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A similar plot with a dragged storyline. The movie shows the story of the same robbers but this time out to seek a vengeance. Al Pacino as the main antagonist, is not proper use of his talent. Unrealistic events and a weak script, makes it weak compared to expectations. A similar comical heist, with lots of unrealistic twists and taken for good support on the good side, makes it too predictable. Although the lead actors perform good and try their best, the loop holes make them suffer. The first movie with static script in Ocean's trilogy. Watch this movie without any expectations or don't compare it with the previous two. You can give it a one time watch.
After the disaster of Ocean's 12 there was only one way: up. Therefore,
Ocean's 13 inevitably improves although it's not surprising Julia
Roberts and Catherine Zeta Jones dropped out. The ridiculously likable
crew are back, getting revenge on a businessman (Al Pacino) who conned
their friend. It relocates the action back to Vegas, where it belongs,
and this time they were polite enough to actually include a heist.
Concluding the trilogy in better than expected fashion, O13 restores
the trilogy to glamorous, slick, stylish glory and still shines
brighter than the majority of the lights on the strip. It doesn't
measure up the original. Don Cheadle is as jarring as ever and there
are some irritating jokes and the heist sometimes feels lost in the
comedy. It can be overly confusing and it's sometimes difficult to
understand where the plot is going. These various flaws don't stop it
from being a solid 4 star crime flick.
The characters are still entertaining and likable. This time, Brad Pitt and George Clooney are actually likable and aren't just smug. Matt Damon is still bland though. It's well directed by Steven Soderbergh and has another fine musical score. There's also a sense of finality and it wraps up the trilogy very well. It's not as surreally enjoyable as the first one, but it's humorous, slick and offers plenty of the escapist fun that the first did. It doesn't suffer from the laws of diminishing returns and does the formula of the first one without adding to it but also without copying it and doing a turd on it. This isn't the strongest or bravest second sequel out there but it deserves a lot of respect for being entertaining and learning from the mistakes of the awful Ocean's 12. Nothing memorable or daring, but O13 provides plenty of stylish and sub zero cool heist based fun. At least there's a proper heist set piece.
Boy did they milk the oceans franchise. After a fantastic first film and a average second film it was up for debate what this film would be like and it is just simply forgetful. This sees Danny, rusty and they crew going on a revenge heist against Willy bank after Reuben is betrayed by bank. Now I think George Clooney and brad Pitt did a great job in both of the other films but in this one it feels like they're being lazy and phoning it in which is hugely disappointing considering how good they have been. A weakness of this film is also just how large the cast is and how it focuses on nobody like the past two films did. I also feel it really missed a main female character as the previous ones did a good job and really helped the film. I did like matt Damon in this film and I also did like Andy Garcia returning and al pacino as the new villain was fun. The story was awful as half the time I had no idea what was going on and once again with it focusing on everyone it focused on nobody which was a big reason for a disappointing story. The script was alright and there was some funny dialogue but not enough to help the film enough. I think returning to Vegas was another great idea and the style of this film is great it is a shame the substance is not so good. This should be the end for this franchise for a while and let's just remember just how good oceans 11 was.
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
*Spoiler/plot- Ocean's Thirteen, 2007. Danny Ocean's team of smooth
criminals are back in Vegas. They're composing a more personal plan
than ever. When a ruthless casino owner named Willy Bank double-crosses
their good buddy Reuben Tishkoff; this causes Tishoff to have a heart
attack. Danny Ocean wishes to help out his friend and vows that his
team and himself will do anything to bring Willy Bank and everything
he's got down. Even if it includes hiring some assistance from one of
their own old opponents in Vegas, Terry Benedict.
*Special Stars- Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Al Pacino, Elliot GOuld, Ellen Barkin.
*Theme- Friendship is thicker than money.
*Trivia/location/goofs- Color. Las Vegas, NV. The line "You shook Sinatra's hand" mentioned several times in the movie is a reference to Frank Sinatra who played the first role as 'Danny Ocean' in the original Ocean's Eleven (1960). Matt Damon's (Linus) fake nose disguise ploy is called "The Brody". It's a reference to the french actor Adrien Brody. The dialog phrase "Billy Martin" that Danny calls for to Willie during the Reuben's hospitalization is a gambling slang for second chance. The phrase refers to famed Major League Baseball New York Yankee's manager, Billy Martin. Despite his talents as a manager (he led the New York Yankees to two World Series titles); Martin's fiery temper, fueled by his alcoholism, often got him into trouble and as a result, he was fired multiple times by owner George Steinbrunner. Despite his character flaws and drinking, Billy Martin was always being given a "second chance". Also, the character's dialog make several references to a "Susan B. Anthony" deal in their heist. This is a reference to the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin manufactured by the US mint in 1979. It was so similar in appearance and size to a regular quarter and many people dropped it into a slot machine without realizing what it was worth. This 'con' method was used twice in the film, though the people are using an ordinary coin they don't realize that it will be worth millions in the slot: first by the woman in 'The Bank' casino who wins the million dollar jackpot and later by the tormented hotel reviewer at the Vegas airport slot machine.
*Emotion- The fun and rich romp for the viewer. Not only well acted, casted, and written, but hugely entertaining because the film-watcher can fantasize and become involved in the 'caper' as well.
*Based on- 60's Rat Pack and Frank Sinatra Vegas initial 'caper' film.
I liked ocean's eleven and I loved ocean's twelve for being so uncommon
but I really thought that ocean's thirteen was unnecessary. This is
really unfortunate remembering that it brought Al Pacino into the
already all star cast.
There are some points why it became so redundant to the sequel. First, inconsistency. It really bothered me that Don Chaedel had a thick British accent in the first two movies but had a real American accent in the third. Also, François Toulour (Fincent Cassel) had really small role, despite remembering he was the arc nemesis of Ocean's Twelve.
Second Point, bad story. They were back at las Vegas that really gives the audience a "nothing new?" feeling. and there weren't any special plot twists, that made me feel like I wanted the film to end really quick.
I really regret it, with a cast like this they should'v made it really count, probably we should wait for the next generation to make the remake remake of ocean's eleven and then make it right about the third sequel.
Now this is what a sequel is supposed to be like. Ocean's Twelve was a joke but Ocean's Thirteen was fantastic and maybe even a bit better than the first film. George Clooney and Brad Pitt once again lead a fantastic cast and have some great moments of dialogue and back-and- forth. Those two are great on screen together. It also seemed like they were able to actually give each character a fair amount of screen time whereas in the second film most seemed meaningless. There wasn't much additional development of them but they all contributed to the film in some way. As for the actual plot, it felt more genuine and not just thrown together like the last one. All in all, it almost feels like a waste to even watch the second film other than a couple of comments and a character that barely sees the screen in this movie.
Well this was a pleasant surprise. Ocean's Thirteen, the threequel to
the excellent Ocean's Eleven and the sequel to the almost-unwatchable
Ocean's Twelve, is a fun and light conclusion to the Ocean's Trilogy.
It's not as much fun as the original, but it's a vast improvement over
the terrible sequel. Third chapters hardly ever work, but I commend
Ocean's Thirteen for overcoming that trend.
The Ocean group (with the exception of Tess and Isabel) are brought together when Reuben is in poor health due to a massive shock received from being cheated of the rights of a hotel-casino he was planning to open. The con man responsible, Willy Bank, plans to open the hotel- casino himself, and win the prized Five Diamond award as well. Of course, the Ocean gang devise a devious plan of revenge that's every bit as satisfying for the Oceans, as it is for the audience.
Ocean's Thirteen isn't the strongest film in the trilogy, but it certainly fixes most of the problems that plagued the previous two.
For one, Tess and Isabel (the love interests for Danny Ocean and Rusty) have been completely eliminated from the script. They get a brief acknowledgement and little more. I'm grateful of this, because this completely eliminates the romance aspect. The romance was done so poorly in the first two, and this ultimately hurt the amount of fun that could be had. By throwing the romance out the window, there entire focus of the film is on pure fun.
While over half of the film is planning and set-up for the big con, there is hardly a dull moment to be found. The sheer excitement of the build-up was enough to keep me entertained. Combine that with a reasonable amount of humor, brief dilemmas, and the likable characters, and you have a perfectly entertaining production. I was hardly ever bored, and the same could not be said for even the first Ocean's.
The plot is less confusing than that of Ocean's Twelve. The characters are just as fun as ever (though the screen time of many is far too short), and of course, the pay off at the end is very satisfying.
Still, despite many improvements, there are a few flaws that should not go overlooked. Like the first two, Ocean's Thirteen is more than a little implausible. Some parts are downright preposterous. Ocean's Thirteen is a smart film, but belief and common sense may need to be suspended on occasion.
And while not a direct flaw, it must be stated that Ocean's Thirteen just isn't as fun as Ocean's Eleven. It's not too far off, but I can't say I laughed as much on this third outing as I did during Ocean's Eleven. Still, Ocean's Thirteen provides it's share of fun and humor. I had a smile on my face throughout much of the film, and I was certainly enjoying myself.
The performances are great, though considering the lack of depth in each, they aren't as impressive. George Clooney and Brad Pitt are suitably suave as Danny Ocean and Rusty Ryan respectively. Matt Damon as Linus is as likable as ever, and new additions to the cast are just as likable.
The score by David Holmes is actually a huge improvement over both previous scores for the series. Like the film, it's fun and will make you smile, though those looking for any depth or true sophistication should look elsewhere.
Ocean's Thirteen is an indisputable improvement over Ocean's Twelve, while recapturing the easy fun of Ocean's Eleven. Easy to like and rarely dull, I had a great time watching Ocean's Thirteen. I didn't think I would ever say this, but now I want an Ocean's Fourteen.
This one isn't as good as "Ocean's Eleven" but it's better than
"Ocean's Twelve". This is more of a mission to wreck someone by
stealing from that person than just mainly focusing on the money.
Although money does play a factor. Out of all the three movies in this
franchise this one however has the most meat to it when it comes to the
heist. And the crew is back to do what they are good at in a cool and
stylish manner. And this time the teams main target is Willy Bank(Al
Pacino) after he screws Reuben on a deal. The heist and dialogues have
it's clever moments although some parts are just absurd and doesn't
make much sense. It's a entertaining heist flick but just didn't stand
out all that much to the point I could call it a memorable flick. On a
positive note though the cast doesn't try way too hard to be cool,
which just came off more smug and pedantic than cool. Overall this is a
stylish heist movie that has some substance to it and is worth seeing
at least once.
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
Ocean's Thirteen is the last entry the commercial sellout franchise by
Steven Soderbergh. I liked the first film as a consequence free, silly,
nonsensical caper film with a very likable cast aside from Julia
Roberts. The sequel was even more nonsensical and convoluted to the
point of being boring. The third one makes more sense than the second
one, has no Julia Roberts but, sadly, no Catherine Zeta-Jones, has a
new villain in form of Al Pacino and recycles the plot from the first
film. In other words, Ocean's Thirteen is an entertaining mediocrity.
The original cast is great as you might expect. George Clooney and Brad Pitt are overloaded with on screen charisma and keep this film interesting. The rest of the cast are fun and Al Pacino chews on the scenery. There are no weak links in the film since the only one that got on my nerves was Julia Roberts.
But for the rest, it's amazingly unremarkable in every way. The plot is as convoluted and silly as the genre dictates. But there are hardly any drama or real sense of danger in it. Korean blockbuster The Thieves did this type of scenario way better and had Jun Ji-Hyun playing Catwoman. It had real tension and real sense of danger mixed with the lighthearted attitude and silliness of the genre. Ocean's Thirteen is safe, harmless and forgettable enterprise which will entertain those who liked the previous installments. It's not point really talking about the technical aspects or the direction by Steven Soderbergh because that's not why we are really here. We are here for the cast and the silly adventure and the cast is great and the adventure is silly.
Ocean's Thirteen is a safe Hollywood caper film without any ambitions and pretenses at being something more. It is what it wants to be - an entertaining caper film with likable ensemble cast. The Thieves is much more clever, better made and has Jun Ji-Hyun but that's made in a world where R rated films make more money than PG-13 rated kiddie comic book nonsense.
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
The "Ocean's 11" franchise started in 1960 with Lewis Milestone's
"Ocean's 11", a glossy heist thriller which saw a gang of thieves
pulling a daring operation in which several Las Vegas casinos are
simultaneously robbed. Milestone was a bit of an auteur, known for
several fairly good war films, but his "Ocean's 11" remains an
anonymously directed affair. Instead, crooner and mega-star Frank
Sinatra seems to be the one pulling all the strings, playing the
titular role of heist-master Danny Ocean within the film, and the star
and money-man calling the shots outside the film. The production was
reportedly wrapped around Sinatra's lengthy stays in Las Vegas, where
he performed various concerts at up-scale casinos, hotels and theatres.
While Milestone's "Ocean's 11" made ridiculous amounts of money back in 1960 everyone wanted to see its big name cast: Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Peter Lawford and Angie Dickinson today it's a hugely dull movie, with large chunks of exposition, unnecessary filler and a heist that's been bettered by countless heist films released both before and after. With notions as to what is and isn't "cool" constantly changing, "Ocean's 11" also looks completely neutered, its "smooth", "relaxed" and "cool" cast now positively lifeless. Half a century later, only Sinatra comes off looking well, though precisely because of him the film plays like one of those bad crime movies by modern African American rappers, designed to show off the star's "riches", "bling", "money", "rule breaking", "flashy accessories" and "bad boy criminality" (Sinatra had close ties with the criminal underworld both the Italian mafia and US government). It's a white bread version of such mega-celebrity egotism. Milestone's best scenes? A colourful Saul Bass opening and a wordless ending shot, much imitated by Tarantino, in which our suited gang of heroes walk down a pavement. Everything between these scenes can be missed.
Steven Soderbergh would release a remake of "Ocean's 11" in 2001. It's a much better film, featuring a cast of photogenic mega stars (Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Elliot Gould etc), smooth operators, bad boys and likable character actors. "I owe you for the thing with the guy in the place," is the line which gets the plot rolling, a slice of dialogue which epitomises the film's comically nonchalant attitude. If Milestone's film strove to be cool, Soderbergh goes for a kind of meta-cool, our cast both too cool for cool and playing uncool with coolness, mega stars Brad Pitt always chomping down on food, Matt Damon bumbling with style and George Clooney perpetually basking in his own silly magnificence. As the heist movie is intrinsically formulaic first act: assemble the "samurai", second act: plan the heist, third act: escape or get captured Soderbergh indulges in a kind of postmodern devil-may-care attitude. Meanwhile, the film's aesthetic is retro cool, with European/French touches, glossy locales, eye popping lights, sparkling surfaces/bulbs, lush cinematography, romantic editing/music, liquidy shapes and a camera that salivates over its suave actors, smooth villains and expensive locales. It's all about the money.
Soderbergh describes his "Ocean's 11" as a "big wind up toy", and while its designed to be "just entertainment", it does fit in with a number of the director's "heavier" films ("King of the Hill", "Che", "Traffic", "Eric Brockovich", "The Girlfriend Experience"), which have focused on economic inequality, economic depressions, Marxist revolutionaries and violent corporate muscle. Indeed, the casinos where Soderbergh's heists take place, the Bellagio and several other mega-casinos on the LA Strip, were built in the 1990s by entrepreneurs and corporate raiders like Steve Wynn (the real life model of Benedict, the film's villain, played sexily by Andy Garcia) with junk bonds and help from organised crime lords. With its art galleries and upscale restaurants, the Bellagio was then part of a diversification strategy in LA to earn profits from non-gaming sources. Yet the appeal of all these amenities, like gambling itself, is fuelled by a drive to offer consumers escape from a reality of diminished opportunities for upward mobility (within an American economy of diminishing wages, outsourcing and continuous lay-offs). Within a postindustrial, globalized economy, gambling, and even crime, increasingly appears to offer the best way, in the words of Jackson Lears, "to get ahead in a world where work no longer seems reliable". Indeed, each of the film's robbers comes with some indication that they embody the disaffection created by the increasing division of American society into "haves" and "have nots", whether it be a criminal past, lack of work, or entrapment in a job they find to be unrewarding. Even the bank-roller behind the heist, a former casino owner named Reuben Tishkoff (smoothly played by Elliout Gould), wants revenge against a new economy in which corporate moguls like Benedict can use their financial muscle to push him out. On the flip side, such readings are contradicted by the film's need to work as a big budget wish-fulfilment fantasy, and the fact that the crime genre has always portrayed the criminal as Soderbergh does here: cinema's lovable criminals may live on the outside, but they're still perfect conformists, chasing money in their own way because of capitalism's failings.
Soderbergh would release a sequel, "Oceans 12", some years later. This one takes the form of a "con movie", its narrative bending giddily in all directions, mercilessly toying with both convention and audience expectations. The film wasn't well received, despite being as good as its predecessor, which led to Soderbergh releasing the dull, and far safer, "Oceans 13" in 2007. The villain's name is literally "Bank" (Al Pacino) in this outing, but the film is mostly dumb.
7.5/10 Some overlooked modern heist films: Mamet's "Heist" and Neil Jordan's "The Good Thief", a remake of Melville's genre defining "Bob The Gambler".
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South Africa's Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet consists of Members of the National Assembly who scrutinise their corresponding office holders in the executive branch of government and develop alternative policies for their respective portfolios. The Democratic Alliance retained their position as official opposition following the 2014 general elections and announced their shadow cabinet on 5 June.
In his capacity of Parliamentary leader, Mmusi Maimane leads the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet and represents party leader Helen Zille in Parliament, who is at present Premier of the Western Cape. Elected alongside Maimane was John Steenhuisen, as Chief Whip, and Anchen Dreyer as Chairperson of the Caucus.
Members of the Shadow Cabinet[edit]
Democratic Alliance Parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane introduced a new Shadow Cabinet on 5 June 2014.[1][2]
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OK, go take a motorcycle course with your bike. Matters little what one you take. You will be under an instructors supervision and will get critiqued on what you are doing with your bike and your controlling of it. You will learn a whole lot. Different courses will teach you different things of course, but they will all help you to better control your bike.
If you can't find that, get with a friend who knows how to ride well and work with that friend on enhancing your skills. Have them watch you braking and turning and such.
And then for yourself, go practice things. Every time you ride. Personally, I pick a subject for each ride, and work on it during each ride. What I work on varies with each ride and what I think I need to improve the most.
I might have missed it but I didn't see a response from you to foxtrapper's suggestion especially the first and third part.
Those two make a lot of sense to me. I don't think that you need a lot of improvement, just some fine tuning.
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The Rubber Tree – Part 1 of 5
|By Pinoy Farmer | February 27, 2008
Why rubber trees are grownThe rubber tree is grown because rubber is made from the latex in its bark.
The rubber tree has roots made up of a tap- root and creeping roots.
In the bark of the rubber tree there is a liquid called latex.
The latex is harvested by making a slit in the bark, that is, by cutting a piece of bark.
The latex makes the rubber that is used:
· in the tires of bicycles, motorcars and airplanes;
· for the soles of shoes;
· for many other things.
Rubber is in great demand all over the world; more and more of it is needed.
But it is very difficult to grow rubber trees well and to harvest the latex.
They cannot be grown everywhere.
They need:
· a high temperature;
· plenty of water;
· moist air, though they can withstand a dry season.
Where rubber trees are grown
Rubber trees are grown in regions that are hot and moist, that is:
· in Africa (250 000 tons of natural rubber);
· in Central and South America (31 700 tons of natural rubber)
· in Asia, which is the chief producer (3 207 100 tons of natural rubber).
In Africa they are grown mainly in the forest regions.
In Africa the chief producers of natural rubber are:
Liberia – 100 000 tons
Nigeria – 80 000 tons
Zaire – 35 675 tons
Ivory Coast – 18 000 tons
Cameroon – 12 000 tons
Central African Empire – 1 250 tons
Ghana – 1 700 tons
Mali – 1 100 tons
Congo – 160 tons
These production Figures (for 1974) are from the FAO Production Yearbook 1974.
To grow good rubber trees and harvest plenty of latex, you must:
· prepare the seedlings well;
· make a good plantation;
· look after the plantation;
· harvest the latex well.
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- YUCEL JOEY REYES Says:
September 6th, 2011 at 11:16 am
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By Dale Lezon | April 25, 2013
One person died in a wreck early Thursday morning in Brazoria County.
The wreck happened about 6:20 a.m. on Texas 332 near Lake Jackson, according to the Department of Public Safety.
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Well, finally got the chance to play the full version, and all I can say is: WOW! For all the bad publicity the game has gotten (well, mainly just certain chat rooms) I'm amazed at how good it is. I've only played it with the 1.1 patch, but so far I haven't run into many major issues or location-based damage. For one, the interface is working just fine for me (the way that everything takes up 1 slot is kinda limiting, but then again I am a bit of a grenade hog), in fact I like it BETTER then DX1's in some ways. And there is DEFINATLY location-based damage, but it seems to only be mainly noticable with the pistol and sniper rifle (though it's pretty hard to see where your shotgun and SMG bullets are hitting). But I LOVE the new bio-mod system, it's nice the way that you actually have to make more important choices about what to get, and the passive bio-mods are such a huge improvement over the origional's "activation-only" mods. And it makes upgrading them so much more important, it was very strange in the origional having a bio-mod that decreases the energy cost of the other bio-mods (which of course can be upgraded to take up less energy), and then having a skill like Cloaking which when upgraded takes up less energy. Wouldn't it make much more sense to upgrade the total-energy-reducing biomod rather then the cloaking one? Let alone the need to activate a bio-mod to reduce the energy cost of bio-mods...who came up with that system? Also, the side-quests are very numerous, and I now actually have some worthwile things to spend my money on (unlike the origional). I've been playing for a little under 2 hours, and I just left Seatle with over $4000 and 5 black market upgrade canisters (as well as every kind of weapon mod).
The loss of the skill system was at first a bit annoying, but now I find myself using almost all the weapons rather then only the ones I'm trained with (let's be honest, there was no reason to upgrade all the weapon skills equally when you could just poor all your points into 1 or 2). In the same way, the universal ammo system seemed at first really stupid, but it makes the game much less limiting. In the origional, I would always carry a assault rifle, sniper rifle, and shotgun not because I liked using them all, but because I'd never have enough ammo to use any of them individually. I would've much rather not used the shotgun at all, but I knew as soon as I ran out of ammo for the assault rifle that I would've been totally screwed at close range (unless I also put points into melee combat with the Dragon sword, which would take skill points away from other things I wanted to upgrade). I'm amazed at how negativly this was recieved, as other games had univeral-ammo systems and I don't remember hearing anyone complain about it (Star Trek: Elite Force for example). Now, I'm going through the game with a pistol and sniper rifle just fine, with plans to use the Mag Rail once I get it. Also, the upgrades are now very useful, and since you can only put 2 on a single weapon, you're encouraged to make each weapon have a purpose. Again it seems like they've "trimmed the fat" by getting rid of unneccisary things (was there ANY real point to using a laser sight when you automaticly have a targeting cursor?).
Also, I'm wondering where the whole "consolitis" idea comes from. So far the only thing about the game that I can tell was definatly modified for the console is the level size. Loading times are more common, and the areas are smaller then in the origional. However, I found it to be just fine the way it is, and didn't detract from the gameplay at all. Performence wasn't great, but it was still a hell of a lot better then I remember Deus Ex 1 to be back in the day (even on my friend's 500 mhz computer). I haven't come across any real AI problems yet, but then again I don't randomly go around shooting people either. Neutrals don't seem to go hostile on you unless they actually see you shoot someone else (or themselves), but considering how many AI problems the first Deus Ex had I wasn't expecting much more out of it.
So anyway, I'm enjoying the game so far. In fact I'm looking forward to playing through the game a second time, simply so that I can have a different type of character (this time I took combat strength, but next time I wanna see what it'll be like with bot domination). I honestly wish I hadn't looked on any message boards about this game, because I was seriously underhyping this game for myself. It may not be a carbon copy of Deus Ex 1, but it's certainly an enjoyable gaming experience on it's own. And I haven't even gotten into the story yet.
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Cloud 'bug' inside of cloud speaks to several facets of the company:
Firstly, 'mijireh' is a play the Hebrew word 'Jireh' and translates "My Provider". Secondly, there is a since of trinity, also a hint of a parent company over smaller companies with far reaching 'tentacles'. Thirdly, it's shaped, somewhat, like the top of a padlock to indicate security.
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Minera IRL Provides Notice of Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2013 Financial Results & Conference Call and Announces Divesture of Non-Core Exploration Properties17:42 EDT Monday, March 24, 2014
LIMA, PERU--(Marketwired - March 24, 2014) - Minera IRL Limited ("Minera IRL" or the "Company") (TSX:IRL)(AIM:MIRL)(BVLAC:MIRL), the Latin American gold mining company, plans to release its fourth quarter and year-end 2013 financial results after the Toronto Stock Exchange's close of trading on Monday, 31 March 2014. On the following day, Tuesday, 1 April 2014, senior management will host a conference call to discuss the results at 9:00 am PET, 10:00 am EDT, and 3:00 pm BST.
The Company is also announcing that it has completed the divesture of some non-core, early stage exploration properties in Peru.
Year-End 2013 Financial Results Conference Call
To participate in the conference call, please dial:
|Toll Free International: (800) 2787-2090
|Toll Free North America: (866) 223-7781
|Other International Locations: +1 (416) 340-2216
A live webcast may be accessed at http://www.gowebcasting.com/5352
The webcast will be archived on the Mineral IRL website (www.minera-irl.com) and a playback of the conference call may be accessed until April 15, 2014 by dialing:
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As part of the ongoing optimization of its exploration portfolio, Minera IRL is pleased to announce that it has divested certain non-core, early-stage exploration properties in Peru to an arms' length third party. In addition to having received upfront cash payments totalling US$1.125 million, a 1% net smelter return ("NSR") royalties on all metallic and a 2% NSR on non-metallic minerals has been registered in favour of Minera IRL on these properties, subject to certain adjustments. This transaction is in line with Minera IRL's strategy of divesting certain non-core assets in order to focus resources on the exploration and development of its key mining and mineral exploration properties.
Minera IRL Limited is the AIM traded, TSX and BVL listed holding company of precious metals mining and exploration companies focused in Latin America. Minera IRL is led by an experienced senior management team with extensive industry experience, particularly operating in South America. The Group operates the Corihuarmi Gold Mine and the advanced gold projects Ollachea in Peru and Don Nicolas in Argentina. For more information, please visit www.minera-irl.com.
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Is Nokia's Stock A Buy, Sell, Or Hold?
Investors in Nokia should not trust the dividend after the company announced its earnings last week. Nokia (NOK) cut its full year outlook and completely abandoned its 2011 profit expectations. The company's shares have tumbled 21% as the company has seen its market share evaporate since the introduction of the iPhone. Sales revenue is going to be well below the $8.75 billion in sales originally expected for the year.
Nokia's Earnings Drop
Nokia's stock is down to $6.69 per share and is under a lot of pressure. The company is currently paying a dividend of 46 cents per share. That is a 5.7% yield. The company is relying on its multi billion dollar cash hoard to keep the dividend safe for the short term but the company's earnings make the dividend look shaky over the long term. Lower sales and rising operating losses could quickly cripple the company's financial position. I expect Nokia to reduce its dividend once again and to start laying off some of its nearly 60,000 employee labor force.
Investors in Nokia have to e concerned that the company cannot provide any guidance for the current year and does not know what the future will look like for the company. The company even admitted that they have mismanaged inventory in foreign countries like China and is losing market share. Cellphone shipments appeared higher over the past few quarter because the company built up inventory at many of its distribution facilities. Nokia failed however to sell many of these phones and was left with a glut of unsold inventory.
Nokia's Outlook
The stock has been massively downgraded by every analyst and EPS estimates have fallen from 60 to 70 cents per share for the year to 17 to 20 cents per share. Some analysts are even forecasting a loss for next year. This was a shock to many people including me. I never thought that Nokia was facing such dire circumstances. It was clear that the company was losing market share but the loss of market share is rapidly accelerating.
At $6.69 a share, Nokia is a speculative buy at best. Shares have not been this low since the 90's. Speculative investors can buy the shares on the hope of a takeover by Microsoft or a stabilization in market share. Nokia's hopes rest on its Windows based phones that are set to roll out soon. The stock has become too risky to be a core holding of a prudent investor's portfolio and should only be purchased by risk takers.
Do you think that investors buying Nokia are getting a good value or catching a falling knife?
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Personally, I think it is a falling knife. The handset business is brutal with intense competition on many fronts. It is also very fad and hit dependent. Ending up on the wrong side of the latest fad can damage business for years. Just ask Motorola. The RAZR was hot, then it was not. I would find other places to invest my money.
Fallilng knife (see guest article I sent you on this topic TODAY). Talk about a coincidence. They are being eaten alive by the higher margin, sexier smart phones.
I sold out early last year after seeing Nokia's competitive position deteriorate worldwide. The company didn't make a good follow-up to the N900 (last successful phone), is slow on execution up and down the company (bureaucracy has paralyzed solid engineering teams), and is embarking on 2 dangerous technology transitions (symbian -> MeeGo -> Windows).
It's sad to see this happen, but tech changes so quickly. I bet executives were surprised that upstart phones from the US could upend the global order so quickly. To be successful, a product needs to generate buzz and a critical mass for sustainable adoption to take hold. Nokia failed to deliver compelling new high-end phones for a year following the N900 and is paying dearly.
Watch out, RIM.
I like what Warren Buffett says about tech stocks. He doesn't buy them because he cannot see what the companies will look like ten years from now.
I like what Kramer said the other day about investing in the "highways" that make cell phone communication possible. He referred to companies likes Cisco, Sandisk and Verizon .
Although cell phones will continue to rapidly change, the airwaves on which they travel will not. That makes sense to me.
I have a small holding in NOK, which is fairly underwater right now. I intend to hold on to it till at least next year. While I'm not really a Windows fan, a Nokia handset running Windows phone does have immense brand recognition. Pretty much anyone out there has heard of Nokia, whereas companies like HTC are much less well known to the "average" person.
NOK does at least pay a dividend, or at least they have in the past. I doubt they will be able to keep their dividend at their previous levels however.
My bet is on an eventual buy out by Microsoft, who are probably scratching their heads right now trying to come up with a use for that massive investment they just made in Skype. Windows Phone + Skype + Nokia? That definitely has the potential to be a disruptive technology, although the carriers would probably HATE it.
Hi folks,
While I totally get Buffet's maxim on tech investments, I have a niggling feeling that it is, quite rightly, founded on the fact that he is of a different generation, by which I mean that his wisdom derives precisely from the fact that he acknowledges his areas of ignorance… if you see what I mean.
If we accept that tech investments accrue a disproportionate risk because we have no idea where they'll be in ten years, does this mean that medium term investments should also be avoided (and I'm not talking short term speculation here)?
It occurs to me as a 41 year old who's used computers et al since the age of… err… eight… that a solid tie-in between MS & Nokia would, if marketed well (and this includes dealing with bugs, Bill… or Steve), lead to a considerable resurgence in Nokia sales as THE smartphone to buy. Notwithstanding the designer label and social cachet appeal of Apple products, the institutional need for Unix/Linux and the rosy long term prospects for opensource/Android, surely a Windows-based phone would stand out in the global marketplace. After all, most of use Windows.
Imagine the scenario in the shop:
VENDOR: These three phones cost the same price and have similar features. Phone A is proprietary and resembles a Mac. Phone B uses opensource. Phone C uses Windows.
CUSTOMER: Which one will allow me to everything I do on my computer without having to learn anything new?
VENDOR: Phone C
I make no claims of expertise here. I was just thinking of taking a mid-term punt on Nokia shares (provided I see circumstantial evidence of a Microsoft tie-in) and wondered if I'm off my rocker.
Cheers guys,
Unfortunately Stephen, your argument that most people will want something that is the same as their 'computer' makes the assumption that they have a Microsoft computer. The likelihood is that within the next 2 years most people will be using tablet computers, and the majority of those are likely to be running Android (or be an iPad). If you want something that is easy to learn as your tablet, then you are likely to buy either an Android phone or an iphone, depending on whether you love Apple or hate them. Unfortunately the Nokia/Microsoft branding will not be persuasive enough, especially given the timeframe that it will take for first deliveries (and then ironing out the initial problems). The world is changing so fast – Amazon are likely to release an Android tablet to further their Kindle brand – and they are likely to try and price it attractively. The competition is already there and growing fast. Unfortunately, I think that whilst the others are already on trains that are gathering speed and heading off into the distance, Nokia/Microsoft are still in the engine shed designing the trains – and before they can start their journey, they still have to build the track!
I don't know how to say this politely but your views are dead wrong.
Let me explain. I have been an IT Professional since 1999 and involved with computers since 1994. Now that being said I am a solid Mac user in the home environment however I am in the 8% minority. Windows still dominates the home market by 80+ %… Now lets shift and consider the enterprise market. Most companies and by that I mean 90%+ are firmly entrenched in Windows environments. PCs dominate the cubicles. This will remain the fact for the foreseeable future as the cost to maintain them is relatively low and you can hire people at $30 per hour to support them. Apple techs on the other hand bill out at $100 per hour minimum. You do the math. Enterprise aren't switching to Apple – its a simple numbers game here.
As for mobile the enterprise is losing confidence in RIM – and BlackBerry. What with the recent partnership of Microsoft and Nokia enterprise level customers will soon be coming on board there as well. It just makes sense from a business perspective to plug a Windows based phone into a Windows based operating environment. Not to mention that the Windows phone will seamlessley integrate with the Exchange Server back-end at some point in the future it really becomes a no brainer for IT Managers. I'll be writing more about this on my blog at http://www.vancouvergadgets.ca in the near future. In the meantime now is the time to by up cheap Nokia stock.
I reckon Nokia's new Windows Phones could be a watershed moment.
Nokia has always brought a beautiful, desirable Scandinavian design aesthetic to cutting-edge technology. But since the smartphone revolution made software a phone's main selling point, they have struggled to adapt and reposition themselves.
Windows Phone 7 combines Microsoft's expertise for software development models and supply chains with their first work of truly innovative and impressive interaction design.
I think this partnership can deliver a worthy competitor to Android and the iPhone. And if so may signal that Nokia is finally back on form.


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Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Spot prices for polysilicon, the raw material used in most solar panels, posted its biggest weekly drop since June, signaling the industry's slump may be deepening.
The average selling price dropped 5.8 percent to $43.78 a kilogram on Oct. 10 from a week earlier, according to London-based Bloomberg New Energy Finance's survey of contracts conducted from Oct. 3. Multicrystalline solar cells, which are assembled onto panels, slid 4.1 percent to 70 U.S. cents a watt.
Manufacturers across the solar panel industry are slashing prices as Europe's debt crisis helps curb demand in Germany and Italy, the biggest markets, and a tide of new polysilicon plants comes on stream in China. The shift in demand is crushing some companies that ramped up capacity as global panel installations jumped 135 percent in 2010, HSBC Plc said.
"The risk of bankruptcies in the sector looms ever larger," HSBC analyst Sean McLoughlin wrote in an Oct. 7 note. "Momentum in Germany is fading."
Tumbling polysilicon prices in the spot market suggest the photovoltaic equipment industry's slump will extend into next year as producers adjust to slower demand, Katharina Cholewa, an analyst at WestLB AG said today in an interview.
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"Current price drops in spot polysilicon are likely to already reflect oversupply concerns for the first quarter of next year," she said. "Wafers makers with margins under pressure might ask to renegotiate long-term contracts," she said. Six-inch wafers, a benchmark for components made from polysilicon, declined 3.3 percent to $1.74.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. last month reduced its panel demand forecasts for the second half by 18 percent as the debt crisis roiling European banks curbs the supply of finance for projects. The firm also lowered its outlook for next year 10 percent to 21 gigawatts, according to a Sept. 19 note.
Renewable Energy Corp. ASA, Europe's second-biggest polysilicon maker, fell as much as 8.9 percent and traded down 8.2 percent at 4.67 kroner in Oslo at 3:46 p.m. European time. REC, which has lost 73 percent this year, has avoided building up inventory and has sold all of its output so far this year, Chief Executive Officer Ole Enger said yesterday.
"In these markets you can't guarantee anything," he said in an interview.
Polysilicon has tumbled by 45 percent since reaching a peak in March. Demand for panels collapsed in the second quarter after Germany and Italy cut subsidies for solar energy. Prices had hovered around the $50 mark since the end of June for buyers that have not acquired the material under long-term contracts.
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"Although 90 percent of the market is under contract, recent bankruptcies have taken some of the buyers under these contracts out of the market and released more product to the spot," Jenny Chase, head of solar analysis at BNEF, said today by e-mail.
Suntech Power Holdings, the world's biggest solar-panel maker, fell as much as 4.4 percent in early trading in New York and traded down 4 percent at 9:55 a.m. local time. Canadian Solar Inc. lost 3.1 percent and LDK Solar Co. slipped 3 percent. The S&P 500 was 0.3 percent down.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Brazil's doubles team of Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares upset the top-ranked Mike and Bob Bryan 7-6 (6), 6-7 (7), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 and kept the United States from clinching the first-round Davis Cup match.
It was only the third time the Bryan brothers had dropped a Davis Cup match. It was just the second time that they had dropped a five-set match in ATP competition. Their only other five-set defeat was in a 1999 match at Wimbledon.
The United States has a 2-1 advantage heading into Sunday's reverse singles.
The United States' John Isner faces Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci in the opening match. If Bellucci wins to even the score at 2-2, Sam Querrey of the United States and Brazil's Thiago Alves will meet in the deciding match.


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Can you find what the last two digits of the number $4^{1999}$ are?
What is the least square number which commences with six two's?
A 3 digit number is multiplied by a 2 digit number and the
calculation is written out as shown with a digit in place of each
of the *'s. Complete the whole multiplication sum.
56 406 is the product of two consecutive numbers. What are these
two numbers?
Where will the point stop after it has turned through 30 000
degrees? I took out my calculator and typed 30 000 ÷ 360. How
did this help?
The number 8888...88M9999...99 is divisible by 7 and it starts with
the digit 8 repeated 50 times and ends with the digit 9 repeated 50
times. What is the value of the digit M?
Visitors to Earth from the distant planet of Zub-Zorna were amazed
when they found out that when the digits in this multiplication
were reversed, the answer was the same! Find a way to explain. . . .
Investigate $1^n + 19^n + 20^n + 51^n + 57^n + 80^n + 82^n $ and $2^n + 12^n + 31^n + 40^n + 69^n + 71^n + 85^n$ for different values of n.
This big box multiplies anything that goes inside it by the same number. If you know the numbers that come out, what multiplication might be going on in the box?
This problem is designed to help children to learn, and to use, the two and three times tables.
Can you work out what a ziffle is on the planet Zargon?
Which is quicker, counting up to 30 in ones or counting up to 300 in tens? Why?
If you take a three by three square on a 1-10 addition square and
multiply the diagonally opposite numbers together, what is the
difference between these products. Why?
What is the lowest number which always leaves a remainder of 1 when
divided by each of the numbers from 2 to 10?
When I type a sequence of letters my calculator gives the product
of all the numbers in the corresponding memories. What numbers
should I store so that when I type 'ONE' it returns 1, and when I
type. . . .
What is the largest number you can make using the three digits 2, 3
and 4 in any way you like, using any operations you like? You can
only use each digit once.
Work out Tom's number from the answers he gives his friend. He will
only answer 'yes' or 'no'.
I'm thinking of a number. When my number is divided by 5 the
remainder is 4. When my number is divided by 3 the remainder is 2.
Can you find my number?
There are four equal weights on one side of the scale and an apple
on the other side. What can you say that is true about the apple
and the weights from the picture?
Skippy and Anna are locked in a room in a large castle. The key to that room, and all the other rooms, is a number. The numbers are locked away in a problem. Can you help them to get out?
48 is called an abundant number because it is less than the sum of
its factors (without itself). Can you find some more abundant
After training hard, these two children have improved their
results. Can you work out the length or height of their first
Take the number 6 469 693 230 and divide it by the first ten prime
numbers and you'll find the most beautiful, most magic of all
numbers. What is it?
6! = 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1. The highest power of 2 that divides
exactly into 6! is 4 since (6!) / (2^4 ) = 45. What is the highest
power of two that divides exactly into 100!?
What is the remainder when 2^{164}is divided by 7?
When the number x 1 x x x is multiplied by 417 this gives the
answer 9 x x x 0 5 7. Find the missing digits, each of which is
represented by an "x" .
Ben's class were making cutting up number tracks. First they
cut them into twos and added up the numbers on each piece. What
patterns could they see?
Can you work out the arrangement of the digits in the square so
that the given products are correct? The numbers 1 - 9 may be used
once and once only.
All the girls would like a puzzle each for Christmas and all the
boys would like a book each. Solve the riddle to find out how many
puzzles and books Santa left.
There is a clock-face where the numbers have become all mixed up. Can you find out where all the numbers have got to from these ten statements?
Using the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 once and only once, and the
operations x and ÷ once and only once, what is the smallest
whole number you can make?
On the planet Vuv there are two sorts of creatures. The Zios have 3 legs and the Zepts have 7 legs. The great planetary explorer Nico counted 52 legs. How many Zios and how many Zepts were there?
Can you fill in this table square? The numbers 2 -12 were used to generate it with just one number used twice.
Can you see how these factor-multiple chains work? Find the chain which contains the smallest possible numbers. How about the largest possible numbers?
Here is a picnic that Petros and Michael are going to share equally. Can you tell us what each of them will have?
Watch our videos of multiplication methods that you may not have met before. Can you make sense of them?
Look on the back of any modern book and you will find an ISBN code. Take this code and calculate this sum in the way shown. Can you see what the answers always have in common?
Given the products of adjacent cells, can you complete this Sudoku?
In November, Liz was interviewed for an article on a parents' website about learning times tables. Read the article here.
Amazing as it may seem the three fives remaining in the following
`skeleton' are sufficient to reconstruct the entire long division
Find the smallest whole number which, when mutiplied by 7, gives a
product consisting entirely of ones.
Can you work out some different ways to balance this equation?
Have a go at balancing this equation. Can you find different ways of doing it?
Find the number which has 8 divisors, such that the product of the
divisors is 331776.
This challenge encourages you to explore dividing a three-digit number by a single-digit number.
The number 12 = 2^2 � 3 has 6 factors. What is the smallest natural number with exactly 36 factors?
Can you complete this calculation by filling in the missing numbers? In how many different ways can you do it?
Bernard Bagnall recommends some primary school problems which use
numbers from the environment around us, from clocks to house
Suppose we allow ourselves to use three numbers less than 10 and
multiply them together. How many different products can you find?
How do you know you've got them all?
Mr McGregor has a magic potting shed. Overnight, the number of
plants in it doubles. He'd like to put the same number of plants in
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Trout and Bacon Hash
|3 Cup (48 tbs), cut in 1/2 inch cubes (3-4 Medium-Size Potatoes)
|Unsalted butter
|3 Tablespoon
|1⁄2 , minced
|Green bell pepper
|1⁄2 , seeded and minced
|1 Clove (5 gm), minced
|Canadian bacon
|2 Ounce, chopped
|Skinless trout fillet
|7 Ounce, cut in 1/2 inch pieces
|Dried oregano
|1 Teaspoon
|Chopped fresh parsley
|1 Tablespoon
|To Taste
|To Taste
Put the potatoes in a saucepan, add cold water to cover, and bring to a boil.
Add 1 tablespoon salt and simmer until just tender, 8-10 minutes.
Drain and set the potatoes aside.
Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a large non-stick skillet.
Add the onion, bell pepper, garlic, and bacon and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally until the onion is just softened and golden in colour, about 5-8 minutes.
Add the remaining butter and the potatoes to the skillet.
Cook over high heat, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes are lightly browned, about 5 minutes longer.
Add the trout, oregano, and parsley if using.
Season with salt and pepper.
Continue cooking, smashing down with a wooden spatula, until the trout is cooked through, 3-4 minutes more.


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We are excited to announce that the "Microsoft Office 365 Beta Deployment Guide for Enterprises' is now available on the Community Portal.
The Beta version of Office 365 for enterprises and this deployment guide are still in development and are subject to change during the beta period and at the time of general availability (GA). Please check back for updated versions as we incorporate feedback.
Please feel free to send feedback and suggestions to email@example.com.
About the document
This document presents the Office 365 Beta for enterprises deployment process in a manner that explains both important deployment concepts as well as detailed procedures. It is also intentionally organized into the sections that provide specific types of information to specific types of people in your organization. Here is a quick overview of what you will find:
This deployment guide does not address Office 365 Beta for enterprises sales activities that occur before deployment or operations activities that occur after deployment. In addition, the guide does not address solution alignment questions. It is assumed that your organization has already conducted a preliminary evaluation with Microsoft staff or partners to assess how well Office 365 Beta for enterprises aligns with your current and future business application requirements. Lastly, the guide does not provide guidance on moving an existing BPOS implementation to the Office 365 Beta for enterprises. Information about transitioning from BPOS to Office 365 is available at the Microsoft Office 365 transition center.
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There's nothing like a trip to Denver to get a batter out of a slump. Ruben Tejada headed into a three-game set against the Rockies in the midst of a 6-37 slump with 11 strikeouts. But the thin air and the Rockies' pitching staff helped him to a 10-16 series and now after 21 games, Tejada has a .770 OPS, the 10th-best mark among MLB shortstops. Many people figured the Mets were doomed when they lost Jose Reyes to free agency. Clearly that's not been true, as the team is 13-9 and would claim the second Wild Card if the season ended Sunday. Additionally, Tejada has been better than Reyes so far here in the early going. Reyes has a .596 OPS and a -0.4 fWAR while Tejada has a 0.6 fWAR. A few people even suggested that the Mets should chase Jimmy Rollins if they lost Reyes to free agency. The Phillies shortstop, who signed a 3-year, $33 million contract with a vesting option for a fourth season, has been even worse than Reyes so far in 2012. He has a .524 OPS. So, Mets fans did...
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I have to say to the guys that say that the sound in D3 is absolutely amazing you're way off. Yes, its very atmospheric and it uses surround sound
well, but its not amazing.
For starters, the samples are very low quality. Just listen to the main theme. Its horrible. I don't mean the tune, I mean the actual quality. Compare the one in the game to the one released before the game was released.
Secondly, EAX is not great I know, but at least it tries to do something. As someone stated, a gun shot in a wide room sounds exactly the same as one shot in a tiny corridor. There's no Doppler effects. The footsteps don't alter depending on what surface he is walking (which doesn't change much I know)...
There are games that are leagues ahead of D3 in the sound department technically already. Whether it be its surround processing, its accuracy or its quality. Need For Speed Underground is higher quality. FarCry and UT2K4 are more accurate.
Sound in games like this should be about realism. D3 does a good job of making you think someone is behind you all the time. However, it doesn't make you feel like you are really firing a gun at someone. It doesn't really make you feel like you are being hurt. It doesn't really make you feel like you are in the environment you are in. It doesn't make you feel like the monsters are being destroyed.
Having said that, I can't think of any game that really does, which to me says a lot about the graphics junkie mentality of the games industry. Its got better but obviously not good enough.
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Councils across the Territory have received funding for key projects through the Northern Territory Government's Special Purpose Grants and Family Safe Environment Fund for local government bodies and organisations.
10 Jun 2015 | 2014 Indigenous Community Engineering Guidelines now available
This morning the Department launched the revised Indigenous Community Engineering Guidelines (ICEG 2014).
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Posted: 01/28/2008 - The Sierra Club and Colorado Springs Utilities are preparing to square off in court over sewage leaks into Fountain Creek.
Posted: 01/28/2008 - The Sierra Club and Colorado Springs Utilities are preparing to square off in court over sewage leaks into Fountain Creek.
Updated: 01/28/2008 - A man is stabbed several times in Colorado Springs, and police say the main suspect is the victim's brother.
Updated: 01/28/2008 - An apartment fire drove three families from their homes late Sunday night. The Colorado Springs Fire Department says the fire was reported a little after 9:30 p.m. at 335 Gahart Drive, near the intersection of Academy Blvd. and Airport Blvd.
Posted: 01/28/2008 - Heeding a steady drumbeat of sexual misconduct cases involving teachers, at least 15 states are considering stronger oversight and tougher punishment for educators who take advantage of students.
Updated: 01/27/2008 - Some of our troops overseas are putting smiles on Iraqi children, thanks to one non-profit organization.
Posted: 01/27/2008 - Although Bayfield is cleaning up its sewage problem with construction of a new treatment plant, the state has fined the southwestern community $150,000.
Updated: 01/27/2008 - Boulder police announced Sunday the arrest of a suspect in the rape and beating death in December 1997 of University of Colorado senior Susannah Chase.
Posted: 01/27/2008 - A poll taken for The Denver Post shows Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton running neck and neck among Colorado voters. Mitt Romney has a 19 point lead over second place Senator John McCain among Republicans.
Updated: 01/27/2008 - A car loses control in Colorado Springs hitting a parked car and a tree before coming to rest on the front porch of a house.
Updated: 01/27/2008 - A man is sent to the hospital with life threatening injuries after a domestic disturbance turns violent, in Colorado Springs.
Updated: 01/27/2008 - President Bush will meet face to face with Congress on Monday. He plans to urge law makers to approve his 150 billion dollar stimulus package. His hope is to boost our economy.
Updated: 01/26/2008 - One hundred Fort Carson soldiers with the 43rd Area Support Group are finally home after spending 12 months in Afghanistan.
Posted: 01/26/2008 - An autopsy has determined that a 22-year-old snowboarder who died at Steamboat Ski Area Friday suffocated after falling headfirst into a tree well.
Posted: 01/26/2008 - Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign is opening three offices in western Colorado and two more on the Front Range hoping to capitalize on his support in rural areas.
Updated: 01/26/2008 - A small earthquake rattled Fremont County on Friday. The 3.1 tremor hit at around 8:45pm.
Updated: 01/25/2008 - It's Colorado law: No liquor sales on Sunday. But a new proposal could change that, and allow liquor sales at grocery stores.
Updated: 01/26/2008 - Nearly three months after being given no chance to live, a Colorado Springs teen is back at home. On November 5th, 16-year-old Jeremy Vasquez was shot in the head when a teenage gunman went after him and his friends. One of his friends was killed before the gunman took his own life, but Vasquez has made a miraculous recovery.
Updated: 01/25/2008 - Larimer County prosecutors have asked a judge to drop murder charges against Timothy Masters -- a move that was expected after Masters' conviction and life sentence were overturned.
Updated: 01/25/2008 - The El Paso County Sheriff's Office says a Sexually Violent Predator has moved into the county.
Updated: 01/25/2008 - No major injuries are being reported after a fire broke out on the roof of a Las Vegas casino. Firefighters have contained the fire.
Updated: 01/25/2008 - Neva Nolan was sentenced to 4 years in prison in an El Paso County Courtroom Friday.
Updated: 01/25/2008 - A woman was pulled from a burning home Friday morning by a good samaritan who just happened to be in the neighborhood. The fire broke out at a home on Eagle View Drive in Colorado Springs just before 9 a.m. That's near Palmer Park and Union.
Updated: 01/25/2008 - A safety device Wescott fire officials say is long over-due is coming to the district as a direct result of the shootings at New Life Church. The firefighters will armor-up for some emergency calls in the future.
Updated: 01/25/2008 - Authorities are on the look out for an archer who has been shooting deer in a northwest Colorado Springs neighborhood. The Colorado Division of Wildlife says over the past two weeks, one deer has been found dead and two others have been wounded.
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Kraig Wilson: Utopia
10 Jul 2014 – 9 Aug 2014
Event times
Wednesday-Saturday, 12-5pm
Cost of entry
- First Floor, Commercial Union House
- 39 Pilgrim Street
- Newcastle Upon Tyne
- United Kingdom
- www.vane.org.uk
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- Nearest Metro station: Monument
- Nearest Railway station: Newcastle Central
Kraig Wilson: Utopia
AboutIn the centenary of World War One, Kraig Wilson presents âUtopia', an exhibition of photographic portraits of serving gay army personnel. Vane is proud to have âUtopia' included in the official events programme of this year's Newcastle Pride. Created in collaboration with the British army, the exhibition is part of Wilson's ongoing research into representation of the male and ideas of masculinity, questioning the binary nature of gender and sexual identity prevalent in society. Utopia represents an impossible ideal: our society's attitudes and identities cannot even allow an approximation of this perfect state of existence. Why do we even imagine such a place let alone aspire toward it? We demand personal freedom and democracy like water from a tap without contemplating the myriad complicated systems put in place that allow their existence. We sometimes forget that our âfreedom' is not so common in other parts of the world. Who then has the right to fight for democracy as themselves? And who dictates those who are willing and able yet undesirable? There are still taboos within society as to who has the right and or is capable of joining the military, most notably the homosexual community and those with mental health problems; ironically, in England up until the 1960s the two were considered inseparable. Gender, sexuality and masculinity are not so linear and easily pinned down as suggested by medical, social media portrayals or cultural stereotypes. Within his lens-based work (photographic and video) Wilson has continually explored gender and its duality with sexuality. Because these complicated relationships are the foundations of our being, our right to self-expression and exploration are bound by our freedom as unique people. What makes a man a man or a woman a woman, Wilson would argue, stretches far beyond our genetic make-up and bodies. In his portraits Wilson overturns simplistic two-dimensional representations of masculinity associated with the military Hollywood images of tough, Rambo-esque action men: Alpha Males. Wilson presents us with images of real people who are dealing with the complexities of the varying roles being âmale' really entails: whether it's being a father, a son, a brother, a partner, or being gay and a soldier. Programmed as part of Newcastle Pride. For more information go to www.northern-pride.com Kraig Wilson was born in 1984 and lives and works between Teesside and London. He graduated from the Royal Academy Schools, London in 2010. Recent group shows include âRock Paper Scissors', Uno + Uno gallery, Milan, âDrawing Breath' (with Lys Hansen), Cooper Gallery, Dundee, âThe English Way', Aubin Gallery, London (2012), âFuze', Platform A Gallery, Middlesbrough, âFriendship of the Peoples', Simon Oldfield Gallery, London (2011). âUtopia' is his first solo exhibition.
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First, no video. It was dark. Too bad.
My riding bud and I were commuting home from work just after 7 PM in the dark. We are both lit up with hundreds of dollars worth of lights, so nuff said about that. The roads are wet after a nice rain, I'm on my LHT, my bud on a fixie. We are riding down a 4-lane road divided by a median - 2 lanes each direction. Traffic is very light. No more that one layer of cars at each intersection on an arrow-straight road 3 miles long (Esplanade Ave) with a 30 to 35 mph limit and a God-awful surface.
You have all seen my vids probably. Same ole stuff buzzing along between 20 and 25 MPH pretty much hogging the whole right lane (avoiding door zones gives us no choice really). I don't think we encountered 10 cars the whole 3 miles. But we are running all the red lights and some cars are overtaking us between lights. Again, we are in the right lane and those few cars are having no trouble passing us in the left lane. Standard Operating Procedure for us.
I can only guess that we passed this dude in a ratty pick-up at the first light and made him mad. We most definitely did not cut him off or anything, just blew through the light while he sat there waiting. Up the road a bit I hear a horn blowing and engine revving. The left lane is clear, so we ignore it. We get buzzed. Fine.
He catches the next red light. We blow through again. This time I am up front, my riding bud several bike lengths back. Here comes the truck again and brushes by me REAL CLOSE. Like inches. I don't even flinch (watching him in my helmet mirror during his approach). Now he slows down in the right lane. Again, not many cars around. I draft him from a safe distance for a few blocks. He slows down more, so I move to the left lane to pass. He continues speeding up to near 30 mph maintaining about a car length from me. I thought he might want to say something to me but he never lets me get next to him. Now, here comes another red light. He tries to block the road. Laughable. I pass in the car parking lane first - which sucks him over my way - and my bud passes on the driver's side. I think words were exchanged but I could not understand them.
When his light turns green he roars up to us again, passes, then slows down in the right lane again. So I just follow along as if on a motorcycle at about 25 mph, my bud behind me a few lengths back. As we approach the next intersection (yes, ANOTHER red light) I get the sense this guy will try to block us again or throw his door open if I split the lane. There are three cars at the light already. Two in the left lane. The pickup will be second in the right lane. There is an unoccupied right turn lane. NO WAY am I getting near his drivers side door (he is alone in the truck). So with my Night Rider light on high beam, I act as though I am going past him on his left (lane split) but at the last instant I rock to the right. He actually hits the gas and tries to block the right lane and the right turning lane as I squeeze between his bumper and the curb with plenty room to spare. Then, of course, run the red light (at this point I assume that behavior is KILLING him).
Keep in mind that at any intersection I could have stopped next to him and filled his car with Capsicum bear spray.
So off we go again. He roars up past us, gets in the right lane and FINALLY gets to his turnoff. He stops part way through his turn to yell something of which I did not catch even one word. I still don't know why he didn't roll up next to us yell at us. So I am not even sure what was his problem.
After he turns off, a van comes up behind us, blows the horn and yells at my bud, then rolls up next to me and yells at me. This time, it is a friend from work who left just after us and was just having some fun with us - but he did witness the whole ordeal and my riding bud memorized the pickup plate for "future reference" which does not include police action believe me.
Just a story of interest. Some will say we deserve it and I can't argue. After the mayhem my bud rides up next to me and says "That was fun!" It sure turned a boring drudge ride home into a real "storyteller" anyway!
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Sassy Stew's Top 15 Airline Uniforms of 2013
From classy, to sassy to hipster; this selection of flight attendant uniforms runs the gamut of hotness, in no particular order.
1. Qantas
2. Emirates
3. Virgin America
4. Singapore Airlines
5. Air Canada Rouge
6. Virgin Atlantic
7. Air France
8. Aeroflot
9. Etihad [For Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix]
10. Korean Air
11. TAP Portugal
12. Delta Air Lines
13. Thai Airways
14. Adria Airways
15. China Eastern Airlines
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