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Welcome once again to my End of the Year Extravaganza! Unfortunately my own natural ineptitude means that 2011 has officially been and gone by the time I post this, so think of it more as a gentle easing into the new year with a fond look back at some of my personal favourite stuff from the past 12 months.
As I did last year, I want to take this opportunity to point out that what follows is in no way a 'Best of 2011' list. I'm sure there are plenty of those clogging up the interwebs if that's what you're really looking for, and even my own lists would probably look very different if that's what I was doing. Instead this is all my favourite (for whatever reason) stuff from 2011. It's incredibly self-indulgent, I know, but what else are blogs for? ; )
· Thor
· Super 8
· Source Code
· Captain America: The First Avenger
· Paul
Unlike last year, where Inception stormed to the top of my fave films list with ease, this year's list wasn't as easy to compile. Thor makes the top spot largely for being so much better than I expected it would be and for having great re-watch value. Super 8 was just a joy; a bit of a nostalgia trip, sure, but a very well done one. The rest of the list includes three very good, very entertaining flicks that I thoroughly enjoyed. Special mention to X-Men: First Class, which also exceeded my expectations. I should also point out that David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo would probably be on this list except for one thing: I haven't seen it yet. I was hoping to before writing this blog, but I ran out of time. I have high hopes, though, and if it's as good as the reviews I've seen suggest it is, it would almost certainly have earned a high placing.
· Fringe
· Castle
· Game of Thrones
· Chuck
· Family Guy
· The Big Bang Theory
Ooh, controversy! For the first time since it came back in 2005, Doctor Who doesn't make my list. As much as I still enjoy the show (and I do), I can't honestly say I enjoy it as much as I used to, nor do I think the show itself is as good as it's been in recent years. Fringe has gone from strength to strength and has easily stepped into Lost's place as my current TV favourite. I can't say enough good things about Castle either. Just an incredibly entertaining show. Game of Thrones blew me away, and I was this close to putting it at no.2. Chuck, Family Guy, and The Big Bang Theory round out the list; three shows that I just can't seem to get enough of. A sedate (at times downright slow) start to The Walking Dead's second season sees it drop off the list too. I had my fingers crossed that the loss of Frank Darabont wouldn't be too detrimental, but I've yet to be convinced.
· Batman: Arkham City
· Portal 2
· Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
· Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Arkham City is almost the textbook example on how to make a video game sequel that expands on the original, betters it, and loses none of what made the original work so well. Against very stiff competition it was still the easiest no.1 to pick on this whole blog. Even if you don't like Batman, this is a great game. Although if you do like Batman, it should almost be a compulsory purchase. Hell, buy an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 to play it on if you have to. It's totally worth it. Portal 2 is just genius. I really can't say much more than that. If I wasn't such a big Batman fan, it would probably be my fave game of the year. Uncharted 3 and DXHR are also great games. Uncharted 3 might rank higher if not for the incredibly high standards of Uncharted 2 (which it meets, but never exceeds), and DXHR only makes no.4 because, good as it is, the boss fights were ridiculously out of sync with the rest of the game, and it really started to drag towards the end. Also, at the time of writing I have a bunch of games I haven't even started playing yet, and each one might've had a place on this place on this list: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Sonic Generations, and Assassin's Creed: Revelations. All in all, it's been a tremendous year for gamers, and 2012 looks set to continue the trend.
· PWTorch Livecast
· Crazy Sexy Geeks!
· G4TV.com: Feedback
· Wrestling Observer Radio
· ESPN UFC Podcast
· DC Comics Comic-Con Panels Audio
Last year I said that 2010 was the year where I listened to more podcasts than ever before. Apparently I'm a filthy liar, because 2011 was really the year when I listened to a shit-ton of podcasts. If you're a wrestling fan, then there's really no excuse for not checking out the PWTorch Livecast. The fellas do a great job. Likewise if you're an MMA fan - especially a UK-based one - then the ESPN UFC Podcast is well worth a listen. In fact, all of these shows are worth checking out, so hop over to iTunes, why dont'cha?
Now, at this point, I was going to do Favourite Comic Books and Favourite Books of 2011 lists. But as I read most of my comic books as collected editions (and not monthly) and am therefore way behind most monthly readers, it seemed… well, a little pointless. And as for books? Here's the thing… the backlog of books I have to read is ridiculous. Any new book I bought this year probably won't be read until next year (unless it's written by Stephen King - and I haven't even read his new one yet!) so that, too, seemed pointless. I will say that I finally read The Hunger Games Trilogy this year and loved every bit of it. Special mention for Grant Morrison's Supergods too. As for comic books, I loved Scott Snyder's Detective Comics run (collected as Batman: The Black Mirror, which I raved about on Twitter recently), Brian Michael Bendis and Matt Fraction continue to do sterling work on their various Marvel books, and I still think DMZ is one of the best things - of any medium - I've ever read. Or at least it was; it's now sadly ended, and I can't wait for the final volume next year.
And with that, how's about we look into my crystal balls (fnarr!) to see what's coming up in 2012.
· The Dark Knight Rises
· The Avengers
· The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
· Prometheus
· The Hunger Games
· The Amazing Spider-Man
· Skyfall
This was almost easier to compile than the fave films of 2011 list. There was good stuff released in 2011, no doubt, but 2012 just looks so much better, movie-wise. The problem, if you can call it that, is that I have such high expectations for all these films, the possibility of disappointment is pretty large. But I'm going to be positive: all these flicks look tremendous, and I think they'll deliver.
· Mass Effect 3
· Grand Theft Auto V
· BioShock: Infinite
· Tomb Raider
· Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
· PlayStation Vita
In video gaming terms, 2012 is all about Mass Effect 3 for me. I love - LOVE - this franchise, and March 9th cannot come soon enough for me. But if I drag my eyes away from the Normandy for just a moment, there's plenty of other good stuff coming too. GTAVis on the way! And after the lessons Rockstar must have learned on Red Dead Redemption, I have high hopes this'll be the best GTA yet. The rebooted Tomb Raider looks surprisingly awesome, BioShock Infinite is a potential game of the year, Ni No Kuni looks like a playable Studio Ghibli film (come on, how is that not exciting?!), and even though the chances of me being able to afford a PlayStation Vita are pretty slim, I can't help but excited for it. It looks a damn fine piece of kit - plus, a new Uncharted game might be too tempting to resist.
So there we go. Thanks for indulging my rambling, and I hope you all have a fucking great 2012. Come and find me on Twitter and let me know: what things are you most looking forward to in 2012?


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Nicole and Denniss Olea taught their son, Michael, the alphabet at 12 months. By 15 months, he was sitting on his mother's lap tapping out words on her computer keyboard. Now, at age 5, there isn't much Michael can't accomplish with a click of the mouse, but as he's grown in age so have his parents' concerns about his surfing.
"We can't protect him from everything, but we're trying our hardest," said the Winchester mother of two.
The Internet presents awesome opportunities for children. Information about any topic can be found in seconds. Forget pulling out those encyclopedias that were last updated decades ago when grandma bought them for dad, or trudging to the library to flip through the old-fashioned card catalog. Researching topics for a school project has never been easier. Within moments on a computer, someone can search for and find the differences between Buddhism and Hinduism, which element is the best conductor of heat and definitions for Internet and World Wide Web, which aren't the same.
Social networking sites connect kids in a way no other technology has. When a local high school student was seriously injured recently, friends created a Facebook page to encourage others to pray for him. Within hours, hundreds of people had joined the site, sending get-well messages to the teen, his family and encouragement to each other. And social networking transcends age. Through Facebook, an 80-year-old Stephens City man recently reconnected with two daughters he hadn't had contact with in more than 50 years.
Parents of all generations have worried about protecting their children, but this current techno-savvy generation is so connected that it's virtually impossible to know what they're up to at all times. While it may seem overwhelming, there are steps parents can take.
Reynolds joined the Bedford County Sheriff's Office in 2005, one of the first 10 agencies in the nation to develop a cyber crimes unit in 1997. There are now 59 task forces in the country. After posing as a teenager online for many years, Reynolds now travels the country to educate parents and children about Internet safety, through the Safe Surfin' Foundation, the educational arm of the Internet crimes task force. He recently held a forum at the Front Royal Moose Club.
"A child's innocence can never be replaced," Reynolds said. Parents "have a responsibility to make sure their kids are safe. Just as we have driver training, we should have training for kids before we put them out on the information highway."
While the Internet of the 1990s was primarily a one-way source of information, in this Web 2.0 environment, the Internet is a mobile place where users share videos and pictures and interact with each other not only on desktop computers, but also on cell phones, personal digital devices and even gaming systems.
Denise H. Orndorff has taught computer basics to kindergarten, first- and second-grade students at Strasburg's Sandy Hook Elementary School for three years. She thought she'd seen it all until a first-grader recently revealed that he could chat on his hand-held video game console.
"That floored me. I had no idea," she said.
In 2006, Virginia became the first state to require public schools to teach Internet safety. Orndorff stresses the basics of safety with her young students. "We relate it to the information they already have on safety to how the computer fits in."
The biggest danger she cautions children about is being lured away by someone they meet on the computer, just as they might encounter a stranger face-to-face. Predators, she said, will patiently take months to build a rapport with a child who they might meet in a chat room or through instant messaging. She teaches children not to share personal information with anyone they don't know, not to buy games online without their parents' knowledge, and if something pops up on their computer they're not sure about, to turn off the monitor - not shut it down - and tell an adult.
"I have to reach kids here because we don't know what the parents know or don't know," she said.
Internet safety experts say parents should put filtering and blocking software and kid-safe browsers on their computers and Internet providers are a good place to find that help, but they also caution filters aren't fool-proof.
Filters and blocks, which prevent access to certain sites and content, are "minimally effective," Reynolds said. "Monitoring is better."
The Oleas know all too well about the limitations of parental controls. While Michael is limited to certain websites his parents have selected, his ability to do Google searches on his own has taken him to places his parents never expected. After his parents showed him a kid-friendly video on Youtube, he started going there on his own, unbeknownst to the Oleas.
"We innocently opened up a can of worms," she said. "Somehow, he managed to bypass (the controls). I don't want him being exposed too soon."
Karen Dew, a detective with the Winchester Police Department and member of the Northern Virginia-D.C. Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, encourages parents to place computers in common areas of the home where everyone can see it, set rules and restrictions with their children, know their passwords and limit how much time they can spend on it.
"The more time they spend on the computer, the more trouble they'll get into," she said.
Publicly make online jokes about another person, creating harassing images through photo manipulation and enticing people online to physically harm another person qualifies as cyberbullying and can lead to felony charges in Virginia, Muir said.
"Most kids don't know that Virginia is one of the few states that has cyberbullying statutes," he said.
One way to monitor your child's computer activity is to check the computer history often and to set a rule that your child may not erase their history, experts agree.
When on social networking sites, privacy settings can ensure only people invited in can see the postings. Children also should never post pictures or messages that could get them in trouble. More and more colleges are checking social networking sites and even denying admission to potential students based upon what they find. Employers often use the sites to screen job candidates.
Mrs. Olea praises the positive aspects of the Internet. Technology, she said, has helped her son read at a third-grade level and tackle first-grade math problems. She spends a lot of time online herself, writing a blog and trying to build an online business, but she acknowledges the growing dangers.
"We like technology, but we don't want him growing up too fast," she said. "When I do searches, I run across things that aren't appropriate." Games sites, she said, have ads that can take her son off the approved site and into other areas. Website managers who take advantage of misspelled words in searches aggravate her. Misspelling an innocent word in a Google search -- such as Disney -- can take her son to sites she'd rather him not view. "As a parent, that pisses me off. It's like they're preying on that innocence.
"It freaks us out at some of the things he's doing," she added. "He knows how to use the computer proficiently. At some point, we're afraid he'll be able to outsmart us."
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For Nashville Predators' fans, this summer has been like an old fashioned country or western song. Instead of hearing about getting drunk, or their wife / girlfriend leaving them or their dog or horse dying Predators fans were treated to a summer where their top two defenseman Ryan Suter and Shea Weber. Losing Suter, an unrestricted free agent wasn't quite as surprising, but the big offer sheet by the Philadelphia Flyers to Weber who is an restricted free agent was a bit more of a surprise placing the organization in an awkward position. Does it match the offer sheet which could put the future viability of the franchise in peril or does it allow Weber to leave for a large ransom of draft choices but in the meantime leaves a giant void in their squad and may leave its fans wondering if they will always be a pretender and not a contender? I have no doubt this has been the toughest week for Nashville General Manager David Poile who has been with the organization since its i...
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The Nursing Academy's program was designed for the core 9th grade classes, such as English, Algebra I, physical science and geography, math teacher Adrian Panaitisor explained. Planning began in February.
Starting in mid-April, students who followed simple guidelines — "Be respectful" and "Be productive" — earned PBIS points from teachers Christian Arsenault and Lindsey Thompson, who initiated the program, and Christine Holley, Mark Favale, Leonardo Watson, Leanne Drapeau, and Elizabeth Slot, Panaitisor said. The expectations included getting students to say "please" and "thank you."
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Sadly, for the spectators — but happily, for the cicadas — that plan fell through. A teacher was unable to round up the critters, Panaitisor said.
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#211 New Zealand's Next Top Model – the agents have their say
Photo: Clyne Management
Karla Devine, one of New Zealand's Top Models. (But without reality TV assistance.)
New Zealand's modelling industry is a small but beautiful thing. So despite New Zealand's Next Top Model still being a mere twinkle in TV3's eye, it seemed only right to get the opinions of the people who know the industry best – the bookers. Isaac Likes contacted the five largest agencies in Auckland; 62 Models, Clyne, Red Eleven, Nova and August for comments. Of the five, 62, Clyne and Red Eleven consented to interviews. Nova and August declined to comment.
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Red Eleven's Amanda Betts with models.
First, I spoke with Amanda Betts, director of Red Eleven:
Have you heard anything about New Zealand's Next Top Model?
Do you know what? I've only heard about that from over the weekend.
Right, so just in the Sunday Paper.
Yeah yeah yeah.
So nobody's contacted you or anything about possible involvement?
No no not at all. I thought that it should be open to everybody, because there're some bloody good models at all the agencies at the moment.
(ed's note: According to the rules of America's Next Top Model: You must not have previous experience as a model in a national campaign within the last five years (including, but not limited to, appearances on television and print advertisements). Additionally, if you are currently represented by an agent or manager and are selected to be interviewed for the Series, you must provide sufficient evidence to the Producers that you will be able to effectively terminate such representation prior to your participation in the Series, if selected. If selected to participate in the Series, you must terminate, prior to your participation, any representation which conflicts with the terms of your participation. So, presumably, a contract with 62 Models would be up for grabs meaning other agents would not want their models to be involved in the competition.)
Do you have anything you'd like to say about the competition? Or the possibility of the show going ahead in New Zealand?
I think it's going to be a lot of fun. Personally, I'm not sure, because I think that New Zealanders are traditionally kind and humble towards each other. And if they do want to win and at any cost will they have the tendency to keep it to themselves? So rather than mercilessly saying she's fat and I'm not, or I'm hot and she's not, they are more inclined to just quietly cook away, and succeed in their own right, and independently. So, sometimes I wonder if the New Zealanders are too humble and afraid with the tall poppy syndrome to make it good television. But I guess, the thing is too, is finding the next top model, so sometimes the best drama comes from people that will never be able to be top models, and that's why they're so hungry and competitive for it. At the end of the day, you've got to be able to be really competitive in order to be a really good model, and so, if they can draw out some people that have got really good competitive spirit and find a really great model in the process, that's just fantastic for New Zealand in general.
Without getting agents to judge it, do you think we have enough celebrity type people who know enough about the modelling industry that would be able to properly judge the show?
I don't think that celebrities should be choosing models. It's a totally different game. It's like if you're looking at rugby league and rugby. Close, but it's not exactly the same sport. It's the same sort of goal, with the business of modelling, and it's the same thing with celebrities as opposed to having somebody who's an industry expert, in there, but again the problem is that, I think that rather than just having one agent who judges it, I think that maybe it should be a collective, you know, would be a really good idea because everyone would have a different opinion about what's going to be successful.
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Clyne's Marama Nicholas.
Next stop, Marama Nicholas, Clyne's Agency Manager:
Have you heard the announcement about the possibility that there's going to be a New Zealand's Next Top Model going ahead?
Yeah, I know that it was sort of being looked into, but I wasn't sure sort of where it had gone from there.
Right so had somebody contacted you about it at all?
So you haven't had anybody talk to you.
Oh I thought we had initial contact, oh bro it would have been a year and a half, couple of years ago? But they sort of haven't made any inroads into it since there.
So what do you think it would be like, a New Zealand's Next Top Model?
(Laughs) Ummmm, it'd be interesting, I think with any modelling competition, uh you're going to get a range of talent?
Especially in New Zealand.
Yeah, in New Zealand as well, I mean the general sort of genetics and body shapes of people here in New Zealand is unique to New Zealand, but then you're going to get that in any part of the world as well. Umm it doesn't matter where it is, you're going to have people characteristic to that sort of country.
And what is that characteristic do you think.
For New Zealand?
We've got a lot of Pacific Island and Maori population here, a large Asian population here now, in general for New Zealand? We tend to, our body mass index is slightly different? And I think we tend to have slightly shorter people here in New Zealand, especially women. That it's very difficult to find that over all package here in New Zealand, I mean I've spent a lot of time in the US and Europe or Australia, and more often than not, you'll come across a person who fits that certain criteria for modelling, and you come across that a lot less in New Zealand. But in saying that, we produce some amazing models here in New Zealand, and the top models that we've had come out of New Zealand compete with the best in the world. So there are those gems there, but it's just that matter of finding them amongst everyone else.
Oh, and just so you know, I've just placed Karla Devine with the main women's board at Ford Models New York. (ed's note: Karla Devine is pictured at the top of this post in the controversial Air New Zealand Fashion Week campaign wearing Kate Sylvester.)
Photo: 62 Models
Rhiyen Sharp from 62.
And finally, Rhiyen Sharp, booker from 62 Models (the agency that Isaac Likes suspects the winner of New Zealand's Next Top Model will win a contract with):
What are the chances of finding a girl who could become a supermodel out of girls who are not already signed with agencies?
Look at what happened with Australia, they found Alice Burdeu, there are definitely those amazing girls out there, we're in Auckland we can't find some girl in some tiny little town in the South Island from up here. It could open up doors for that.
Do you think 62 will be involved in it? Would you personally be involved in it?
I can't say that, because I just don't know.
Who do you think will be the judges?
We've got so many top make up artists, top photographers, there are so many people that I think would love to get involved in it here, and when you look at all the other versions of the show there's like Nigel Barker in the American version, a noted fashion photographer, we could get one over here, but I'm just not sure who they'd want to use for the judges.
So there we have it. The agents have had their say, now you can have yours.
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Labels: Fashion, Interviews, Models, New Zealand's Next Top Model, Opinions
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Melissa Rycroft Denies Dancing with the Stars Strifeby Hilton Hater at . Comments
Maksim Chmerkovskiy has said it's "very unfair" that she's on the show.
Holly Madison has labeled her the "biggest competition."
Still, in the face of such obstacles, Melissa Rycroft is doing more than just persevering on Dancing with the Stars; she's dominating! The former Bachelor contestant earned 27 points for her Foxtrot last night.
"Everyone's main goal is to have fun, have a good time, make friends - and if there is a competition, it's a friendly competition," Rycroft told Us Weekly yesterday, regarding comments such as the pair cited above. "There's nobody slashing other people's costumes backstage!"
That's a relief.
As for her post-Dancing plans, Rycroft says she'll return to Texas.
"I'm going back to Dallas. I don't know what I'll do, but I'm going home, for sure!"
Click on the pics above for an array of images of Melissa Rycroft on Dancing with the Stars.
Reply to "S" ! Precisely, my thoughts as well. See my "review comment" dated May 5, 09
Whatever... Go Melissa..go! She brings up the ratings and that proves she's special.
I was a DWTS fan up until they brought in this ringer. Sorry that she got dumped, maybe her phoney attitute along with her fake buck tooth smile had something to do with it. Since when is DWTS for trained professional dancers who have a hard luck story??? Melissa is a trained dancer, she has 13 yr ballet training not to mention that she is a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader which is all about dance. This is the most disgusting thing to expect Steve-O, Ty or the apple guy to compete against her. This has tainted my view of the show and won't be watching any longer.
I am glad Melissa is on DWTS.It is my favorite show. I am in such awe of the dancers.I would love to be able to dance like them. They are fabulous. Oh Melissa, if you go back to Dallas, e-mail me I would love for my son to meet you. I thought that the minute you stepped out of the limo. Please get in touch with.me. I'll be praying that I hear from you. I am not a nut. I just thought you would be perfect for my son. You are doing a fantastic job dancing. Good luck.
I agree with Maksin Chmerkovskiy, why is this girl on Dancing with the stars? She shouldn't be there. I used to love Dancing With The Stars but when I seen that she was on the first episode, I didn't think it was right. I don't watch anymore. I thought this was celebrities. So what if she can dance and so what if she's got a body that she can flaunt. That's not what this show is about. Many girls off the street can dance and flaunt. This girl's super-charged phoney smile tells it all. It's all about how to whine innocently with a smile of phoney gratitude until you get what you want. Come on 'Dancing With The Stars' we were watching-to see celebs. As for the voting-I can see this girls followers or even this girl herself sit at the phone and call until they can't call no more just to get her recognized. This is all wrong.
I think Melissa has an advantage, too, and I was glad to see Carrie Anne put Melissa in her place about it. Carrie Anne compared Melissa to Woz and told Melissa "let's get real here." I haven't always agreed with the judges, but I don't like Melissa at all and I loved seeing Carrie Anne step on her.
i beleive in you melissa.i hope that you conutine on dancing with the stars.


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my tumblr just got better because keilan started following me
As its valentines day i thought i best write something on here about the girl i love (especially as i told her i would).
I'm not usually very good with feelings to be honest and usually express them badly as who this is about will know.
We were together for just under a year before when i ended it because things had changed for the worse and it just wasn't working anymore, we hardly ever spoke etc. and although ending it and breaking your heart (and mine) was one of the worst and hardest decisions i have ever made in my life it has also turned out to be one of the best also.
Because i ended it we began to talk again much more than when we were together and regained our 'spark' so to speak. i truly believe that i love you more than i ever did before and i hope that you love me equally.
It would seem that we are now inseparable even if we have never met and only really talk through texts and skype but i'm sure one day we will be together properly. i hope that we can finally meet one day soon as i love you to pieces and you are my closest friend even though you live miles and miles away
im sorry if ive missed something out baby but if i think of anything ill let you know or edit this :)
Happy Valentines Day Baby!! xx
I Love You Katya O'Neill and hopefully always will. xxx
i was gonna put something but wont now the few people that do follow me don't wanna see my problems