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- No on the day pressure to purchase expensive accident damage waiver at registration. The price you see is the price you pay
- Thruxton is the fastest race track in the UK and a fully licensed FIA venue - not a disused airfield.
- No 70mph speed limits or numerous "cone chicanes" to keep the speed artificially slow
- The latest models from Ferrari, Lamborghini and Aston Martin
- You drive on the full 2.4 mile circuit as used by the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) and other top class championships plus we have all the expected venue spectator facilities
We want to substantially raise the game of driving days and driving experiences in the UK - to give our customers the best choice and best value for money driving experiences on a proper licenced race circuit in the UK, in a fleet of amazing supercars and racing cars
Circuit Length
Thruxton circuit the fastest in the country with legendary high speed corners and a reputation as a real driver's circuit. It is also one of the longest in the UK at 2.4 miles per lap - something to consider when comparing us with our competitors!
Like many race circuits Thruxton was originally a wartime airfield. Commissioned in 1941 the airfield was host to both the RAF and USAF and played a major part in the D-Day landings.
In 1968 a new layout ignored the old runways and followed the lines of the perimeter road with the inclusion of the chicane and further round the track three corners in quick succession.
Thruxton has seen all our recent Formula 1 drivers' race regularly at the track at some time in their career. In 1993 Damon Hill Formula One world champion drove a demonstration run in the Williams FW15C, recording an incredible 57.6 second lap of the 2.4 mile circuit, an average speed of 147.25 mph. It is now the high speed rounds of the British Touring car championship and superbikes that regularly bring in capacity crowds.
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We aim to always have the latest supercars from Ferrari, Lamborghini, Audi and Aston Martin for our driving days and driving experiences. To maintain this standard we've already placed orders for the respective replacement models whenever they go into production - this ensures our customers can drive the latest and best supercars the moment they're released. Nowhere else in the UK will the Ferrari 458 Spider, Lamborghini Aventador Roadster and Porsche Cayman be available to drive on a proper licenced race circuit.
Company History
Thruxton Motorsport Centre [formally Ian Taylor Racing Drivers School] was founded over thirty years ago. We are the longest established driving experience company in the UK and offer the widest range of cars to drive on a proper race circuit.
Owned by the largest organiser of race meetings in the UK (The BARC) the company has seen continual investment to ensure our customers always drive the best machinery available and experience the best day possible.
Besides operating our own events at Thruxton we are also employed by many motor manufacturers to help operate and provide instructors for their prospecting and training driving programme at race circuits and other driving venues across the UK.
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- We have over 30 years' experience operating driving days and experiences
- Buying direct from us means cutting out 'the middle man' (agencies) and saving money
- We don't use an airfield for our driving experiences (driving up and down a disused runway)
- We use the full Thruxton race circuit, 2.4 miles per lap - one of the longest circuits in the UK
- Thruxton is the fastest circuit in the UK
- We change our newest model supercars at least once a year, so our customers always drive cars in showroom condition
- We offer weekday and weekend dates to customers who buy direct. We also allow our customers greater flexibility if they need to move/change the date
- We don't have a complicated call centre, our office is based at Thruxton so our customers can always speak to the same member of staff - and our staff are always happy to help!
- We are located just outside Andover (near Stonehenge) only 1 hour from London Heathrow, 40 minutes from Southampton, 1 hour 30 minutes from Bristol and Birmingham
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The mayor and members of the Holbrook City Council heard from representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and the Navajo County Historical Society regarding their prospective budgets on May 24.
While neither entity proposed any real changes from this year, there were some suggestions for change made by City Manager Ray Alley.
The lodgers tax for 2011-12 is estimated to be slightly lower than this fiscal year at $154,780. The suggestions for change in allocating those funds included the removal of $49,995 for employee wages and benefits that are being paid for a city employee to man the visitors center desk in the historic courthouse and instead allocating $18,000 for the historical society to hire an employee for that same position. The historical society will also receive $10,800 for operations, the same amount as this year, for a total allocation of $28,800.
The remaining $31,995 from that salary amount would be reduced to $27,536 and used to pay $23,836 for a chamber office administrator four days a week, $2,500 for event insurance and a $1,200 annual fee for a monthly maintenance contract for the marquee on the corner of Hopi Drive and Navajo Blvd. An additional amount of $26,000 would also be made to the chamber, which was the same amount as this year, bringing its total lodgers tax allocation to $53,536.
The Navajo County Fair Board will once again receive $40,000.
For the courthouse, $16,000 would be budgeted for utilities, and $4,000 for repairs and maintenance. There would be $3,500 for materials and supplies, $3,094 contingency for possible courthouse repairs, $3,000 for advertising, $1,500 for public relations, $700 for professional and consulting services, and $500 for mailing and freight, with $150 allocated for contract services.
When Alley presented the changes, the historical society indicated its support for those items presented.
Chamber President Yvonne Larson stated that since the information was just presented to her, the chamber board would need to review the changes for approval. Board members were slated to convene on May 31 to discuss their budget, but their decision was not available at press time.
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Michelle's health guru warns clock ticking on our obesity crisis
MICHELLE Obama's health guru has urged every Irish government minister to look at what they can do to tackle Ireland's growing obesity crisis.
Robin Schepper, who set up the US first lady's 'Let's Move' campaign, said that the economic costs of obesity must be stressed to persuade policy makers of the urgency of taking steps to reduce it.
Over 60pc of Irish adults are now overweight or obese as are one-in-four preschool children.
Ms Schepper told a Nutrition and Health Foundation seminar in Dublin of the massive health costs of obesity.
It has even become a national security issue in the United States as 27pc of potential recruits to the US military are too overweight to join and thousands have to leave the armed forces each year because they fail fitness tests.
Ms Schepper said that many soldiers had been unable to perform their daily fitness drills because they were eating doughnuts for breakfast, but measures to provide healthier food at bases had proven highly successful.
Stressing that nutritious foods were better "performance fuel" had worked with them because 19-year-olds didn't really care about long-term health but were keen to perform better athletically, she said.
Ms Schepper said that Ireland could learn lessons from the US including the need to get key decision makers on board.
Every government minister should be asked what they could do to tackle obesity.
This included measures to provide healthier environments such as putting in cycle paths and footpaths, as this enabled people to get active, she said.
It made sense to stress the economic costs of obesity including the massive healthcare bill, lost productivity at work and academic underachievement to get through to those who were conservative on the need for state action to tackle it.
Michelle Obama's 'Lets Move' campaign had been very successful in using celebrities such as Beyonce and sporting stars to champion the healthy living message, she said.
On a personal level parents needed to be role models to their children and people should encourage relatives and friends to make healthy choices.
She said the US had moved from the confusing food pyramid as a system of nutrition advice to a simpler to understand "food plate" guide in 2011.
There was no magic bullet to tackle obesity as it had taken 30 years to get to the current situation and it would probably take 30 more to reverse it, but prevention was crucial Ms Schepper said.
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Khanak pacing up and down in her room '.wo koon tha our kya sach main ada kee halat theek nain hai ' gopi ko phone kartee hoon 'she tried calling but couldn't get through ' she got worried and strange feeling came to her heart'. Mujey jana chayeee' agar ada ko kuch hoo gaya to....nain nain main ada ko kuch nain honey doon gee ' she starts packing '.
In office 'shantanu suddenly felt some fear in his heart ' oh god what is this feeling '.. mujey kuch darr lagraha hai' khanak ko tu kuch ..nain nain ..main kya soch raha hoon 'lakin mujey kuch khooney ka daar kyun lag raha hai .. khanak koo phone kar leytaa hoon '
Khanak: mujey kuch ajeeb laga raha hai ..kuch khooney ka daar 'lakin kya '.janay sey phelay shantanu ko phone kar deytee hoon '.she dialed his number but phone was busy'.on the other side shantanu was calling her and phone was busy'they both were calling at the same time '.
Khanak : yeh phone nain lag raha 'abb kya karonn. ..hmm ..she goes towards her bed ' write something on a piece of paper with a red rose and kept it on the side table '. picked her bag and walked out of her room'.
Mdhvii: khanak joo driver tumhara wait kar raha hai ' khanak walked to the door' she felt a tug on her dupatta ..she turned and it was stuck to the door handle ..she pulled the dupatta and looks at the house for one last time and walked out'.
Shantanu: phone nain lagraha ' damn it yaar' main ghar ja kar dektha hoon kay khanak to theek hai .. he was about to leave when sunil called him to his office..shantanu hit his fist on the table and walked out
Madhvi and kushboo were laughing and high five each other 'plan successful '.
Shantanu wasn't much into what sunil was saying in the meeting room .. he kept thinking about khanak and continuously looked at his watch 'sunil noticed his behavior and saw that something was bothering his son .. he called shantanu and tell him to leave because he's not looking fine ' shantanu mouthed sorry and thank you dad and left '.
Shantanu on the road'.something is definitely wrong I can feel it '.kuch to galt honey wala hai 'he kept honking 'to get out the traffic 'he hits his hand on the steering..damn this traffic '
Finally he reached home 'and ran inside 'he saw his mom sitting in living room 'she saw her son running with heavy breath ..shantanu beta sab theek tu hai na'han mom sab theek hai 'lakin kya ghar per sab theek hai'he was looking for khanak '.mom: han bte ghar per to sab theek hai' he ran upstairs calling khanak's name '.
Shantanu: walking downstair 'mom app ney khanak ko dekha hai kya ' wo apne kamray main nain hai '.she looked down '.shantanu felt fear'mom plz boliye khanak kahan hai 'mom plz'.say something '.
Mom: wo bte wo khanak ghar chor kar hamesha kay liye dhulwadi chalee gayee hai '
Shantanu: felt his world crashing ' khanak ghar chor kar'.lakin kyun '.
Mom: pata nain bte 'wo jatey jatey bole kay mere yahan koi kaam nain hai our our yeh bhi kay wo tumharay saath nain rehana chatee'.
Shantanu: mere saath nain 'wo mujey ..apne shantanu ko chor kar chalee gayeee ..nain aisa nain hoo sakta 'I don't believe this 'I don't believe this '.and walked to his room '
Khanak mujey chor kar chalee gaye'wo asey kasey chalee gaye ..mujey bataya nain 'nain kuch to garbar hai ..wo mujey pyaar katee hai 'wo khud yeh zindgi chatee thi tu phir achanak kya howa '. His eyes fell on her photo on the side table ...and notice a paper with red rose' he picked it up'. SORRY'.was written on the paper'
Shantanu was confused.. Sorry our red rose 'aiska kya matlab howa '. Wo sorry kyun bol rahee hai..our yeh phool 'a tear dropped from his eye'walked toward the window'looking at the moon '.oh god 'koi pyaar kyun karta hai '.app ney pyaar main itna dard kyun likha hai '.pyaar main dard kyun hota hai 'kyun pyaar kiya our kyun dard liye 'why 'and slides down the wall and sat there in the dark '.
After a while , again looked at the paper and the rose'suddenly he spotted a small piece of paper all crumpled up ..he picked it up and opened it'it was 10 rupes note ..he was shocked to see it in their room ' aisa ka matlab hai khanak key pass tha yeh note'lakin us ney mujey nain bataya ..wo tu ais kagaz ka apne kismet ka kagaz mantii thi ..phir bhi wo mujey chor kar chalee gayee' kismat ney aik ishaara tu diya hai phir bhi wo chalee gaye '..
He looked at the paper and the rose again then at the 10 rupee note 'kuch to matlab hai in sab cheezon ka 'is rose ka'is note ka ' lakin kya '.mujey pata karna hoo ga ' he got up and quietly walked out of his room to settle his mind 'but as he passed by his mom's room..his steps were frozen to the spot and felt being hit by a lightning bolt '.
Kushboo: thank god 'mom wo gawar ais ghar sey hamesha ke liye chalee gaye '.. wasey mom app ka plan kam kar gaya .. Our us gawar ko ham per shak bhi nain howa'ur genius mom '.
Mom: han kushboo' wo becharee to yeh bhi nain jantee kay wo phone call hamharey khaney par aya tha'usey kya laga kay main haar mann loon gaye '.wo letter switching wali baat kartey howee us ney humey dekh liye thi'..main tu darr gaee thi kay wo yeh baat shantanu ko bata deygee ..per nain ..us ney aisa kuch nain kiya 'main bhi chup thi main ney bhi usey yeh pata nain chalney diya kay main ney usey dekh liya tha'.wo KFD chalee thii apnee zindgi kay sapney dekney wo bhi mere bte ke saath .. per wo yeh nahi jantee kay madivi khandalwal ki DIL bana itna asaan kaam nain hai '.
Shantanu felt tears in his eyes'..mere mom ney aisa liya '.i don't believe this ' he walked in the room 'Kushboo saw shaan at the door and was rooted to the ground 'Madhvi saw her like this and turned 'she was dumbstruck 'shantanu'he raised his hand to stop her '
Shantanu : mom app ney yeh sab ..but why mom 'kyun kiya aisa '. koi ma apne bte ki khushiyoon ke dushman kasey hoo saktee hai'. Kyun 'tears rolling down on his cheeks'
Mom: shantanu bte meri baat tu suno
Shantanu: nahi mom'jo sunna tha wo main ney sun liye hai '.app ney wo letter switch kiya ..app ney Natasha ko wahan beja ..our main becharee khanak ko saza deta raha 'our wo bina kuch kahey sab sahtee rahii'app apne bte ko takleef main dekhtee raheen par kuch nahi kaha'.
Mom: bte main jantee hoon ..tum khanak sey pyaar nain kartee..wo sirf aik attraction tha ..sirf infatuation nothing else'.
Shantanu: han mom app ney bikul theek kaha..ye aik infatuation tha par khanak key liye nain mom Natasha ke liye ' khanak se pyaar kiya hai mainey '.jantee han kyun 'kyun kay jab khanak ghar chor kar gayee thii to mujey dard howa tha ..buhat dard kasee kay khoo denay ka dard 'lakin jab Natasha chor kar gayee the..tab asa kuch feel nahi kiya main ney kuch nain '.bas bura laga tha aik dost key liye '.
Our mom app jantii hain ..app pyaar usey kartey hain jiss kay liye dard hoo..usey khoo deney ka dard '.jis insaan ki dhoriii app ko tarpayee..us sey pyaar hota hai '.jis insaan ki aik hasii kay liye app kuch bhi karney ko tayar hoo..us sey app pyaar kartey hoo'.jis insaan ka dard app mehsoos karoo 'usey chot lagney par app ko dard hoo'.usey pyaar kehtay hain mom'our yeh sab main ney khanak key liye feel kiya ai mom 'lakin app to apne bte ko samj nain paieee tu app pyaar ko kya samjgeen '.
Our mom jantii hain 'khanak ney khabi kesay kay liye bhura nain socha ..wo to khud chatee thi ki main Natasha key saath shadi karoonn..lakin us kya kasoor agar mujey us sey pyaar ho gaya hai 'agar main apni puri life us kay saath spend karna chata hoon '.our yeh baat main ney Natasha ko bata dee hai ..or wo bhi mere liye khush hai 'agar Natasha mere liye khush hai tu mom app kyun nahi 'kyun nahii mom '.
our bhabii app ney mere saath aisa kiye woo theek hai 'lakin apne bhen kay saath bhi 'kya app chatee hain Natasha aik asey insaan kay saath rehay jo usey khabi pyaar nain kar payeega 'kushboo for the first time felt bad for what she did '.
Shantanu walked out from there to his room'.he puts his hand through his hair and signs heavily'main janta tha kay meri khanak mujey khabi chor kar nain jasktee'wo to khud mujsey pyaar kartii hai'.he walked toward her photo on the side table'hmm tu madam ko mujey pheliyan boojaney main maza ata hai 'yeh sorry or phoool ' lakin madam tum mujey jetna burthal samjthi hoo main outa hoon nain ok'..ab samja kay ..sorry ais liye kyun ko tum mujey bata ka nain gaye . our yeh phool ais liye because u love me'.hmm khanak tum say baat karney ka bhuhat maan hoo raha hain'aaj mujey apne mom ki planning kay baray main pata chala '
Tum yeh jantee thi phir bhi mujsey kuch nain kaha
kyun khanak 'kyun tum itnee acheee hoo ..kyun sab dukh akelay bardasht kiya
..kyun nain mujey bataya '.main janta hoon tum yeh bata kar mujey apni mom sey
door nain karna chatee theee'. Lakin khanak mom ney tu khud mujey apne sey door
kardiye 'aik ma apne bte kay saath aisa kasey kar saktee hai 'tears rolled on
his cheeks 'he hugged her picture '..i need u khanak ..i need u 'buhat akela
mehsoos kar rahan hoon 'buhat lonely
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Rex Quidilla, spokesman for the state elections office, said the relationship between the state office and the counties has historically been good and that last year was a "glaring exception."
Johanson's bill would also require the chief elections officer to use a checklist when preparing for the election.
The proposal is a common-sense way of making sure new elections officials aren't caught unaware, he said.
The Republican said he expects the bill to be well-received in the House.
"You don't need to go too far to find someone who had an issue in this past election process," he said. "Almost everyone's constituents experienced some level of frustration."
Rep. Sharon Har is pushing to get rid of the state office of elections and the elections commission altogether.
The Democrat says their responsibilities should be transferred to the lieutenant governor.
Har also introduced a bill that would make the elections commission more tightly supervise the chief elections officer.
The commission currently holds public hearings, investigates violations and is responsible for hiring and firing the chief elections officer.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Friday that the elections commission decided to keep Chief Elections Officer Scott Nago in his job despite the blunders last Election Day.
Other initiatives introduced include allowing voters to register on Election Day and automatic voter registration when people reapply for a driver's license.
Rep. Kaniela Ing, a Democrat from Maui, says allowing voters to register on Election Day would help improve youth voter turnout. But Quidilla said the change could pose technical difficulties for the elections office.
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High prevalence of central adrenal insufficiency in patients with Prader-Willi syndrome
Context: The annual death rate of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) patients is very high (3%). Many of these deaths are sudden and unexplained. Objective: Because most deaths occur during moderate infections and PWS patients suffer from various hypothalamic insufficiencies, we investigated whether PWS patients suffer from central adrenal insufficiency (CAI) during stressful conditions. Design: Overnight single-dose metyrapone tests were performed. Metyrapone (30 mg/kg) was administered at 2330 h. At 0400, 0600, and 0730 h, ACTH, 11-deoxycortisol, cortisol, and glucose levels were measured. Diurnal salivary cortisol profiles were assessedona different day at wake-up, 30 min after wake-up, at 1400 h, and at 2000 h. Setting: The study was conducted in a pediatric intensive care unit. Patients: Patients included 25 randomly selected PWS patients. Main Outcome Measure: Patients were considered as having CAI when ACTH levels remained below 33 pmol/liter at 0730 h. Results: Median (interquartile range) age was 9.7 (6.8-13.6) yr. Fifteen patients (60%) had an insufficient ACTH response (CAI, P < 0.001). There was no significant difference in age, gender, genotype, and body mass index SD score between patients with CAI and those without. Morning salivary cortisol levels and diurnal profiles were normal in all children, suggesting that CAI becomes apparent only during stressful conditions. Conclusions: Strikingly, 60% of our PWS patients had CAI. The high percentage of CAI in PWS patients might explain the high rate of sudden death in these patients, particularly during infection-related stress. Based on our data, one should consider treatment with hydrocortisone during acute illness in PWS patients unless CAI has recently been ruled out with a metyrapone test. Copyright
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Outfielder's eighth-inning RBI single also ties Sunday's game
By Charlie Nobles / Special to MLB.com
Alou singled to center field on a 1-2 pitch in his fourth at-bat Sunday, extending his hitting streak to a franchise-record 27 games. That also gave him the longest streak in the Major Leagues this season, passing the 26-game run of Cleveland's Casey Blake.
"I feel very good at the plate, and I feel like every day, I'm going to have a good game," Alou said. "I've been feeling that way for the past month."
Third baseman David Wright had held the Mets' longest hitting streak at 26 games, set during the 2006 and '07 seasons.
"I was the first to congratulate him," Wright said.
On Friday night, Alou set the Mets' single-season record, passing the 24-game streaks of Hubie Brooks and Mike Piazza.
In Sunday's game, Alou didn't come close to getting a hit until the eighth inning. He bounced out to third in the second inning, flied out to center in the fourth and grounded out to shortstop in the sixth.
In his final at-bat, he fell behind against right-hander Justin Miller, then poked a soft liner to center to drive in the game's tying run. Carlos Delgado followed with a three-run home run to make it 7-4.
At 41 years and 80 days old, Alou is the oldest player in Major League history to have a hitting streak of at least 20 games, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
"He's still one of the best clutch hitters in the game," Mets manager Willie Randolph has said.
Asked before Sunday's game the reasoning for the Mets signing a player older than 40, Mets general manager Omar Minaya said, "Because he's a professional hitter, as good as there has been in the game."
Alou's impact was felt just as strongly outside the batter's box on Sunday; he threw out the potential tying run at the plate in the eighth inning.
"I think he gets Player of the Game," a smiling Wright said.
Alou's heroics helped the Mets extend their lead over the Phillies in the National League East back to 2 1/2 games with one week remaining.
"In past weeks, when we didn't win as many games and I was hitting the ball good, I wasn't getting the same satisfaction," Alou said. "To get a win and hit good, that's a good feeling."
Charlie Nobles is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Regular Sneaker News readers will recall that New Balance just resurrected their nearly forgotten 1600 model in a rich Heritage Blue suede. That color name evokes images of goneby runners who paved the way for today's successes, and in that context, it's also a perfect fit for this new royal-accented Eric Koston x Air Max 90 hybrid. The Nike Koston 1 Heritage blends the Koston One's sleek silhouette with stiching lines and branding badges borrowed from the immortal Air Max 90. We've seen previews since April and the first Koston signature had already debuted with a Zoom Kobe VI hybrid; does this design do better as a basketball design or is it more natural as a running lowtop? Let us know with a comment after you look through some more photos, and stick with Sneaker News for updates on this spring 2013 release. via N-SB
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REDWOOD CITY — Prosecutors will not file criminal charges against a San Bruno police officer who fatally shot a man in October, saying the lengthy investigation led officials to conclude the shooting was justified.
Investigators determined San Bruno police Officer Andrew Harper used justifiable lethal force when he shot and killed 25-year-old Ryan Salonga on Oct. 22, in the first fatal officer-involved shooting in that city in more than 20 years, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said. Authorities concluded over the course of the three month investigation that Harper "exercised his police powers in an appropriately decisive manner against a person who appeared to be driving his vehicle directly toward him," and that the immediate threat was enough to force him to protect his own life.
"Officer Harper is to be commended for his decisive judgment and his quick actions in stopping the deadly force and life-endangering conduct in which Mr. Salonga was engaged," Wagstaffe wrote Feb. 5 in a letter to San Bruno Police Chief Neil Telford. "Officer Harper's reaction undoubtedly protected the public from the impending reckless flight of Mr. Salonga in the stolen vehicle."
Salonga was shot by Harper about 2:08 a.m. on Oct. 22. Harper's marked patrol car trailed Salonga, who was driving a stolen black Acura 2.5 TL in the area of El Camino Real and Taylor Boulevard in San Bruno, authorities said. Salonga, along with a passenger identified as Sonny Ivone Tialavea, realized they were being followed, later pulling onto Poplar Avenue, and turning the car to face the officer.
Harper told investigators he felt alone and fearful and that he turned on his lights to pull over the car until backup could arrive. The car stopped in the middle of the narrow street between rows of cars parked on either side, boxing Harper in as he approached the driver's window with a flashlight in one hand and his handgun drawn at a low-ready position in the other.
As he approached and yelled to the men to turn off the ignition and show their hands, the car lurched forward and to the left, then in reverse onto the lawn at 544 Poplar Avenue, Wagstaffe said. Tialavea complied and stuck his hands out the sunroof, but Salonga kept his hands gripped on the wheel.
The officer then heard the engine revving and the gears grinding, and watched as Salonga accelerated toward him in the "constricted environment" between parked cars. Harper fired fourteen rounds in the direction of the driver, 10 going through the window and four hitting the hood of the car.
The car backed up into the porch of a house, coming to a rest as backup officers arrived. Tialavea was taken into custody. Salonga was pronounced dead at the scene.
An autopsy revealed that Salonga had methamphetamine in his system at the time of the shooting and a blood sample taken from Harper indicated he was sober, Wagstaffe said.
Tialavea told detectives that Salonga stole the Acura because that was his "hustle," and that when he asked his friend why he wasn't complying with the officer's demands, the man did not respond. He looked directly at Harper and started driving toward him, Tialavea said, and was shot as he lurched forward.
"Although Officer Harper could not have known it at the time, Mr. Salonga has on numerous occasions in the past driven recklessly and endangered the lives of police officers in his attempts to evade arrest for driving a stolen vehicle," Wagstaffe said. "Mr. Salonga's conduct on this occasion gives us every reason to believe that he was about to do the same to Officer Harper."
The district attorney's decision not to file criminal charges closed the case to any further investigation or prosecution, Wagstaffe said. Reports on the matter are available for public inspection, and may be accessed by contacting Senior Inspector Bill Massey of the District Attorney's Office Bureau of Inspectors at 650-363-4883.
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Many people do not realize there are many scholarships for unique characteristics including a scholarship specifically available to people who are left handed. Scholarships and grants are things that don't have to be repaid.
Make sure to make time for both socializing and academics. Some students spend all their times in their dorm rooms studying, which can be depressing and lonely, while others are so social that their coursework suffers. You should get out of your room and do something fun at least once a week and devote at least an hour a night to studying for each of your classes to help you stay balanced.
Participating in clubs and other activities may be beneficial. A variety of activities shows that you have varied interests. This looks good on graduate school applications and your resume. Just don't flood yourself with too many activities as your school work is more important.
Credit cards should be paid in full every month. This will help you avoid late fees and interest. Try only using credit cards for emergencies. While you may wish to use it for entertainment, remember that you're at college to learn. Having to deal with money problems is not helpful.
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Great video, must of had over 100 dunks by Ewing in it. My favorite was the one over Kevin Mchale early in the video.
Wow, man do I miss those days!!
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Great video. Although, my favourite was missing (1997 fastbreak-buzzerbeater dunk on Rodman).
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New Year's resolutions typically begin with perfecting yourself, or at least bettering yourself by losing weight, quitting smoking, eating better, working more, etc., but we usually do not think about the resolutions for our home.
We always have a project we would like to work on, or have things around the house we should keep up on.
Here is a list of 8 New Year's resolutions for better health and a happier home:
Quit smoking indoors; or better yet quit smoking altogether. But smoking indoors creates a musky, over-powering odor, which those who do not smoke have a hard time staying inside.
It not only smells badly, it creates a film over everything inside such as walls, windows, and furniture. If you have white walls and have been smoking for 2 years inside, they are probably more yellow toned by now.
Keep your home finances to a budget; including household repairs. Begin a separate savings account dedicated for the new year to home repairs, changing or adding new items to the home (décor, new bedding, towels, etc.), and household supplies such as a rake for the falling leaves, or salt for the drive way during the winter.
Learn how to be more efficient. Use lights only when necessary, turn off all lights and TV's when not in the room, use water when needed (fix a leaky faucet), and turn off the heat or AC and open the windows when it is nice outside.
De-clutter your home. This means going through each room and getting rid of what is not needed or wanted. This may be a great way for you to make extra money by selling anything you think is worth something either online or by having a yard sale. You could also donate your unneeded items to a local charity.
Spend more time with your family. Keeping your home full of family and friends is a great way to keep it fun and create memories at the same time. Utilize your kitchen and make big family meals and invite all that you care about.
Make small repairs and other additions to your home yourself. By hiring someone, you are normally paying triple the amount it takes to do the project yourself. If it is a simple repair or addition, such as adding a shelving unit, or painting the house, you can do that yourself and even invite family and/or friends over to help.
Make a resolution to keep your home cleaner. I think we can all say this is one resolution we can all use in our lives. Keeping a home clean helps our overall mood; it keeps us in a happy and productive mood. In a messy place where it seems everything is out of place, it creates a chaotic and stressful environment.
Watch less TV and read more or do more activities. By making it a point to watch less TV, you are saving on the overall cost of electricity, but more importantly you are exercising you mind by reading or your body with outdoor activities.
These are just a few very simple resolutions you can make to turn your 2016 into the best year possible for your health, your home, and your happiness!


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The latest craze in foundation is the satin finish. Not quite dewy, not quite matte, satin. The look allows for a bit of a glow something similar to what you'd get after a quick run. It's totally natural and just about every skin type can rock it.
It was also the look celebrity makeup artist Mally Roncal, who celebs like Beyoncé and Jennifer Lopez have called on for their signature makeup looks, created for the Tracy Reese Spring 2012 runway show. Using her Perfect Prep Poreless Primer (my FAVE primer of the moment) to prep the skin, Mally then continued with her Ultimate Performance Professional Foundation for flawless coverage, then her 24/7 Blush to create a natural flush, and set it all with her Poreless Face Defender, the world's first clear setting powder. The finished look is pictured above and below.
You can get the look at home by following Mally's tips, but you can also recreate it with your liquid foundation and using powder just on the T-zone to get that satin finish. Don't forget a coral blush (the darker your skin, the brighter the blush) to create that gorgeous flushed looks all the models rocked at Tracy Reese. Since the emphasis is on the skin, you can do little else with the rest of your face—some mascara and gloss will do ya.
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" Brand: Polyjumps / Type: Showjumping Equipment "
When it comes to exercising my horses I like to do various things with them instead of constantly working in the arena doing flatwork. I try and mix their routine with dressage, jumping and hacking out on the roads to keep their attention and focus. When it comes to jumping this is a discipline that I don't really enjoy, I used to showjump when I was younger but now I prefer staying on the flat ground! However, my horses enjoy it and it keeps them fit.
A few years ago I invested in a variety of jumps from a company called Polyjumps who are a leading manufacturer nationwide. They supply a wide variety of jumps, fillers, poles just to name a few. They even sponsor some of the country's leading riders. A product I use on a weekly basis are the Multiblocks by Polyjumps. I have had mine for around 7 years now and they are still in perfect working order.
Multiblocks are an incredibly popular choice with a lot of people as they are incredibly multifunctional as they offer numerous heights and jump combinations so there really is something for everyone. The top height that can be obtained is 3 feet when using a standard 4" pole. This is certainly a decent height to be able to jump at without having to use extra equipment or even different blocks.
Multiblocks are made from a hard, moulded plastic (unsure of the actual type!) but they are hollow inside which makes them light and easy to manoeuvre around a ménage/ arena. They don't have any sharp edges either as all the sides and corners have been rounded off which won't cause injury to either human or horse. They do have slight grooves in the sides which act as handles so they are quite easy to pick up and carry around. They are triangular in shape albeit not completely perfect! On the one side there are 5 pole positions and on the other side there are 3 jump positions. The side with the 3 positions is completely upright whereas the other side with 5 jump positions is more angled and it is with this combination you can create a wide variety of spreads and jumps.
Multiblocks are Polyjumps best selling block and it is easy to see why. They are great as a training aid, great for grid work as well as a valuble aid for free schooling and lunging. Because of their height it makes it easy to lunge as the lunge line is higher than the block itself - well it is on my horses anyway due to their height. Should you not want to jump on the inside of the blocks there are also two pole positions which make these blocks ideal for using elevated trotting poles which encourage the horse to pick up their legs properly.
As I've said I've had mine for around 7 years and they have lasted incredibly well but then they do seem to be quite indestructible. They are obviously waterproof and manage to withstand all weather conditions which is great. The colour of the blocks hasn't faded either no matter how much sun they seem to stand in. I find them as an incredibly useful piece of equipment which helps keep my horses entertained and fit.
I'm not the strongest person in the world and I find them easy to move around. Because they are quite light I find them easy to move around and put them into any position I like. The jump positions are slightly curved at the end which makes the pole stay in easily although should your horse mis-judge the jump or you come in at a wrong angle and the horse then hits the jump you may find yourself having to get off and re-positioning both the pole and multiblock as due to the lightness they will fall over if hit with force.
Overall, I think these were a great investment and I know that they will last me a really long time which is great. They are versatile and easy to move into whatever position you want. Okay, so they are not the strongest jump block in the world if knocked but that is only due to how you bring the horse into the jump. I would definitely recommend them to anyone who enjoys jumping and wants a versatile jumping block which will provide them with quite a few jumping combinations at a decent height.
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the error first appeared after I include "coco2d-ext.h", then I added libExtensions to solution and add it as reference of my project, the error still there.
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cocos2d\extensions\gui\ccscrollview\ccscrollview.h(32): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'extensions/ExtensionMacros.h': No such file or directory
I just met the same problem, and solved it in the following way:Right click on your project in the property->configure property->C/C++->general->additional include directoryadd "$(EngineRoot);" into the "additional include directory". Format just like the other directories.
If you are not able to resolve the issue. Repair Visual Studio. Its the only solution. Now i am using Cocos2d-x 3.12 and Visual Studio 2015 and its working without any error.


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The paper reviews the commercial banking sector's development during the booming years before the current global crisis in Southeast Europe. Based on the analysis of a comprehensive dataset, a common, simplified economic model could be outlined for this period, where GDP growth has been fuelled by rapid credit growth. The latter was boosted both by foreign funding and swift deposit growth volumes. Nevertheless, beside the favourable catch-up process, the level of external imbalances, credit growth and currency mismatches raised sustainability concerns and the risk of overheating.
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Just a thought here..
Where are you going to be that carry of a knife is disallowed, but a baton would be overlooked??
Does anybody here know of any specific state/federal laws that prohibit possession of an extendable baton? This seems like it could be a pretty feasible alternative to regular carry in many cases where gun/knife carry is questionable.
Just a thought here..
Where are you going to be that carry of a knife is disallowed, but a baton would be overlooked??
A hard plastic baton would get through security in places a knife would not.
"The good old days weren't always good and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems" Billy Joel
I have no idea! Haha. I bet someone does though, research time!
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I believe any citizen should be able to carry any weapon they wish. That said a expandable baton screams police. This is about avoiding the appearance of evil. A sturdy pen in the eye like the Zebra 701 which you can carry anywhere..even in your hand, will stop a fight as fast as an ASP, and you will not hesitate to use it like a prohibited weapon.- Just my $.02- George
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That one is junk, get a Manadnok or an ASP expandable baton. As with everything else...you need training with them. There is much more to a baton than it looks. Strike someone in the wrong place and they could die.
On the other side of fear lies freedom.
School property perhaps? (Knife a no-go, but club is okey-dokey [by state law]).Where are you going to be that carry of a knife is disallowed, but a baton would be overlooked??
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FLA state law requires you have a CWL to carry a expandable batton.... not sure if you were wondering just about IN or not. As to Indiana, I never bothered to look it up.
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I specifically reserached the expandible baton before because I was trained with one in Wisconsin years ago. I was told that the use of the expandable baton is considered to be a "dealy weapon" catagory thus it's use should be treated exactly like your firearm. That's all I have heard.
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If there is one area that cheeses me off, it has to be the need for my DirecTV DVR using a standard phone line just for service. "Wow, how 1990s of them!" At any rate, I just got off the phone with DirecTV and, as always, I received better than average service. I asked the representative who I might contact to voice my desire to see DirecTV offer DVRs with Ethernet abilities, like its cable TV counterparts. I was given a feedback Web site link. Oh, OK, I guess this is better than nothing? So I am left with the following options: Buy a standalone DVR like Replay or a series two box, or I could just keep shelling out money to the folks at Qwest (sorry, Vonage is not an option that I am willing to consider).
Maybe I ought to bite the bullet and suffer the inferior quality of Comcast? At this point, things were looking pretty grim until I stumbled onto this news blip: "NBC and DirecTV work to offer TV on demand." Could it be? Have the people that offer television finally realized that many of us are sick to death of watching out of market/off-topic commercials repeated over and over? Perhaps they caught the hint that we are becoming a DVR society and it is just too easy to hit fast forward? Regardless, this is a great first step in allowing people a choice in how they would like to be entertained when watching the tube.
Now, some of you may think that I watch a lot more TV than the average person. I really do not think so. To be honest, I am actually pretty selective with what I enjoy taking in of a day. And with a pay per view option, I figure that with a cost of $.99 per show, I would be looking at paying less than I am right now with the standard viewing package. And here is another perk to think about. The next time your kids want to watch TV, they might think twice if it came out of their allowance each month. Bet there would be a lot less idle time around the house with the rugrats if this NBC – DirecTV concept becomes a widespread thing to encompass other networks. What do you think? To me, TV is so 'cheap' with it being just another bill that we pay each month. On the flip side however, being able to pay per show would really wake all of us up to just how much we are watching each month. Could this be a magic bullet to get all of us off the couch once in awhile? I am willing to bet my next 10 TV credits that it could be…
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After last August's Frightfest festival I was able to have a chat with Adam Green while he was promoting his edge-of-the-chair-lift horror "Frozen". During our chat, we talked mainly about "Frozen", but also a bit about "Hatchet II" – which made its debut at the festival – and also what he thought of the festival's pretty depressing line-up. The interview contains a few spoilers, but put the scissors down, they're not anything to start stabbing your crotch over.
GO: Firstly, a boring question – how did you get involved with "Frozen"?
Adam Green: Well, I grew up skiing in Massachusetts, where the mountains were only open Friday through to Sunday. Anybody who skiis has kind of imagined this horrible scenario before, because whenever you're on a chair lift and it's stopped momentarily for some reason – they never come on the speakers and tell you why. You always think, could I make it from here if I had to jump? A lot of the times you could, maybe you'd hurt yourself pretty badly, but every now and then you get these stretches where there's just no way you're walking away from it. Then one morning I was watching the news in LA and whenever they do the weather report the weather's always the same there, so you don't really pay attention – you look at the images they put up behind it. In this case it was Big Bear Ski Mountain and I was watching the chairs sway in the wind and I was thinking 'I can't believe I used to do that – you'd have to be stupid to do that! What if they forgot?' So I ran into the ArieScope office and was like 'Guys, I got this great idea and it's so easy – it's just three people in a chair!' and they were like 'Great!' so I wrote it and then I was like 'How the fuck do you shoot this?!?'
GO: So how did you shoot it? Was it all on location?
AG: The whole movie is practical, there's no soundstage, no green screen, they were really up there the entire time.
GO: A real ski lift?
AG: A real ski lift, at a mountain called Snowbasin in Utah – we were at 10,000 feet the whole time and they were 50 feet from the ground. So a lot of the stuff I actually shot myself, dangling from the cable in front of them – and I'm afraid of heights! But nobody else was willing to go up there so I had to shoot the movie myself. Another reason I'm so proud of it is that I operated my own camera – I would never do it again though, I don't know what I was thinking! I mean you forget the cold – you can tell people 'Oh it's gonna be really cold,' but unless you're in it, you always forget how bad it really is. Like, when you're really freezing to death, you're like 'I can't believe how uncomfortable this is,' but then afterwards you think 'Oh, it was just really cold' and you don't remember how miserable it was. But I mean every night was misery, the poor cast was up there, they can't get off, they can't stretch their legs, they're just trapped like that – but they used it and they embraced it for their performances. I think audiences are too smart now, if I had put them against a green screen I think the movie would've felt too safe.
GO: Were there any problems with filming it on location?
AG: We had a lot of problems, a lot of the crew were suffering from altitude sickness because we were up so high, so in the middle of a take people would be running off to the woods to throw up. Obviously the cast was very miserable throughout the whole thing too, but they never complained to anybody, even though you can see it in their faces. During some of the wirework, like when Shawn Ashmore was climbing, the harness was cutting into him in ways that you don't even want to describe! I basically zoomed in on him and I could see he was crying up there and I was like, 'Dude, you gotta come down,' but he wouldn't let anybody know how miserable he was, and he was like 'No no, I can go, whatever you need' and he wouldn't stop. And then with the wolves, there was a time when one of them actually went after Kevin Zegers and we had to get it off him, which was really frightening.
The behind the scenes, for when the DVD comes out, is the most compelling behind the scenes I've ever seen. It's 90 minutes, and it's like a documentary, rather than the usual EPK of actors talking and clips of the movie. Anybody that wants to be a filmmaker, I guarantee there's never been a better behind the scenes to watch, I mean it's really really good.
GO: With the actors, how did you go about finding them? And did you tell them what it was going to be like beforehand?
AG: When the script went out, every actor in town wanted this movie, because they were like '90 minutes of my face, sign me up!' But then they found out who was directing it and that it was going to be shot practically, and 50% of the actors who were signed up to audition bailed out right there – they were like 'What? We're really gonna go up in a ski lift?!?' Then some people would come in to audition and try to talk me out of it, they were like ' You can't do the whole thing up there – what about the close-ups?' And I always replied 'No, the whole thing!' Emma Bell was the first actor to come in to read and her audition piece was the story about the dog dying, and she's crying, I'm crying, then she leaves and I'm like, 'Ok good, that's Parker.' And everybody said 'You can't hire the first person,' but I was like 'That's the one.' So they made me go through five weeks of auditions – 35/40 people a day – and everyone of them I'm like 'No!' So Emma got the part.
With Kevin and Shawn, something that helped seal the deal for them was a) they're phenomenal actors but b) they've grown up together and have always been best friends, so the chemistry on that chair is real. The fact that they're seasoned actors and best friends coupled with the new girl who's not a seasoned actor and is uncomfortable around them and is intimidated made it work really well. One of my favourite things when directing the actors was when I would talk to them about their motivation and back stories, I would do it individually. Nobody was allowed to speak to each other about what I had said so I told them conflicting things which made them subtely confused in the scenes. So for instance, I told Kevin, 'Right, at the end of today you're going to break up with her, you're not into it anymore and you're going to leave,' then I told her 'The fact that he's bringing you here with his best friend means he's probably going to marry you!' So when he was taking my directions and acting one way she was so hurt and confused because it wasn't what she thought it was gonna be. If you ever watch it again you'll see these very subtle things flying around on that chair – that's what kept it real.
GO: Talking of their motivation, obviously you had a script, but was there any room for improvisation at all?
AG: No, every single thing was scripted. Normally something slips through that was improv, but this time there was none.
GO: Wow, ok. Now, you've made "Hatchet" and "Hatchet II" which are pretty different films to "Frozen" – what made you go for something completely different, more in line with your other directorial effort "Spiral"?
AG: Yeah, with "Spiral", if I was to look back at my career, one of the smartest things I did was to make "Spiral" at the same time as "Hatchet". It was very ambitious when you're making your first movie to make two at the same time – I don't know many people who have done that! I was afraid that "Hatchet" would pigeonhole me as 'the Hatchet guy' and "Spiral" was what lead to opportunities like "Frozen", or even things like "Killer Pizza" – all these bigger things that I'm starting to do. I loved "Hatchet", and I never want to seem like I'm slighting it or not saying that I'm proud of it, but it's exactly what it's supposed to be and I think that's why people like it. But I don't wanna be 'the Hatchet guy' forever, which was also why I passed on the sequel. But now that I've done "Spiral" and "Frozen", even producing "Grace", I felt very comfortable going back to "Hatchet", and I needed it I think – you come off something like this, it's so dark and heavy and then to go and have fun again and do "Hatchet II" was great. The other thing too was that I used to be a comedian -I guess I still am – and you crave that instant gratification of hearing a reaction, and with a movie like "Frozen", although there are parts where you hear a reaction, like where his legs break…
GO: Well I shouted during that bit…
AG: Yeah (laughs), but the rest of it, you don't know exactly how it's playing. With "Hatchet II" – I wasn't even in the theatre on Thursday night [at Frightfest], because I was with the press, I was standing outside by the door, and the audience was so loud whenever something happened! I knew a certain part is about to come up, and then you'd hear 'GAAAAHHH!!', and I'm like, 'Yeah, that worked!' It was great to see the smiles on people's faces walking out of there, and how much fun they had. So the one thing we did right with "Hatchet II" was we didn't let "Frozen" make us pretentious – because it's all the same people that worked on these movies – I remember on the first day of "Hatchet II", I was just like 'Guys, have fun, remember this isn't art – let's give the fans what they want."
GO: So did you have the same crew to do the gore effects on "Frozen" too? They're quite different…
AG: "Frozen" was the one movie where I didn't have Robert [Pendergraft] doing my effects, as they had me go with a local guy named Chris Hanson. The end product was terrific because we were going for realism and not like "Hatchet" which is so ridiculous, so over the top. I wish that I could have had Robert with me, but it was just because we were shooting in Utah and there was a scheduling conflict so I couldn't, but I think Chris really stepped up to the plate. Nothing in "Frozen" obviously stands out, which is great – everything you see gore-wise is very real.
GO: Ever since I saw it, I've been wanting to ask you how they did the hand on the safety rail gore-gag! I'm hoping it wasn't PVA glue…
AG: It's kind of like a wet rubber latex that they attach to the hand, then she sticks it on and as it dries, it sticks. So as you peel, it does that ripping thing – it's very similar to the material we used in "Hatchet" with Mrs Permatteo's face, you know when he rips the jaw, it does that snapping thing? We used the second take in "Frozen", because in the first take, it was so stretching so ridiculously that people would have just been like, 'Come on!' I think we showed just enough to make people really uncomfortable. You know, every time you hear about the Christmas story where the boy sticks his tongue to the pole – we thought 'How do you one-up that?'
GO: Did anyone actually get their hands stuck to the rail for real? Surely if your hand is waiting there for long periods of time, it would actually get stuck?
AG: No, it was fine. She was fine, her actual hand didn't get stuck to it.
GO: It would have been pretty realistic if it had happened!
AG: Yeah! (laughs)
GO: Because "Frozen" is so different to the other stuff you've done and talked about before, obviously there will have been different influences. What were your particular influences for it?
AG: Hitchcock and Spielberg were the two biggest influences that are evident in "Frozen" because "Lifeboat" and "Jaws" were the two movies that my crew and I studied and talked about a lot. Even how Spielberg shot "Jaws" influenced me, for example; where instead of blocking everything and storyboarding it, he would bring the cast in and just keep running and running it and finding the scene and then figure out where he was going to place the camera. We absolutely did that with this – the cast would come up, they would run the pages, and I would find the scene with the camera as it was unfolding rather than being 'close up of this, close up of that.' There's a great scene where Shawn Ashmore and Emma Bell get in an argument with each other and I ended up shooting almost the whole thing from behind, it's like this voyeuristic way of shooting. So I'm over Shawn's shoulders, seeing the back of his head and the side of her, but you're not fully seeing their faces and it gives you this feeling of, almost like if your parents got in a fight and you were peeking in on it – it makes it more uncomfortable because you don't wanna be there.
GO: Were you worried at all about comparisons with other similar genre films like "Open Water"?
AG: Not really, although there have been people who have described it as "Open Water" on a chair lift. It's a little insulting. You know, I never want to slight another film becaue I liked "Open Water", but what's different about that is that it had a gimmick – it was real people, real sharks – that's why people wanted to see the movie. They didn't go for any other reason – that's what they wanted to see and that's what they got. There was no story – once they were left behind you waited 40 more minutes to see them die and that was it. I think with "Frozen", there's so much action, you don't know where it's going to go, it takes twists and turns. There's hope in the movie – at every point they're trying to come up with another solution and every character in the movie does something to help one another. So they end up becoming very likeable characters that you really root for and you're very affected if something bad happens to them. Even Parker – it's not like 'Oh my God, I was gonna do this with my life or that,' it's 'who's gonna feed my dog!' "Open Water" didn't have that. I think with "Frozen" it's partly because of the marketing – they're making it so much about the wolves too, and I think that's why people are going for the "Open Water" thing. But as you saw, the wolves are really only a small part of it.
GO: Finally, you were at Frightfest for the whole festival, what did you think? Did you have any favourites, or things you didn't like?
AG: My thing with Frightfest this year was, if I had known what the whole line-up was going to be, I would probably have had "Hatchet II" in the middle [instead of the first film]. It started off with such a bang, with fun and cheering, and then there were no more monsters, it was just fucking sexual abuse and revenge and torture over and over and over again. It was just so dire this year. I didn't see every movie so I can't say it with total authority but when "Buried" came on it was so great to have a suspense movie like that, because it was fun for everyone. I also loved "Monsters", I thought it was just such an achievement in how he did it, and I loved "The Loved Ones",
AG: Especially as I don't like torture movies – and there were so many fucking torture movies – so to have one which was kind of a send up of it all and was fun, I really liked that. I also liked "Red Hill", even if at first I was like 'Why is this in this festival?' But I loved it in the end…
GO: That was my favourite…
AG: Yeah, it's a good movie, but I think that was really it for me, off the top of my head. I think maybe it's a sign of the times that all the movies being made right now are so grim, but yeah, I'm disappointed that "Hatchet II" was the only thing like it in the festival. Somebody said at the end of the weekend that "Hatchet II" felt like one of the only true Frightfest movies this year. However, I like the way that they are very brave with what they programme and that they don't let anyone define what they are, so we'll see what happens. Next year, hopefully Joe Lynch's "Knights of Badassdom" will be there so we'll have a fun movie for everybody there. But I think this year, if it wasn't for the "Douche Brothers" shorts [Adam Green and Joe Lynch's hilarious Frightfest exclusive shorts] or even the "Ballad of Anne Frankenstein" [another short directed by Adam], it was just too grim.
GO: I thought the shorts were good though, they brightened it up a bit.
AG: Oh yeah, the "Papa Wrestling" one – fucking brilliant!
GO: I think that needs to be feature length!
AG: Yeah! He gave me that short afterwards and was like 'I'm a big fan!' And I was like 'No! I'm a big fan!' Yeah I really liked the shorts.
GO: Well, I'll let you go now! Thank you very much for your time, really enjoyed it.
AG: Thank you! See you later.
Be sure to check out the amazing "Frozen", out on Region 2 DVD on the 18th October.


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