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Roger - sorry I hate to say it any site that is online is going to present merge problems - once you start to colloborate again - you can not control - I imagine if you take a deep look into MyHeritage - it is just like Geni - to quote My Hertiage "it is a family-oriented social network service and genealogy website" - is this not what Geni is?
I hate to say it you going to run into the same problems unless you "exile" yourself from all others - and ABOSLUTELY DO NOT merge profiles on MyHeritage
I applaude the curators for there efforts on the clean-up of the tree here on Geni - - the nobilities lines have been a mess because every one has a different name for them - a different way to entering their data about them into the fields and alot of people have never tried to find the historically correct name - many just accpet what has been gedcomed into files - never bothering to cleam up after they do gedcom a file into theirs creating even more havoc
they put titles/rank into either the given name suname area with the remaining open space inputting the full name given/surname in which is open or spliting them into the open space and middle name - -
To me the area of the nobilities have looked much better the last few months - and they are trying to document as the go the reason for the changes - -
Up till now there has been no standardization for entering the nobility lines - now that it has happened some fell their toes are being trompted on - to me i welcome it as I have tried to clean up a gedcom mess relating to the nobility lines - - I have finally just cut it out of my PAF file and compelely done away with it except for a gerantion or to that so maybe one day if I wish I can reconstuct a nice clean accurate line into my PAF - THANK YOU curators for your hard work in this area -
Why are you blaming the curators, Roger? There has been merging in the noble lines almost as long as there has been Geni. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of Geni users who are merging and collaborating, and there are only 50 curators most of whom are working in a specific area to *clean up* the false data and conflicting duplicates. I think your frustration is misdirected.
Geni is not a finished product; it is an ongoing process of knowledge-building. That means that there is always construction going on, and as long as new people are joining, there will always be new trees to be connected and merged in.
Curators work primarily on merging duplicates into, and creating/building, Master Profiles for people in the shared historical tree. Building a Master Profile means that facts and data need to be verified, relationships need to be verified, research needs to be done to create a narrative in the About Me section, and more. We are "in process" for most of these, since this is a very new enterprise.
What do you think is crazy about this system?
It would greatly help us explain the situation if you could pinpoint particular profiles of yours that have been merged. I have never come across your name before, so I don't know what area of the tree your ancestors are in (in terms of the nobility to which you refer--which nobility? what country/region? what family lineage? what century?) If you will provide us with some specific profile links, we can connect you to the curator(s) who works in that area and look into your concerns.
Sorry Roger I like what your term "this crazy curator system" to me it has helped to put a handled on some very big problems that existed - - I lkike the idea of 'Master profiles"
Pam you are so right the merging is not done JUST BY the 50 curators - it is done by ALL THE GENI USERS - some who DO NOT READ CAREFULLY and COMPARE data - they just merge for the sake of merging I ran into this with my Smith-Hinkley line and I am still seeing it it in profiles that I am being asked to merge -
Roger you AGREED TO COLLOBARATE to MERGE profiles with others and each of us has the responsibility to read each merge requst carefully and to accept or not accept it and then in the end compare the data of the given profiles and choose the 'best of the conflicting data" it is also our responsibility to offer documentation for the data given and to question data given if it differ from ours - but the data we/I have obtained comes from varuious sources - people etc. over the years much has been handed down and not documented - have to
Roger you need to learn to give - take; offer documentation for what you think is right/wrong and be willing to compromise if you are proven wrong - - everything handed down - or thats is printed in sources is not all ways accurate and true!
Birth/death certifcates can even be wrong - data it is given by an informant and transcribed by another person - thus comparision of data and facts must be done and documentented along the way - -
Genealogy has to be documented to be worth anything - many people refuse to do this - they just give names, dates and places and you are to accept it as the "Gospel Truth" - thus this information keeps getting passed on as such till somone starts to question, document and then they are the so-called 'bad-guy'
Roger, interestingly, I curate the Master Profile for Godwin of Wessex, which your profile will be merged into (but hasn't been yet). Here it is.
Gōdwine Wulfnothsson, Earl of Wessex
Do you have an objection to your profile being merged into this one? You will retain co-managerial and editing rights as one of the many managers of this collaboratively-built profile, and this one has much more information than the one you originally had. So why would you not want to have an ancestral profile like this that has been collaboratively built and to which you can contribute?
The only master profiles that you need to contact a curator about (in order to add information) are those that are locked, which is a very small percentage of them (this one is not).
If after seeing this you still do not want to be a part of Geni, and you still think the system stinks, then you probably need to go elsewhere, yes, because this is what Geni is all about.
I have not merged them because I am working on another area of the tree this week. If I am aware that a tree is disconnected I generally ask, but once someone is part of the "Big Tree" then we do not need to ask because once you are connected in one place, your public, historical tree needs to be fully integrated.
Here's another example why I don't like this curator system:
This tree shows a lot of lines and warning signs and it looks really ugly.
And here's is the revision history:
Geni's project is ONE world tree. Their slogan is "Everyone's related." On the "About Us" page here: http://www.geni.com/company/about_us
it states:
How Does Geni Work?
Geni is the leading collaborative genealogy platform. Geni users from around the world work together to build a single, comprehensive family tree. Users can build a private tree of their close relatives to connect to the shared public tree.
Start by building your family tree through our fun, simple interface. It's fast and free. Invite your relatives to join Geni and add other relatives. This makes it easy to grow your tree.
As your tree grows, Geni automatically looks for matches in other family trees. You'll be notified of possible matches, growing your tree even faster. Eventually your tree will merge with the world family tree, which currently contains over 50 million profiles.
Everyone in the tree has a profile which shows more about them and enables other family members to stay in touch. Families can work together to build profiles for common ancestors.
Geni will not share your personal information with third parties. We will not sell your email address or spam you. Users control which communications they would like to receive from us.
Roger, as I explained, the whole system is new and under construction,. It IS going to look ugly and messy for a while, but you have a thousand people working on cleaning it up as fast as we can.
You are a PRO user, so you have access to lots of tools. You can either help solve the problem, or you can complain and do nothing to help make it happen. Or you can leave and go to any number of other genealogy sites, none of which will be as great as Geni's collaborative family tree once it is fully realized.
I'm sorry that no one asked you before merging, but it only took one merge and then your tree was no longer noted as not being part of the collaborative tree--and in those cases, there was no way for any of us to know.
We merge hundreds of thousands of profiles a week--and to do that we don't have the time to contact each individual manager for each individual profile to ask permission. We did that for two years, and that was the system that got us INTO this mess--and it is the new system, which includes curators working hand-in-hand with other mergers and collaborators, which has made tremendous progress in the past three months. It will take time, but if you leave and then check back in 6 months or a year (or maybe less--I'm being conservative), you will find an amazing edifice of a tree built of master profiles, in which there is only one well-constructed and well-researched profile of those medieval and ancient ancestors to which all of us descendants connect.
So, you still haven't answered my question--do you want Master Profiles like the one of Godwin of Wessex in your tree? If so, then (I ask with utmost respect) stop complaining and start merging. Work with us and not against us.
(I'm out for the rest of the evening... so will not be here to respond right away).
I posted this over in the "we haven't told anyone yet defunct Forum" but thought I'd re-post because there is more discussion here.
I don't question the holy grail mission of one tree. That's Geni's prerogative. What I amm questioningis the implementation. I'm not questioning the valiant efforts of the volunteer curators, I'm questioning the wisdom of having them at all.
Geni's publicity has been SILENT on the curator issue. Did they send out an email to paying customers telling them about this new "feature". No. Did the do a press release? No. Did they post it as an internal note to customers? No. Can one find out about curators in the FAQ? No. Oh yea, the DID post it to the blog. Score: 1 - Good job.
Collaboration is a great thing. Working on family trees together, even better.
Forcing collaboration and merges on your unknowing customer base, not so good. Forcing merges in the name of "cleaning up the world tree" a fruitless endeavor.
Clean trees make genealogy boring. I don't want to know the ending of the story before I read the first page.
Score: Geni 100 Customers 0
I pointed out some hoax pictures and some questionable research by a genetic genealogist who also used DNA from a living person (which he attributes to Elvis Presley) to support her claim that she is Elvis' half-sister. Challenging that researcher's work got me removed from managing the profile of George 'Chief of All' Sizemore by its curator. (Note the media associated with he and his father, who lived before portrait photography was invented) I don't know how else to escalate the situation beyond the curator level so I am simply speaking out.


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Discussion in 'Fan Zone' started by WoodysGirl, Jan 10, 2013.
5.3 sacks.
QB killer.
I don't disagree.
My point is this -- Spencer was IFFY on coming back even had the team stuck with the 3-4 due to the expectation that it will take $10m/year to resign him and he is basically 30 years old.
The risk is resigning him at $10m/year even get's bigger when you add up he is closing in on 30, he played lights out in his contract year, and he you would be switching him to a 4-3 DE where he will be lining up across from hulking right offensive tackles just about 100% of the time who weigh 40-75 lbs more than him.
It's a heck of a lot of risk for someone who is going to garner a ton of money on the open market as a 3-4 OLB.
Yes, theoretically anything is possible with Spencer.... in the end, however, I believe his huge contract will not be worth whatever the Cowboys think he'll be able to contribute with his hand on the ground all the time as a 4-3 DE.
Spencer would be a powerful DE. Part of the reason he never had as many sacks as Ware was because he had more responsibilities dropping in coverage and playing the run. With him rushing the QB every snap his totals will go up. The only problem is the business side. How much money will he command?
I won't be shocked by Kiffen using a 3-4 at times. If Bellichick can use whales in a 4-3 anything is possible.
But I seriously doubt that if this was the plan that we would have attacked last offseason and honestly the last 7 in the same manner. You can change coaches and even get better ones but you have to keep the same scouting sytem- talent evaluation system. That system should maximize what the coaches you have want to do.
Pittsburgh is Pittsburgh no matter if they have a guy as a walk around head coach who used to be a Tampa 2 defensive coordinator.
I'm going to say it this way.
If Monte Kiffin were headed to Philly to be their new DC, I'd be damned worried. I don't give two hoots in hell about his age. Let others fixate on that. I wouldn't be certain they couldn't play for him or that he couldn't coach them.
I refuse to fly the other direction just because he's coming here.
I'll say it again, he is not even in the top 5 of guys I wanted, but there is not a doubt in my mind that he is one of the top DCs ever.
I think he'd be a decent pass rushing 4-3 DE. I have no idea how we'd hold up against the run lined up across from RT play after play. A lot of the smaller 4-3 DEs get by on quickness -- think Mathis and Freeney. Spencer is a power player -- he's not particularly quick.
Again, I think he'd be a decent 4-3 pass rushing DE. Nobody really knows how he's do against the run.
Do you want to spend $10/m a year on a guy with those kinds of questions? A proven top-end 4-3 DE can be had at $10m/year. Why take a chance on unproven?
Good post.
You know, I have mentioned Kiffin with Lebeau and Jim Johnson. Hoodie is the 4th guy that makes that grand slam. Everyone told me the Patriots Defense sucked in 2011. Look where they ended up in 2012. The guy is a master.
Shame on me for leaving him out of the trinity.
He would be fine. Study the film and watch how powerful he is. You don't become a very good run stopper and not be powerful. Anthony Spencer is very underrated around here.
I wouldn't want to pay him to find out. Too risky. Too expensive.
I think Anthony Spencer was probably the best 3-4 LB in the entire NFL this year. I'm not underrating him at all.
I'm just saying it's very risky to spend $10m/year on a guy who will be moving to the trenches full-time for the 1st time since he was in college. It's a whole another world playing on the DL fulltime.
The problem with Spencer is that he is not a pass rusher who can beat a tackle. You can count on one hand the times Spencer has beaten one one-on-one in his entire career.
I was thinking the same but haven't looked at video to know for sure. I don't recall him lining up across from a RT and beating that guy for sacks much this season.
I wish people would quit saying this, especially supposed smart analysts like Sturm.
A nickel defense with a four-man front is not a 43 defense. Lots of teams let their pass rushers get in a three point stance in the nickel but that's very different from your base defense being a 43.
It's also risky to pay a guy coming off of a career year. He's doesn't have another even close to it.
If they ever charged him with QB killing, he'd get off for lack of evidence.
This! Pay the man. We lose Spencer, we lose on defense.
Talent is not talent in any scheme. A great man to man corner may be lost in zone coverage, can't tackle or have any ball skills. Ronde Barber can play zone all day long but if you ask him to turn and run with Mike Wallace it's church.
Anthony Spencer is the best or second best to Woodley 3-4 SOLB in the NFL. It is quite possible perhaps probable that he'll have real trouble as a base defensive end since those guys usually have 25lbs on him and longer arms. Getting off of a block from Witten is different that getting off of a block from Tyron Smith.
Lavonte David was a beast with Gerald McCoy and Roy Miller in front of him taking up blocks. He'd have a hard time in a 3-4 with Lissmore as his nose. Geno Atkins would have a hard time as a 2 gap defensive end in Pittsburgh despite being a remarkable talent for the Bengals.
Sure JJ Watt can do anything you ask him to. Patrick Willis, the same. But those guys are the exception not the rule. Lots of players are better with their second team because they were miscast in their role with their first team.
That's the thing, though. Spencer's been a really good player the whole time. This year was statistically more significant because the sack number was higher. But the guy's been a force and a very steady player since the day he was drafted. It's only because of a poor decision on our part we're looking at paying him in the teeth of his best statistical season coming off of the franchise tag. We shouldn't be in this position in the first place.
I agree the contract situation and dynamics of it is a risk. It's only one because of the other terrible contracts that have this team strapped. Guys like Doug Free.
That's what disturbs me. I'm so tired of recycling retreads. We need new vision and new blood. That's why we will always struggle. We don't prepare for the future. Old things pass away ... when are we going to step into the newness of life. There is too much young talent out there with young minds and young ideas.
Great post. How many times did we line up in the 4-3 or 4-2-5 when the opponent was not in 3 wides?
Not many.

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Joe Castiglione & Dave O'Brien caught up with Stephen Drew after today's 6-5 victory over the A's at Fenway Park
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Red Sox would be 65 win over the athletics here at Fenway Park Stephen -- -- with a big hit keys with Joseph and days. I've thanks this David you've been hitting the ball hard of late to top mark the ball the other night it was. Like typical big gain a couple of others like that want to center field but. You found that right field corner with a big triple that was critical ways game went because the -- are well behind three nothing. Yeah you know just you know balance trying to get things going in like you said I think it's both good and just try to get back to you know -- count for me and you know they're good swing and I had a good you know benefits elevated and you know just they're good swing in and you know I'm glad it went a corner. Still what's your game plan against a guy like Anderson he's been very tough against the Red Sox in the past and you know one in three so far this season -- in and out but he can be very tough. Yeah I you know he is tough you know get to play behind him last hearing and now facing that your you know I know always tough on lefties in the always tough on varieties and you know just going into it just got to have your game plan and you know with the -- it is not trying to pick the ball up his soon as possible because you know effective curve -- it's -- It was headed to see -- comes in and out so you know what that kind of Garrett there he's. If it's Jesus mixes his pitches up really well and you know like this have we got to him and you know -- it matters. Lesser. Leah you played the a's last year as you know what -- grinding games they play at this was still want album a little different than National League stuff -- Yeah you know that team over there -- mean they got a good bunch of guys over there as well and they never give up and you know artists we're we're glad that we came out with a victory in. You know we we had a game plan and -- and sat with him who worked out. It seems like the Red Sox have been very good about that sticking with game plans and it's turned into. Of fourteen and seven record you surprised at all by how quickly this team has come together. No not at all I mean like this in spring training I saw -- -- it's. Is it good group of guys here in Italy it's political leadership in the clubhouse and you know it's just fun to be a part of still marvel at what advice did your brother get it JB about that playing here at Fenway their regular base tolerates you know for me yet there's. You know trying to get a piece because I think that's you know that was the toughest part of talked to him a little bit. You know every day hear me -- as it is for me it's exciting because of the fans here and always gonna -- fan base and you know -- a little differently you know from the can't compare fairly I mean you demeanor stuff is a little different bad. You know he you know looking at doing mine. You know coming here and knew it ever -- kind of try to compare me and we were totally different and you know -- -- -- a bit older brother looked up humans you know he had a good career and you know just trying to we do here. And then a final question about the shot by Lowry down that. That right field line Stephen. Yeah back you know I mean Qassam plaintiff over there and you know voters' hands in my heater and as a lefty get on the top and the ball source -- so. From my point of view that I've really can't help it you know are -- advocate you know a good view and you know I caught it felt so that's just the way it went down stuff to read on the replay -- in -- answered from our angle so we were like -- you know he made the right call up. Exactly right right call thanks to appreciate very current chase guys are right -- think it is David Joseph thank you to John raced -- wishing the best we do indeed John congratulations on your new career going to be -- very very much. Thank you guys I appreciate him.


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This is one of the two crowning moments of my life (the other having been another lecture by Bill Nye). I mean, I actually got to stand in the same room as the man who introduced me to magnetism, descent with modification, and the water cycle.
I arrived in Hermann Hall about two and a half hours before the lecture, where the line had already stretched considerably longer than most do that long before an event. I whiled away the time enjoyably with some engineering students, with whom I speculated as to what Dr. Nye would talk about and rewatched some old episodes of the show. As we waited, the line grew to encircle the whole of the Hall (no mean feat, if you'll take a look), making me very happy I'd prudently chosen to get there so early.
A half hour before the seven o'clock starting time, the security guards (whom, as one of my engineer co-waiters noted, were probably there mainly to protected Bill Nye from being mobbed) permitted us into the auditorium, where we continued to wait around, talking about xkcd, computer science classes, and the James Webb Space Telescope (you could tell you were having a conversation with engineering students). Finally, the (enormous) crowd exploded as an overjoyed and very lucky IIT student introduced Bill Nye. (If it hasn't become apparent, I'm pretty excited that this was Bill Nye.)
Nye's lecture was itself pretty interesting. His two main points were that a.) we take a lot for granted in our everyday life that depended for its introduction on painstaking scientific research and that b.) as (mostly) future engineers, his audience was in a unique position to change the role of technology in society. To illustrate the first observation, he used the example of sundials: though we tend not to think about it, we daily use chronological measurements that owe their origins, ultimately, to people doing hard work with sticks, lines, and shadows. These measurements, as he remarked are probably much more important than the wheel: everyone needs to measure time, but a good supply of tree trunks render wheels redundant, while hilly jungle terrain renders them mostly useless. To illustrate the second, he gestured to a number of possible avenues for research on reusable, non-fossil-fuel-dependent sources of energy and other means of reducing climate change.
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The warning comes after nearly 2,000 flights were already canceled Tuesday night for Wednesday morning.
Many of the large airports on the East Coast closed, stranding thousands of people. Tuesday alone, nearly 7,000 flights were canceled across the country, LaGuardia and Newark Liberty making up 2,400 of those flights.
"The airports have to be ready to reopen, and if they have some flooding concerns or flooding issues, they have to be make sure their facilities are ready to accept flights again," Kim Dickie, airport manager at Roberts Field, said Tuesday.
She says the airport is not seeing any delays or cancellations because of the storm. It's when you get to larger airports like Portland, Seattle or Denver that travelers start feeling the impact.
"It's going to be quite some time before the East Coast airports can get back up and running," said Dickie. "I think it's going to be a challenge for anyone who wants to get to the East Coast."
The best thing to do, if you must travel in the next week, is to give yourself plenty of time once you get to the airport.
"If people can be really patient, if they don't have an immediate need to travel to the East Coast, we really recommend they delay as long as possible," said Dickie.
Airline officials say if you do plan to travel to the East Coast, be sure to check the entire itinerary of your trip: That way, you don't get stuck halfway there.


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'Unstoppable wave of child mortality'
HIV is the main driving force behind South Africa's high child death rates and unless there is a concerted effort to put child survival strategies in place the country faces an "unstoppable wave of child mortality",' paediatricians have warned.
Speaking at the national AIDS conference in Durban, Professor Nigel Rollins head of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, said South Africa was one of nine countries where child mortality was increasing.
Rollins had already warned earlier this year that "PMTCT fatigue" had set in and that multitudes of children were getting needlessly infected.
His comments at the time were in response to the health department announcing with great fanfare that it would soon have "100% coverage for Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT)".
Rollins revealed that a study conducted among 2 470 infants (6 weeks of age) who attended up to 11 different immunization clinics around KwaZulu Natal - over 7 percent of all these infants were already HIV infected by the time they reached the clinic and that "the story was only going to get worse in that more children were going to get infected through mixed breastfeeding".
"This equates to a 20,8% vertical transmission rate (the number of children born to HIV infected mothers who become infected). In other parts of South Africa it is 7% and in other parts of the world it is 2%," said Rollins.
He added that while there may be some centres of relative excellence within the country, the overall picture was poor. "Transmission of HIV to infants is one area of HIV that genuinely falls within the sphere of influence as more than 90% of HIV infected pregnant women attend ante-natal clinics and could therefore be reached with preventive interventions. Avoiding transmission would be possible with concerted and focused actions," said Rollins.
'Even at sites where PMTCT is delivered the story is generally pretty dismal. Between 40 and 80 percent of women at ante-natal clinics accept voluntary counseling and testing while only between 10 and 60 percent of HIV infected women get nevirapine and less than half of their babies get tested after birth," he said.
Rollins said the quality of counseling offered to women was also often poor.
Dr Harry Moultrie of the Harriet Shezi Children&rsquos Clinic at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital said it was critical for the PMTCT programme to function optimally as the health system would not cope with the rising number of HIV positive children.
'Unless we cope with basic paediatric care, we are not going to cope with (dispensing) paediatric ARVs," Moultrie cautioned.
He said one third of children were dying by the time they reached 12 months, "We are facing an unstoppable wave of child mortality," he said.
Given the high mortality rate, Moultrie said it was critical to introduce mandatory HIV testing of all children at their six week immunisation visit at the clinics.
Dr Tanya Doherty, Senior Scientist at the Medical Research Council and Health Systems Trust said there was room for improvement (of the PMTCT programme).
She said results from the District Health Barometer suggested that greater attention needed to be paid to the quality of the services currently being provided.
The overall rate of HIV testing uptake amongst antenatal clients for the country in 2005/2006 was 45,2% and there has been virtually no improvement since 2004/2005.
"This highlights the need for HIV testing to be integrated as a routine part of antenatal care, specifically with the introduction of a routine offer testing strategy," said Doherty.
This strategy has been shown in other African countries, most notably Botswana, to dramatically increase uptake of antenatal HIV testing.
The Barometer also found that only half of the women who tested HIV positive were recorded as having received nevirapine. Doherty said this low uptake would significantly impact on programme effectiveness.
The health department statement said at the time that more than 80% of government clinics were currently providing a PMTCT service and the target was to have these services available in all clinics by December 2007.
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Two of the largest retailers in the United States will be selling Gran Turismo 5: XL Edition for just $10.00 in their "Black Friday" sales, which kick off the holiday shopping season.
Walmart has featured the game in their Black Friday mail ad along with over 25 other popular titles at that price point. The deal will apparently begin on Thursday (see your local store ad for details); the price will be for in-store purchases only.
Amazon is also getting in on the action, featuring GT5 XL in their Black Friday Lightning Deals. The game will be sold at that price point on Thursday, November 22, between 5:10-9:10pm PST or while supplies last.
Considering that XL Edition includes a $20 PlayStation Store voucher, these deals offer a significant value at $10, even for those who may already own a copy of the game but are looking to purchase the additional DLC which is available.
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i picked it up last night at Walmart for $10, but i already had all the DLC, so i guess that i bought it for nothing?
Fought through the crowds tonight to pick up my back-up copy. Also ended up with Most Wanted and FIFA for $25 each. It was a good day.
Did anyone actually get one at amazon? I waited for the count down timer to end, then refreshed the screen for about 30 seconds till the price changed to $10 and they were all sold out, and the wait list was at +500. 30 seconds, So they maybe had what, 20 to sell?
Actually its wasn't even 30 seconds, they sold out in the time between my screen refreshing. So maybe 3 seconds.
It's back to $10 again.
How is GT5 dying?! There is still SO MANY PEOPLE playing online, it hasnt died.
Welcome To GTPlanet.
: )
I know what EVERYONE in my family us getting from me this year
It's about time (old) PS3 games were reasonably priced.
Great deal if you don't already have the DLC. The disc would also be handy for re-installs since it has updates through spec 2.0 on the disc.
The XL version includes a "Voucher good for over $20 worth of DLC content, including the Racing Car Pack, Car Pack 2, Course Pack, Racing Gear Pack, and Paint Pack."
I don't have a PS3 or the Game, so yes its of value. I never understood how people already with the game complain about value when not everybody has brought GT5 that wants one. I don't even know if I am getting a PS3 finally, I don't want the Super Slim, its hard to find a working Xbox 360 or PS3 for double store credit via Gamestop.
Sorry but I don't wanna pay $199 for a Holiday Bundle of games I don't want + pay the exact trade-in value to get a used working 360 off somebody.
dojOdRiFTeR do you have any proof that "no one plays flopza"?
Just curious.
and does TomBrady have proof that the PS3 version will differ physics-wise from the PC Version?
Hahaha that's awesome to hear even tho I bought the game for 59 plus tax is 64, I live in canada and unfortunately, only USA ro blackfriday big sales. Longstoryshort, 10 bucks will attract more trolls and noob online players! Yay that 7 yrs old oa bringing am x1 or veyron in a JDM Cruise!
This is really weird, a company makes an awesome offer and people get angry!!
And tris is also something of BASIC economics
I'd say people are worse other times. It isn't so bad with this, but still.
Ok…ok…here goes!….
Is this hinting at more DLC?!
Just thought I'd pop that one in – complete the package. : )
Guys, chill out. This is a ONE DAY SALE. Not GT5's permanently new selling price. More so, it's most likely a marketing ploy to get people in the store so that they can spend money on other deals. Just be mindful, people have died on Black Friday for ridiculous deals such as these. Take it easy out there GTP.
Understood.. Don't buy GT6 before we have GT7.. initiating mission
For the low low price of being trampled to death!
really squeezing every last penny out of this game LOL just let it die please.
GT5 is getting old really fast
Project cars will be the next big thing
LOL You're hilarious. Have you even played pCars? Not to mention, they've already hinted at the fact that the ps3 version won't be the same as the PC version physics wise, which is a really bad sign considering their other console titles. Even if pCars hit it's full potential on PS3 it will never overtake GT5, be realistic instead of buying the hype
Yeah on PS4!
I have project cars on PC, although it's Beta, I do not believe that the physics will be as good as GT5, despite all GT's shortcomings it's still better than P Cars.. maybe it's the online factor or maybe because P cars isn't finished.. but GT6 will be out soon after anyway!
pCars is hyped up beyond belief. I fell for it, and bought it for PC a couple weeks ago.
I wasted my money..
The physics are horrible. The force feedback is absolutely useless on my Fanatec CSR, very very poor force feedback. I tried all these different settings for hours, and it just sucks. WRC3 has better FF (WRC3 FF is screwed up btw).
The game surprisingly doesn't even look that good, I have a GTX 670 and the antialiasing is all screwed up and I cannot get rid of jaggies even at 16x qcaa.. Just a horrible game at this point in time and hopefully it all gets fixed before release so at least I wouldn't have wasted the money I already spent.
But yeah GT5 is old and tired, and Kaz won't even fix basic problem. Even when GT(x) comes out on the PS4, I still won't be buying that either because Kaz doesn't know how to make a decent game anymore.. I think he's clinically delusional after seeing that interview posted here on GTP a couple weeks ago.. He just doesn't care about GT5 fans, so I don't care about GT anymore.. I am sure the next GT will be the worst selling GT ever, and probably the worst GT ever, no matter how good it looks.
P cars sucks every time a new build comes out I get excited, but then I'm angered by how bad it is. RFactor 2 baby!!!
Really fast? I didn't know that a game which is still popular after 2 years is getting old "fast".
lol ok this is a really good deal. For the DLC alone it's worth it
Just want to make sure… These can't be used with Non-US PSN account is that right?
That's amazing!!! I will certainly picking up a copy
awesome, i had only bought one dlc and i wanted the others but hate borrowing money from my dads credit card. thisis great my mom can pick it up on black friday
I went and bought GT5 Academy Edition for £15 (Amazon) to get the $20 DLC….
*starting to pull hair out*!!
I think it's funny how some people (on here) actually thought they're paying $10 to get a $20 PSN voucher (to use on whatever). XD
It Is a seriously amazing deal though.
BTW I should stress I bought Academy Ed. like a week ago. : )
You'd have to be a TopGear – X2010 – Free run driver to pay that for it after reading this. XP
OMG GT5 is like the best game on the list! All the others arent that good
With this kind of deals it will be worth wating for a bargain for gt6 in 2020..
Hey, I like the sound of this. The more new players who buy this, the more we get to meet them for the first. :)
I see no problem with this. Maybe a big suprise in December? 0.0
Ya Right we need new Players online – all the old ones has packed GT5 in the Box, left the PS3 building, and is now playing Forza on a new Cheap Xbox hahaha – :o)
( I Play Project Cars WHich is A Yammiee SImRacer for the buck – Damn what a nice Game it is )
#dredman1 no one plays flopza heck gt5 sold more than almost the whole forza series . Sure your not paid by Ms to promote propaganda come one dude gt5 has way more online players than flopza
Flagmo that really was one of the dumbest comments I've read. GT5s first DLC sold more copies than Forza alone, you really think there's no one online? There's people online 24/7 despite offline modes being very popular like seasonals, time trials, enduros, and arcade racing. and what's a yammie sim racer? LOL You're just full of stupid aren't you?
@Flagmo-T I participate in Online races everynight. We presently are TopSpeed tuning cars capable of hitting 190@Daytona. Down from TopSpeed testing cars that get 205. A Far cry from TopSpeed testing 270, 240, 225, 220, MaxSpeed cars. 2 years and running. If GT5 online is dying im not seeing it.
Some guys/gals have moved on but of the GT5 friends on my list, many still get together online, and TopSpeed testing these slower cars has brought some new excitement amongst them.
What we don't need Online is Newbies who can't understand the rules of individual race lobbies.
Sorry Guys, I was only Joking or Ya I did made a quite stupid Comment, if it was meant to be Serious ( I thought that was obvious ) But I did say Hahaha :o)
I tried Forza Horizent the other day, and Nope!! Me not fancy it at all..
But i do look forward to the release of Project Cars though, I play the Monthly builds, and they do kick as ( still haven't played online) and a few more SimDrivers in my Team also Love the builds, so we expect it to be Awesome, but again Only time will tell ..
Sorry again for the Misleading joke :o) PS. I do Fancy GT5 online with great Drivers..
@Flagmo-T Haha. Something told me you were joking when you added a smiley in your sentense. :) I do agree with you about FH. After beating the whole game, I just got bored with it. Thus I stopped playing.
I also understand that you're excited about pCars, and hope you enjoy it. It looks promising. :tup:
My comment was meant for the one above mine btw.
Can anyone clarify if the $20 voucher for DLC is free to use as you wish in the PSN store, or is it specifically only for GT5 DLC?
If it's tied to only downloading GT5 DLC, then this makes no sense for me to buy.
If not, then it's like Sony & PD is paying me $10 to buy stuff of the PSN store!!! ;)
GT5 specific. The article is implying if you already own the game but not the DLC, this would be the cheaper route to getting the DLC which is valued at $20.
no one plays flopza heck gt5 sold more than almost the whole forza series . Sure your not paid by Ms to promote propaganda come one dude gt5 has way more online players than flopza
Only humans with no brain will skip this purchase…
…ok and maybe those who need food instead.
And those that already have GT5 & all the dlc (aside from stealth & chrome line cars). Although, my copy is getting a bit old. The Spec 2.0 intro always freezes after 16 seconds. Rest of the game works fine though.
But guys you all played for 2 years…I paid 147€ for the Signature Edition, bought all DLC´s and I even stopped playing (just when I see updates)…So what?
This is good and it will help to rise the number of sold copies probably up to 10 million, more people playing and more fun for everybody. Is that bad?…
What's wrong wi the grumpy littles fellows here? Of course you spent 60 quids on the game, you don't expect PD to give it for free? That's the rules in any business … Prices go down with time. You could also have waited three years before buying it… Or wait 10 more years to get a good bargain on GT6…
im so glad i spent $60 on this game which is fine cause it was new but over 30 in DLC s and they go and sell it for 10. Wow MORE RALLY CARS
Ten bucks. That's a joke. LOL! I don't even want to think how much I've spent in GT5 DLC! XD
me too.
So you want the price,ON BLACK FRIDAY, to remain $60? I don't think it would sell as much as it would.
Oh yes, I can pay $10 bucks and get $20 worth of PSN cash, sounds like a deal to me and a brand new copy of GT5 for safe keeping. I only see good things here.
Hmmm…I don't have DLC, so…
My disc got scratched because of my PS3 so this couldn't have come at a better time. First day release purchaser here.
So glad i spent $60 on this game when it came out plus the cost of the first add ons only to see it offered a couple years down the road for $10.
Screw you polyphony
Umm, welcome to gaming. You must be new here.
wahhhhh. WAHHHH. booo HOO!O!!!! WahhH! lol
lol what you were expecting, pal?
The Whiners Are Talking again eh?
I suppose you think GT1 should still cost $60 too?
You must be new to the entire game market. Welcome aboard boy.
A 2 year old game should drop the price. You were playing it for 2 years and you bought it at release. See the difference?
Also if you don´t want to pay that much for games first of all stop with the "hype" immature thing, and wait till prices drop because all games after a couple of months drops prices almost to a half of the launch cost.
I started to do this on PC mostly thanks to Steam because you have sales almost every day and sometimes released games gets 50% less or even more discount a month after release. And now pre-ordering games you have 10% discount. And full release games on PC costs 49,99€ not 60€ as on consoles.
(that´s why I am playing mostly on PC lately)
Seriously? I bought my copy of GT5 a month after release (Christmas) along with my PS3 & CoD Black Ops, and I'm proud. I don't care I paid $60 for a game that's now 2 years old. Prices drop over time. Deal with it.
This has to be the worst forum :( sorry Jordan
@tofudrifter What was the purpose of you writting that? How is this the worst forum? Don't hate please, really. >_>
No, tofudrifter's right. People see GTP as one of the worst fan forums when it comes to people crapping on the game and developer. There are many words to describe the people that make this place feel like crud.
screw you polyphony? really?
Applaus to Sony for such a nice offer, but what does it really do for me Lol :o)
You really are a bafoon aren't you? Are you trolling? You write some of the most hilariously stupid comments. I hope you've not been given a drivers license
Sweet , I might just buy myself another copy just in case! :( kinda sad on the other hand, I was hoping for news of a spec III update.
Spec III update probably won't come until next year, I doubt that there will be any news to come about it yet.
@Stephanos82 – Join the club…
DLC and Spec news articles are the only ones I care about seeing. It such a joyful occasion when you come back to GTPlanet after a little while and there's 3 new articles.
Article 1 – *guy* is now the new *place* GT Academy champion -_-
Article 2 – *guy* to race new *Nissan* at *track* -_-
Article 3 – Spec-III Update & New DLC incoming………………….WOOOOP! XDD
Ok, I'm done. : )


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A Tauranga man who starved his dog and unchained it just a couple of times during a two-year-period has appeared in court trying to have his community work sentence cancelled.
On September 18 Phillip Warral Kahotea, 26, was fined $750 and sentenced to 75 hours community work after he admitted failing to adequately feed and care for the dog. The port worker was also disqualified from owning another dog for three years and ordered to pay vet expenses of $158.26.
Appearing in Tauranga District Court yesterday, Kahotea's lawyer argued he could not fulfil the community work sentence as it interfered with his full-time work.
Judge Thomas Everitt spoke sternly to Kahotea and told him court orders came first however he adjourned the matter to be heard by the judge who sentenced him, Judge Peter Rollo, on November 12.
The charges against Kahotea came after an SPCA animal welfare inspector visited his Te Puke property three times and found the malnourished huntaway, Duke, tethered by a chain around its neck to running wire.
When the SPCA finally seized the dog in May this year he was malnourished, had no body fat and his muscles were wasting away.
At sentencing, Judge Rollo said Kahotea's actions or inaction towards the dog were unfeeling, unkind and unacceptable.
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This is a blog to chronicle this portion of the life of Staff Sgt. Jason Ross, my son, as he mends, after an I.E.D. explosion, on March 7, 2011, while serving his country in Afghanistan.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
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Today I went over and saw Jason, in his room, and I happened to get there right after another of his pain episodes. Fortunately the medical team was right there and they were able to get it under control pretty quickly. Then after talking with Jason, he told me that last night they weren't quite so quick in getting it back under control. I know there are some new people watching over him on the floor, due to turn over and such, but I do wish they'd listen to him when he starts telling them what he needs. He is having to reeducate them, and thus making it a little more drawn out, when it comes to them learning what his tolerance levels are. They must have figured it out because he was feeling better when I arrived.
He had some visitors today, eight Sergeant Majors came in to visit him. It actually happened in two groups, but they both stayed and spoke with Jason, and he very much appreciated it. As it turned out, one of them was a former member of 2nd EOD Company, out of Camp Lejeune, though it was a couple of years before Jason got there. They still knew some common folks so they tended to talk a little more. The funny part was that I even knew one of the guys he mentioned. There are going to be other visitors over the next few days, so again he will be able to talk to some different people.
One of the things that is happening, or perhaps already happened, is the specialty bed. When Jason was brought in he was placed on a regular hospital bed, and he was relatively comfortable (I guess after laying on an ER "bed" for several hours almost any bed feels much better). The Wound Care people came in and said they wanted him on a specialty bed, and it was supposed to have arrived while I was there. I didn't see it, but was told he was going to be changed out soon, whenever that happens to be. He needs the different bed so there can be a continual motion on his wound area. They have also started a new treatment on the larger wound area, so I may be doing something different when he does get back home. We're looking at him coming back to the house this weekend sometime, so it could be Saturday or Sunday - I'm hoping for Saturday.
Tomorrow will be another day of running back and forth between the house and the hospital, as I don't want to leave the dog alone too long. I have some names of groups where we can place the dog for training, and even for adoption if that is what we have to do. Jason isn't too happy about this, but I think he realizes that it needs to be done.
Thank you, all for your continued prayers and support. I'm kind of tired right now, and I think I'm going to be going to bed in a short while.
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- AnonymousJanuary 26, 2012 at 8:41 PM
Hope Jason's home soon!!!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
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Death toll crosses 800 in Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood faces ban
Interim Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi has put forward a proposal to legally dissolve the Brotherhood.
Egypt's military-backed government is considering banning the hardline Muslim Brotherhood whose supporters are demanding reinstatement of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, even as the death toll in street battles over the past four days rose to over 800.
Interim Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi has put forward a proposal to legally dissolve the Brotherhood.
In a related development, Former Egyptian interim vice-president Mohamed ElBaradei has boarded a flight to Austria after his resignation was accepted by Egypt's interim president Adly Mansour, the state-run EGYnews site said today.
Meanwhile, the country's cabinet was analysing the crisis that erupted after military ousted former president Morsi on July 3, sparking deadly clashes that left hundreds dead.
"There will be no reconciliation with those whose hands have been stained with blood and who turned weapons against the state and its institutions," Beblawi told reporters.
His proposal to dissolve the Brotherhood raises the stakes in the struggle for the control of Egypt, BBC reported.
If it is acted upon, it could force the group underground and allow its sources of funding to be targeted.
Despite being closely allied to deposed President Morsi's government, the Brotherhood has always been a banned organisation, dissolved in 1954 by Egypt's military rulers.
But it recently registered itself as a non-governmental organisation.
A statement by the "Anti-Coup Alliance" called for fresh protests and said that their daily campaign in defiance of an intensifying crackdown, would continue.
Security was beefed up at a key points ahead of planned mass rallies by pro-Morsi supporters with armoured vehicles and troops being deployed at the Supreme Constitutional Court building in southern Cairo.
Egypt's interim government has also implored the global community to listen to its side after days of deadly violence.
Members of the foreign ministry showed a video-and-photo montage today of the recent carnage, blaming terrorists for the chaos.
Since Wednesday, over 800 people have died in clashes that erupted after security forces stormed two camps set up by Morsi loyalists in Cairo demanding his reinstatement.
Egypt's security forces cleared the al-Fateh mosque in Cairo yesterday after a long stand-off with Brotherhood supporters holed up inside.
Security forces dragged protesters from the mosque, passing through angry crowds who called them "terrorists" and tried to beat them.
About 250 protesters were being investigated for murder, attempted murder and so-called "terrorism", media reports said.
The interior ministry said 1,004 Muslim Brotherhood members had been detained in raids across the country, with bombs, weapons and ammunition seized.
The Brotherhood was quoted as saying sons and daughters of leadership figures had been targeted in an attempt to gain leverage over the organisation.
Brotherhood chief Mohamed Badie's son Ammar Badie was among dozens shot dead Cairo on Friday.
Authorities also arrested the brother of al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, a security official said yesterday.
Mohammed al-Zawahiri, leader of the ultraconservative Jihadi Salafist group, was detained at a checkpoint in Giza.
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Police: "Irrational, Crazed Man" Tased at Walmart After Threatening People With a Knife
REDDING, Calif. - A man described by witnesses as "crazed" and "irrational" was tased and arrested at the Redding Walmart after police said he threatened several people with a knife.
Police arrested David Michael Macleod, a 20 year old transient from the Redding area.
The incident started around 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of the Sears store on Dana Drive. Craig Kimball, 57 of Redding, told police he was sitting in his truck when he was approached by a man carrying a crow bar and a knife. Police say the suspect, Macleod, held up the crow bar in a threatening manner and threatened to kill Kimball. Kimball locked himself in the truck and called police.
Twenty minutes later, around 5:50 p.m. similar calls came in from the Walmart store a few blocks away on Dana Drive.
Police said the Walmart store manager Chris Schooner reported that a man stole a cellular phone and threatened Walmart employees with a knife. Police said Macleod left the store where he was spotted by a police officer.
Police say Macleod refused the officer's orders to stop and drop the knife. That's when the officer deployed the taser.
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Ed Howard: David Lynch is a filmmaker who has haunted my mind since the first moment I saw one of his films. This is especially true of Mulholland Drive I vividly remember my confused, stunned reactions the first time I saw this film. It was in the afternoon, and when I stumbled outside afterward, into bright daylight, everything looked strange, somehow subtly changed. I'd spent over two hours in Lynch's world, and in the time I'd been lost there it was as though the real world had been infected with Lynch's unsettling aesthetic. It was a unique experience. I can't remember another film that shook me up and destabilized me so thoroughly, and I've returned to it, and to Lynch's work in general, compulsively ever since.
Perhaps because they have such a profound, visceral effect on me, I find the precise character of Lynch's films to be elusive, hard to explain in concrete terms. I've never happened across a better synopsis of their effect, though, than the one offered by the novelist, essayist and critic David Foster Wallace. In 1996, Wallace was asked to visit the set of Lost Highway for Premiere magazine, and in response he produced a witty essay that was explicitly not a "behind the scenes" piece but an attempt to come to terms with the ineffable quality of Lynch's cinema. In the midst of this article is a passage that I want to offer as a starting point for our discussion, since it couldn't do a better job of encapsulating my own responses to Lynch if I had written it myself.
"David Lynch's movies are often described as occupying a kind of middle ground between art film and commercial film. But what they really occupy is a whole third different kind of territory. Most of Lynch's best films don't really have much of a point, and in lots of ways they seem to resist the film-interpretative process by which movies' (certainly avant-garde movies') central points are understood. This is something the British critic Paul Taylor seems to get when he says that Lynch's movies are "to be experienced rather than explained."...
"Nor are they seductive, though, at least in the commercial senses of being comfortable or linear or High Concept or "feel-good." You almost never in a Lynch movie get the sense that the point is to "entertain" you, and never that the point is to get you to fork over money to see it. This is one of the unsettling things about a Lynch movie: you don't feel like you're entering into any of the standard unspoken/unconscious contracts you normally enter into with other kinds of movies. This is unsettling because in the absence of such an unconscious contract we lose some of the psychic protections we normally (and necessarily) bring to bear on a medium as powerful as film. That is, if we know on some level what a movie wants from us, we can erect certain internal defenses that let us choose how much of ourselves we give away to it. The absence of a point or recognizable agenda in Lynch's films, though, strips these subliminal defenses and lets Lynch get inside your head in a way movies normally don't. This is why his best films' effects are often so emotional and nightmarish. (We're defenseless in our dreams too.)"
Jason Bellamy: I can't tell if you've jumped into the deep end of the pool or the shallow end with that quote, and maybe that says something at the outset about the elusiveness of Lynch. In general, though, I agree with the passage by Wallace, and I surely relate to the destabilizing effect of Mulholland Drive as you described it. That's Lynch alright. Indeed, we are defenseless to his abstractions. Watching a Lynch film is like waking up in space. We're so accustomed to A-Z narratives—even if they start at K, flash back to A and then flash forward to T—that we are conditioned to the idea that movies move forward or backward. Lynch is too dynamic for such restraints. His films come at us from above, from below, from the side, from our blind spots, from places we didn't know were there to be occupied. Whether this is some kind of genius filmmaking mutation, essential for the survival of the species, or some kind of disorder, interesting in its abnormality but ultimately detrimental, is a conversation for later. In the moment, we at least agree on how a Lynch film operates and affects—at least some of the time.
Mulholland Drive is an apt window into Lynch, because for so much of its running time it's about as conventional as Lynch gets before becoming about as unconventional as Lynch gets. It's like a boxed set experience in one film. Watching Mulholland Drive again for the purpose of this discussion, I found it to be as captivating and confounding as I'd remembered it. It's typically inexplicable—not just in terms of plot, but in terms of its overall effect. At the moment, trying to consider the entire film in my mind—a monumental task in and of itself—I vacillate between thinking that it's the heartbreaking work of a staggering genius and an inauthentic, glossy self-indulgence by an artist who takes himself too seriously. The real answer, I'm sure, is somewhere in the middle. These are not my conclusions. These are the emotions that Mulholland Drive stirs within me. That said, you adore this film. So let's move away from the big picture for a moment to concentrate on the film itself. I assume you'd call it a "great" film, perhaps even a "masterpiece." So here's a challenge: With the knowledge that you'll have the entirety of this conversation to state your case in detail, for the moment tell me why Mulholland Drive is great ... in 250 words or less.
EH: For me, the heart of the greatness of Mulholland Drive is the famed Club Silencio sequence, which provides the blueprint for enjoying (and understanding) the film as a whole. This is the moment where David Lynch steps into the film and announces, "Here I am," where the magician reveals his secrets. He's reminding us that we're "just" watching a movie, that everything we're seeing is fake, "an illusion," and yet no less affecting for its artificiality. This scene is the film's aesthetic and thematic core because Mulholland Drive is a tribute to the beautiful lie of movie magic. The preceding two hours were a mélange of self-conscious genre references (noir, Western, mystery, sexploitation, melodrama, action) but Lynch doesn't mock or parody these genre clichés; instead he glories in the endless capacity for creativity and emotion still contained, waiting to be unleashed, in even the most hackneyed Hollywood scenario. We see this also in the audition scene, where lame material is transformed by sheer talent into something electric and awesome. It's this generous quality that I most love in the film, the way Lynch seems to really care about art's ability to move, change and provoke us. The film is about a young woman who tries to transform herself through an artful act of imagination, and Lynch invites us to care as deeply about her constructs, her imaginary self (or selves), as we do for the glimpse of the "real" her we see in the final half-hour of the film.
JB: And here I thought I'd given you a nearly impossible challenge. I like your encapsulation. Brief though it is, it provides me with a deeper reading of the film than I took away myself based on only limited viewings. More specifically, it takes my seemingly disparate reactions and suggests that, yes, they do fit together in a relatively tidy whole. There's quite a bit to react to here, but you started with the Club Silencio sequence, and that seems fitting, so let's continue.
If that surreal display is the "blueprint for enjoying (and understanding) the film," you might also agree that it's the linchpin, too. Already to that point, the movie has been typically Lynchian—weird, creepy, somewhat depraved, not to mention vibrant and compellingly oblique—but the Club Silencio sequence is when the LSD hits the bloodstream. In the passage you quoted from Wallace, he notes correctly that we "almost never in a Lynch movie get the sense that the point is to 'entertain.'" I agree with that, and I'm down with that. Perhaps Lynch simply intends to provoke. Good enough. But this leads me to the first of what I'm sure will be multiple Lynch-inspired philosophical questions:
If we agree that the main strength of Lynch's filmmaking is its ability to render us defenseless, couldn't it also be argued that the intentional inscrutability of Lynch's work is its biggest downfall? Yes, we're vulnerable to these images, at least at first, but the natural human reaction when violated (made uncomfortable) is to emulate an armadillo and curl into a ball—physically, emotionally or cerebrally. Some would say, "That's on the audience. If they can't take it, it's their problem." But is that accurate? Lynch might not want to entertain us, and he certainly isn't out to set box office records, but he does want his films watched, or else he wouldn't make and distribute them—they could just live in his head. Lynch wants to share. He wants to provoke. He wants to communicate. Yet if he causes a moviegoer to shut down, his/her experience ends before the movie does, as if waking one's self from a nightmare. After that, the rest of the film is essentially irrelevant to that person. So I guess what I'm asking is this: If Lynch's style is so discombobulating that it pushes me away before it finishes delivering its message, if it makes me want to give up rather than keep trying, is that a fault of Lynch or of me?
EH: All I can say is, no matter how confounding and inscrutable Lynch's films can be—and this one is by no means his most inscrutable—I have never been repelled by them, never tempted to "give up." This is because Lynch's filmmaking is very modular: he thinks as much in terms of crafting individual moments as he does of the whole film. There's a reason that he was able to salvage Mulholland Drive from a rejected television pilot by adding new material and making it seem like the film was always meant to be like this. There's a reason that Inland Empire is able to incorporate ideas and images from Lynch's digital shorts and experiments (like the absurd Rabbits) and fluidly blend it all into the whole. Individual scenes, like the audition or Club Silencio or the conversation with the cowboy or the creepy Robert Blake phone call sequence in Lost Highway, can stand on their own as self-contained modules, separate from the films that contain them. This approach obviously encourages a very different kind of viewing, one that necessitates taking the film moment by moment, scene by scene, at least at first. (And the hypothetical armadillo-like viewer you mention would still have experienced many of these isolated moments before giving up, and I suspect Lynch would be OK with that.) It's only later that one realizes there's actually a story here (even, in the case of Mulholland Drive, a surprisingly straightforward story), that the little pieces start fitting together into something coherent. The first time one watches a Lynch film (other than, naturally, The Elephant Man or The Straight Story), it inevitably seems like just a string of random moments, most of them compelling and moody in their own right but not really logically understandable. It's only when you return to the films, or even just turn them over in your mind for a while, that what had seemed like randomness and surrealism-for-its-own-sake begins to take on form.
This is why Wallace emphasizes watching a Lynch film as an "experience," and certainly an active experience. These films undoubtedly require a certain level of complicity on the part of their audiences; if the viewer turns off, refuses to engage, then the film will never mean anything, will never come together in the way Lynch clearly intends it to. On some level, every film (or at least every film worth any attention) requires something of its audience. Lynch asks more than most, but then I'd argue that the rewards of his films are unique enough to warrant this extra effort; you may, of course, disagree.


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October 28, 2011 | Media Week
David Freese's 11th inning walk-off homer capped an epic World Series game and assured Fox of a seventh and deciding broadcast. Perhaps more importantly, the dinger was witnessed by 25.2 million viewers. According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day ratings data, the wild and woolly Game 6 delivered an average 21.1 million viewers and a 6.5 rating among adults 18-49. Featuring a stunning array of extra-inning firepower, the Cardinals rallied twice to force the first Game 7 since 2002. Game 6 now ranks as the most-watched World Series broadcast since the sixth—and deciding—game of the 2009 Yankees-Phillies tilt (22.3 million).
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Implications - When walking into a bedroom, one of the first things a person often looks at is the bed. Having an awesome duvet cover or comforter can completely change the look and feel of a bedroom. Whether you want soft and girlie or pimpin' and manly, these blankets are sure to give you some awesome decorating inspiration.
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This week's question from my portal "The Neagle Code: Directions for Life" comes from an individual who wishes to remain anonymous.
If a person is not happy in a job choice or position does that mean the person should figure out how to change to become happy in any position, or should the person leave the job/position and find something that makes the person happy with the mindset they currently have?
Hi and thanks for your question.
I really love this question, and the answer is a bit step-by-step.
First, the person needs to figure out why they are not happy in their current position.
Is it because they can't meet their financial goals in that position? Is there a conflict with a co-worker or team member? Are the tasks associated with the position not tasks that the person finds enjoyment in?
Depending on the answer to that first question, that person must decide if they want to stay or go. Chances are if the person is not clear why they are unhappy in their position, they will attract the same situation in their next position. Remember, every obstacle is an opportunity for growth.
If they decide to go, it's important that they change their attitude around the job, and really look at how they can do their absolute best until the next opportunity is manifested.
Some of you may remember me talking about when I first worked on the loading docks in Chicago making $20,000.00 per year. I couldn't make the money I wanted, I was miserable, and I had a horrible attitude.
As soon as I changed my attitude and did my best in that position, I became aware of a better opportunity that had been right in front of me the entire time, and that opportunity allowed me to go from $20,000.00 per year to $50,000.00 per year doing something I enjoyed A LOT more.
Changing my attitude was the KEY factor in finding the next opportunity, after all, why would the Universe give you a better opportunity when you're not doing your best with what you have now?
"Just Believe",®
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Typically, I don't have time to read a great deal of your material. Today, I am grateful that I invested the time. Your words rang loudly, like a bell in my head. Great insight. Exactly what I needed in that moment. Many thanks. LMc
Well Linda, I'm glad you took the time today! I look forward to you reading many, many more. Thanks for the post.
I agree with you David but I must be doing something wrong because I believe I've changed my attitude and I'm still not making the money I want to make as a successful real estate agent. So I must be lacking somewhere and don't realize it yet but I'm not giving up I'll just find out from learned people like yourself what it is that I have to do or what I'm currently doing wrong.
Anyway, I'd like to share a breakthrough that I had concerning money. I am currently working as a substitute teacher in my neighborhood and I worked some overtime and got a decent check and I'm getting in the habit of paying myself first and I was supposed to pay myself $110 based on taking 10% off the top and I couldn't do it David. I couldn't pay myself more than $40. I mean I was anxious and feeling very uncomfortable when I peeled off that $110 to pay myself and I realized WOW I have to get some help and work on that but it was a good feeling knowing what my threshold is so I can work on it. Isn't that something? That was major for me. Thanks for all that you do David. What a breakthrough for me.
Nice breakthrough Simone, that is great. We all start from where we are; sounds basic but it is truth. You now need to capitalize on this new found awareness and begin to get to the bottom of why you are not comfortable enough to pay yourself first. Pick up the phone, start selling your products and services, and don't stop until you have what you need. I did it many years ago and you can do it now. Will you do that?
Wow, Simone – that IS a breakthrough! Many (most?) of us have some level of discomfort around having money and just being aware of that is a GIANT step forward!
I'm not sure David would take this approach, but I'm a big fan of baby steps. I encourage you to try nudging out the edge of your comfort zone just a bit. So next time, if $40 feels like all you can stand, try paying yourself $45 or $50. Not enough to send yourself into a panic – just enough to stretch a bit. And then a bit more the following time, etc., and pretty soon you'll be at your 10% goal!
Thanks for the support Cheryl. Whether by baby steps or quantum leaps, we are in charge of our growth experiences. And I totally agree with the stretching piece. You grow and stretch into situations, and if it feels comfortable then perhaps you are not stretching enough.
Thanks for reminding me that every obstacle is an opportunity for growth. All too often it is easy for me to get caught up in feeling bad when there is an obstacle rather than looking for the lesson.
Attitude is everything. I know if I take the time every morning to write in my gratitude journal it makes a difference to my outlook and that is reflected in everything I do that day.
Obstacles can be looked at in one of two ways Kristen; stepping stones to success or stumbling blocks to impede your progress. It really is all in how you choose to view them. Remember, you are in control of your growth and in how you feel; no one can make you feel anything. I appreciate your comments.
"Every obstacle is an opportunity for growth." I've heard that before. Without a rolemodel I believe in– its just another wise impotent sentence to me.
When YOU say it, David, I see your results and I feel something very close to me in your voice that I trust. So I adopted this sentence as my challenge–to live it.
Each time I feel myself drinking the poison of selfpity I tune into your voice telling me to flex a more enlivening attitude. I expect to grow that reaction to be more natural to me.