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|January 27, 2010 02:00 AM EST
Datacenter Automation on Ulitzer
Down economy or not, IT managers have never had a blank check with which to meet an organization's needs. As time goes on, IT managers have to deal with increased demand for computing and information services, all while being asked to cut costs and create grater justification for expenditures.
One of the areas IT departments are asked to cut back in is operational costs for their data centers. There are a few steps involved in reducing data center costs while maintaining the kinds of service levels your organziation has come to know and expect:
1. Look at Energy Management. One of the areas most data centers can reduce costs in is the area of energy management. You can set the temperature of your data center to 24 degrees Celsius, in most cases. Another way to reduce your energy costs is to use outside air to cool the data center, as blowing in outside air is much less expensive than air conditioning. Even implementing a server-based energy management solution will save you significant money in the long run.
2. Rationalize data center hardware. You need to get a clear picture of the equipment you've got in your data center and what each piece does. Doing so can save you as much as ten percent of your hardware costs. You want to make sure that the machines you have are being used effectively, and you want to get rid of those that aren't. In turn, this will lower your support and maintenance costs, and it will also open up new possibilities for virtualization.
3. Consider virtualization. Virtualization will help to control energy costs, but it will also reduce your capital expenditures and maintenance costs. Effective use of existing technology can reduce energy use by 80 percent or more, and it can also reduce floor space requirements.
4. Renegotiate. On a regular basis, you need to renegotiate all of your purchase contracts. This will include lease agreements, hardware contracts, maintenance or support contracts, software agreements and anything else. Get rid of the ones that are too expensive, and talk to vendors about lower payment schedules for the rest.
5. Manage people costs effectively. The largest single cost for most data centers is its people. Review your staffing levels. Take a look at the specific skills that your data center will need for the next 24 months. Make use of outsourcing if it's an option for your business.
6. Be patient. If possible, delay the procurement of new data center assets. Instead of purchasing new equipment, extend the life of existing servers by renegotiating their service contracts and maintenance support.
7. Be ready to justify your expenditures. The days when IT sort of had free reign because executives were dazzled by technology have been gone for over a decade. Still, some things you just have to have. Make sure you're ready to justify every cost, especially during times that are on the rough side economically.
Lower Operational Costs Through Process Automation
Enterprise IT organizations are aggressively deploying virutalization technologies to reduce operational costs, increase IT asset utilization, and improve IT's ability to satisfy business objectives.
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Singapore: Oil jumped more than 3% on Monday after an Iranian military commander reportedly called for an oil boycott over Israel's ground offensive in the Gaza Strip and on concerns over the deepening Russian gas supply row.
Wall Street's strong start to the new year on Friday and mounting evidence of Opec's compliance with deep production cuts also helped oil to a third day of strong gains, driving prices to their highest in over two weeks.
US light, sweet crude for February delivery rose $1.47 a barrel to $47.81 by 5am, with some traders beginning to reckon that the over $110 slump in prices from their $147 record high last July had been overdone.
"The Gaza conflict added to the geo-political risk premium...in the oil price," Commonwealth Bank of Australia analyst David Moore said in a note. "Oil markets may also have a sense that the implementation of earlier announced production cuts by Opec countries will ultimately tighten oil supplies."
Israeli troops and tanks split the Gaza Strip and ringed its main city on Sunday in an offensive against Hamas that has killed 500 Palestinians, including a growing number of civilians.
Israeli tanks poured shells and machinegun-fire into suspected militant positions and war planes struck as Hamas fighters fought back with mortars and rockets.
While the violence does not directly threaten any oil supplies, the risk is it could engulf other Middle East countries that produce a third of the world's crude, with No. 4 oil producer and Opec member Iran typically the most vocal.
An Iranian military commander called on Islamic countries to cut oil exports to Israel's supporters in response to the offensive in Gaza, the official IRNA news agency reported.
IRNA gave only the commander's last name but it may have been referring to Mirfeysal Bagherzadeh, a brigadier-general of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards.
There was no immediate comment from other Iranian officials, and many analysts doubted whether Tehran would be prepared to follow words with action, or whether other countries with closer ties to the West would be willing to follow.
Adding to geopolitical concerns, Russian natural gas supplies fell by 5% to the Czech Republic as a result of Russia's stand-off with Ukraine over gas prices, which began on New Year's day. The two sides blame each other for the dispute.
European energy firms, which received about a fifth of their gas via pipelines through Ukraine, said they had enough gas stockpiled to maintain supplies for several days, but analysts said Europe could face problems if the row dragged on.
The gas row, which mirrors a similar dispute three years ago that also disrupted supplies, is likely to raise new questions in Europe about Russia's reliability as a gas supplier.

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Reasons why it's okay to not feel like blogging
I haven't blogged much (at least comparatively) over the past few weeks, and when I don't blog for three days in a row, I start to feel...antsy. I start to feel like readers are forgetting about me and I'm irrelevant and that I have nothing interesting to offer. In other words, I get a major case of the FOMOs. At first I tell myself that I'll write a blog post as soon as I finish whatever I'm doing, but then that always turns into "I'll do it tonight..." and then that turns into "I'll do it in the morning..." which means that I never write a blog post. Then in comes the guilt wave. I'm sure the bloggers reading this know exactly what I mean.
But I've been trying to remind myself it's okay to not blog for a while if 1 - I don't feel like it, 2 - I don't have anything original or interesting to say, or 3 - my time would be better spent doing things not on a computer. It's okay not to blog for a week (or two, or three!) if you don't want to. That's what I'm coming to learn - you shouldn't put pressure on yourself to do something you think you should be doing, if it really isn't something you want to do. Here are some reasons why it's okay to not feel like blogging:
One more episode of Friends sounds like more fun
So does another episode of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Sometimes you need to read a very important article in Porter Magazine
You need to talk to your sister
Time-sensitive mini-emergencies just happen (i.e. emergency car buying)
Work has to get done eventually
When the sun is out and it's pretty outside, you should go for a walk
If a glass of wine is in front of you, you should drink it
Making a homemade dinner > uninspired blog post
Happy hour with co-workers means having fun, drinks, and networking
Spring cleaning can make life seem much more manageable
life is meant to be lived, not only blogged about
So, long story short, I'm not sorry I haven't blogged recently, but now that I have felt somewhat inspired lately to take photos and write again, I hope to get into it more frequently. Yay! And on that note, happy Sunday!


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A young gambler by the name of Fred Dodge sat behind the driver of the stagecoach that rolled into Tombstone on a sunny but nippy winter afternoon in early December 1879. His journey to Arizona Territory, however, involved much more than spending time at a card table.
Gambling provided Dodge the flexibility he needed to carry out his duties as an undercover agent for Wells Fargo & Co.
Wells Fargo authorities sent the 25-year-old to Tombstone to investigate a series of recent stagecoach holdups and also wanted him to determine whether any company employees were involved in the crimes.
Soon after arriving, he struck up a friendship with Wyatt Earp and his brothers, although they knew nothing about the shadowy life he led.
Fast with a gun and a man of superior tracking skills, Fred Dodge spent fifty years—most of his adult life—working undercover assignments for Wells Fargo.
Frederick J. Dodge, born August 29, 1854, in Spring Valley, California, once described himself as the "first White Child to be Born in the northern part of Butte County."
His father befriended a tribe of Indians that taught his son how to use the bow and arrow and the sling shot. The younger Dodge also learned his tracking skills from the tribe.
Before traveling to Tombstone, he worked as an operative for Wells Fargo throughout California, Nevada, and Arizona.
In the spring of 1880, Dodge managed to convince Wells Fargo to hire Wyatt Earp as a stagecoach shotgun messenger. Earp became deputy sheriff of Pima County a few months later and passed the same job on to his brother, Morgan.
Dodge served as a constable in Tombstone at one point. He also supported the Earps in their simmering feud preceding the Gunfight at the OK Corral.
He and Wyatt remained friends for the rest of their lives.
Dodge spent much of his time traveling by rail and stagecoach for Wells Fargo and, according to one account, logged as many as 37,000 miles in one year.
Throughout this demanding lifestyle, Dodge kept meticulous notes in daily diaries about crime-fighting adventures.
He filled twenty-seven diaries, most of which he used to write, Undercover for Wells Fargo, (edited by Carolyn Lake) which detailed his sometimes dangerous days on the American frontier.
A master detective, Dodge earned an enviable reputation as a lawman who solved numerous stagecoach holdups and train robberies.
Working undercover brought him into contact with several infamous outlaws—including Curly Bill Brocius, who got into various scrapes with the Earps.
Dodge also teamed up with lawman Heck Thomas to track down lawbreakers in Kansas and Oklahoma, including train robbers Charles Bryant, J.B. Humphrey, and Ed Reeves.
His investigative skill also helped pave the way to the demise of the Bill Doolin gang, and the Dalton brothers.
Before retiring in 1917, Dodge purchased two-thousand acres of land in the Boerne, Texas, area, just outside San Antonio, and called it Dodge Ranch.
He lived there with his family until his death, December 16, 1938, at the age of 84.


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HR IS business strategy
As a function, HR is routinely criticised for 'not being strategic'. And in most cases these criticisms are warranted. So we thought a post showing how HR strategy IS business strategy would help those confused at how to link the two! First we need to understand…
What is strategic?
What is 'strategic' is simply what adds value to the business. Therefore the following are not strategic:
- Complexity (or adding 'work' for its own sake). Complexity is NOT by itself value.
- Fixing problems without knowing why they are there. Fixing problems is NOT adding value if the root of the problems are a strategic or structural flaw.
- Implementing the latest fad. This is NOT necessarily strategic. Let me give you an example. If everyone tells you that 'you must implement a balanced scorecard because it will help us execute our strategy' – but you know that no-one below senior management will understand it, and that it will take 5 or 6 training days in the hope they will do so, then how can that possibly add value?
'What prevents a work from being completed becomes the work itself.'
Marcus Aurelius
All too often, HR gets lost in the three flawed practices above and, perhaps worse, is trained to do so by many of the world's business schools.
So here is a business approach to HR, one that says that…
HR IS business strategy
HR can add value by understanding:
· what challenges the business is facing now (at root) and
· what challenges the business will be facing tomorrow
and then putting in place measures to meet and overcome those challenges. Please see the image below (or pdf attached here) as an example.
1. Red lines. These are targets or goals. As HR, you need first to make a situation analysis and then boil this down into numbers – or metrics. If the metrics you have chosen are based on reality, you can then communicate them to your colleagues. These metrics need to link people's actions and behaviours to corporate goals and outcomes.
2. Vertical pillars. These are the key pillars of the company strategy. If we can make them increase in altitude, then the company's bottom line performance drivers – profit margin, market share growth, sales growth – will increase. To increase the altitude of these pillars as HR, you need to:
· Know how to reinforce or change the behaviours connected to the red lines above.
· Create a realistic plan with steps to enable your colleagues to do so (have a look at our strategic thinking framework here)
· Keep following up and updating the progress made
…not difficult then – when you make it easy!
3. Gaps. Closing the gaps between the tops of the vertical pillars and the red lines is how HR adds value. It needs to make sure the initiatives it implements are at all times simple, specific and strategic.
HR – don't do this and…
HR is not strategic for three main reasons:
1. HR is taught and practices complexity. It is taught complexity by business schools that include in the central planks of their syllabi theories that have been disproven by science! It practices complexity due to the advice of many consultants who get paid more when everything is more complex. Don't fall for it!
2. HR does not localise and individualise its initiatives. It seems to think all humans are the same in all territories, yet marketing treats people as different. Wake up management – which one is it – are people all the same or are they all different? If they're all the same, stop local marketing. If they're all different, stop generic HR. So which one is it, do you think?
3. HR does not link its initiatives to numbers. 'If you can't measure, you can't manage'. Instead it appeals all too often to vague lines of reasoning that make little or no sense.
…instead do this
Instead, make sure everything you do as HR is:
✓ simple,
✓ specific, and
✓ strategic
We explain this more fully here.
If you would like to make your HR strategic this year…
…simply call us during office hours on +662 6393550. Or fire through an email using our contact form here!
Talent Technologies. Producing Change.


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Trinity 9 2010 Sermon Notes
* Epistle: 1 Corinthians 10: 1-7, 12-17.Gospel: Luke 16:1-10
[M]y dearly prized brethren, abscond from idolatry. He that is particular in that which is least possible is particular also in faraway."+
Having the status of is it that was so immersed in relation to idolatry? Remarkably previously it difficult, as it shove grasp seemed for the Corinthians to whom St Paul was inscription, lone an come up key in in pagan cremation, cremation that were interconnected surrounded by gods not held in? Having the status of was so bad in relation to just contribution of a public holiday one knew was loyal to a false god, which is the vibrancy St Paul was highest attracted surrounded by, if one denied the charisma of the god and was suitably in it for the food?
Certain, the average being degree the OT shove think that the God of the Jews and the Christians had a oppressive worry surrounded by idolatry, surrounded by ensuring competition worshipped him and no-one also. Once upon a time all, the Ten Commandments damage idolatry before they damage all the acts that are patently fearfulness, care for annihilate and raid. The prophets at both get of the dreary Jews' pre-Christian proof deplore idolatry as the strong-tasting sin and produce that it is a principal source for the defective calamities undergone by the Jewish budget. Is God care for a self-obsessed control-freak who is really protective of his self-possession and furious by the notion that a person would fall down to house his command to exact on him?
Why did Christians in the out of date Cathedral bigwig to be painful and die relatively than flicker aggravate to the Sovereign as to a god? Why did they bigwig such deaths relatively than to part from Christ surrounded by their caption, previously they can grasp said to themselves and to God that they continued to work in their hearts no relate to whatsoever they said not more than threat?
Suited whatsoever is the big understanding in relation to idolatry? And why is it so immense to place in somebody's care the reality outwardly if by not decree so we can reserve our pigskin and keep to work it nonetheless? In not getting any younger caption, how can idolatry be so bad equal height previously it is not sincere? Isn't it the root, the significant outlook and rendezvous that matters?
We cannot go through idolatry until we go through and urge heftily the holiness and uniqueness of God, who is not simply a uncontrolled, holy King difficult veneration and give in. He is the Inventor of all and the favorably of all blessing and reality and the clandestine scale of all goodness as the One who is Adulation, who is the Quick. Be the same as expert to the facet, we cannot go through whatsoever idolatry exceedingly is until we go through that God is also the Champion and the Transact business maker. In the OT God rescues the Jewish competition (expert than later) from their oppressors and calls them to himself as a make to a bride. He consequently makes a covenant surrounded by them which he compares to a marriage. Apiece period they converted idolatry, they did not simply make a priestly fall, they betrayed their vows and their spouse and saviour. In profit, they did not suitably drive back a fussy life or controller, they rejected Devoutness itself. The source God tips hero worship of Himself, and hero worship of Him separately, is for our sake, not for his. He makes quite narrow in the Scriptures that he does not show whatsoever from us for his own sake ("Cf". Psalm 50:8-13).But we rely on him for our ever so charisma and for our fulfilment. As held, proper and spiritual beings, we cannot attain fulfilment until we distinguish the important truths, and distinguish the One who has completed and re-makes us. And that cash we cannot attain fulfilment lacking hero worship and pleased medal of the one valid God.
All of this shove inlet ever so pr?cis, but these spiritual sense of right and wrong grasp ever so moderate repercussion previously dishonored. St Paul reveals in the Memo that idolatry goes ratify in ratify surrounded by not getting any younger sins: craving and denial of ceiling, for model. Faulty gods, gods who can be twisted by material hands, are regularly either ever so nearby gods properly, allowing for summit prostitution and the misappropriate of pull (e.g., the delinquent and haphazard gods of the Greeks and Romans), or run off their adherents to plumb the darkest lowest point, in the midst of offer averse humans to be killed as sacrifices ("cf". Moloch or the theology of the Incas). Suited as soon as the end of today's book, the Apostle reminds his readers that demons grasp interconnected themselves surrounded by the idols. So, being the physical idols are false gods and ineffectual in themselves, they are not simply "nothings". They are a locus of fearfulness.
Despite the consequences, one shove purchase the fearfulness of converted idolatry but concern why Christians (and Jews at the period of the Maccabean Wars) were averse to reunion equal height on the surface surrounded by idolatry. It seems quite a lot of of St Paul's quirky readers had the precise sensation.
But previously St Paul brings the attraction of Heavenly Communion stylish the engagement, it becomes narrow that the sacramental aim is information. In the sacraments an come up poster not lone symbolises an incoming spiritual candor, it communicates this candor, and changes the participants. Equally, equal height apparently polite espousal surrounded by idolatry by a tail of God enacts a spiritual plague that changes them for the let fall. We cannot and should not wear out whatsoever we do surrounded by our bodies as doesn't matter to our souls if we suitably bigwig it to be so or if we put in the picture that no-one is "crash into". It does not conduct that way, it is not the way humans are "built". It is perplexity this that undermines faraway industrialized arrange on sexual rectitude. For model, the man who tells the wife he has cheated on in a one-night carry that it "was suitably sex and didn't care for whatsoever" is making this fall. Not that this is exceedingly an fall in the lowly consider, starting he can sick fall down to be survive that he is attempting to mislead all himself and his wife.
Substitute source why equal height the "slighter" idolatries would be spiritually lethal is that given in the Gospel for today: he who is unrighteous in the "least possible" chi be unrighteous in heavy matters. Subsistence a Christian is symbols under than life simple given lost to God. I chi now smooth as glass to flavor expert thickly at the Gospel.
One of the confounding substance in relation to today's Gospel book is that it is not narrow whatsoever it is in relation to the "unrighteous custodian" we are hypothetical to expose. Jesus says he is unrighteous, but also says he is anodyne, and next compares the "children of crisp" unfavourably to him on this nation. Having the status of is so careful in relation to this fraudster's behaviour? Suited this, that he used assets, assets to which he was in relation to to blood loss doorway, to walk in the park calculated pact, gratitude, and a home: "I am position whatsoever to do, that... they may call for me stylish their houses." That is why our Member of the aristocracy sums up the ship of the short story this way: "Make to yourselves associates by cash of the mammon of unrighteousness; and previously it fails you, they chi call for you stylish permanent habitations."
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I've decided to put my neck out there and compose my own list, starting with the PS3. It's easy to criticize and slight behind a keyboard without putting your own thoughts out there for people to see and critique themselves. If you don't see a favorite or think I've missed something obvious, stay and read my honorable mentions at the end. Here are the top 25 PlayStation 3 games available now.
- I'm rating games on how their playable state is now, NOT WHEN THEY WERE RELEASED. Time heals wounds and fixes problems, remember that.
- I will eventually be making a top list for the PSN itself so that is why you won't be seeing games such as Limbo and Journey here.
25: Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time
A tried and true PlayStation mascot strutting his stuff in the best offering from the franchise in years. Broad appeal, accessible gameplay and the characters we know and love gives Sony an identifiable IP without relying on fan service and allowing the game speak for itself. Suprisingly well done combat and gunplay as well.
24: Bayonetta
While Sony definitely received the weakest port of this jaw dropping action game upon release, that has long since been rectified with patches and an optional install that should be manditory. Developed by the phenomenally talented Platinum Games, Bayonetta gives us a charming new set of characters and a boat load of fan service, yet underneath lies one of the beautiful and rewarding action games released this generation. The combat is deep and flashy and culminates with some fantastic moments and boss battles. Don't let the fluff fool you, this is an action game to be taken seriously. Here is a sample of some of the big moments and boss battles I was talking about. Bring a napkin for drool.
23: Grand Theft Auto 4
The most recent entry in the financial and critical monster that is Grand Theft Auto is a worthy one. Receiving many perfect scores, the game brought the open worlds we know and love into the HD generation and gamers have been clamoring for the next installment ever since. Many would rate this higher, but I believe RockStar out did their selves with another entry into the genre which we will see later. No matter what number it lands at, Grand Theft Auto 4 is a worthwhile purchase for any PlayStation gamers library and is only expanded upon now with the well done downloadable content packs available for purchase at retail on on the PSN.
22: Castlevania Lord of Shadow
Possibly the biggest surprise on this list will be Castlevania Lords of Shadow. A criminally underrated action games that FINALLY brings all the elements from this pillar of gaming history into the HD generation. Boasting a legendary soundtrack and a complete reboot to the Castlevania canon, Lords of Shadow brings us the creation of Dracula and the Belmont's legacy anew. The transition of this classic franchise from its glory days to now has not been kind, but Konami and Mercury Steam have struck gold here and one only needs to see the sweeping shots of ancient castles and the feel the legendary whip in their hand AHEM controller to know this is Castlevania through and through. A sequel was announced at this years E3 that pays homage to someone we know and love from arguably Castlevania's most beloved game, Symphony of the Night. Here is the trailer:
21: Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition
Que the jokes about waiting for the ultra, mega, uber edition and the scathing comments of on disc DLC for this choice, but fighting games don't come more polished, deep or accessible as Capcom's most recent version of Street Fighter. Iconic characters, infinite replay and a sky's the limit approach to your skill level are at the touch of your controller, or arcade stick if you will. There has never been a better time to return to, or enter the world of Street Fighter with modes that teach you the ropes, replay functions to show you what the pros do and a never ending supply of foes via the almost seamless online functionality, it's like having an arcade cabinet in your living room and every player around the world available to test your skills against. Call me crazy, but there is no better way to get the blood pumping than putting my Akuma against the best! You never run out of reasons to come back.
Sure Madden sells the most and Fifa supposedly represents the worlds most popular game, but no one has done more to innovate and re-invent everything we associate with a sports game than 2K Sports and it's NBA offering. Since it's reboot in 2010, they've improved the formula astronomically and have even garnered places on overall best games lists come years end. 2K sports puts every other sports game developer to shame with the lengths they go to capture basketball in game and their hold nothing back approach taken to cramming each offering chalk full of what any fan could want. I just wish more sports game developers would follow their lead and stop giving us the same game with marginal upgrades year after year. All hail 2K sports!
19: Battlefield 3
The world of first person shooters is bursting at the seams and growing by the month. Love them or hate them, it is difficult to deny they are a powerhouse that is here to stay and have pushed the boundaries of what online gaming is all about. Sure these military shooter giants offer single player campaigns, but that isn't why the majority of gamers buy them. Online play and competition is the name of the game and while it may not sell as well as its biggest rival, Battlefield 3 is the best online first person shooter you can buy. DICE completely overhauled their graphical engine and it shows and while online functionality was a little shaky at launch, every kink has been worked out and streamlined for today's Battlefield 3 fan. If first person shooters are your thrill, Battlefield 3 is your game! At least until next year when winter rolls around...
Far and away the best shooter this generation has produced. Stunning visuals, break neck paced gameplay with wrinkles to the tried and true formula. Vanquish shows the rest of the genre that you don't have to be first person perspective to do a shooter right. Bosses are challenging and huge and there just enough guns to offer variety and not be redundant in a players arsenal. The visuals are also of the highest caliber, befitting of any game in Platinum's capable hands. If only Vanquish were a little longer and offered a more comprehensive online mode it would score higher on the list. Nonetheless, this is the best shooter on the PlayStation 3. Just a couple little trailers to sate your appetite.
17: Mass Effect 3
The spiritual successor to the PlayStation exclusive Demon's Souls, Dark Souls continues the brain stomping difficulty and learn by death mechanic you love to hate. I chose this over its predecessor as it refines the somewhat clunky gameplay and expands everything that makes the first one such a painful pleasure to play. Sure, you'll die a lot, but once you get the hang of the game mechanics and garner some better gear, it isn't anything a seasoned gamer can't handle. Still there is no denying the fear and awe that takes hold in the many boss encounters in Dark Souls. This, as well as the deep loot and upgrade system will have you coming back for many hours of sadistic fun.
9: Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Another fighting game you say? Another infinitely replayable offering that introduces an entirely different take on the genre than your typical game of Street Fighter. Featuring an all star cast that contains favorites from all sides of the Marvel and Capcom spectrum, it's hard to deny the sheer wow factor the game inspires when played at respectable levels. Yet you don't have to be a pro to get the most out of these games as UMVC3 offers easy to use combo options for the beginner as well as the now prerequisite training, trial and replay modes that help you up that learning curve. Pick your team of three and make them click like a well oiled machine with assist choices and super combos that make even the most jaded gamer wet in the crotchal region. Then when you're confident enough, take your game online and see what you're made of. What are you waiting for?
8:The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
If this list was created during launch last year, it would be nowhere to be seen, I assure you. Saying that, this is near a year later and although the PS3 version still has yet to receive the Dawnguard DLC, almost all the graphical hitches that plagued the game on release and afterwards have been fixed and PlayStation gamers can experience this wonderful game how it was intended. Skyrim is Bethesda's most ambitious game to date and definitely it's best. It's a testament that the game runs as it does with just how much is in there and the overall scope and quality of the game itself. The sense of exploration Skyrim provides is without equal and this is where it truly excels. Not to say the story isn't relatively well done, as are many of the sidequests that will have you traversing the country well after the main quest is finished. You'll easily invest 100 hours into this single disc and still have more to see and do. Skyrim is all that it was billed to be, but Bethesda, how about treating us PlayStation gamers a little better next time?
7: Portal 2
Never has a game entertained me more with dialogue alone than Portal 2 has. Charm and wit abound in this 2011 puzzler from Valve and if there was ever an example of you don't need graphics to be great, this is it. The puzzles are challenging, but always give that eureka moment when you finally figure them out and the characters are something you'll immediately be in sync with. Just moving to the next room will fill you with anticipation of what these digital friends will come out with next. Who knew that a two hour experience would turn into many fans 2011 game of the year. If that weren't enough, they added an somewhat integral to the story co-op multiplayer mode to continue your Portal 2 adventure, with all new puzzles and dialogue to go along with it. Play Portal 2.
6:Red Dead Redemption
With the tale of John Marston, Rockstar took their open world formula, put a wild west twist on it and in the process topped their legendary Grand Theft Auto franchise. Red Dead Redemption truly takes the open world game to new heights and captures the essence of the wild west in doing so. The main story is compelling, full of twists and surprises, the script is entertaining as much as the characters are endearing add to that more things to do and collect than one cowboy can hope to accomplish and you have a game that will have you playing well into the triple digits hour wise. Rockstar even added a very solid multiplayer aspect to the game with many modes to choose from and expanded on both the single player and multiplayer with DLC standouts like the Undead Nightmare add on. Red Dead Redemption is simply the best game Rockstar has ever created.
5: Metal Gear Solid 4-Guns of the Patriots
Metal Gear Solid 4 is on this list because of the legacy the franchise provides and the opportunity it affords a PlayStation gamer. I'll explain it like this, if you were a Metal Gear Solid fan, this game completes one of gamings most storied saga's and while not perfect, puts a stamp and touches on all the points the previous games brought to light. If you are a new fan, then Metal Gear Solid 4 gives you the chance to revisit this incredible series of games from the beginning in a variety of different ways and most in HD. So either its a finale or a gateway to gaming greatness, all of which are reasons as to why Metal Gear Solid 4 is one of the top 5 games on the PlayStation 3. On its own, it offers excellent sneaking and tactical gameplay, introducing camouflage innovations not seen in many games even now and graphically the game still puts many to shame four years later. Cinematically it can't be touched. Up until recently MGS4 offered an incredibly robust online game on top of the single player experience, but has since been cancelled with recent patch that finally introduced trophy support to the game. Make no mistake though, to truly enjoy Metal Gear Solid 4 and warrant it as part of this list, you'll have to play the rest of the franchise, but who wouldn't want to do that?
4: Bioshock
Simply put, Bioshock delivers the best single player experience of any first person perspective game this generation. For me, the viewpoint is an acquired taste and one that needs to be used with the right setting to be taken advantage of fully and Bioshock does all this in spades. From the moment you are introduced to the city of Rapture, it becomes as much of a character as the one you are controlling and almost inhales and exhales with the mood the story creates. Never has a game brought to life a setting like Ken Levine and his team have here and the story matches it every step of the way. The gameplay is no slouch either and the first time you face a Big Daddy down will surely get your pulse racing. Bioshock is a must play if you haven't already.
3: Batman Arkham City
Arkham City takes the formula laid out in Asylum and makes it better. You move from a relatively closed environment to a pseudo open world where all of Batman's nemesis dwell and have their own branching paths or stories. The game is full of little moments and homages to Batman's foes and seeing them realized in this universe only leaves you wanting more. Just imagining the possibilities of the next installment gets your superhero mojo moving. The story delivers every step of the way and Batman's gameplay is better than ever in both combat and stealth. It even introduces an optional storyline where you play as Catwoman and while not integral to the story, fills in gaps where you may have had some questions. Arkham City is the best superhero game ever made and I can't wait for the next one.
2: Mass Effect 2
If you ask me what I missed the most in the transition from Mass Effect 2 to 3, I would have to answer the characters. The dirty dozen aspect of Mass Effect 2 drives the narrative the entire way, introducing new ones that stand just as strong beside tried and true favorites like Garrus. From the introduction and Shepard's fall through space, to giving a voice to the evil Reapers and Collectors we were facing in Harbringer, Mass Effect 2 delivered every step of the way with hard hitting action and emotional moments. Bioware also truly varied the gameplay styles and finally changed how a Vanguard played as opposed to an Adept. They refined the combat and stripped away some of the unnecessary clutter in your inventory, while streamlining the menu system to make it less cumbersome. Mass Effect 2 may not be a pure RPG, but that doesn't detract from it being one of the very best games ever made.
AND finally..................I cheated.
1 part 1: Uncharted 2-Among Thieves
Uncharted 2 is the best game of the franchise and that is saying a lot. For a series that prides itself on blockbuster moments and storytelling, Uncharted 2 sets the standard to which almost all big budget action games measure themselves by. It does so many things well that it's difficult to pick just one. Along the way you are introduced to new characters that compliment both Sully and Elena and as you move towards the incredible climax, huge plot twists and turns keep you on your toes the entire time. Some rag on the final boss fight, but I for one accept Uncharted and its fantastical elements, we are chasing after legends and fables after all and sure, the antagonist is somewhat one dimensional, but he feels dangerous and proves that along the way.
NOTE:You'll notice that the first game didn't make the list and that is for a few reasons. Redundancy is one, but I feel that everything Drake's Fortune accomplished has been pushed so much further by its sequels that they do the original its own service. You should definitely play the first, but the second and third games are the where the Uncharted series truly shines.
1 part 2: God of War 3
Since the PlayStation 2, the God of War franchise has pushed the limits of what fans want in terms of action and graphics and God of War 3 is no different. If there is another character that is more identifiable in PlayStation's stable than Kratos, I'll pay you to name me one. Kicking ass with Kratos has always been a joy and it looks and feels better than ever. The game is still among the best, if not the best graphically on consoles today. The action is brutal and more vivid in HD and the tale God of War 3 weaves is as good as they get, well as far as god killing maniacs go anyway. The first hour or so of God of War 3 offers more action than many games give in their entire playthrough and the bosses you face are bigger and badder than almost any seen. God of War 3 makes you feel and see the consequences of your actions as well, something previous games haven't done nearly as well and everytime you kill a god, the world suffers. Along with Uncharted, no franchises do big moment gaming better than God of War.
Oh you don't agree? Leave your comments, concerns and complaints below. I tried to be as unbiased as possible, but that isn't really possible in these lists is it? Thanks for reading.
Honorable mentions
- Killzone 2&3 and Resistance 2&3-Better single player shooter campaigns and better online shooter options out there than what these provide. Strong games nonetheless.
- InFamous 2-Explained in the list.
- Uncharted 1-Explained in the list.
- Fallout 3&New Vegas-While they have very strong worlds and stories, the games are ugly as it gets this generation and are still riddled with bugs.
- Dead Space 1&2-Probably makes the next 5 if I went to 30.
- Deus Ex Human Revolution-Excellent game just others do what it does better.
- Final Fantasy 13-2-Not as crappy as many would have you believe, but not worthy of a top 25 list. The game is beautiful though and boasts a very worthy Final Fantasy soundtrack.
- Dragon Age Origins-Bioware creates an incredible world that is one game away from being in the top 20. Hopefully 3 fulfills all that promise.


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Christmas is my favorite time of year, not only because of all the pretty lights and delicious cookies, but also because it's the time of year when people feel the most generosity of spirit… you know, the way things should be all year round! I love to shop and more importantly I love to shop for gifts that I think will make my loved ones happy. There is nothing better than receiving a gift from someone that says "I heard you, I saw you, I love you"! I know this to be true from personal experience… last year my best buddy Mary-Alice bought me a waffle iron for Christmas, and I cried. Yes I know, who cries over a waffle iron, I do. But, in actuality, it wasn't the waffle iron at all that made me cry, it was the simple fact that she heard me. When we went to Chicago we stayed at a hotel that had these fantastic waffle irons where you made your own waffles. We were enamored by this machine and the delicious waffles it produced, we talked about it for weeks, and I repeatedly said "I want a waffle iron! I've always wanted a waffle iron!" I say things like that all the time in passing "I want a Land Rover, I want a European vacation, blah, blah, blah" LOL but I don't say these things thinking people are going to run out and fetch them for me. So, when Christmas rolled around and Mary-Alice was so excited to give me my gift that she had shopped for hours to find I thought "ok, what could it be?" When I finally got to open the package it was the most beautiful waffle iron I had ever seen, and not because waffle irons are particularly beautiful, but the sentiment behind it was quite lovely. I cried because I felt like she had heard me, she had listened, she had noticed something in passing and thought enough of me to remember it and make it happen just to make me happy. I felt the same great feeling a few years before when my other best friend Lori bought me David Cook's debut album. I'm pretty sure she didn't buy it because I wrote it on a list or told her I wanted it, she bought it because she knew I would love it. Or she just wanted me to shut up about American Idol and the hot dude that had won that year, we'll go with the former rather than the latter:) I think it's the best gift she ever gave me and I have spun it enough to prove just that! Even when my friend Torey gave me a gift card to Home Depot last year it was special because he wrote a note that said "this is for your future home" he had listened, he knew that I wanted a house and had kept that in mind while buying my gift, the thought behind it made even a gift card special! My mom has always been great at buying thoughtful gifts, I guess I learned this from her, because you can say in March "Gosh, I love/want XYZ" and I store it away somewhere in my head. Then randomly one day in August at TJ Maxx I'll see just that and think "oh, I'll get this for ____" and then boom 4 months later you're wish is granted (ok so it's a bit of a lengthy process). Long story short, things can make you happy for a short time, but the thought that someone puts into the things they buy for you, that feeling lasts forever.
It is with that spirit of the season that I am hosting my very first "12 Days of Christmas" blog. Everyday starting
December 14th – December 25th I will give away a gift that I find particularly enjoyable. I have racked my brain over the past few weeks compiling a list of the "things" I most enjoy, my favorite things (within financial reason of course, sorry, as badly as I wish I could, there will be no "you get a car! you get a car! you get a car!" featured in this blog:)). Since I can't pick out a special gift with each of you in mind I thought I would share the things I love most and hope you enjoy them as well. Here's what you have to do to enter:
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Entries will be accepted December 1st – December 13th so get those comments/tweets rolling in before it's to late! I would like to get as many people involved as possible so spread the Christmas cheer and forward the links to all your friends! Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and if I missed anyone Happy Holidays!


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It was the kind of news that you had to see to believe. And, the kind of news that caused an uproar on social media.
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The recent Bristol University Langford Conference, 'Global Trends in Meat Production', had an impressive list of speakers, including Bob Bansback.
Bob is an economist and is known by many in our industry as someone who brings life and interest to this sometimes rather dry subject. He also has a way of surprising you! Here is an example. He took us back 25 years to 1983 and compared the livestock numbers in the UK with 2008. It was amazing to see how big the changes have been: cattle and calves down by 25%; sheep and lambs down 8%; and pigs down a staggering 42%! And the numbers are continuing to decline.
Yet there has been a huge growth in world economies over the last 25 years - until relatively recently. World demand for meat has been climbing steadily. So what is going on? I don't know the answer, but meat producers in the southern hemisphere have been unduly busy over this same period, with consistent livestock making it possible to provide long runs of production.
This is not new. Older readers will remember Argentine beef in quarters were all like peas in a pod. New Zealand lamb carcases were the same. The only thing that has changed is the convenience of beef in boneless form and lamb in boxed cuts. They are still incredibly reliable.
This appeal of flavour and tenderness has led to the large numbers of Argentine Steak Houses in Germany and, more recently, the Goucho Grills here - with one now open near Smithfield. So beef-eaters across Europe can be discerning and seek out the meat they want. This includes the best of British and, since competition is always good for you, perhaps 2008 will prove to be the low-point for UK livestock numbers. I will make a note to check 25 years from now.
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Artists of Paperhouse Studio and CBBAG | August 6 – Sept 9, 2017 | 1st Floor Hallway | Free
Not Sad Cold And Dead (like you thought) | July 24 – Sept 2, 2017 | 2nd Floor Hallway | Free
Plastic Coated (2017) | July 31 – August 25, 2017 | 3rd Floor Hallway | Free
Mary Anne Barkhouse: Le rêve aux loups | June 22 – August 20, 2017 | Koffler Gallery | Free
MOVING HOME | August 18 – 26, 2017 | Critical Distance | Free
Mountainburger | April – August, 2017 | Mural on Shaw Street | Free
With over 9,350 square feet of space, the Hallway Galleries occupy the hallways and stairwells of Artscape Youngplace, on (and between) three floors of this beautiful 100-year-old building. Open seven days a week with free admission. Rent the Hallway Galleries for art exhibitions.
Hours: Open Daily 8 AM – 8 PM
Closing Reception: Thursday, August 24, 2017 | 6–9 PM | FREE
Hours: Open Daily 8 AM – 8 PM
Closing Reception: Thursday, August 24, 2017 | 6–9 PM | FREE
Organized by An Dy and Emma Steen
From an Art College consistently defined by phrases such as struggling, underfunded, rising tuitions, financial woes, mitigating the debt, and so on, we see people ask—here directly pulled from one 2012 Art Threat article —"what's the value in art school?"
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, or NSCAD, an opportunity to showcase the work coming out of a school whose students continues to thrive under less than ideal circumstances. A university the size of NSCAD can take a lot of hits as the public eats up the drama in the death of an institution. While the administration peters around doing what it can to stop money leaking out of every crack and crevasse, we continue to see NSCAD students reacting to this environmental pressure and pressing on, creating work that has a distinct air of enthusiasm under what is now the fleeting passé that there's not much happening east of Montréal.
Hours: Open Daily 8 AM – 8 PM
Closing Reception: Thursday, August 24, 2017 | 6–9 PM | FREE
Over the last century plastic has taken over the planet. Our modern day living is easy, disposable, and plastic coated. The material under fire is labeled both a miracle and a curse, saving lives in the medical industry while causing havoc in our oceans. Plastic Coated is an exhibit by multidisciplinary artist Anya Mielniczek which explores garbage and plastic pollution through material collages that bring awareness to environmental degradation our consumeristic tendencies have.
About the Artist
Mielniczek takes easily discarded materials such as plastic bags and candy wrappers adding value to what is otherwise considered trash. Inspired by waste and the treatment of our natural resources her pieces are emotionally charged, experimental and compiled of layers, textures, and the energy felt in unaltered lines. Decidedly forming a greater narrative pertinent to environmental change –informing herself as well as viewers, of the obstacles our finite world faces in light of our hyper consumption.
Hours: Tuesday to Friday 12 PM – 6 PM, Saturday & Sunday 11 AM – 5 PM, Closed Mondays & Statutory Holidays
Summer Opening Reception: Thursday, June 22, 2017 | 6–9 PM | FREE
In her first solo exhibition in Toronto, Mary Anne Barkhouse invokes the animal inhabitants of the land in artworks that reveal the transitory nature of empire, highlighting both the endurance and betrayals that delineate history north of the 49th parallel. Comprising a series of new and recent sculptures and photo collages, Le rêve aux loups reflects on our skewed experience of nature as a resource for human needs, rather than an ecosystem with its own intrinsic value.
Deeply engaged with environmental and Indigenous issues, Barkhouse's artistic practice foregrounds a visual iconography where animals play a central role. She situates her work between the two worlds of the human and the natural, employing the beaver, owl, wolf and coyote as symbols of the ability to adapt and persist, regenerate and repair throughout endless incursions into their environs.
Descended from a family of traditional Northwest Coast Kwakiutl carvers, Barkhouse has always worked within a contemporary sculpture/installation style. Her elegant yet witty works frequently employ popular culture references, while her accomplished handling of traditional sculptural materials such as wood, bronze, porcelain and glass, bring both a refined sensibility and serious tone to her often playful installations. These sophisticated artworks offer a quiet beauty while revealing the difficult struggle over territory that continues amongst humans, animals and the environment.
IMAGE CREDIT: Mary Anne Barkhouse, Red Rover (detail) 2012. Floor installation with rubber mats, painted wooden cutouts, with pull cords and wooden wheels. 259.1 x 320 x 35.6 cm.
Hours: On view from 1-6 pm
Opening Reception: Thursday, August 17, 2017 | 6–9 PM | FREE
Critical Distance is pleased to announce our 2017 Summer Sessions exhibition, Moving Home: The Art and Embodiment of Transience Emerging from Canada's Child Welfare System. Presented by York University Human Geography master's candidate Amelia Merhar, this project is the second to be hosted as part of our Summer Sessions initiative, a program through which we support emerging curators and artists by providing free space, mentorship, and installation support for their thesis exhibitions.
How is transience embodied, carried, and performed? How do repeated moves of homes, schools, and communities linger in the body, from the past to the present? What sort of people is the child welfare system inadvertently creating through so many foster and group home placements? Beyond pathologizing transience, what can we learn from the young and hyper-mobile?
Moving Home explores the embodiment of transience as experienced by young people who grew up in the Canadian child welfare system. It is part of Human Geography Master's thesis research at York University coordinated by Amelia Merhar, inspired by her lived experience in care. Using arts-based, participatory, and Indigenous research methods, Merhar worked with 15 co-researcher artists in their chosen mediums to explore and compare urban/suburban and Northern/rural experiences at the partner youth art organizations SKETCH Working Arts in Toronto and Splintered Craft in Whitehorse. Artistic explorations of the theme of embodied transience include works of photography, textiles, silk-screening, collage, mixed media, dance, performance, music, spoken word, painting, text, jewelry, dream catchers, and installation.
The first Call to Action the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is to reduce the number of Indigenous youth in care in Canada. There are more Indigenous youth in care today than were in Residential Schools. In Toronto, research has shown that Black youth are disproportionately apprehended and stay longer in the system than their non-Black peers (although through recent efforts these numbers are declining). Art alone can't solve ongoing violence and colonialism; however it is a way to transgress and re-imagine present social boundaries. The goal of arts-based research is to provoke conversations instead of static research conclusions, and we invite you to enter the conversation here with former youth in care and their art.
The show opening is preceded by a research presentation at the Ontario Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth Office from 1-3 pm and the launch of the project zine, TL;DR, a thesis in a zine. All are welcome.
This project was awarded the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada–Master's Scholarship –Award to Honour Nelson Mandela in 2016, recognizing its commitment to youth participation. Funding for co-researcher artist honoraria and art supplies provided by Ontario Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth, and the Yukon Child and Youth Advocate. Northern travel and living expenses supported by Northern Scientific Training Fund–Government of Canada.
Suite 302 at Artscape Youngplace | 180 Shaw Street | Toronto | Ontario | M6J 2W5
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Exhibition hours are 12–6 pm every day from August 18–26, 2017. Summer office hours are by appointment only.
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Critical Distance is a not-for-profit initiative and space devoted to the support and advancement of curatorial practice in Toronto, Canada, and beyond. Part gallery and publisher, part professional association and community, CDCC is an open platform for diverse curatorial practices and perspectives, and a forum for ideas on curating and exhibition-making as ways to engage and inform audiences from all walks of life. For more info, visit our website or social media pages, linked above.
image, left top and bottom: Starchild Dreaming Loud, Positive/Negative, 2016; right: Sophia Nahz, Welcome Home (1), 2016
Hours: Gallery hours are Friday-Sunday from 12-5 pm, and by chance and appointment. Closed Statutory Holidays.
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 27 | 6:00-9:00 PM | Free
Critical Distance is pleased to announce the selected artwork for the Spring 2017 Billboard on Shaw, a partnership with Artscape Youngplace through which we are providing opportunities for curators and artists to present large format printed artworks for the freestanding mural/billboard outside our building on Shaw Street.
Mountainburger is an 8-foot image by Kitchener-based artist Aislinn Thomas.
Mountainburger will be on view outside Youngplace through August 2017. We wish to congratulate Aislinn Thomas, and to extend sincere thanks to the many curators and artists whose thoughtful proposals for our spring billboard were a pleasure to consider. Stay tuned for new opportunities to submit proposals again in the future.
Please join us to celebrate the new billboard on Thursday, April 27th from 6–9 pm
A reception for artist will take place in our third floor gallery at Youngplace and will coincide with the opening of Signals & Sentiments, our Featured Exhibition for the 2017 Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival.
Critical Distance Centre for Curators (CDCC)
Suite 302, Artscape Youngplace, 180 Shaw Street, Toronto, ON M6J 2W5
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About the Artist
Aislinn Thomas is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice includes video, performance, installation and text-based work. She culls material from everyday experiences and relationships, exploring themes of vulnerability, empathy, possibility and failure. Aislinn is a recent graduate of the University of Waterloo MFA program and earned a BA in Studio Art from the University of Guelph. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is the recipient of several grants and awards including a C.D. Howe Scholarship for Arts and Design, a Social Science and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Masters Scholarship, and grants from the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts. Aislinn currently lives and works in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
Critical Distance thanks Artscape Youngplace for their generous support of this project.