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Sunday, 3rd April, 2011, 01:33 PM #1
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Gaming W/Jemal: Mutant Apocalypse (Recruitment always open)
Well, might as well do it sooner rather than later, eh?
I'm starting up a Mutants & Masterminds game, set a year after the global revelation that mutants/meta-humans exist. It will deal with how the world (Community, Government, Finance, Crime, etc) adjusts to the news, and how the repurcussions affect the future. The tone of the game will (Hopefully) be something akin to a blend of Heroes and Marvel: Civil War.
For anybody who may have played in/remember my Mutant Rising game from ~2 years ago, that was supposed to be the first chapter in the saga, but I've made a few adjustments and decided this time to skip the first chapter (wherein the truth is revealed and the world gasps), and start with Chapter 2.
For those keeping track, I've not yet mentioned anything about an apocalypse, even though that's the name of the thread. Oversight? I think not... Depending on how the PC's actions affect the planet, Apocalypse may be right around the corner, or it may never happen. That's entirely up to you.
The direction of the game (Indeed, the whole world) will be very driven by the PC's. Whether they like it or not (OR even realize it), the Characters you play will be central figures in a time of great change. Whether it be through Diplomacy & Politics, Money & Business, or straight out Brute strength, their actions will shape the future.
Options I've allready accounted for are: Downfall of Civilization, War(Humans win, mutants become hunted), War2(Mutants win, new age of weirdness ensues), Registration(cf Marvel: Civil War), Peaceful Coexistance, or Rising Tensions(Prolonged stalemate, could lead eventually to any of the others). And there are certainly other possibilities.
I will be running this like a comic book/tv show, thus there will be things shown that no characters may know about, but that could make certain events make more sense to the players. So long as the Players remain capable of seperating what they and their characters are aware of, I'll also allow reading of specific character and/or skill-gained information to facilitate understanding and enjoyment of the story.
Basic Backstory:
(This is a summary of the basic information available to the Audience. How much is known by any particular character will depend on their background and involvement, and as with anything, there's a lot going on that will only be revealed with time. I will be posting up more details in the near future.)
Meta-Humans have existed for decades, maybe centuries, but have managed to remain a secret until now. A company known as the Gryphon Corporation was founded in the early 20th century, it's private mandate was to keep that secret. Eventually, it failed.
During a Terrorist attack on a school, there were numerous reports and even a few news videos of a group of 'super-powered individuals' saving the day. The videos were quickly confiscated and many of the reporters charged with perpetrating a hoax. The videos resurfaced on the internet over the next month, garnering a massive public following. Eventually, a Presidential press conference was convened wherein the president himself was set to validate or deny the events. Before he could, however, a second terrorist attack took place.
In the middle of the Presidents speech, a Truck managed to make its way past the police blockades. As it barrelled towards the President, people dashed to get out of the way. Except for one man, since identified as Alex Drake, who dashed In Front of the truck and, in front of thousands of witnesses including the US President, and dozens of nationally broadcasting cameras, grabbed and lifted the truck, stopping it in its tracks and dumping the terrorist on the ground. Alex then proceeded to take an uzi clip to the chest before subduing the terrorist with a punch that sent him flying over a hundred feet.
That was one year ago. Since then, the existance of Meta-humans (Also known as Metas, Mutants, Specials, and of course Freaks/Abominations) has become not only global knowledge, but topic #1.
Alex Drake became the founder of the Alex Drake Centre for Meta-human Rights, and is currently their spokesman.
The Gryphon Corporation has managed to keep its involvement in Meta-human activities out of the papers, though rumours and links have begun surfacing.
A US Senator named William Lyons has started the "Lyons Foundation for Preserving Humanity", a group arguing(Loudly) that the Meta-humans are too dangerous to be allowed to roam free, and that they should be incarcerated for public safety, or at the very least "herded into a central location where officials can keep an eye on these dangerous Individuals"
Even more Radical outcries against the Meta-human community are being fueled by recent medical reports that there are significant genetic differences between Humans and Meta-humans.
Several groups of Meta-humans have taken the 'comic world' to heart, and reports of Super-villains and Super-heroes are on the rise, furthering the call for the government to do.. "Something".
A government Agency has been apointed for dealing with Meta-human 'situations'. What is not public knowledge is that the Agency has existed in secret for years, tracking and studying Mutants, it's true agenda a mystery to all but it's highest ranking members. *See below*
Further Info on Major Factions:
Here's some info on each of the factions/players. Feel free to read any/all of it, either for entertainment value or to help decide whether your character should/would be a part of any of them. Info in Sblocks is not publicly known, being known only by members of the organization or certain people outside it who happen to know a lot about it.
Alex Drake Centre for Meta-human Rights
Alex Drake was a sharp businessman, living in DC, and well known as the Meta whos actions finally revealed the truth to the world when he saved the President from a Terrorist attack in public and on national television. Since then, he has turned his time and resources towards buliding the Centre, a haven for Meta-Humans. He provides housing and safety, as well as help in learning to control their abilities, in return for the opportunity for his scientists to study(Non-intrusively, of course) those Metas living under his care.
OOCAlex Drake is basically a cross between Jordan Collier(the 4400), and Professor Charles Xavier (If you don't know where he's from, you're in the wrong thread. :P)
Drake Center
Though publicly Drake comes off as a Philanthropist and generally good guy, and has been set up as a hero for his actions (Both saving the president and starting the centre), those involved more closely with him know that he is a very shrewd man, with far reaching goals. Some have even questioned why he was at the presidents speech that day to begin with, and how far back his plans stretch..
The Lyons Foundation for Preserving Humanity
Lyons Foundation
The Lyons foundation is fairly open about its opinions. If they do have any secrets, they are well guarded.
The Gryphon Corporation
Started by William Gryphon back in the early 1900's, the Gryphon corporation is a company dealing primarily in R&D and technological advancements, supporting their efforts by sales of said research to other companies.
Gryphon Corporation
William Gryphon was a Mutant born in 1900 with the ability to sense the course of future events. He became convinced that should the recent rise in mutations among humans become public knowledge, a war would break out ending in the downfall of either or both species. He devoted a sizable portion of his corporation to tracking down mutants, to study, help, or detain them as deemed necessary.
Through nearly a century of research, The Corporation has learned much and managed to keep Meta-humans out of the spotlight. Many Metas have some connection to the corporation, though few may remember it, and those that do have kept the secret, even in light of recent events.
The Corporation has a sizable 'gray area', but spending any amount of time with them would likely be very convincing as to their 'generally' altruistic goals. Their main goal was keeping mutants safe & Hidden, and now that the secret is out, are scrambling to restructure and find a way to continue keeping the meta-population safe, though some of their members are open to the 'any means necessary' policy.
secret but readable
The Corporation has plants in The Agency and the Drake Centre. This is known only to a select few within the corporation, as well as some metas who've been saved by the mysterious Agent JC
The Meta-Human Research and Protection Agency
Referred to by most as simply The Agency, it is a 'newly formed' directorate of the CIA whose purpose is to track and study meta-humans across the country, and when needed intervene in dangerous situations involving meta-humans.
The Agency
The Agency was started by the CIA during the Reagan Administration, after the government gained knowledge of meta-human existance. Over the next decades, they tracked and detained hundreds of metas, studying and experimenting on them, though their goals and discoveries are highly classified.
They are for the most part strongly opposed to meta-human existance, believing them to be a danger to humanity, though they approach the situation in a much more scientific and rational way than the Lyons Foundation or other radical anti-mutant movements.
Last edited by Jemal; Thursday, 29th September, 2011 at 11:30 AM. Reason: Added Faction InfoIntelligence is the capacity to understand old Ideas.
Imagination is the ability to come up with New Ideas.
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This isn't evil! You're just a bunch of NERDS!
Sunday, 3rd April, 2011, 01:37 PM #2
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*UPDATE: Character creation rules added April 6/2011*
Unless I change it within the next 24 hours due to overwhelming protests, we will be using the new 3e ruleset.
PL will be 9 (I stated 8 earlier but have changed my mind), with 135 PP.
Special/House Rules:
All characters chose one of the following traits, which can modify your PL caps but impose other restrictions.
Meta: You are a 'normal' Meta-human, your PL Caps are all standard and you may make trade-offs up to 3.
Offense: Your caps for Attack/Damage are increased by 2 each, but you may not take trade-offs.
Defense: Your caps for Defense/Toughness are increased by 2 each, but you may not take trade-offs.
Potential: Your PL is 1 higher than the campaign, though you don't start with any more points. You may make trade-offs of up to 1.
Powerful: You have 10 extra PP, but retain PL 9. You have a lot of raw power but are unsure how to properly use it. You may make trade-offs of up to 2, and must have at least 90 points in Meta-Human Traits (Powers/abilities that are Specifically related to you being Meta-human)
Trained: You are experienced and trained with your abilities. You may raise the PL on any 2 things by +1, and any 1 thing by +2.
Any power that is not allready limited by campaign PL's is now limited to PL, with exceptions on a case by case basis.
Regeneration is only allowed on Characters whose Focus is on regeneration.
The Healing ability is not allowed on PC's, though may become available in the future, and will likely show up on one or more NPC's.
Please buy ANY trait that is linked to your being a meta-human via powers (Power Feats, Enhanced Abilities, etc). These abilities may be enhanced or negated at times by various effects through the series.
Last edited by Jemal; Saturday, 9th April, 2011 at 11:59 AM. Reason: Added some new house rulesIntelligence is the capacity to understand old Ideas.
Imagination is the ability to come up with New Ideas.
Eagles may soar, but Weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
This isn't evil! You're just a bunch of NERDS!
Sunday, 3rd April, 2011, 03:45 PM #3
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oooo Jemal... awesome background info and I would sooo love to be a part of this. Problem is I don't have all the much access if any at all to M&M so I might ask for a bit of help creating a character. If you could help with that, that would be great. I can give you a concept that I want and you can perhaps whip the chara up around it. Sound good?Characters I Play!Coming Soon!
Sunday, 3rd April, 2011, 04:30 PM #4
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I liked my idea for Frost from M&M Chosen OOC. Could he one of the above students, surviving the terrorist attack and being one of the first 'specials' automatically being an important part of the setting?
Anyway, any idea for the PL? This tends to also affect my background, as some concepts are more easier/natural with higher/lower PL.
I have access to both 2nd and 3rd edition and would be very interested.
EDIT: Thanks for the answer and link, Binder Fred.
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Sunday, 3rd April, 2011, 05:24 PM #5
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Tentatively interested, especially if we're talking 2E rules.Grab those dice! Gird your loins! Tonight, evil loses! | Buy Spes Magna Games PDFs | Be a Spes Magna fan
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I like the background story/ premise quite a bit (reminds me of shadowrun), but am not very keen on M&M. Let me check out 3rd edition to see if its any better than 2nd, and I'll get back to you.Remember that every facet of our lives tries to become all consuming if we don't watch it. We need creative outlets like gaming to keep the trudge of daily life from grinding our souls into dust...
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I think Jemal's refering to Mutants Rising, WD. Had some great fun in that one, though we didn't get much past the intro scene. My game docket is pretty full at this time, but I'll be looking forward to reading up on your adventures, guys.So it goes.
Active charactersYannock Bole, a nature-based fighter in 3SpdDragster's Assault on Dire Wood (5E D&D)
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I only have one thing to say to that...
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Agreed with a yayyy!
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Below is from FNC's Chad Pergram
Urgent: The Hitchhiker's Guide to what's next on Capitol Hill
The House will come back into session sometime in the next hour or so.
The House must first approve the "rule" which governs how the body will handle the revamped CR on the floor.
You have to approve a rule before the House can debate most bills on the floor. If the rule fails, they can't consider the new CR plan. We are told there are some reservations with the GOP's plan…and they could blow up the rule. Many Republicans are privately dreading this vote…because they don't want to hurt their staff by taking away the Obamacare subsidy.
So if the rule implodes on the floor, the House GOP is in a very bad spot here…they are imperiled as they cannot even bring their own plan to the floor. And at the point, the GOP would own the shutdown…as they could not respond to the Senate.
But…if everything on the rule goes fine, the House can then begin debating the actual revamped CR. After debate is concluded, they would vote and ping-pong the bill back to the Senate again. Then the ball would be in the Senate's court with just a couple of hours or less…before midnight.
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This is my first day at my new job. I won't bore you with it because I can't. I'm not there yet. I'm blogging from the train going into Metropolis, connected to the Interwebz via Bluetooth (that extra $5 a month from AT&T is worth it. Trust me.) Therefore, I don't know anything about my first day yet, except that I am going to have a set of very important tasks.
The first will be to find my classroom, which is how I came up with this title. This gives me the opportunity to point out that I am semi-shamelessly ripping off Jack Halberstam's funny piece on Dude, Where's My Car? This then gives me the opportunity to say that you should read Halberstam's The Queer Art of Failure (Duke University Press, 2011). I downloaded it on Kindle last week. Which, in turn, gives me the chance to say, "F^ck you people who think eBooks are the end of the world! How else could I have purchased and started reading this outstanding scholarly text at 1:00 in the morning because I was so nervous about my new job I couldn't sleep, and through this insta-purchase, gain a new perspective on my entire life?"
The other new kid this month is William "Bill" Cronon, of the University of Wisconsin, who is now the president of the American Historical Association. By contrast, Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin whose surrogates tried to bash Cronon, may soon be governor of nothing in retaliation for this, and other, misdeeds. The following scenario would be very cool:
Professors 1, Right Wing Zealots 0. Try us again, why don't you? Huh? As the Cowardly Lion said, "Put 'em uuuuup! Put 'em uuuuup!"
Cronon has begun his presidency with a nice piece in Perspectives about history and the digital revolution that says, very politely, that even if you don't dig the digital, it is changing your world. The question of what role a professional association has in facilitating these changes is interesting: I often feel as though there is more going on at the professional fringe than in the center on this topic. An excellent piece like this has told me nothing that I don't already know, and my guess is that historians younger than I wouldn't read it at all. Which means that one of the changes I would urge on the AHA is to get out in front. Right now you are reporting on what has already happened, which is okay, but to become really relevant, you need to speak to the younger set too.
This leads me to my closing topic: the relevance of professional association memberships, which Jim Grossman addresses here. Everyone from the newest graduate student to the fullest professor should read it, especially if you are not a member of the AHA. It is particularly good at revealing the hidden benefits of the AHA: as with taxes, you don't just pay for goods and services you choose, you support the structure. In a town this means roads, snow clearance, the fire department. For historians, this means everything from preventing Congress from passing bills that impede our work to running an annual meeting where we socialize, hire people and share scholarship.
I think I have been a member of the AHA without a lapse of more than a few months since I was in graduate school, and have never regretted it even though it isn't the place where I feel coolest or most fulfilled. Had I taken out a bank loan for a life membership in 1985, it would have long paid out by now. But let me also say, speaking as a dedicated joiner of all professional associations related to my field, belonging to the AHA is an act of faith that is not always fulfilled . At my salary, it costs over $200 a year, which in practical terms may work out a little better for me than for other people because of my blogging practice. I need access to everything published on the web that I can get my virtual mitts on. I also believe everything I said above.
But — are y'all listening out there? Here's my best idea for updating the organization.
Develop an app for the American Historical Review. Create hyperlinks in the digital version so we can go straight to the book reviews we want to read, rather than having to page through the many others that are interesting to other people. Then (this is my best idea) create a time-limited offer: anyone who buys a life membership in the organization can get one that has been pro-rated for the number of years between that person's current age and 67, discounted 10% with an agreement to only receive the AHR in digital version for the rest of one;s life!
If I were running this promotion, I would also throw in a cool tee-shirt (not a another tote bag, Jim, I agree) that said something like: "I went to the AHA this year and all I got was the AHR app."
Why is this a good idea? Because the organization would be coming up to speed technologically; it would save money (and trees) on all the journals not printed and mailed; it would save money and time not reminding people like me to renew every year; it would get a huge infusion of cash from people like me who are really too old to benefit from the life membership deal; and, through selling life memberships to people younger than me, cement a group of people to the organization who would energize it (particularly on things digital) from below.
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I'm putting my e mail together for my 2013 recruitment of new umpires. I am looking to the brain trust here to help me fill in gaps I might have missed in looking for new umps.
1) Recruited from outgoing Majors managers last year, got 2 maybe 3.
2) Actively recruited a woman who seemed interested and asked her to try to build interest in more woman.(We seriously have a Dads umpire and Moms work the snack bar issue)
3) I reached out to coach of High School team to get Student Volunteers from their team.
4) I sent letters to Rotary, Lions and Volunteer Fire Companies asking for help.
5) I am adding an umpire link to the Leagues web site with info on how to help and my contact info.
6) I sent a news release to the local weekly paper and asked to included in their web addition.
This being done I need more folks.
My first monthly umpire meeting will be end of September and I will be doing some training during Fall Ball.
What else can I be doing? I will truly move on any idea that has worked for you,
Thanks for sharing any ideas or expanding on those listed above.
Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it!
All of our sports venues.....including baseball, soccer, football, hockey rink, basketball gyms, and cities little kids playgrounds, have bulletin boards.
That news release to the local weekly paper you spoke of might serve well posted on those boards-----if those boards exist in your locale.
Post note: I also have seen bulletin boards in area supermarkets.
Good Luck in your endeavor Dan!
Love that idea... Thank you, printing up some sheets of the printer and hanging at various store bullitin boards and at the library! BRILLIANT, Frank. Thank you.
Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it!
My pleasure Dan.
Absent my suggestion... as it was, you did one hell of a job with the 6-points coverage you posted in your OP.
If the results "come up short"----it won't be because of your lack of effort.
Again, Good Luck!
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By Brad Reagan Brad Reagan is a Wall Street Journal staff writer.
LITERARY JOURNALISM IS not a new phenomenon, although every few years a new title for it comes along. Narrative journalism, intimate journalism and new journalism have all been used interchangeably to describe it. In his classic 1974 essay, "The New Journalism," Wolfe complained that no one recognized the exhaustive reporting that went into his stories. He wrote that "the bastards are making it up!" was the knee-jerk complaint by those uncomfortable with the internal dialogue and other writing techniques being used by him and his contemporaries, Jimmy Breslin, Gay Talese and Hunter S. Thompson. But, like the best literary journalists today, most took as much pride in their reporting as their writing. Without a doubt, literary journalists use many of the same sources of information as other journalists--intensive interviews, government documents and personal observation. But they also rely on other techniques that give their stories additional depth and texture. Attention to sensory detail is one. It provides the viscera that make stories live and breathe. Pomerantz went so far as to calibrate the first section of his plane crash series so that it would take readers nine minutes and 20 seconds to finish--the same amount of time it took for the plane to crash once the engine blew. The former Journal-Constitution reporter says details were crucial to his stories, because he needed readers to feel like they were on the plane. "I wanted [readers] to feel the claustrophobia of that 10-row airplane," he says. "I wanted them to know the people that were sitting next to themS. I just kept saying, 'OK, the plane stopped. What did you see? What position were you in? What did you hear? What did you smell?' The five senses are critical. You want the people...to experience it on the page the same way the passengers did in the field or the air." Most reporters are trained to focus only on the cold, hard facts they read in documents or hear in interviews. It's not an easy habit to overcome. DeSilva, of the AP, says he knows a former editor who used to run his reporters through an obstacle course for the blind to make them more aware of all their senses. Others reference as an example National Public Radio's use of sound to create a sense of place with listeners. For print journalists who have to re-create sensory details with words, it is critical to stay attuned to all the senses while on assignment. "Most reporters' notebooks are filled with quotes and numbers," says Bill Luening, senior editor for writing at the Kansas City Star. "My notes have those, too, but also everything else I can possibly see, hear, smell or feel. Impressions, colors.... You want to come away from the scene with facts but also the facts that lead to emotion and especially understanding." And, says reporter Miles Corwin of the Los Angeles Times, never assume that you will remember something later. "The cardinal rule is: Write down everything, or at least as much as you can," he says. But DeSilva warns that too many reporters making the jump into narrative journalism fill their stories with minutiae about a person crossing his legs or parting her hair a certain way. Although such details occasionally are significant, most of the time they clutter the narrative. DeSilva uses AP writer Todd Lewan's award-winning serial narrative about a sea rescue as an example of details used wisely. During the effort, Coast Guard workers Fred Kalt and Michael Fish try to lift a rescue basket into their helicopter. They initially don't realize one of the fishermen, barely alive after more than seven hours in 38-degree water, is dangling from the bottom: "Fred!" Fish shouts. "Fred, someone's hanging on the basket!" "Where?" Kalt screams into the wind. "I can't see him!" The man is inches below Kalt's boots, barely clinging to the bottom of the basket. He looks into the cabin and locks eyes with Fish. For a second. Just one second. Time enough for everything to pause in Fish's mind, for the whining sleet and the groaning turbines to hush. Time enough for one man's eyes to scream for mercy, for another's to scream in horror. And then he's gone . "He doesn't tell you what color the helicopter is painted. Who cares?" DeSilva says. "That's not all that important. But the look in the eyes of the man clinging to the bottom of the basket before he fell--now there's a detail that matters in the telling of a story."
ANOTHER KEY GUIDELINE for most literary journalists is this: Scenes drive the action. "That does a couple of things," says Hull of the St. Petersburg Times. "It allows the reader [to be] right there with you, and it also gives a nice pace to a long story." Hull says she often records powerful scenes on index cards soon after she observes them. When she starts to write, she refers back to them. "By the end of four to five months of reporting, you've got a stack of cards. You've got a small movie on your hands basically," Hull says. "You've got real scenes that can percolate through your story." Hallman, of the Oregonian, once left a tape recorder in the middle of a conference table to record conversations among a prosecutor, police and a grieving family who had just lost a relative in a drunk-driving accident. For the same story, he watched a police videotape of the driver's arrest to allow him to describe the scene the night of the accident. "I took dialogue right out of it and put the reader right there. It was completely accurate," he says. One extension of this--reconstructing scenes--can be problematic. Boo, of the Washington Post, refuses to reconstruct scenes she did not witness. And she is not alone. Critics say the practice lends itself to mistakes and results in stories that are based on faulty memories and slanted perspectives. But Thomas French, a colleague of Hull's at the St. Petersburg Times, used the technique to great effect for his Pulitzer Prize-winning series "Angels & Demons," published in 1997. In it, he reconstructed the investigation into the murder of an Ohio family vacationing in Florida. He defends the practice. "I went through a big crisis of confidence a while ago--years ago--where I was really aware of the fact that people's memories are faulty. But then I realized: What choice do we have?" the narrative projects reporter says. "Memory is all we've got. It's what historians rely on. It's what we use in courtS. What you do to counter that imperfection is, you be very careful." French and others say intense interviews and thorough fact-checking can help weed out inconsistencies of recollections. If a source has described the weather on a certain day, for example, the reporter might go back and check it with the National Climatic Data Center. Quotations can be checked with others who may have heard them. If a source is wrong on several small details, it may be necessary to question other recollections as well. For direct quotations, many reporters insist that two people remember the dialogue the same way. And, DeSilva says, reporters should avoid instances in which two people claim to remember lengthy conversations word for word. "Usually pretty startling words, like 'Oh, my God!'--they probably remember saying that," DeSilva says. But "if it's a 200-word quote and [two people who were there] agree, I'm going to say bullshit. Nobody can really remember that." When there is a factual discrepancy, French says, it helps to go ahead and say so. As an example, he recalls a scene from a series in which he wanted to describe a murder victim's unique footwear during her graduation ceremony. The problem was that some members of the victim's family remembered her wearing combat boots, and some said they were hiking boots. "That may seem like a little detail, but I just went ahead and put it in," French says. In his story, he wrote: Years later, when this moment was recalled, there would be some disagreement about whether these were combat boots or hiking boots. "Another writer here at the paper who is really good at narrative told me that he thought I should have just chosen one," French adds. "He thinks you've got to make some choices for the reader to streamline the narrative as much as you can. I just disagree. I think when you say that to the reader, when you say, 'Some of them remember it this way, and some of them remember it this way,' you're saying to the reader, 'Look, I'm not winging it here, and I'm going to tell you if there is an even minor disagreement about how things unfolded .' "
OF COURSE, THE intensive interviews involved in re-creating scenes also provide more depth about the sources who, in many cases, are also major characters in the story. Pomerantz started his interviews with the plane crash survivors by asking where they were born and what their parents did for a living--not the first questions most reporters would ask them. He often would follow that by asking who the subject's heroes were as a child. "You get some remarkable answers to that question, and it gives you a framework for their formative years," Pomerantz says. Similarly, French says he asks his subjects if he can look through their photo albums, a resource he says is often a treasure trove of information about the way people really live. Boo says she asks sources if she can look through their drawers and refrigerators and read their journals. Over time, sources should begin to relax and speak more freely. They may remember additional details and dialogue, or come to better understand the type of information the reporter is seeking. "I don't think there has been one story, except perhaps a real breaking news story, in which I have only had one interview with a subject," says Hallman. "You've got to be able to pull back the layers on somebody, especially on the kinds of stories I do. They don't often know the stories themselves, and they don't often give up details until the second or third interview." Note the power of those details in Hallman's 1996 story "Diana's Choice," about a mother grappling with her son's illness: Truth is, she took root in people, not places. Her family followed the crop farm harvests across the Pacific Northwest, until Diana's senior year in high school, when her father found steady work in Albany. Even now, at 26, she honors the small-town ways. Strangers get a howdy. Waitresses get respect. She knows how many children the grocery clerk has and likes it when a man holds the door. The past rides in her bloodS. When her parents pulled together the money for a winter coat, they let Diana pick the color; she knew she had better choose wisely because she would wear that coat for years . Hallman gathered the details for the vivid characterization in lengthy interviews with Diana and her family and by spending time with Diana, observing how she treated people. The hours of interviews and observations inform these three paragraphs.
BECAUSE THESE KINDS of stories frequently require such a strong commitment from sources, reporters say it is an important part of the process to let sources know up-front what is expected. "My rule is, don't surprise your subjects, because that teaches them to mistrust you," says Luening, of the Kansas City Star. "I tell them I'm going to hang around, invade their privacy. I tell them I won't bother them. I tell them I'll ask them weird questions, personal questions maybe. I tell them they must be as committed as I am to this story, or it won't work." Luening and French even go so far as to show stories to sources ahead of time. While conventional newsroom wisdom holds that doing so is dangerous, because it allows sources the opportunity to back out or protest, they say the practice can also be an important reporting tool by jarring memories and correcting minor inaccuracies. It is one last fact-checking mechanism. While it is true that most of these reporters have the luxury of more time than most daily reporters, almost all reporters can take tips from the lengths the best literary journalists will go to be comprehensive and accurate. In his book "Intimate Journalism," Walt Harrington, a former Washington Post Magazine writer, observed how the smallest details make it into good stories: To say in passing that the farmhouse sits below a 900-foot bluff, you will swing by the county soil conservation office and get a copy of the farm's geologic survey map. To say in passing that someone has a vase of Vivaldi roses in his apartment, you will spend an hour on the phone interviewing rose experts. You will go back to the scene of the crime the next day and walk off distances and check heights and angles. You will check maps to determine north, south, east and west. You will check decades-old weather reports to be sure it actually rained on the day someone says it rained . For a reconstruction of a drive-by shooting, Luening consulted an agricultural extension agent in order to describe the way winter wheat would have looked at the time of year of the shooting. And he accompanied a botanist to the park where the shooting occurred so the botanist could identify the vegetation in the area. That led to this simple paragraph toward the end of the story, co-written with colleague Joe Lambe: The basketball court is gone, moved to the north end of the park after the shooting. In its place is fescue and clover . The description provides a nice visual image, as well as a touch of symbolism indicating both regeneration and loss. Boo says that even if the extra reporting doesn't show up on the page, it often infuses the writing with authority. "I do a lot of public records work, even in doing narrative stories," she says. "Real estate records, corporate records. It's not so much that you want to show your reader how much work you've done. It's that you want to have confidence in your own perceptions. "I think that's one thing that reporting does. You write with a stronger voice when you have a deeper conviction that what you are writing about is true and important," Boo says. Of course, it is also true that reporting can be more than a means to an end. Hallman says it has to be. "There are a lot of times I like reporting better than writing," he says. "It can be fun. A lot of people say, 'I want to be a writer.' Well, if they don't like reporting, they can't do it--unless they want to write personal essays."


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Eclectic Offerings at the Tibet House Benefit Concert
It was a study in contrasts at Monday night's annual benefit concert and dinner presented by Tibet House US.
At Carnegie Hall, an invocation by monks from the Drepung Gomang Monasteries kicked off the evening. The monks, wearing yellow and red robes, sang a dirge, then solemnly removed their fringed hats to bow to the audience. Moments later, Laurie Anderson performed an amusing spoken-word piece about a Buddhist retreat in Utah. An hour later, the hip-hop group Das Racist was pelvic-grinding and rapping about Michael Jackson.
Within acts, there were beautiful harmonies created by disparate groups. The beatboxer Rahzel performed with a string quartet. "I was a little nervous," he said afterward. "First time at Carnegie Hall, ever. I would always pass it and be like, one day." Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields played a banjo-ukulele with the same quartet. Though he's now an Atheist, Mr. Merritt was raised Tibetan Buddhist and grew up often surrounded by Tibetans.
Tibetan singer Dechen Shak-Dagsay led the audience in a meditation, and then sang the title track of her album, "Jewel," a Tibetan mantra. "I had the feeling as if out of Carnegie Hall, I'm sending this prayer out to the world that there can be peace in the world and in Tibet, and all beings may be freed from suffering," she told us later.
Following the concert, about 550 people attended a dinner reception at the cavernous Gotham Hall. Tibetan flags flew under the massive dome, and projections of Tibetan symbols and embroidered wall hangings circled the hall.
An eclectic crowd of diverse ages, wardrobes and hairstyles dined on chicken and salmon, with the Asian beats of DJ Joro Boro in the background. The guests congregated at tables in the center, or stood at high counters that ran along the perimeter of the former bank—ballpoint pens still chained to table.
Robert Thurman, president and co-founder of Tibet House and a leading scholar of Tibetan Buddhism, wore a saffron-colored scarf around his neck when he arrived at the reception. Well-wishers greeted him warmly. "This year is a big year with all of the self-immolations in Tibet," he said. "It's kind of a grim year for Tibetans. We are basically carrying on with our mission which is trying to preserve the Tibetan culture."
At the other end of the hall was composer Philip Glass, a Tibet House co-founder who has curated the annual benefit concert for 26 years. He mingled with the musicians, who had performed a rousing happy birthday for him on stage just moments earlier.
"We had a big variety and a big range of work, everything from classical rock 'n' roll to rap music," Glass told us at the end of the night. "I can see it as a fundamental virtue of the way we organize it. It brings together things from all over, and it becomes a tribute to the way the human spirit expresses itself in music, regardless of race or gender or origins."
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Discussion in 'Star Trek - Original Series' started by Harvey, Aug 11, 2012.
^Thanks for that, IndySolo! Much appreciated
If you have Windows use Exact Audio Copy and use the CD-Text that way.
On the tape hiss issue: Different people have different abilities to hear very high-frequency sounds, especially since that ability tends to decline with age (presbycusis, as I mentioned earlier). So not everyone would be able to hear something as high as tape hiss. I'm actually a little surprised I don't seem to be losing any of my high-frequency hearing yet.
And the tape hiss only seems to be on the pilots and "The Man Trap." I didn't notice any on "The Naked Time." Also I'm not sure how much of it was hiss. There seemed to be some sort of ambient sounds from the recording studio or something as well.
There is always a small amount of tape hiss. It is inherent in the recording medium, and I've heard it faintly to varying degrees on all tracks.
I fully expected it, and am pleasantly happy with how little of it there actually is.
I did that too. Some music cues I remember from being used in other episodes different than the ones they originally were for.
I can't find any tracking info on my set, and I want to listen to it today!
22 Stars,
The track listing is included in the booklets for each season, and summarized on the back of each clamshell.
In addition, the track listing is embedded on the CDs in CD-TEXT.
There are free plugins for iTunes and Windows Media Player that will read the CD-TEXT information.
If you mean which cues were tracked into each episode, that is not documented in the set, but not too difficult to figure out by watching the episodes and identifying each tracked cue, though this would be time-consuming.
Thanks that script it worked.
I think he means he wants to know where his CDs are...
So happy to have received my set. Slowly listening through it
The script worked wonder for me as well, except for Season 2 discs 2 & 3. Got an error on those two so input the info manually, no Bitter Dregs here
I didnt get that far yet. Did you submit the track names to gracenote I hope, so I don't have to type them
Disc 2 I got the error, Disc 3 worked for me. Disc 5 got the error
Got Them, sir!
Just arrived to today and I am thrilled and astounded with the quality. Thank you, La-La, thank you.
And yes! I think we should start an TOS Score Box Set Appreciation Thread immediately so we can discuss we glee the individual tracks, cues etc...
It's not a lack of support. I'd love to have the set. It's a lack of money.
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Not a worry. Posts like that amuse, not anger me.
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I wish. I do get stuff and it would be worth the work I would then have to do to review it.
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OK sport. I realize that I didn't do the gushing that the rest of the posters did (which is kind of funny in a twisted way because I suspect that I'd love the set) but here is something that YOU need to know. This is not a "cheerleading board" meaning that sometimes, someone will post an unpopular opinion.
The cost is high. That is not a complaint as it most probably IS worth it, but for me, it's too expensive. I was surprised that so many here bought it, because after over a decade online and real life acquaintance with many fellow Trekkies, most barely have a pot to piss in and so it was surprising to see that so many COULD afford this.
I did NOT "disparaging refer to it as a hobby." It IS a hobby. I don't know how it works in your world, but in mine, there is a limited amount of money for hobbies. Know that I LOVE hobbies and have several including Trek. Do you think I'd put up with some of the stupidity I put up with here on a daily basis if I didn't love Trek?
I've had to say this to others during my tenure here, but it's the first time I've ever had to use it defend myself. Again - it's not the cheerleader board, but a DISCUSSION board and sometimes people will have opinions you don't like. That's how it goes. Deal with it.
My inability to purchase the set at present and my envy of those who can afford is by no means to be taken as a disparagement of this noteworthy project. I hope the thing sells out, personally and wish nothing but the best to those who created it.
Yay, mine shipped today. Hopefully will have it by the end of the week so I can deal with ripping.
In regards to the above, my unsolicited two cents would be that I think/hope this was a miscommunication more than anything else. A "shake hands and forget about it" approach might be merited.
My mistake, it was disc 2 and 5 that gave me trouble.
How do you upload to Gracenote?
One you have the CD with the track names, you can upload the names to gracenotes, its an option off the same menu where you request the names.
It's moved in iTunes 11. I should know....I had to find it when I uploaded them.
Mine came today. Just finished listening to Disc 1, starting Disc 2.
Awesome. Thanks for all the hard work putting this together!
I just listened to the whole of Season 1, Disc 3 (all the Steiner stuff except "City" and library) in one sitting, and it made me very happy. There were numerous points where I was just giggling with maniacal glee after hearing one cue or another. This is the sound of Star Trek, folks.
The liner notes explain something I'd never realized before -- that the recurring 9-note motif that Steiner used in a lot of his scores (first heard in "Charlie X": "Zap the Pistol") was his Kirk theme. I just thought of it as a nonspecific motif he liked to reuse, but I guess it makes sense that it was a Kirk theme (especially since "Android Kirk" in "What Are Little Girls Made Of" is built upon it).
We were talking before about the rare instances of TOS composers using other composers' themes besides the main-title fanfare, and I noticed another one: Steiner using Courage's "Captain's Theme" as introductory or closing cues in "Charlie" and "Mudd's Women" -- and arranging it gorgeously. "Finale" from "Charlie X" is one of my all-time favorite cues.
It's also interesting how much of the stuff I thought was tracked from one scene of "Charlie X" to another was actually the same motifs performed more than once with slight variations at the beginning or end. Steiner did like to reuse his own stuff, both within and between episodes. Like taking the beginning of "Condition Alert" from "Corbomite" and following it with the Romulan theme to produce the Blackship Theme in "Mirror, Mirror," for just one example.
"Romulan Agitato" puzzles me. The last few moments of it are familiar, but the rest doesn't sound like something I've heard before. Was this cue only partially used in the episode, or were the early portions buried under sound effects or something?
And I never realized it before, but the chord structure and pacing of the low strings in "Ruk Attacks" reminds me of the middle part of the "V'Ger Speaks" cue that Steiner arranged for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. That's a neat thing to notice.
The one thing that disappointed me here: I actually like the Varese Sarabande re-recording version of "Planet Rigel" (from "Mudd's Women") better than the original. The re-recording has the bass strings play more emphatically, and I like that. But getting the original version of "Charlie's Mystery" at its proper tempo makes up for it.
(By the way, if anyone wants to start a separate thread for discussing the content of the set, the moderator is welcome to move this post and my previous review comments there.)
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IURC Commissioner Carolene Mays Chosen to Lead Key National and Regional Committees
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INDIANAPOLIS- Commissioner Carolene Mays of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) will be the new chair of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners' (NARUC) Committee on Critical Infrastructure, effective August 1st.
Appointed by NARUC President Philip Jones of Washington, Commissioner Mays will replace former Chair Terry Jarrett of Missouri, who is leaving regulation. First established after the September 2001 terrorist attacks, the Committee on Critical Infrastructure gives state regulators a forum to identify, study, and propose solutions to utility infrastructure security and delivery concerns.
"I am honored to serve NARUC in this capacity, and I thank President Jones for this opportunity," Commissioner Mays said. "Issues concerning cyber security, energy assurance, emergency communications, and system resiliency are of the utmost importance, which gives us much to discuss as a committee. Newspapers are filled with examples detailing the vulnerability of our infrastructure. I look forward to working with my committee members to address these challenges."
Switching the focus from a national to a local perspective, Commissioner Mays organized meetings with Indiana's energy utilities this past year to discuss cyber security concerns and their preparedness strategies. Additional meetings with water utilities and communications providers are scheduled for the coming months.
"Our nation's economic and physical well-being depends on reliable utility service," President Jones said. "The NARUC Critical Infrastructure Committee is addressing some of the biggest challenges the utility sector is facing, with cyber security leading the way. Commissioner Mays is well-versed in these issues, and I am proud and grateful that she is willing to serve in this capacity."
Commissioner Mays was appointed to the IURC in 2010. Before joining the Commission, she served in the Indiana House of Representatives from 2002 to 2008, where she received several Legislator of the Year awards. She was listed as a "Rising Star in Indiana Politics" and was named one of "Indiana's Most Influential Women." Commissioner Mays also served as Publisher and President of the Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper and the Indiana Minority Business Magazine. She also was a finalist for an appointment by President Barack Obama as the Midwest Regional Director of Housing and Urban Development.
Commissioner Mays was also recently elected president of the Mid-America Regulatory Conference (MARC), an association of regional regulatory agencies from 14 states.
"Since her appointment to the Commission in 2010, Carolene has repeatedly proven her ability to lead," said IURC Chairman Jim Atterholt. "She represents Indiana and the Commission with great distinction."
As part of her presidency, Indianapolis will host the annual MARC meeting, which brings together commissioners and their staff from each member state to discuss regulatory and policy issues affecting their states, the region, and the nation. The conference is scheduled to take place spring of 2014.


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I don't know if you've used the component input yet, but jsut a note... you have to use the arrow button on the remote while on the input list to change it from composite to component. I was wodnering why I got black and white for my component hookup[ and luckily figured it out. lol
ALso as fara s energy, that figure is probably based on teh dull tandard mode so i bet it will be at least double that per yetar. but who cares, because plasmas are so much cheaper than leds that you still pay less in the lfie of the tv anyway.
I may not be ablwe to keep this tv either way because as usual I am ahving head issues from watching it. Nearly all non-matte tvs are doing it to me.


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Murray Is Mint
What an emotional roller coaster Wimbledon has been this year. I was nearly sick with anticipation yesterday. I tell you, I've always loved the tennis but what a difference it makes now that we have a player that we can actually pin some hope on! I. LOVE. IT. The result was an absolute gutter but Murray my love, you were my winner for SURE. He played like a champion and at least he took away a nice big silver plate. He can eat his chippy off that when he gets home and it'll come in handy when his nan's over for afternoon tea. What about that raw emotion? Not a dry eye in the house. Heart of gold. Next year it's yours, pal.
The stars were out in force – everyone seemed to be there! From Posh and Becks to K Middy to Cameron – no one was going to miss out on the action on Centre Court. How do they all manage to get their tickets, that's what I want to know? I'd almost consider being the mayor of London for the odd perk like that. Oh, and if there was ever a time to consider committing a serious crime in the big smoke, yesterday was the day to do it – no one would have batted an eyelid and half the people who should have been alerted would have been sitting court-side with their phones on silent and a Pimms in hand. The crown jewels were ours for the taking. Maybe next year.
In other news, I've had a weekend of cinema trips and hard-core glossing. Yes, it's July and we should all be eating barbeques on the beach, but no, instead we all have to find indoor activities whilst we draw a blank on the fact that half the street is being washed past the living room window in record-breaking monsoon showers. I'm almost fed up of passing comment on it and that really is saying something as talking about the weather is a certain favourite past time of mine.
On the flick front I finally caved and went to see the new Avengers AND Spiderman movies. I've got some serious cinema points in hand now. I'll choose my moment to reclaim them wisely – preferably when the most sickly rom com of the year hits the big screen. Oh, it's all very tactical. I actually have to admit that I secretly enjoyed them both. Never have comic book characters had me in so much suspense (of course, the lycra and muscley thighs certainly help take the edge off things). On the gloss front, it's been a BRUTAL weekend of DIY. I'm still picking flecks of paint off my legs two days later and I can assure you that I have showered, bathed, soaped and scrubbed. No avail. Three coats, THREE COATS and it still looks patchy. I have given up. And I'm hoping that said patches aren't going to stare at me and taunt me for the rest of my life, reminding me of my decorating inadequacies and horrendous impatience. It's a risk that, at this stage, I'm willing to take.
COMING UP THIS WEEK: Rant over. This week will bring with it MUCH joy, I am SURE. For starters here on the log we have homemade ice-cream, quilting, fashion finds, the latest installment from our expectant mummy (I'm able to verify that at this stage she is pretty HUGE) and more reports from Mission Beautician. Plenty there for a rainy day!
MISS IT, MISS OUT: Our favourite Glasgow shoe designer, Emily Lamb (who's creations are totally lust-worthy) currently has a sample sale with up to 80% off!!! Head down to the Design Collective Scotland epicentre – their fabulous shop at 86 Dumbarton Road – to snap yourself up an absolute steal! There is, of course, limited stock and the pairs are flying off the racks like hot cakes so get on it!
Right, I'm off to check on my third coat of gloss and I'm hoping that some sort of domestic miracle has taken place in the spare room since I've been away. I can but pray.
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Journalists and fans alike have been writing and speaking hymns of praise for the new France head coach Philippe Saint-André - likening him to French rugby's Second Coming and the man who can finally secure Les Bleus the World Cup crown they so desperately crave.
But who is Saint-André and what is he going to do to turn France into the best of the best?
The 44-year-old former winger and centre had a sparkling career playing for France, US Romanaise et Péageoise, AS Montferrand (now ASM Clermont-Auvergne) and Gloucester.
His France career spanned 69 appearances, during which time he scored 32 tries – the joint-second highest try-scorer for the national side – Vincent Clerc also has 32 and Serge Blanco leads the way with 38.
He captained Les Bleus 34 times, including both Tests of France's victorious tour of New Zealand in 1994. The second win of that tour came as a result of The Try From the End of the World, which Saint-André started. It is rightly regarded as one of the greatest tries ever scored. You can view that stunning try here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTwTi-UeQ7s
Saint-André was also part of the Montferrand side that reached the final of the 1994 French Championship.
The Piglet – as Saint-André was known in his playing days – crossed the English Channel, or La Manche, in 1997 to play for West Country giants Gloucester.
The Frenchman clearly enjoyed the cider and rolling hills of that most bucolic area of England and extended his stay in the region, becoming director of rugby of the club from 1999 until 2002.
From there, he went on to coach a trio of clubs, CS Bourgoin-Jailieu, Sale Sharks and Toulon, before getting the call from the FFR to take over from Marc Lièvremont as Les Tricolores supremo.
The press widely reported at the time that the job would go to one of two people, either Saint-André or Toulouse head coach Guy Novès – generally regarded as the greatest ever European club rugby coach. The FFR opted for The Piglet and Novès committed to remain with Toulouse.
Olivier Roumat, the former France second row who played many times for Les Bleus with Saint-André, has high expectations for the national side under the new coach.
He said: "I played with Saint-André in the victories over the All Blacks in 1994 when he was captain and I was playing. I remember touring South Africa in 1993, and I was captain and he was playing on my team, we won twice in South Africa.
"I have great memories of him as a player and also as a friend.
"Philippe will bring a long career of coaching to France. He's [been] coaching since 1998 and has lots of experience and lots of international experience as a captain. He's also helped by his experience [coaching] in England. The British coaching setup is very important to him, which is why he brought in two assistants in Patrice Lagisquet and Yannick Bru.
"He believes in building a group of experienced staff, differently to Lièvremont. He's more a manager, or a director of rugby, than a coach. That's the big difference between Saint-André and Bernard Laporte or Pierre Berbizier for example."
Roumat expects - and also thinks France expects - Les Tricolores to win this year's RBS 6 Nations. Beyond that, he also feels Saint-André will target the next Rugby World Cup as his priority, "I hope he wins the 6 Nations. He's a winner, when he was coach he was a winner, when he was captain he was a winner, when he was coach of Gloucester he was a winner and when he was at Toulon he was very motivated by the winning.
"For Philippe, confidence comes from winning. He knows that at international level the press and public are going to judge you for your results and not how you play. He knows his real mission is the World Cup in four years' time.
"Of course all the media and public want France to win and play well, but victory matters more to him than style. Maybe in a few years he will evolve the structure, but first off he wants to win."
Roumat has praised Ireland's efforts against Wales last week and feels France will be well tested by Declan Kidney's charges in Paris, "Wales won, but Ireland should have won. Ireland are a very good team, especially in the forwards and the back row. It's going to be a bigger challenge than [against] Italy.
"I think the scrum will be better than against Italy with [Jean-Baptiste] Poux on the left and the line-outs will be better with [Imanol] Harinordoquy in the team. Position from scrums and lineouts is important against Ireland and I'm sure our backs will be able to score one or two tries.
"We don't have many problems with the backs, but Saint-Andre needs to improve the pack after the Italy performance."
The Former France lock has also backed the decision to retain Francois Trinh-Duc ahead of Lionel Beauxis in the France starting team, "When you play at ten, it's very important to play with the same number nine. Dimitri [Yachvili] and Trinh-Duc know each other well. Maybe he will use Beauxis in the last 20 minutes or on the summer tour of Argentina.
"But I think Yachvili and Trinh-Duc will play the whole 6 Nations, unless France lose to Ireland on Saturday by ten points, then there will be lots of changes. In every game with Montpellier, Trinh-Duc is the best.
"A guy like Beauxis is like Ronan O'Gara. When you have the lead with 20 minutes to go, his kicking can win a game."
Christophe Buron - rugby writer with La Montagne, a newspaper in Clermont-Ferrand where Saint-André played – has followed The Piglet's career for many years and fondly remembers his playing days, "Saint-André was an usual player, with a particular profile. He never had a great impact physically, but his speed and understanding of the game allowed him to score plenty of tries, often crucial ones.
"He was a match winner, a real competitor and had a horror of being defeated."
Buron feels Saint-André has already had an effect on the France team in his short time as coach, "Already, he's surrounded himself with competence with Yannick Bru and Patrice Lagisquet. Contrary to Marc Lièvremont, he has experience as a manager of people. He's a great communicator and he'll protect his players, which Lièvremont failed to do."
Buron echoes Roumat in thinking that Saint-André's main goal will be the Rugby World Cup in England in 2015, but says this year's 6 Nations will be high on his priorities, "2012 is a favourable year for France, with England and Ireland at home. The Grand Slam will be the goal, with the 'final' against Wales the main focus.
"As for the future, Saint-André will dream of doing what no French coach has achieved – becoming world champion."
Against Ireland, Buron sights the breakdown as the key area of battle, "Like all games against Ireland, the key will be the combat areas, notably the rucks.
"If France can free up quick ruck ball, they can turn the screw. They must also slow down the Irish game and secure territory with their kicking game – like against Italy."
As for the outhalf slot, Buron is glad to see Trinh-Duc start at ten, "Trinh-Duc seems the right option to me. He's a player who likes the ball, attacks the opposite line and animates the game. However, I feel he would be better paired with Morgan Parra at scrum-half."
Like Buron, Bruno Vigoureux, rugby writer for French sports newspaper l'Equipe, has vivid memories of Saint-André as a player, " He was one of France's greatest captains, with notable victories against the All Blacks. He wasn't an elegant player, but he always set an example for his team-mates. He never let anything go."
As for what the The Piglet will bring to his new role, Vigoureux remains unsure, "It's difficult to say, in my opinion he'll be a better communicator between the players and the staff.
"Not necessarily between the players and the media though – in France we say he has 'la langue du bois' [or in English, he's a waffler], meaning he doesn't ever say anything too interesting; he is clever not to reveal too much, just like when he was a player."
Again, Vigoureux feels home advantage is key for France in this year's 6 Nations, "It's a good year for France because they have three home games. Having Ireland and England at home makes it easier to win a Grand Slam. Dublin and Twickenham are difficult places to go.
"As for the next World Cup, it's hard to say how well he will do. I think for the moment he will stick with the team from the last World Cup – [Thierry] Dusautoir, [Pascal] Papé for example, although, he's brought in Wesley Fofana and Yoann Maestri."
Regarding the upcoming clash with Ireland, the l'Equipe writer feels that the weather could be a strong factor, "At kick-off in Paris the temperature will be -7c degrees and colder in the second half. It will be very difficult for both teams to play in those conditions."
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