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Just months after the NSW government pushed through controversial "one punch" laws in an attempt to stamp out random violence among young, impressionable men, getting photographed brawling in the street with Nine Network's head, David Gyngell, wasn't the best look for billionaire
He is, after all, awaiting the final tick of approval from state regulators for a licence to operate his planned $1.3 billion casino in the waterfront development precinct of Barangaroo.
Crown Resort's unsolicited proposal to build Sydney's second casino, due to open in 2019, had a fan in former Premier
But the reality is, the sway of the government is less important in this quest. Whether or not Packer and Crown are fit to run a casino is determined by the Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority. And whether or not Packer and Baird are mates is of little consequence to the fiercely independent regulator.
ILGA to probe background
ILGA will delve deeply into Packer and many of his close business associates, as well as top Crown executives. But no one with knowledge of regulators really thinks the brawl will hurt the application. As one source put it, the Crown camp's general counsel may have gone into overdrive at the beginning of the week sending nicely worded explanatory letters, but one scrap in a street probably isn't enough to jeopardise a licence. "It might slow down a process because they need to investigate what occurred, but it is unlikely to stop [a licence being given out]," the source said.
Casino consultant
Possibly, the most Packer has to fear is embarrassment. But it wasn't only Australian papers that splashed the fight on its front pages. When it graced page one of The Japan Times, expatriate Rod Lappin, who runs PC maker Lenovo, exclaimed on Twitter how "proud" he was to be an Aussie.
Lappin says in Japan, two business leaders fighting would be an unlikely sight, but shouldn't scar reputations. This is good news, given Packer's Macau joint venture Melco Crown has vowed to spend more than $5 billion in Japan if casinos are legalised.
"Japan in business, while more controlled emotionally, would actually find this incident very intriguing," Lappin says by email.
Overseas, as in Australia, it seems the biggest fallout will just be more head-scratching.
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FIFA magazine mentions Messi seven times, Ronaldo just once
Cristiano does not appear until page 17, with his name buried within the list of the 23 candidates for the Ballon d'Or, while Messi's name is omnipresent throughout the magazine.
One of Cristiano Ronaldo's principal complaints is that Real Madrid do not give him enough backing in his campaign to win the Ballon d'Or.
The latest issue of the FIFA magazine shows that Ronaldo may have a point about the little support he receives. The Madrid and Portugal forward's name barely appears in the 68-page magazine, while Leo Messi is omnipresent.
Cristiano does not appear until page 17, with his name buried within the list of the 23 candidates for the Ballon d'Or, while there is also a small photo of him with the Portugal team on page 68, covered by Raul Meireles and Valera.
On the contrary, Messi appears all over the magazine, with seven mentions and three photos. FIFA dedicate page 7 to a photo of his statue at Madame Tussauds, with the title "The return of the star?" while on page 14, a feature about the recent World Cup qualifier between Argentina and Uruguay, the magazine calls him "the phenomenal Lionel Messi" and on page 16, a report on the Ballon d'Or shows a picture of Messi holding the award, and the Argentine is mentioned a further two times in the same article. He is praised by FIFA president Sepp Blatter on page 27, is mentioned in an article about the World Club Cup on page 38, and is the subject of the final page, an advert showing Messi taking a shot at goal.

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From his humble beginnings in Deep South Wrestling, to WWE, to TNA, Luke Gallows has experienced a lot in his 10+ year career and has worked with and under some of the biggest stars in the industry. But it was his move to New Japan Pro Wrestling which is currently giving him major notoriety. "New Japan has breathed new life into my career," Gallows told the Chad Dukes Wrestling Show Wednesday night.
Fresh of WrestleKingdom 9, Big Luke Gallows talked at length about WrestleKingdom 9, being a star in Japan as opposed to America, his tag partner Machine Gun Karl Anderson, having his wife Amber O'Neal also be in the business, his run with Aces & Eights, CM Punk, the elusive Sex Ferguson, Finn Balor, and more in an in-depth 25 minute interview.
As a member of one of the most popular factions in wrestling, the Bullet Club, in Japan's top promotion, the life of a star in Japanese wrestling can be very different from that of pro wrestlers in other parts of the globe. After discussing the atmosphere of New Japan's successful WrestleKingdom show last Sunday, Gallows talked about these differences.
"In Japan, traditionally, whether you're a baseball player, a musician, a baseball player, a pro wrestler, which thank god it's very popular right now, you get kinda special treatment. These sponsors, these businessmen, I guess it's kind of a status thing for them to take us out. So we get to eat in five-star restaurants all night long, we get to eat as much as we want, drink as much as we want, which is good sometimes, bad others. It's a change in lifestyle, it really is. "
"Over there they wanna buy the stuff off our backs. So I literally wear different gear to the ring every single night and then these collectors are waiting at the hotel to buy my stinky tights."
Before joining the Bullet Club, Gallows was a member of another popular faction, TNA's Aces & Eights, a group which Gallows despite leaving the promotion still holds fond memories of.
"As evidenced by my career, I'm a bit of a faction man. That was just a really neat, I really dug the vibe of it. I thought got to be myself a little bit for the first time, which translated into what I think became the Bullet Club success for me and stuff. I don't know if a lot of people know this, but Mike Knox is probably my very best friend in wrestling, best friend since we laid eyes on each other. He's my dude and getting to do that and be on TV with him, actually at one point there was talk of making us more of a TV tag team and running us for the tag belts and stuff, which never came to fruition."
"It was a great group of guys. Devon, I'm completely fond of him, we became friends. D-Lo Brown, he's my boy as well. Just the whole thing, Garrett, Wes, no matter what you think of those guys in-ring or otherwise, it was a great group of guys, we had each other's backs, we were friends outside the ring, and anytime you do that- it's kinda like at WWE, Mercury, CM Punk, and I as the Straight Edge Society- anytime that you have that with guys, like we have in the Bullet Club now, it translates, people get it. It has a real feeling because it is real."
It's impossible for most American fans to think of Luke Gallows and not think of the Straight Edge Society and consequently, CM Punk. So Dukes asked Gallows about CM Punk's now infamous Art of Wrestling podcast appearance. While he hasn't heard the show, Gallows did share his understanding of Punk's feelings in the company and also talked about when he learned of Punk's UFC move.
"I know his opinions because I've heard them out of his mouth on the phone before, but I wasn't there anymore and it was a different time. All I know, is I felt like in 2010 when the Straight Edge Society ended that it was a shame because we had some real momentum. We came into Summer Slam 2010 and whatever mistakes Serena Deeb made, I don't know, I can't care to comment on, she got fired and [Joey Mercury] tore his pec in that match we had with Big Show. So it was kinda like the Straight Edge Society imploded in one night, so we never got to finish the storyline which I always thought was a shame."
"The UFC move shocked me. I knew some of the other entertainment stuff he was doing, I knew he was training his ass off, I knew he was a huge fan of it, so I kinda had an inkling. And then he announced it or they announced it, whatever, and I texted him and said, 'Holy Crap dude, congratulations, I had no idea.' I just talked to him in Japan, I know he's training his butt off in Milwaukee and he's really digging that. I hope for all the best for him."
Another former member of the Straight Edge Society, Joey Mercury has worked himself into a prominent role within WWE as an on-screen character with J&J Security and as a backstage influence, as evidenced by the Shield's praise of Mercury during their WWE Network special. While talking about those times with Punk & Mercury, Gallows talked about how much Mercury helped his career during that time.
"If there was ever a guy who knew this business from the inside out and could teach it to other people and knew how to convey it, it was Joey. I was in my mid-20s when Straight Edge thing was going, 25, 26 years old. Who better to stand on the ring apron and tag with, who better to second out to a match CM Punk. Joey and I tagged on six or seven overseas tours, we tagged on all the house shows, and I just think the world of both [Joey Mercury & CM Punk] as in-ring performers, as entertainers, and as people."
"Getting to be with those guys it was kinda like going to medical school after college or something."
While discussing the negative opinions that fill the online wrestling community, Gallows got into the recent controversy over the injuries suffered at the hands of Bullet Club member AJ Styles' Styles Clash, with some fans urging that the move be banned.
"The Styles Clash, not to be too inside is a face bump. You take it as a face bump, you do not tuck your chin, if you watch wrestling you know that. It's like I did a figure four leg lock in Korakuen Hall two nights ago, no one ever taught me how to do it, I learned it because I watched Ric Flair. Anyone who watches wrestling can see that. So if you think that you're so informed and you wanna come on the internet and have this opinion that he should not do that move anymore, that he should not be allowed to be a professional wrestler anymore, then you don't know what the hell you're talking about."
To close out the discussion Gallows talked about another former Bullet Club member, Fergal Devitt aka Finn Balor's debut in WWE and the changing culture within NXT that he hopes will spread throughout the company.
"I was on the fence about it, but then I watched his entrance at [NXT R Evolution] and said, 'Ok, this is the real deal. They have to go all the way with this.' I've seen him, I've tagged with him, been on the apron with him, knew how good he was, but I didn't know if they would get it because I think sometimes guys who come from other places it goes over their head."
"Not to just keep crediting my friends but Joey Mercury, a guy who's in a position and knows stuff like that, is the kind of guy who gets it. I think that's why Hunter's building a team of people like that. I think that's why you see Kevin Steen in WWE now, that's why Rollins is the star that he's become."
"He's a guy who can go, he has a charisma, not so much a charisma but he has mystique. And I think that when mystique's gone, like now in a lot of cases, that it hurts. But if you look at like a Bray Wyatt, and there's mystique there, I love him, huge fan of him, he's a friend of mine, and I love what he's doing and what they've done with him. And I think that Devitt, if they can capture him just right, he's gonna be able to captivate an audience and be a major league, big fight feel superstar in that company."
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NSW has emerged as Australia's economic pacesetter with figures showing it officially has the lowest unemployment rate of any state.
Nearly 14,000 jobs were added in NSW last month, seasonally adjusted figures from the Bureau of Statistics showed, keeping the state's jobless rate steady at 5.8 per cent.
For some years minerals-rich Western Australia has had the lowest unemployment rate among the states, due to demand for jobs driven by the mining boom. But the bureau's figures showed unemployment in WA was 5.9 per cent, seasonally adjusted. The jobless rate in the west has jumped 1.7 percentage points in the past three months.
Economists warn that monthly employment figures bounce around but the latest results underscored the relative economic strength of NSW as the effects of the mining boom on the national economy start to wane. Data released last week showed growth in state final demand - a key indicator of the state economic performance - has been stronger in NSW than any other state for the past two quarters. This was a first for the state.
A Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment survey released on Wednesday showed NSW was the only state where optimists outnumbered pessimists and the most recent retail sales figures revealed stronger growth in NSW than any other state. Its housing sector continues to strengthen after a long period in the doldrums with residential building approvals up 5.4 per cent in January and 34.1 per cent through the year.
Thursday's robust job figures follow six straight monthly increases for NSW in ANZ's survey of jobs advertisements
NSW Treasurer Mike Baird said the run of positive figures showed the NSW economy has momentum.
"NSW now tops the nation, with the lowest unemployment in the country," he said.
"It's been a long time coming but we can take a lot of confidence in the fact that the NSW economy is finally starting to pull its weight."
The national unemployment rate was unchanged at 6 per cent in February even though more than 47,000 jobs were added in the month. Full-time employment rose by 80,500, seasonally adjusted, in February but that was offset by a 33,300 drop in part-time jobs. However, the bureau warned that routine changes to the employment survey sample had contributed to the big rise in employment.
The national unemployment rate would have fallen, except for an increase in the participation rate, which is the proportion of potential workers with a job or looking for work. It climbed 0.2 per cent to 64.8 per cent.
The healthy employment figures follow weeks of negative news including staff cuts at Qantas and the future closure of car-making plants in Victoria and South Australia.
"Hopefully, the latest data will shift attention to the main engine of job creation - small and medium-sized businesses - rather than the job losses at a small number of larger companies," said CommSec economist Savanth Sebastian.
Queensland had the strongest jobs growth, adding more than 30,000 in the month, but its unemployment rate fell only from 6.2 per cent to 6.1 per cent.


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Punishment pushback II
I've a question for Bob Sevcik, writer of the letter "Punishment the point" urging against relaxation of NCAA sanctions on Penn State football: What if the child abuser is a police officer? Do you shut down the entire police department?
How about if he's a doctor? Should we close the hospital? Politician, shut down government? Cashier, close the store? Etc.
Abusers come from all walks of life. I'm guessing you would be happy if we shut down the Catholic Church, too.
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Amick earned a law degree from Yale University while also taking art courses. After practicing law for two years in Ohio, he became a full-time artist, taking private lessons and studying at the Art Students League. He did illustrations for
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From her vantage point on a stepladder against a whitewashed wall in the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane, Parastou Forouhar is applying paintbrush fragments of Farsi script.
Unrestrained by paper, lines drift down walls and cross the grey-painted floor. The observed effect is tendrils of tree roots and branches reaching for strangled sunlight. Standing in the centre of Forouhar's installation, The Written Room, the gallery's acting director, Suhanya Raffel, thinks of it as ''stepping into music. It's a unique piece of work. It's truly wonderful.''
The intricate calligraphy carries no literal meaning, its intentionally figurative and ornamental abstractions drawing on the ancient heritage of text and decoration in Persian culture, and personal trauma in the region of modern-day Iran.
The Written Room is one of the most arresting of the new works commissioned for the 20th anniversary of the ground-breaking Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, a celebration of contemporary artistic life in Australia, Asia and the Pacific.
Forouhar's growing international reputation includes two New York exhibitions: Global Feminisms at the Brooklyn Museum of Modern Art (2005) and Iran Inside Out at the Chelsea Art Museum. She has previously shown in Melbourne and her Swanrider (2004) photograph was acquired by GOMA in 2009 following its showing in the exhibition 21st Century: Art in the First Decade.
''The work is like a second skin for the architecture,'' Forouhar says of The Written Room. ''It uses the architecture to spread itself in the space, but at the same time breaks the rule of architecture because it is not obeying the up-down direction that architecture might have. It's got a lot to do with me as an immigrant trying to redefine the space for myself, but also dealing with the situation that my mother tongue loses its function in everyday life … it becomes a memory, it becomes a kind of ambiguity between sadness and injury and open to other kinds of perceptions.''
The injury to which Forouhar refers is the 1998 murder of her parents, critics of the clerical regime. Her father, Dariush, was the leader of Iran's People Party and was a strong supporter of the democratic election of prime minister Mohammad Mossadegh in 1951.
Dariush later became critical of the Islamic republic, and he and his wife were stabbed to death in their Tehran apartment by agents of the deputy minister for intelligence in 1998. Forouhar heard of their execution while living in Germany, where she was completing her postgraduate studies. Art had long been a place to hide and escape the disappointment of crushed democratic ideals. Forouhar began drawing at the Academy of Art at Tehran University in 1981, two years after the Shah was deposed in the Iranian Revolution.
What started as a place of retreat, however, soon ''opened some kind of space for me to look critically and perceptively at my surroundings, and what was happening''.
Following her parents' brutal execution, Forouhar says she returned to Iran many times to attempt to bring the perpetrators to justice. Meanwhile, she channelled her grief and anger into subversive digital depictions of torture and what it means to be an Iranian woman in the 21st century.
Forouhar's wordless script recalls the beauty and lyricism of Persian culture, equally as old and rich as the holy Arabic script of the Koran. While there is no mistaking her political convictions, in The Written Room, Forouhar draws a broader distinction between her artistic life and the geopolitical winds that fan memories of coups and crises.
''My own experiences in life are very much affected by politics. [But] I'm not searching for answers in my art; I'm not giving answers. I'm opening up space for reflection …'' Forouhar's ''extraordinary work'' derives from a rich tradition of calligraphy and printmaking in the Islamic world in which ''art and the word are one'', Raffel says.
More recently, her graceful imagery and elegant geometric patterns have cloaked experiences of dislocation as well as pain. ''I feel at home in Germany but, at the same time, not,'' she says. ''I feel at home in Iran and then not. What I'm doing with my art is just cultivating this space in between.
''I don't know if once you have left a country, you can come back and think of it as home again because the time I have been in Germany or my experiences as an immigrant I don't want to miss; it is part of my biography it is part of the challenge of my life. But, of course, I wish I could go to Iran and feel really good and that would be the time it would be democratic.''
The seventh Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art is at the Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art from December 8 to April 14, 2013.


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Since announcing Monsanto's $4 million seed donation to Haitian farmers on May 13, there have been some questions and some inaccuracies regarding details of the gift. We covered some of the answers in this initial blog post, which primarily addressed how the donation came about and noted the seeds were hybrids not biotech (GMO).
- Monsanto contacted the Haitian Ministry of Agriculture and offered specific non-GMO seed varieties and quantities suited for Haiti's growing conditions. The Ministry reviewed the offer and asked some questions, including whether we intended to include GMO seed because Haiti does not have the legal framework in place to approve or use biotech seeds today. We clarified that Monsanto's offer was only for conventionally bred hybrids. The Ministry let us know what crop seeds would be acceptable to their farmers. In a letter to Monsanto, the Ministry said:
"Thank you for Monsanto's generous offer to donate Vegetable seeds and Hybrid maize seeds to benefit the Haitian farmers. The vegetable seeds have been tested in Haiti previously and are well accepted by the farmers. They will definitely contribute to an increase in vegetable production in Haiti."
- Monsanto informed the Haitian Ministry of Agriculture that certain seeds would have a fungicidal treatment on them. Fungicidal seed treatments are often applied to seeds prior to planting to protect them from fungal diseases that arise in the soil and hamper the plant's ability to germinate and grow. The treatments also provide protection against diseases the seed might pick up in transfer between countries. Seed treatments are commonly used in agriculture worldwide.
Monsanto notified the Ministry that the donated seeds would have fungicide treatments. The Ministry continued to be supportive, offering the following:
"Let me also thank you for the information about the seed treatments for the Monsanto Hybrids. The products listed are used everyday in Haitian agriculture and should pose no problem."
- Some of the vegetable seed products Monsanto donated were already grown in Haiti. That, coupled with our consultation with the Ministry of Agriculture, gave us confidence that farmers would welcome and benefit from the donation.
- There are no contractual obligations between Haitian farmers and Monsanto since this is a donation. In fact, there are no business transactions at all between Monsanto and Haitian farmers in regards to these seeds. Monsanto is earning no revenue from this donation.
- Monsanto noted that hybrids are not commonly grown in Haiti today. We have received questions about how much this hybrid seed donation will change current farming practices. Will farmers need additional inputs? What additional education/resources are needed for this to be successful?
These are all good questions, and ones that we considered prior to making the donation. This is partly why the donation took so long to make – we wanted to ensure that farmers would have the necessary tools and support since our involvement ends once the seed hits the ground in Haiti. We felt it would be irresponsible and ineffective to simply send the seed without a plan.
We sought on-the-ground support in Haiti and again consulted with the Haitian Ministry. The USAID-funded WINNER project and The Earth Institute will handle distribution and will support farmers with recommendations and resources. That support includes helping farmers decide whether to use additional inputs (including fertilizer and herbicides) and deciding how to handle next year's planting season.
For some farmers, those may be new techniques, and for others it may not. A seed is a seed. And technically, it can be planted without any additional inputs. Fertilizer and herbicides increase the output of the crop. But again, the decision on whether to use those will be left to the individual farmer.
It's disheartening to see people encouraging Haitian farmers to "burn Monsanto seeds," especially when the ones hurt by that action will be Haitian farmers and the Haitian people—not those of us watching on the sidelines. Fortunately, we have not received reports that that is actually occurring.


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City of York Council said a public meeting at Bell Farm Social Hall to discuss proposals for Monk Stray to be a campsite and spectator hub when the Tour comes to York on July 6 was "very well-attended with lots of community comment and interest".
But Heworth Without councillor Nigel Ayre said residents were told a licensing application for the event could not be discussed and there was limited time for questions, sparking a "slow handclap".
He said officials claimed there would be no live entertainment, despite this being advertised, and Coun Sonja Crisp, cabinet member for leisure, culture and tourism, was contradicted by officers after saying there were no plans to use the site until 5am despite the licence running until then.
"It is hard to think how the council could have got this consultation more wrong - residents' anger was completely understandable," he said.
Coun Crisp said campsite demand was being gauged and the spectator hub would only operate for up to 12 hours on July 6, being removed "as soon as appropriate after that".
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After having attended one of the Stockport Schools one page profile training sessions run by Gill from HSA, my colleague and I talked about how Norris Bank is getting on with One Page Profiles ourselves.
Our staff at Norris Bank have had all the training sessions regarding the One Page Profiles – we use postcards to record information – but not all staff are fully understanding the importance and usage of the postcards. Some of our staff are seeing it as an end product not a continuous process of personalised learning and evaluating.
As we come to the end of the academic year, we send a new postcard home with the children, for them to complete them with their parents. We then ask for the postcards to be returned and the teachers add their own thoughts and suggestions. The postcards are then passed to the new teacher ready for the September start. The postcards are reviewed and updated by the child's new teacher prior to our parents evening in October. This is when we use them as a starting point for a conversation regarding their child settling in and future support.
We arranged a meeting with Gill so we could talk about some next steps to help raise the profile and re-inspire some of the teachers. We looked at the lesson plans that are being suggested to use and we are going to carry out the sessions with our children Year 5/6 and Reception children.
We can then make comparisons to the postcards created at home by the parents and children and those created by the children in school, having had some build up teaching and evaluating sessions about personalised learning. We are hoping that the One Page Profiles created by the children when they have been more involved in thought processing activities and reflection conversation, will be more personal to them, more meaningful and purposeful rather than parents writing what they think their child needs. This is, of course, still important information but we hope by doing this, to get more of a balance.


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The Baltimore Ravens will play in the NFL season opener in eight days on September 5th, but will be on the road unlike past defending Super Bowl Champions as they travel to Mile High to take on the Denver Broncos. If you drove around Denver right now, you would see several banners and posters of…..Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco.
Promoting the opening night kickoff game, the NFL has placed posters and banners, including a gigantic Flacco banner on the side of the Bronco's stadium Sports Authority Field. Obviously the NFL is simply trying to promote its opening night game and what better way than to have the Super Bowl MVP on the banners promoting the event?
The Ravens, of course, could care less about the banners as their only worry is how to find a way to beat the Broncos and stop Peyton Manning and the Denver offense.
Denver on the other hand, is and should be annoyed by this and understandably so. Look at it from this point of view, if the Ravens were hosting the opening night game in 2010 and posters and banners were spread all over Charm City and on M&T Bank Stadium of Ben Roethlisberger. Pittsburgh knocked the Ravens out of the playoffs in 2010 and if Roethlisberger was posted all over the city, Baltimore would go nuts.
That is exactly what is happening in Denver right now. Baltimore knocked out the Broncos last year with the 'Mile High Miracle' and now are traveling to Denver for the second biggest game of the year for the NFL (next to the Super Bowl) because almost all football fans watch this game because it officially starts the season, and the player who was primarily responsible for beating and eliminating you is now being plastered all over their city.
If you think about it, the NFL, whether knowing it or not, has found a great way to get even more people interested and talking about the Opening Night game with this poster fiasco. 'Postergate' as it is being referred to, is now nationally known and the City of Denver is in the spotlight for banners and posters. The NFL has done it again.
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I just picked up the Ambit2 last week during the big REI sale. I was sick of running out of battery with my Garmin 405 and wanted the better navigational features over the more running oriented watches. So far I really like it. My longest test has been a touch over 10 hrs on 1sec gps recording and it was showing 33% battery left when I finished. Distance was spot on as well, where my Garmin typically measured short. Only complaints so far are the size(pretty big for my scrawny wrists, but not really noticeable) and I am having a terrible time getting the moveslink program to sync my activities to movescount website. I have to mess around with it quite a bit every time I want to upload.
That seems to be a theme with Ambit. I think that they make really great hardware, but the software is kind of sketchy! I'm glad you like the new watch. It's always fun to get a new toy. I used the 305 for many years and just upgraded to the 910xt. Fun to play with.
Someone had made a comment on the Ginger Runners review of the Ambit2 that Strava now syncs up the Ambit so I might use mine more if moveslink isn't real user friendly.
I will definitely. I wasn't expecting to make the purchase so quickly as I just kind of got in the market for a new one. I really couldn't pass up REI's sale price though.
^ yup- external devices
let us know what you think of the watch, I'm still in the market- just not sure what's going to be the best for my needs
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let us know what you think of the watch, I'm still in the market- just not sure what's going to be the best for my needs
I used a Fenix for Leadville and changed the sampling rate part way through, I believe. Not optimal Strava track, but I did enjoy having real time elevation and other data. For a long ultra you either need two watches or be really fast for real accurate data. I need two watches ...
I do like the features of the Fenix better than the 910, but the 910 has better battery life on the most frequent sampling rate. The new Fenix also has all the run metrics the 610 has.
Regarding the Fenix 2, if you don't use ultra trac (i.e. use normal once every second GPS sampling), how long does the battery last? You will get 20 on the 910xt. I'm wondering how much you get with the Fenix? I'm a slow runner and need to make sure that it would work for a 50M race. I would hate for the battery to die at 10 hours or whatever.
Note: I have the new 910xt, but I'm a bit miffed because it wasn't picking up my footpod or HRM this morning. After 10 minutes (I was running outdoors) I turned it off and restarted. After acquiring satellites, which took a few minutes, I was off and running again, but still no HRM. I played withe settings trying to get the watch to search for it. Yes, it was wet down before I put it on and of course at that point I had been running for 10 minutes and sweat was not an issue. I rinse it after every use. Anyway, after another 5 minutes it started working again. Kind of. The rate seemed too low when considering my pace. For that much money, I want it to work every time. I had that my training run as boogered up a bit by this as my coach has me run different sections at different HR's. If it keeps happening, I may swap it for a Fenix 2. But who's to say it won't happen with it as well? It never happened with my old trusty 305 I used to have.
*sigh* I have to get a new watch
My trusty Nike+ watch is finished after almost 3000 miles....so I'm in need of a new one.
Have wanted to upgrade for a while but that thing had worked so well I really couldn't justify getting a new one. Have to give it some love and I'll miss the old thing
As much as I loved it, I missed having gain/loss, so that is definitely something I want in a new one. Also like the idea of a watch being able to use it for different pursuits, the barometer, compass, hiking features all sound fun, and better battery life is a must have.
Looking at the 910, 620, Fenix 2 and they are all roughly the same price (minus a $50 rebate on the 910) (at least on runningwarehouse and my watch would fail after the sale at rw as well wouldn't it?).
Looking at the features of the Fenix 2 it does the most, but reading some the reviews it sounds like it is having some "growing-pains" so it makes me a little nervous about buying it (although I have read a lot of positive reviews as well). Sort of put the 620 down the list due to the lowest battery life?. At least from what I read. The 910 seems like a very solid, dependable watch as well. Sort of debating between it and the F2.
Looked at the Ambit2 R but the battery life pushed me away from it.
Anyone know if I go with the Fenix 2 and discover it is really buggy or something, that I can return it?
Yeah, the Fenix 2 is probably more than I need (is more than I need) but if I invest in a watch I would rather just spend another $100 or 2 to get what I want, especially when it is roughly the same price as the 910. (The $50 rebate won't sway me, probably not even a $100 off...now if I found one half price then maybe )
Thanks for any info. Enjoyed reading through this thread.
My Garmin 305 is not holding a charge very well - over 3 years old. I was going to send it in and pay the $80 or so for a refurb. But instead, I ordered the Magellan Echo watch. It is a smart watch with a standard coin battery. It syncs with a smartphone and displays the info from your running app. I will be getting it in the mail this week and trying it out. As long as my iPhone has juice, it will last any length ultra. I use a Annker charge unit and stuck it in my running vest, so I am good to go. Hopefully this will work well for me.
I've been wearing the Ambit2 R as a watch and have done 2 runs (one 10 mile TM run and one 14 mile road run) and the battery is still at 75% and it's been 1 1/2 weeks. One complaint I do have about it is that you can't adjust the display on the fly. Luckily I had read enough reviews of the watch and set up my 5 display options beforehand. I believe you can set up 5 displays that will have 3 lines similar to this
My case for this watch is that it seems to be A LOT more accurate than my Garmin 205 when comparing maps to MapMyRun, MovesCount, and RunKeeper. I ran with it on the TM with no pairing to a foot pod or anything and the accelerometer was short .07 miles from the 10 miles


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Janice L. Wendberg, 76, of Dalbo passed away on Sunday, December 22, 2013 at GracePointe Crossing Gables West.
Janice was born September 12, 1937 in Backoo, North Dakota to Norval and Violet (Schrader) Quam. She grew up in Backoo, ND on the family farm. She graduated from Cavalier High School in 1955. During her time in Cavalier she worked at the gas company until she was 18 and then moved to Hopkins to work at Super Valu. While in Hopkins, she met Joel Wendberg.
On November 11, 1961, she was united in marriage to Joel at the Salem Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. They would build a home in Dalbo and raise their three children.
Janice worked various jobs including the Dalbo Cheese Factory, Control Data, Blue Fox Tackle, the Dalbo Store, and ECM Publishing in Princeton. She was a longtime member of Salem Lutheran Church of Dalbo. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, camping, and attending classic country music events. She and Joel spent time in Texas and celebrated their 25th Anniversary in Switzerland. Janice was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother and enjoyed caring for her family.
She was preceded in death by her parents and brother Duane Quam. Janice is survived by her husband Joel Wendberg of Dalbo; children Brad (Victoria) Wendberg of Dalbo, Pam (Lyle) Erickson of Cambridge and Jason (Aimee) Wendberg of Stanchfield; three grandchildren Ryan and Aaron Erickson, Brandon Wendberg; one great granddaughter Addison Erickson; sisters Elaine (Melvin) Lembke of Neche, ND, Verdell (Edgar) Stegman of Thermopolis, WY, Lois (Randy) Sott of Grand Forks, ND, and sister-in-law Faye Quam of Grand Forks; as well as many other relatives and friends.
Funeral Services were held at 11AM, Saturday, December 28, 2013 at Salem Lutheran Church in Dalbo. Interment was in Dalbo Baptist Cemetery. Online condolences at www.carlsonlillemoen.com. Arrangements were with the Carlson-Lillemoen Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Cambridge.
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The two drama films were honored with five nominations each and will compete in three categories, Best Feature, Best Female Lead, and Best Director.
On Tuesday, December 1, Film Independent has announced the nominations for the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards. Based on the list, it has been known that "Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire" and "The Last Station" lead the pack with five nods each, and will battle out in three categories.
Both films will compete for Best Feature prize. Additionally, "Precious" actress Gabby Sidibe and "The Last Station" star Helen Mirren are up against Maria Bello, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Nisreen Faour in Best Female Lead category. Meanwhile, Lee Daniels, who directed "Precious", and Michael Hoffman, who helmed "The Last Station", are both nominated for Best Director.
Other movies which are also among the nominees include "A Single Man" and "Crazy Heart". Both films are nominated for Best First Feature and Best Best First Screenplay. In the meantime, Mia Wasikowska who will appear in upcoming film "Alice in Wonderland" is among the contenders in Best Supporting Female category.
The winners of 2009 Independent Spirit Awards will be announced during the gala ceremony which is going to be held on Friday, March 5 in a tent on the event deck at Los Angeles. The event will be aired live on IFC starting at 8 P.M PT/ 11 P.M. ET.
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(CNSNews.com) - Spain's king has won widespread praise in his country for telling Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to "shut up" during an Ibero-American summit, a meeting that underscored the strengthening ties among Latin America's cabal of hard-line leftists.
Saturday's rebuke from King Juan Carlos followed Chavez' repeated references to former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar as a "fascist." Aznar was a close ally of President Bush who was defeated in a 2004 election.
As the current prime minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zaptero, scolded Chavez and urged him show respect for the legitimately elected former Spanish leader, he drew a flow of interruptions from the Venezuelan leader, who said he had the right to say what he liked.
Then the king -- sitting next to Zapatero -- leaned forward and said to Chavez, "Why don't you shut up?"
A short time later, when Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, a close Chavez ally, accused the Spanish embassy of interfering in Nicaraguan politics, the king walked out, a gesture Spanish media said was unprecedented.
Video footage of the exchange played repeatedly on Spanish television over the weekend, and media commentators and politicians largely supported the king, although a far-left political party said that whatever one's views of Chavez' comments, the king's remarks and walkout had been inappropriate.
The El Mundo newspaper said the king had "put Chavez in his place," something that should have been done a long time ago.
El Pais said the king's response was correct, as Chavez had crossed the line of what could be tolerated in relations between sovereign countries.
An English-language Spanish online news service said should monarchs ever be required to stand for election, King Juan Carlos "would be home and dry."
The Socialist prime minister, who is no ally of the conservative he defeated in 2004, also won praise for standing up for his predecessor. Spanish media reported that Aznar had phoned both Zapatero and King Juan Carlos to thank them.
The king's remark -- in Spanish, "por que no te callas?" -- looks set to become a catch-phrase. By late Saturday, Spanish Internet users had snapped up the domain names porquenotecallas.com, porquenotecallas.net and porquenotecallas.org.
The incident happened towards the end of the summit, which brought together heads of state from Latin America and former colonial powers Spain and Portugal in the Chilean capital, Santiago.
After the summit, an unrepentant Chavez continued his attack, suggesting to journalists that the king may have had advance knowledge of a failed coup against Chavez in 2002.
"He may be king, but he could not shut me up," he said. "The difference between him and me is that I have been elected three times."
If Chavez has his way, there soon may be no limit on how many more elections he may contest as he pushes ahead his plans for "21st-century socialism." A referendum next month will consider controversial constitutional amendments that include ending term limits and allowing for the suspension of civil liberties during states of emergency.
The planned amendments being pushed by the overwhelmingly pro-Chavez parliament are causing the outspoken leader political headaches.
They have prompted student street protests -- some violently suppressed -- and last week sparked a fallout between the president and his former defense minister, Raul Baduel, who said he would urge citizens to vote against the changes. Chavez in turn called Baduel a "traitor" and accused him of siding with "imperialism" -- that is, the United States.
Chavez' clique
The weekend summit, while overshadowed by the "shut up" incident, demonstrated again that the links between Chavez and his regional supporters, primarily Ortega, Eva Morales of Bolivia, and the regime in Cuba, represented at the meeting by the ailing Fidel Castro's executive secretary.
Chavez and his allies spearheaded criticism of other participants for taking an insufficiently left-wing approach to socio-economic development. After the leaders' summit, the Chavez-led group also went on to make an appearance at a parallel "people's summit" organized by Chilean left-wing groups.
In his assessment of the summit, Cuba's Castro praised Chavez for his "devastating criticisms at Europe." In an essay published by state-run media, Castro added that the revolutionary hero Che Guevara "would have been proud of the statements made by several revolutionary and courageous leaders," citing Morales and Ortega in particular.
But, Castro said, Guevara would have been pained to hear speeches from other leftist leaders at the summit, an apparent reference to participants like Chile's Michelle Bachelet and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil.
Castro was particularly critical of El Salvadorean President Tony Saca, calling his speech "disgusting." El Salvador under Saca is a close ally of the U.S. and the only country in the region to have troops in the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq.
Cuban media, meanwhile, reported on an initiative to bring Aznar, a hate figure to many on the left, to trial for his role in the Iraq war.
Aznar lost an election three days after terrorists killed 191 people in a series of train bombings in Madrid. Zapatero subsequently kept a campaign promise to withdraw 1,300 Spanish troops from Iraq.
Under Zapatero, Spain's relations with the U.S. have cooled considerably, a trend attributed in part to his ongoing criticism of the Iraq war and U.S. anti-terror policies, his open support for Sen. John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election, and his lobbying to end European Union diplomatic sanctions imposed on Cuba after a 2003 clampdown on political dissidents.
Ironically, Zapatero has also strengthened ties with Chavez, and came under fire in 2005 for agreeing to sell military equipment to Venezuela, despite U.S. requests not to do so.
Venezuela's leftist Telesur television station Sunday quoted Chavez as saying he expected diplomatic and commercial relations with Spain would not be affected by the weekend incident.
Chavez said he had been surprised at Zapatero's defense of Aznar, considering the two Spanish politicians' ideological differences.
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Comparing the Batman.
Golden Age
PersonalityBruce Wayne is much more of a calm person without any playboy activity, even becoming a police commissioner. His motivations for being Batman are the same however.
Bruce makes a much more violent Batman, even using a gun in his earlier appearances and killing. He does however lighten up when he takes Robin as his sidekick and also his daughter with Catwoman, Huntress. He eventually retires the role.
MentorBruce makes a decent mentor, but the relationship is heavily improved upon in later versions.
Silver Age
PersonalityBruce Wayne is a more light-hearted version of the Golden Age Batman. He also hangs out with Robin a lot more and is perfectly accepting of him becoming Nightwing. He is also far more intelligent and like a Detective.
Batman is much more light-hearted than the preceding Golden Age Batman and the proceeding Modern Age Batman.
Bruce makes a decent mentor like before, and he's perfectly willing to let Dick Grayson become Nightwing. And he's also taken Jason Todd as the second Robin before the Infinite Crisis. He also gets help from Batgirl.
Modern Age
PersonalityBatman is very dark and brooding, though he does have friends, like Superman and Wonder Woman. He also disapproves of Robin's membership with the Titans, firing him as the Boy Wonder when he refuses to quit and only making up a short while after the death of Jason Todd. His friendship with Superman also grows.
Batman is very aggressive but never kills and works his hardest to make Gotham safe for people. After his supposed death, Bruce returns due to help from Superman, and afterwords starts a worldwide team of Batmen called Batman Incorporated.
Batman is stern but caring, firing Dick from Robin when he refuses to leave the Teen Titans, making him Nightwing. He also blames himself for Jason Todd's death and only takes Tim on as Robin after he proves himself and realizes that Batman needs Robin. He also gets help from Batgirl and several other successors.
New 52
Batman's the same as the Modern Age.
BatmanBatman remains the only Batman in this series.
Batman remains with the previous list of proteges, as well as his son Damian, in the Modern Age partnered with Dick Grayson.
Batman is given a campy caricature of himself as well as all other characters. The only time his tragic backstory is mentioned is during the series pilot. His genius is played down as everyone else has been made stupid.
Batman is a very kid friendly Batman, acting more like an absurdly dressed Sherlock Holmes or James Bond. He's also much more willing to work with Robin and Batgirl, and in most cases has to save them.
Batman is a caring mentor, for example, never letting Robin drive the Batmobile as he's under age and having Alfred do it while he can't. He also respects the fact that Batgirl has a secret identity when she arrives and treats her just as well as he does Robin.
Super Friends
This Batman is a more serious version of his Martinsonverse self. He's also much more friendly, as not only does he willingly work with Robin and Batgirl, but even with Scooby-Doo and the gang as well as several other super heroes to make the Super Friends.
BatmanBatman is still a kid friendly Batman, but his intelligence is returned to what people are used to, solving many of the super villains schemes with his mind and working with the Super Friends to defeat villains like the Legion of Doom.
Batman usually works with Robin and the two seem to operate as equals.
PersonalityBatman's character is changed every time his actor does. In the first two films, he's brooding and barely does a thing except date the love interest of the film until the Bat-Symbol comes on. In the third film, Bruce's emotional pain of losing his parents is brought to the forefront. However, in Batman & Robin, the character is just barley more serious than in the original series, but he does refer to Dick as a partner and a brother.
Like the personality, Batman is changed also. While still serious and threatening, this Batman also kills like the Golden Age, though only every now and then in situations that could be interpreted differently. In Batman & Robin, he's much more like the Super Friends Batman, cracking jokes.
In Batman Forever, Bruce is realistically reluctant to let Batman become Robin until the third act when Batman manages to get over the pain of causing his parents' death. In Batman & Robin, he does have Robin make various drills to learn from his mistakes and confesses that he needs Robin's help. He's also reluctant to let Batgirl join until Robin points out that he never wins this fight.
DC Animated Universe
Batman's character is grim but overall hopeful. He takes in Dick Grayson and lets him become Robin and is willing to thank Zatanna for help when Wonder Woman is turned into a pig. He can get extremely threatening and obsessed with a case. As a loner, he only becomes a part-time member of the Justice League. Even in old age, he is very grim and barely lightens up, even around his successor, Terry, though he does care for him.
Batman is very obsessed with a case, though he is willing to work with people like Nightwing, Batgirl, Robin, or the Justice League if the situations demand it. He's also willing to help people as well, trying to reach out to villains like Clayface and Two-Face, especially after they were first created. He also of course hates guns, quitting being Batman when he threatens a punk with a gun in his 50s.
Batman is still a caring mentor but keeps it to himself, nearly killing the Joker when he makes Tim Drake into a cruel caricature of himself. He is hurt when Dick leaves, and he blames himself for the incident with Tim. When Terry becomes Batman, he primarily becomes a mentor, and he treats Terry like Dick or Tim at first until Terry proves his worth as the Batman.
PersonalityThis Bruce Wayne is very similar to his DCAU and Nolanverse counterpart in not killing but keeping his existence a secret. He also has a sense of humor like The Batman as shown during his talks with Barbara Gordon and Clark Kent.
BatmanAs Batman, Bruce is very aggressive and seldom works with others, having only recently taken in Nightwing and just having started working with heroes like Superman and Martian Manhunter. As such, he is very suspicious of them at first but eventually makes friends with them, connecting to Clark through their shared family experiences and the fact that they have saved each other's lives during a hunt for Joe Chill.
MentorBatman seems relatively new to mentoring, though he is still very good at it. Also, his relationship with Barbara is more like that of a brother and sister as shown through their conversations.
Birds of Prey
As Batman hasn't officially appeared, his personality is hard to discern, though he does care about Barbara and Selina since Joker's shooting of Barbara, and the death of Selina has caused Batman to leave.
BatmanBatman is a strong opponent, able to ultimately defeat Joker in their final confrontation and to fight evenly with Catwoman.
While it's known that Robin and Batgirl have existed, it's unclear what kind of mentor he was, though Barbara and Alfred speak highly of him.
The Batman
While still serious, this Bruce can smile and take and give a joke every now and then, seeming like a meeting between the Super Friends Batman and the DCAU Batman. As he grows, he does get a bit hardened, mainly by 2027, but he can still quip with Nightwing before the fight, showing that they're still good friends.
As Batman, he utilizes his technology, whits, and intelligence to deal with enemies, taking Batgirl and Robin under his wing to help them fight crime, and with Robin, deal with the loss of family. He also joins the Justice League and helps them with various missions, while still making defenses in case any of them go bad, especially after Lex temporarily takes control of Superman.
MentorBatman is a good mentor, having Batgirl and Robin go through training and even being able to take and give jokes with them. He's also much more comfortable with working with teams. He also listens to the two when they have something to say.
PersonalityThis is one of the darker interpretations of Batman. Anger and vengeance drive him throughout the first few stages of his journey until he calms himself down and focuses on justice and saving Gotham from the corrupt. Once Rachel dies, he ends up in a funk that isn't lifted until the arrival of Bane. He finally moves on once he saves Gotham and covertly moves to Italy with Selina and begins a relationship with her.
Batman is incredibly stealthy and ninja-like with incredibly technology provided by Lucius Fox. He seems to lose himself in Batman as after the Dent Act and Bruce retires, he becomes secluded and doesn't even leave the Mansion. Upon becoming Batman, mainly after he escapes the Pit, he mentally becomes Batman again and gives a few quick lessons to John Blake before giving up the Batman persona after stopping Bane and Talia, and giving the Batcave to John Blake, who's legal first name is Robin.
MentorAs a mentor, Batman only uses this in The Dark Knight Rises where he gives advice on righting wrongs during his last appearances and subtly making John Blake ready to become the next defender of Gotham.
Justice League: The New Frontier
Batman is grim, serious, and always thinking. However, to better help children in distress, Bruce alters his costume to make it less frightening for children as he explains to Superman, as well as taking in Dick Grayson, Robin.
BatmanBatman is stealthy and easily prepared in case Superman or Martian Manhunter go rogue. He's also an expert pilot as shown during the attack on the USA.
Batman is a fatherly mentor, not letting Robin help with investigations until he finishes his homework.
PersonalityBatman is factual, detail oriented, strategic, and incredibly strong. During his stays at Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, Batman never gives into the madness around him and continues on. However, when Joker dies, he is obviously shaken, becoming more aggressive. Even possibly blaming himself for Joker's death.
As Batman, Bruce is well trained in detective work and martial arts, able to take down even huge behemoths created by the Titan Formula. He also works mainly alone in this universe only relying on help from the likes of Catwoman and Robin when absolutely necessary. He can also easily find ways around hostage situations without much effort.
MentorBatman has been known to mentor Oracle when she was still Batgirl and also Robin. Batman is confident enough in Robin's training that he leaves Gotham in Robin's care while he deals with Arkham City and gets saved by him. He also cares deeply for his allies, shown when Robin seems to have died and mourning him until Robin arrives, completely fine.
PersonalityBatman is as grim as usual but much more friendly with Superman. He's also quick acting, disabling Bane's Venom rubes in a second and risking his life to pilot a ship to stop a Kryptonite Meteor. He is distrustful of Kara however since, even unknowingly, she could be a spy on Superman. He does learn to trust her by the end, however.
Batman is stealthy and quick as shown when he and Superman alone overpower not just numerous supervillains but even members of the Justice League. He's also more comfortable working at night than in the daylight, but makes exceptions when working with Superman.
Not much is known from the Superman/Batman films how Batman acts as a mentor.
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
Batman is more optimistic when compared to Owlman, and is also more interested in protecting his own Earth.
As Batman, Bruce is offensive and even able to over power Owlman, at least for a moment or two and finally defeat him.
Not much is seen of Batman as a mentor.
Under the Red Hood
Batman is very dark, leaving Joker in a body cast for six months after the death of Jason Todd. He also blames himself for Jason's death. However, he refuses to kill Joker, much to Jason's anger. He is also a quick thinker, able to stop Jason from shooting a gun almost an instant before it fires.
Batman is always thinking and acts quickly. He also utilizes detective work and rough interrogation to find out how Jason returned and also fights his way through various forces easily. He can also be diplomatic, asking Jason to let him help after realizing who the Red Hood was.
Batman's mentoring is shown especially. While acting more like an adviser while dealing with Nightwing, he had to be harder with Jason due to his aggressive nature and blaming himself for Jason's death when Joker kills him, with that still being a sore spot even after five years.
Young Justice
PersonalityWhile still gruff and grim, Batman is more willing to work with others and less hard on younger heroes. He chews the team out for a disastrous mission, but he also compliments them when they do well. He also leads the Justice League and encourages the Young Justice Team to help them out with missions.
Batman is highly intelligent and strong. He also works well with Nightwing, Batgirl, and Robin. He also leads the Justice League, elected by the League itself. He also encourages Superman to try and accept Superboy.
Batman makes a good mentor, making a point to take time out of his day to hang out with Dick and treating him like a partner as Robin and as an equal once Robin becomes Nightwing. He also works well with Batgirl and Robin, though those relationships have yet to be fully established.
Batman: Year One
PersonalityThis Bruce is intelligent and fit, but he's not as much as he will be later. He also is less experienced than most interpretations.
As Batman, he's fit, but he's more beleagued than before, though he's able to avoid the police and various others.
As Batman's just starting out, he has yet to be a mentor to anybody.
Justice League: Doom
PersonalityThis Bruce Wayne is incredibly strategic, having plans in case any member of the Justice League go rogue. He's also at least a little humble since the precaution if he goes rogue is the Justice League. He's also willing to do what Alfred says, mostly because Alfred almost never gives him an alternative.
As Batman, he's incredibly strong, even able to coordinate the League's attacks on the Legion of Doom. He also fights the Royal Flush Gang, only getting one card stuck in his outfit afterwords. He also resigns from the League rather than hear their vote.
It's hard to tell how Batman acts as a mentor as neither Robin or Batgirl appear in the film.
My personal favorite
Now it's time for me to say which version I prefer.
This category is which Bruce just seems like the better character over-all based on what I can gleam from their personalities.
Main Choices
- Modern Age
- DC Animated Universe
- The Batman
- Nolanverse
- Arkhamverse
- Under the Red Hood
- Young Justice
I'll go with the Arkhamverse one as, playing as Batman, helps us see through his eyes, and this Bruce's psyche is amazing.
This category shows which Batman is the best.
Main Choices
- Modern Age
- New 52
- DC Animated Universe
- The Batman
- Nolanverse
- Arkhamverse
- Under the Red Hood
- Young Justice
Again, I'll go with Arkhamverse since he's so incredible and personifies every aspect of being Batman.
This category shows which Batman makes the best mentor.
Main Choices
- Modern Age
- DC Animated Universe
- The Batman
- Arkhamverse
- Under the Red Hood
- Young Justice
The Young Justice Bruce is the winner. He just seems to care and support Dick, Tim, and Barbara the most.
And the winner is the Arkhamverse Batman. He has the right personality and makes the best Batman.
And that's my preference. Feel free to say what yours is.


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This is Marcus Samuelsson's rendition of the perennial favorite. The sauce is wonderful, unctuous. They should be served with garlicky mashed potatoes, quick pickled cucumbers and extra lingonberry preserves. The pickled cucumbers (and their juice) are really easy to make and the recipe is posted. If you can't find lingonberry preserves (a pity) you can substitute whole cranberry relish.
Top Review by Raumltsel Feinschme
While it seems like a lot of steps, it really isn't, and the recipe is completely worth it. I used 1 lb pork, 1 lb chicken for the meatballs since veal wasn't readily available. I will be trying this again with 1 lb. ground venison and 1lb. ground boar/wild hog during hunting season. Like some other reviewers, I added in some all-spice to the meat blend to add that familiar aroma and taste in the meatballs. I would also recommend a small amount of cornstarch added to the sauce, mixed well, before you place the meatballs back into it to help thicken. I served this with some egg noodles, and mushrooms sauteed in butter and sauce/meat drippings. True comfort food.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1⁄2 cup fine breadcrumbs
- 1⁄4 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 medium red onion, finely chopped
- 1⁄2 lb ground sirloin
- 1⁄2 lb ground veal
- 1⁄2 lb ground pork
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 large egg
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- kosher salt & fresh ground pepper
The Sauce
- 1 cup chicken stock, prefereably homemade and salt-free
- 1⁄2 cup heavy cream
- 1⁄4 cup lingonberry preserves
- 2 tablespoons juice, from quick pickled cucumbers
Directions See How It's Made
- Prepare the Meatballs.
- Combine the bread crumbs and 1/4 cup cream in a small bowl, stirring until all the crumbs are moistened.
- Set aside.
- Heat the oil in a small skillet over medium heat.
- Add the onion and saute for for about five minutes, until softened.
- Remove from heat.
- In a large bowl, combine ground beef, veal and pork, onion, honey and egg, and mix well with your hands (remember Julia--your impeccably clean hands).
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Add the bread crumb/cream mixture and mix well.
- With wet hands (to keep mixture from sticking) shape the mixture into meatballs the size of golfballs, placing them on a plate slightly moistened with water.
- You should have about 24 meatballs.
- Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add the meatballs, in batches if necessary, and cook, turning frequently, for about seven minutes, until the meatballs are browned on all sides and cooked through.
- Transfer the meatballs to a plate and keep warm.
- Discard all but one tablespoon of fat from the skillet.
- Prepare the Sauce.
- Return the skillet to the heat.
- Whisk in the stock, 1/2 cup of cream, preserves and pickle juice, and bring to a simmer.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Add the meatballs to the sauce, reduce heat to medium, and simmer for about five minutes, until the sauce thickens slightly and the meatballs are heated through.
- Serve hot with garlic mashed potatoes, lingonberry preserves and pickled cucumbers.