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Most of us designers have a thing for movie posters; both old and new. This post compares posters to original movies and later remakes of the same story. For example, one of the posters shown below is Flight of the Phoenix; we'll be looking at the differences between the original artwork of the 1965 film, and the modern artwork in the much more recent 2004 remake film.
Oh, before I start, I apoligise for any pixelated posters – some weren't as easy to find as I though!
The Movie Posters!
14 Going on 30 / 13 Going on 30
This is one movie I didn't actually know was remade until I researched the subject of movie remakes! 14 Going on 30 is a very simple poster, made up of a single photography and a simple blue and red header with a white drop shadow.
I love the use of the photograph of Jennifer Garner in this movie poster – the bright colours and well-executed dress blowing in the 'wind' really draws your eyes into the poster. Although I like the poster overall, I think the low opacity '13 going on 30′ could have been much better with a high opacity and no use of bevel and emboss!
Amityville Horror
The original Amityville Horror movie is one I haven't seen – although I have seen the remake! I'm not sure whether the film stands up to the poster, but I think the poster is superb! It's out of focus, pixelated and burning orange tinted background really compliments the bold white typography and black and white cast images. Michael Bay later went on to remake this classic, it was pretty good too.
The remakes poster, too, is great, and really stands up to the quality of the first, 26 years on! I guess that shows how good the first was! I love the grungy style with this, and how the only source of light is coming from the centre of the poster.
Annie is just one of these posters where the original is always the best. The poster is incredibly simplistic, a great traditional photograph with some great simple typography. The thing that makes it all work together is the perfect off-white background.
This is a huge let down compared to the previous poster, which was designed 17 years earlier! Ignoring the pixelation, the typography is pretty awful, the photograph a little too cheesy for most peoples likings and I'm quite sure the shadow at the bottom of the poster makes everything worse!
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
This is one of my favourite vintage posters I've seen, no matter just on this list, and I know I'm not alone when I say that! I've seen a lot of designers and artists be inspired by this great movie poster, and have seen several modern vector illustrations of it around the web! The colours are superb, the typography incredibly simple but great, and the composition overall is brilliant.
This poster is proof of the terrible 90′s design trends, which is probably where the early web design trends were picked up from! The incredibly cheesy and unrealistic photo-manipulation merged with terrible typography (it feels a shame to call it that) and what look like Microsoft Word comic style text boxes is a shame, especially as a reproduction of the original movie poster with newer technology could have, and should have turned out great.
Black Christmas
I like this original Black Christmas poster, although in places it feels a little incomplete, such as the bottom of the holly all of a sudden comes to a halt and hits black. I like the combination of greyscale and colour though, and the mini black and white illustration at the bottom of poster is pretty sweet!
This is a great poster, and I feel 'The Hills Have Eyes' poster (which isn't actually going to be feautured in this post – another time maybe!) was greatly influenced by this. The use of Christmas lights to look like barbwire, plenty of grunge and some awesome lighting effects makes this a superb design! I think I may have to watch this this Christmas to get me in the festive mood!!
Cat in the Hat: The Movie
These two posters aren't really something that can easily be compared – in a way they're both animated, but in entirely different ways! I love this illustration though, it can't get much simpler, but the bright colours, innocent illustration and great hand-drawn typography is a win!
I like the composition in this poster – the animation is great, and I love the way the wooden chest has been used to lead your eyes into the centre of the poster.
Charlotte's Web
Again, these two posters are hard to compare as the movie went from cartoon to real-life. This version, however, uses great traditional illustration techniques and a superb colour scheme. I love the warm feel the poster has to it, created by the magnificent gradient in the background.
I'm not a huge fan of bevelled text, but in this case it's great! The lighting effect from the moon is incredibly realistic, at least it's as realistic as it can get!
Roxie Hart / Chicago
This one is a traditional vintage poster! Great photography, superb typography, elegant shadows and lovely textures combined – I love this style!
This poster does its job incredibly well – I love the overall glow the poster has, the composition and colours in the photograph is great, and the city skyline in the background, for me, completes the great poster. If there's one thing I could change, it would have to be the randomly placed cast names – not too sure why they're not aligned nicely!
Dark Water
A film that obviously didn't do to well as it was remade just 3 years later! The poster could have been great, but the incredibly cheesy 'effect' used in the hood of the raincoat ruins it for me, and everybody else!
This one for me is a great poster – I love the rain in the bedroom and the overall fade between the darkness and the image. The typography is great – I love the effect used in the film title!
Flight of the Phoenix
Love, love, LOVE this poster. The colours, the composition, the shadows and the typography is just beautiful! Must I say anymore?
Another great poster, this time for the 2004 remake of the great film! I especially love the typography mixed with the great composition of the crash-landing aircraft, especially the way they make the title 'Flight of the Phoenix' easy to read even though a large portion of it is covered up, not everyone could pull that off!
Freaky Friday
I've never seen any of the original Freaky Fridays (there's actually three, not just two!), but if they're nearly as good as the latest remake I'm sure they're great! This is a nice and simple poster which uses some pretty cool hand-drawn illustrations. I love the way they've avoided the norm and produced a horizontal poster rather than a portrait one!
I love this poster as much as the movie! Its great colour scheme and composition make for a brilliant, comical and eye-catching poster which can't be missed! I love the way they've incorporated the 'Get Your Freak On August 1st' at the bottom of the post!
Friday the 13th
This dark illustrated poster really stands out from other posters from the same time period. I love the use of typography in this and empty space which works just as well as white space does in web design!
This is very difficult to compare to the first, because it's just so different. This has to be one of my all time favourites when it comes to modern posters, I love the dark, cloudly blue colour scheme, the grunginess of it all and the bright typography. It's a great film, too!
Fun with Dick and Jane
For me, this is one of the worst posters here. I am no fan of the 100% opacity of the outer glow used on the movie title, nor am I a fan of the cheesy bokeh effect or rather boring photograph!
This is a hugely improved poster. The composition is good, and makes the movie seem pretty fun without even seeing a clip or trailer! The use of different font styles and colours in the title improves the poster a great deal, too.
Gone in 60 Seconds
I must admit, I never knew there was an original Gone in 60 Seconds film! I love the illustrated feel to the poster, the hand-drawn typography and the colour scheme. A nice bit of texture is in there too which really makes the poster come alive.
This great film makes use of some of my favourite things: bright, warm colours, a great composition, and plenty of noise and grunge. I love the way the photos have been merged together so well it makes it feel like one.
I'm not impressed with this poster – cheesy photos, cheesy typography and, lets be honest, a rather boring composition all in all. There's not much else to say about this one!
I think this movie would have been no where near as popular had the poster not been so good. It's colourful, funny, happy and just good fun. I say all these nice things, yet I haven't seen the film and I'll be honest, I don't intend to – I'm not a fan of musicals! Top-notch poster, though!
A very simple poster, but it does have a great concept behind the whole pumpkin/knife illustration. I'm not a great fan of the italic 'He' though! Or any of the typography for that matter!
This poster is, lets face it, awesome! I love the photo manipulation in the background that, with some help from some cool shadows, forms the a portrait of the killer himself.
The Blue Lagoon
I know, it's not English! I couldn't find a good quality one that was! It's a great poster nonetheless! I love the warm colours, the shadows and the hand-drawn typography.
This film I've actually seen, and I must say it's pretty good, I enjoyed it at least! I love the warm colours and the silhouettes of the palm trees in the background of the poster. Nice pants!
The Day the Earth Stood Still
A truly unique vintage poster. I love the spacey atmosphere, the giant robot (thing) from out of space and the vintage typography. One of my favourites!
Another great poster, and one I really like! It's beautiful colours and lighting effects form a stupidly realistic space atmosphere, and the shadows of the people and cars are unbelievable. To top it all off, the extremely clean and simple typography is superb!
The Fog
This one is almost formed completely from a pretty cool photography – there's a reason that smoke is so realistic! It's a little cheesy, but for an 80′s poster I'm pretty impressed with the overall lighting and effect.
A great poster formed purely from smoke – it's complicated yet simple, all at the same time! The poster is probably the main reason I went to see this remake at the cinema on the day it came out!
The Getaway
Another case of the older poster wins! I love the illustrationsin this poster, especially the smoke and flame in the bottom right hand corner. The stenciled red text really helps the title of the film stand out from the rest of the typography, too.
A let down compared to the original poster – it's quite cheesy, and in my opinion fairly boring!
Like this post? If yes, let me know! I'd love to keep up to date with more films as I am, or at least used to be, a hardcore movie fan – more posts like this will help me keep up to date with movies, so be sure to discuss the topic below!
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Got Kids Under 2? Research Says No Screen Time for Kids or Adults.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) came out with a new study last week stating that children under age two should not get any screen time-at all. The research found that almost 90 percent of children under age two watch some electronic media and that almost one third of three year olds have a television in their bedroom. Even "educational" media is not as beneficial to developing brains as free play time is. Oh, and parents should turn off the screen too because that background media can be detrimental to the children as well.
According to the research:
"Unstructured play time is more valuable for the developing brain than electronic media. Children learn to think creatively, problem solve, and develop reasoning and motor skills at early ages through unstructured, unplugged play. Free play also teaches them how to entertain themselves."
The AAP says that children need to interact with humans in order to learn to act like humans. Not only that, but if we as parents are watching television then we must not be fully present in our children's activity and engaging them. And they found that children with prolonged media exposure were at risk for delays in language development once they reached school age.
Personally, I wouldn't run out and get rid of all the televisions in the house. First of all, I want to know how 90 percent of the parents surveyed got their children under the age of two to sit down and watch television to begin with. I've never seen a child under the age of two sit still. My son started watching television right around the age of two, and my daughter who is two-and-a-half literally just sat down last week for the first time and watched five minutes of television. I could never get her to sit still for an hour or two of screen time, and I've been wishing for that five minutes for a long time.
Just like I have vowed to never drive a minivan, I have also vowed that my children will never have a television in their rooms. That being said, there is almost always a television on in my house if not two. Personally, I like the background noise of the television and yes, it is probably on too much, but I honestly don't think that my children are delayed developmentally as a result of it.
I think the important message to take away from this study is that we need to be aware of how much overall screen time our children are receiving. It is easy to get caught up in how funny it is when junior wants to be just like daddy and have his own iPhone and iPad, but screen time is screen time and while most parents spend a lot of their day plugged in, it is important that we make sure our children are plugged in as little as possible and are getting ample time to develop "naturally." Electronic devices are not babysitters, but if you need five minutes to throw in a load of laundry, I don't see the harm in using them despite what the research says.
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[1]Scott Hartnell is the latest Flyer to receive bad news in what's beginning to feel like an abbreviated-season curse. He is out indefinitely with a left foot injury, according to general manager Paul Holmgren.
Hartnell was hit by a shot from the point from defenseman Kimmo Timonen in the third period of Tuesday's 3-0 loss to the New Jersey Devils in Newark.
"We will know more on this within a day or two as we await results of tests," Holmgren said in a statement
The Flyers' leading goal-scorer last season, Hartnell was absent from practice Wednesday.
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First thoughts on the Cybook Gen3 -- Jules
Sunday, September 21, 2008
This is mirrored from my own blog -- there's 2000 words of it and I don't know how to do a cut tag in blogger, so you'll find the whole thing on either my WordPress blog or my LiveJournal.
I bought a second-hand Cybook Gen3 ebook reader from my writing partner last month, and I've been using it long enough now to have some initial thoughts about it. This isn't a proper review, as I haven't been exploring all its features. What I *have* been doing with it is simply reading some of the books she'd loaded on it, mostly on the bus to and from work.
And the obvious question is - do I regret spending one hundred pounds on this thing? After all, I could buy quite a few paperbacks for that money. To which the answer is "no", and for a specific reason I'll get to at the end of this post. And it's not one of the obvious reasons, like saving shelf space or being able to carry a hundred books with me at all times, although I can see the advantages there.
Would I buy one at full market price? (Currently 269 pounds if shipped to the UK.) Probably not, but mostly because the wee beastie is physically fragile, and I fully expect that I'll manage to break it within a year or two given my current usage of it. I can see why other people would pay that for it, and why I might in other circumstances.
( read more about the pros and cons in the full post at my book blog )
And the killer app for me? I can read it on the bus without feeling car-sick.
If I try to read a dead tree book on the bus, I start feeling sick after a few minutes. I can read if I'm careful, but it requires a certain amount of thought and stopping as soon as I feel in the least bit queasy. I took the Cybook with me on the bus the first week I had it, mostly because otherwise I'd have to wait until the following weekend to have time to play with it - and was still reading at journey's end. By the end of the week, it was clear that this was not a one-off. In the month since, I've found that if the bus is *really* bumpy I need to put the Cybook down for a minute or two, but I can usually read it without problems. I don't know why there's a difference (my guess is that it's at least partly to do with the Cybook being completely rigid), but since I spend around an hour a day on the bus at the moment, something that lets me read during that hour is *well* worth the hundred pounds I paid for it. While I'm doing that commute, you will have to prise my Cybook from my cold dead hands...


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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- A Wichita police dog helped end a three-hour standoff that began when a man threatened to blow up a Shell gas station.
Police say the man entered the station about 10 p.m. Tuesday and told the employee he had explosives in his backpack. The employee was able to push the station's silent alarm before he was released about a half-hour later.
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Key Hook for Dad
By: Cheryl Ball for Walnut Hollow
This Father's Day, the kids can help create a rustic key hook for Dad set on an actual tree section with natural bark and decorated with a kid's hand-print. Any Dad would love this homemade gift.
- Walnut Hollow® #27670 Medium Basswood Country Round
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- Ball knob or small hook
- Five different colors of paint
- Other Supplies: foam brush, paper towel, sandpaper, spray varnish, tape
- To prepare wood for painting, use sandpaper to lightly sand wood surface. Remove dust with paper towel.
- Use a small foam brush to apply a thin coat of paint to a child's hand. Press hand onto center of round being careful not to smudge when lifting off wood. Let dry.
- Position first letter of stencil on wood. Tape in place. Use a stencil brush to paint stencil opening. (To stencil, place a small amount of paint on a paper plate. Dip brush into paint. Dab off excess paint on a paper towel to prevent paint from leaking under stencil. Tap brush onto stencil until desired result is achieved.) Continue with remaining letters. Let dry.
- Attach a wooden knob or small hook to bottom of round to hold keys.
- Apply 2-3 coats of spray varnish for a protective finish.
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Camping has always been a very popular activity in Kouchibouguac National Park. Campers appreciate the privacy and the feeling of tranquility the Kouchibouguac campsites provide. Nearby sandy beaches, playgrounds, the bikeway and nature trails offer something for everyone.
Camping is so popular at Kouchibouguac that the campgrounds are often full during the peak period of June 27 to September 7. For this reason, we highly recommend you take advantage of our reservation system.
Parks Canada in partnership with Mountain Equipment Co-op is now offering Equipped Campsites at Kouchibouguac National Park.
Please be aware that firewood importation is now prohibited at Kouchibouguac National Park.
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Don't forget that Kouchibouguac is a Dark Sky Preserve and so we encourage you to minimize as much as possible lighting in the campground.
In any location such as a national park, it is very important that you follow the posted speed limit.
Roads in the campgrounds are very sinuous. The numerous trees and thick vegetation as well as the large number of campers walking and cycling inside the campground increase the possibilities of accidents. It is therefore imperative that you follow the 20 km/hr speed limit.
Wherever you are in the park, if you are driving a motorized vehicle, remember to respect the speed limits.
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Chris92009 Luke W So no deposits now just show up? That is correct, TPC has waived the deposits so we are good to go! Just show up!! Chris
Luke W So no deposits now just show up?
So no deposits now just show up?
That is correct, TPC has waived the deposits so we are good to go! Just show up!!
awesome sounds good!! cant wait and hopefully i can get my game dialed in. i cant hit the new 714 ap2s to save my life
This sounds like a lot of fun. I have that day off as my Birthday is the 25th but probably can't make it at this late notice. Everyone have a great time and play the rounds of your life. Hope the weather is great. Maybe i can join in next year.
chris what time are tee times and what time should we be there friday?
Luke W chris what time are tee times and what time should we be there friday?
Everyone should arrive by or around 10am, then we can divide up players into groups...our first tee time is 10:50am. Plus we have some gifts etc... See you at TPC Riversbend Friday!
Are you going to post pictures for us from the outing?
Pictures will be posted both here and on our TT Ohio Group on Facebook. I'll take plenty, all players, and I usually take photo's of each hole so I should have plenty.
The weather is shaping up to be "Perfect" for tomorrow's outing! Cannot wait to see everyone! Bring your sunglasses!
Have fun, guys! Wish we could be there with you. Can't wait to see all of the pictures.
Play well and go low!
- Mike
I want to Did they all fail to come out viewable, or did you guys get so wild you could not afford to post any of them? Come on, dish...know what happened to the pictures.
Hey Pulp,
The pics are at "TT Ohio - 1st Game - Thanks Titleist" thread. This was an old thread that I wanted to fire up again to get everyone in the mood for a Fall Outing and they are all already following this thread. Trying a little work smart not hard tactic!!! Haha.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- It's the mother of all earnings reports. Apple's (AAPL - Get Report) slated to report earnings and guidance after the close of trading, and given the malaise towards the iPhone maker lately, Apple will need to show something extraordinary to excite investors and regain the aura that's surrounded the company in the past.
There have been countless reports over the past few months that Apple's seeing slowing demand for its products, whether it's the all-important iPhone, or concerns over the iPad.
Expectations have been lowered going into the report, and Ironfire Capital's Eric Jackson thinks Apple will meet the expectations, and "that will cause a lot of hand-wringing this afternoon about whether the law of large numbers is kicking in." Going a little further out, Jackson believes shares will be higher, as people start to look toward the rest of 2013. Jackson owns shares in Apple and is a RealMoney contributor.
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Many law students are faced with the challenges of making major decisions early in their legal education when they know little about the legal profession. Mentors can provide the benefit of their knowledge and experience to help students achieve their educational and professional goals. Alumni mentors gain a sense of accomplishment and pride from having helped a future colleague and member of the Pepperdine family. Students gain a valuable source of advice and guidance while navigating the rigors of law school.
Opportunities to Connect Include:
ONE-ON-ONE MENTORING. The traditional mentoring arrangement pairs a single alumnus/alumna with one or two students for individual mentoring. As a mentor you have the opportunity to help someone develop academically and professionally. Even if you don't think you have a lot of experience, you do have a lot to offer because you have "been there - done that." You don't have to be a teacher, or a parent, just a good listener and a friend.
DINE & DASH. This is a program that connects students with alumni with the intention of creating a "business-like" meeting over a meal to discuss the student's career of interest. Alumni agree to be contacted by a designated number of students during the academic year, which is determined when registering in the Program.
DINNER GUEST SPEAKER SERIES. This is an event at which one or two keynote speakers are invited to campus to provide general career advice/motivation at a private dinner attended by 10-15 students with a variety of majors and career goals.
CAREER ROUNDTABLES & PANELS. Alumni can sit on a panel of their peers and speak in forum on their career path and share personal insight about their profession, followed by a Q&A session with the student audience.
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Here are some of the many places you can visit around Australia to have a great science experience at anytime of the year. They include science centres and museums, zoos and aquariums, botanic gardens, space centres, national parks and park visitor centres, industry and mine visits and eco tours.
Adelaide Botanic Garden
320 North Terrace,
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2 Bromide Street,
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Borefield Road,
Olympic Dam, SA
Australia Zoo
1638 Steve Irwin Way,
Beerwah, QLD
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Australian Arid Lands Botanic Gardens,
Stuart Highway,
Port Augusta, SA
Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan
Narellan Road,
Mount Annan, NSW
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6 College Street,
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Colombian artist Mariana Vera works with natural artifacts such as flower petals, leaves and pine needles to create works on paper or canvas. These delicate flora-montages are made from what Vera finds on the ground to create her patterns. Of her work, she writes, "I gather that which nature allows to fall to give it a magical touch: by means of the creative imagination it is translated to paper and in turn I convert it into visual poetry. When I go around paths without a destination on my bicycle harvesting loose leaves and flowers, randomly scattered, I reorder the world that I perceive around me."
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Ambassador Abdullah M. Alsaidi Joins IPI
The International Peace Institute (IPI) is pleased to announce that Ambassador Abdullah M. Alsaidi is joining IPI as a Senior Fellow to work on Middle East issues over the coming months.
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Video: Terje Rød-Larsen, The Man Behind the Peace
An ABC-Australia profile of Terje Rød-Larsen, "The Man Behind the Peace" (JourneyMan Pictures/YouTube, 1994).
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Podcast: A Escapee's and His Wife's Tale, David Rohde and Kristen Mulvihill
Over a seven-month period, New York Times journalist David Rohde was held captive in Afghanistan and in Pakistani tribal areas that are completely in hands of the most fearsome Taliban. One day, he thinks he may be freed. The next he is certain he is to die.
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Asked on Al Jazeera on February 23rd if crimes against humanity were being committed in Libya, Dr. Edward C. Luck, IPI Senior Vice President for Research and Programs, said that though "we don't have direct access, there is certainly good reason to believe" they were.
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Warren Hoge, IPI's Vice President for External Relations, told an Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) meeting on interfaith development, reconciliation and peacebuilding initiatives at the UN that "religion can be a powerful tool for peace if it is used in a constructive manner."
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Podcast: Israeli, Palestinian Leaders Debate Middle East Peace at IPI
Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erakat and Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor debate the Israeli-Palestinian peace process at IPI on June 25, 2010.
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Appearing on CNN's "Amanpour," IPI President Terje Rød-Larsen warned that "engagement can be dangerous" and in the case of Iran "should be done very carefully."
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Psychologist Joyce Brothers, who parlayed her 1955 victory on the TV game show "The $64,000 Question" into a nearly six-decade career as a television personality and columnist, died on Monday, her publicist said. She was 85.
Brothers died of natural causes in New York, said Sanford Brokaw, her Los Angeles-based spokesman.
She began dispensing advice on television in 1958 and penned columns on topics such as sex, relationships and parenting until early this year.
At one point, Brothers' syndicated column was published in more than 300 newspapers and she authored a monthly column in the women's magazine Good Housekeeping.
Brothers, a forerunner of media-savvy psychologists such as Laura Schlessinger and Phil McGraw, was a fixture in American living rooms in the 1960s, '70s and '80s with her own syndicated television programs on networks NBC and CBS and cameo appearances in films and TV series.
She famously poked fun at herself by analyzing the Fonz's dog on the ABC television series "Happy Days." Brothers also appeared on "The Love Boat," animated comedy "The Simpsons" and most recently on the Hollywood comedy series "Entourage."
Brothers was also a fixture on "The Tonight Show," appearing alongside host Johnny Carson nearly 100 times.
Brothers vaulted to public recognition by winning "The $64,000 Question," the most popular television game show of the era, and with her prodigious knowledge of boxing. She followed up her win with another on the spin-off game show "The $64,000 Challenge."
She also successfully parried questions from Congress during investigations into a game-show cheating scandal, showing her original mastery of boxing information.
Brothers is thought to be the sport's first female commentator and her first media contract was interviewing boxers for radio broadcasts.
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This is an excellent game for 2-5 players, and especially for kids. I was initially put off by the theme and the mentioning of winning the $1 million dollar prize on the advertisement. I immediately thought there would be paper money involved and it would be like Monopoly where I would have to be a banker,,,and yech. But no, I was WRONG. There is no fake money involved! Just little cards with different colors. Easy, but challenging. It is a game where you can be nice and not mess with your opponents supposed destination, or you can try and block them. You get points according to the tracks you lay and connections you make.
But please, I love Amazon, but their Days of Wonder games are all overpriced. You can get this and their other games much cheaper on designated game sites. Do a search, read other reviews, boardgamegeek is a wonderful place to look and compare games. This was one of the first games I bought and I just keep finding more neat games to buy that you can't find here. ***Fast forward 2010*** This is still a great game, that hasn't changed. Just want to note that Amazon does have better pricing on this and other games now, especially when free shipping is involved.
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The Europe, Marklin, and Nordic Editions are superior but the original is still a great game,
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The USA version of Ticket To Ride is fun but frustratingly cutthroat; I would not recommend getting the base set without the Days of Wonder Ticket to Ride 1910 Expansion, which offers three superior variants, more tickets (routes) and regular sized playing cards to replace the tiny ones included in the base set. The main problem with the base set is that whoever builds the big northern routes usually wins, exacerbated by the awarding of a "longest route" ticket worth bonus points. The 1910 expansion offers you the choice of eliminating the longest route bonus and awarding a "most routes completed" bonus instead, or using both of them, or neither. That helps tailor the win condition to best suit the group.
However, I still prefer the Ticket to Ride Europe with the Days of Wonder Ticket to Ride 1912 Expansion because of it provides more interesting challenges (ferries and tunnels) and adds stations players can use to get around being cut off in completing their routes. These stations can easily be used in USA or other versions. Europe still has the "longest route" bonus points award but this is easier to get for everyone because if you have to use a station to complete a route ticket, it no longer counts toward your getting the longest route award. Another excellent option over the USA version is the Days of Wonder Ticket To Ride - Marklin (Germany) version that adds passengers you can use to score crazy bonus points that add a whole new strategy to the game; unlike the stations in Europe, however, the passenger mechanic is not easily integrated into other editions. Another nice thing about Marklin is that it offers the most balanced map with a near equal distribution of long and short routes which are split up on the left and right sides of the vertical map. With Marklin, completing a ton of short routes is just as viable a win strategy as long routes in the USA base sets. Both Europe and Marklin also split your initial ticket allotment into long (blue-backed) and short (brown-backed) routes; you get to choose how many of each you want to do--unlike the USA base set, which is totally random in its ticket distribution (long routes are harder to complete but offer more bonus points to win than short routes). I also enjoy the Ticket to Ride Switzerland Map Expansion and Days of Wonder Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries Board Game. Both Switzerland and Nordic Countries are designed for only 2-3 players, unlike the usual 2-5) so they are great options for smaller groups. They also offer the two most challenging maps. Unfortunately, Switzerland is out-of-print and online sellers are charging a fortune for it. You can play it and the USA and Europe versions online, however, for a much more reasonable cost (live opponents or vs. the computer). I've played the online version almost 1,000 times since August 2010 but I still love playing the board games. They are my favorite board games of all time! One thing to watch out for, in my opinion, is that the original USA edition is initially fun but that fun can turn to frustration once you realize the easiest way to win is to just build the long northern routes. That problem is corrected with the 1910 Expansion by providing new route tickets, a new way to score bonus points, and two variants: Big Cities and USA Mega-Game -- the Mega-Game uses everything in the expansion set and is my favorite way to play Ticket To Ride: USA). However, I still prefer the maps and additional challenges (like building ferries and tunnels) that are provided by the Europe and Marklin editions. No matter which version you pick, if you know how to play one, the others are easy to pick up, and the rules of all editions are fast and easy to learn in about 5 minutes. Ticket To Ride is, in my opinion, the best light strategy (or "gateway") game on the market to bring family and friends together. Actual game time may vary depending on the number of players, their familiarity with the maps and rules, and how quickly they can strategize and complete their turn (most turns are finished in a minute or less but some could last up to 5, especially when choosing additional route tickets). I'd say every version of Ticket To Ride (even with expansions) takes about 60 minutes on average but a game could last anywhere from 30-120 minutes (the difference between having 2 players vs. 4-5, for example, and/or if some newbie players need rules or strategy help, or are just really bad at making decisions and revising their strategy on the fly).
440 of 470 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best games - ever!,
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When I first heard about Days of Wonder's newest game, Ticket to Ride (Days of Wonder, 2004 - Alan Moon), I was excited. But how could I not be - for all of Days of Wonders games so far have been fabulous, and it seems that each successive game gets better and better. And Alan Moon with a train game (shades of Union Pacific) sounded like a winning combination. I had an opportunity to play the final version of the game, and was quite impressed with how the game looked.
And is the game any good? The short answer is that once you play this game, you'll never play TransAmerica again. It's a fantastic medium-weight game - one that plays equally well with two to five players. The components are superb, the artwork is great, the game is downright fun (and nasty sometimes), and the total package is a very strong contender for the Spiel des Jahres 2004. (which it won!) After my first playing, I ranked it an 8; but after multiple playings the rating moved up to a 9, then a 9.5 - and if I keep playing the game at this rate - may move into my top ten list. Game play is very tight, and I found that game scores can run very close - making for an exciting game, all the way down to the finish. Each player receives forty-five train cars in one color, and places a matching round token of that color on a scoring track. A large board is placed in the middle of the table, with a map of America (circa late 1800's) superimposed upon it. Thirty-six cities are there, each connected by one or two "railroad lines". These lines are made up of one to six spaces, and are one of eight colors: purple, yellow, black, white, green, red, blue, brown, and gray (neutral color). A deck of "tickets" is shuffled, and three are dealt to each player. Players may discard one of them, but must keep at least two of them. Each ticket has two cities on them, and a point value that a player will receive if they connect those two cities, or lose if they don't connect the cities. The remainder of the ticket cards are shuffled and placed in a face down pile next to the board. A pile of train cards is shuffled, and four are dealt to each player. The remainder are shuffled and placed next to the board, then five of them are turned over and placed face-up next to the draw pile. The player who has traveled the most goes first, and then play continues clockwise around the table. On a turn, a player may do one of three things. They may draw two cards, one at a time from either the face-up cards and/or the draw pile. Each card shows a different color of train car - matching the eight different colored spaces on the board. There is twelve of each color car in the deck. There are also eighteen "locomotive" cards, which function as wild cards. When a player draws a face-up card, the card is replaced immediately before they draw another card. A locomotive card counts as two cards if drawn when face-up, but only one if drawn when face-down. If there are ever three locomotive cards face-up at any time, all five cards are immediately discarded, and five new cards are drawn. If the cards run out, the discard pile is shuffled back to form a new draw deck. The second thing a player may do is to draw three ticket cards. They must keep at least one of them, but have the option of keeping all of them, if they like. The others (if any), are discarded. The third thing a player may do is play cards to place their train cars on the board. A player may play one through six cards of the same color (including wild cards), to place the same amount of train cards on a corresponding line on the board. For example, Las Vegas is connected to Salt Lake City by an orange line consisting of three spaces. Three orange cards must be played to put three trains of that player's color on those spaces. No more players could then place anything between those two cities, and if players want to connect those two cities with their lines, they'll have to go around the long way (if possible). Gray lines can have any color cards played to place trains on them, but the cards played must match the number of spaces in the gray line, and all of the cards must be the same color. When placing trains, the player doing so receives points - 1 point for one train placed, 2 points for two trains, 4 points for three trains, 7 points for four, 10 points for five, and 15 points for six trains. Some cities have two lines connecting them, both of which can be used in a four or five-player game. In a two or three-player game, however, once one of these lines has been used, the other cannot. When one player, after taking their turn, is down to two train cars or less, the final round begins. Starting with the player to their left, each player has one final turn, and then the game is over. The trains on the board are counted to make sure that the points were totaled correctly during the game, and then ticket cards are revealed. If players can trace a continuous path between the two cities on their card with their color train cars only, they receive the points, and move their tokens accordingly. Otherwise, they lose the points, and must move their token down the scoring track that many points. The player who has the longest continuous track also gets ten points. The player with the most points is the winner! Some comments on the game... 1.) Components: As usual, the components for Ticket to Ride are supreme. Days of Wonder has, by far, more superior components for their games than any other company. The board is fantastic, with a nice map, and when the train cars - nice plastic cars in bright colors - are placed on it, the whole thing looks pretty fantastic! The cards are of the highest quality, and are about half the size of normal playing cards. Each color card not only has a different train car on it, but they have symbols in the corners to help differentiate between the colors (good for the color blind). Everything fits into a wonderful plastic insert that is in a beautiful, sturdy box - the same size as Days of Wonder's other Big Box Games. 2.) Rules: The rules are only four pages - large, colorful, illustrated pages - but only four! The game is being printed in many languages - and has the distinction of being the first major game release that I know of that has been produced in Korea, something which is rather dear to my heart. The game can be explained in about 5 minutes, and I am very pleased at how easy it is for people to pick up. Even people who have a hard time understanding simple games ("No, John, you cannot attack people in Settlers of Catan!") had an easy time picking up the game - and I was amazed at how fast strategies were picked up. 3.) Strategy: When I first was taught the game by Eric Hautemont, CEO of Days of Wonder, I didn't think that strategy would be that important. Then, he beat us, scoring 162 points to my 82, and my friends 54. I was floored! I thought that I was doing well, during the game, but realized several things that I missed afterwards. I found out in the game that there are different strategies, and was impressed with how they differed. One can ignore their ticket cards and just try to place long trains, hoping to get a lot of points. Or one can try to complete as many ticket cards as possible, not worrying too much about how long of trains they place on the board. Then, there is the middle ground - but is a compromise of the two strategies enough to win? Not to mention the fact that players must watch other players, and occasionally place trains to mess them up. 4.) Cutthroat: This gives the game a real "cut throat" atmosphere. Sometimes the best move for a player is to place train cars between cities they don't care that much about - just to stop another player - either from getting the longest chain of cars, or completing their tickets. This can cause some enmity, but it's all in good fun, and I really enjoyed the player interaction - from taking cards to placing trains. 5.) Holding cards: It's fun to get a big hand of cards (there is no upper limit). Players try to hoard cards so that they can place long trains of cars, scoring the big points. Also, players must always keep in mind that everyone else is watching them, trying to determine where they are going. The longer a player keeps the cards in their hand, the less they tip their hand. However, if one player suddenly uses up all their trains, causing the final round, and you are stuck with a huge hand of cards, it can be quite devastating. My wife found this out the hard way. She was about to connect three cities that would complete two of her tickets - probably winning the game. Another friend of mine, in the same game, had the same problem. Either one of them could have won the game, but because they held the cards just one turn to long - they lost. Of course, I was the evil guy who caused the game to end, but I got my just desserts, losing by only one point to yet another player - and the winning point was caused by her having the longest continuous train of cars. 6.) Fun Factor: And yet, even with the bluffing, and the other little nasty tactics, the game is extremely fun. The decisions are short, causing the game to move quickly, but can be quite stressful at times. Yet these decisions really make the game fun! Blocking someone else off, using your own lines, pulling two locomotives from the draw pile, or finally connecting those two cities - all of this adds up to a wonderful time of fun! 7.) Time and Players: The game runs quickly, because the decisions are important, but don't bog the game down to much. I was impressed with how well the game scaled, but found that the two-player game was much different than a five-player one. Both were fun, but needed different tactics. As you can see, I really enjoyed this game. I think it has strong possibilities of being one of the best games of the year. Alan Moon has always been one of my favorite designers, and this is one of his best games in years. Days of Wonder has put a lot of time and effort into producing this game, and it shows. When I first played TransAmerica, I thought that it was a boring game -what was the point, and where was the strategy? Fortunately, the strategy and fun in this game are wonderful. I don't need a "dumbed-down" game to introduce new folks to the wonderful world of board games. I can just use games like this - tremendous, fun games, filled with tactical choices and enjoyable times. Tom Vasel
223 of 244 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun for beginners and gamers, kids and grownups,
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Every year I buy my daughter at least three board games: one for Christmas, one for Three Kings Day and one for her birthday. It has become a tradition we both enjoy. I purchased TTR after reading excellent recommendations from other gamer parents on Boardgamegeek. I was not disappointed.
The game components are well made and beautiful, and the box is designed to store them well. This is very important, as the game has lots of pieces: cards, colorful plastic trains and wooden marker tokens. Each turn lets you make decisions, play is never merely mechanical. Each time you play you will be able to choose one of three different actions: claim a train route, collect train cards or gather destination tickets. Each of those actions implies further decisions: Do you take a red train or a blue train? The short Duluth or Phoenix? Risk the big payoff tickets or keep only the safer, smaller points destinations? The instructions are simple enough for non-gamers and children, but game play is engaging for all levels of play. The game accommodates both laid back and cutthroat gaming styles. If your family games you should add this to your collection. If you are new to gaming and need a place to start, this is a fine first buy.
23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best boardgame out there,
By Learner (USA) - See all my reviews
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This is a great game. If your paragon of boardgames is still Monopoly, then you are in for a pleasant surprise. Far superior games are now available. There is a quiet revolution in boardgaming happening right now.
Ticket to Ride is one of the best of these new games. My wife and I love this game. It is very engaging, and pretty short. It gets tense toward the end. It plays well with 2 players as well as 3 to 5 players. It's also great for kids, to teach the geography of the US. This game won the coveted Game of the Year award (the German "Spiel des Jahres" award) for 2004, and it certainly deserves it. Note: There is a possibility for some competitive, cutthroat playing but we don't play it that way. If you like this game, also check out these others, which are also listed on Amazon: Settlers of Catan Carcassonne
55 of 65 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not bad.. but I've played better.,
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PROS: Easy game to learn, Educational for US. Geography, Moderate luck factor.
CONS: Not recommended for avid game players. Only moderate strategy. Ticket to ride is fun, it's got some strategy to it, but I've played better. In fact, the European version adds a few more variants that greatly improve on the game. I would recommend this game for beginners. For highly competitive game board fanatics, one or two plays of this version and you'll move on. Best just to skip to the European version.
28 of 32 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding strategy game that's easy to learn, tough to master,
By Daniel L Edelen (Mt. Orab, OH USA) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME) After noting that Ticket to Ride continues to be one of the highest-rated board games at numerous board gamer sites, we bought a copy.
The board gamers are right. This German-made game beats familiar games like Monopoly and Risk hands-down. OBJECT Each player must complete a series of rail lines spanning cities based upon destination cards drawn at the beginning (and throughout) the game. Each destination carries points related to the length of the line, so a New York to Los Angeles line would score more points than Chicago to Boston. Incomplete destinations count against players at the end of the game, so completing them, even through circuitous routes is a must. The exciting part of the game comes from not knowing who is completing his or her lines, plus the ability to overlap lines, stymieing other players. Game play takes between 30 and 90 minutes depending on the number of players and the speed at which they make decisions. GAME PIECES High quality throughout, the game includes: - A fold-out board of the United States and southern Canada, plus a scoring track around the edge. The cities on the board connect through colored track lines, each line between one and six units in length. - A set of destination cards showing lines that must be completed. - Five sets of forty-five train pieces. Each player takes one same-color set of trains. - A set of colored train cards that correspond to the colored lines that connect cities. - Scoring markers that correspond to a player's train color. PLAY Each player is dealt three destination cards in the beginning and must keep at least two. These form the basis for their lines. They also receive four train cards. To claim a line, players must create sets of the same color and number of train cards as the line connecting two cities. (The color of the lines has nothing to do with the player's train color, but the cards they have in hand.) Each player, in turn, can perform one of three actions: 1. Draw two train cards per turn from either the set of five placed up for all players to see, or blind from the train card deck. (One card if one of the showing wild cards is chosen.) 2. Play a set of matching train card colors to claim a line between two cities. 3. Get dealt a new set of three destination cards, keeping at least one. Players score points when they claim a line of track connecting two cities, the length of the track yielding proportionately higher scores. Scoring markers are moved around the 100-point scoring guide on the board perimeter. When one player has laid all his or her train pieces, the other players get one last turn. Players then reveal their destination cards and add (or subtract, for incomplete lines) to their total. The longest continuous length of claimed track scores additional points, too. Highest point total wins. REVIEW Pros: A gorgeous, well-made game that's easy on the eyes, Ticket to Ride combines simple rules and nail-biting game play with a significant level of strategy. You can't ask for more in a board game. All ages will love this game. Even children as young as six can play since the rules are simple. Will please folks sick of the usual board games everyone has. Game play is short enough to allow multiple sessions of play. The manufacturer has other games in the Ticket to Ride series that work off the same basic gaming system, though with differing degrees of skill (through additional rules and trickier city layouts). Expansion kits exist, too, so players familiar with the game can get an additional kick out of their existing set. Lastly, an online, multi-player, interactive version of the game can be played through the manufacturer's Web site. Cons: The manufacturer lists a game session as lasting 30-60 minutes. We've found it closer to 45-90 minutes. Ticket to Ride has been around since 2004 and is beginning to show some age when compared against newer European-style board games. In addition, other games in the Ticket to Ride series eclipse the base game (though some expansions require the base game for play). For a game that plays similarly to Ticket to Ride but adds more depth of play, consider Ticket to Ride designer Alan Moon's Airlines Europe. OVERALL As someone who loves games, I found Ticket to Ride to be a great introduction to European-style board games. Nothing disappoints. Everyone who plays the game wants to know where to get a copy. Ticket to Ride has won numerous Game of the Year honors around the world, and it's easy to see why. Absolutely worthy of its stars. UPDATE: For enhanced play, consider the 1910 expansion. It includes larger, easier-to-read cards, additional destinations, and more winning conditions. It makes a four-star game into five!
25 of 28 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great family game,
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My daughters (ages 8, 8, and 7) beg me every weekend to play this game. It is the right level for them: complex enough to be challenging, but not hard enough to discourage. And I am glad they are learning some American and Canadian geography along the way!
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ticket to Ride probably the #1 rated game for the rest of the world,
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For anyone who is not a "Gamer" the name "Ticket to Ride" doesn't really mean anything beyond a Beatles song. However if you mention it in Europe and many other parts of the world you might get a very different reaction.
About a year ago I got interested in Board Games and after much research I found that Ticket to Ride was always mentioned as the Most Popular Game on all the gaming websites. They call it a "Gateway Game", which means it is a Euro game that will appeal to non gamers, but at the same time it is a good enough game that gamers like to play it as well. I was still a bit hesitant to buy it as I am not a big "Train" person. But after reading many many reviews, I realized that this game must be something really good and I broke down and ordered it. I can tell you that anytime anyone wants to play Ticket to Ride now I am always ready to play. It doesn't take long to learn how to play, but it is one of those games that you learn new stratgies as you play it. Ticket to Ride is usually my first choice now to introduce non gamers to Euro-style games. I have yet to meet anyone who didn't like playing Ticket to Ride. I think if a poll was taken throughout the world, Ticket to Ride would probably be #1 even though it is not well known in the US. Once you play it you won't want to go back to playing Monopoly.... there really is no comparison... they are on two different levels. Do yourself a favor and get this game and see for yourself.
35 of 42 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Why not 5 stars?,
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THis game only got 4 due to the luck factor. No matter how well you play, you could just draw bad cards everytime. That is it. Other than that, this is a wonderful, wonderful game. This IS the perfect game to get people into Eurogames like Settlers of Catan and Carcassonne. Easy to explain - 5 minutes tops. Fast to play - 1 hour. Good strategy. Good theme. You even feel like you are being educated at least a little bit in the area of US geography.
Bottom Line: Best family board game in existance. Anyone can learn to play it relatively quickly. |
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Tajika Haruo Ironworks, located in Ono City, northeast of Kobe, has been producing high quality handcrafted scissors and shears for over four generations since its founding in the Showa Period.
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Did you ever wanna be a Community Manager? Wondered what it would take for you to be one?
Well.. here is your chance! How??
Design your own contest on RCB! It can be trivia, crosswords, word searches, puzzles, anything u want. You will have two weeks to run this contest.
For those of you who are fanatic fans, you can post this up on your blog and I will keep an eye for 2 weeks to check how well your contest is doing.
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Depending on the popularity of your contest, you may win the chance to be 'Community Manager' for a week or 10 days depending on how well you doing and blog right next to Natasha@RCB and Nidhi @RCB.
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Martin Montoya's agent has revealed that the Inter and Liverpool target is happy at Barcelona and any move is down to the Catalans.
The defender, whose contract expires in June 2014, has been linked with a move out of the Camp Nou this summer in a reported bid to guarantee first-team action in a World Cup year.
Even so, his representative has hinted that a move out of Barca is by no means guaranteed.
"Right now the situation is pretty clear. The player is owned by Barcelona and has a contract with the club until 2014," commented Jose Maria Orobitg to TuttoMercatoWeb.
"There are talks involving the two clubs. If Inter want him then they must agree things with Barcelona.
"As far as we are concerned, as long as Barca do not tell us that the player is for sale there will be no problems.
"He is happy in Catalonia, everything depends on Barcelona."
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Exclamation: N/A
Vocal Type: Light-Lyric Soprano (4 octaves and a semitone)
Vocal Rating: A-List (Though she was a resident of the Star-list until recent dates)
Recommended Listenings: Emotions, The Way
Positives: A vocal actress, being able to mimic the tones and voices of Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, crying and laughing babies and more. The lower notes are smokey and achieved with good technique down to Eb3. Her belts are achieved with ease, they are never strained and are mixed with the head voice. While her mixing costs power, the sound achieved is bright and healthy. Capable of complex melismas.
The head voice is light and sweet, and is also where the voice finds its 'ring,' being bright, healthy, and resonant. Her falsetto is also very bright and piercing, and doesn't demonstrate airy qualities.
The whistle register is piercing, and the whistles don't have disconnected tones attached to them. She is able to sing vocal runs in this register (See Emotions).
Negatives: The previously mentioned mixed belts lack power and the whistle register is not controlled (something she has admitted herself). Her slightly nasal tone is also polarizing. Finally, her diction is unpolished, leaving her lyrics incomprehensible at points.


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Baseball tournaments
Three baseball tournaments, featuring age groups from 13-14 years old to high school seniors, will be held Saturday, Sunday and Memorial Day Monday, with a $500 jackpot to the winning Junior division team.
On Saturday, there will be five games, including one Senior age division game, starting at 8 a.m. at Wong Stadium.
On Sunday, there will be five games, with the inaugural East vs. West Hawaii High School game at 6 p.m. A home run derby will follow the game. The winner gets $200.
On Monday, there will be three games, starting at 8 a.m. The Junior championship is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. The winning team earns the $500 jackpot cash prize.
For more information, call tournament coordinator Kaha Wong at 895-4595.
Local publinx deadline
The deadline for the USGA Amateur Public Links Championship local qualifier is 11 a.m.on Wednesday. All entries must be electronically entered through the USGA's website at www.usga.org/champs/apply.
Eligibility information can be found at that website. The 36-hole sectional qualifying round is scheduled for Saturday, June 8 at the Hilo Municipal Golf Course. The national championship will be held on July 15-20 at the Laurel Hill Golf Club in Lorton, Virginia.
The USGA has planned to retire this championship after the 2014 event. The local committee is hoping for a large number of applicants since the qualifying spots will be determined by an allotment system. Hopefully the local section may be awarded additional spots in order for local amateurs to experience playing in a major amateur championship and more importantly a chance for a Masters invitation.
For more information, call USGA committeeman Lance Taketa at 987-2971.