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Leonard a game-time decision, says he's 'ready to go'
Officially listed as probable, starting small forward Kawhi Leonard said at shootaround Friday morning that he's a game-time decision to return tonight against Portland after missing the past 15 games, and 17 of 19, with a torn ligament in his right (shooting) hand. [Read More]
Game No. 41 preview: Portland (30-9) at Spurs (24-16)
The Spurs will go after their first victory over Portland this season tonight at the AT&T Center. [Read More]
Spurs edge Charlotte behind Ginobili's outburst
Manu Ginobili scored a team-high 27 points in just 24 minutes off the bench, including a series of key baskets as the Spurs fought off Charlotte 98-93 Wednesday at Time Warner Cable Arena. [Read More]
Daye leads Spurs to comfortable victory over Minnesota
The Spurs followed up their come-from-behind victory over Phoenix on Friday with a comfortable triumph at Minnesota sparked by Austin Daye's double-double. [Read More]
Single-game tickets for second half on sale Jan. 16
Single-game Spurs tickets for the second half of the 2014-15 regular season will go on sale Friday, Jan. 16 beginning at 10 a.m. [Read More]
Detroit stuns Spurs on Jennings' winner
Brandon Jennings stole Tim Duncan's inbound pass with eight seconds left and drove for a difficult bank shot off glass just before the final buzzer as Detroit stunned the Spurs for their sixth straight win, 105-104 at the AT&T Center. [Read More]
Spurs 101, Washington 92: Postgame interviews
Postgame interview footage from the Spurs' 101-92 victory over Washington Saturday at the AT&T Center. [Read More]
Joseph shakes off illness in victory over Washington
Cory Joseph shook off an upper respiratory infection as the Spurs pulled away late to beat Washington at the AT&T Center on Saturday. [Read More]
Game No. 35: Washington (22-10) at Spurs (20-14)
The Spurs complete their stretch of 11 straight games against playoff-caliber opponents tonight at home against Washington. [Read More]
What the Spurs miss without the defensive dominance of Kawhi Leonard
The extended absence of Kawhi Leonard deprives the Spurs of not only their best perimeter defender, but perhaps the best in the entire NBA. [Read More]
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27 Oct 2010 09:26 GMT | Environment, Asia Pacific, US & Canada, Japan, Mongolia
A scientific study found that 50 species of mammals, birds and amphibians move closer to extinction each year [AFP]
Japan will provide two billion dollars over three years to help developing countries save their ecosystems, the country's prime minister has announced.Naoto Kan made the pledge at a UN biodiversity summit in the central Japanese city of Nagoya on Wednesday."We will launch a 'life in harmony initiative' to support developing countries' efforts to compile and update their national strategies and implement them," he said.Kan was addressing delegates from more than 190 countries, who were gathered to map out a strategy to save the world's plant and animal species from extinction.
The 12-day event is due to end on Friday with the UN aiming for a 10-year strategy that would set targets for protecting ecosystems and ending the loss of biodiversity that scientists say is threatening humans' lives.
Developing countries have insisted throughout the summit that, for a deal to be reached, rich nations must commit to financially helping them save their rainforests, waterways and other ecosystems.
The financing issue has been one of the major differences between rich and poor nations that could prevent a meaningful deal being reached by Friday.
The focus of the global environment talks is a major study that found that about a fifth of the world's vertebrates are threatened with extinction.
The study by more than 170 scientists used data for 25,000 species from the International Union for Conservation of Nature's [IUCN] red list of threatened species and examined the status of the world's mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fishes.
Tougher targets
The authors found, on average, 50 species of mammals, birds and amphibians move closer to extinction each year because of expansion of farms and plantations, logging and over-hunting. Another factor was competition from other species, particularly those introduced from other areas.
The study, published in the journal Science, also found that conservation efforts had curbed the overall rate of loss. It highlighted 64 mammal, bird and amphibian species that have improved in status, including three species that were extinct in the wild and have been re-introduced: the California Condor, the black-footed ferret in the United States and Przewalski's horse in Mongolia.
The United Nations says leaders in Nagoya need to agree tougher targets to save forests, reefs, rivers and wetlands that underpin livelihoods and economies. Preserving the richness of species is vital to ecosystems and the services they provide, such as clean water, fisheries and pollination of crops.
"This is clear evidence for why we absolutely must emerge from Nagoya with a strategic plan of action to direct our efforts for biodiversity in the coming decade," Julia Marton-Lefevre, director-general of IUCN, which groups governments, scientists and conservation groups, said.
A separate study published in Science said the world's biological diversity would continue to decline this century, but the rate could be slowed with the right policy choices.
Paul Leadley, co-leader of the study, said doing nothing would lead to catastrophic biodiversity loss.
He said slowing climate change and deforestation could curb the loss of species, but this needed better policies to avoid large-scale conversion of forests for biofuel plantations.
The study said differences in policy action taken now could either lead to an increase in global forest cover of about 15 per cent in the best case or losses of more than 10 per cent in the worst case by 2030.
Source: Agencies
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With thousands of species at risk, UN body meets in Japan to try to preserve at risk organisms and ecosystems.
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DETROIT — Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer in the first inning and Prince Fielder added a solo shot in the eighth to help the Detroit Tigers avoid a three-game sweep with a 7-1 victory Wednesday night over the Cleveland Indians.
Detroit's Doug Fister (8-8) allowed a run and four hits in seven innings. He struck out six and walked one.
Ubaldo Jimenez (9-15) gave up four runs and six hits in 7 1-3 innings. He was generally sharp after allowing Cabrera's 35th homer of the year, but Detroit tacked on five more runs in the eighth to break it open.
The Tigers lost back-to-back 3-2 games to start this series but took the finale to remain a game behind the first-place Chicago White Sox in the AL Central.
Fister has been on the disabled list twice this season and also missed a start Aug. 25 because of a groin problem. He's had Cleveland's number lately, though. In his last seven starts against the Indians, he's 5-1 with a 1.54 ERA.
Detroit is hoping for another big September from the right-hander. He went 5-0 with a 0.53 ERA in the month last year.
If Fister can stay healthy and provide quality outings, the Tigers could have a pretty formidable trio of starters for their playoff chase — with Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer also looking impressive.
Austin Jackson led off the Detroit first with a single. One out later, Cabrera homered to right.
Cleveland cut the margin in half in the fourth on an RBI single by Michael Brantley, who has hit safely in 16 straight games against Detroit.
Jimenez became the first major leaguer in 2012 to reach 15 losses. It looked like he might pitch his first complete game since coming to Cleveland in a midseason trade last year, but he was pulled in the eighth after Andy Dirks hit an RBI triple.
Dirks scored on a sacrifice fly by Cabrera. Fielder followed with his 24th homer of the season, and Jhonny Peralta made it 7-1 with a two-run double.
While the game was still close, Detroit reliever Joaquin Benoit walked Ezequiel Carrera to start the top of the eighth and fell behind 2-0 to pinch-hitter Casey Kotchman. After a visit from pitching coach Jeff Jones, Benoit got Kotchman to hit a routine fly to center.
Shin-soo Choo then grounded into a double play.
NOTES: Cleveland 3B Jason Donald was called out by umpire Jim Joyce on a very close play at first in the fifth. Joyce infamously called Donald safe at first in a game at Detroit in 2010, costing Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga a perfect game. ... Donald made a terrific catch in foul ground on Brennan Boesch's popup in the fourth, holding on while tumbling over the railing and into the crowd. A young woman appeared shaken up but was able to walk away.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015Microphone Characteristics Vital To Know For Sound ReinforcementTim Vear 06/30/15 11:31 AM,Microphone techniques (the selection and placement of microphones) have a major influence on the audio quality of a sound reinforcement system. In order to provide some background for these techniques it is useful first to understand some of the important characteristics of the microphones themselves. The most important characteristics of microphones for live sound applications are their operating principle, frequency response and directionality. Secondary characteristics are their electrical output and actual physical design. Operating Principle The type of transducer inside… View this post
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Friday, June 26, 2015"Equalization" – Now There's A Loaded WordJack Alexander 06/26/15 07:24 AM,If one follows the literature (and street talk) in both the audiophile and professional sound communities, "equalization" is a very bad thing. If you use it, you get, in no particular order, comb filtering, phase shift, lack of transparency, non-linear response, one note bass, harshness, mid-fi sound, lack of neutrality, proof of your status as an amateurish guitar-store soundman, as well as proof of your status (from the audiophile perspective) as a deaf knuckle-dragging roadie. Standing on Mars, as they… View this post
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015In The Studio: Reverb Vs DelayJoe Gilder 06/24/15 12:21 PM,Article provided by Home Studio Corner. When I say reverb what comes to mind? How about delay? For a lot of people who are just starting out with recording and mixing, they may think that reverb is that awesome plug-in you use to make everything sound like it's in a cathedral. And when they think of delay you may think of The Edge from U2. The truth is, there is SO MUCH you can do with reverb and delay… View this post
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Six Common Audio Cable Problems And SolutionsChris Huff 06/24/15 07:04 AM,This article is provided by Behind The Mixer. Water was streaming out the end of our driveway. The main water pipe going to the house had sprung a leak. There were only two ways of fixing the problem; digging up the driveway for finding and repairing the leak or running a new line without disturbing the driveway at all. A problem with an audio cable isn't always solved by running a new cable. Sometimes you've got to look under… View this post
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Wednesday, June 03, 2015Clearing Up Misconceptions And Clarifying Constant-VoltagePat Brown 06/03/15 07:02 AM,Why a "70-volt" system? A good question, and one that causes a lot of confusion among audio practitioners. Some common misconceptions about 70-volt (actually 70.7-volt) distribution systems: There is 70.7 volts on the line at all times. The 70.7 volts is a "carrier" that the audio is riding on. A voltmeter across the line should measure 70.7 volts during the operation of the sound system. And there are many more. With that in mind, let's take… View this post
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Monday, June 01, 2015The Old Soundman: Approaches To Miking A Piano OutdoorsOld Soundman 06/01/15 07:02 AM,Dear Old Soundman: Recently I've been doing many more concerts where concert grand pianos are being played (and in some cases two at the same time) by very talented musicians. My question is directed at providing the very best sound reinforcement possible in an outdoor environment for these pianos. I've tried a number of combinations, and last year did several shows using two Shure SM81 condensers. I placed each a few inches over the strings, essentially horizontal (aiming down the… View this post
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Friday, May 29, 2015Church Sound: How To Power Your Mix With Musical EnergyChris Huff 05/29/15 07:27 AM,This article is provided by Behind The Mixer. Kent Morris said, "live music is about the energy." That's so true. Where does that energy come from? How do you control it? And why can it sometimes be so hard to find? All questions that will soon be answered. Phil Coulter, on his Highland Cathedral album, has a song that's dedicated to the drums. It starts out with a few lines of verse that highlights the importance of the drums… View this post
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015In The Studio: A Video Introduction To The Proper Use Of De-EssersJoe Gilder 05/27/15 12:56 PM,Article provided by Home Studio Corner. Whenever you're recording, especially when dealing with vocals, there often comes a time when the mix sounds pretty good, and then things take a turn for the worse. All you did was perform a little processing and suddenly transients that once were soft are suddenly piercing and have ruined the mix. What to do? While you can try to simply EQ the track, it can easily ruin what was previously a great mix. … View this post
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015Church Sound: Inside Proper Booth ConstructionChris Huff 05/19/15 11:30 AM,This article is provided by Behind The Mixer. Constructing a new sound booth in an existing sanctuary is not an easy task. My church completed construction on a new sound booth in our sanctuary several years ago, and I decided to outline our experiences. Remember Line-Of-Sight This is probably the most important piece of information you should know—sound booth operators should hear what the congregation hears. A booth located out of direct line-of-sight of the main speakers will only… View this post
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Thursday, May 14, 2015Clearing Up The Mystery & Confusion With Amplifier Power RatingsPat Brown 05/14/15 11:42 AM,Could anything be more confusing than a "power rating?" The question "How many watts" can have many answers, depending on whether we are talking about amplifiers or loudspeakers. There are also many variables regarding how power is measured and specified. The numerous variables have rendered "face value" power ratings virtually useless. Why is "power" so hard to quantify? One reason is because it is time-dependent and constantly changing - much like the "value" of the stock market. We can… View this post
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Corey Perry, Daniel Sedin and Martin St. Louis named Hart Trophy finalists; Who wins?
Apr 28, 2011, 12:29 PM EDTComments Off on Corey Perry, Daniel Sedin and Martin St. Louis named Hart Trophy finalists; Who wins?
The NHL named its three finalists for the Hart Trophy: Corey Perry, Daniel Sedin and Martin St. Louis. Which forward should win the league's MVP award?
Versus will air games from the 2011 Men's IIHF World Championships
Apr 28, 2011, 11:57 AM EDTComments Off on Versus will air games from the 2011 Men's IIHF World Championships
The 2011 NHL playoffs aren't the only great hockey tournament going on in April and May. Versus will cover the 75th Annual Men's International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championships starting on April 30.
Report: City of Glendale must pay NHL $25M by Monday; Coyotes allegedly lost $36.6M
Apr 28, 2011, 11:25 AM EDTComments Off on Report: City of Glendale must pay NHL $25M by Monday; Coyotes allegedly lost $36.6M
The City of Glendale reportedly owes the NHL $25 million, although documents released on the matter indicate that the Phoenix Coyotes' losses were actually closer to a staggering $36.6 million.
Comparing PHT editor and reader predictions to first round results
Apr 28, 2011, 10:00 AM EDTComments Off on Comparing PHT editor and reader predictions to first round results
This post compares the actual first round results of the 2011 playoffs with picks made by PHT staffers and readers.
Eastern Conference semifinals: Bruins-Flyers; Who do you have?
Apr 28, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT
The Bruins became only the third team in NHL history to cough up a 3-0 series in last year's semifinals against the Flyers. Can they exact their revenge this time around or will it be more of the same? Let us know in the poll.
Eastern Conference semifinals: Lightning-Capitals; Who do you have?
Apr 28, 2011, 7:00 AM EDT
The Capitals and Lightning know each other well as division rivals, but will Washington get the best of Tampa Bay in the playoffs too? Share your thoughts on how this series will shape up in the poll.
Poll: Which team will win the 2011 Stanley Cup?
Apr 28, 2011, 4:31 AM EDTComments Off on Poll: Which team will win the 2011 Stanley Cup?
With the field of teams who can win the Stanley Cup down to eight, which one do you think will come out on top? Let us know by voting in the poll.
2011 Stanley Cup playoffs second round schedule
Apr 28, 2011, 12:54 AM EDTComments Off on 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs second round schedule
This post includes the game-by-game schedules for the 2011 semifinals, including which games will be on Versus and NBC.
2011 playoffs: Second round matchups
Apr 28, 2011, 12:19 AM EDTComments Off on 2011 playoffs: Second round matchups
Want to know which teams will square off in the 2011 semifinals series in both conferences? This post has that covered, with a quick preview of each series.
Dwayne Roloson steals spotlight, shuts out Penguins in Game 7
Apr 27, 2011, 11:43 PM EDT
Dwayne Roloson's 36-save shutout and Sean Bergenheim's mirror image goal was all the Lightning needed for a 1-0 Game 7 win over the Penguins in Pittsburgh.
Bruins need overtime to kill off Canadiens in Game 7, will face more demons in Round 2
Apr 27, 2011, 11:01 PM EDT
The Bruins and Canadiens played another great game, but Boston beat their historical rivals in Game 7 thanks to Nathan Horton's second OT winner of the series.
NHL fines Canucks GM Mike Gillis an undisclosed amount for penalty complaints
Apr 27, 2011, 8:37 PM EDT
The NHL decided to fine Canucks GM Mike Gillis for his comments about the officiating during the team's series against the Blackhawks. Chances are, he's still in a pretty good mood today.
Winnipeg mayor doubts the Coyotes will move; Thrashers might relocate there instead
Apr 27, 2011, 8:05 PM EDT
The Coyotes' ownership situation is still in the air, but at least one person thinks the team will stay in Arizona: Winnipeg mayor Sam Katz. Katz believes the hockey-hungry city should target a different NHL team … could that team be the Thrashers?
Links, stories and previews for tonight's three playoff games
Apr 26, 2011, 6:12 PM EDT
This post is your one-stop source for all three of tonight's big playoff games, including the two Game 7 contests.
Flyers reflect on decision to go with Brian Boucher in net
Apr 26, 2011, 5:38 PM EDT
You probably already know that the Flyers decided to start Brian Boucher for Game 7 tonight. The question is: how do they feel about it?
Bruins try to put last year's collapse behind them and finish series in Game 6
Apr 26, 2011, 4:49 PM EDTComments Off on Bruins try to put last year's collapse behind them and finish series in Game 6
If the Bruins and Canadiens follow their 2010 scripts, then Boston will fold in these elimination games while Montreal will fight back to win the series. Can the B's overcome that collapse against the Flyers or watch in horror as history threatens to repeat itself?
While the Canucks carry baggage with them, Blackhawks face first Game 7 since 1995
Apr 26, 2011, 4:12 PM EDT
Despite all the pressure on the Canucks to avoid an epic collapse, the Blackhawks face a new kind of pressure too. This is their first Game 7 since 1995.
Flyers are familiar with adversity, winning in Game 7; History isn't on Sabres' side
Apr 26, 2011, 3:29 PM EDT
The Flyers are familiar with adversity and have a positive record in Game 7 contests while the Sabres must overcome a history marked with few successes in these games. Read all about it in this post.
Buffalo Sabres will play an exhibition game in Mannheim, Germany on October 4
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The Buffalo Sabres will play an exhibition game in Mannheim, Germany on October 4.
David Desharnais won't play for Montreal in Game 6
Apr 26, 2011, 1:11 PM EDTComments Off on David Desharnais won't play for Montreal in Game 6
The Canadiens must fight off elimination without David Desharnais, who has been ruled out of Game 6 against the Bruins.
Ray Emery, Daymond Langkow and Ian Laperriere named Masterton Trophy finalists; Who wins?
Apr 26, 2011, 12:27 PM EDT
The NHL named three players for its annual award for perseverance: Ray Emery, Daymond Langkow and Ian Laperriere. Vote in the poll to tell us who deserves to win the Masterton Trophy.
Video: Keith Jones and Jeremy Roenick preview tonight's Game 7 matches
Apr 26, 2011, 11:26 AM EDTComments Off on Video: Keith Jones and Jeremy Roenick preview tonight's Game 7 matches
Keith Jones and Jeremy Roenick preview tonight's double header of Game 7 matches, with the Sabres taking on the Flyers and the Blackhawks facing the Canucks.
Tampa Bay holds huge special teams advantage over Pittsburgh through 6 games
Apr 26, 2011, 4:44 AM EDT
Many thought that the Lightning would have a special teams advantage over the Penguins, but few thought the contrast would be this stark.
Another choking label erased? Joe Thornton, Sharks take series with dramatic OT win
Apr 26, 2011, 1:55 AM EDT
The 2011 playoffs continue to dispel "choking" arguments, as Joe Thornton scored the overtime goal that ended the Kings-Sharks series. Read all about another dramatic game in this post.
Report: Dallas Stars sale progresses as potential owner Tom Gaglardi agrees to terms
Apr 26, 2011, 12:33 AM EDT
While there's still plenty more to do, the prospects of a Dallas Stars sale improved after potential new owner Tom Gaglardi reportedly agreed to a price and terms to buy the team.
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THE DETAILS: An annual survey by the ACE of more than 500 fitness experts, personal trainers, and health specialists found that time-efficient workouts will be one of the top 10 fitness trends in 2010. With financial and time contraints making it hard to find time to exercise, folks are choosing activities that focus on quickly building strength and endurance, such as boot camps and circuit-training programs. But whatever kind of exercise you prefer, there are some simple steps you can take to make any workout more productive, even if time to exercise is scarce.
WHAT IT MEANS: The benefits of exercise are well documented; one recent study found that even a low level of fitness can cut your risk of death in half. For advice on fitting fitness into a busy schedule, we talked to exercise physiologist and ACE spokesperson Fabio Comana, M.S. His suggestions:
Streamline your prep time. When time to exercise is short, you want to use as much of it as possible for actual exercising. Keep your exercise gear in a separate, organized drawer so you won't be scrambling for it; pack your gym bag the night before, and leave it by the door to grab on your way out of the house. On the way to your workout, keep a clear plan in mind so you don't waste time deciding which equipment to use or which running route to follow. And talk to the busiest, fittest-looking people you know to find out how they manage to find time to exercise.
Exercise in the morning, if you can. There's no "right time" to exercise. "Bottom line, it needs to become scheduled as part of your day, so schedule it when it fits," says Comana. That said, if you can fit your workouts into the first half of the day, do it. You'll give you a bit more bang for your buck, and there's less chance that something will happen to preempt your exercising. The truth is "that the longer you wait in the day, the less likely you are to fit in workouts as your day gets away from you and fatigue sets in," Comana.
Read on for some fast-paced workout ideas.
Become a NEAT freak. Exercise doesn't end just because you've put away your sneakers, says Comana. "To promote health and weight loss, we need to think beyond exercise and enhance our lives with NEAT—nonexercise activity thermogenesis." Any activity that gets your muscles moving can be considered a form of exercise. Standing instead of sitting, walking instead of driving, using the stairs instead of the elevator—all these things burn calories and contribute to your fitness. Do whatever you can to avoid sitting for most of your day.


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The Most Memorable Neighbors Of The Nineties
Television of the 90s was full of smiles, laughter and fun. You're next door neighbor could be your best friend, your high school teacher, an annoying acquaintance or your one true love. In the 90s, anything could happen.
1. Mr. Feeny
Oh Feeny. F-ee-EE-nay.
He taught us that life can be tough, that things can go wrong, but in the end, as long as you appreciate the people around you and try your best, you will succeed.
2. Jack "Just Jack" McFarland
He was sassy, he was fierce, he was cray-cray, and he always had your back.
And don't forget his best asset, his ass.
3. Chandler and Joey
This kind of male intimacy is rare and one that's hard to ignore. Having them as neighbors was magical.
4. Joey Potter (across the Creek)
She may not have been Dawson's next door neighbor, but she was across the creek and crawled into bed with him to watch movies and have witty banter. She was THE girl next door, until she fell in love with his best friend…
5. Sam Anders
He was laid back, kind of a space cadet and liked to climb into open rooms up a ladder (much like Joey Potter-see above). He was Clarissa's best friend and confidant.
6. Eric/Donna
They've been next door neighbors since they were toddlers and just happen to fall in love along the way…awww
7. Wilson
Dr. Wilson gives sage advice to the members of the Taylor household, always knowing what to do or say. We never really see Wilson's full face until final bows in the series finale. He was mysterious, but important and that's why we loved him.
8. The Barones
Oh Marie and Frank…what to say about this set of overbearing and lovable parents. Marie is often manipulative and selfish, but she's hilarious and loves her family with all of her heart. Frank loves to eat, complain and crack jokes. He also begrudgingly loves his wife.
9. Kramer
Does Kramer have a job? Of course he does! He's a neighbor! His trademarks? Cuban cigars, bursts through the door of Jerry's apartment, his love for nonsensical noise and mannerisms.
10. Steve Urkel
He is the definition of nerd. He has the look down, the voice down, the strange talents down. He's truly got it all. He's also deeply in love with is neighbor Laura Winslow, who he eventually woos when he magically/scientifically transforms himself into study Stefan Urquelle. Did he do that? Oh, yes he did.
11. Ned Flanders
His family is annoyingly perfect. He is a devout Christian and is very, very friendly. Basically, he's the opposite of Homer Simpson. We resent and loathe him, but we can't help but love him too.
12. Winnie Cooper
Kevin Arnold's one true love- she's smart, beautiful and sweet. Who wouldn't fall in love with her?
13. Kimmy Gibbler
She was very weird and very annoying. Like, why was DJ best friend's with her? Because to DJ, Kimmy's like a sister and we love our family for their flaws. Kimmy is endearing, in a strange way.
14. Mr. Rogers
Last but not least, Mr. Rogers, who by all standards, rocks the neighborhood. It's simply his to rock.
15. it's all good in the neighborhood
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Director Robert Carsen's 2012 production of Verdi's Falstaff, here revived by Christophe Gayral, might be subtitled 'full of stuff' or 'stuffed full': for it's a veritable orgy of feasting from first to last - from Falstaff's breakfast binge-in-bed to the final sumptuous wedding banquet.
If Strauss's operas of the 1920s receive far too little performing attention, especially in the Anglosphere, those of the 1930s seem to fare worse still.
The 67th edition of the prestigious Festival d'Aix-en-Provence opened on July 2 with an explosive production of Handel's Alcina followed the next night by an explosive production of Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail.
O/MODƏRNT is Swedish for 'un/modern'. It is also the name of the festival — curated by artistic director Hugo Ticciati and held annually since 2011 at the Ulriksdal's Palace Theatre, Confidencen — which aims to look back and celebrate the past 'by exploring the relationships between the work of old composers and the artistic and intellectual creations of modern culture'.
Matthias Goerne and Menahem Pressler at the Wigmore Hall, London, an intriguing recital on many levels.
It is twenty-three years since Rossini's opera of cultural oppression, inspiring heroism and tender pathos was last seen on the Covent Garden stage, but this eagerly awaited new production of Guillaume Tell by Italian director Damiano Micheletto will be remembered more for the audience outrage and vociferous mid-performance booing that it provoked — the most persistent and strident that I have heard in this house — than for its dramatic, visual or musical impact.
Sara Gartland is an emerging singer who brings an enormous talent and a delightful personality to the opera stage. Having sung lighter soprano roles such as Juliette in Gounod's Romeo et Juliette and Violetta in Verdi's La traviata, Gartland is now taking on the title role in Leoš Janáček's dramatic opera Jenůfa.
With its outrageous staging demands, you sometimes wonder why opera companies want to produce Verdi's Aida. But the piece is about far more than pharaohs, pyramids and camels.
Madness descends upon Welsh National Opera for its autumn 2015 season, with three new productions that will explore human turmoil through some of the finest musical expressions of madness and the human condition.
American composer Jennifer Higdon has won many awards for her imaginative music. Her percussion concerto received the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition.
Given the enduring resonance and impact of the magnificent visual aesthetic of Visconti's 1971 film of Thomas Mann's novella, opera directors might be forgiven for concluding that Britten's Death in Venice does not warrant experimentation with period and design, and for playing safe with Edwardian elegance, sweeping Venetian vistas and stylised seascapes.
If La Rondine (The Swallow) is a less-admired work than rest of the mature Puccini canon, you wouldn't have known it by the lavish production now lovingly staged by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
Few companies have championed new or neglected works quite as fervently and consistently as the industrious Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
For Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, "everything old is new again."
Why would an American opera company devote its resources to the premiere of an opera by an Italian composer? Furthermore a parochially Italian story?
Berlioz' Les Troyens is in two massive parts — La prise de Troy and Troyens à Carthage.
On Saturday evening June 13, 2015, Los Angeles Opera presented Dog Days, a new opera with music by David T. Little and a text by Royce Vavrek. In the opera adopted from a story of the same name by Judy Budnitz, thirteen-year-old Lisa tells of her family's mental and physical disintegration resulting from the ravages of a horrendous war.
Audiences at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan first saw Madama Butterfly on February 17, 1904. It was not the success it is these days, and Puccini revised it before its scheduled performances in Brescia.
Opera Philadelphia is a very well-managed opera company with a great vision. Every year it presents a number of well-known "warhorse" operas, usually in the venerable Academy of Music, and a few more adventurous productions, usually in a chamber opera format suited to the smaller Pearlman Theater.
Written in 1783, Giovanni Paisiello's Il Barbiere di Siviglia reigned for three decades as one of Europe's most popular operas, before being overshadowed forever by Rossini's classic work.


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1997 Interview with Benjamin Marcus, 1st President of NACCA/ATLA
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Over the past decade, states have slashed workers' compensation benefits, denying injured workers help when they need it most and shifting the costs of workplace accidents to taxpayers.
Part 1 of ProPublica Article Here
Part 2 - How Much Is Your Arm Worth
Part 3 - Injured Workers Share Stories of Harm
On Tuesday, 5/5, the Illinois House convened a committee of the whole for a hearing on work comp. An injured worker from Oklahoma, who was featured in a previous ProPublica piece, provided testimony. Here's an article in response to the hearing:
OSHA Report: "Adding Inequality to Injury: The Costs of Failing to Protect Workers On The Job"
2014 Top Ten Workers' Compensation Fraud Cases
By Leonard T. Jernigan, Jr.
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Dr. Joel Morton's WorkCompWire Article
Every day brings another headline about a fatal overdose on painkillers, a celebrity who's hooked, or a serious crime driven by addiction. Sadly, injured workers are among those addicted. Since 1990, opioid overdose deaths have tripled. It's easy to blame doctors who prescribe painkillers, but only 17 percent of abused opioids are abused by legitimate patients with legitimate prescriptions. Physicians are doing their best, trying to treat pain without withholding needed medications, but that only helps so much.
Dr. Joel Morton of Summit Pharmacy takes a closer look at the issue and in the following article discusses a few policy changes that could go a long way to stem opioid abuse:
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2014 Convention Interviews
At our Annual Convention in Santa Barbara in October, WILG was joined by the production staff of Legal Talk Network, an online legal podcast company. Along with WILG member and officer Alan Pierce, host of the podcast Workers' Comp Matters, a series of Special Reports were recorded and available on the links below, featuring many of the CLE presenters speaking on a variety of timely topics.
Highlights and Interviews from the 2014 Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group Conference
Lewis Heller on the History of Workers' Compensation Law
Steven Birnbaum and Amie Peters on Longshore and Harbor Workers' Law
Billie-Marie Morrison on Social Media Ethical Considerations
Gilda Mariani on Employer Misclassification Fraud
Bruce Goldstein on Immigration Policy and Migrant Workers
Scott Trost and Nate Mudd on Mesothelioma Cases
Jane-Robin Wender on the Padgett Case and Florida's Laws
Interview with Keynote Speaker Jason Schechterle
George Santini on Opting out of Workers' Compensation
Annemarie Pantazis on the Affordable Care Act
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Matthew J. Belcher
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WILG was founded in 1995 by a small group of claimants' attorneys and has grown into an organization of nearly 1,000 members representing every state in the nation. Our members include sole practitioners, attorneys from multi-lawyer firms and paralegals. WILG works everyday to make sure that as the challenges that face injured workers change, we evolve to meet those new challenges. Workers' Injury Law and Advocacy Group has grown into an important, national voice for workers. WILG's members are committed to improving the quality of legal representation to those injured on the job or victims of occupational illness by superior legal education and by keeping informed of legislative and judicial proceedings.
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WILG held a Symposium commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the National Commission on State Workmen's Compensation Laws, on Thursday, July 26, 2012, at the Hilton Chicago Hotel. The National Commission, appointed by the Nixon Administration, issued its report in July 1972, describing the states' workers' compensation laws "in general neither adequate nor equitable," recommending minimal federal standards to cure the deficiency. This led to a decade when most states significantly improved their laws to avoid the federal standards. Since then, however, workers' compensation benefits have been cut back and compensability rules tightened. The program featured a star-studded group of speakers, including 3 Commissioners, who addressed what needs be done to restore the adequacy of workers' compensation programs and how best to get that done.
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Top of the Pops: Mumford & Sons, "The Cave"
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In this three-minute video lesson, Matt Scharfglass and his Epiphone show you how to play the verse to the Mumford & Songs song "The Cave" from their 2010 album, Sigh No More.
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During the night of August 13, 2004, in a refugee camp in Burundi, Africa called Gatumba, 166 innocents from the Democratic Republic of Congo were mercilessly slaughtered by armed factions. These 166, the 116 others who were maimed and injured, and their traumatized families, were almost exclusively members of the "Banyamulenge" tribe, who had earlier been forced from their homes in the southern Kivu region of the DRC.
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The Altered Telephone Book Pages Hive Is An Art Installation By Kristiina Lahde
An eye-catching piece of art made from recycled telephone books pages is what the Altered Telephone Book Pages Hive is all about. Designed by Kristiina Lahde, the Hive is presented during the exhibition happening at Oakville Galleries in Gairloch Gardens.
True to its name, the Hive looks like a beehive. With the yellow colored telephone book pages, the HIVE looks even more realistic. This one of a kind art installation can be perfect for showrooms, lobbies, and even at a home's living room. The Altered Telephone Book Pages Hive will surely create an artistic feel to every home or office without harming the environment.
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Get ready for a super take on an American classic!
Current Superman and Man of Steel star Henry Cavill was officially cast in the role in January of 2011. But, seven years earlier Cavill was also cast as Kal-El in a different Superman project. That film, which was written by J.J. Abrams and would've been directed by McG, was eventually canceled and Cavill never shot a frame of Superman. Until many years later when he was called back for a new Superman reboot and given the job. This is just one of the facts packed into the latest episode of You Think You Know Movies, which follows the last son of Krypton in Man of Steel!
CBS 'Supergirl' recently revealed a more procedural format that had many fans worried about the series, but the casting of Kara Zor-El should leave all positively 'Glee'-ful. Melissa Benoist will don a cape and tights for the title role in CBS' 'Supergirl' series, chronicling the adventures of Superman's cousin.
We really don't know much about how Wonder Woman will fit into the plot of 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.' We do know that she's being played by Gal Gadot and that she will, somehow, get some screen time alongside Henry Cavill's Superman, Ben Affleck's Batman and Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor. But that's about it ... until now! Thanks to a tiny snippet (caught on Vine, no less) we now know that DC's Amazon warrior will forego her classic origin story in favor of her modern beginning.
If you thought all of the official images released from 'Batman vs. Superman' were dour, just wait! According to a baffling new story making the rounds on the internet today, Warner Bros. has decided that their superhero films will be joke-free. Yes, they're apparently instituting a "no jokes" policy on their upcoming DC comics movie universe
What happens in Hall H stays in Hall H ... at least when it comes to 'Batman vs. Superman.'
During Comic-Con 2014, fans at the Warner Bros. panel got to see the first 'Batman vs. Superman' teaser trailer, featuring a suited up Ben Affleck with glowing blue eyes glaring at Henry Cavill's hovering Superman, ready to do battle. However, if fans were hoping to see this same footage online shortly after, you're out of luck.
Once upon a time, Nicolas Cage almost played Superman. In a movie directed by Tim Burton. From a script by Kevin Smith. Which was based on the iconic "Death of Superman" comic book storyline. And then it all fell apart, transforming it into one of Hollywood's greatest "What if?" narratives. 'Superman Lives' may have died before making it in front of cameras, but at least the new documentary 'The Death of Superman Lives' will give us an insider's look at what went wrong.
We got our look at one half of 'Batman vs. Superman' back in May when director Zack Snyder tweeted the first look at Ben Affleck as Batman. Today, we get our first look at the other half of that equation with our first official look at the new Superman.
When director Zack Snyder unveiled our first look at Ben Affleck all suited up as Batman (with his trusty Batmobile by his side) in his upcoming turn in 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,' the photo in question sent the internet into a whirl of excitement. Unfortunately, the same can't really be said of Henry Cavill's reveal, primarily because it's not even of him as Superman, but rather his journalistic alter-ego, Clark Kent.
There is a scene from 'Gravity' that didn't make the final cut. It features everybody's favorite superhero, Superman as played by Christopher Reeve!
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It looks like the 'Batman vs. Superman' casting rumors are true! After various reports and speculations that Wonder Woman would be joining Batman and Superman in director Zack Snyder's 'Man of Steel' follow-up, the character has been confirmed and actress Gal Gadot has been cast in the role!


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Heinz FrickeHeinz Fricke became head of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra at the beginning of the 1993-94 season, and was responsible for its artistic quality. Maestro Fricke, formerly music director of the Berlin Staatsoper, has conducted operas in cities across Europe, including Berlin, Hamburg, Brussels, Munich, Düsseldorf, Cologne, and Vienna. He has also conducted major symphony orchestras in virtually every European country, and has made numerous recordings. During Maestro Fricke's tenure at the Kennedy Center he has also conducted several productions of The Washington National Opera, including Ariadne auf Naxos, Il Barbiere di Sivigili, Der Fliegende Holländer, Le Nozze di Figaro, Der Rosenkavalier and Tiefland. Maestro Fricke was named Music Director Emeritus upon his retirement in 2010.
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Gotham Finale Postmortem: Robin Lord Taylor Weighs In on Penguin's Struggle for Power
Originally posted 05/04/2015 09:00PM
Gotham's freshman season had its criticisms (chiefly, storytelling muddled by too many familiar faces from the DC Comics universe), but Monday's finale made up for all of those issues and more with a truly cinematic finish that seemed to assure viewers' loyalty has been warranted and that season 2 will be a must-watch.
WARNING: Gotham finale spoilers are below!
Gotham Finale Sneak Peek: Jada Pinkett Smith Makes an 'Astonishing' Entrance (VIDEO)
Originally posted 04/30/2015 03:05PM
For now, anyway – Jada Pinkett Smith recently revealed that Gotham's inaugural season will be her last, but that doesn't mean she won't go out with a bang.
The last time we saw Fish, she had been shot in the gut by The Dollmaker (Colm Feore) before escaping from his prison into a stolen helicopter. As you do.
Jada Pinkett Smith on Magic Mike XXL: 'There's Something in There for Every Woman'
Originally posted 04/29/2015 07:00PM
Jada Pinkett Smith might have said goodbye to Gotham and her role as nightclub owner Fish Mooney, but the actress is set to play another club owner – this time on the big-screen in Magic Mike XXL.
Jada Pinkett Smith on Leaving Gotham: Fans Will Be 'Really Satisfied' by the Finale
Originally posted 04/29/2015 06:30PM
Fans will say goodbye to Gotham's Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett Smith) on Monday's season finale, but not before "a lot of unexpected things" happen first.
"I think people are going to have a really good time watching it," Jada Pinkett Smith told PEOPLE at the Gotham Finale Screening in Los Angeles on Tuesday. "I think the fans are going to be really satisfied."
Will fans will be okay with Mooney's send-off?
"I think there will be a lot of conversations after the finale airs," the actress – who revealed in March that she didn't think she'd be back in the second season to reprise her role as the nightclub owner – added.
Gotham Sneak Peek: Milo Ventimiglia's 'The Ogre' Comes Clean: 'I Was Going to Kill You'
Originally posted 04/27/2015 10:00AM
In an exclusive sneak peek at the first two minutes of "The Anvil or the Hammer," Jason (Milo Ventimiglia) invites Barbara (Erin Richards) to stay for breakfast after their night of marathon sex. (Barbara's morning-after hair is particularly enviable, we must say.)
When Barbara declines, insisting that he "talked a good game, but let's not pretend this is more than what it is," the man known to Gotham P.D. as "The Ogre" comes clean about his secret in a last-ditch effort to get her to stay … voluntarily.
Gotham Sneak Peek: Milo Ventimiglia's 'The Ogre' Moves In on Gordon's Girl (VIDEO)
Originally posted 04/20/2015 01:00PM
In an exclusive sneak peek at this week's episode of Gotham, we see that Jason (Milo Ventimiglia) has managed to charm his way into Barbara's (Erin Richards) home.
Despite the fact that Jason is clearly up to no good, Barbara seems bored by her "society" life and intrigued by the danger.
Milo Ventimiglia on His Gotham Arc, Heroes Reborn and, of Course, Gilmore Girls
Originally posted 04/13/2015 05:50PM
Set to play a serial killer for a three-episode arc on Gotham, Milo Ventimiglia's Jason Lennon is a far cry from Peter Petrelli, the empath he portrayed on Heroes.
Nicknamed "The Ogre" – but not the one we know from the DC Comics universe – Jason targets young women in Gotham on a twisted quest for love. When the women he encounters don't meet his expectations, they become discarded in increasingly grisly fashion.
With the Gotham PD too fearful to investigate due to Jason's tendency to target the loved ones of any detectives who start poking around, Jason basically has free rein on Gotham's dating pool … that is, until Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) – with more honor than sense, as ever – steps in.
Now that he's back in the superhero world, Ventimiglia, 37, tells PEOPLE that playing a villain is "fun in a different way" from playing someone like his Heroes character. The actor also reveals whether or not we can expect him to appear in the upcoming Heroes reboot, Heroes Reborn, and what he thinks happened to Rory (Alexis Bledel) and Jess after the series finale of Gilmore Girls.
Jada Pinkett Smith Is Leaving Gotham
Originally posted 03/06/2015 05:15PM
Jada Pinkett Smith – or the mobster Fish Mooney – will say goodbye to Gotham after season 1.
The actress, 43, revealed Friday on Live with Kelly and Michael that she doesn't think she'll be back in the second season to reprise her role as the hotheaded nightclub owner.
"I signed for a year, and the year is up," she told the hosts. "But, there are some great things coming ahead on Gotham – believe you me, there's a lot of good stuff coming."
Gotham First Look: Jada Pinkett Smith's Fish Mooney Has a Brand New Eye
Originally posted 02/27/2015 11:20AM
In an attempt to gain control of her dire circumstances, Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett Smith) stabbed out her own eye on Monday's episode of Gotham.
Now, PEOPLE has your exclusive first look at what Fish will look like once Dr. Dulmacher (Colm Feore) has his way with her, and the results are striking.
Now sporting a brand new electric blue eye, we have to wonder from which prisoner the good doctor borrowed from – and what his intentions are.
Gotham's Jada Pinkett Smith Talks That Scene and Her Own Comic Book Past
Originally posted 02/23/2015 09:00PM
If there's anything that Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett Smith) covets – more than reclaiming her nightclub and more than taking Gotham for herself – it's control.
Despite being locked in a prison that harvests the organs of its prisoners, however, Fish was able to reclaim at least a tiny bit of control on Monday's episode of Gotham, though it was pretty hard-won.
In an exclusive chat with PEOPLE, Pinkett Smith, 43, talked all about Fish's need for control, the superhero comic book she wrote in her twenties (in which she'd want her daughter, Willow Smith, 14, to play the title role in a movie) and how she draws from "Dark Jada" to play Gotham's most resilient character.
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Mike Piazza has recorded several memorable moments while playing for the New York Mets. Now with the San Diego Padres, he can add one more at the expense of his former team.
Piazza looks for his 400th career homer when the Mets and Padres conclude their four-game series at Petco Park on Sunday.
Among the achievements Piazza had in eight seasons with the Mets (12-5) included tying the club record for longest hitting streak—24 games in 1999— and hitting a memorable home run in New York's first game after the Sept. 11 attacks.
But his most notable achievement in a Mets uniform came on May 5, 2004 when he passed Carlton Fisk to become baseball's all-time home run leader among catchers with 352.
After hitting as no fewer than 33 homers in his first four full seasons with New York from 1999-2002, his home run numbers tailed off and the Mets chose not to offer him a new deal.
He signed a one-year deal with the Padres in February.
On Saturday, Piazza accounted for all of San Diego's offense in an 8-1 loss when he hit career homer No. 399 off former teammate Pedro Martinez. Both of Piazza's homers this season have come in San Diego.
Piazza will face another former batterymate—Mets right-hander Victor Zambrano (1-1, 9.00 ERA)—for the first time on Sunday.
Zambrano took the loss in his last start, in which he gave up seven runs and seven hits in five innings of a 7-1 loss to Atlanta on Tuesday. That started a stretch in which the Mets dropped three of four after getting off to a franchise-best 10-2 start.
Zambrano is 2-0 in his career against the Padres, earning wins as a starter and in relief while with Tampa Bay.
Clay Hensley (0-1, 6.00) will make his third career start for San Diego (7-10), and first against the Mets. In his only start this season after six relief appearances, the right-hander pitched well allowing a run and two hits with three walks in a 3-2, 11-inning loss to Colorado on Tuesday.
He will be facing one of baseball's hottest hitters. First baseman Carlos Delgado has homered in each game this series, going 5-for-11 with five runs and four RBIs.
Delgado's eight homers are one shy of tying Dave Kingman's franchise record for home runs in April set in 1976.
Former Met outfielder Mike Cameron is expected to make his Padres debut Sunday after starting the season on the disabled list with a strained left oblique. He was expected to play Saturday, but the Padres opted to delay his activation to preserve pitching depth after a 2-1, 14-inning win on Friday night.
If he plays, it will be Cameron's first game since a violent collision on Aug. 11 at Petco Park with Mets center fielder Carlos Beltran while chasing a fly ball.
The incident left Cameron with a broken nose, multiple fractures of both cheekbones and a concussion. It also ended his stint with the Mets, as he was traded to San Diego in November for outfielder Xavier Nady
"More than just playing against the Mets, I'm just glad I will have a chance to go out on the field every day," Cameron said. "I have to help the team out more than just these games right here. I still have a good part of six months ahead of me."
Beltran missed Saturday's game with a a strained right hamstring and has three at-bats in the Mets' last seven games. The results of an MRI on Saturday were negative and Beltran remains day-to-day.
"I can't play. Not yet," said Beltran, in the second season of a seven-year, $119 million contract. "It's hard to be happy."
The Mets have won six of the last nine meetings from the Padres.


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Beddgelert Things to Do
Oldest House in Beddgelert
Ty Isaf is the oldest house in Beddgelert, dating back to the 1600s and still retains many of its oak beams, floors and period furniture. It was once the village inn and farm but today it is owned by the National Trust and houses a shop and exhibition on local produce and how diets have changed since the 19th century. Admission is free.more
Look what Laura Found!
Well this is how much Laura found! There is also fools gems - coloured stones- in there. Don't think its enough for another plane ticket though Laura ;-((more
Dinas Emrys
Not far from the Sygun Copper mine is the tree-shouded mound with the rocky ruin of Dinas Emrys. This was traditionally the fortress of Vortigern, the king who brought saxons to Britain to fight as mercenaries.more
Parish Church
Beddgelert's parish Church of St. Mary's, is in a beautiful setting beneath the mountains of Snowdonia. It had its origins in a Celtic Christian Community established on the present site in the 6th Century. That community eventually became an Augustinian Priory in the 13th Century.In the Middle ages, the Priory grew to importance through the...more
Award winning Village
This idyllic Snowdonia village proudly displays its many awards for its "blooming" displays of flowers. Not only several awards for Wales and Britain in bloom but also Europe in Bloom in 1997.Just wandering around the village you will see why.more
Welsh Gold
After the mine tour you come out to wonderful scenery above the valley and as you meander back down there is an opportunity to pan for some welsh gold - welsh gold has traditionally been used for rings for the royal family.In the pic here is VT's own Hayward 68 (Laura) hoping to find enough to bring her back to England!more
Sygun Copper Mines
The Sygun Copper Mines just outside Beddgelert - set in the midst of stunning scenery in Snowdonia. There's a shortish self-guided audio-visual tour of the old Victorian mines here and at the end you can "pan for gold"Oh and if you remember the old film "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness ( the one about the missionary leading the children out of...more
Aberglaslyn Pass
About a mile south of the village the river forces a passage through the Aberglaslyn Pass. This rocky, wooded defile, flanked by sheer, 213m (700ft) cliffs is one of North Wales' most famous beauty spots. This view was taken from the Aberglasyn Bridge.more
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Prince Llywelyn Hotel
Don't eat or stay here unless you want bad food, curfews (yes, curfews!) and offensive attitudes...more
Royal Goat
Just a quick visit but the menu looked good.more
Beddgelert Restaurants
Overated and overpriced!
My wife and I had the misfortune to eat at this place on our last evening in Beddgelert. The food was very poor and extremely overpriced.I had the Mushroom and Peppers stroganoff. The peppers were sliced with a razor blade and the mushrooms were small and overcooked. I had only a few strands of thinly sliced red pepper. I chose it because it was on...more
Not the Greatest
Another place I cannot inmy heart recommend, the service was slow and the meals were mediocremore
Beddgelert Antiques
Great cuisine with great ambiance. Nice, cozy decorated rooms, friendly staff.Dinner there is a must if you're in Beddgelert.There's also a B&B but we've not slept there. Exotic game dishes, great desserts.more
Beddgelert Off The Beaten Path
The old mining valley
Cwm Brychan, a desolate valley behind Beddgelert, affords rugged Snowdonia scenery - woodlands, a waterfall, rocky heather covered hillsides and, from the top of the pass, stunning views of Llyn Dinas and Snowdon. You will also come across remanants of forming mining industry here...long since abandoned but relics remain so watch your footing here for the metal in the ground! The pylons were part of an aerial ropeway for carrying buckets of ore.
The walk here begins just above the Aberglasslyn Bridge where there is a convenient car park - A4085 near the hamlet of Nantmor - parking is often difficult in Beddgelert. You can include this valley in a 3-4 hour loop hike by walking along the Glaslyn River in Beddgelert to the Aberglaslyn Pass, up the Brychan Valley and down Nantmor into Beddgelert again. This is a favourite walk in Snowdonia - more in the sports tip.
Beddgelert Sports & Outdoors
Beddgelert Hike
A popular walk around Beddgelert is a 3-4 hour loop hike by walking along the Glaslyn River in Beddgelert to the Aberglaslyn Pass, up the Brychan Valley and down Nantmor with lovely views of Lyn Dinas into Beddgelert again. It passes through the Copper Mine attraction of Sygun so that could be included to makea a really varied day out. The hike itself it about 6.5 miles long and has an ascent of 275m so its not too strenuous and its popular with families. The path is clearly marked out with stones so is easy to find.
We made this hike Easter Saturday 2007 and the weather was glorious. We parked at carpark by Aberglalyn bridge (so we could get the ascent over with first!) Climbing up stone steps we passed a lovely waterfall - great place for a picnic) and then climbed up into Cym Brychan - a wide desolate valley with its relics of the mining industry. At the top a stile leads over to a path heading down to Lyn Dinas (you can take a shortcut, but misssing views of the lake, and heading down to Sygun and Beddgelert). We opted for views of the lake and weren't disappointed. Rocky steps descend to the lake and path then follows the river (on your right) into Beddgelert. Enjoy a stroll around the village or have some refreshment in the many tea rooms with a view before continuing the river path through the Glaslyn Gorge back to the carpark.
The river path has been lowered as the old train track path is being re-instated for the Welsh Highland Railway - should be complete by 2008 I think. The path is now nearer the river - more interesting I think than having to go through dark tunnels as the former path did.
Please see all the pics for an overview of the beautiful scenery on this varied walk.
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Lyn Dinas
Just on the outskirts of Beddgelert is Lake Dinas or Lyn Dinas. An idyllic spot for a picnic or incorporated into a hike around it or from/to Cwm Brychan - its more of an ascent this way though - we preferred to drop down to the lake from Cwm Brychan. The far side of the lake has good views of Snowdon.more
Moel Hebog
The mountain that dominates Beddgelert is Moel Hebog - the highest summit in the immediate vicinity. Its name means Hill of the Falcon and its one of the few places where the Peregrine Falcon can still be seen. Its a 4 hour hike up here from Beddgelert, involving rugged paths and tricky route finding - map and compass should be in your hikers pack.more
Nantile Ridge
The Nantile Ridge is just north of Beddgelert. An 8 mile linear walk on this ridge gives an experience of ridge walking at a relatively low level - starts at Rhyd-Ddu and finishes at Nebo.more
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Duke Nukem will bring his signature brand of babe-lovin', cigar-smoking, beer-chugging and ass-kicking action as he once again saves the Earth and our babes from hordes of invading aliens...next year.
Jun 24th, 2011 5 people agree 3 people don't
Only Duke Nukem 3D players can understand full awesomness of this game.
Graph - forget it, graph is not the best in games.
Great job 3DRelams.
Jun 15th, 2011 5 people agree 3 people don't
Forget what critics such as IGN have said. Play the game and decide for yourself. I found the game extremely fun. It's not as good as Duke3d, but it is still fun. The graphics aren't that important because of the really fun gameplay.
Dec 22nd, 2012 1 person agrees 0 people don't
history can be stupid and extremely easy even on the highest difficulty, the graphics a bit outdated for the year, the quicktime events are just silly to break your keyboard, but who cares ...
the game is super fun and addictive, there are days that I've done it twice, and still wanted to play it again.
Oct 5th, 2012 1 person agrees 0 people don't
I found this rather fun.
There. I said it.
It was fun.
Was it a good game?
Hell no!
Was it a bad game?
No again!
It's a game you turn your brain off to enjoy. It's a guilty pleasure, nothing more, nothing less. I don't rate games by how good I think they are, I rate them by how much fun I had playing them.
It was difficult, crude, riddled with bugs and dated. But I think half the charm playing the game was seeing the game progress through so many different changes in the FPS industry, from vibrant surroundings to derelict and grey sewers.
The DLC was fantastic and was really a tip of the hat to fans of the original Duke Nukem rather then it's 3D sequel, and something like that isn't something you should put down.
Above all, it's been a rough decade with Duke, and it didn't end as well as it should have. For what it is, it's a trip back to the days when FPS's were very interactive considering the technology available (With games nowadays being joyrides of static environments such as COD and battlefield with an over abundance of destruction) and surprisingly difficult fights with varied enemies. It's not gold or a sign from god, nor is it the bane of our existence or the sign of Armageddon. it's a half-finished game that landed in the hands of a team that didn't really know what they were doing, but tried their best regardless.
I think I said enough, You love it, you hate it, or you see it as neither.
It's a guilty pleasure. And those looking for cheeky fun from a time that wasn't as serious should be pleased with this game :)
May 21st, 2015 0 people agree 0 people don't
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Overall, I liked this game...
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It's been a while since this game came out. Based off what I remember from it, we're left at a bit of an impasse when it comes to Duke Nukem: we've wanted it for so long, and now we were finally presented with it, ten years later and perhaps ten years more mature than when we first tackled this 90s gaming icon. What we get left with is an odd mixture of style: it's still DN3D in some way, as the enemies are actually difficult to beat and we get tons of fan service drawn from the earlier games, but the modern market has crept its way in, with the many times maligned two-gun system and regenerating hea-er, I mean...EGO, alongside linear map design. So these two styles mash together and try to be both different and the same at the same time, which makes the game feel rather weird, since it really never is just one and never is it both. Weapons for me felt a little bit constrained versus the other Duke games; nothing is quite as outrageous or powerful as the guns once were. It's quite a detriment. The story isn't anything to write home about, which results in the ultimate defeat of the Emperor a second time for all the people who remember DN way back when, but it conveys what it needs to and propels the action forward, making it a nice background piece, since that's obviously what it's striving for with set pieces like destroying the Hoover Dam and being shrunk down to the size of a figurine, then being forced to jump over grilling hamburgers at a fast food restaurant. And Duke is still Duke, so no matter what the school marms on the internet have to say about it, he'll slap a boob and get a lap dance because that's what he is and does, no two ways about it.
Overall, was it anything to write home about? No. Was it as terrible as the big name reviewers said it was? Hell no; they just want more Call of Duty and Battlefield multiplayer half the time, so who cares about them anymore? Is this a good middle ground title? Maybe, maybe not. It's all in the taste of the player.
Aug 27th, 2013 0 people agree 0 people don't
Duke Nukem: Forever is a polished version of a 2007 version of the game that was released in 2011. DNF has been killed so many times and yet brought back to life time and time again, it refused to stay dead. What most people don't seem to comprehend is that a few members from the original 3D Realms team that worked on this game, started working on it and planned for it a commercial release because not only did we the fans who stuck around all those years want to see it come to life, but so did they. In a sense the games release was a Mercy Killing but like I said before DNF didn't stay dead. Spawning a sequel "The Doctor who Cloned Me" DNF became a fun action packed adventure of pure unadulterated awesomeness. If you haven't noticed by now this game is an acquired taste that only the true believers crave. DNF is a man's game plain and simple. It's every democrats guilty pleasure and every die hard fans wet dream. It has everything that made DN3D worthwhile and then some. Given the hell that this game went through, it came out on top and brought action FPS style games back to life. Hail to The King, Baby.
Aug 2nd, 2013 0 people agree 0 people don't
This is an excellent video game, because it has a great story, fantastic graphics, an excellent voice acting, good animations, amazing gameplay and it has an iconic video game character, which is one of the the best video game characters ever! And finally this game has one of the best graphics of all time!
Jul 3rd, 2013 0 people agree 0 people don't
awesome game!


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Using web site hits obviously leaves out embedded systems and PCs without internet connections but for consumer PC market analysis that is probably reasonable (since we have other channels for embedded support).
The server market is significantly different -- Linux is closer to 25% than 1% -- but servers tend to use stone-age graphics so again I think it's reasonable to exclude those numbers. The commercial workstation market also has a higher percentage of Linux users (mostly coming over from the proprietary Unix world) but workstation is pretty much entirely a closed-source business because of the extremely high performance expectations.


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Published March 27, 2013
RETAIL THERAPY: In DC, Dan Steinberg noted the Nationals have a "new home alternate red cap, with a navy blue brim, navy blue-lined eyelet holes and a blue button on top." It will be "debuted Friday during the home exhibition game against the Yankees." The cap starting on Friday also will be "available at Nationals Park team stores." Meanwhile, there will be "a new '47 Brand' walk-in store on the stadium's third-base line this season, plus a kids-themed Adidas store on the main outfield concourse" (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 3/26).
NO VACANCY: In Cleveland, Michael McIntyre noted people who park daily in the Gateway East Garage near Progressive Field will "have to find someplace else to park" during the Indians' home opener on April 8. Customers pay $70 a month for their parking spot, but "Clause 14 of their parking agreement informs them that the city can deny parking during a special event." The city is "contractually obligated to provide spaces for the Indians and Cavs on game days." The parking price will be "the same as the public's that day: $12" (CLEVELAND.com, 3/25).
STRONG MARKET: In New Jersey, John Brennan wrote the "lack of optimism among Mets fans seemingly would lead to a cratering of their ticket sales -- and a similar depression of sale prices on the secondary ticket market." But research by TiqIQ "does not seem to bear this out -- not yet, anyway." TiqIQ Senior Dir of Data & Communications Chris Matcovich said that the average price being offered for Mets tickets on the secondary market "is the 7th highest in baseball -- and 2nd-highest in the National League behind only" the Cubs. Meanwhile, the Yankees' resale asking prices "are an average of $100.19 -- up 11 percent from this time a year ago but just 4th-highest overall" (NORTHJERSEY.com, 3/25).