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By Dianne Cornish, REVEW STAFF

Flamboro Downs will be first out of the gate when requests for proposals for a new Hamilton casino start streaming in sometime this year or possibly in 2014.

After months of divisive debate about whether the new casino should be located at the Highway 5 West racetrack facility or in downtown Hamilton, city councilors last Thursday voted unanimously to designate Flamboro Downs as the preferred location, but left the door open to other sites if private gaming operators can prove that the Flamborough site isn't viable. The motion, which requires ratification at the Feb. 27 council meeting, was presented at last week's general issues committee meeting by Flamborough's two councilors, Judi Partridge (Ward 15) as the presenter and Robert Pasuta (Ward 14) as the seconder.

The motion is seen as a compromise to satisfy councilors who hold pro- and anti-casino views. It was reached after councilors received last-minute information from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) Commission informing them that council can veto any casino proposal not to its liking, even after the OLG chooses a bidder.

It's now expected councilors won't be faced with a final decision about the casino's location until the OLG chooses a private operator, a process that city staff estimates could take until early 2015. The time lapse leaves the door open for councilors to ask for a referendum about a casino in the downtown core on the ballot for the 2014 municipal election, if they wish.

Because Flamboro Downs is in the greenbelt, expansion of the existing complex is limited, but not prohibited. The existing building on site can be expanded as long as new uses are subordinate to existing uses on the property, such as a casino or racetrack, Ed VanderWindt, Hamilton's director of building services, told the Review Tuesday. Building on the site can cover up to 10 per cent of the maximum lot coverage, explained the city's director of planning Paul Mallard. With 86 hectares or over 200 acres to work with, that equates to a complex of about 900,000 square feet and Flamboro Downs "isn't anywhere near that now," Mallard said.

While a stand-alone hotel wouldn't be possible, an accessory use, such as an entertainment hall added to the existing building, is a possibility. The Greenbelt Act prohibits the addition of further uses, but existing permitted uses may be expanded, VanderWindt explained.

Partridge said that a representative of Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (GCGC), which runs OLG Slots at Flamboro Downs, told her that there's plenty of space within the existing building that isn't being used, including a large entertainment area for concerts upstairs. The company is interested in presenting a proposal for a casino at the Flamboro Downs site, she added.

Any expansion on the site will require additional water and sewage capacity, but Partridge said the existing onsite system could be upgraded to meet additional demands. A "cost prohibitive" connection to city's water and wastewater system wouldn't be required, she said, alluding to the large tract of land where the Flamboro Downs sits.

Ward 4 councillor Sam Merulla was originally poised to introduce a motion last Thursday naming Flamboro Downs as the only possible site for the new casino, but when it became apparent that there wasn't enough support from councillors to back his plan, an amended motion was put forward by the Flamborough councilors.

OLG Slots at Flamboro Downs brings in about $120 million annually. Hamilton downtown councilor Jason Farr (Ward 2) thinks that's enough to draw private sector interest in expanding the complex.

"There has to be someone out there that's going to look at their books and say, 'Wow. This place makes $120 million annually,'" he told his council colleagues last week.


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Jan. 4, 2014
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RENO, Nev. (AP) - Deonte Burton drove the lane and made the go-ahead runner for Nevada with 32 seconds remaining in a 61-58 victory over Wyoming on Saturday.
Burton's runner gave Nevada a 59-58 lead, and AJ West forced Larry Nance Jr. to miss a difficult fade-away jumper on the other end with 4 seconds left.
Michael Perez grabbed the miss for Nevada (7-8, 2-0 Mountain West) and Wyoming fouled him with 2 seconds left. Perez made both free throws and Derek Cooke Jr. missed a last-second heave that would have tied the game.
Burton scored 16, West had 12 points and 12 rebounds and Cole Huff added 15, including two big 3-pointers down the stretch that kept the Wolf Pack in the game.
Josh Adams led the Cowboys (9-5, 0-1) with 15 points, and Riley Grabau and Nance added 14 points each. Adams put Wyoming up 58-56 on a layup with 1:32 remaining.
Nevada men's basketball postgame notes
Nevada improved to 7-8 on the season and 2-0 in Mountain West play after defeating Wyoming (9-5, 0-1) 61-58 today.
Nevada led 30-26 at halftime and today's win was the first for the Wolf Pack when leading at halftime.
The Wolf Pack improved to 3-4 at home.
Nevada plays at UNLV on Wednesday at 6:15 p.m. The game will air on the CBS Sports Network.
The win over Wyoming snapped a nine game losing skid to the Cowboys. The Cowboys won all three meetings last season.
In just his fourth game junior AJ West posted his first career double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds. West posted a game-high in rebounds and led the Pack in rebounding for the first time.
Deonte Burton scored a game-high 16 points. The 16 points was a season low as he scored 18 or more points in the previous 14 games. It was the 12th time he topped the team in scoring and eighth time he recorded a game high.
Burton has played every minute in the last six games which includes one overtime contest. In the last seven games he has played 289 of a possible 290 minutes. He leads the country in minutes played.
Junior Michael Perez scored 11 points and made 1-of-2 three pointers. Perez has made a three-pointer in every game this season. Perez tied his season high with six assists.
Sophomore Cole Huff scored 15 points, one off his career high of 16.
For the eighth time this season four Pack players scored in double figures; Burton (16), Huff (15), West (12) and Perez (11).

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Challenges and Choices Facing American Labor
After decades of stability, labor-management relations are undergoing dramatic changes. The contributions collected in this book provide the best and most up-to-date summary of the extent and causes of this upheaval in industrial relations. They discuss challenges to union organizing, employer strategies for union avoidance, corporate investment and decision making, labor market and technological developments, developments in collective bargaining, unions and quality-of-work-life programs, and a comparison of labor movements in Canada and the U.S.An outgrowth of the Sloan Project, a three-year study of U.S. industrial relations in transition sponsored by the Sloan Foundation, this book brings together an impressive group of labor economists and industrial relations scholars, drawing on a variety of strong, incisive empirical studies.The contributors include Thomas A. Kochan, Michael J. Piore, Henry S. Farber, Richard B. Freeman, Janice A. Klein, David Wanger, Anil Verma, Lee Price, Robert B. McKersie, Paul Osterman, Harry C. Katz, Peter Cappelli, John T. Joyce, Nancy R. Mower, and Noah M. Meltz.Thomas Kochan is Professor of Industrial Relations, The Sloan School, MIT.
About the Author
Thomas A. Kochan is George Maverick Bunker Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT. He is Codirector of both the Institute for Work and Employment Research at the Sloan School and the MIT Workplace Center. He is coauthor (with Paul Osterman, Richard M. Locke, and Michael J. Piore) of Working in America: A Blueprint for the New Labor Market (MIT Press, 2002).


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Jared Leto & 30 Seconds To Mars Have Bright Futures
Jared Leto and his fellow 30 Seconds to Mars bandmates each sported a pair of dark shades at a a press conference in Nuremberg, Germany to promote this year's Rock am Ring Festival.
directs music videos under the pseudonym, Bartholomew Cubbins, recently explained the origin of his not-so-mysterious moniker as being one of his favorite characters from Dr. Seuss.
I wanted not to have any of the distractions that may come along with putting my name on a video that I was starring in, that I wrote the song for, that I was in the band of. It's the worst-kept secret out there.


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Katrina Kaif and Ranbir Kapoor never had a steady relationship going. After Katrina split with Salman she was inclined towards Ranbir. But Nargis Fakhri proved to be a thorn in the flesh for the relationship of Katrina Kaif. Reports are doing the rounds that the two have finally split.
But we still doubt what amount of truth is there in their splitting away from each other? They split this moment and get together the next. This has happened on some occasions in the past. Katrina had a lot of insecurity about their relationship as she felt Ranbir was not giving her enough of time.
At the wrong time for Katrina, Nargis Fakhri made her entry in the film Rockstar, opposite Ranbir Kapoor. This increased the tension between Katrina and Ranbir. It should be accepted that Nargis Fakhri had the right charm, the right attitude and the right approach to attract Ranbir's attention. If so many things are going right, then what wrong would it be on the part of Ranbir if he too gets attracted towards Nargis?
Deepika Padukone also proved to be one of the reasons for Katrina splitting from Ranbir. Katrina was apparently apprehensive of the fact that Deepika wanted to act opposite Ranbir. Well, how could Kat tolerate that?


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A national map of legalized gambling from 1963 would show one state, Nevada, with casino gambling and no states with lotteries. Today's map shows eleven commercial casino states, most of them along the Mississippi River, forty-two states with state-owned lotteries, and racetrack betting, slot-machine parlors, charitable bingo, and Native American gambling halls flourishing throughout the nation. For the past twenty years, the South has wrestled with gambling issues. In How the South Joined the Gambling Nation, Michael Nelson and John Lyman Mason examine how modern southern state governments have decided whether to adopt or prohibit casinos and lotteries. Nelson and Mason point out that although the South participated fully in past gambling eras, it is the last region to join the modern movement embracing legalized gambling. Despite the prevalence of wistful, romantic images of gambling on southern riverboats, the politically and religiously conservative ideology of the modern South makes it difficult for states to toss their chips into the pot.
The authors tell the story of the arrival or rejection of legalized gambling in seven southern states -- Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Arkansas, and Alabama. The authors suggest that some states chose to legalize gambling based on the examples of other nearby states, as when Mississippi casinos spurred casino legalization in Louisiana and the Georgia lottery inspired lottery campaigns in neighboring South Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee. Also important was the influence of Democratic policy entrepreneurs, such as Zell Miller in Georgia, Don Siegelman in Alabama, and Edwin Edwards in Louisiana, who wanted to sell the idea of gambling in order to sell themselves to voters. At the same time, each state had its own idiosyncrasies, such as certain provisions of their state constitutions weighing heavily as a factor.
Nelson and Mason show that the story of gambling's spread in the South exemplifies the process of state policy innovation. In exploring how southern states have weighed the moral and economic risk of legalizing gambling, especially the political controversies that surround these discussions, Nelson and Mason employ a suspenseful, fast-paced narrative that echoes the oftentimes hurried decisions made by state legislators. Although each of these seven states fought a unique battle over gambling, taken together, these case studies help tell the larger story of how the South -- sometimes reluctantly, sometimes enthusiastically -- decided to join the gambling nation.
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South Sudan says 21 dead in clash with Sudanese-backed militia
JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan, embroiled in a border dispute with its northern neighbour Sudan, said on Sunday at least 21 people died in two days of clashes between the South's army and Khartoum-backed rebels in the South's oil-producing Upper Nile state.
The clash, which erupted on Friday and continued into the next day, took place in Wau, near Malakal, the administrative centre of Upper Nile, a volatile area that borders Sudan and Ethiopia.
"Twenty-one bodies were counted on the ground, some of whom were from the north and some from the south," said Philip Aguer, spokesman for South Sudan's army (SPLA), adding that three militia members and four trucks had been captured.
South Sudan's Information Minister told Reuters on Saturday two SPLA soldiers had died in that attack.
Sudan's army denied Khartoum supported militias in South Sudan and spokesman al-Sawarmi Khalid said Sudan had nothing to do with the clash.
"We have nothing to do what is happening in Malakal. We don't support any militias in South Sudan," he said.
Khartoum and Juba accuse each other of supporting rebel militia to destabilise their opponents, and each denies the other's charges.
Malakal is a base for many U.N. agencies and international aid groups.
Aguer also said the SPLA was pursuing Sudanese-backed militia near Western Bahr al-Ghazal. He said rebels from the Lord's Resistance Army and the Popular Defence Force were responsible for the attack late on Saturday. Continued...


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The Power of a Playground
The Process of Building a Playground
Play in the Community of Geneva
Hilary Gove
Fall 2012
What does play mean in Geneva?
Recess in School
Reason parents and children visit the playground...
Safe Space
The Geneva Lakefront Community Playground has
created an awareness about the importance of play because of the emphasis on community engagement that has been present throughout the entire playground building process.
West Street and North Street Schools allow their students to have 10 minutes of recess a day.
Compared to National Averages.....
-Geneva Lakefront Community Playground
-North Street School
-West Street School
-St.Francis/St. Stephen's School
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-Genesee Park
-Pulteney Park
-Bicentennial Park
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Playful City!
Pocket playgrounds and other play spaces!
More play time for children can always be promoted!
There are 10 playgrounds and 4 open park spaces in Geneva.
If schools have a limited amount of time to schedule recess during the day, is play happening at home?
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Macon's Christmas Parade and Other Events This Weekend
Macon will be hosting its annual Christmas parade on Sunday, December 4th, at 3:00 pm. According to Main Street Macon, the parade will be lining up near the Children's Museum, go down Cherry Street, cross over 1st Street, and continue down Mulberry Street.
There are also many other events going on this weekend in downtown Macon.
Thursday evening, beginning at 6:30, there will be a performance by the Board of Education's Fine Arts Department on the steps of the City Auditorium, and then the Mayor and the County Commissioner will light the Christmas Tree.
On Friday evening, many businesses will be holding Open Houses from 5:00 – 7:00 pm during Friday Fest.
Specifically for children on Friday, The Polar Express will be shown at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame at 6:30, and admission is free. They will have popcorn and drinks for $1. You can see more information here. Also, the Georgia Children's Museum will be open from 6:00 – 8:00 pm with free admission for everyone.
There will be free parking for all of these events in the Poplar Street Parking Deck.


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Date of Show: Friday, June 23
Synopsis: It is the not-too-distant future. Thousands of satellites scan, observe and monitor our every move. Much of the planet is a war zone; the rest, a collection of wretched way stations, teeming megalopolises, and vast wastelands punctuated by areas left radioactive from nuclear meltdowns. It is a world made for hardened warriors, one of whom, a mercenary known only as Toorop, lives by a simple survivor's code: kill or be killed. His latest assignment has him smuggling a young woman named Aurora from a convent in Kazakhstan to New York City. Toorop, his new young charge Aurora and Aurora's guardian Sister Rebeka embark on a 6,000-mile journey that takes them from Eastern Europe, through a refugee camp in "New Russia," across the Bering Straight in a pilfered submarine, then through the frozen tundra of Alaska and Canada, and finally to New York.


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Tacoma, Wash. • A Washington state Court of Appeals has reinstated a child pornography charge against Steven Powell, and the Pierce County prosecutor says he plans to bring him to trial.
The prosecutor had appealed the decision to dismiss the charge during Powell's 2012 voyeurism trial for shooting photos and video of two young neighbor girls using the bathroom.
Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist told KOMO (http://is.gd/k3R7qr) Powell can appeal to the state Supreme Court before the new trial could be scheduled.
The 64-year-old Powell was recently released from prison after serving 30 months for his voyeurism convictions. He is the father of Josh Powell, who killed his two young sons and himself in February 2012 in Graham while under investigation for the disappearance of his wife Susan Powell in Utah.


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Once again, Amazon is making it more affordable to own a Verizon 4G LTE smartphone now that they've lowered the price of the LG Revolution and Samsung Droid Charge to the easy to swallow price of a penny for new customers. Naturally, you'll be required to sign off on a 2-year contract with the purchase – still, we're sure that won't be a problem for you.
With the new pricing and all, it does beg the question when we'll see the next-generation of 4G LTE smartphones for Verizon. Thankfully, the busy fall season leading up to the holidays will no doubt produce some intriguing offerings.
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Hi everyone
Im having a great deal of trouble with MR and texture jitter/flicker in my animations. Im using some of the default Maya wood texture shaders that come with the lib, and as soon as the camera pans around my object, the texture has a great deal of small little jitters/flickering. Has nothing to do with FG either as it happens when rendering without it.
Doea anyone have any idea what i can do to solve this issue or has anyone else had the same problem? Im assuming it has somethin to do with either
a) The texture filtering in the file node eg quadratic, mipmap etc (although i have tried all of them)
b) The sampling settings in MR render settings
Someone suggested to me to use mipmap filtering, and sure it solves the problem but it just blurs the hell out of the textures.
I have played with all these settings and still no luck.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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What is the baggage regulation when flying inside China
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A passenger should arrive at the airport for check in at least 90 minutes prior to departure of the flight.
Passengers are not allowed to carry liquids onboard the aircraft, but they can be included with checked baggage. One item of cosmetics is allowed provided it is not in excess of 100 ml. It must be put into a separate package after security inspection.
Lighter and matches can not be included in carry-on baggage.
Prohibited Items: The following items are prohibited and cannot be carried in checked or carry on luggage: - Flammable, explosive, corrosive, poisonous, radioactive, polymerizable and magnetized materials. Passengers are forbidden to carry arms, sharp or lethal weapons during flight. These items will be confiscated by the security if detected.
Carry-on baggage: As of May 1st, the maximum Carry-on baggage allowance for each economy class passenger is only one piece of 5kg, and passenger traveling first-class is allowed 2 separate articles of 5kg each. The piece should be no larger than 20x40x 55cm. Carry on baggage in excess of the limit is subject to the excess baggage fee and must be carried as checked baggage.: Adult and children are entitled to a free checked baggage allowance of 20kg regardless of the number of pieces. Each piece should be within 40x60x 100cm. No free baggage allowance is granted to infants.
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It's every DJ's dream, right? Banging out all your favourite tunes that you just know nobody in the room is going to know or have, but you've got 'em, and they rock. The place goes, wild, those phones are Shazam'ing, there's a queue of people wanting track titles, there are no silly requests coming in 'cos everyone's dancing, and you're the MAN (or woman, naturally...).
So why is it that sometimes we can feel like jukeboxes, like we're treading an impossible tightrope, struggling to find tunes than anyone likes, never mind getting the chance to slip in the odd tune they don't know to satisfy our own creative tastes? Well, this article isn't about finding the good gigs, or jukebox vs creative DJ, or how to satisfy difficult crowds - but what it IS about is a strategy for getting to play at least some of the music you love, at least some of the time. It's not all going to work for everyone at every gig, but hopefully there's something here you can take away.
1. Entertain, then educate
I've seen it loads of times. A DJ comes on, head down, straight into what he or she loves - no consideration for the crowd, who came before, the flow of the night - nothing. And they wonder why their "amazing" music clears the floor. But then there's the other way, which I've also seen, from underground as well as commercial DJs: You have a box of tunes that express you, for sure, but you also have tunes you are pretty sure will please the dancefloor. The thing smart DJs like these do is spend the first part of their set pleasing the crowd, then when they've won their confidence, feel their way with twisting things around to their way of thinking, gently and considerately.
It doesn't hurt, either, that the second half of the night is usually the intoxicated half - or to put it another way, people aren't going to generally become less likely to dance as the night wears on! So planning your set in this way gives you longer to weave in those 4am techno minimal must-hears that have been kicking around at the back of your collection for months. Get everyone onside, then test your "good" stuff - you may be surprised.
2. Tease and test
Of course, you don't want to just play a whole pile of tunes everyone knows, then bang into some UK white label dub country step (i just made that up - please tell me I made it up!) and expect the whole floor to come with you. Teasing and testing is your friend here. You can tease riffs, beats, intro sections, vocals, drum loops - anything that is reminiscent of what you want to play later, just for a few seconds or eight bars, repeatedly, to get people used to the sounds you want to move across to.
This teasing is your "test" - you're watching the dancefloor, watching who maybe recognises stuff you didn't think they would, getting a feel for what you may or may not be able to get away with. You're priming and preparing people for the direction you'd like your set to take, in good time. You're marking our boundaries, pushing things slowly, and always with the dancefloor on your side.
3. There's a difference between "like" and "know"
Don't fall into the trap of thinking "like" and "know" mean the same thing. Just because your crowd doesn't know a song, doesn't mean it won't necessarily like it. You're a DJ, a tastemaker. Let people taste the new music - they might like it! Remember, every song wasn't known by anyone, once. Use your judgement to decide if a song is going to suit the night or not.
Of course this ties in with points 1 and 2: You can tease and test new music, and you can save it for later in your set, but there's nothing better than "breaking" a tune that goes on to become huge - it's "yours", even though it subsequently gets heard everywhere. People will remember it, and you for first introducing them to it. Having an ear for a commercial song before anyone else is a huge skill and one not to be sniffed at - just ask the likes of Pete Tong, who has signed hundreds of hits with his "record label" hat on over the years, to give just one example.
4. Mix it well
Throwing a different style in badly is one thing. But playing a considered build up to a surprising twist in a pre-planned mini-mix is something else entirely. If you want to play a different style, to try something new, to surprise the crowd, then it definitely pays to plan a little and make sure they way you are going to mix that new thing in is clever, or at least smooth and accomplished.
There's nothing wrong with practising mixes; it's not the same as sticking rigidly to a pre-planned set, which is wrong of course (in most circumstances, anyway) - many DJs play from lots of 2-3 tune mini sets, slotting them together as they go along, and this can be a great way of holding the crowd's attention with more challenging material - plus of course it makes you look good as a DJ, and pulling off pre-planned mixes in public that are maybe that bit more technical as a result is a buzz in itself, whether the material is challenging to the audience or not.
5. Look like you're enjoying it
It can be really easy to look sheepish when playing tunes you're not sure of - or to look scared, or be rigid ("rabbit in the headlamps"). It can happen to us all - I remember several times throwing on a tune that just bombed while DJing, and being so embarrassed that I actually hid (crouched down, pretending to look for something in my bag)! Luckily it doesn't happen too often...
Thing is, you're the leader of the party. Most people (with the greatest respect) are usually sheep - they're looking around them for clues and pointers as to how to behave, and will generally follow the crowd. And the leaders of the crowd? Well, on a dancefloor, they're looking at YOU. If you're confident, dancing behind your decks, having fun (even if the material you're playing is unknown to the audience / suddenly challenging), they are FAR more likely to copy you. Make no mistake: when you're DJing, you're leading from the front. Be bold. Make it as hard as you can for people to NOT enjoy your music!
6. Use mashups and remixes to introduce styles
Classic advice, but very true. In "old times", you'd throw a familiar acapella over a challenging instrumental. Crudely, girls can dance to the vocal, boys to the beats. Not always the case, of course, but hopefully you see what I mean: If you can introduce something familiar to your new material, people will more likely accept it - especially if you tie it in with 4 above.
Now, more than ever in this SoundCloud world, there are myriad version of all kinds of tunes available. Find remixes of commercial tracks in the style you love. Find clever or fun mashups where the remixer has done the hard work for you. Have a go at doing your own re-edits to meld stuff more to the way you like to play or mix. Music isn't sacred; it's a tool, there to be twisted into whatever shapes you can imagine for your floors. And don't worry about not being "purist" - remember, this is meant to be fun! Break a few rules - you'll be remembered for it.
7. Persevere
A DJ (who sadly I can't recall) once said that he felt if he didn't empty the dancefloor at least once a night, he wasn't doing his job right. A bit extreme maybe, but you get his drift, no? It's OK to like stuff nobody (yet) likes. Sometimes, a tune played one week will empty the floor, the next week it will fill it. Sometimes, the same tune played at the end of a set will work having bombed at the beginning. There are no hard and fast rules - if there were, everyone would know them! So it's OK to mess up every now and then. In fact, it's pretty much essential.
Bottom line is you don't have to play music everyone loves all the time. For example, we all have our favourite comedian, right? But we don't laugh at all their jokes. We don't expect to. They're allowed to push it too far every now and then, to "test out new material". It's the same with DJs - if what you do is part of a bigger picture, and you're letting people glimpse parts of that picture every time you play, they'll get it. They understand they're not going to love everything you ever do. Be genuine, try your hardest, keep your vision, and you'll at least start to work out where and how to get away with mixing the stuff you really want to play in with the stuff you have to.
What tips can you add to these? what experiences, good or bad, have you had with trying to play the music you love? I'd really like to hear your thoughts in the comments.


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I have an 02 Silver WRX with 92000 miles on it and I'm looking to really fix it up. It runs great and I haven't had any real problems with it. Its older so its not as fast and could be better.
Anyway I was looking for suggestions on where to start. I want to make it stable so it can support whatever I throw at it. I was planning on just the basics first like Suspension, tires and such but was wondering where the best place to start is. Again, the car is an 02 with 92k so, what would you do first to get this ready to be fixed up and moded?
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Q&A with producer ROY CONLI
Tell us about the casting process for animation?
It's a major aspect early on in production because you never animate until you have voice. So voice becomes very important. Also you never lock your character design until you have voice because the voice has to look as if it is coming out of the character. Our casting director Ruth Lambert set up a whole series of casting auditions in New York, Los Angeles and London. Sometimes as you are developing the script you find there is a voice in your mind as you are writing the character. From day one we pretty much knew that we wanted Emma Thompson for Captain Amelia, it just made sense. Also David Hyde Pearce - we could hear it as it was written on the page. But we didn't have a solid idea who Silver could be. It was almost as if the character was taking over and we had to go find who it was. We searched quite a bit and eventually we met with Brian Murray and as soon as you heard that voice you knew that had to be our Silver. The same thing with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, we didn't know where we could find a 15 year old with the range of angst and warmth. It was about seven months before Joe walked into an audition and that was it.
The voice work goes on as the animation takes place?
You continue to record through the process. We might record someone like Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Brian Murray about 12 times through a three-year period. Unlike live action where you have a six-week shooting schedule this is a year and a half shooting schedule. You can always go back and adjust. The language in this film is good because we paid a lot of attention to that through the process. We had such a strong storyline with this relationship between Jim and Silver and knew we could really focus on the language of the text.
Casting a stage actor for the role suggests that you had spread your net for Silver very wide?
Ron and John are tireless in ensuring that the voice that they get is the one that is right. You list a bunch of stars that you might be interested in but with this one there wasn't really anyone that made you say "bingo!" We needed to find a voice that was so unique. And theatre performers make great voices for animation because they have so much control of that instrument. That's why New York and London are really important places for us to audition. With live action some of the great actors are understated. I don't think Robert De Niro would make a great animation voice but he's a brilliant actor. Having worked with Ron and John I find them inspiring and infuriating because they are so passionate and thorough about making sure that their choice is right. It's important for them and for me to structure the time in production for them to see as many options as they can because I think they are the best animation directors in the world. They have a great visual sense and a great storytelling sense and what more do you want!


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