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Television and Religion: The Shaping of Faith, Values and Culture by William F. Fore
William F. Fore received a B.D. from Yale Divinity School and Ph.D. from Columbia University. A minister in the United Methodist Church , he was Director of Visual Education for the United Methodist Board of Missions, then Executive Director of the Communication Commission of the National Council of Churches in New York City. From 1989 to 1995 he was Visiting Lecturer in Communication and Cultural Studies at Yale Divinity School.. His publications include Image and Impact (Friendship Press 1970), Television and Religion: the Shaping of Faith, Values and Culture (Augsburg 1987, currently reprinted by SBS Press, 409 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06511), and Mythmakers: Gospel Culture and the Media (Friendship Press 1990).Published in 1987 by Augsburg Publishing House. Used by permission of the author and copyright holder.
Chapter Two: The Technological Era and Its Threat to Religion
This world of ours is a new world, in which the unity of knowledge, the nature
The Technological Era
While it is true to say that television is challenging the central role of the church today, this not nearly the whole truth. The religions of the world are experiencing not merely competition from new and appealing media but also fundamental challenge from a new worldview. For the society is facing not only a new age of information, but also a new technological era which brings with it a challenge to all of the historical religions, and which can lead either to humankind`s next integrative steps toward new religious insights and meaning, or to a collapse of religious development and the emergence of a period of anarchy and despair.
It is not enough to call what society is experiencing today "rapid social change" or even "revolution," since these connote only social or political upheaval. The change is more basic. It modifies everything we have known before.
The Dutch theologian Arend van Leewen suggests that there have been only two basic eras in all of history. The first was the ontocratic era in which we have lived until now. From the first written histories and for 5,000 years thereafter, human society always comprehended life as a totality, where belief in a God or gods outside human experience held together the contradictory and confusing elements of the human community. But relatively suddenly, within the last 300 years or so, we have moved away from this unifying concept into a multiform system of relationships, with no specific cornerstone, no single integrating element which gives all other things their reason for being. We have moved into the technological era, and this is the great new fact of our time.1.
The technological era is functional and pragmatic, characterized by utilitarianism and relativism. It is supported by three philosophical views. The first is rationality, the idea that meaningful lives must be amenable to reason. The second is autonomy, which holds that people can find in themselves and their world the norms and goals for their own existence. The third is humanism, which asserts that this space-time world is the proper home for humankind, and rejects metaphysical claims ("they will be rewarded in heaven bye and bye") and demands that religion deal with the here-and-now.
Taken together, these three views describe secularization, which is not necessarily inconsistent with the Christian faith. Harvey Cox has pointed out that secularization is, in Dietrich Bonhoeffer`s words, "man`s coming of age," a freeing from the bondage of all closed metaphysical systems.2. Unfortunately, this new found freedom thus far has resulted in people being treated as means rather than as ends.
The technological era has created a world of means, which replaces people as the center of meaning. Jacques Ellul calls this force we have created The Technique, by which he means a style of conduct that pervades our life and governs all of our personal and social activities -- a kind of morality. The Technique is essentially a method of problem solving. It asks: How can we best solve this problem now? rather than: What is the ultimate objective and how can we reach it? The means is identified with the end, and whatever gets something "done" is good.3.
Already the communication manifestations of The Technique resemble Aldous Huxley`s Brave New World brought to life. The Technique`s communication does not use fear or threats, nor does it concentrate on undermining its opponent. Rather it woos people, taking their own genuine needs (to be safe, to be liked, to be comfortable), and then using these needs to create other needs which make people not only willing but quite eager to agree to what is being said, to buy what is being sold (the deodorant, the beer, the antacid). A glaring example of the problem this creates is the present state of television news on the TV networks; most people prefer its simplistic presentation over a more complex and demanding one, and, by pandering to this preference, TV encourages the least, rather than the most, from individual viewers.
This new technological worldview and its communication manifestations are achieving a remarkable unity of acceptance everywhere - not only among the capitalist West and the communist nations, but also among the less technically developed nations. It has been given a tremendous boost by the development of the multinational corporations which treat the whole world as a stage in their competition for economic profits. By enabling new flows of money, information and power on a world scale, the multinationals have succeeded in insulating themselves from both political and social constraints on their economic power, and thus have become an embodiment of the supreme value of economic efficiency over human values. It is only recently, as workers in the America`s Rustbelt, milltowns, and silicone valleys have begun to see their jobs being shifted to workers in Southeast Asia, that the denumanizing policies of the multinationals have come close enough to home to attract popular attention. But the problem is much more serious than the loss of American jobs, because in the new technological worldview, not just Americans but everyone is expendable.
The Technological Worldview`s Challenge to Religion
The new technological worldview poses three specific threats to religion. First, it is diverting a major portion of the world`s interests, motivations, satisfactions and energies away from a religious center -- any religious center. In Europe this is symbolized by the churches` having become empty shells, visited only as objects of architectual interest, and in the United States by the growing chasm between what churchgoers profess and how they act. Elsewhere in the world, religion functions primarily in its superstition modes (as in much of central Africa), or is used as a device for social or political control (as in Iran, India, and the Middle East).
Second, the technological worldview is robbing genuine religious vocabularies of their power. The symbols, rites, images, and references of religion no longer move people. Today most people in the First World relate to -- that is, understand, recognize, and think about -- the images of "Dallas" and "Dynasty" far more than they relate to the images of Abraham, Moses, and Paul. Biblical images, and indeed most historical religious images, no longer have the power to move, to motivate, to illuminate, to instruct. Rather, they have become relics -- quaint oddities not to be taken seriously but only to be treated gingerly as part of a bygone culture.
Third, the new technological environment encourages the growth of religious concern which has little or no interest in organized religion. Creative and dynamic religious forces are finding their expression not in the context of the organized church, but in film, literature, and the arts, and also in some aspects of science and industry, where people are seeking ways to give institutional expression to their basic religious concerns while at the same time rejecting alliances with institutional religion. Alcoholics Anonymous, drug rehabilitation centers, coalitions for social and political reforms, therapy clusters, the adult education movement -- these and other activities provide opportunities for people to "get involved," without the benefit of clergy.
While it is encouraging to see religious concerns permeate the secular culture, at the same time social reform without a vital connection to religious conviction tends to end in disillusionment and cynicism. On one hand, organized religion needs to find expression in practical social services and should encourage the development of these parachurch activities. On the other hand, such activities require the perspective of Biblical faith which seeks the Kingdom of God on earth without falling into the illusion that we are going to bring this Kingdom into being by our own actions or that we can expect to participate in it within our own time. Without a connection with the religious community and the theological corrective it brings, parachurch activities tend to become either self serving and cynical, or else short cited and naive in their expectations of bringing about permanent social reform in our time.
The New Media Environment
Each of these three threats to religion is manifested clearly and powerfully in the mass media. Television makes the secular alternatives to traditional religious values seem tremendously appealing. And television has replaced the traditional religious vocabulary with a new "religious" vocabulary comprised of a curious mix of economics, science, high technology, and fantasy. Examples of this new vocabulary are found in films such as George Lucas`s "Star Wars", where Luke (sic) Skywalker and his pals fly high-tech versions of jet airplanes against Darth Vader, a literal prince of Darkness; in Stanley Kubric`s "2001," where the computer HAL exemplifies the marriage of high-tech with human qualities, including the will-to-power; and Stephen Spielberg`s "Close Encounters of The Third Kind" and "E.T.," where good guy extraterrestrials appear in majestic supertechnological millennialisms.
At the same time, persons and situations in the real world who possess genuine religious motivation and action become secularized by the way they are presented on TV. Television first glamorizes them by giving them celebrity status, and then robs them of their religious rootage by making them indistinguishable from secular media events and personalities. Even a Martin Luther King Jr., a Mother Teresa or a major benefit concert for the hungry in Africa have not been strong enough religious images to completely escape television`s powerful and crushing ability to commercialize and secularize every person and event that comes under its scrutiny.
Although we have lived within this new media environment for only a few decades, we already are able to discern some of its characteristics:
- An increasing dependence on mediated communication as distinct from face-to-face communication; more time spent with electronics, less spent with people.
- An increasing number of communication delivery systems, together with a greater diversification of programming, so that individuals can pick and choose only those messages which reinforce already held attitudes and beliefs. This results in cultural fragmentation, whereby people literally cannot hear or see others.
- A shift from treating communication as a service function essential to the welfare of the whole society (like water and roads) to treating it as a commodity to be purchased and sold. As media structures are increasingly controlled by the laws of economics, they become larger and more monopolistic, and at the same time less and less related to any system of morality.
- A trivialization of all news, information, and entertainment for the vast majority of people, with emphasis given to information rather than meaning, surface events rather than depth and reflection. At the same time, sophisticated communication facilities are available to a small elite for their personal growth, education, and enrichment, through computer programs, data bases, specialized videocassettes, and a wide assortment of information services. This encourages the growth of a new two- class society -- the information-rich and the information-poor.
As the technological era permeates cultures worldwide, the mass media are increasingly employed as a tool of the production-consumption cycle rather than as a resource for the education, information, and entertainment required for the well-being of all people, an element essential to the development of citizens in any democracy. First in the United States, but now more and more in Europe, Japan, and elsewhere, television is being used essentially for one purpose only: to deliver an audience to an advertiser (or to a government).
Listeners and viewers increasingly are being treated as commodities rather than as persons. As this trend becomes more pronounced, the information which is necessary for citizens to make the kind of informed decisions which could reverse this trend is itself becoming increasingly scarce, so that eventually the mass media will be able to provide only circuses for the masses who embrace it gladly, and no longer can tell what they are missing.
It is important to stress that this situation is not the result of some nefarious scheme hatched by a handful of persons bent upon destroying the social fabric. Rather, the process is simply the inevitable working out of The Technique worldview, which is means-oriented toward solving problems rather than teleologically-oriented toward goals and values. Nor is the process characterized by a kind of iron-fisted media domination or a carefully scripted propaganda campaign along the lines of Hitler`s Triumph of the Will at Nuremberg. Rather, the media merely provide a soothing and comfortable environment which makes very few demands and is thus gladly embraced by the average listener-viewer.
Neil Postman describes the difference between media as police-state and media as trivializer in terms of the very different predictions about future media control proposed by George Orwell and Aldous Huxley, respectively. Orwell`s 1984 envisioned a future in which Big Brother would use the mass media to turn society into a vast prison, where television would both spy on each citizen`s every move and also supply an unending barrage of false propaganda to brainwash the hapless public.
This is not what has happened. Instead, the present situation was much more accurately predicted by Huxley in Brave New World, which suggested that "in the age of advanced technology, spiritual devastation is more likely to come from an enemy with a smiling face than from one whose countenance exudes suspicion and hate. In the Huxleyan prophecy, Big Brother does not watch us, by his choice. We watch him, by ours."4.
There could scarcely be a better description of our present situation than Huxley`s Brave New World. We are dominated not by force but by trivialization, not by propaganda but by infantile gratification, not by lies but by by what Kierkegaard called "twaddle." Trivialization is inevitable in the world of the technological era, with its emphasis upon utilitarian means rather than truthful ends. Says Postman: "There is no Newspeak here. Lies have not been defined as truth nor truth as lies. All that has happened is that the public has adjusted to incoherence and has been amused into indifference."5.
Paul Tillich had a term for that which stands at the very opposite of Christian grace and love. He called it the demonic. The term is used here in a special way. It does not mean the embodiment of everything evil in the world, or the objectification of the ungodly. Rather, the demonic is located in society wherever there is found a unique combination of genuine creative power together with a perversion of religious values. The demonic affirms that which is less than God and pretends it is God: money, power, prestige. It operates in the individual`s willful yielding to the temptation to give rein to the libido of sensuality, of power, and of knowledge, and it operates even more powerfully in human institutions that in individuals.
The power and perversion of commercial television in the United States today can be said to be demonic in this special sense. Scarcely any better description could be given to television`s unique cultural role than that provided by Tillich in l948, long before television arrived on the scene.6. For during the past 30 years commercial television has become a powerful embodiment of form-creating and value-destroying energy in our lives.
The Church`s Inadequate Response
Religious leadership has been painfully aware of both the fundamental shift to the technological era and of the new information techniques which communicate its worldview, but their responses have been largely inadequate. They recognize that there has occurred a major shift in values and assumptions, and they have responded in ways that reflect the historical responses which religion has always given to the challenges of opposing worldviews.
After all, this situation is nothing new to religion, and certainly not to the Christian church. Christians always have found themselves at odds with the dominant values and assumptions in secular society. Today the problem may be different in degree, if van Leewen is correct. But Christians have always had to face the problem of how to respond to the cultural situation which is always more or less antithetical to their faith.
H. Richard Niebuhr suggested that there are five typical relationships of the Christian to culture, as seen both in history and in the contemporary situation:7.
l. Christ against culture is the approach that requires Christians to abandon wholly the customs and institutions of the "heathen" society and to withdraw, either physically or by rejecting society`s norms. Puritans of every age have taken this course, following the injunction: "Do not love the world or the things in the world," (1 John 2:l5). This pattern is seen in monastic orders and various sects.
2. Christ of culture suggests that there is fundamental agreement between the values of church and society. Jesus is the great hero/teacher who, in concert with democratic principles, works to create a peaceful, cooperative society. This is seen in cultural-Protestantism, and wherever the church reflects the values of culture.
3. Christ above culture: Christianity brings the culture up to a higher level of fulfillment; culture leads people to Christ, but Christ then enters into the situation from above with gifts which human aspiration cannot attain and "draws up" the society to higher levels of social attainment.
4. Christ and culture in paradox: this approach recognizes the necessity and authority of both Christ and culture, but also recognizes their opposition. Thus life is lived in faith precariously, sinfully, in tension between the demands of Christ and culture, in the hope of justification which lies beyond history. From Christ we receive the knowledge and freedom to do what culture teaches or requires us to do. Martin Luther is an example.
5. Christ the transformer of culture: human nature is fallen or per-verted, and this perversion is transmitted by the culture; therefore Christ stands in judgment of all human institutions. But Christ also converts persons within their culture, through their faith and by turning away from sin and pride. Augustine, Calvin, Wesley are examples.
Today the responses of various religious groups to the challenge of The Technique`s communication have differed in ways that can be illuminated by Niebuhr`s model. For example, many biblical fundamentalists tend to reject the appeals of the mass media, and to a certain degree to reject the media themselves. They sense the anti-Christian value system it carries and counsel believers to return to religious fundamentals which often include proscriptions against dancing, movies, plays, and rock concerts, and attempts at censorship of media, especially films, TV, and books. At the same time they encourage participation in church social events as a substitute for secular cultural offerings. In some instances watching TV is prohibited, and in others the faithful are encouraged to watch only "Christian" networks and programs. Their "Christ against culture" position recognizes the seriousness of The Technique`s appeal and its ability to lure people, especially young people, away from fundamentalism`s Puritan values.
The problem with the "Christ against culture" position is two-fold: first, strong reaction tends to increase the attractiveness of that which is banished; and second, the rejection of many cultural experiences tends to leave persons psychologically involuted, intellectually isolated, and spiritually subject to the pride and authoritarianism generated by any dogmatic and closed system.
Other so-called fundamentalists have taken just the opposite course, that of "Christ of culture." Having no doubt among themselves about the answers to every religious question, they are led to the conclusion that the most important communication task is to reach others with these answers and to convince them of their validity. They see the success of The Technique in converting people to its value system, and so they adopt these techniques -- especially television, radio, and books -- to convert people to their own religious views. The "Christ of culture" response characterizes most of the electronic church preachers, who, in the guise of rejecting the values of secular culture, actually embrace them.
The "Christ of culture" view of many fundamentalists explains why this segment of Christianity has been so quick to grasp every new communication technique as it came along -- first radio, then shortwave, motion pictures, television, and, more recently, cable, satellite TV, and videocassettes. Theirs is the "pipeline" theory of communication: when the Christian message is reduced to a set of unvarying verbal formulas, the only question is how to build a bigger and better "pipe" through which to deliver the unvarying message to the recipient.
But while the programs of the "Christ of culture" advocates are rich in the vocabulary of 19th century Christian evangelism, the images -- and hence the real messages -- resonate with The Technique, the gambits of modern television advertising. But using the techniques of commercial television and radio to achieve the end of Christian communication is self-defeating. The people who tune in the electronic evangelists are the already converted and convinced, and the programs they tune to are simply the techniques of the secular world used to reinforce views already held by those who are comfortable with an otherworldly, prescientific, anthropomorphic God superimposed on the underlying values of the technological era.
There is yet another "Christ of culture" response evident in religious mass media. These are the programs which appeal to many members of the mainline churches, people who go to church almost every Sunday, yet give little evidence of being uneasy about their deep involvement in secular culture and values. Robert Bellah has shown that most Americans today express a vague religious belief in God, but are utterly incapable of relating their faith to any kind of morally coherent life. "Feeling good" for them has replaced "being good," and relationships are based not so much on a religious conviction about the essential worth of every individual as they are based on contractual arrangements in which each person is considered of value to the extent that he or she is of value to me. The question, "Is this right or wrong?" is replaced by, "Is it going to work for me, now?"8. What Bellah describes is one more manifestation of the value system of the technological era. By succumbing to this view while continuing to hold on to the trappings of mainline Christianity, many people in the mainline churches have adopted a "Christ of culture" response.
Both secular media and most religious media encourage all of these forms of cultural religion. In fact, its expressions, which are oblivious to the usual fundamentalist/liberal divisions, are perhaps the most pervasive of all religious responses. To be sure, these nominal Christians may find excesses in the media which are too gross even for thoroughly acculturated Christians to ignore -- too much sex and violence in films, too many commercials on television, too much acid rain, too many armaments -- but these are seen as problems which can be adjusted, reduced, and reworked, rather than as expressions of a fundamental clash with the center of their faith. For these "Christ of culture" Christians, the underlying values of commercial television are in fact their values.
An Alternative Response
There is a third response of Christians to the challenge of The Technique, a response which rejects both the "Christ against culture" and the "Christ of culture" views. It is hesitant, problematic, and ambiguous, but it tries to relate the requirements of historical Christian faith to the current cultural and media reality. It takes seriously the demonic power within the media but refuses to abandon them altogether. This alternative response is found primarily in various mainline denominational and interdenominational groups in the United States, and in some of the established churches in Western Europe.
These church groups relate to the media at two levels. First, they produce programs in the media which, in the midst of the secular worldview and its power, try to illumine the human condition, to ask meaningful religious questions, to rediscover religious truths, and to make a beginning toward creating a new religious vocabulary which can have meaning and power for the multitudes. Such a response can have very little success in "worldly" terms, that is, in relation to audience size, income for stations and networks, or the development of national celebrities and media events which can be merchandized -- criteria which normally signify success in the commercial media environment.
Second, these groups work within the media industries themselves, and with the political institutions in the society, to bring about conditions which will allow the media to achieve their considerable potential for good. The objective here is to humanize the structures which govern the media, both by encouraging persons within the industry to "do well by doing good," and by insisting that the social and economic powers of the industry must be counterbalanced by governmental power which politically expresses the concern of citizens for the general public welfare. As in the case with program production, this media-reform approach is not likely to achieve significant success in "worldly" terms, since the power of The Technique and its media manifestations are so powerful, but from a religious standpoint the objective is nevertheless essential.
This dual approach tends to fit somewhat into both the categories of "Christ and culture in paradox" and "Christ transforming culture." It recognizes the ambiguities and paradoxical nature of the church at work within a system full of powers which potentially corrupt everything they touch, including the church. At the same time it acts in the belief that testifying to the good news is a requirement which cannot be avoided, and that potentially faith and action based on this liberating gospel does indeed transform structures built upon human sin and pride.
This alternative approach rejects the utilitarian relativism characteristic of our ethos, and reasserts the radical monotheism of Christian history. It requires looking through and beyond the tempting simplicity of the technological era as communicated by television and the rest of the mass media. When confronted with a worldview so powerful, so seductive, and so effective in its ability to obscure and trivialize, what is required is a calculated and informed process of unmasking its messages. This unmasking, or demythologizing, of our television "text" requires of us the will to resist what is television`s most powerful ally -- our own inertia and tendency to let the images simply flow over and through us. It requires of the individual the discipline to deal with TV`s images critically. It requires of the church that it supply the critical tools and context for the unmasking, which means that the images of television must become part of the sermonic and teaching elements of the church environment.
A major element in this unmasking of television`s pretensions is the development of a sound theological basis for criticism. It is to this theology of communication that we turn next.
1. Arend van Leewen, Christianity in a World History (Edinburgh: Edinburgy Press, 1964).
2. Harvey Cox, The Secular City (New York: Macmillan, l965).
3. Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society (New York: Knopf, 1967).
4. Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death (New York: Viking, l984), p. 155.
5. Ibid., p. 110.
6. cf. Paul Tillich, The Protestant Era (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, l948).
7. H. Richard Niebuhr, Christ and Culture (New York: Harper, l951).
8. Robert Bellah, Habits of the Heart (Berkeley: University of California Press, l985).


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Motor: The Trupace M120 wins over the Trupace M100 in this category. It has a 2.5HP-2.0HP advantage. However, it should be noted that the losing motor is also just about enough for its 16" x 50" belt.
Belt Width: In terms of belt width, the M120's 20" wins over the M100's 16". For budget treadmills, the average is 18" to 19" and M100's 16" is considered below average.
Belt Length: In terms of belt length, the M120 wins with 55" compared to the M100's 50". The longer the belt, the more running space you have and you won't have to worry about falling off the treadmill.
Preprogrammed Workouts: The M120 barely wins over the M100. It has a 14-13 advantage over the M100 when it comes to preprogrammed workouts.
Notable Features: When it comes to bells and whistles, the M120 wins over the M100 as it is the improved version of the latter model. It now has a built-in sound system which is the only difference between the two as they are from the same brand.
Motor Warranty: When it comes to motor warranty, the Trupace M120 wins over the M100 with a 25-year offer. The M100 only offers 5 years and it is considered below average since 7 years is the standard in this price range.
Parts Warranty: The M120 gets another win with a 1-year parts warranty as opposed to the M100's 90 days offer. It should be noted that 1 year is the standard warranty for treadmills in this price range.
Labor Warranty: It is another win for the M120 as it offers a price range above average 1-year labor warranty as opposed to the M100's 90 days.
Machine Weight: When it comes to the machine weight, the M1200 wins over the M100. It's 210-lb machine weight is heavier and more stable than the M100's 130lbs.
Machine User Weight Capacity: The Trupace M120 can accommodate up to 325lbs. This means it wins over the M100's 225-lb weight capacity.
Money Back Guarantee: It is a tie between the two models as they both offer a 30-day money back guarantee.
Conclusion: At the time of the review, both models are on sale at 1800treadmills.com and are priced at $499 for M100 and $699 for M120. The M120 is the improved version of the M100 although they come from the same brand. But the question is whether the $200 difference is worth it.In almost all categories, the M120 is better than the M100 and in terms of warranty and durability, the M120's 25-year motor warranty and 1 year on parts and labor are better than the M100's 5 years and 90 days for parts and labor. The M120 is also heavier and can accommodate heavier users too.But it all boils down to how much you are willing to spend on your treadmill. If you are on a tight budget then the Trupace M100 would not be a bad choice since some of the features it offers are considered to be better than many other budget treadmills. However, if you can spare another $200, you can certainly get your money's worth and more considering it belongs to the budget treadmills group.

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Green fingers
holding the hillside,
mustard whipping in
the sea winds, one blood-bright
poppy breathing in
and out. The odor
of Spanish earth comes
up to me, yellowed
with my own piss.
40 miles from Málaga
half the world away
from home, I am home and
nowhere, a man who envies
Two oxen browse
yoked together in the green clearing
below. Their bells cough. When
the darkness and the wet roll in
at dusk they gather
their great slow bodies toward
the stalls.
If my spirit
descended now, it would be
a lost gull flaring against
a deepening hillside, or an angel
who cries too easily, or a single
glass of seawater, no longer blue
or mysterious, and still salty.
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Poem: Holding On
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Review by Curtis_Mayfield
"Were not in Vice city any more!"
Once you load the intro movie theirs one thing every one can agree on, Were not in Vice City any more. Mafia is defiantly not what you would expect a GTA-clone (I hate that term but that's what we use to call them) and in this case its a good thing, I mean I have no problem with taking a popular idea and formulating your own idea around it but when you try and copy it almost note for note is were I draw the line. Now on to the review
Story 10/10
This has to be one of the most enveloping and detailed stories for a video game in a long time, I mean it's almost as if your in a movie. Now for those who don't know this game takes place during the depths of the Great Depression and the High of Prohibition. Now I don't want to give away the whole story for those who have yet to play it (you know who you are) but hears the skinny. You play as Thomas Angelo who struggling cab driver but after being hijack by two Mafia thugs after they crash while fleeing form some other thugs and is then pulled into the life of a Mafia Enforcer. The game chronicles his rise and fall as he tell his story to a detective in order to secure protection for him and his family. I won't spoil the ending (because it is amazingly epic) but its a fitting ending to such a magnificent story.
Game play 8/10
Now this is were I've seen most people gripe about the game for not being like GTA, but was that Illusions goal when making this game? I think not. As I said you play as Thomas Angelo (Tommy for short) and relive key event in his life as a high ranking Mob enforcer in the Salieri family. Now the game is liner but this is explained by the way the story is presented as a recollection of an event or "job" now that isn't to say that you are forced into a little area and dropped off at your destination, quite the contrary you are in a sprawling urban metropolis that is surrounded by a equally large rural area (their are a hand full of mission set out their so it does serve a purpose) and you are often required to get a car. Which mean you go out back and talk to Ralph and he shows you how to steal the car and then gives you the car (is important in Free ride) and you then drive to your destination. One more thing before I continue, you unlock more cars as time progresses like in 1930 you'll only be taught to steal certain cars but in 1932 you'll be taught to steal more and so on. It' s basically a way to make you play story mode before Free ride (more on that latter) but it doesn't Hurt the game any. Now the as GTA like game their is a fair amount of missions that involve chases but as long as you treat you 36 V8 coupe like a 36 V8 coupe and not a Ferrari you'll do fine. Though that isn't to say all the missions are fun their are two (the second one as a matter of fact) that are universally hated. The first involves you the day after helping Salieri's men and you have to fulfill your duties as a cab driver. Now that wouldn't be so bad if you only had to drive 2 or 3 people around but you drive about 7 people all over the place which seeing that Lost Heaven is almost Double the size of what Vice City was it drags on, and the second if the racing mission which is impossible to beat unless you install a patch or use the shortcut cheat to beat. With that said the story mode is fun and challenging and despite the crappies of the two mentioned missions it's well worth the 20+ hours it takes to complete.
Now from story mode lets go to Free ride which is basically were you can steal all the cars that Ralph has tough you to steal (see it's important) . This mode is a little difficult to describe but if you ever played the getaway (yeah remember that game) is basically the open ended part of the game, so most of the cars that have be come available by playing the story mode are available to be stolen and driven in Free Ride (theirs a mod to fix this). Now their isn't a garage to save your cars in Free ride (unless you play Free Ride Extreme) but their are numerous "safe" parking lots were you can park them after saving. Now their isn't to much to free ride aside from jacking cars, buying guns, and killing mobsters for some cash to buy guns and ammo. It's a little disappointing that you can't go in any of the buildings you entered in story mode but what ever. Overall its a nice mode but just feels incomplete.
All right Free Ride Extreme, Ill keep this short. Is basically free ride but the cars that aren't unlocked in free ride show up ion hear and you have a house and a garage to save your cars and you can do humorous little mini quests. I don't know why they didn't combine this with free ride, it would have made them both a lot better and would have greatly added to the replay value.
Graphics 9.5/10
This games graphics are phenomenal especially given the time the game was made (late 2001-2002) especially when compared to its compared competition *cough* Vice City *cough* though it does go for a more realistic angle than VC it still holds up better 7 years latter. The cars are beautifully rendered and detailed with tires going flat and even being able to be broken off the axle. The city is also very well detailed with high quality textures and models. Now the main gripe with the graphics are the Character models, now that isn't to say that they look out of place or sloppy. Faces are wonderfully detailed and animated looking life like and Solid, no the problem is with the body's the clothing textures don't quite meet the standard of every thing else and they all have the old school club hands (fingers are fixed in one position and don't move) but you can't have every thing.
Sound and Music 9/10
The voice work is excellent, clean and crisp are the two words I would use to describe the voice overs and the actors convey the correct emotions for every situation and the voices fit the characters to a T, Not much else to say so on to the Music, first off I'm not a fan of most Swing Era music in fact I detest most it, but given the games time period I new it was going to be full of it and I prepared for the worst. I was presently surprised they actually found some good period artist to use as well as made their own orchestral themes, now while I wouldn't go out and buy the recordings of these artist it does lend the game a feel of authenticity to the game. Now aside from that god awful Lake of Fire hip-hop ( I hate that stuff more than Swing) garbage they play during the credits I found the sound track to be enjoyable.
Replay Value 7/10
As stated the Free Ride and Free Ride Extreme modes really should have been one mode as apposed to two separate ones, but whats done is done. Plus if you liked a particular mission ore part of one you can go back and play them buy selecting the mission in the Story Mode menu.
As I said Mafia has it's flaws but so does Grand Theft Auto or any other game for that matter and overall this game is an amazing amount of fun and If you haven't played it you really should, it takes a relatively over used premise and makes it feel new by placing it in an far of era (did you live in the 30's, didn't think so) of under ground empires and illegal booze and make it palatable to the modern gamer with out boring them to death.
Reviewer's Rating: 4.5 - Outstanding
Originally Posted: 01/26/09
Game Release: Mafia (US, 08/27/02)
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Latest Tourism Business Index reveals positive 2013 outlook
This is the second consecutive quarter that the TBI has recorded performance levels above the normal level of 100 and is a clear indication of the extent to which business is recovering from the recessionary impacts and excess of supply it suffered post the 2010 Soccer World Cup. – Mavuso Msimang, Board chairman, Tourism Business Council of South Africa
Expectations for the first quarter of 2013 are similar to Q4 2012 performance at 102.5.
Board chairman of the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA), Mavuso Msimang, said the latest index results provided relief for a sector that has been through two very tough years. 'This is the second consecutive quarter that the TBI has recorded performance levels above the normal level of 100 and is a clear indication of the extent to which business is recovering from the recessionary impacts and excess of supply it suffered post the 2010 Soccer World Cup,' he said.
The TBI for the accommodation sector in the fourth quarter of 2012 was also higher than normal at 108.4 and much better than that of the third quarter of 2012 (98.1), while the other tourism businesses recorded a Q4 index of 101.6, slightly below the Q3 performance of 103.3.
Almost a third of TBI respondents cited strong domestic leisure demand as a positive contributing factor for the accommodation sector in the last quarter. And while some businesses experienced positive numbers from the overseas leisure markets, others felt demand was weak.
Eddy Khosa, chairman of the Federated Hospitality Association of Southern Africa, said the TBI overall showed a positive outlook for the accommodation sector, predicting stability or growth.
'While there have been rumblings from industry in the past that the reality on the ground does not match the tourist arrivals statistics, in the fourth quarter of 2012, the statistics and TBI are a fair reflection of what is happening out there in the industry,' he said.
Tourist arrivals statistics for the January to September 2012 period revealed an overall increase in tourist arrivals of 10.7% with overseas arrivals increasing 16.4% when compared with the same period in 2011.
When looking at 2013, on balance, accommodation respondents expect a fairly similar overall annual performance as 2012 while other tourism businesses are very positive about the outlook for 2013. More than 41% believe their businesses will perform better than normal in the next year.
The majority of the accommodation sector respondents expect domestic business markets to offer the best potential growth in 2013, followed by foreign leisure and then domestic leisure. Other tourism businesses expect growth to come from the foreign leisure markets, followed by domestic markets.
Wiza Nyondo of First National Bank, co-sponsor of the report, said the results showed the market had begun to recognise South Africa as a sought-after destination. 'Although we've seen some instability, we still believe in South Africa's diverse offering of services and products where industry professionals can partner to help transform our country,' he said.


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A career-night by Deonata Jethroe proved to not be enough, as the Troy men's basketball team (11-17, 6-11) was defeated by Louisiana-Lafayette (11-17, 7-10), 76-66, on Thursday night at the Cajundome in Lafayette, La.
"They came back twice in the second half," said Maestri. "We really battled tonight. It's hard when you get down three times. I saw some real determination. They fought really hard tonight."
Despite trailing by as many as 14 points early in the half, Troy would tie the game up late, but couldn't take a lead, eventually falling by 10.
Jethroe would finish with a career-high 20 points, breaking his previous high of 16. Ray Chambers was second on the team with 15, while Hunter Williams scored 14. The Trojans couldn't hold back the Cajun shooters, with Alan-Michael Thompson hitting 6-of-8 from beyond the arc.
"DJ played a great game. He was one of the big reasons we got back in the game," Maestri said. "He hit the boards and his intensity helped us."
Louisiana-Lafayette went on a quick 8-2 run to begin the second half, taking a 42-28 lead. Troy responded with a 13-2 run to cut the lead to just three points with 13:20 to play. The Trojans would tie the game up at 57 on a put-back by Jethroe with 5:37 to play, before going cold to close out the game.
Troy shot 42 percent from the field (24-of-57) and 33 percent from range (7-of-21). The Ragin' Cajuns were 23-of-47 from the field (48.9 %) and 7-of-15 from deep (46.7 %). Troy outrebounded Louisiana-Lafayette 32-28.
The Trojans got down early, trailing by 13 points eight minutes in, but fought their way back with a 10-0 run, led by two big 3-pointers by Jethroe. The Ragin' Cajuns would close the half on a run of their own, taking a 34-26 lead into the break.
The Trojans now travel to Jonesboro, Ark., to take on Arkansas State on Saturday night at 7 p.m., for their third attempt at win number 500 for Maestri. Troy defeated the Red Wolves in the previous meeting this season, 74-67 in overtime one month ago.
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I've been using XBMC via Windows 7 for some time now, but wish to make the move to XBMCBuntu.
I've been running the Live version with persistence from a USB stick for a while and set up audio etc with the help of this forum, and IMHO I find that video quality is better and the whole thing is smoother with XBMCBuntu (vs Win7!), so now I feel it's time to take the plunge and install XBMCBuntu to my HDD.
This is where I am having problems! I wish to keep the option to boot into Windows 7 so need a dual boot option.
I have gotten to the point during install that gives me 3 options:
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3. Something else.
I then am presented with a screen that says Select Drive via a dropdown list - but I can only select 1 drive (which presume is my Windows 7 install drive?) and a title: Allocate drive space by dragging the divider below. However, I cannot drag anything!!!! But it does show a graphic with (in my case):
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Before you can select a new partition size, any previous changes have to be written to disk.
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This is where I panic and stop!!
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From: "Marielle Ford" <>
Subject: Re: [ZA-IB] Contact details of researchers
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 14:37:09 +0200
References: <email@example.com>
Hi all,
Let me quickly say that the list I am keeping was started for my own convenience and only includes members of this particular mailing list, not everyone in SA who is researching families. The one on Conrod's site is far more comprehensive than mine and covers anyone who wants to be on it! (Including myself!). I wanted a quick off-line reference to enable me to respond to other members' queries when relevant names pop up out of the woodwork.
Thanks David for pointing out the possible duplication, and for the offer of census lookups.
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From: David and Mary Bossenger
Sent: 06 August 2003 5:41 AM
Subject: RE: [ZA-IB] Contact details of researchers
Hi all,
I feel honoured to be included on the list of looker uppers but get to the
Archives very infrequently +- once in two months. Rather use one of the
other people in CT if you need quick results.
Some comments however. I see that some one is keeping a spreadsheet of who
is researching who. At Conrod's home page at specifically
http://home.global.co.za/~mercon/surnames.htm there is a list of who is
researching who in SA so that this appears to be duplication. If your name
is not registered at Conrod's site I suggest you do so asap as it is very
comprehensive and includes many names off the Afrikaans Genforum list.
Before their are outcries of why should that be of interest I have worked
with many Afrikaans speakers with 'English' names so there is much
overlapping. Examples are BUTLER, SMITH, LLOYD, ALDUM etc.
Finally I see that there is much interest in the SA origins on the 1881
census. I have the CDs so will be more than happy to assist researchers
who do not have direct access and who find that the online research facility
of the LDS has not helped them. I have the V3.0 viewer so can do advanced
searches if I know which area, as I cannot do this off the National List.
So if you have exhausted all possibilities and then need help ask and I will
help if I can, but not for the next two weeks as I have family visiting.
David Bossenger
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The Swede will step down after the World Cup finals in Germany this summer.
FA chief executive Brian Barwick (pictured right), international committee chairman Noel White, Premier League chairman Dave Richards and FA vice-chairman David Dein are the four men who have been appointed to find a new boss.
They will be joined in assessing the options by director of football development Trevor Brooking before reporting their findings to FA chairman Geoff Thompson.
BBC Sport rounds up the latest news and speculation surrounding the vacant England job.
Steve McClaren seems to have done his chances of succeeding Eriksson plenty of good with Middlesbrough extraordinary Uefa Cup win over Basle.
McClaren is widely reported to be one of the four names on the FA's shortlist, with interviews set to take place in the coming weeks.
The consensus seems to be that Bolton's Sam Allardyce, Charlton's Alan Curbishley and former Celtic boss Martin O'Neill are the other candidates.
According to the Daily Mail, Barwick spoke to as many as eight potential candidates and the decision was made to rule out a foreign coach.
Manchester City's Stuart Pearce could also be in line for a role under the new boss, according to the report.
Alan Curbishley:2 April - "My meeting in March was the last time anything was said to me. As far as I am aware the FA is still talking and nothing is finalised."
Sam Allardyce: 1 April - "It's one of the biggest jobs in the world and I'm at the stage now when I think I'm ready."
Gerard Houllier: 29 March - "I have not put my name forward and I have not been interviewed."
Guus Hiddink: 24 March - "I've decided to stop as trainer with PSV at the end of this season, and that's about it."
Peter Taylor: 24 March - "My meeting was about the role, but I'm sure Alan Curbishley's meeting would have been for the role."
Fabio Capello:24 March - "Within three years I will pack in coaching at club level and then I want to realise the dream I have always had inside me - England."
Luiz Felipe Scolari: 23 March - "I had an informal meeting with the English federation. I do not feel I am in a race to be the next England boss."
Steve McClaren: 15 March - Studiously avoided answering questions about the latest speculation surrounding the England job before his Middlesbrough team beat Roma to reach the Uefa Cup quarter-finals.
Stuart Pearce:
13 March - "England is not a distraction for me, I don't take a great deal of interest in it."
The best man should be picked regardless of his nationality, how many English managers have won the league in the last 20 years? Just one I believe, Capello has to be talked into achieving his dream 3 years earlier than planned. Neil, Hampshire
It's got to be Paul Simpson, look what he's doing with Carlisle! Chesney, England
The best English manager over the past decade was Terry Venables. Is his name still mud at the FA to the extent that they can't move to bring him back? Roger Gorman, Australia
Big Sam for the job, he's built that team up from scratch. Now the team is good enough to beat Chelsea if they concentrate! But however it does not bother me if it's a foreigner. Owen Farnes, Bournemouth
I think that it should be given to Fabio Capello because he has managed in the Champions League so he will have the international know how and the tactical mind to be a success and plus he also wants the job so I have one piece of advice for the FA: Give Capello the job. Darren Ewen, England
Guus Hiddink would be ideal for England. He has four arms. Arto Zubisjki, Czech Rep.
The last great England manager was Alf Ramsey; capped many times for England and successfully took a small club, Ipswich, from mediocrity to top flight league football before being given the job as manager of England.
I would go for McLaren for what he has too achieved on meagre resources and has taken Middlesboro to quarter finals of Uefa cup plus he has the backing of the players; failing him I'd go for Curbishley. James, Wales
Well I think that Steve Mc shouldn't get it even though I support Middlesbrough I don't think he should get it because he hasn't done a lot for us this year I think big Sam should get the job as the new England manager Emma Wood, England
I have that bad feeling that its going to be Steve Mclaren. England has at least seven world class players surely we should have a world class manager. do any of the English candidates have these credentials? Scolari or Hiddink definitely do. Look at what Hiddink did with South Korea.
paul kenchington,
As an Englishman living overseas, I have been following this closely through the news and the BBC website. It is my prediction they will go for Steve McClaren with Stuart Pearce as assistant. Personally I would like to see an Englishman get the position but I am not convinced by anyone in the shortlist. At a push I think Curbishley would do well but the press would hound him for being naive at that level. Unfortunately there is no time to grow into the England Manager. Ray Morley, New Hampshire
There is only one real candidate for the job and that is Martin O'Neill. He learnt his trade from the master who was never given the opportunity.
Richard Runciman,
For me it has to be Martin O'Neill, his record at an average Leicester and the way he dominated the SPL with Celtic are the reason why he was linked with the Untied job years ago! He has the passion and the tactical know-how! Although I think he will accept the Newcastle job before he gets offered the England one. David Sagar, UK
Agreed the only people who will be happy if Steve Mclaren is the next England manager are Middlesbrough fans. Tom Mason, England
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Martin Sheen Returning as Uncle Ben in 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2'
by Ethan Anderton
December 10, 2012
Source: Late Late Show
There's already a trio of new cast members joining The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Jamie Foxx is the new bad guy Electro, Shailene Woodley is taking the role of Mary Jane Watson and Dane DeHaan was the most recent addition as Harry Osborn. They'll be joining Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone returning as Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy for director Marc Webb, and another cast member from the first film has been confirmed to return as well. Speaking with "The Late Late Show" in Ireland (via Comic Book Movie), Martin Sheen revealed that he will be reprising his role as Uncle Ben in the sequel, shooting in February.
Sheen didn't really have any details, but he said:
"They've called me back, I don't know what the part is gonna be, but I'm going to be 'Uncle Ben' once again in Spider-Man next year. We shoot it in February."
Now for those who haven't watched The Amazing Spider-Man (or know anything about the superhero), there's spoilers from here on out. In the franchise reboot, Webb dispatched with Uncle Ben, which is a pinnacle turning point for the webslinger. Does that mean Uncle Ben will return in dream sequences like in Sam Raimi's film trilogy? That doesn't really seem to fit with Webb's style from the first film. More than likely, since the sequel is supposed continue the so-called "untold story" of Spider-Man's origin, Uncle Ben will be seen in flashbacks, maybe involving Parker's parents. Also, you can pretty much assume that if a dead Uncle Ben is being utilized, the still-living Aunt May played by Sally Field will be back. Stay tuned.
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Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park and Pinnaroo Café, Padbury
I never imagined I would visit a cemetery to watch kangaroos grazing … but since discovering it I've taken every foreign visitor of mine there to witness this amazing sight for free.
Before you think I am a touch weird, bear with me.
Pinnaroo Valley Memorial
Park is not a morbid or creepy place at all – in fact it is a
collection of peaceful gardens with rolling lawns and water
features, interspersed with natural bushland that has been
tastefully landscaped to create an overall beautiful and
dignified place to honour the departed.
The main entrance to the park is on Whitfords Avenue, with another exit/entrance on Gibson Avenue. The winding roads within the park meander past the various 'courtyards' where you can see scatterings of floral tributes and memorial plaques discreetly placed in the grass. No headstones or monuments are permitted – only flat memorial plaques. This policy ensures that the natural bushland environment is retained.
The courtyards are named after Australian fauna, e.g. Zamia Court, Acacia Court and Cassia Court. If you drive slowly through the park you will eventually come full circle back to where you started, but there are clear signs along the way too to guide you. There are parking spots along the way, or you can simply do a slow drive through the park with your windows wound down to see the kangaroos. The speed limit is 20 at all times.
At most times of the day you can spot whole herds of kangaroos grazing on the lawns and amongst the native trees and plants. The best times are before or after the real heat of the day. They move around so you aren't guaranteed to see them in the same spot twice, but I have never been disappointed.
The place is so beautiful that you are naturally inclined to respect the peace, but it's obvious that allowing kids to run wild and be too loud on the lawns would be inappropriate. As for the kangaroos – you also need to respect their space, for your safety as well as not wanting to scare them. And do not try to feed them or touch them. But with caution you are able to come as close as 5–10m and observe them munching grass or nursing their babies. At certain times of the year I have seen baby Joeys with their heads sticking out of pouches. Every now and then a kangaroo will bounce off across the grass. As someone still fairly new to Aussie animals, it's a wonderful experience to observe them so closely!
There are a few shelters in the park with toilet facilities and also benches to rest on. Near the main entrance there is a Chapel and Crematorium that have daily services and ceremonies, and nearby is a small café called Pinnaroo Café.
I was pleasantly surprised to stumble across this café, which looks out over a rolling lawn where kangaroos often graze. It mainly serves people who are attending services at the park, but it is also open to the public. Again, kids running wild would be disrespectful, but the café has a fantastic kids corner to keep them entertained. It is enclosed for small children, and is bursting witha variety of toys and also has colouring-in pencils and paper for older kids.
There are several large tables inside with some rustic ones on the patio that have shade umbrellas. Inside there are also a few comfortable armchairs and sofas.
The café serves good coffees as well as other beverages, and has a wide range of yummy cakes, biscuits and sweet offerings. There are also some ready-made savoury choices on display such as sandwiches and wraps, and a few specials which change daily, e.g. soup and bread. There is no formal menu as such, nor is there a kids' menu – it's a simple café but I loved the relaxed and friendly atmosphere.
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by Jodie 3 years agoAs a mum of a baby who is burie there I actually want to say I find this really disrespectful. Yes it is beautiful but it is a place many people go to mourn and be with their loved ones. Often we are tryiong to have a moment with our baby and are interrupted by people wanting to take photos of kangaroos, talking loudly, people who don't follow rules, bring in balls and are completely rude. I love my kids spending time there so understand others watning to as well, but people also need to be respectful of what it actually is. And respect those going to servces, or wanting to be with loved ones
by xrfordgal 3 years agoWell said Jodie. I for one will be respecting those who go there for the reason it was created & not visiting. I'm very sorry for your loss.
by Candice 3 years agoCompletely agree, my 4.5 month old was cremated there and although her ashes are at home with us, the pain of losing a loved one, especially when it's your child is the worst pain possible.
by Elle 1 year agoI have a 4 month old baby daughter buried at Pinnaroo as well as my mother & friends, so I understand the need to be considerate & sensitive when coming here, wether it's to see the kangaroos, enjoy the serenity, visit the cafe or to spend some time with loved ones who have passed. I come here often to do all of these things & would like to offer my thoughts please. I think that most people are respectful, especially where there is a service or it is obvious that someone is spending time with loved ones. Yes, I have found some people take photos & talk loudly (mostly tourists who may have different cultures or understanding) but most people are respectful. I actually love to see children joyfully playing anywhere within the park & don't mind their loud cries of delight because I thank goodness that they can & that they are happy & healthy. So, for me, please come. Bring your beautiful children to this wonderful place. I'm not suggesting that the views of others is not right, nor am I intending to be disrespectful to them. I know the pain of mourning, especially a child. I'm just saying how I feel.
by Claire Bear 1 year agoElle, I couldn't agree with you more... My younger brother and grandparents are all buried at Pinnaroo. My mother likes to take my sone who is two to go and observe Kangaroos and spend time where her parents and son are buried. SHe has on occasion taken visitors from overseas to witness the amazing serentiy and mobs of Kangaroos.
My little boy asked me just the other day if we could go to uncle Kim's park to see the Kangaroos... I am going to take him there as he never got to meet his uncle. It is somewhere that I can go and have some peace to reflect on my younger brother's life and to share special moments with my son. I always tell him that there may be people there who are sad so he needs to be quiet, he is only 2 and manages to do this easily.
I feel that as long as people respect that Pinnaroo is a memorial park, a place of burial, rememberance, reflection and mourning then they should be welcome to attend and see just how amazing it is. Not all people grieve in the same way and nobody is right or wrong... People just need to remember to respect others and how they potentially may be feeling...
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Amid tremduous applauze the Curtin falls, and the awjence disperce, single file.
He told me to call him in an hour or so, grinned Lieutenant Curtin.
It was Lieutenant Curtin who first discovered a number of small specks away over in the eastern sky.
This is the right combination, Dan muttered to Lieutenant Curtin.
But be sure, Mr. Curtin, to see to it that Im called if anything happens, no matter how slight an occurrence it may seem to be.
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Before you came across to this side of the ocean, Mr. Curtin, you were inclined to be a bit stout, werent you?
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Connect my USB pendrive to my router to access wirelessly
A better option is to get a NAS that has USB ports. NAS is network access storage device. It is usually an external drive enclosure that can fit one or sometimes many more, hard drives in it. It is made to do just what you are talking about. But they are not cheap.
A third option is to put the Pen drive into another computer on your network and enable it to be shared or even better map a network drive to it. But you have to have another computer to do it.
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Social Circle: Could you work with your significant other?
The "Social Circle" is a group effort between readers, social networkers and the OnMilwaukee.com editors. Every Monday, we ask a question via Facebook and Twitter and then post the responses from our Facebook "likers" and Twitter followers in this column. Well-known Milwaukee movers and shakers will contribute, too.
This week, OnMilwaukee.com published an article about a husband and wife who started two businesses together and work in the same space every day. They are extremely happy and successful this way, but maybe it's not for everyone.
When posed the question, the Social Circle had a wide range of responses. What do you think? Could you work with your significant other?
Steph Davies: "Yeah! Used to tour with the husband. I'd book the shows, open for him and he'd headline. It worked well and was a ton of fun!"
Debbie Dean: "Not in a million years."
Yvonne Edler: "Been doing it for 10 years. He's still alive … barely."
Gene Evans: "We've worked together for the last 14 years. Sometimes it's great, sometimes it sucks. Just like any other job."
Tony Farrell: "Working on it. It's definitely a work in progress."
Skip Forrest: "Been there done that. Ruined the job and the relationship."
Patrick Fox: "No. Ducking. Way. That's right I said ducking."
Charity Hanssen: "Yes. We are both teachers in the same school. Love it!"
Paul Kennedy: "That would be worse than having R. Kelly babysit my kids."
Lisa Malmarowski: "I have for 16 years, happily and creatively, but I never, ever could have worked with my ex. Ever. I think it depends on the couple and the relationship. We never fight so there's never any weirdness with us at work in front of others and we're both convinced if we didn't work where we do, we would find other work to do together. Hell, we share an art studio and even spend time in that together. We're pretty sickening."
Susan Million: "We've worked a few times together and it's been great. Somehow the relationship part goes away and professionalism and our job begins. We both work similarly too so that helps."
Maria Raboin: "I worked with my now-husband for a year. It actually worked out pretty well, obviously."
Claudia Reilly: "Not only do I work with my husband, but also my son-in-law and brother's ex-wife."
Ari Rosenthal: "Nope. Most people can't. Those who think they can just haven't done it long enough."
Laura Schiff: "It's been 10 years working with my partner. No issues and always a fun commute."
Michael Schmidt: "I could, and would anytime. Kim is the best business partner ever!"
Joe Sorge: "Been doing it every day for 15 years."
Jenny Steinman Heyden: "Yes, we met at work. Though that's why I never knew he was shorter than I am because we'd get up to help people at the computer lab separately."
Don Sefton: "Never again! We tried it once long ago. We both like to be in charge."
Toni Spott: "We've thought about it, but it's not easy to have two people on commission."
M. Laurel Walsh: "I would love to open a private detective agency with my honey!"
Patty Zastrow-Jankowski: "Never. We are complete opposites and complement each other perfectly, but if I had to work with that control freak I would jump off a cliff. Sorry, but it's true. We work different shifts because that's what works for us. Absence makes the heart grow fonder in our case."
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May 16, 1912 – November 1, 2013
Marguerite M. Harvey, 101, a loving mother, grandmother and friend, passed away on November 1, 2013. She was born on May 16, 1912 in Oakland, California and in 1914, Marguerite moved to Fernley, Nevada. She graduated from the University of Nevada Reno and taught school in Fernley, Nevada. Marguerite was married to Daniel M. Harvey, her devoted husband for many years. She is survived by her daughters, Karen Petroni and Joyce Sackerson; five grandchildren and five great grandchildren.


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Breckenridge retail marijuana shops seeing green as sales soar on first day
March 25, 2014
The lines rivaled any Black Friday, but this was no day after Thanksgiving discount deal. Rather, "Green Wednesday," the first day of recreational marijuana sales in Colorado, brought out visitors and residents alike to legally purchase pot.
Breckenridge Cannabis Club (BCC), located downtown on Main Street, opened at 8 a.m. to an exuberant line. Customers high-fived each other as purchases were made, and those still waiting for their turn cheered as others made their way back down the stairs, brown paper bags in hand.
Co-owners Caitlin McGuire and Brian Rogers were up all night — not celebrating New Year's Eve, but rather, pre-packaging marijuana with their staff to get ready for the anticipated crowd. A bleary-eyed McGuire said it was her first all-nighter, something she didn't even pull off in college. But she also said it was well worth the effort, finishing a mere half-hour before doors opened.
"We're one of the few shops in the state doing a straight conversion," she said. "So there's no medical product anymore — we wouldn't have room to do both, it's pretty tight quarters."
Upstairs, two small attic rooms feature identical glass counters and five strains of marijuana on display, some sativa (more of an upper, better for daytime), some indica (used to treat pain, better for sleep). Four cashiers helped one person or group of two at a time as another employee worked on crowd control at the top of the stairs. As customers sniffed and prodded the product, eventually selecting a strain, the shop assistants pulled a black medicine bottle from drawers behind the counter — a pre-packaged gram, the most common amount people were purchasing at $25 before tax. The total price ended up at right around $31. BCC is also offering a discount to Colorado customers.
While McGuire spent a portion of her morning checking IDs at the door, Rogers was trying to coordinate a flurry of media, computer problems and the giant crowd.
"It's been crazy, but the good kind of crazy," he said.
The inventory for retail stores had to be converted from old medical marijuana supply, since owners were not allowed to start growing for recreational marijuana until Jan. 1. As the line slowly shuffled past her seat at the open door, a chilly McGuire said while they had more product available, it wasn't ready and packaged, so she was unsure how the supply would hold up until closing at 10 p.m.
"I wasn't worried, I thought we were well-stocked, but now I don't know," she said, checking an ID from Florida.
Most out-of-state license holders were already in the area for vacations or skiing, and McGuire said she saw more Coloradans than she expected. A pair from Boulder lamented in line over how they couldn't yet get any legal retail product in Boulder of all places.
A crunchy white chocolate bar with blueberry was the recommendation of choice from assistant manager Lauren Hoover, ringing up at $18 before tax. Hoover said the store made more money in the first hours of Jan. 1 sales than they had in the last few months of just selling medical marijuana.
While the line grew outside, in temperatures approaching the teens but feeling more like zero, many in the crowd said they didn't mind the wait.
"I've been waiting in line about 20 minutes, but that's nothing compared to waiting like 30 years for this to happen," one woman from California said.
Besides the marijuana itself, customers could also purchase an array of marijuana edibles, such as truffles, mints, soda and fruit chews. A few had to be turned away as well: a man who had expired documents, another who only had a temporary license with no photo.
The big seller of the day at BCC was the Snow Cap sativa. Customers spent anywhere from $30 up to $300, with the average customer grabbing a gram or two of marijuana and an edible or two as well. All purchases were in cash, since it's difficult for marijuana stores to get bank accounts because of federal regulations. The BCC wasn't able to keep their bank account after it was found out they weren't simply a gift shop, Hoover said.
"Oh man, it's about to get so weird," one customer from Austin told his friend as they left with two full paper bags. Hoover reminded people to take it slow, since the high altitude can also have an effect.
The phone rang non-stop, a shrill sound piercing over the winding line and the documentary film crew struggling for space. Most callers wanted to know what time the shop would be open until.
At Alpenglow Botanicals up on Airport Road north of town, there was less of a line, but still a steady stream of interested parties throughout the day. The shop, roomier and on the ground floor, offered many more pipes and varieties of strains for sale than BCC, and still offered medical marijuana as well — separate from the retail product. An ATM offered convenience for customers, since purchases needed to also be in cash.
Owner Charlie Williams said he had no idea what to expect when he opened at 9 a.m. Alpenglow beat its best medical sales day in the first hour of retail sales.
"After the first day or two, we might lose some of the people who are just buying today because they can," he said. "But we're also a resort community, and we get people in from all around the country all the time."
A group of students from the University of Illinois made the long road trip to ski over winter break, but timed their vacation in order to be here for Jan. 1.
"It's crazy we can do this," one friend said as he handed over his cash to make his purchase. "I can't believe we're here right now."
At Alpenglow, 1 gram sold for $18 pre-tax, with 1/8 ounce retailing for $45. Relative to a normal day, Williams said, if sales remained steady, Jan. 1 would probably bring in three or four times the amount of a regular day. Williams is concerned, however, about all of the cash he's taking in.
"Someone is going to do something stupid, and I don't want to die doing this," he said.
The sale price of the retail product is higher than medical, but Williams said he is still ironing out the details.
"We don't want to be greedy, but we have to match the price to the supply and demand," he said.
By 3 p.m., the line at BCC had reached the end of the block, even outmatching the line across the street at Starbucks on a cold New Year's Day. More and more employees lost out on the bet they made about how much money they would make in sales that day. Everyone guessed under, though Hoover was closest.
As the day came to a close, McGuire confirmed they had more than 500 people make purchases by around 8 p.m., though many more had walked through the door. Her sales in this one day equaled way more than an average month of regular business, she said.
"We've been playing catch-up all day," she said. "We've been constantly packaging and labeling grams during the day to get them into the rooms. For my business' sake, I'd love for it to be just as busy tomorrow, but for my own personal sanity I'd love a break."
Even tourists and locals not in line stopped to take pictures of the group filling up the Main Street sidewalk, some posing for pictures in front of the crowd or the BCC sign. Friends from Georgia waited to become part of the monumental day, something they wouldn't be able to experience deep in the Bible belt. Scott, who only wanted to be identified by his first name, said he was very excited about the possibilities that awaited him at the top of the staircase.
"This is something to tell your grandchildren about," he said. "The wait, the weather, it's whatever. This is a historic day."
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The Celina office of Citizens National Bank invites the public to join us for CNB Madness. Customer Appreciation Day will be held on March 20, 2014. From 11 am - 1 pm, customers will be served free pork brisket or shredded chicken sandwiches, chips, water and cookies while enjoying televised NCAA basketball games.
"This is a fun event that gives us the opportunity to thank the Celina community for their trust in us throughout the year. We look forward to it," states Celina City President, Rod Stover. The first 30 customers to join us for lunch will receive a FREE CNB basketball. Limit one per family.
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Exactly. Listen to Rodrigo & Gabriela cover Orion. It's all acoustic, and still definitely metal. While Three Days Grace, for instance, no matter how much distortion they put on their guitars, will never be metal.
My thoughts exactly. I'm going to have to agree with Sami Philadelph that "Everything is contextual, and, 'you'll know it when you hear it.'"
There are certain characteristics that seem present across much metal music but then there are usually exceptions to anything. The definition should be flexible, I think. Perhaps there are certain qualities to metal that any sort of music can have in any combination to be considered metal, but I cannot confidently make such a list of defining qualities. I think presentation is key. A certain level of self-awareness and self-image may be necessary for any band or song to be "metal." But there may also be some bands that are usually labelled as metal and they don't think of themselves as such. I'm not entirely sure on that.
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on the Table but then when does it become Metal ?
When it captures the dark romantic spirit and transcends the humanistic and individualistic perspective that pervades our time. At that point, it can even drop the distortion and still be metal.


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Faingaa pushes out of shadow of Wallabies starsLee Gaskin
Published: April 22 2013 - 3:00AM
Departing ACT Brumbies flanker Colby Faingaa admits the presence of Wallabies star David Pocock was a factor in him joining the Melbourne Rebels.
The 22-year-old former Australian under-20s captain made the difficult decision to leave the Brumbies and head to Melbourne on a one-year deal.
Faingaa has bided his time this season behind both Pocock and Wallabies great George Smith, who returned on a loan deal from Japan earlier this season.
Pocock is under contract with the Brumbies until the end of 2015.
''Obviously that [Pocock's signing] had a little bit of influence on my decision,'' Faingaa said.
''I've spent a year behind him and I think I've learnt as much as I can off him.
''It's been a massive decision for me, but it's my time to move on.''
The Queanbeyan product debuted for the Brumbies in 2009, progressed through the club's academy system and was elevated to the professional squad the year after - the same season as Smith's swansong before he went overseas.
Faingaa played every game of the 2011 season, but a troublesome foot injury forced him to miss most of last year.
He has been recalled to the Brumbies' match-day 22-man squad since a season-ending knee injury to Pocock.
Faingaa came on in the second half of Saturday night's epic 19-all draw with the Queensland Reds, pitting him against older brothers and twins, Saia and Anthony.
''It's an unreal feeling to have all three of us out there,'' Faingaa said.
''I spoke to them about the decision to join the Rebels, and they said to do whatever makes me happy.
''They've given me a lot of support.''
While the Brumbies are contending for the championship, Faingaa will join a Rebels squad which has been embroiled in off-field controversy and with the future of coach Damien Hill in doubt.
Wallabies star Kurtley Beale and winger Cooper Vuna were sent home from their tour of South Africa for getting involved in a punch-up. And Hill has been made to reapply for his position amid his team's struggles, both on and off the field.
''I personally don't know about what's going on with the off-field stuff, so it's not much of a factor,'' Faingaa said. ''It's more the players they have, the structure of where they're going and the possibility of where they can go. The off-field stuff can be easily turned around.''
This story was found at: http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/faingaa-pushes-out-of-shadow-of-wallabies-stars-20130421-2i8tw.html


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Chris Coyier is a popular figure in the design community, well known for his blog over at CSS-Tricks and his general all round expertise with CSS and jQuery. I caught up with Chris and asked him a few questions about how he got started with his popular blogs, and to gain an insight into his latest ventures.
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University at Albanys School of Public Health Names Nova Panebianco As Axelrod Fellowship Winner
Contact: Christine McKnight, 518-442-3091, or John Conway, 402-0281
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Nova L. Panebianco, who helped organize a post-graduate medical anthropology study project in Mongolia last summer, has been named the 1999-2000 winner of the David Axelrod Fellowship at the University at Albanys School of Public Health.
She is the fifth winner of the prestigious award, which is the most generous offered at the School of Public Health, and is made possible by private contributions.
We are delighted to welcome Ms. Panebianco to the School of Public Health and to the distinguished roster of Axelrod Fellows, said interim Dean John Conway, Ph.D. Previous Fellows have made important contributions to the school and we look forward to working with Nova in the coming year.
The School of Public Health is a unique institution offering students the academic strength of a major research university and real-time, real-life exposure to public health practice, through professors who hold important positions at the Department of Health. These officials are actively engaged in a wide variety of public health problems, including the current E.coli outbreak and toxic waste emergencies, as well as chronic problems such as teen pregnancy, smoking, AIDS, cancer, and health care quality improvement.
The Axelrod Fellowship won by Panebianco is named for the late State Health Commissioner who served in that post from 1979 to 1991, and was nationally known for his leadership on a wide variety of public health issues.
Panebianco, from Southampton, Long Island, is a Binghamton University graduate who is pursuing a Masters of Public Health degree, and subsequently plans on attending medical school. She is interested in international health issues, and in linking the public health emphasis on disease prevention with medical work. Her study in Mongolia, a vast and sparsely populated nation with extremely limited access to health care services, focused on the Mongolian equivalent of stress, and its relationship to the onset of disease. As an undergraduate, she also participated in anthropology field research in Nepal.
The Axelrod award is among the most generous offered for masters degree candidates; it consists of a $12,000 stipend and full tuition scholarship for the first year of what is normally a two-year study program. Second-year public health students working on master's degrees are often funded in their internships.
The Axelrod Fellowship was established in 1995, with funds raised specifically to honor the former commissioners record of service and public health innovation. Dr. Axelrod, a native of Great Barrington, MA, graduated from Harvard Medical College and was a virology researcher at the National Institutes of Health before coming to Albany to establish a new laboratory division in the Health Department.
The School of Public Health, was founded in 1985 through the efforts of Dr. Axelrod and then University President Vincent OLeary to take advantage of the proximity of the nation's premier state health department, with its world renowned Wadsworth Center laboratories, and the University at Albany, a nationally recognized public research university.
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