ever-changing and fickle moods.
"I think it [the DVD] gives a representative look at what to expect in a day up there," said Comeau, "for people who have never been up there, or for those who have, it is something to take home and enjoy."
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New market has organic apples and fresh herbs -- but few customers
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on Aug 1, 2007 at 6:42 am
Our city council needs to immediately pass an ordinance that all grocery stores in PA are no larger than 4000 square feet--that way this new market can compete the PA way--on a level playing field.
Does it really take the city 60 days to issue a permit for instillation of a sink--no wonder we are losing retail
on Aug 1, 2007 at 9:36 am
"This is the only store within five miles," Bordbari said.
Well, if that isn't a lie...
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His place doesn't even show up. Better contact the marketing department at BPM!
on Aug 1, 2007 at 10:24 am
Apart from another thread on this forum, I haven't heard anything about it. Not only is there no advertising that I have seen, but no articles in the Weekly welcoming the store or interviewing customers or potential customers. The market has to get the word out if they want people to use it.


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On Writing, by Shanice Brim | allroadsleadtoausten.com
I can now say that I have a published article!
After reading this article I just want to
Yayoi Kusama's "Fireflies on the Water" light installation at the Whitney Museum, 2012. Photos taken by Gabrielle Plucknette and are owned by the New York Times.
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