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Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas have arrived at last with their long awaited Instant Records debut, SECRET EVIL. The album sees the Detroit-based band serving up a brilliantly polyglot sonic stew – equal parts rockabilly and surf pop, cabaret jazz and funky reggae, Latin psych and Gypsy punk – all cooked up on the hot Motor City pavement and seasoned by that distinctly Detroit combination of blasted R&B, showband theatrics, and limitless rock 'n' soul energy. Songs like "Caught Up" and the syncopated "No Place Left To Hide" showcase Hernandez's unstoppable vocals and breath of musical ambition, braiding contemporary pop thrills with an original and unmistakable creative persona all her own. Dizzying in its range and ambition, SECRET EVIL is fresh, focused, and surprising, a remarkable debut album from an indescribably compelling new band.
"We get called a lot of different things from a lot of different people," Hernandez says. "It's a combination of stuff that's really fun and dark and makes you feel a whole range of emotions."
Born and raised in Detroit, Hernandez headed off to Chicago's Columbia College at 17 but dropped out two years later in order to devote her ample energy to music. She moved to Kansas City, where, despite having only rudimentary skills, she bought and then taught herself guitar and piano.
"I picked it up really easily," she says. "I found that I knew how things should sound, how to form a chord just by listening to the instrument. Every day I would learn a couple of chords and write another song."
Hernandez pushed hard, penning a ream of sensitive singer/songwriter-inspired tunes and educating herself in the art of lo fi recording. She eventually returned to Detroit and in 2009, united the five-man Deltas. Though initially just a provisional arrangement, Hernandez and the powerhouse combo promptly made their bones as a preternaturally volatile live act, capable of full force raw power, wide-ranging emotion, and inventive, dramatic stagecraft.
"I thought it was going to be temporary," she says, "but it just worked so well. It felt so great having these amazing musicians play songs I'd written in a way I never could've done on my own. All of a sudden my sound had a darker, soulful big band vibe. It freed me up to go a lot of different ways. I didn't need to be stuck doing just the one thing."
Despite her long-standing commitment to artistic independence, Hernandez signed with Blue Note and then opted to record her debut album with a producer rather than on her own. She met with a number of top studio hands, ultimately choosing to team with GRAMMY® Award-winner Milo Froideval.
"Milo and I hit it off immediately," she says, "I felt really comfortable with him, which is the best thing you can ask for when you're trying to be creative. We have similar personalities, a similar sense of humor. Part of that I think is coming from a Latin background. He felt like family, in a sense."
In 2012, Hernandez and her Deltas headed down to El Paso's renowned Sonic Ranch, located on 2,300 acres of pecan orchards bordering the Rio Grande and Mexico. Froideval indeed proved the ideal collaborator, from enlisting some of Mexico City's finest mariachi horns to helping Hernandez articulate her myriad musical ideas even after the sessions had wrapped.
"We would hang out, have a couple of beers, and try things," she says. "Experimenting with different tones to make it a little more unique. It was really open."
Alas, the Blue Note deal broke down and the recordings were soon locked in limbo. Set free at last in 2013 by Blue Note President Don Was, Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas promptly joined forces with Instant Records, the independent label founded by legendary producer, songwriter and record executive Richard Gottehrer (Blondie, The Go-Gos, Dum Dum Girls). Hernandez culled a few choice cuts from the Sonic Ranch sessions, recorded a couple of new tracks live to tape, and released 2013's acclaimed DEMONS. The EP earned national acclaim, with PopMatters hailing it as "an accomplished document that proves the band deserves all the hype they've been garnering." "(Hernandez is) painting a very big picture," declared The Huffington Post, "and her memorable voice is only one of the textured colors on a multidimensional palette."
SECRET EVIL reveals all the many hues in Hernandez's 120-count box of crayons. Despite its vintage, the album is in fact so contemporary one would be forgiven for assuming it was recorded two years from now. Songs like "Over" and the rollicking "Sorry I Stole Your Man" crank like Wanda Jackson fronting The Seeds in an Acapulco dive bar, The Deltas busting out their wicked blend of girl group melodies, driving arrangements, and infectious energy. A self-described storyteller at heart, Hernandez chronicles her personal trials and triumphs throughout SECRET EVIL, all in the hope of touching a truly universal chord. Tender tracks like "Cry Cry Cry" and the album-closing "Lovers First" stand out as snapshots of experiences, intimacies, and moments that matter.
"My favorite songs ended up being the ballads," Hernandez says. "I feel like I can almost hear myself starting to cry. Maybe that's something only I will know, because at the time we recorded the vocal performances, the situations I'm singing about were still so relevant, still so present in my life. It's amazing to be able to have a point like that in your life captured, even if there were things that you probably wouldn't want to remember."
Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas are now primed and raring to bring their ineffably cool Midwestern rock 'n' soul to an overheated venue near you. Having waited patiently to unleash SECRET EVIL, Hernandez is now fully prepared to call the highway her home, at least for the foreseeable future.
"The album is finally being released and I could not be more excited," she says. "Now it's time to get back in my van with my boys and show everyone why this record means so much to me."
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Police log - April 17, 2013
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An arrest is merely an accusation. All suspects should be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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Female section — 0
Work release — 0
Holding — 1
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Christina Mazza, 35, of Kalona, was arrested Tuesday night in the 300 block of A Place in Kalona for domestic abuse assault.
Jonathon Troy Cook, 34, of Washington, was arrested Wednesday morning at railroad Street in Ainsworth for contempt failure to pay fines/costs and failure to appear.
Traffic accidents
A two-vehicle accident was reported Tuesday afternoon at 140th Street and Highway 218 in Riverside. Washington County Ambulance, Riverside QRS, Riverside Rescue, officers and the Iowa State Patrol responded. One subject was transported to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. The vehicles were towed.
Traffic other
An officer reported Tuesday evening attempting to stop a vehicle travelling down an alley in the 600 block of West Monroe Street in Washington. The operator ran from the vehicle Jesus Antonio Minard, 18, of Washington, was cited for driving under suspension.
Fire calls
An electrical box on the side of a house in the 200 block of A Avenue in Kalona was reported on fire Tuesday morning. Kalona Fire Department responded.
A caller in the 500 block of West Madison Street in Washington reported Tuesday night his daughter was assaulted. The incident is under investigation.
Drug/narcotics violations
Jason Wayne Marshall Fritz, 17, of Kalona, was cited Tuesday night at Juniper and Highway 22 in Kalona for possession of alcohol under the legal age, and possession of tobacco under the legal age. Charges of possession of a controlled substance and possession of paraphernalia are pending.
All other thefts
A caller reported losing his wallet somewhere in the City of Washington Tuesday afternoon. Officers were advised.
A bicycle was reported stolen from a garage in the 100 block of West Fountain Street in Brighton Tuesday evening. The incident was documented.
A stolen bicycle was located Tuesday evening in the 400 block of North Benton Street in Brighton. Charges of theft, trespass and interference with official acts were filed on David Alleiyn Hudson, 17, of Brighton.
Vandalism was reported Wednesday morning to the Kalona Pool in the 1100 block of E Avenue in Kalona. The incident was documented.
A caller in the 700 block of East 15th Street in Washington reported Tuesday afternoon a subject was harassing her. Officers spoke with both parties.
A caller in the 2600 block of Highway 22 in Riverside reported Tuesday night that a family member was harassing him. Officers spoke with the caller. The incident was documented.
Disorderly conduct
An officer was requested Tuesday morning in the 300 block of South Fourth Avenue in Washington for two students who had gotten into a fight. Charges were filed on Odalis Zamudio of Washington and Brittany Storm Lomaneck of Washington for disorderly conduct.
A caller in the 900 block of South Fourth Avenue in Washington reported Tuesday morning that a subject had attempted to take a water heater from her property and when she advised the subject he could not have it, the subject threw items from her junk pile at the house. Officers attempted to locate.
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A hang up 911 call was reported received from a residence in the 100 block of South Sixth Street in Kalona. Officers responded. There was a dispute over money between two subjects. A subject was warned if officers had to return he would be charged with disorderly conduct.
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Bejamin Asbury was cited Wednesday morning in the 2600 block of 295th Street in Crawfordsville for driving under suspension.
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NAIROBI, Kenya – NATO forces rescued 20 fishermen from pirates who launched the latest attack in the Gulf of Aden yesterday, but let the Somali hijackers go because they had no authority to arrest them.
The release underscored the difficulties of stopping the skyrocketing piracy scourge in the Horn of Africa, where sea bandits also seized a Belgian-flagged ship carrying 10 foreign crew near the Seychelles islands and started hauling it toward Somalia.
"There isn't a silver bullet" to solve the problem, said Roger Middleton, a piracy expert at the London-based think-tank Chatham House. He said it's common for patrolling warships to disarm then free brigands because they have rarely have jurisdiction to try them.
Pirate attacks have increased in recent weeks, with fishermen-turned-gunmen from Somalia searching for targets further out to sea as ships try to avoid the anarchic, clan-ruled nation. Pirates have attacked more than 80 boats this year, nearly four times the number assaulted in 2003, according to the Kuala Lumpur-based International Maritime Bureau. They hold at least 18 ships and more than 310 crew hostage, according to an Associated Press count.
The first attack yesterday occurred in the pre-dawn darkness, when pirates hijacked the Belgian-flagged Pompei a few hundred miles north of the Seychelles, said Portuguese Lt. Cmdr. Alexandre Santos Fernandes, who is traveling with a NATO fleet patrolling further north in the Gulf of Aden.
Belgium officials said the ship sounded three alarms indicating it was under attack as it headed toward the palm-fringed islands, a high-end tourist destination, with a cargo of concrete and stones. The dredging ship had 10 crew: two Belgians, one Dutch, three Filipinos and four Croatians, Fernandes said.
As pirates steered the ship slowly northwest toward Somalia, 430 miles away, a Spanish military ship, a French frigate and a French scout ship all steamed toward the area to try to intercept it.
In Brussels, government officials held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation and possible intervention.
"There is no contact with the pirates, not with the crew . . . ," said Jaak Raes, director general of the Belgian Crisis Center. "We are sure the ship is heading to the coast of Somalia."
In a second attack later in the day, pirates on a small white skiff fired small arms and rockets at a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker. Fernandes said the ship, the Handytankers Magic, issued a distress call shortly after dawn but escaped the pirates using "speed and maneuvers."
The attack occurred in the Gulf of Aden, a vital shortcut between Europe and Asia and one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. A Dutch frigate from the NATO force responded immediately to the distress call and trailed the pirates to a Yemeni-flagged fishing dhow the brigands had seized Thursday, Fernandes said.
The bandits were using the Yemeni vessel as a "mother ship," a larger vessel that allows the pirates' tiny motorboats to hitch rides hundreds of miles off Somali coast, greatly expanding their range.
The pirates climbed into the dhow and Dutch marine commandos followed soon after, freeing 20 fishermen whose nationalities weren't known. Fernandes said there was no exchange of fire and Dutch forces seized seven automatic weapons and one rocket-propelled grenade launcher.
Seven Somali pirates were briefly detained, but were soon released because "NATO does not have any detainment policy," Fernandes said. Another reason the pirates couldn't be arrested: They were seized by Dutch nationals, and the pirates, the victims and the ship weren't Dutch, he said.
Pirates plucked from the sea by foreign militaries are being tried abroad. Abduhl Wal-i-Musi, the Somali teen who was one of four pirates who tried to hijack the Maersk Alabama this month, will be sent to New York to face trial.


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There's a chance that today could be our first experience with severe weather this season. The forecast is calling for scattered thunderstorms, with the possibility of some of those storms being severe. We'll keep you up to date with any watches or warnings, so stay tuned to 98 Country (98.1 FM) and mobile at 98Country.com.
Large hail will be the main threat from these storms today, but isolated tornadoes will not be out of the question this afternoon, especially across the southern part of the state.


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Reviewed: 03 July 2008 by Str8tguy_Toylover
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Treating Snakebites Without Another Skin Prick
Published: Aug 1, 2013
I've never been bitten by a venomous snake (or any snake for that matter), but if it were to happen, I'd want life-saving treatment to be delivered as quickly as possible. If that requires my skin to be broken again by a needle delivering anti-venom, so be it. But researchers at the California Academy of Sciences have developed an alternate method that doesn't involve any injections, which would eliminate the need for technical skill in administering the treatment: delivery of anti-paralytics through a nasal spray.
"Inexpensive, heat-stable, needle-free anti-paralytics could facilitate early treatment of snakebite and save lives, but none have been developed," Matthew Lewin, MD, PhD, director of the academy's Center for Exploration and Travel Health, and colleagues wrote in a paper in Clinical Case Reports.
Their paper describes the use of an aerosolized form of neostigmine (Bloxiverz), a cholinesterase inhibitor indicated for reversing the effects of non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents after surgery, in a human model of neurotoxic paralysis that mimics the effects of snakebite.
"Anticholinesterases are a group of commonly used, heat-stable, and inexpensive drugs that have been used for decades to reverse chemically induced paralysis in operating rooms and, in intravenous form, to treat snakebite when anti-venoms are not available or not effective," Lewin and colleagues wrote.
In their experiment, the researchers induced neuromuscular blockade in a healthy 45-year-old man, which was accompanied by progressive bulbar deficits and neck and respiratory muscle weakness, as seen following snakebite. A single dose of atomized 6% neostigmine quickly reversed the effects.
"Our findings suggest that the removal of the parenteral route to treat the most immediately life-threatening sequelae of neurotoxic and other complex forms of envenomation is plausible," the researchers wrote. "If systematically and thoroughly developed in human, animal, and clinical models, the elimination of venipuncture could broaden access to life-saving treatments where they are needed most."


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Chicago's RebelPundit came across some of those nice Occupy Chicago folks wishing good thoughts for all the kind participants at the protest… they kindly wished that Israel be destroyed.
Worse, one of the guys these Occupy-Whatevers allowed to speak is a suspected funder of Middle Eastern terrorists.
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Just like the left, eh? Haters, racists, and anti-Semites galore.
Note also that a Chicago TV station was filming the event. Note also that said film was never aired in Chicago.
The "news," you see, don't want to discredit the Occupy-Whatevers as much as they can avoid it.
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Popular handmade marketplace Etsy has shared some eye-popping stats about its performance in 2012, with CEO Chad Dickerson calling it a "breakthough year."
Etsy has been in the news recently due to its purchase of photo app Mixel and the launch of its sleek new Android app, showing its 800,000 sellers that it's committed to mobile. The company also recently hired a new CFO.
"As you ramp up your businesses in these first weeks of 2013, I want to take a moment to reflect on 2012 one last time and celebrate your collective success," Dickerson wrote to his sellers. "This was a breakthrough year for the Etsy community by any measure."
Here are some of the key takeaways, per a lengthy blog post today:
- Overall sales in 2012 grew 70.3 percent over the previous year, to $895.1 million from $525.6 million in 2011
- 10 million new members joined Etsy last year, almost doubling the total number of members to 22 million in about 200 countries
- New buyers increased by 83 percent in 2012
- Sales in December 2012 were 72.9 percent higher than 2011
- Mobile visits on Etsy grew 244 percent in the past year, representing more than 25 percent of all traffic
- Jewelry is still Etsy's #1 category, but the fastest-growing category is Furniture, which grew 134 percent from 2011.
New York-based Etsy has raised about $91 million from investors including Index Ventures, Union Square Ventures, and Accel Partners.
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BY BRETT SOKOL | June 1, 2010 | Lifestyle
Robert Rosenberg (left) and Steven Krams; BELOW: Alma Blanco (right) in a scene from La Yuma
Everywhere you look, new ways of movie watching are emerging, from iPads to wafer-thin, wall-mounted televisions, all borne aloft on a sea of Netflix accounts, ever multiplying cable channels and online streaming video. So who in their right mind would choose this technological moment to open an old-fashioned movie theater, one complete with a 35mm projector slowly unspooling humongous reels of celluloid past a flickering light?
Robert Rosenberg, that's who. As the director of the new Coral Gables Art Cinema, Rosenberg has partnered with exhibitionindustry veteran Steven Krams, as well as the Gables' city government, to build a 144-seat nonprofit theater smack in the heart of that burg's Miracle Mile shopping district. And don't call it a throwback.
"Citizen Kane is not the same if you watch it on YouTube!" groans Rosenberg in mock horror over the visual compression of Orson Welles' 1941 cinematic touchstone. "Not that it isn't great to be able to occasionally watch a film on your iPhone. But seeing it on a larger screen, the way its director created it to be seen, and with people you can talk about it with afterward—it's a qualitatively different experience." To that end, upon his Art Cinema's opening this summer, "We'll be showing the best of independent film and classic cinema that speaks to the multinational and multilingual diversity of South Florida. As long as we do that, and have unique programs, we'll make a name for ourselves far beyond Coral Gables."
Rosenberg certainly has his aesthetic work cut out for him. As a documentary filmmaker with a slate of impressive productions under his belt—including the Emmy Award-winning Before Stonewall—he's intimately familiar with what it takes to shepherd a lowbudget picture to completion. And as the founder ofMiami's Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, he's equally acquainted with the task of corralling diverse audiences to see those same lesser-known movies. But in 2010, the true battle is in convincing viewers that how they see a film is every bit as crucial as what they see.
Indeed, we're now in the midst of a revived local art-house scene: The Miami Beach Cinematheque, Little Havana's Tower Theater and the University of Miami's Bill Cosford Cinema all program a steady diet of alternative fare stretching beyond the Hollywood mainstream. Yet all increasingly (or in the case of the Beach's Cinematheque, exclusively) project videos—not actual films.
Many moviegoers don't know what they're missing. For a younger generation weaned on instant accessibility and convenience, watching Citizen Kane on YouTube is anything but a joke. And for them, projecting a DVD of Citizen Kane—or simply watching it in the comfort of their own living room—seems like a satisfying option. They have no idea they're only seeing a portion of Welles' original vision. It's akin to visiting a museum exhibition of Jackson Pollock's multilayered, intricately textured drip paintings—only to discover that in lieu of the real thing, the museum created Xerox copies of those paintings and thumbtacked them to the walls. If you've only ever seen Pollock's work in book illustrations, you'd have no idea you were being visually cheated.
So how do veteran film programmers bridge the generational divide? "Let me get my cane and walker first," jokes Rosenberg before turning earnest: "You're selling younger people short. If you go out and talk to kids at universities, a lot of them are dying for some hip, intellectually satisfying events. The audience is out there. But you do have to add some bells and whistles, at least to hook people in until they realize, Wow, it really is different in 35mm on a big screen!" That means adding Q&A sessions with film directors, as well as—this is Miami—galas galore. "If we show a classic Argentine film, there's not only going to be a special presenter there. We'll also have tango music and a big party outside in the courtyard afterward!""Film culture is something you have to cultivate," agrees Miami Herald film critic Rene Rodriguez, who will be curating and hosting a classic-film series of his own at the Coral Gables Art Cinema in the fall. For him, proof came early of the emotional power of strangers gathering in a darkened room before a properly projected film. Flashing back to 1982, he recalls a teenage encounter with Steven Spielberg's handiwork: "I saw E.T. in the theater 16 times—it was so extraordinary! But the reason I kept going back was because I wanted to experience it with an audience. I wanted to see and feel how they'd react. That's something home video can't ever compete with."
Back at the Coral Gables Art Cinema, Rosenberg is preparing his schedule. He's hoping to import San Francisco'sNoir City festival lineup of rarely seen 1930s and '40s film noirs—an array of iconic femmes fatales largely unreleased on DVD. And he has tentatively booked La Yuma, a sumptuously shot portrait of an aspiring female boxer crossing class lines in Managua (and the first feature film shot in Nicaragua in 25 years), as well as Eyes Wide Open, an Israeli drama set inside that country's ultra-Orthodox community, focusing on "forbidden love in fractured families." Though both originally screened at the Miami International Film Festival earlier this year to enthused reactions, neither is anyone's idea of a safe crowd pleaser. Which is exactly the point. "We don't want to repeat what the Regals and AMC theaters are showing," Rosenberg says. "We don't want to repeat even what the other nonprofit cinemas are showing. We want to show new thing."
Robert Rosenberg's Favorite Made-in-Miami Movies
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Directed by Billy Wilder
"This classic comedy brings Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, hiding in plain sight disguised as female jazz musicians with Marilyn Monroe at their side, to a fi ctional Miami that was actually shot in California. Miami, as usual, is posited as outside of normal, daily life: a land of pleasure, rule breaking and craziness."
Where the Boys Are (1960)
Directed by Henry Levin
"While not technically a 'Miami' movie, this essential spring-break romance arguably put Fort Lauderdale on the map and, shot on location, captures the essential fl avor of South Florida with a modern take heretofore not seen on screen."
Miami Rhapsody (1995)
Directed by David Frankel
"One of the best attempts to tap into a more individualized vision of the 'real' Miami, hometown resident Frankel marries Woody Allen-style laughs with on-location shooting—though in typical Hollywood fashion, he makes Miamiseem creamier and smoother than it really is."
There's Something About Mary (1998)
Directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly
"The sometimes crude but always funny humor of the Farrelly brothers lands in Miami for the best location shooting of any Hollywood fi lm. While they repurpose many settings so that locals might be perplexed to discern where they actually are, it does feel like Florida—albeit through LA glasses."
Paraíso (2009) (RIGHT)
Directed by Leon Ichaso
"This small film, shot on high-definition video, perfectly captures Cuban Miami, from the gritty streets of Little Havana to the high-class luxury of Key Biscayne. And the soundtrack is terrific. It's one of the only movies that makes the Miami viewer feel, Yes, this is the city I know!"
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For the past week i have been researching Java Web frameworks, and ways to create something that i can do with php in a week. I would like to create a web application that allows me to create a java power clone of netvibe / pageflakes.However instead of widgets i want to have jsp application running in the window. What java web framework would allow me to do this? I have been looking at JBoss portal but it appears to be hard to style and add the ajax behavior to the windows. Cheers!
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does anyone have this app? also is it really worth $3? i dont really get why they are charging for the app when they have so many advertisers on the site.
since theres no way i'm paying for it, does anyone know a good app for monmouth county nj surf? or northeast for the matter?
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Jul 22, 2011, 01:46 PM #1Member
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swell info app
Jul 22, 2011, 01:58 PM #2
It worth $3, and works well on the Iphone for sure. No other surf forecast app gives you a full 7 day forecast. Its usually pretty accurate. Personally for me its worth $3 to have an idea of swell forecast 5 days in advance, i have a pretty hectic shedule so if I can get a heads up that we might have some surf next wednesday I can start working my stuff around needing to get free that day.
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All of the forecast data in the app is the same ad on the web site. So you can get all the forecast info through your mobile browser, but the app interface is much faster and easier to get the info. Eventually we will get a better interface for mobile browsers.
Jul 22, 2011, 03:19 PM #4
dern thing must be broken, it says it's going to be flat all week...
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i really dont think any app is worth $3. say what you will about me not spending $3 on an app, i just think its dumb to pay for it
any good free apps for the droid?
Jul 22, 2011, 04:38 PM #6
Dude, dumb to pay 3 bucks for a 7 day forecast app? You must be dumb for not paying 3 dollars for a sick app.
Also I wouldn't come on the SWELLINFO forums looking for a free alternative to the SWELLINFO app...
if your willing to miss half hour of work to surf, assuming you make $10/ hour, that session just costed you $5. if you live 5 min from the beach and check the waves 2x's per week, your probably paying $1-2/ week checking waves in gas. if the swellinfo app gets you 1 extra session per year, or avoids you from driving to the beach 5 times or so (total), you just made a great investment
Jul 22, 2011, 05:30 PM #8
as to alternatives....there are not many that work well for the east coast--mostly west coast focused apps...and to be honest, SI was the best. I bought it originally for my Itouch and then for my droid a year or two later. Only a slight difference with the apple app in that you can email the screen to friends or post it on a social media site...but still no love loss with the android app...such a convenient app...definitely worth the money!
Its the only app I have ever bought...just buy it...cheaper than a gallon of gas ;-)
Jul 22, 2011, 05:43 PM #9
Like Micah says, it's the same exact info that's provided on the graph, only in a different format.
If it fits your lifestyle & you have $3.00, buy it. If it's availability or entertainment doesn't enhance your lifestyle, don't get it.
I dig mine.
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Its a solid app. saves a lot of loading time versus going to the actual webpage.
$3 isn't that much money...you probably have $3 in change in your car


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Saturday's second AFL 2016 Round 14 match is between Richmond Tigers and Brisbane Lions with the game to be played at the MCG. The opening bounce is set to commence at 13:40 local time with the home team Richmond Tigers currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, stream, odds and results for the game between Richmond Tigers and Brisbane Lions.
When: 13:40 | Saturday 25/06/2016
Where: MCG
B: D.Astbury, A.Rance, D.Grimes
HB: B.Deledio, T.Hunt, B.Ellis
C: S.Grigg, B.Griffiths, T.Cotchin
HF: D.Martin, R.Conca, K.Lambert
F: J.Riewoldt, S.Lloyd, T.Vickery
R: S.Hampson, A.Miles, S.Edwards
I/C: J.Batchelor, N.Vlastuin, J.Short, C.Menadue
EMG: N.Broad, J.Townsend, J.Castagna
IN: N.Vlastuin, C.Menadue
OUT: C.Ellis (Groin), D.Rioli (Family funeral).
B: D.McStay, D.Merrett, D.Gardiner
HB: D.Rich, H.Andrews, S.Mayes
C: T.Rockliff, R.Mathieson, R.Bewick
HF: P.Hanley, L.Taylor, J.Jansen
F: J.Walker, J.Schache, R.Bastinac
R: S.Martin, R.Lester, M.Robinson
I/C: B.Keays, J.Green, E.Hipwood, M.Hammelman
EMG: C.Beams, M.Paparone, L.Dawson
IN: J.Green, D.McStay, M.Hammelmann, R.Mathieson, H.Andrews
OUT: D.Zorko (Personal), R.Harwood (Knee), C.Beams (Omitted), M.Paparone (Omitted), T.Cutler (Hamstring).
Senior Richmond players have driven a decision for the AFL team to boycott Triple M over the Eddie McGuire-Caroline Wilson controversy.
As the Magpies board backed McGuire as president on Tuesday night, it emerged that Tigers players are starting an open-ended action against the radio station.
Tigers star Jack Riewoldt added that they might continue to not do interviews with the radio station beyond this Saturday's game against Brisbane.
McGuire, North Melbourne chairman James Brayshaw and fellow commentator Danny Frawley have all apologised for comments they made about Wilson on Triple M.
The incident happened during the station's coverage of the Queens Birthday match on June 13.
McGuire said the prominent AFL journalist should be the only participant in next year's Freeze MND ice bath slide and added he would donate $50,000 to the fundraiser if she was held under.
Brayshaw and Frawley enthusiastically endorsed his comments and while the comments were intended as a joke, they have attracted widespread criticism.
"There have been discussions held at the footy club in terms of how we felt about it," Riewoldt told AFL360.
"The club is pretty strong in its stance and our club is a real leader for supporting women's rights.
"The football club is not going to partake in anything with Triple M this week … and it may continue on."
Riewoldt said the idea came from a couple of senior Richmond players.
Club president Peggy Neal had already criticised McGuire, Brayshaw and Frawley, saying the Tigers were dismayed about the comments.
Meanwhile, the Magpies are nervously awaiting a decision from Holden about whether the car maker will continue as one of their key sponsors.
Holden said it is disappointed about the controversy and is reviewing the multi-million dollar sponsorship.
The deal includes naming rights for Collingwood's administration and training headquarters near the MCG.


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Islamabad - The United States has unleashed an unprecedented number of missile attacks by unmanned drones in north west Pakistan over the last two weeks, including one on Thursday that officials said killed 12 alleged militants at a meeting of Taliban commanders.
The barrage signals the Obama administration's intent to press ahead with a tactic that has killed scores of militants over the last two years but is also raising fresh anger in a nation allied with Washington.
On the ground, it means fear-filled, sleepless nights.
"We have become used to the drone attacks, but now people are scared as they are coming every night," said Israr Khan Dawar, a 17-year-old student in Mir Ali, a town in the militant-riddled North Waziristan region.
"More noise means they are flying lower, and that means an attack is more likely," he added.
A UN investigator said the surge added to the need for the cloak of secrecy to be lifted from the CIA-run programme, which has killed civilians as well as insurgents. Critics say the programme does more harm than good because it fans anti US sentiment and anger at Pakistan's own government.
The drones, piloted remotely from bases in the region or in the United States, are Washington's only known military response to al-Qaeda and Taliban militants based in Pakistan's tribal areas along the Afghan border. The insurgents are behind attacks on American, NATO and Afghan troops in Afghanistan and officials say they are also planning attacks on Western targets.
In the two weeks beginning December 31, eight drone strikes hit targets in North Waziristan, the most intense volley since the programme began, according to a tally by The Associated Press.
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The Thursday morning attack involved two missiles hitting a compound where a group of militant leaders were meeting in the Pasalkot area of North Waziristan. Three intelligence officials and four militants told The Associated Press that Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, the possible target of the attack, was not among the dead. They all spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons or because they were not authorised to speak to the media.
On December 30, a suicide bomber killed seven CIA employees at a US base in Afghanistan just across the border from North Waziristan.
Many fighters from the Pakistani Taliban, which have claimed responsibility for the CIA attack, have fled to North Waziristan in the past few months to escape an army offensive in neighbouring South Waziristan. North Waziristan is also a major stronghold for the Haqqani network, an Afghan Taliban faction with links to al-Qaeda that many suspect was also involved in the CIA bombing.
The frequency of the drone strikes has increased since mid-2008. Last year, there were at least 45 attacks, compared to 27 in 2008, according to the AP count.
The attacks killed around 700 people last year, many identified as militants by Pakistani officials interviewed after the attacks.
Last weekend, a Jordanian militant who served as a bodyguard for al-Qaeda's No 3 leader is believed to have been killed in one of two strikes close to Mir Ali.
Independent reporting following the attacks is nearly impossible because militants seal the area.
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US officials do not normally acknowledge firing the missiles, much less give information on casualties.
UN investigator Philip Alston called on the United States to reveal who was being targeted in the attacks and list the casualties, saying it had an obligation to do so under international law. He contrasted the situation to Afghanistan, where there are investigations into allegations of civilian casualties and guidelines on when bombs could be dropped.
"The whole programme is so secretive that we have very little information to evaluate whether the United States is honouring its obligations under the Geneva convention," he said, citing requirements to target only combatants and avoid civilian casualties and other rules of war. "When we were dealing with isolated cases I raised it with the United States. Now that it is systematically using drones, it is becoming increasingly important to get clarification."
Residents in Mir Ali said mostly civilians were being killed in the attacks and urged the government to stop them.
But academic Farhat Taj cautioned that people living in the region were unable to speak honestly out of fear of Taliban retribution. She said that based on her discussions with people who have left the area, many support the strikes because they are accurate.
"They are appreciated for their precision and the lack of collateral damage compared to the Pakistani army," said Taj, who is a member of the Islamabad-based Aryana Institute for Regional Research and Advocacy, which studies north west Pakistan.
In public, Pakistani government officials criticize the strikes and say the United States, which is deeply unpopular, is acting unilaterally. But there is little doubt Islamabad agrees to at least some of the attacks. A Pakistani intelligence officer said Pakistani agents provide targeting information on some of the targets.
The intelligence officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, warned against increasing the drone strikes further or expanding them to other parts of the border region.
"There is a limit," he said, saying it is affecting public support for the government's fight against militants.


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Today at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, an exhibit will open that explores the importance of one of Manhattan's most stories and beloved gay landmarks: the West side piers. Featuring over 70 images, the show aims to look at the docks of the Hudson River as a haven for artists and gay people.
"After years of persecution and repression in the 1950s and 60s, the counter-culture revolution of the late 1960s brought about many cultural changes; this was especially true of changes in sexual attitudes," says a release announcing the exhibit. "Public nudity and sex were becoming more accepted, especially as subject matter for artists seeking new forms of expression. In the post-Stonewall era, these new-found freedoms were swept up into a changing socio-‐political and historical landscape that gave rise to the gay rights movement. The New York Piers, where many gay New Yorkers gathered in the late 1960s and 1970s, where these new sexual freedoms were often played out, became the crossroads for an emerging gay subculture and for artists of that period."
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Team Pacquiao also at fault
It seems to us that while the Nevada State Athletic Commission and chairman Francisco Aguilar were somewhat unfair to eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao over the request for treatment of a reported tear in the rotator cuff of his right shoulder hours before his fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr , he would not have had a chance to act the way he did if Team Pacquiao officials did their job efficiently.
It essentially means telling the truth and not hiding what was going on even from Filipino media people whose newspapers and TV networks spent a considerable amount of money in following Pacquiao every step of the way in his training camp.
To begin with, Aguilar has taken issue with Top Rank promoter Bob Arum's claim that they had informed the Commission about Pacquiao's shoulder injury some days before the May 2 showdown at the MGM Grand Garden Arena which Aguilar claimed was only conveyed to them a few hours before the two fighters entered the ring.
While it is true that the United States Anti Doping Agency was aware of the medication being administered to Pacquiao because of a reported tear in the rotator cuff of his right shoulder, it was certainly not the responsibility of USADA to inform the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It was not their job but that of Team Pacquiao's.
The task of the USADA was to undertake random drug tests on both fighters and to submit the results to the Commission. Nothing more, nothing less.
Both trainer Freddie Roach and Pacquiao's longtime adviser Michael Koncz lied to the media when they said Roach gave Pacquiao one week off from sparring because he was worried he would over-train and get burned out. That lie came back to haunt them because if they had come clean and told the media the truth about the injury then they could have had a basis for seeking a postponement of the fight since there was a provision written into the contract that allowed for such an eventuality.
However, despite claims that they advised Manny to seek a postponement, they were accused of wanting to lay their greedy hands on Pacquiao's earnings as quickly as possible.
To compound the felony, they didn't even allow the media to talk to Manny's sparring partners as though keeping their identities secret would deprive the Mayweather camp of getting what the Team Pacquiao people considered vital information.
In the end, even Pacquiao came to realize that inside information from the Pacquiao camp was being transmitted to Team Mayweather who claimed he knew every little detail of what was going on inside the training camp. This happens all the time unless of course they trained inside the walls of the Kremlin.
While we are personally upset with the manner in which chairman Aguilar treated Pacquiao, we hate to admit that Team Pacquiao by its administrative inefficiency if not incompetence gave him the opportunity to do so.
Koncz filled up the pre-fight form at the weigh-in and Manny, as is customary with him, merely signed the form without going through the answers. How many times has he done this in the past regarding concerts or guest appearances and paid the price?
There was no conceivable way Koncz could have claimed that Pacquiao had no shoulder injury when the question was posed in the form when they claimed to have informed the NSAC about the injury and the medication taken to treat it, neither could he have said "no" when asked about whether Manny was taking any nutritional supplements or vitamins.
There is no way Team Pacquiao can claim these were mere mistakes. No wonder the NSAC accused Team Pacquiao of perjury.
Against this background, it would be interesting to get a copy of a similar form signed by Mayweather because he publicly stated in a post-fight interview that both his hands as well as his shoulders were also injured and if he didn't indicate that in the questionnaire he filled up, then he too perjured himself!
We cannot understand why Team Pacquiao didn't just go ahead and take the pain-killing shots since they were not declared illegal by USADA and presumably would not have shown up in the random drug tests.
It is rumored that Mayweather always takes pain killing injections because of his fragile hands before every fight and he probably did so once again before the "Fight of the Century." As long as it's not illegal, that's fine.
When chairman Aguilar prevented any vitamins or even water taken into Pacquao's dressing room prior to the fight it was obviously harsh but technically correct.
We feel terribly sad for Manny Pacquiao who has been exploited and cheated through the years by those who should have protected him.
While Mayweather tried to soothe the hurt in Manny's heart by offering to give him a rematch in 2016, its obvious as Alex Ariza contends, that unless he revamps his entire team Pacquiao won't stand a chance. Harsh but painfully true.


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Starting Tuesday, March 1 curbside collection will include twice monthly pickup of green bins in the Central Okanagan.
Until the end of November residents can place yard waste directly into the cart and wheel it to the curb according to a schedule set out at the Regional District website.
Waste reduction facilitator Rae Stewart says in a media release, last year alone they collected almost 14,600 tonnes of yard waste at the curb and turned it into high quality compost instead of it being buried at the landfill.
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"We estimate that every 17 hours a farmworker dies because of dangerous equipment, pesticide poisoning, and heat stress." Levy Schroeder, Director of Health & Safety Programs at AFOP
Washington, DC (PRWEB) December 03, 2012
Tomorrow, the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs' (AFOP) SAFE AmeriCorps members from around the country will be honored for their accomplishments during the end of service and graduation ceremony in Washington D.C. During their year of service, the 16 SAFE AmeriCorps volunteers trained more than 25,000 farmworkers and their families in pesticide safety, heat stress prevention, and other health trainings.
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The ceremony will take place at the Beacon Hotel in Washington, D.C. at 6:00 PM. Kevin Keany, chief of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Worker Safety Program at the Office of Pesticide Programs, will address the volunteers during their graduation ceremony. Ashley Nelson, Program Officer and Environmental Protection Specialist at EPA's Office of Pesticide Program, will also participate in the graduation ceremony and offer words of thanks to the SAFE AmeriCorps volunteers for their contributions.
The SAFE AmeriCorps program was established by AFOP in 1995. In addition to health trainings, SAFE AmeriCorps volunteers also provide farmworkers and their families with direct assistance, including help with transportation, clothing, and food. They also create meaningful and lasting partnerships with agricultural employers, service providers, and faith-based organizations. Since 1995, volunteers have trained over half a million farmworkers in pesticide safety at no cost to agricultural employers or farmworkers.
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The Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs (AFOP) is a national federation of non-profit and public agencies that provides job training and services for America's farmworkers. The Health & Safety Programs division develops trainings and coordinates health promotion activities to protect farmworkers from pesticide poisoning, heat-related illness, and other life-threatening occupational hazards. Our national network of trainers reaches thousands of farmworkers each year in 26 states and Puerto Rico. For additional comment from or interview with from an AFOP expert, please contact Ayrianne Parks at (202) 828-6006 x140 or Parks(at)AFOP(dot)org.


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It's our last stop at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. Dudleyas – Check. Spiky succulents – Check. Onward to that lush trail we see ahead.
The rooftop garden was beckoning us with its breathtaking views of the Santa Ynez Mountains in the distance.
We're standing underneath the Herb Parker's Botanic Garden sculpture, aka that rooftop garden. It's a winding labyrinth which leads into a sitting / meditation area…then back out again. If you look closely, the Redwood logs used for the supports are kicking out some new growth. The Santa Barbara Independent has some nice picks of the construction (along with a little drama…that seems to have pasted).
There's a bunch of California natives, grasses, and other perennials up and down this place and here's a closer look as some of our picks…Starting with this cute Fuchsia flowered Gooseberry (Ribes speciosum). Ah, love that fuchsioides type flowers.
The yellow blooms of the Lake Tahoe Buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum 'Lake Tahoe') were popping in the distant. Reminds me a lot of the Coast Buckwheat we have growing near our hood.
Okay, let's talk in the 3rd person for a moment about this one. Matti had a revelation while looking at this shrub. Burning bush moment you ask? Well, not quite…but just as profound. Matti just made the connection that Manzanita and Arctostaphylos are the basically the same thing. That is, Manzanita is the common name for the genus Arctostaphylos. Yes…nothing gets by Matti lol.
Didn't catch the name on these, and they seem to enjoy sitting in the sun.
There's a creek that runs through their more woodsy sections. Due to the heavy rains that were falling the days before (we were there end of December), some of the trails were a little slick and not recommended for hiking, but we did manage to trek to the 20 foot waterfall.
Save yourself plenty time to check out the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden…2-3 hours goes by fast here.
So, we're officially leaving Santa Barbara and continuing our road trip south to the mother of all gardens. Feel free to check out more pics of Santa Barbara on our Flickr.
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They wouldn't shell out for Bill Ward. That's one obscenity. He's the drummer for Sabbath, dunderheads, pull out the purse. Only excuse I can think of is Tony Iommi thought maybe he was down for the eternal count and wanted to get back with Ozzy before punching the cancer clock.
Apart from that one obscenity, though…whew. You'd never guess it had been however many years. Crucial, because the essential Sabbath precepts don't ever change (unto the sun burning out anyway), it's only a question of their devotion to those precepts. They must tackle alienation, doubt, the fear generated by fear and doubt; they must percolate all of these concepts into dread. Plodding dread.
So Iommi sounds off as riff-thick and pulled-note-pulsing as ever before, Ozzy sounds great since he gets to rest between takes, the fake Bill Ward plods so you frankly can't tell the difference…and Geezer Butler, the quiet one, is back in and back on lyrics. Back on classic Sabbath lyrics. "Loner" with his head down, shuffling his feet ("Communication's an impossibility") could be any Sabbath fan or any prospective Sabbath fan. It took Ozzy, though, to bite off the last two syllables of "He don't look happy" to sound too much like "hippie." Viva teamwork!


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Miley Cyrus Drops Liam Hemsworth Off at LAX | Pictures
Miley Cyrus Sweetly Chauffers Fiancé Liam Hemsworth to LAX
Liam Hemsworth got the VIP treatment from Miley Cyrus last night when she dropped him off at LAX. Liam's likely on his way back to the East Coast, where Catching Fire is currently shooting in Atlanta. His costars Josh Hutcherson, Jena Malone, and Sam Claflin are already on location. Jennifer Lawrence transitioned back to Katniss, debuting dark locks last week at her TIFF premiere of Silver Linings Playbook.
Miley isn't joining Liam on set this time around, but is staying close to home to focus on music. Miley's been in the studio working on new tracks and at home spending free time with friends. She also recently lent her celebrity status to a great cause. Miley's among the stars who teamed up with director Adam Shankman for a Rock the Vote PSA encouraging younger voters to participate in the upcoming election.


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Venezuela: Chávez Dies, But Chavismo Will Continue… For Now
Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez died on March 5, after a long period of illness. Below are some of the key points from our political outlook for Venezuela, as outlined in several recent articles in our online service:
- A new presidential election will be held within 30 days, and we expect Vice-President Nicolás Maduro, Chávez's chosen successor, to win. His most likely opponent is Henrique Capriles Radonksi, who was defeated by Chávez last October. The opposition doesn't really have time to find someone new.
- We expect Maduro to continue Chávez's legacy of high social spending and interventionist economic policies.
- Social tensions will remain elevated, fuelled by a polarised electorate and political uncertainty.
- Now that Chávez is dead, we do not rule out internal fragmentation within the ruling Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV) party. This could see the military faction, led by National Assembly president Diosdado Cabello, seek to increase its influence, resulting in a destabilising power struggle.
- Chávez's death will pave the way for the next president to gradually move away from his predecessor's more hardline policies. In other words, there is scope for modest reform.
Opposition Has Its Work Cut Out
At this point, the opposition's best bet is to mobilise as quickly as possible for the forthcoming presidential election. The opposition will need to work hard to bolster its support, given its heavy losses in last December's regional elections. Beyond the presidential poll, the opposition will also be eyeing municipal elections, which are scheduled for July 14. Then, there will be legislative elections in 2015. This will be a key test for whether the opposition can win the presidency in 2019.
Overall, we expect Venezuela to remain unstable for some years to come.
Chávez's Death Removes Key Ideological Pillar
Also significant is that Chávez's death removes a key pillar of the global anti-imperialist left. Chávez provided strong support for left-wing leaders in Latin American countries such as Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru, and elsewhere, and he forged ties with anti-American leaders such as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Libya's late Muammar Qadhafi. There are no obvious figures with Chávez's ideological convictions, motivation, and experience to replace him.


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Very few have tried to take their stab at the "Souls" formula seen in From Software's popular franchise and Bloodborne. Last year we had Lords of the Fallen, which was a Westernized take on a Souls game, but it was too derivative of From Software's efforts. Surprisingly, there aren't many Japanese games trying to cash in the Souls train while the genre is still going strong because I guess they're still after the Monster Hunter crowd. However, Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja decides to step to the plate with Ni-Oh. Ni-Oh was originally announced back early in the PS3 generation until the game was brought back from vaporware at last year's Tokyo Game Show. A timed release alpha demo came out last week for players to check out and send feedback if they have issues. It is still playable until May 5th, but even as someone who is not into Souls-type games that much, Ni-Oh surprised me once I got out of the initial gambit of deaths.
Ni-Oh in a nutshell is a mix of Ninja Gaiden, Onimusha & Dark Souls. In other words, it has Team Ninja's experience in deep combat from the modern Ninja Gaiden games, setting that is reminiscent of Capcom's Onimusha series and the gameplay structure of Dark Souls. You play as a character that looks too similar to Geralt from The Witcher III: Wild Hunt starting with just casual clothes and a katana. Even with those items equipped, one or two hits by enemy attacks and you're dead. Just like in Dark Souls, your spirit can be reached to retrieve your lost Amarita, Ni-Oh's version of souls, that can be spent on leveling up stats at shrines, this game's bonfires. Add stamina management to the table and yup it's a Souls game at first glance, but the differences Ni-Oh has does separate it from those games enough to the point it's not derivative.
What sets Ni-Oh apart from Dark Souls is the combat system. Even though you still need to manage your stamina with attacks, dodges and sprinting, weaponized combat consists of stances. Each stance has it's beneficial uses. Mid stance is all around while low stance lets you have quicker attacks sacrificing damage and high stance is the opposite. Blocking and parrying is critical pending on the stance you use as some attacks can be defended better at certain stances. Multiple stances also widen up the offense your character gaining new attacks once there are samurai skill points to spend. Battling against multiple enemies at once is a struggle at first because blocking attacks does spend stamina (Ki in this game's case), but you get better armor and weapons, you can come out of them unscathed.
There's also ninjitsu and magic with the combat, but I didn't focus on them that much with my character build being more stamina and strength focused. Players can throw shruikens and bust out spells from a distance along with picking off enemies by arrow headshots. One gameplay element that does separate the good players from the bad is the usage of Ki Pulse. After performing a combo, players can recover stamina right away Gears of War active reload style instead of waiting for the meter to fill up. It's definitely a skill worth mastering because your player will just stand there waiting to be attacked if he's out of stamina. Lastly, your spirit has a devil trigger function (triangle + circle) where the player can go wild for a limited amount of time.
With all those options at your disposal, you're ready to kick some ass right? Wrong because even for Souls fans, this Ni-Oh alpha demo is bringing the difficulty back from the early Souls days. As I mentioned earlier, it takes one or two hits for you to be killed with your starter gear. Even once you get better armor, not being careful or mismanaging stamina will lead to easy deaths as well. Sometimes, a slower methodical pace triggering one enemy at a time is the way to go early on as it is in Souls games. Human enemies with swords, axes and bows/arrows aren't the only opposition that wants to kill you. Zombies can poison you once you receive a hug from them, which is frustrating because I didn't notice any items that get rid of poison, burning or other status effects. Yokai demons also spawn out of clouds and they will dish out the pain, but killing them once doesn't make them respawn when you save at a shrine. Of course it ain't a Souls-like game without difficult bosses to defeat and difficult is indeed the case, but once you figure out their patterns after a few attempts, the two in this alpha demo aren't that hard to beat.
Another key component that Ni-Oh departs from the Souls formula is the loot system. Enemies will often drop new weapons, armor and items for you to use. Weapons and armor are very numerical based as the higher the number, the strong it is against enemies. There's also other status effects applied to the equipment beyond just numbers from elemental effects, more damage with a specific stance and ki usage. Loot not as good as what you got equipped can be offered for more amarita when you visit a shrine. Durability plays a factor for weapons and armor, so it's recommended to have backups in case they get broken in battle. They can be restored by glue and whetstones, but good luck finding the opportunity to use them especially during a boss fight.
Even though Ni-Oh in it's alpha state, the game looks great and also enacts a feature straight out of PC gaming where you can change the framerate. Prefer the more cinematic route? The option is there to play at just 30 frames per second to see what the game is capable of with better graphical detail, but there's a 60 fps option despite not consistently staying there sacrificing some graphical elements. The first environment takes place at a village near the ocean while the second unlockable one once you defeat the boss at the first level is in a more ninja-like setting at night with the rain. At times the game is a bit too dark at spots, but the brightness can be cranked up if you prefer that. I do wish there's some daytime environments in the final game however.
If you're interested in a new take on a Souls game, give Ni-Oh a shot before the alpha demo ends on May 5th. It does require an always online connection because of the bloodstains where players die at are AI controlled opponents when activated. The initial difficulty spike may turn off players at first, but once you get better gear, the game becomes more manageable than cheap. Team Ninja's twists on the formula so far work well with the multiple stance combat and the loot system, but mismanaging your build such as not having enough stats to have heavier armor equipped can be disastrous. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this demo of Ni-Oh because of my lack of experience in the Souls games. The combat has lots of potential to be the deepest the genre has seen and it's satisfying beating difficult bosses that might take hours to beat. Some little tweaks and kinks will be made after the feedback from this alpha, but I'm more excited for Ni-Oh, coming out later this year, than I was when it came back last year in trailer form.


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Birdman contest sees Donaghadee festival go out on a high note
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THIS year's Festival Fortnight in Donaghadee is set to finish on a wing and prayer with the return of the highly popular Birdman competition.
The festival, which sees more than 25 events taking place over two weeks will come to a climax when would-be aviators attempt man powered flight off the harbour in a variety of home-made flying machines and outfits in the hope of winning the £1,000 prize money.
TV and radio personality George Jones will be commentating and the total prize fund is £2,600.
Opening on August 10 with the annual raft race and Lifeboat Festival the Festival Fortnight will run until August 24 with activities every day designed to appeal to all ages with thrills and spills on two wheels and four, water based activities, dancing and music.
Co-ordinated by the Donaghadee Commerce and Development Group (DCDG) the programme also boasts highlights of an Ulster-Scots festival, an Indian and Chinese festival, an autotest organised by the Ulster Automobile Club and a live broadcast by Hugo Duncan.
Chairman of DCDG David Cochrane thanked all those involved in growing the festival from a weekend event. "I hope it will not only encourage our townsfolk to attend the events but also encourage visitors to come to Donaghadee. All we need now is the weather."
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text: Hamline Now Offers Users Google GroupsGoogle Groups provide a convenient way to create online groups and email distribution lists. They are now available for request by Hamline students, faculty, and staff through Hamline's Google domain. Google groups can be used to create a single email address for a group of individuals, making it easy to have conversations on any number of topics by email or by using a web forum, keeping messages grouped together. Google Groups are also a good way to share documents and to easily schedule meetings across several members' Google calendars through the use of the group's single email address.There are three types of Google Groups. They include:Ad-Hoc Groups: These are temporary working groups, such as project teams and unofficial student organizations. Membership is controlled by the group manager within the Google Apps interface. Ad-Hoc Groups are intended to expire annually, following the end of spring semester.Standing Groups: These are official Hamline groups that are inter-departmental or have a campus-wide focus. Examples include university committees, several student workers within a department, and officially-recognized student organizations. Membership for these groups is controlled by the group manager by using Hamline's system of record. Membership must be reviewed by the group manager at least annually.Affiliation Groups: These are official Hamline groups. They include but are not limited to administrative staff departments, school staff and faculty, and class rosters. Membership in such groups is controlled automatically through Hamline's central information system (Banner).To request the creation of a Google Group in the Hamline University domain, please fill out the request form: Request for Google Group. Information Technology Services (ITS) will contact the requestor within 3-5 business days to define the scope and timeframe for the group creation.Learn more about Hamline's Google Group Policy. Best practices and training materials are available on the Knowledge Base page. If you have questions, please email the ITS HelpDesk or call 651-523-2220.


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Canceled Games Cause Huge Loss for Square Enix
Square Enix has reported massive losses for the last fiscal year, with a large part attributed to canceled games. The total loss estimates come in at a 12 billion yen net loss. Development cancellations account for a 4.5 billion yen loss.
Canceled projects include Gun Loco, an Xbox 360 shooter which was canceled in March. The game received a tepid response from the press, resulting in Square pulling the plug. Also canceled was Project Dropship, a game intended for PSN and XBLA.
Along with cancellation losses, Square Enix also reported a 0.6 billion yen loss for "loss on disaster" caused by the tsunami.
Despite the losses, the coming fiscal year offers the potential to gain some ground with a strong line-up. With new games in the Deus Ex, Hitman, Tomb Raider, Final Fantasy, and Dragon Quest series on the way, this may be little more than a temporary setback for the company.
From a consumer standpoint, it's commendable of Square Enix to cancel failing projects. Not every game release can be amazing, but with more and more titles arriving every year, it's good to see a publisher willing to trim the fat.


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It's fitting that a common line of dialogue in "End of Watch" is "Turn that thing off!" Writer-director David Ayer, who penned "Training Day" and directed "Street Kings," both also about LAPD cops, this time has Jake Gyllenhaal and partner Michael Peña document their every move with hand-held, lipstick, and car-mounted cameras. What is a terrible idea for a policeman (and Gyllenhaal is repeatedly told so) is a pretty clever idea for a movie, as it comments on the ubiquity of the visual image in law enforcement, gang culture, forensics, and interpersonal relationships. There is no master criminal to catch in "End of Watch," no super villain established early on who must be stopped through police work. Exciting action sequences punctuate the narrative, but the overall goal of these cops isn't catching a killer or rescuing a hostage; it's establishing a family life and making it home safely. Excepting the cops of "The Wire" or "Hill Street Blues," whom we got to know over dozens of hours, the policemen of "End of Watch" are more fleshed out than celluloid usually allows for. Gyllenhaal once again establishes that he's one of our most compelling actors. Peña is also great in this affecting film.
"Dredd," or "Die Hard in a Dystopia" sets the cinematic record for the graphic depiction of bullet exit wounds. In a post-apocalyptic future, we're told that the only line between civilization and chaos are the judges, armored super cops who are allowed to execute bad guys on-site. The latest recruit in the war against everything and everybody is Anderson, a rookie who does not wear a helmet lest it interfere with her psychic ability. She is teamed with Dredd, who does not speak above a raspy whisper lest he get himself expelled from Christian Bale Voiceover Academy. The pair must fight their way out of a housing complex ruled by a sadistic drug queenpin named Ma-Ma (Lena Headley). Olivia Thirlby's Anderson actually experiences some character growth in the course of the slow-mo carnage. But Dredd, as played by the lower third of Karl Urban's face, is as stoic and static as can be. Delivering adrenalized action sequences and an aggressive body count, "Dredd" takes the genre to new places, possibly ones requiring PTSD counseling.
Charlie in "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" is the type of high school freshman we've encountered before—smart, shy, overshadowed. But his hell gives way to hedonistic Valhalla when he meets the outlandish Patrick (Ezra Miller) and beguiling Sam, whose physical appeal can best be described as "Emma Watson." The geek has fallen in with freaks and, quite frankly, it seems kind of fun. To be fair, Logan Lerman's Charlie has things going for him that the normal Michael Cera–esque sweet-sad-sack type does not. Charlie is handsome and physically strong. He has some vaguely referred-to blackouts and psychological problems, but we're told about these hardships, not shown them. Director Stephen Chbosky's script is respectful of its characters, and while the climax isn't a catharsis, you feel you've taken a worthwhile journey. There is a sharp turn in the third act, which is jarring in the moment but on reflection is largely earned. The movie also treats a late-breaking revelation as a "Sixth Sense"–like explanation for all we've seen before. It would have been better to play it as but another layer of character development in a nicely textured film.
Catcher-cum-quipster Bob Uecker once said, "The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up." With "Knuckleball!" directors Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg have not just picked up on the nuances and quirks of this dervish of a pitch—they satisfyingly explore the relationship between pitch and pitcher. Think about this: a documentary not about a sport, or a team, or a player, but about a single type of pitch, one technique for holding a ball, and the weird, often random directions it takes afterward. Throwing a knuckleball is about gripping hard—with the fingernails, actually, not the knuckles—and then letting go. Stern and Sundberg get the gestalt of it all, following knuckleballers Tim Wakefield and R.A. Dickey during the 2011 season. The film is produced by MLB Productions and, as such, not only benefits from great archival footage but by its very existence is an assertion of the value of preserving a perverse pitch.
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Worth Real Estate moves to new locationAdds two new agents
Belfast — Worth Real Estate has moved into larger office space across from the Belfast Co-op as the real estate market has improved over the last year. Worth has added two new agents, Jon Ohlsen and Domenic Ruccio and a super administrator, Martha Lafage. Worth Real Estate owners Peg Worth and Michael Cunning have been involved in Belfast real estate since 1984.


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Re-reporting Woodward
Slate's Tanner Colby has written a smart analysis of Bob Woodward's 1984 biography of the comedian John Belushi, which will provide more fodder for Woodward's critics.
Colby is himself the author of a 2004 biography of Belushi, and in re-reporting Woodward's work, Wired: The Short Life & Fast Times of John Belushi, he found his predecessor's portrait wanting:
Wired is an anomaly in the Woodward catalog, the only book he's ever written about a subject other than Washington. As such, it's rarely cited by his critics. But Wired's outlier status is the very thing that makes it such a fascinating piece of Woodwardology. Because he was forced to work outside of his comfort zone, his strengths and his weaknesses can be seen in sharper relief. In Hollywood, his sources weren't top secret and confidential. They were some of the most famous people in America. The methodology behind the book is right out there in the open, waiting for someone to do exactly what I did: take it apart and see how Woodward does what he does.
Wired is an infuriating piece of work. There's a reason Woodward's critics consistently come off as hysterical ninnies: He doesn't make Jonah Lehrer–level mistakes. There's never a smoking gun like an outright falsehood or a brazen ethical breach. And yet, in the final product, a lot of what Woodward writes comes off as being not quite right—some of it to the point where it can feel quite wrong. There's no question that he frequently ferrets out information that other reporters don't. But getting the scoop is only part of the equation. Once you have the facts, you have to present those facts in context and in proportion to other facts in order to accurately reflect reality. It's here that Woodward fails.


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Now the Class XI students of West Bengal Higher Secondary Council (WBHSC) will not be required to take lengthy annual exams in their pre-board year. The board has replaced the class XI exam with a 'problem solving assessment test' which will be a 3-hour objective type test.
The COBSE (Council of Boards of School Education in India) has directed the board to make the policy effective. The HS Council will demand approval for the COBSE decision in an executive council meeting and then forward it to the government for sanction.
The WBHSC has already agreed to the MHRD's decision to permit only top 20 percentile students from each state board in IIT-JEE.
The test will be taken at schools but evaluation of answer sheets will take place centrally at regional centers of the council.
HS Council will frame the question paper which will cover all 5 subjects and will access students' concept.
The marks scored in the test will be mentioned in the HS board marksheet. CBSE has already introduced this system from this academic session.
The test has been implemented keeping a number of objectives in mind. With this number of exams will be reduced which will motivate students. It will also discourage rote learning practice and teachers can simply focus on textbook teaching instead of giving out notes to students. It will also encourage the practice of reading between the lines among students.
As the exam will be held only on one day unlike previous years when exams of 6 subjects were spread over 11 days, the students will not be burdened. This will also bring down the businesses of coaching centers.
Moreover, students will take it seriously as the marks will be reflected in their class XII board marksheet. The delays in submitting marks will also be minimized because answer sheets will be checked at regional centers through machines.
Students will get a question booklet along with a Weimar sheet having a carbon copy. Students will be allowed to carry question paper and a copy of Weimar sheet to their home. The council will upload the model answers on the official website within a week so that students can get an idea of the marks scored.
Source: Times of India
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