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I do not know what the guys from zerocoolace did and why. They had a guy at the tee much or all of the time. Not so sure about the hat camera pointing in the correct direction. It looked like it was pointing way above the sight line of the guy wearing it. It might have been on purpose so that when he's looking down at the view screen of the main camera the hat cam points at the action hopefully above the players and caddies showing the flight. If that's the case. At the moment i'm too tired but i think the hat cam guy operated a larger camera. They had 3 cameramen and they were in multiple places vs the throwers. Often times there is only a small area from where you catch the whole flight of the disc. At times it is inches in size. I filmed the course and event in what one camera can cover in 2010 and the guys seemed to choose different filming positions and that necessitated filming from behind stuff often. I welcome the idea to show a different perspective and vistas of the course. I think those guys made life more difficult for themselves trying to differentiate the video from the perspective we had. That must have influenced the video. Having difficulty seeing the disc makes following and centering on the disc all the more difficult. View screens on the cameras are often too low in contrast and too dim and sometimes glossy so that you see little or nothing at all from them so following the disc is hard. Often times we've had to raise our eyes from the view screen and reacquire the disc by eye and hope that guiding the camera by muscle position sense and dumb luck. And trying to view over the center of the lense to aim visually with that in a rough manner.
I've noticed that setting up a tripod level takes a lot of time and is difficult. The pace of play is quick vs the time to perfect the upright position of a tripod. One can put the tripod legs together and tilt it upright manually but it will be at least as unstable as a monopod and more difficult to maneuver. Especially in bushes and with tall tough undergrowth. A tripod has a way tougher time of allowing free fast unimpeded panning sideways. Sideways and vertical panning simultaneously gets even more difficult. Even on the loosest settings of the tightening screws of the camera head. We have filmed in free hand mostly, lately more with monopod and only in sparsely and more toward the earlier videos with a tripod. Because the discs rise and fall in the flight and one often must position away from the line the disc is flying at the camera operators need to pan sidweays and up and down. That is difficult even with a monopod unless you make it short and raise it to free hand position panning up. When the disc lands near you even the monopod has difficulty to follow the disc down.
A major issue is where to film from showing the flight of the disc. We've operated under the assumption that people like to see the whole flight of the disc and preferably how the player throws. Often times one has to sacrifice some of the other to improve on the other. With one camera per group we've chosen to show how the disc flies and with two cams one cam films near the tee to show how the player threw and at a later stage in the flight the edit can be switched to the receiving end camera to show where the disc finished up. Often the tee cam has obstructions in the way so the landing position and the whole flight gets impossible to film.
We try to operate zoom and keep the disc in the middle of the picture while panning in each necessary dimension. It is so difficult that we can't pull it off often. Especially keeping a close and fast flying disc centered in the view. I'm always worse in operating the camera (make sure to get one small enough to reach all the controls comfortably for dexterity and all the most useful functions manipulable in the shortest amount of time) early in the season thanks to the situations moving so fast. One has to be set up properly and ready for the shot and even then i made a lot of bad mistakes this year at Tali Open. I overextended my brain capacity trying to live narrate the video. Shhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. Embarrassing not pointing the camera to the tee not realizing i had drifted off while concentrating on speaking. Filming is also very physical. I'm always more tired after filming than playing a round. The receiving end camera has to move a lot more than the players and needs to not breathe much of the time and run in between at times. That is a poor equation. The more tired you are the more mistakes you make and the slower you get.
Routine has to be kept up or the filming will be worse. After learning some tricks the filming has become a little easier but it is still very fast no margin of error effort.


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WATSONVILLE -- A year ago, with $7,000 in its operations account and a stack of bills, the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds' future appeared bleak.
Tuesday, with an improved financial picture, the board approved a 2013 budget that anticipates a slight increase in revenue and spending and the prospect of closing the year with $50,000 profit.
"Things are looking up, way up," said fair manager Dave Kegebein.
The fairgrounds, an agency of the state officially known as the 14th District Agricultural Association, fell into a financial hole during 2010 and 2011, when expenditures exceeded revenues and reserves were tapped out.
In addition, the state, which had traditionally subsidized fairgrounds, cut back on funding, and last year, eliminated the support entirely.
Several factors are responsible for the improvement since a team a volunteers, headed by Kegebein, took over management of the 110-acre fairgrounds and its biggest money-maker, the annual county fair.
The free management cut administrative costs by more than $100,000, giving the fairgrounds a solid boost. But revenues are projected to rise by at least $100,000 as well with the launch of a weekly farmers/flea market on Sunday and a doubling in horse shows due to the closing of a Pebble Beach Equestrian Center.
Kegebein said the farmers market alone should bring in a minimum of $70,000.
He also projected $200,000 in building and grounds rental fees, but with January not quite over, the fairground already has $165,000 in bookings for the year.
"We know we're going to do better than that," Kegebein said. "We built a conservative budget."
While on better footing, the fairgrounds still is not in the clear. If it weren't for the management team's free labor, the nearly $50,000 in projected profits would turn into a $75,000 deficit, Kegebein said.
The fair board also agreed to continue its management contract with Kegebein, for which he is paid the sum of $1 a month.
In other action, the board approved a 99-year lease of 3.82 acres to the Agricultural History Project, a nonprofit which operates a museum and living history farm on the site. The lease, which still must be approved by the state, calls for the nonprofit to pay the fairgrounds $350 a month, with an annual cost of living increase of no more than 3 percent. The existing 25-year lease is set to expire in 2015.
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Broadway's Sherie Rene Scott to Bring PIECE OF MEAT to London Hippodrome, Feb 21-23
Direct from a sold out season at New York's prestigious 54 Below, the Tony Award nominated Broadway star Sherie Rene Scott brings her acclaimed show, Piece of Meat - one of Time Out New York's Best of 2012 - to the London Hippodrome for three nights only in a strictly limited run from Thursday 21st to Saturday 23rd February 2013.
Sherie's celebrated storytelling and musicianship make Piece of Meat a hybrid live- performance experience, with songs by Dire Straits, Joni Mitchell, Paul McCartney, Pete Townshend, Annie Lennox and Buddy Holly, and original compositions by acclaimed contemporary composer, Todd Almond.
Sherie is best known to UK audiences as the original Cathy in Jason Robert Brown's The Last 5 Years, Ursula in the Broadway production of Disney's The Little Mermaid, and Amneris in Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida. She earned two Tony Award nominations, the first for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and the second as writer and star of her own Broadway show, Everyday Rapture.
Opened in 2012, the Matcham Room at the Hippodrome Casino is London's first purpose built theatrical cabaret space. With a philosophy of incredible artists in an intimate venue, LIVE at the Hippodrome features only the very best artists from around the world.
Sherie Rene Scott: Piece of Meat is produced by Neil Eckersley for Speckulation Entertainment, and directed by Lear deBessonet, with musical direction and arrangements by Todd Almond and staging by Michele Lynch.
Sherie Rene Scott: Piece of Meat will play Thu 21st - Sat 23rd Feb 2013 at The Hippodrome, Cranbourn Street, Leicester Square, London WC2H 7JH. Tickets: £35.00, £30.00, £25.00, £20.00. Box Office: 0207 769 8888 (10am - 8pm) or www.speckulationentertainment.com.


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AlabamaVarsity.com selects the state's best perfomer and other top performances in the sixth week of the high school football season.
Player of the Week: Mitch Stults, quarterback, Hamilton High School
Stults has a big night on both sides of the ball. He completed 13-of-14 passes for 263 yards and three touchdowns. He rushed for 45 yards and two touchdowns. He also had eight tackles and two interceptions on defense. He returned one of the interceptions for a touchdown. He is within 126 yards of the AHSAA career all-purpose yards record.
Other top performers
Nick Mullens, quarterback, Spain Park High School (Hoover)
Mullens completed 40-of-46 passes for 322 yards and three touchdowns in a 34-13 win against Oak Mountain. His 40 completions set a Class 6A record and ranked second all-time for all AHSAA classes.
Tanner Ivey, quarterback, Haleyville High School
Ivey completed 24-of-38 for 496 yards and six touchdowns in a 68-37 win against Priceville.
Kenny Smith, wide receiver, Corner High School
Smith hauled in 11 passes for 212 yards and three touchdowns in a 24-21 win against Jemison High School.
Michael Powers, wide receiver, Hoover High School
Powers reeled in eight passes for 204 yards and two touchdowns in a 34-14 win against Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa. He also had a fumble recovery.
Charles Buchanon, running back, Pleasant Grove High School
Buchanon had 20 carries for 221 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. He also had three receptions for 42 yards and another score in a 36-22 win against Fairfield High School.
Terrell Woods, defensive end, Boaz High School
Woods had 10 tackles, three sacks, six tackles for loss and a forced fumble in a 27-13 win against Southside High SChool in Gadsden.
Jalen Washington, wide receiver, Lanett High School
Washington caught four passes for 169 yards and three touchdowns in a 33-27 win against Randolph County High School. He caught the game-winning touchdown with 47 second remaining in the game. He later had an interception to secure the victory.
Jamarcus June, running back, Luverne High School
June had an all-purpose night with 24 rushing attempts for 231 yards and two touchdowns in a 26-21 win against Elba High School; he returned an interception on defense for a touchdown, 12 tackles and averaged 35 yards on four punts.
Clark Quisenbery, quarterback, Enterprise High School
Quisenberry had 277 yards of total offense and three touchdowns in a 27-24 win against Dothan High School. He threw the game-winning nine-yard touchdown pass with two seconds remaining in the game on a fourth-and-nine play. He passed for 171 yards with two touchdowns and rushed for 106 yards on 13 carries with a 47-yard touchdown.
Toby Pee, running back, Sardis High School
Pee had 23 carries for 165 yards and three touchdowns and also caught six passes for 115 yards with another touchdown. He threw the game winning touchdown pass in a 48-40 win against St. Clair County High School.
Joel Poe, quarterback, Spanish Fort High School
Poe was 22-of-28 passing for 307 yards and three touchdowns in a 38-30 win against Vigor High School.
ArDarius Stewart, quarterback/athlete, Fultondale High School
Stewart had 25 carries for 233 yards rushing and five touchdowns. He had a 55-yard touchdown pass and an interception on defense in a 59-36 win against Vinemont High School.
Kristian Jones, running back, Hackleburg High School
The talented freshman had 351 yards on the ground and four touchdowns in a 40-16 win against Phillips High School.


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Multiple law enforcement agencies are still searching for the two people who they say shot and killed a Kaufman County prosecutor Thursday morning.
Authorities say assistant district attorney Mark Hasse was ambushed and shot multiple times in a parking lot near the Kaufman County Courthouse. It happened just before nine on Thursday morning as he was headed into court.
The FBI has joined the search efforts by offering up investigators for technical support. Those investigators will help chase down leads. The Kaufman Police Department says they've had a lot of them.
According to police, Hasse was gunned down in the parking lot by two people who were dressed in all black. Authorities say one of them was wearing a tactical vest. Authorities described the suspect vehicle as a brown or silver, older model Ford Taurus.
The Kaufman Police Chief says there were several witnesses who saw what happened, from several different angles. Those people are continuing to be interviewed throughout Thursday evening.
During a press conference, the Kaufman County District Attorney spoke to the shooters, directly.
"I hope the people that did this are watching, because we're confident we're going to find you. We're going to pull you out of whatever hole you're in, and we're going to bring you back and we're going to let the people of Kaufman County prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law," said Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLellan.
"As far as the investigation details themselves are concerned, at this time we have several leads that we're working. Due to the nature of them, we can't discuss those until we have followed up on them," said Chris Aulbaugh, the Kaufman Police Chief.
District Attorney Mike McLellan said Hasse was aware of the dangers of his job and was an outstanding prosecutor. He added that Hasse will be greatly missed and will not be easily replaced.
Hasse was a felony prosecutor who worked a number of drug and murder cases. However, Thursday he was on his way into misdemeanor court when he was gunned down. A Kaufman County Judge said Hasse was not currently working any high profile cases that would have called for him to have extra security. Investigators are still looking into his case load.
Hours after Hasse was killed, the Department of Justice issued a release on its web site crediting the Kaufman County District Attorney's Office with helping investigate two known members of the "Aryan Brotherhood of Texas" gang. They pled guilty Thursday to racketeering charges.
Kaufman County Crimestoppers and a local business have partnered up to offer over a $71,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for Hasse' death.
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Need some zone-out goofy fun? If Crystal the monkey was your favorite part of The Hangover, and you love animal-related puns and double entendres, NBC's new veterinary-based sitcom is for you. It stars the affable Justin Kirk (previously of Weeds fame) and the adorable Joanna Garcia (Reba and Privileged) as a "will they/won't they/didn't they used to/oh right, they totally did" ex-couple. Fire up the zoological wordplay!
Premieres: Wednesday, September 26 at 8/7c on NBC (watch the pilot now on NBC.com)
If you went to the midnight show for The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, and The Dark Knight Rises and want a show your husband will enjoy as much as you, check out The CW's Arrow, which is based on the popular DC Comics character of the same name. Much like Bruce Wayne, Oliver Queen is a freewheeling playboy by day and a masked (well, hooded) crime-fighting, order-restoring vigilante by night. If only Stephen Amell — who plays Oliver/Arrow — trolled our city at midnight. Swoon.
Premieres: Wednesday, October 10 at 8/7c on The CW
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Dear all,
given that I've just read this bit by Ven. Bodhi...
I was wondering if anyone can provide some dilineation as to the difference between aspirations of ill will vs aspirations of harmfulness. Scriptural references or your own commentary, anything would be great!
I ask because the ven diagram I have in my head of these two has something like a 95% overlap. Granted, I suppose the same could be said for metta and karuna. And further, I suspect that a correct understanding of these two types of wrong aspiration may help to better understand their opposites as right aspirations.
Metta and peace,
Bowing and thanks,


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SAN FRANCISCO Old Navy, the exclusive retail apparel sponsor of The USO Presents "VH1 Divas Salute The Troops," announced that from Dec. 3 through Dec. 9, Old Navy and its customers will aim to raise one million minutes for USO Operation Phone Home, which provides the time to U.S. troops stationed around the world to help them stay connected to their loved ones at home. Minutes can be bought in-store or online at OldNavy.com during the weeklong challenge -- 100-minutes for $5. Additionally, Old Navy Facebook fans can donate even more minutes during the week just by "checking-in" to an Old Navy store with their mobile device and claiming a Facebook charity Deal; Old Navy will make a 100-minute, $5 donation to USO Operation Phone Home for every in-store check-in.
"Old Navy understands the importance of family," said Tom Wyatt, president of Old Navy. "Together with our customers, we hope that supporting USO Operation Phone Home with one million minutes will provide comfort, hope and joy over this holiday season for our troops overseas and their families at home."


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I've shared my opinion on pizza toppings here already but the real question is, what does resident tasting expert and Serious Eats Puppy-At-Large Hambone like on his pies?
We let him loose on three options from our leftovers pile from Frank Pepe Pizza Napoletana after our New Haven pizza adventure: a plain mozzarella pie, a sausage pie (featuring sausage from Lamberti's), and their famous clam pie.
Which one did he pick? Check out the video to find out.
About the author: J. Kenji Lopez-Alt is the Managing Editor of Serious Eats where he likes to explore the science of home cooking in his weekly column The Food Lab. You can follow him at @thefoodlab on Twitter, or at The Food Lab on Facebook.


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Walden returns to Braves' bullpen
ATLANTA -- In the first of his two rehab appearances for Triple-A Gwinnett, right-handed reliever Jordan Walden struck out the first three batters he faced. But a wild pitch uncorked at the end of one of those three strikeouts extended the inning and allowed former Braves infielder Elliot Johnson to hit a two-run homer.
After the Braves activated him from the disabled list on Tuesday, Walden was able to laugh about that rare inning. More important, he could smile about the fact that he is no longer bothered by the strained left hamstring that had sidelined him the past five weeks.
"The games I threw at Gwinnett, I didn't feel it at all," Walden said. "I'm just glad to be back."
Walden showed some rust when he entered to begin the eighth inning of Tuesday night's 13-10 win over the Rockies. He walked each of the first three batters he faced and then handed the ball to Shae Simmons, who allowed just one of the three inherited runners to score.
Walden allowed just the one hit and struck out five of the eight batters he faced during his two appearances for Gwinnett. The Braves were satisfied with what they saw and are hopeful that he can resume his role as a reliable setup man for Craig Kimbrel.
In the 14 appearances he made before going on the disabled list, Walden limited opponents to a .178 batting average and .278 on-base percentage. He said that his hamstring bothered him for most of April but really affected him after he allowed Brandon Crawford's two-run homer during a May 4 appearance against the Giants.
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Half a point separates leaders New Milton from Sarisbury Athletic going into tomorrow's crucial penultimate round of Southern Electric Premier League Division 1 games.
New Milton face a testing derby against Bournemouth at Chapel Gate (12.30pm), while Sarisbury Athletic visit improving Liphook & Ripsley, who rolled over Ryan Beck's side last weekend.
Beck is certainly anxious to get his batsmen in a run-scoring mode at Chapel Gate against a Bournemouth side which had a five-match winning run ended at Andover.
With Basingstoke & North Hants set to visit Fernhill on the final day of the season, New Milton face a difficult finale.
"Hopefully, it will spur us on – as will the confidence we derived from beating Totton & Eling in the twenty20 Plate final last Sunday.
"That gave us a tremendous lift – just at the right time," Beck said.
Bournemouth: Bridgen, Hayward, Miller, Schmulian, Hurley, Russell, Kidner, Matthews, Pack, M Jones, R Jones.
New Milton: Beck, N Park, House, J Park, Elliott, Lawes, L Beck, Loader, Collison, Gargaro, Watts, Staniford.
l With only a point to make up, Sarisbury could go top tomorrow evening if they win at Ripsley Park, but Liphook are Division 1's form side having won their last four games.
At the opposite end of the table, all eyes will be on Holbury, where Fawley launch a last gasp bid to avoid the drop.
They host Hambledon, who have toppled both New Milton and Sarisbury Athletic in the past three weeks.
Fawley must win – and hope Hook & Newnham Basics stumble against already relegated Hursley Park at the KGV.
The Oilmen are boosted by the return of opener Tom Gates after knee surgery and Dean Godden.
Fawley: Marks, K Earl, C Earl, Gates, Streather, Parratt, Royan, Smith, Turriff-Smith, Woolgar, Godden.
l Hook & Newnham Basics captain Matt Love hosts Hursley Park minus Ben Thane, but with wicketkeeper/batsman Josh Buckingham back behind the stumps.
He says: "This is a huge game for us as we know victory will leave us not having to worry about what happens on the final day.
"It is frustrating to be in this position, we are focused on making sure we win."
Basingstoke & North Hants will hope to carry on their winning ways as they entertain Andover at May's Bounty.
All-rounder Graham Porter, who made a surprise return from injury last weekend, is set to miss the game, so impressive teenager bowler Dan King is likely to return.
Skipper Froud said: "We just want to keep winning now until the end of the season."
With leaders New Milton losing their second game of the campaign last weekend, the Bountymen could still have their say in the title race when they face them in the final round of games.
Basingstoke play holders Yateley in the Finch Group Guy Jewell Cup final at May's Bounty on Sunday, 4pm.


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Is your kid a reluctant learner?
Find out how to get your kid excited about being back at school. more
Nothing gives you a surprise like the moment you're bitten by your innocent young child. While babies often begin to bite down while they're teething, toddlers who bite are a fairly common phenomenon also. Young children who bite other children usually do so to deal with frustration, feelings of powerlessness or stress. Biting can make them feel powerful because of the reaction and attention they get as a result of their actions.
One of the first ways your child will explore the world is through her mouth. Eventually most objects will go into her mouth. And not long after that, she will probably experiment by biting down with her gums or her teeth. This may happen during breastfeeding, which can give you a bit of a shock!
The youngest child in the family is often the resident biter. While his older siblings can easily communicate their needs - and so may get more of what they want more often - the biter feels powerless to do the same. In a group setting, the biter will discover that by biting he will get attention and, very often, what he wants.
One of your child's biggest struggles during the toddler years, is to learn how to manage his feelings. And for some children, one of the coping mechanisms they develop is to bite when under emotional stress. They're unable to articulate that they're feeling upset or angry, so just lash out instead and sink their teeth into the nearest juicy arm.
This article was written by Ella Walsh for Kidspot. Sources include SA Government's Parenting and Child Health.


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Maybe that's why 67 percent of viewers polled immediately following the 90-minute debate by Cable News Network– hardly a conservative mouthpiece – gave the edge to Romney, with 35 percent saying the performance made them more likely to vote Republican in November compared to just 18 percent for Obama.
As so often happens in politics, those results reflect the unfortunate elevation of style over substance. Both candidates stuck to their familiar talking points, quickly seizing control from moderator Jim Lehrer of PBS. Surely even the clueless 15 percent knows by now that Romney is a businessman who favors private-sector solutions while Obama favors "economic patriotism" and government intervention to ensure all Americans get "their fair share."
The problem for Obama was not so much that he underperformed (although he did) but that Romney exceeded the expectations of even his own supporters. Often accurately criticized for appearing passionless, aloof and even clueless, Romney's forcefulness and apparent enthusiasm – which never crossed he line into rudeness — was all the more effective precisely because it was so unexpected. Any challenger taking the state with an incumbent president is automatically elevated, but when that challenger appears just as presidential as the man holding the office, the impact can be eye-opening.
"I don't know what (Obama) was doing out there," said an exasperated Chris Matthews of MSNBC, an Obama supporter who suggested the president prepare for the next debate by watching other shows on his network hosted by people who have made attacking conservatives an art form.
There was substance in the debate, however – both in the form of punches landed and missed. Romney effectively and repeatedly rejected the president's contention that he would shift taxes from the rich to the middle class, with Obama pointing out the lack of specifics in some of Romney's proposals. Romney parried Obama's criticism of tax breaks for the oil industry by pointing out that Obama has spent far more on "green" energy companies that have failed.
"You don't pick winners and losers," Romney said. "You pick losers."
As for squandered opportunities, there were plenty on both sides.
Obama, in a curious omission noted by supporters and opponents alike, never mentioned the recently released recording of Romney's dismissal of the 47 percent of Americans who pay no federal income tax as "victims" who would never support him. Romney, on the other hand, never challenged the strange contention that voters should re-elect Obama not on the strength of his own economic record but because of what Bill Clinton did nearly 20 years ago.
In fairness to the president, it is always harder to defend a record than to make promises. Unburdened by the office, Romney promised to achieve all sorts of wonderful things while inflicting hardly any pain on a country that still demands big government but refuses to pay for it. But Obama's promises were even more dubious, his talk of lower deficits and higher employment belied by the very record he wants to prolong.
People who have not made up their mind about a president in nearly four years or a challenger after several months of campaigning will not be swayed by policy minutia. By demonstrating that Romney is neither a fool nor a heartless ogre, the debate was a clear win for the Republican – even though you can bet Obama will be more effective next time.
But the debate also established the Big Picture for the rest of the campaign, one even undecided voters cannot miss. As Romney asked in his closing: "What kind of America do you want?" Lehrer's question about the proper role of the federal government crystallized the difference.
Obama believes the government exists to "open up opportunity."
Romney actually mentioned the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
No word yet on what the 15 percent thinks about that, or if they even knew what he was talking about.


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Analyze yourself in all honesty - do you think you have 'grown' or even 'matured'?
I haven't.
Between age 7 and 68 I had a life; and it was one that wasn't really boring or monotonous, to sum it up.
I have seen things, done things, done many stupid things, especially when it came to managing my own affairs. However, professionally I wasn't too bad.
For instance, I always told my private banking clients: "Invest only in stuff that you fully understand."
Unfortunately, I myself didn't follow that very sound advice which is why I lost about half of my lifetime savings in a matter of less than 6 months. I relied on the investment recommendations of smart private bankers - and got screwed over. And that happened only recently...
The problem is that nobody in the international banking industry, not even the sophisticated top investment bankers wearing dark blue pin-striped designer suits had the slightest notion of the risks they were supposed to manage. Inevitably, this leads to a basic question: Isn't risk management what banking is all about?
Who said you get 'wiser' as you age?... That is a whole pile of BS, and is only true of the very few people who were already wise when they were young.
The most frequent question I heard from my wife during our marriage of 33 years is: "Zewulf - when will you finally mature?"
A former colleague of mine, a real asshole but probably a really wise asshole by now, wrote me only a few days ago, literally: "You ludicrous dickhead still behave like a 18 year old one - grow up!!"
Maybe the wise asshole and my patient wife have got a point after all.... :-).
What I wanted to say is that it is the early impressions that mark us for life.
At age six I already had four passions that never left me: Women (appropriately, they were four or five years old back then), diving, drawing, and sharks.
While I love and admire women to this day, even if they are a few years younger than myself, and drawing eventually made way to photography, my passion for diving and sharks stayed with me all these years, pretty much unchanged.
Here is the proof:
John Wayne fighting a giant octopus (1947)
Mako Shark (1948)


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Far out at sea, the wind blows over the water's glassy surface, creating tiny ripples and eddies. Those ripples provide a rough surface for the wind to grab and push—and waves are born. The longer a gust of wind catches the water's surface, the bigger the waves become.
According to some estimates, ocean waves around the world could hold up to 10 trillion watts of energy. If humans could harness that energy, we would be able to generate renewable, predictable and pollution-free electricity. But so far, few large-scale wave-energy projects have made it off the diving board—which means that ocean-wave technology is a free-for-all in terms of design. "There are many, many different types of devices," says Paul Jacobson, an ocean-energy leader at the Electric Power Research Institute. "The technology hasn't developed to the point where a lot of the designs have been shaken out yet. And so it remains to be seen which devices will turn out to be the most cost-effective and efficient."
These five ocean-power designs could help us to ride the wave into the future of energy.
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Much like its namesake mollusk, the Oyster sits on the seabed, opening and closing its jaws. The device is a large hinged flap attached to the ocean floor at a depth of about 35 feet. As the flap opens and closes, it drives hydraulic pistons that squirt high-pressure water onshore, where it drives a conventional hydroelectric turbine. "In essence, the Oyster is simply a large pump which provides the power source for a conventional onshore hydroelectric power plant," says Carrie Clement, a spokeswoman for Aquamarine.
A 0.32-megawatt Oyster has already been installed in Scotland, where it began feeding power to National Grid in 2009. Now Aquamarine Power is working on creating a 2.4-megawatt Oyster bed in the Orkney Islands in Scotland. The submerged design protects Oyster's equipment from storm damage and allows it to keep working in all kinds of weather.
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Amid good month, Carroll back at second
DETROIT -- After struggling at the plate this month, Brian Dozier was benched for a second straight game Sunday with Jamey Carroll getting the start at second base against the Tigers.
Carroll has simply outplayed Dozier this month, hitting .278 with a .339 on-base percentage in 13 games entering Sunday, while Dozier has batted just .145 with a .172 on-base percentage in 17 games in May.
"Jamey is swinging better, and Dozier is fighting his way through it," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "It's just the way it is. We're trying to win ballgames. We did enough losing, so the guys who are playing the best are going to be in there."
Dozier, 26, won the job at second base in Spring Training but has struggled in his second season with the Twins. He's hitting just .197 with one homer and 12 RBIs in 36 games. But he has been working with hitting coach Tom Brunansky to fix his swing, as he has been hitting the ball into the air too much this year, Gardenhire said.
"He looks like he's really fighting it lately," Gardenhire said. "The thing that happens with a hitter when you're fighting it is you have a couple tough at-bats, and then when you hit one hard it's right at them. So it just adds on. And that's where he's at right now. He's just fighting through it, but he's working his tail off."
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A crowd of 50 to 55 helped Mr. Matas, a resident of Atherton for more than 40 years, celebrate the end of his ninth decade on Jan. 29, a day before his birthday. They all gathered at Harry's Hofbrau in Redwood City, where Mr. Matas and his longtime neighbor, Doug Anderson, have dinner every Tuesday night.
It was Mr. Anderson who organized the celebration — the second consecutive birthday party at Harry's. "The third one I'm scheduling for AT&T Park," Mr. Anderson says.
Between now and then, though, Mr. Matas has lots to do. A tenor with the Golden Tones singers, he rehearses with the group every Friday in San Mateo, and sings three times a month at convalescent facilities on the Peninsula.
His music skills are also on display in the washboard section of the colorful Los Trancos Woods Community Marching Band, in which his neighbor, Mr. Anderson, plays snare drum. The band marches in celebrations such as the St. Patrick's Day and Columbus Day parades in San Francisco. Mr. Matas notes that he brings up "the tail end of the band."
Performers with both the Golden Tones and the marching band were at the birthday party, as was banjo player John Robbins, whose group, Happy Time Banjos, performs at the hofbrau on Tuesdays. Mr. Anderson says the banjo player came early that night to join in with other musicians in the room to provide the celebratory sounds for the event.
Granddaughter Patricia Poole flew in from Washington state for the party, and offered a tribute to Mr. Matas, Mr. Anderson says. Atherton Mayor Elizabeth Lewis, whom Mr. Matas calls "the nicest mayor on the Peninsula," presented the honoree with a proclamation from the town.
Also in attendance was Rigo Laguardia, an official of the San Mateo County Carpenters Union No. 217 — an organization Mr. Matas has belonged to longer than any other member, Mr. Anderson says.
A self-described craftsman during his long career, Mr. Matas built many homes on the Peninsula, including in Atherton, getting his contractor's license in the 1940s, he says. Mr. Anderson says he likes to joke with his neighbor about the number of homes in town he's help to build, noting that "he's been in more women's bedrooms than any man in Atherton."
The two men have been pals just about as long as they've been neighbors: about 40 years. "He's a wonderful neighbor," Mr. Anderson says. "He has five tools of anything you need," and fixes anything in Doug and Pamela Anderson's home that Mr. Anderson "can't use duct tape or WD-40 on," he says.
A San Francisco native, Mr. Matas worked in the shipyards for the defense industry during World War II. He and his wife, Marie, had two daughters: Libby and Madelyn. Both Marie and Libby have passed away, and Madelyn lives in Washington state, Mr. Matas says.
He's a man of many interests. In addition to music, Mr. Matas belongs to two Model A clubs, and owns a completely restored 1929 Model A Ford. And, he still drives, possessing a license that expires when he turns 103. "But I don't drive at night," he says, adding that he relies on friends to give him a ride if he goes out after dark.
He's in good health, with no medical problems, he says. And what's the secret to long life? "How can we tell?" he responds. "I believe that, number one, you get a certain something from your father and your mother.
"The second thing is, all things in moderation." Perhaps so, but few people who know him are likely to say that Lou Matas is moderate in his enthusiasm for living.


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A FLOOD alert has been issued for West Dorset.
The Environment Agency has issued an alert to warn residents of the potential for flooding along the Jurassic Coast tonight.
The alert, which particularly affects Chiswell on Portland and Lyme Regis, will be in force two hours following the time of high tide at 6.45pm.
A spokesman for the Environment Agency said: "The forecast wind direction is west and the forecast wind strength is Force 6."
The location covered by the alert is: Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Seatown, West Bay, Bothenhampton, Burton Freshwater, Burton Bradstock, Cogdean Beach, Chesil Beach, West Fleet, East Fleet and Chiswell.
It comes as the Met Office says one of the UK's strongest gusts of wind was recorded off Portland today.
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PLYMOUTH - The fans did come back.
Less than an hour before game time, 5:02 p.m. to be exact, of the Detroit Red Wings' Red and White game at Compuware Arena, the parking was shut down because the scrimmage was a sellout.
"I thought that was maybe the best thing about the whole night," Wings coach Mike Babcock said after Team Red's 4-2 win over Team White Tuesday night. "I understand the parking lot was jammed and it was tough getting in here. They fans are very, very supportive of the players and I'm appreciative that they stuck with us."
"That's awesome," said goalie Jimmy Howard, who was in net for Team White. "Just says how much our fans love us. The way they came out here tonight, it's inspiring for us."
It was also the first time fans got to see newest find Damien Brunner in live game action.
"It was fun, when we play exhibition games in Switzerland we don't have fans in the stands," Brunner said. "It's fun to hear them cheer. The Red Wings have great fans. I'm looking forward to playing more games in front of them."
Team Red got goals from Drew Miller and newly named captain Henrik Zetterberg, along with goals from a pair of Grand Rapids Griffins - Louis-Marc Aubry and Nathan Paetsch.
"It was awesome," Zetterberg said. "I was here 4:15, it was packed everywhere, almost couldn't get to our parking lot. So it was pretty amazing to see all the fans show up. We really appreciate that. We're really looking forward to Tuesday's home opener."
Both of Team White's goals were scored by Griffins - Trevor Parkes and Jeff Hoggan.
"If you've worked hard on your conditioning it shows and if you haven't it shows," said Babcock, who watched the game from the pressbox. "To me that's a priority one for us is to get playing fast.
"I thought Brunner, he generated some offense for sure," Babcock added. "It's tight space. It's not heavy going out there or anything like that so only time will tell. And I thought (Brendan) Smith was good. Those are the two guys for me that aren't regular Wings that stood out for me."
The game ended with a five player shootout and Howard was in midseason form, stopping all five shooters he faced. Valtteri Filppula, Todd Bertuzzi and Smith each scored on Jonas Gustavsson.
"It was good to be back out there," Howard said. "Definitely, that game served its purpose of getting the rust off. As the game went along I felt more and more comfortable, and more and more at home out there, which is a great sign for me."
The Wings open the season on the road in St. Louis on Saturday and then play in Columbus Monday before returning home for the home opener Tuesday against the Dallas Stars.
"To be honest, I felt really good out there," Howard said. "A lot better than I thought I would be so I was surprised about that. Still a little bit of the key areas where following the puck, especially on the power play up at the point. For the most part I felt pretty good. For the rest of the guys we have three more practices here and we have to dive right into it, no matter what."
Brunner said he's still feeling the effects of jet lag from his trip from Switzerland a few days ago.
"I can sleep for 15 hours right now," Brunner smiled. "I'll get use to that too.
"It was good to get some game action going actually," Brunner added. "It's different on the small ice and it's different than practice because in practice everyone knows what to do. It's good to see you have a little more space than I thought in game action. It felt good today."
And Brunner showed he will go hard to the net on a few occasions.
"It's got some great skill and it's going to be fun to watch him this year, especially if he's going to be playing with Z," Howard said. "He knows how to get open, he knows how to find that soft area, and Z's good at finding people, so it should be a good connection."
Pavel Datsyuk, who didn't play in Tuesday's game, is slated to skate with Zetterberg and Brunner to open the season.
"Hopefully they can be a good line for us," Babcock said. "But in the end you have to get to the net to score. Pav and Z have always been dynamic players and we're hopeful we found a player in Brunner that will continue to grow. He's a kid in the league that hasn't played in the league and it's a hard league."
The game was the return to the lineup, somewhat, for Patrick Eaves, who last played on Nov. 26, 2011.
"It felt good to be out there, playing again," Eaves said. "It's improving, the more I get used to everything. Right now we're seeing how every day goes."
Eaves has been cleared for practices, but not games.
"We'll re-evaluate when camp's over and see where I'm at," Eaves said.
"It's great for Patty Eaves," Babcock said. "He's been a year away from hockey and to come back and play I'm sure he feels good. We're pulling for Patty Eaves first and the Red Wings second."
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Hike Oswald West State ParkJune 15th, 2012 by Innkeeper
Ten miles south of Cannon Beach, you will find one of the best places to experience the beauty and variety of the Oregon coast: Oswald West State Park. Take a day hike Neahkahnie Mountain or simply stroll through the old-growth forest trail which leads straight to the beach.
Located just off Highway 101, choose from any of three parking lots which are only a quarter mile from the sandy shores of the Oregon coast. Grab a map before heading out as there are many paths through the forest (but don't worry, the main paths are marked) and enjoy the diversity that this state park has to offer. From day hikes to short walks, the Oswald West State Park has something for every skill level.
If you're looking for stunning ocean views and a have a few hours to spend, take the time to enjoy Neahkahnie Mountain trail hike. At 1,680 feet, this mountain offers full views of the ocean and beaches stretching on for miles. This hike is 7.6 miles round trip. For a hike with less elevation gain at only 300 feet and 5 miles round trip, you can enjoy the more leisurely pace of the Cape Falcon trail branching off to the north.
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Norfolk >> The Celtic Tenors will make their return to Infinity Music Hall on Dec. 2 at 1:30 p.m. to perform classic Christmas and Irish tunes for the community.
The three-man Irish, vocal group will be performing their latest album, "Feels Like Home," a collection of traditional and contemporary music focusing on how the world is still a hopeful place despite its hardships.
The Celtic Tenors will be dedicating their title tune to those across the Eastern seaboard, who suffered during Hurricane Sandy last month.
"Our hearts go out to everyone affected by Hurricane Sandy. The East Coast has been like a home away from home for us for many years now," said the Celtic Tenors. "To see such devastation to such a wonderful part of the United States is heartbreaking."
The group will also spread some holiday cheer with traditional Christmas songs, 'O Holy Night', 'Silent Night' and 'Jingle Bells.'
The music hall also offers an on-site bistro and bar to serve patrons while watching the performance.
"The Celtic Tenors are just an amazing trio of blended voices. They sing uplifting songs of hope, love and joy," said Anita Daly, spokesperson for Daly Communications.
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Not a good day for Indy fans...
Really need that game on Tuesday night.
Also, Oklahoma City hit more jump shots in tonight's game than in an entire week's worth of practices.
Player of the game has to be 'Sual.
On the bright side, Pacers were over .500 on probably the toughest road trip anyone will see this year...and the Colts clinched the division/playoffs :P
No need to wallop
There is no Danny, only 'Sual.
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We had to watch a blowout in SD. Made it even worse
We looked out of gas and stunk. However, still a successful road trip. Paul George also had another very good game, a telling sign of a superstar, bringing it every night.
Neither team was competitive on the road against good competition.
To be honest, I'm not too worried about this blowout. We played 3 of the top Western Conference teams in probably the most brutal 5 game road trip. I'm proud of these guys to come out with only 2 losses, one being a very close one in Portland. They just need to remember that being #1 overall, EVERYBODY is giving us their best. This will build our character in the long run. That was maybe the hardest part of the schedule and we came out fine, IMO.
On a side note, all of our losses have been on a 2nd night of a back-to-back on the opponents floor.
It's a terrible loss, but don't take too much from this game. It's a tough back-to-back against 2 of the top teams in the West. Not that it's an excuse, but obviously it's hard to win on the road in a back-to-back against the tough teams of the West. Just give credit to the OKC Thunder for the lights out shooting that sealed the win for them.
When the backcourt sucks, the Pacers are very beatable. What's worse than missing the shots is not taking the shots, and Lance and Hill have been hesitant lately. It leads to broken plays or 3 second violations usually.
PG is damn good though, initially I was fearful of seeing the Durant is miles ahead of Paul thread starting, but then Paul had a good 2nd half. This was a worse case scenario because against OKC, the only huge advantage the Pacers have is Hibbert, and on a second of back to backs on the road, he just didn't have the energy needed.
Ibaka can slow West, Westbrook can clamp Hill, and Durant did good enough on Lance.
For me personally I don't put too much stock in back-to-back games especially on the road, it's something you will never ever see during the playoffs.
It was a bad sign when the Pacers TV people couldn't make it to the building.
"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."
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well, we went 3-2 on the toughest road trip we will face this season. beat the clips, jazz and spurs. lost those 2nd of back 2 backs against 2 of the 3 best teams in the west.
i saw several got a bit unhinged with tonight's game. i know i am likely wasting keystrokes here but, the season is LONG one. we won more than we lost on this trip. they just looked gassed out there..... almost as if they hadn't gotten rest and the other team did.
sure, it would have been nice to see a better performance but over the course of the season, there will be disappointing games and this was one.
remember folks, no matter how bad they beat us tonight, it was ONLY one loss and not some 10 game losing streak.
Begin by saying that this was a very successful road trip given the comp.
Just isolating this game, though, it would be nice to see some fire before halftime (i.e. before we're on the verge of being blown out). Both teams on back to backs, so no excuse there. You get everyone's best every night...and that's no excuse. If you want to be the top dog, you've got to accept getting everyone's top effort.
Now, time to go home, regroup, and take out the Heat.
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
-Emiliano Zapata
They are better defensively than I thought. Playing them on tired legs was difficult.
We just couldn't stay in their face. Always a half step slow on both ends of the court.
We love those threes too much and sometimes do not play to our strengths.
That's both team exhaustion, and inexperience by our ball handlers.
It takes a lot of extra effort to body up on both sides of the court.
A tired guy quickly convinces himself that an easy J is "just as good".
We need to always play inside out.
The depth, experience, and shooting, that Danny Granger brings will be a relief.
In addition to inside out (if that means throw in in the post first), we also need to be more aggressive early taking the ball to the rim some. Not an easy task against OKC, but I felt like that was even more ignored than the post up.
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
-Emiliano Zapata
That was an awful game, obviously. We have to put this game behind us and bounce back against Miami.
I consider the overall road trip to be a success but we have to hold serve at home for the trip to be an official success.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Yeah, let's just forget about the 49ers, Seahawks, Broncos, Spurs, Clippers,etc. Why do you do this to yourself?? No team is going to go 82-0, or no team 16 months after having the #1 pick in the NFL draft is going undefeated on the way to the Super Bowl. Why set up impossible expectations? The Colts are an extremely young team with a ton of holes that have unexpectedly won 19 games the last two years. The Pacers just lost their third game in game number 21. Things are good my friend. Slow down and enjoy it. It won't last forever.
I think the consensus was that going 3 & 3 on the road trip plus Miami would be a success. Now I just want 4 & 2 by taking down the Heat in a statement game. If I had to pick the second loss to be against the Thunder or the Spurs I would have picked the Thurnder. It's not a big deal.
I'll be stoked if I'm happy 18 out of 21 times, bet this thread has more posts than the SA post game which is sad, maybe I'll be wrong though.
"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."
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Schedule loss. Not much else I can say
I usually hate to say this, but I agree, the Southwest weather has been pretty bad the last 3-5 days.
"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."
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Meh. Pack it up, take it home, get ready for Miami. No excuses for bringing anything less than an A+ game vs the Heat now, that's for sure.


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Back in the 1990s, game/film tie-ins were big business. With rare exceptions, they were also usually cheap cash-ins that had very little in common with the film on which they were based and played worse than a 2 legged donkey with a concrete block around its neck.
Aladdin was an exception, showing what film licences could be if a bit of thought was put into them. It's true that in terms of basic gameplay, it's nothing special; essentially a bog standard 90s platform game set that uses locations from the film as a backdrop to the various levels. However, is not an issue because every other element of the game is so perfectly implemented that the lack of innovation is soon forgotten.
For a start, the game looks superb. The gorgeous cartoon-quality graphics make you feel like you are actually playing in the cartoon-film. The characters look incredible with fluid animation as they move across screen and plenty of character shown through some nice little touches. For example, leave Aladdin alone for a couple of minutes and he'll get bored, take an apple out of his pocket and start throwing and catching it. Stand just out of range of an enemy and he'll beckon aggressively to you, swiping his sword in your direction and shouting "COME ON!" to try and goad you into making a silly move. It's little touches like this that give the game real character and help it rise above its generic platform game origins.
Backgrounds, too, look incredible; superbly detailed with great use made of colour to really the capture the look and style of the animated movie on which it is based. They are colourful and bright and will instantly appeal to kids, yet the incredible attention to detail will also prove attractive for adults. For the most part, colour schemes work very well, allowing you to see both enemies and platforms clearly so there are few frustrations there. The only real exception is in the dungeon level, where the dark interior of the prison walls can make some things (particularly the small bats) difficult to spot. As a result, this is my least favourite level in the whole game and the only one that I am always glad to finish.
If Aladdin looks good, it sounds good too. Each level features a jolly tune that plays throughout. The first level tune in particular, really captures the spirit of the film by using a jolly arrangement of one of its songs. Other tunes have been specially created for the game but fit perfectly. On every single level, every single time you play you'll find yourself humming or whistling along to the game. This is how you use music in a game!
Sound effects are fairly standard platform game stuff, but work very well and the limited use of speech is also very effective. As already noted, enemies shout "Come On!" to try and goad you into attacking them, whilst Aladdin shouts out an excited "Yeah!" or "Wow!" when he picks up something like an extra life.
Controls also work very well. Aladdin comes from before the days when you needed 37 fingers and a manual 14 inches thick just to get through Level 1 and the simplicity of the controls works in the game's favour, allowing you to concentrate on having fun and getting through the levels, rather than having to remember which control you need to press next.
Outside of the standard movement controls, there are just three things about Aladdin you need to remember: one button makes you jump, one throws an apple and one swings your sword. You instantly pick up those controls on level one and you don't need to learn any new skills as you progress through the game.
Moreover, controls have been fine-tuned to within an inch of their lives. Aladdin himself is incredibly nimble and responsive, making it possible to achieve pixel-perfect leaps from platform to platform (an essential skill on later levels). Similarly, there's nothing more satisfying than sitting just out of reach of an enemy who swipes his sword ineffectually at you whilst you pick him off with one of your apple bombs.
The gameplay within Aladdin is perfectly balanced. It might not offer new but it is possibly the single greatest implementation of the platform game ever. Levels are superbly designed so that each time you play you get just that little bit further before you run out of lives. The smattering of extra lives that can be picked up (or won for every 100 apples you gain) means that you should have a fair stock of levels for when you reach the harder later levels (and you will need them). There's also a lot of variety amongst the different levels, so that whilst each one is essentially a platform-based affair, they feel quite different. Some levels, for example, require you to gradually work your way up the screen; others are a left-to-right affair.
The difficulty level is pitched so well that it is a fun (if not taxing) challenge for experienced gamers, but easy enough so that kids can enjoy playing the favourite animated film. Aladdin was fairly generous in terms the location and frequency of re-start points so that when you die, you don't have to repeat large areas of the game that you have already done. For the most part, enemies don't respawn once you've killed them and they are in the same place each time you play, so you can soon learn where they are and use that knowledge to plan ahead.
It's true the game suffers slightly from those unfair elements that used to plague 90s games: platforms which crumble from under you with no warning and send you crumbling to your death, for example. However, the game doesn't really too much on these unfair tactics and the rest of the game is so good that you could forgive the odd slip-up.
Surprisingly Aladdin has a lot of long-term appeal. It's actually pretty easy to complete and most experienced gamers will have worked their way through it in no time at all, and even average players will not be far behind them. Unlike most modern games, there's no high scores to beat or hidden achievements to uncover so once you've beaten it, you seen everything it has to offer. Yet, it's such fun to play that I keep coming back to it again and again. I've beaten it dozens of times now and could probably almost do it with my eyes closed so it doesn't exactly hold a great challenge. However, since Aladdin perfectly captures the whole point of computer games (sheer, unadulterated fun), that's irrelevant.
One mild criticism (and this is true of many 90s console games) is that there is no Save option. You have to complete the whole thing in the one sitting, because as soon as you switch your console off, your progress is lost and the next time you play you start again from Level 1.
Aladdin might not be the most innovative game in the world, but it is the perfect example of the platform game. Everything about it - the graphics, the sound, the controls and the gameplay - are so just so spot on that it is a dream to play. This is how you should treat game/film licences. Aladdin might be 20 years old now, but it doesn't look it. There are few games from the 90s which I still play on a regular basis. Aladdin is very definitely one of them.
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Ronnie O'Sullivan has ended his sabbatical from snooker and will defend his world title in Sheffield this year, the Essex potter has announced.
O'Sullivan said in November that he would not compete for the rest of the season, ruling out another crack at the World Championship this year, but he performed a U-turn on Tuesday.
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NBC was really good at NBA coverage...I miss them
If NBA was covered by NBC and TNT only, that would bring in a LOT more viewers
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
Yeah, I like that music also.
Super Bowl XLI Champions
2000 Eastern Conference Champions
I miss that too. Thank the good lord for winmix.Originally Posted by vapacersfan
As long as ESPN doesn't cover the finals I will be happy.
Hire all of TNT's crew?
I really wanted them to spend more time on past game 7 NBA finals, but you could tell they were just squeezing that in between commercials.
No, just fire everyone from ESPN.Originally Posted by Mr.ThunderMakeR
It's a good idea.
But why in the world would the NBA support this if they could put it out on DVD and make more money?
*Sits back and listen to the NBA on NBC song repeatedly.*Originally Posted by vapacersfan
I love ABC. I wouldn't be able to hear my boy Stuart Scott on NBC. Booya, where else could I hear about Big Ben's momma, conversations in elevators and other hype. Booya.
Sorry, I didn't know advertising was illegal here. Someone call the cops!
I thought ABC's pregame feature on game 7's with Bill Russell was pretty good
It felt rushed and incomplete to me. Like they couldn't get to the commercial break fast enough.Originally Posted by Unclebuck
Originally Posted by Harmonica
You have to grade ABC on a curve
Perhaps, but they were all over the place. It wasn't even that cohesive. But I did enjoy the bit about "The Undertaker."Originally Posted by Unclebuck
"Bill, why do you always arrive to a game 7 in a black suit?" "Because I'm the undertaker we're going to go out there and bury 'em."
There's nothing better than some John Tesh and the London Symphony Orchestra.


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Club confirms date for next Bring a Mate match
4:49pm Wednesday 1st January 2014
By Andrew Simpson
4:49pm Wednesday 1st January 2014
By Andrew Simpson
1874 NORTHWICH supporters will be encouraged to watch with a friend who hasn't seen the team play previously when Eccleshall visit Barton Stadium this month.
The club plans to run again its popular Bring a Mate initiative, which attracted a bumper crowd when tried for the first time earlier this season.
Phil Burgess, an 1874 fan, came up with the idea.
And after 541 people watched Ian Street's men play Formby in September, it was hailed as a huge success.
Usual admission prices apply, that is £5 for adults and £3 for concessions. Children under 12 can enter for free.
Eccleshall are due for a Division One encounter on Saturday, January 25, kick off 3pm.
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When Concord Township resident Karen Goryance and her family first moved into their home at 12626 Girdled Road their well water flowed at about 3 gallons per minute.
But during the past few years the water flow slowed and now trickles in at about a half gallon per minute, Goryance said. Also, the water is full of iron and mud and there often isn't enough available in the reserve tank to do household tasks like laundry.
An elaborate filter system in the basement is in place, but the water doesn't taste good enough to drink and an inline filter usually lasts a few days before it turns black.
Drinking bottled water is standard procedure and the family also purchases city water in bulk from a local facility, where they fill up large jugs and haul them home to their garage.
Other neighbors experience similar problems as their wells have begun to dry up, too.
She asked a contractor about drilling a new well on her property.
"Their answer was keep your money," Goryance said.
Getting neighbors to agree
She joined with her neighbor Judy Simmons to petition the county to install waterlines on Girdled Road from Cascade Road west toward Concord-Hambden Road. The project would involve 10,461 feet of frontage.
"Our well situation has gotten very critical over the last five years and we've all petitioned to get a waterline through," Goryance said.
Lake County commissioners' policy for more than a decade is to have at least owners representing 75 percent of the land agree to sign a waterline petition to begin the process, said Randy Rothlisberger, Lake County Utilities Department's director of water systems.
The main reason for that high percentage is because the county assumes a risk to conduct engineering studies that have to be paid for upfront even before an installation project would begin, Rothlisberger said. The initial 75 percent provides a cushion in case some property owners change their minds.
After a tentative property assessment is generated from the study, commissioners conduct a formal public hearing where residents can say whether they are for or against the project.
If 50 percent or more are still in support the project commissioners usually move it forward, Rothlisberger said.
He cited a project on Route 86 about 10 to 12 years ago -- prior to the 75 percent petition participation requirement -- that cost the county about $100,000 to study. After residents learned of their potential cost, the project was voted down by the residents and the county was stuck with the bill.
Rothlisberger has told Girdled Road residents after they turned in the petition that his preliminary estimate indicated it may cost the property owners about $65 per foot of frontage and that number could vary up or down based on what a completed engineering study determined the tentative assessment rate to be.
It is not uncommon during the petition process for residents to decide against waterline installation once they learn about a preliminary estimated costs.
"For every three petitions I send out when people call asking for them, only about one goes through," Rothlisberger said.
County and township officials have worked with the Girdled Road residents on the potential project but it seems to have hit a snag for some like the Goryances.
That's because property owners who own 6,373 feet of frontage -- or just 61 percent -- currently want to see the project go forward with the design/engineer study, Rothlisberger said.
According to his informal $65 per foot estimate, it would cost the Goryance family $12,719 based on 195.69 feet of frontage -- a cost they are very willing to pay as an property tax assessment spread out for 20 years.
But not everyone shares that view and the more property an owner has gives them greater leverage in the petition process.
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History owns property in the area and did not sign the petition. Its land has 1,476.33 feet of frontage and would cost an estimated $95,961 based on $65 per foot.
Another property owner near the Goryance family, who did not sign the petition, has a vacant parcel with 1,123 feet of frontage and would be faced with an estimated cost $73,026.
"That's what the commissioners have to weigh," Rothlisberger said. "(Are we) going to make someone pay $73,000 for something they don't want and the Natural History Museum would have to pay close to $100,000."
Reaching a solution
Concord Township Administrator Lee Bodnar said he spoke with museum officials about the potential for the organization to change its mind.
Bodnar said they told him it would be difficult to raise the money necessary for something that doesn't fit with its mission.
"As a not-for-profit agency, they don't have the monies to put in there and they have no plans to speak with future developers," Bodnar said. "They want to keep it in a preserved state."
A potentially shorter project that would start at Concord-Hambden Road and run east on Girdled Road would contain about 2,000 feet of frontage, Rothlisberger said. So far, 78 percent of those property owners have agreed to proceed and a stakeholders meeting is slated to be scheduled sometime later this month.
Goryance is happy for those neighbors, but the project would stop just about 1,200 feet west of her home. She wishes the county would move forward despite the 75 percent requirement.
"It's not like I'm asking them to run a line 20 miles," she said.
Another option for the Girdled Road residents to consider is to hire a private contractor to design, engineer and install the water lines, Rothlisberger said.
When done privately there are fewer hoops to jump through and could be less expensive overall, but typically money to compete the project is needed upfront and that's the biggest drawback for a property owner who might need to take out a loan if they didn't have the cash, he said.
The county can assist these residents who would pay for the private project initially by helping to collect from future property owners who would tap-in to the project.
Those future payments would then be reimbursed on a per share basis to the property owners who originally financed the project.
"We'll still review the plans and monitor it because we're going to operate the system," Rothlisberger said. "It happens a lot with developers."
Goryance said she'd be willing to spend the amount for a private contractor, but she doesn't believe a lot of other neighbors would.
If their efforts aren't successful, then she may consider having a monthly service deliver water to their home.
"If the water doesn't come through, what we're actually thinking of doing -- especially since we're spending $500 a year getting our water cleaned -- is we're going to close the well down, get a 1,000-gallon tank and bury it in the ground," she said.


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"The Elite Arrives"...
Warner Home Video shares with us the first official animated clip for SUPERMAN VS. THE ELITE, a DC Comics Premiere Movie coming June 12, 2012.
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Superman vs. The Elite, a DC Comics Premiere Movie, is produced by Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Home Video. The all-new, PG-13 rated film is scripted by award-winning comics writer Joe Kelly and the story is adapted from his original 2001 DC Comics release, "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice and the American Way?"
In Superman vs. The Elite, Superman's effectiveness as a super hero comes into question when a new group of super powerful crusaders, known as "The Elite," appear on the scene. As super heroes, the Elite know no bounds, and are more than willing to kill, even on a massive scale, to stop villainy - putting them on a collision course with the ever-ethical, yet preferably non lethal Man of Steel.
George Newbern (Father of the Bride) reprises his Justice League animated television role as Superman, and primetime television star Pauley Perrette (NCIS) provides the voice of Lois Lane. Downes steps in as Manchester Black, leader of The Elite. David Kaufman (Justice League: Doom) also reprises his Justice League TV series role as Jimmy Olsen.
The film is directed by Michael Chang (Batman: Brave and the Bold). Bruce Timm (Batman: Year One) is executive producer, and Alan Burnett (Green Lantern: Emerald Knights) is producer.
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Jennifer Lopez loves to play with her look– from headwraps to sculpted updos– but she can always be counted on for flawless makeup. So, we can't figure out what went awry at the Children's Hospital Benefit this Saturday night in LA. Her lipstick is too light and pink for her bronzed skin, and the green eyeshadow/spiky lashes seem better suited for a Halloween costume than for a black tie gala. We are still loving the chocolate locks though. Tell us: What do you think of J. LO's makeup? Garish or gorgeous?
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'The Amazing Race' Recap: Berlinsanity
I don't know about you guys, but I just really want to drive a 2013 Ford Fusion right now. For starters? It has a turbo-charged eco-boost engine that gives you power AND great mileage. Usually you get one of those, but two — pinch me, I'm dreaming! And we haven't even talked about the media console, which handles navigation, incoming texts, and music selection. You so often hear the expression "the future is now" without knowing exactly what it means, but I get it when I consider it in light of the Ford Fusion. Why, I'd race extra hard on a leg that featured one of these killer automobiles as a prize…
Still with us? Sorry about that — these recaps have to make money for Hollywood.com somehow. Last night's leg of The Amazing Race saw teams bopping around Berlin, Germany, as they did very German things and tried to remember super-easy trivia questions. That was about it! No one got hurt. No one fell too far behind. No one was even eliminated (Mona and Beth benefited from a non-elimination round). Life was good in Berlin, Phil's proclaimed "hippest city in the world." So let's ease into it with the cool composure you'd expect from the biggest collection of David Hasselhoff fans on the planet.
Hotheads almost never make it all the way on this show. Sure, rampant aggression gets some teams very, very far…but it's always pretty unsustainable, weaving misery for the people behind it and sometimes causing some unsavory (and costly) blowups or mistakes. I say this to highlight what a great time Anthony and Bates are — two guys who played, ironically, one of the more agro sports out there but have so far taken a pretty measured approach to Race. Bates, the overgrown puppy dog of the two, somehow had his bag stolen on the train. Did he flip out? (I would have!) Sink into depression? No — dude laughed it off, accounted for his passport, and moved on. (And in the process got to flirt more with Caroline. "Do you want some women's underwear?" she asked. Cool it sister, you guys aren't even in Berlin yet.)
That same "what will be, will be" attitude got the duo through an off leg, two, as they were forced to scrap their chosen Detour and start over with the other. "Font Follies," the more blindingly European of the two tasks, involved carrying a giant neon letter from a city square to the Museum of Letters. All the letters were there — a, b, c, d, e, f, g, and so on — in what gave the impression of a futuristic glowing letter garden, neon red and yellow pulsating in the darkness. UNTZ UNTZ UNTZ. Pretty straight-forward task that literally just required teams to walk from point A to point B, albeit awkwardly, but any damage to your letter forced a restart. Bates was too busy chatting up Caroline when his hit the ground and chipped.
Off to the other Detour: "Train Trials," in which teams had to assemble a toy train track and successfully guide their train through one full lap. Joey and Meghan had little trouble with it. Bates and Anthony on the other hand took 7, 8, 9 attempts to get through. Hopefully they were treated to the same "crashing train" graphic that us viewers at home got every time things went awry!
Last week's previews would have had you believe that modified base-jumping from the roof of the Park Inn Hotel was this week's BIG CHALLENGE, but please — those dizzying heights were just a smokescreen for the real thing. Let me ask you a question: do you like tiny rooms filled with skulls? Dolls staring at you with or without eyes? Garbage? Discordant electronic music? Claustrophobia? Grimm's fairy tales art designed like a Saw movie? Then man, you're in LUCK watching the Road Block teams faced: navigating a truly unnerving labyrinth/fun house to find a clue buried within. "It's like Legends of the Hidden Temple, but bad," noted Katie. Hard to say whether psychotropic drugs would have rendered the maze more or less palatable. Can you imagine Phil saying "contestants will now drop a predetermined amount of ecstasy in order to navigate a horrific real-world nightmare-scape." I already watch this show, but I'd really watch that show.
Like we noted above, everybody made it through. Max & Katie quicker than anyone, the first to arrive at the Pit Stop. Bates & Anthony and Mona & Beth brought up the rear. Physically, Bates & Anthony are arguably the biggest threat remaining — in a foot race, as we saw last night, they'd easily take down any of the other teams. But the five teams still racing each seem to (mostly) have it together, any one of them capable of winning the million dollars. Which, if they're smart, they'd spend on a pair of 2013 Ford Focuses. $$$$
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Yep, because when white people get together, that's all we do is incite hatred towards black people.Yes, it is extremely fair to say. When you have someone who is as white as the snow she lives in, gets up in front of a crowd who is just as white, shouting things like "He's not like us", "He pals around with terrorists" and then does NOTHING when the crowd starts shouting "Kill Him"...then he!! yes, its fair. What's worse about this situation is that there was a plot to kill 102 MORE BLACK people. 102 more, and there is NO mention of how wrong that is?Are you serious? Is that even remotely fair to say? These were two white supremacists who would have acted like this regardless of who Obama was running against. This is not his first assassination plot either. There are a lot of crazy people out there.It was bound to happen.
And, still, Palin was out on the stump again today, stirring up hatred, using her racist "code" words, and the crowd was in it's usual hate frenzy shouting hate, which she didn't try to calm down. I think she gets a special thrill out of stirring up hatred.
And like BB said, the McCain & Palin were all about calling and "comforting" the "poor white woman attacked by the big scary black man"....but have NOTHING to say when it is the other way around and on a MUCH larger scale. Without speaking about it, it is almost like they condone it.(Kinda like when Bush "condoned" the actions of those attacking the Dixie Chicks several years ago)
I'm appalled by the plans to assassinate Obama it makes me sick and very sad that in this day and age, people are still that stupid. But I do think with or without McCain & Palin, these crazies would have tried something anyways. White supremacists don't need anyone to get them riled up, they already have their agenda.


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Police in Melksham are urging residents to take precautions before going on holiday, after a number of empty properties in the town were broken into.
Thieves broke into a bungalow on Sherwood Avenue while the occupants were away.
They entered through a back bedroom window at some point between May 22 and 29, stealing £160 cash and a wedding ring.
Last week a house on Greenwood Road was also targeted by thieves while the occupants were away.
PC Emily Thomas of the Melksham Neighbourhood Policing Team said: "If you are going to be away from home you can use timers for lights and radios to create the impression someone is home, and make sure to cancel regular deliveries such as milk and newspapers.
"You can also ask a relative or trusted neighbour to pop in and move post away from your door, and it might help to offer a neighbour the use of your driveway."
See the NPT's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/MelkshamNeighbourhoodPolicingTeam for more safety advice, and anyone with information about any of the break-ins is asked to call 101.


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SEAN Dyche had to pause for laughter.
He was trying to answer a question about his highlight of the season, and it was put it to him that Burnley's 2-1 win over arch-rivals Blackburn in March was a strong contender.
The thousands of Clarets fans assembled outside the town hall answered it for him.
And while the victory chant may have turned the air blue for any broadcasters present, this was definitely a claret and blue day.
The club's colours were proudly displayed the length and breadth of Manchester Road; on shirts, flags, scarves, balloons and faces.
There was even a dog proudly sporting a Clarets jersey, probably wondering what all the fuss was about.
But this was an occasion worth savouring.
The Twittersphere may have scoffed at the idea of an open-top bus parade for a team that finished second in the Championship, but this squad's achievement is one worth heralding. "If you'd have told me at the start of the season that we'd be having a promotion parade, I'd have asked what you were drinking," said Turf Moor season ticket-holder Gareth Murphy.
The 36-year-old recalled similar scenes in the town centre in 1994, when the club was promoted to the old Division One following a play-off victory against Stockport County.
"The bus definitely broke the 30mph limit that day. Blink and you'd missed it. Today has been a good day out. It's exactly how you want to end your season. We couldn't have dreamt of this at the start of the season.
"I think we're better equipped to say up than last time. We've got a team that will work together for each other." Mr Murphy, from Nelson, managed to access the first floor of a Manchester Road business to get a premier view of the bus.
Others clambered upon window ledges, bins, lights and railings - whatever they could to get a glimpse of their heroes. Some of those present weren't even born the last time the Clarets were in the Premier League.
Little Lowerhouse lad Noah Drury, two, had somehow fallen asleep on his dad's shoulders. Goodness knows how.
The diehards outside the town hall were going through their full repertoire of songs, with a tune for almost every player.
The outgoing Mayor of Burnley, Coun Frank Cant, barely got a word in as the jubilant crowd demanded to see Clarets boss Sean Dyche.
"Sean Dyche has made all the difference," reckoned Steven Blake, from Rosehill, who turned up with his whole family.
"We're looking forward to going to some Premier League grounds next year," he added. Fresh from a civic reception from the town's political leaders, the Burnley squad were introduced one by one to the sea of supporters.
As Ross Wallace pondered the Clarets' chances in the top flight, one excitable fan yelled out: "We're going to win it."
And while that may have been tongue-in-cheek, there was a real optimism about Burnley town centre yesterday.
Gordon Renton, 44, was one of three generations of his family in attendance, along with his daughter, Sarah, and her son Ryan Hancock.
Mr Renton, from the Stoops estate, said: "They have done really well, especially with such a small squad. It's been great for the whole town and the community spirit.
"I'm glad there's been such a good turnout today because they deserve it." The crowd's biggest cheers were reserved for top scorer Danny Ings and captain Jason Shackell.
Injured striker Sam Vokes briefly abandoned his crutches to salute the street. Once the players had milked their applause, the club's directors emerged to hold aloft the Championship runners-up trophy in front of the rapturous supporters.
There was a 40 minute wait until the open-top bus set off, which gave the crowd time to disperse along the route to Turf Moor.
Despite a healthy police presence, and the town's pubs taking full advantage of the surge in Sunday trade, there was no trouble at all as the crowd danced alongside the bus when it finally turned out of Hargreaves Street into Manchester Road.
What followed was a surge of Clarets fans through the pedestrianised area of St James' Street, eager to arrive at the Yorkshire Street roundabout in time to get a second view of the bus.
As it crept along Centenary Way at walking pace, hundreds more fans followed it up the dual carriageway.
By the time it had reached Harry Potts Way, the bus was surrounded by thousands of people. The scenes were evidence of a town in a state of pure ecstasy, fit to rival any match day march to the stadium.
Fans shouted at the players for attention, bellowing over the din of horns to ask them to pose for pictures.
In return, the players filmed the fans, keen to create a keepsake of the day. Outside Turf Moor, the party was well underway.
At one point, the squad even joined in with the fans' vocal tribute to Ings and Vokes.
Red-haired Emily Evans, seven, was stood with her home-made tribute to Sean Dyche, which read: 'This ginger loves the ginger Mourinho.' "The fame against Wigan when we got promoted was her first game." explained her dad Nick, from Harle Syke.
Burnley fans will be hoping she brings similar good luck to Turf Moor next year.


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That's significant... it's always been a major hole in his game. He can hit from three, or hit a layup/dunk, but not much in between.
With a decent midrange game, he could really help in the frontcourt rotation.
One thing's for sure, though: I don't want Austin (or Bender) spending a single minute at the 3. If Artest isn't there, then Jackson should be. We want those backcourt minutes for Freddy whenever possible.