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Any British household with a scrap of land has always grown herbs for the kitchen. From the superb monastic herb gardens down to the humblest cottage, a supply of fresh herbs would have been considered essential. The list of long-standing British herbs might surprise a modern cook who associates herbs principally with the Mediterranean. The Saxons, for example, were hugely sophisticated in their use of herbs for both the kitchen and as medicinal plants. Indeed, as in modern-day Chinese medicine, the division between the two uses was scarcely acknowledged and they apparently recognised at least 500 plants that could be used for taste and health. Many of the Mediterranean herbs were introduced by the Romans, although a vigorous trade in herbs and spices from Europe and the Middle East was in operation by Saxon times. Later, this intense intimacy with plants, which also included spells and an almost magical belief in the power of herbs, such as watercress (which was regarded as a sacred plant), camomile, chervil, fennel and mugwort, came to be viewed as evidence of witchcraft and was thus discouraged and has arguably never been recovered to this day.
The modern gardener and cook has, by historical standards, a very restricted concept of what a herb might be. In the monastic or castle garden, every plant that was not listed as a fruit tree was a herb. As far as the medieval and Tudor kitchen went, herbs covered what we might call salad leaves as well as being the province of the apothecary. In this area, along the Welsh borders, until very recently it was normal to source most of your own raw materials for ointments, lotions and infusions to deal with common health problems. Until the Nineties, the woman who farmed our land before us used to collect elderflowers to make an infusion to wash her hair with and her mother regarded the hedgerow outside the kitchen window as 'her chemist'. This is wholly in the spirit of the medieval herbalist, who saw plants providing an almost limitless source of good health and good flavour. There is no reason why we cannot tap into that in a modest way in any garden that has room for a few pots.
The modern kitchen need not emulate this range or variety, but it is quite impossible to cook even the simplest of dishes without access to a supply of fresh herbs. Since Neolithic times, British cooking has always been an eclectic mix of cultures. Herbs like mint, coriander, tansy and marjoram grew wild. The Romans brought with them spices such as ginger, pepper and cinnamon, and herbs including borage, chervil, dill, fennel, lovage, sage and thyme, all of which have remained staples of the British kitchen.
Many of the herbs that the Romans introduced had become escapees and were growing wild by the time the Saxons had colonised England. Mustard (the white kind, Brassica alba), chervil, dill, coriander and parsley all fled the Roman garden and became at home in the British countryside. So, too, did cherry, almond, quince, medlar and peach trees. The Romans certainly brought bulb garlic (Allium sativum) with them, too, but thought it coarse and only good for giving soldiers or slaves strength. Wild garlic (Allium ursinum) has been gathered since prehistoric times, and in medieval times was grown and eaten almost daily by the peasant classes with cheese or boiled bacon. It is also one of the very first green vegetables available in spring. However, by the 19th century, probably as a result of the lengthy wars against the French, garlic was looked upon with great suspicion and Mrs Beeton, writing in 1860, probably reflected the general attitude that persisted right up until the end of the 20th century: 'The smell of this plant is generally considered offensive, and it is the most acrimonious in its taste of the whole of the alliaceous tribe.'
This cultural wrinkling of the nose seems to me to be part of the whole parochialism of food in the 20th century. Despite the much proclaimed globalism, I think it continues today outside the biggest cities. We may not know much about food, but by God and empire we know what we like - even if it is ← mostly bland, limited and often disgusting.
However, growing in our fields and woods (hidden from the chemical fallout of the past 50 years of farming) is a huge range of herbs of real diversity. Our precepts of what constitutes 'British' food have become hopelessly limited. This applies to our gardens, too. The divide between a 'wild' plant and what is suitable for the garden is unnatural and meaningless. Gardens begin and end in the mind, and the Western way of thinking is not good at accommodating that. Japanese gardens, on the other hand, have refined the concept past our comprehension. I am very taken with all this because, as well as my garden at home (which remains formal, structured and much loved), I also have a slab of Welsh hillside which is the exact opposite, just filled with beautiful things or incidents. Somewhere between the two is the garden in my head.
If this is all too introverted and in danger of disappearing up its own fundament, perhaps just extending our concept of what a herb is and where it might grow is a start. My list is by no means inclusive, but it is, to paraphrase the title of Mirabel Osler's great book, a gentle plea for chaos and the blurring of lines.
We have wild basil (Calamintha officinalis), which looks a bit like a small deadnettle and grows along hedgerows and waste ground and makes a tea. There is caraway (Carum carvi), which is good in salads and cakes and breads, and was very popular in medieval times. It is a cousin of dill and fennel, and has been grown as a cultivated plant since at least the 8th century BC. Coriander was used in pickles and in curing meat, and is my children's favourite herb. Apparently, Essex was the place to find it, although I don't know why.
Lamb's lettuce (Valerianella locusta) was so called because it appeared about now (lambing time) and was picked and eaten as a fresh green vegetable, just as it is now. Wild lettuce, on the other hand, was used primarily more like opium. The juice was dried into brown cakes that were administered to help sleep and as a painkiller. Lovage was associated with Scotland, but brought south by the east coast fishing boats. Chickweed is regarded by most gardeners as just that - a weed - but is excellent in sandwiches or salads. Like fat hen (Chenopodium album), it is a weed of manure, and both will spring up enthusiastically from seeds in a load of cattle dung. Fat hen has leaves that can be eaten like spinach, and seeds that will grind to make flour. Even ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria) was famously introduced as a vegetable. It still serves well for that purpose, and if you have it you might as well eat it.
Wild marjoram is a native, as are chives, wild thyme and camomile. Salad burnet is only grown in herb gardens now (and not many of those), but it was named as a salad herb to distinguish it from the other available wild burnet, great burnet. Sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata) is an aniseed-tasting sweetener and grows well in my own patch of coppice. The Romans introduced smallage or wild celery, and I have often seen it referred to, but have never used it - though apparently it is delicious. Good name, too.


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Individualized career counseling is a hallmark of CMC Career Services. Primarily, students interact with our fabulous career counselors in two ways. Freshman and transfer students will be assigned a career coach through their WOA (Wilderness Outdoor Adventure) group assignment. The WOA groups will meet with their assigned counselor in October, to review resources and services available, as well as get each student started on their customized journey to personal and professional growth.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Jason Kidd is refusing to attend night sessions during the New Jersey Nets' two-a-day practices at training camp, and he doesn't care if the team fines him for it.
"They want me to be here -- they have every right -- but my best thing is to try to get healthy, rehab and push forward. That's my stance," said Kidd, who had knee surgery over the summer and is at least three weeks away from practicing. "Me sitting here for three hours is not helping me rehab."


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SALT LAKE CITY — A bill to facilitate the private development of a long-sought convention hotel adjacent to the Salt Palace Convention Center was approved 53-21 by the House on Tuesday.
HB356, sponsored by Rep. Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, offers private developers a tax rebate incentive for building a convention hotel with 1,000 rooms and up to 100,000 square feet of meeting space.
Supporters say the hotel is necessary to keep Salt Lake City competitive with other convention cities and would add to the $7.5 billion the tourism and convention industry contribute annually to Utah's economy.
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He said the bill is improved from last year's failed attempt to gain support for the convention hotel because it includes a capped incentive that would be used only for the meeting space and infrastructure, not hotel rooms.
The bill also provides that convention visitors would receive a bounce-back voucher that would encourage them to visit longer or come back to Utah and stay at a different hotel.
The mitigation fund allows competing hotels to seek compensation if their business suffers. But Wilson said other cities that have built convention hotels have absorbed the additional rooms and created new demand within a few years.
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finbarr O'reilly of Reuters reports: "At least 450,000 white South Africans, 10 percent of the total white population, live below the poverty line and 100,000 are struggling just to survive, according to civil organisations and largely white trade union Solidarity. South Africa's population is about 50 million. …"
"South Africa's unskilled whites find themselves on the wrong side of history, gaining little sympathy from those who perceive them as having profited unfairly during the brutal apartheid years.
Trade union Solidarity says there are around 430,000 whites who live in squatter camps. Around the capital Pretoria alone there are 80 squatter settlements. There are over 2,000 much larger black squatter camps across South Africa.
Formerly comfortable Afrikaners recently forced to live on the fringes of society see themselves as victims of 'reverse-apartheid' that they say puts them at an even greater disadvantage than the millions of poor black South Africans.
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Notes: Halos need healthy Anderson
ANAHEIM -- Hit like Barry Bonds? Garret Anderson gave it some thought and then a shot, but the Angels' left fielder quickly abandoned the batting-cage experiment, returning to his own, more liberating style of hitting. "I tried it, to see what it was like, but it didn't feel right," Anderson said. "I couldn't get comfortable with it. "Barry chokes up on a smaller bat and has an extremely compact swing. That gives him a more limited area to hit in. He's very selective, and that enables him to work counts and get pitches in that very small hitting zone. It's not easy to hit that way. That's why you don't see guys emulating Barry. It's pretty unique to him."
Anderson has a more aggressive approach than the home run kingpin, coming out of the chute swinging if he sees something he feels he can drive with his longer swing. When he's on his game, Anderson is smashing line drives to all fields, with almost twice as many doubles (450) as homers (247) in his career. A .296 career hitter, Anderson believes he could have hit in the .315 to .320 range if he'd focused from the beginning on hitting in the mold of Rod Carew or Tony Gwynn. Paid to drive in runs, he's the franchise leader with 1,163 RBIs -- and counting. Anderson says he doesn't take it personally when media and fans clamor for a loud bat in support of Vladimir Guerrero. "That's never bothered me at all," Anderson said in the afterglow of a three-RBI performance in Sunday's 4-3 win over the A's in Oakland. "I never paid much attention to it. I know what I'm capable of doing when I'm healthy and playing every day." Anderson has been dogged by injuries dating to what was diagnosed as early undifferentiated inflammatory arthritis in 2004, when he made his first career trip to the disabled list. Playing through a variety of ailments, he delivered 96 RBIs in 2005 and 85 last year. He's been on the DL twice this season with a torn right hip flexor, forcing him to miss 46 games. Back since July 2, Anderson has hit .327 in 26 games, finding the groove that made him a respected weapon from 1995 through 2003. During his 2000 through 2003 peak years, he averaged 30 homers and 120 RBIs. "It's a good feeling to drive the ball like that -- that's what I've done for years," Anderson said, having lashed three lasers -- a triple, sacrifice fly and single -- for critical runs Sunday, striking twice with two outs. That gave him 15 RBIs in his past 11 games going into Monday night's assignment against Boston's Curt Schilling. Dan Haren, Oakland's Cy Young Award candidate, expressed a healthy respect for Anderson and his impact behind Guerrero after facing them on Sunday. "It's kind of pick your poison to me," Haren said. "We weren't going to let Vlad beat us, but Garret hits me pretty well (11-for-27). I fell behind him twice, and he made me pay. That's a tough 3-4 in their lineup." For the 2002 World Series champions, Anderson delivered 29 homers and 123 RBIs along with a league-best 56 doubles while batting .306. Manager Mike Scioscia is confident Anderson can help Guerrero with the heavy lifting down the stretch in pursuit of another memorable October. "We need him," Scioscia said. "We know what Garret Anderson can do. For his whole career, he's been an RBI machine. We need that part in our lineup, and we have a lot of confidence he's going to be there." Aybar activated: The Angels added depth to their roster with the return of Erick Aybar to active duty on Monday. Relief pitcher Marc Gwyn was returned to Triple-A Salt Lake to make room for the versatile Aybar, who can play the outfield as well as shortstop, second and third base. Maicer Izturis, solid offensively and defensively at second in Howie Kendrick's absence, remained in the lineup for the first of three games against the Red Sox. "We'll get [Aybar] playing time somewhere," Scioscia said. "Right now Izzy's playing terrific baseball. I want to keep guys where they're not stretched too thin. That's where Erick fits in. Our bench has been very inexperienced. To get Erick back, Howie back, it's going to help us with options." Kendrick is at least two weeks away, it appears, as he resumes baseball-related activities after fracturing his left index finger and going on the DL retroactive to July 9. Minor sensations: Kasey Olenberger strengthened his case for a serious look with the Angels, yielding one run on four hits and a walk while striking out eight in seven innings of a 6-1 victory for Salt Lake against Round Rock. Olenberger, 29, from Piner (Santa Rosa, Calif.) High School and Long Beach State, has been the Bees' reliable ace all year. The 6-foot-4 right-hander is 10-5 with a 4.50 ERA in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League, walking 34 and striking out 103 in 152 innings. Right-hander Steve Marek, 23, worked 6 1/3 scoreless innings for Class A Rancho Cucamonga in a 5-2 win over Stockton. Marek is 6-8 with a 4.32 ERA (79 strikeouts, 41 walks in 103 1/3 innings). On Aug. 6 in Angels history: Bobby Bonds drove in the winning run as Fast Frank Tanana outdueled Vida Blue, 2-1, in a 1976 showdown of dominant lefties in Oakland. Tanana struck out 13 and gave up four hits in going the distance. Up next: Southpaw Joe Saunders (5-0, 3.10) faces Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield (13-9, 4.55) Tuesday at 7:05 p.m. PT.
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Lawyers Challenge Seattle Mayor Over Same-Sex 'Marriage' Order
The Washington Court of Appeals is finally ready to hear arguments throughout this week that are challenging a decision by Seattle's mayor to honor homosexual "marriages."
The suit has been on hold since 2004, after the courts were still discussing the constitutionality of a Defense of Marriage Acts (DOMA) that had already passed and defined marriage between one man and one woman.
After upholding that act, Mayor Greg Nickels' executive order will now be challenged.
"The people of Washington spoke unequivocally through their elected legislators, upholding traditional marriage," explained Matthew McReynolds, a Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) staff attorney who began arguing the case on Tuesday in Seattle, in a statement. "Mayor Nickels has absolutely no authority to recognize same-sex marriage in contradiction of state law."
The dispute began when Nickels issued an executive order in 2004 recognizing same-sex "marriages" from other locations, such as Massachusetts – the only U.S. state to have legalized gay "marriage." The purpose of the initiative was to give employee benefits to such couples.
The state of Washington had already voted on the issue with the DOMA, however, and had already defined marriage as between one male and one female, so the executive order was strictly against the vote, argue PJI representatives.
PJI attorneys filed a lawsuit that year, but were unable to bring the case to court until the Washington Supreme Court had decided whether the DOMA was constitutional.
After upholding the DOMA last summer, the Washington Court of Appeals will now consider whether Nickels' actions conflicted with the DOMA.
"Our nation cannot exist without continued respect for the rule of law," said Brad Dacus, president of PJI, in a statement. "Having spoken through their elected representatives, the citizens of Washington State are entitled to have their will respected by local officials, regardless of their ideology."
The lawsuit comes amid the official start of civil unions for the state of Washington. Same-sex couples from around the state traveled to the capital Olympia, Wash., on Monday to get official recognition for their new rights.
"Twelve years and two grown kids – it's about time, don't you think?" told Anna Schlecht, a 50-year-old lesbian from Tacoma, Wash., to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper. "It's a big day. I'm an activist, and I've been working on this issue, but on a personal level, I guess I'm a little surprised at how emotional it feels."
Christian and pro-family groups were unsatisfied with the new legislation, however, since it gives marriage-like rights to gay couples.
"Domestic partnerships give marriage-like benefits without the benefit of marriage," explained Joseph Fuiton, chairman of the conservative Faith and Freedom Network, to the Seattle PI. "God's law is established in the male-female relationship. When the state acts to replace the wisdom of God with the wisdom of the Legislature, we are headed for an uncertain future, and that is putting the best face on it. With this social experimentation, the state of Washington is signaling to our children that domestic partnerships are nearly as good as marriage."
For the current Seattle lawsuit, PJI is being assisted by attorney Darren Walker of Vancouver, Wash., as well as Brian Fahling of the American Family Association who will act as co-counsel.


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Weight, Accuaracy of course! Pre-Lubed, workmanship, suitability for PCP's
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Price a little high
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I use Crosman Accupell and Air Arms Field Dome for my S400K and Rapid 7.
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Hellfire pants were built from the ground up, this isn't just the same old soft shell pant in a new color with a few new pockets. Using proven components like PrimaLoft insulation and A-TACS camo, Browning's designers constructed a soft shell pant for the athlete hunter. The 3-layer stretch woven outer fabric is 100% windproof, breathable, and water-resistant. HeroFit eliminates excess weight and bulk for a true athletic cut. Performance mapping PrimaLoft is strategically placed for maximum warmth, comfort, and mobility. Articulated knees and full-length gusset add comfort and mobility.


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Everything made by me except for the wig and hat. the soul gems and boots need work, but everything else came out pretty okay:)
The corset is a real corset with hidden lacing.
The skirt has horse hair in it to add extra fullness and floof. I also have 2 petticoats on. A lot of fun to wear since
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Sigh! This was bound to happen. Hercules was popular. Maciste was popular. One was a rip-off of the other. Both had been greatly popular. Then they were less popular. But they wished to remain popular. They had no more creativity. As a desperate gambit to stay relevant, without carefully thinking out their franchises at all, instead the two greatest peplum money machines decided to do a beefcake combo, and cross over.
The notion of crossing Hercules and Maciste is pretty danged foolish on the face of it. Normally, such crossovers, especially when "Versus" or "Against" is in the title, are to determine on a staged arena which of two fictional characters would win in a fight. That's the reasoning behind Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, King Kong vs. Godzilla, Alien vs. Predator… But to see which legendary strongman, Hercules or Maciste, is the mightier, this is a retarded notion. It has to do with Maciste, a non-mythological figure (hailing, we saw, from 1914's Cabiria), who wasn't so much of a Hercules copycat as he is Hercules, sans the more specific mythological trappings, granted a different name for legal reasons. This is even more the case with the Macistes of the 1960s, which specifically ape the Hercules character in every way possible, even using former Hercules actors with no variation in their "personas."
The notion, then, of Hercules fighting Maciste is like having two clones of equal size, strength, agility, mindset, whatever, having them fight. It's a zero sum proposition. Even so, a Hercules vs. Maciste sort of endeavor does have promise, simply in guaranteeing two beefy he-men in one movie. Despite the heaping helpings of flexed and bulging man muscle throughout the rows of extras is past pepla, to join together two of the mightiest champions like, say, Steve Reeves and Mark Forest, now this could yield something!
Kirk Morris at least has some claim to the Maciste character, having played him in the wretched Maciste vs. the Headhunters. Frank Gordon never played Hercules before, never played Hercules again, and was never in a single other movie. This is his only motion picture, which doesn't augur well at all.
But even those reduced expectations cannot prepare you for the "cinema as apocalypse" that is Maciste Against Hercules in the Vale of Woe – a title that has no meaning whatsoever, not just the "Vale of Woe" part ("the wretched goodbye?!"), but even the "Maciste AGAINST Hercules" part. Though "Woe" does sum up the movie perfectly.
Woe n.
1. Deep distress or misery, as from grief; wretchedness.
2. Misfortune; calamity
Let us forget everything I've hypothesized so far, and debate an entirely different prospect. What if you were to make a parody of the peplum? Why, the genre's askin' for it, with its endless years of highly formulaic B-grade trash. Shouldn't be too hard to lambast the general homoeroticism, the submoronic beefcake stars, the political, social and racial misassumptions, the air of cheapness, the misapplication of ancient mythology… I could do on. Point is, pepla are mockable.
Well, I'm askin' for satire is what I'm askin' for, when most peplum parodists prefer the palatable pastiche approach. Hence any comedies which attempt to use the sword-and-sandals framework for humor use it as just that – a framework. It isn't the subject of mockery in any substantial way, just a delivery system for whatever other sense of humor is preferred. This is the Three Stooges Meet Hercules approach, which I hasten to add is not a part of the Hercules franchise, despite hailing from 1962, since it was produced outside of Italy. (It is of a different franchise – the Three Stooges – which I must get to one of these days.)
Forget all talk about a crossover – though it is a crossover – for Maciste Against Hercules in the Vale of Woe is really a comedy, a peplum apart from the others. One would hope that, even if it has no grand deconstructive intents, such an enterprise could yield something entertaining and, above all, unique in this damn subgenre, this valley of woe – which is what they ought to have called it, if such a thing were in the movie, because at least "Valley of Woe" makes some sense.
Nope, Vale of Woe doesn't work by those specific lowered expectations either. It barely works at all. It surely doesn't work as an example of mere competent filmmaking, as director Mario Mattoli prefers a static, listless proscenium approach which Giovanni Pastrone's Cabiria was already evolved beyond. Seriously, this film knows less about cinematic grammar than something produced in 1914! All this coming from a man who's magnum opus is called For a Few Dollars LESS – Stop it, you're killing me! This must surely be the absolute dregs of what the Italian film industry was putting out, for it's hard to picture filmmaking worse than this which doesn't encroach upon Hal P. Warren territory.
This movie is like slow death.
The premise? Two modern day boxing promoters – whose names I didn't catch until the final reel, and even then they are unlisted on the IMDb, which is just as well – are hard on their luck, and their recent panoply of fightin' midgets ain't doin' them any good. I…I did think I was watching the wrong movie. Then they happen upon a time machine, helpfully exposited upon by a stereotypical German mad scientist to thin air. Plotting to pull a Back to the Future Part II ploy, and bet on sports, these promoters try to go into the future – into the far off year of 2,000 A.D., arbitrarily the furthest this thing'll go.
Instead they're shot back to 5,000 B.C., to a historically inaccurate world where demigods, Minotaurs and Gorgons roam freely.
Pause. Even now there could be some value to Vale. What if two genre savvy fellows suddenly encountered a real life peplum, to cleverly exploit with their knowledge of the genre, to point out its foibles? The promoters have none of that. These are panicky and slow-witted neurotics, these are, in some sickening Italian attempt to mimic the Abbott & Costello routine for all it's worth. It goes to show how skilled Abbott & Costello were at their art, for these two unidentified mooks have no sense of timing, no change in tempo, pitch, comedic desperation, wit. It's not even like a normal guy thrust into the realm of fantasy; it's sheer comic abstraction, a duo of unrealistic, unrelatable, unfunny sods.
That they seem to speak in puns, which is awkwardly translated and dubbed into English, doesn't help. The humor could be good in Italian, but the filmmaking on display would still be shite.
Even NOW things are potentially salvageable. The residents of ancient Mycenae could be shown as the straight men, serious foils to the disgusting comic holocaust that are the boxing promoters. Rather, they are equally grotesque comedic buffoons, damn well most of them acting with the same degree of knee-jerk panicky terror as the moderns. Then there's poor King Eurytus, who's essentially a camp homosexual – and not in a clever, satirical sense. Nope, in a "isn't gayness itself to be laughed at?" way.
Though I love a good time travel story as much as the next guy, this is the worst kind of comedy. There is a lot built upon the trusty anachronism, as the ignorant ancients gape in sweaty awe at the promoters' matches, their umbrellas, their fireworks, all sorts of other stuff they honestly should've have had room for in their pockets. It's like A Kid in King Arthur's Court, or Black Knight, only at least this one doesn't steal from "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" so brazenly.
Some of the humor tries for the same style (and subject matter) as Mel Brooks' History of the World, Part I. In many ways, Vale of Woe resembles good forms of comedy, which goes to show how important the nitty-gritty things like tone and wit are.
Oh, right, and the sets, the costumes and visuals and such, feel like a middle school play.
Then there's Hercules, who is king in this version. (What follows here goes for the late-coming Maciste as well.) Unlike the rest of the Greek populace, all racing around, arms flailing, going "Whoop whoop whoop whoop!," the strongman is a beacon of calm and restraint. That's not to say he's the elusive straight man (in all meanings of the term); Hercules is just a mere nonentity. We're talking a muscleman non-actor of such anti-charisma, all he can do, all he can do, is stand and flex. Like with Eurytus' gayness, this isn't some wry commentary upon a real peplum's shortcomings; this is a real peplum's shortcomings, magnified in the bad way through excess incompetence. Hercules is a Ken doll.
Something which passes for a story eventually pops up after enough abortive sketch routines pass by. Hercules grows angry at the boxing promoters, falsely thinking they had plans upon Deianiera (who is all breast in this one). The promoters flee into the wilderness, pursued by two fishermen who have the exact same personalities as the promoters. Then, movie more over than begun, they finally run into Maciste. Oh, right, I forgot, this movie has Maciste in it!
Maciste has a wife in this version, an unnamed and unidentified harridan with the most irritating tic I've seen passed off as a joke in quite some time. She repeatsepeats the ending of nearly everyery word she says, when given the opportunityunity. She starts out calling the he-man "Macisteiste," which devolves into "Macisteisteiste," then "Macisteisteisteiste," then so forth from there until I cannot take it anymore and I must kill something! I considered mimicking this…thing more here, but I thought it would be aggravatingavating.
The promoters realize Maciste is as strong, dumb and angry as Hercules, and is basically the same guy. Thus they scheme to make Hercules and Maciste fight each other – mostly because that's what you do when crossing over franchises, and also so they can somehow use this wrestling match to get their time machine back (oh, right, Eurytus confiscated it). Of all the ways you could get Hercules and Maciste to battle (these films specialize in so much magic plot juice, a potion would've been much more believable)!
Maciste cannot just go and fight Hercules, as there's a detour concerning Circe waiting in the wings. I'm not even going to comment upon this, this misapplication of myth, this misunderstanding of the essential seductress element of all pepla (Vale of Woe can't even get its own genre right). This Circe is like a worse version of Rita Repulsa from "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers," and the jokes are awful.
How awful? Here's an indicative example. Night falls…No, wait, night happens, it goes from midday to pitch black in the change of a single frame of film. Wow, they even messed up the notion of night filters! And the promoters, far from anticipating the natural setting of the sun, instead think they've both spontaneously gone blind. How do such goons function in their own time even? They run around whining like bad Woody Allen impressions, then each smacks into a tree. Actual animated stars pop up, and…That's the joke! [Rim shot!]
Then the time comes for the great matchup, "Herc vs. Mac," only…only even now it doesn't quite happen. Hercules fights one of the promoters, for reasons as dumb as the boxing finale from Meatballs Part II. I don't want to discuss this. But even a motion picture as cripplingly disabled as this one knows it must eventually get Maciste and Hercules to clutch each others' hot, sweaty bodies for at least some while. I don't know if it's contempt on their part, or simple idiocy, but when the great matchup happens, it's so fast I'm lucky I was able to catch a screen shot.
How long did you look at that picture? It was longer than the movie grants us, I assure you.
The boxing promoters suddenly, in a very confusing edit, discover their time machine in the center of the same place that was formerly an anachronistic wrestling ring (one set!). They return to modern Milan with no character arcs and Biff still tormenting them.
So…WHO WON THE FIGHT?!
Well, not only does the movie not tell us, but the boxing promoters don't even know. They actually lampshade this fact, as though such a middle finger of an ending is somehow funny in and of itself. Now, I'm used to open-ended crossover resolutions (Freddy vs. Jason), but those offer some room for debate, for interpretation. This leaves its ostensible central plot thread instead an unresolved, 3-second shot, and nothing else.
It's even amazing this thing counts as a part of either the Hercules or Maciste franchises, let along feature a repeat Maciste. Welcome to the weird world of Italian film production. But consider how little screen time is allotted to either bodybuilder. Kirk Morris kept on making serious Macistes, and this would be but a blip of time for him. It's likely the thing originated as a solo Mario Mattoli project, with some Brand X musclemen in place of Herc or Mac. Then, in my hypothetical film history, Mattoli approached the producers of both official franchises, requesting use of their names. Cartoon dollar (or lira) signs flashed before the producers' eyes, as they'd hardly have to flex a muscle. A movie would occur, one way or another. And even 'twere it awful (as it was), it can only mean a little more money for their coffers, nothing more. Artistic integrity wasn't an issue, never is in Italian film (excepting those movies Criterion puts out), and proper entries could continue on regardless.
So there you have it, how a thoroughly abortive bait-and-switch Herc/Mac crossover could come about in the respected wake of Hercules in the Haunted World and the…"MST3K"-worthy wake of Maciste, the Strongest Man in the World. Likewise, more entries would follow the Vale of Woe, making that "wretched goodbye" titular meaning false as well. We're not halfway through with our peplum project, leaving Vale but a disfiguring facial wart on the movement. And I'm about ready for a break.
• The Silent Maciste Franchise (1914 - 1927)
• Hercules No. 1 Hercules (1958)
• Hercules No. 2 Hercules Unchained (1959)
• Hercules No. 3 The Revenge of Hercules (1960)
• Hercules No. 4 Hercules vs. the Hydra (1960)
• Maciste No. 1 Maciste in the Valley of the Kings (1960)
• Maciste No. 2 Maciste vs. the Headhunters (1960)
• Hercules No. 5 Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis (1961)
• Hercules No. 6 Hercules id the Haunted World (1961)
• Maciste No. 3 Maciste in the Land of the Cyclops (1961)
• Maciste No. 6 Maciste, the Strongest Man in the World (1961)
• Hercules No. 8 Ulysses vs. Hercules (1962)
• Hercules No. 9 The Fury of Hercules (1962)
• Maciste Nos. 8 - 20 (1962 - 1964)
• Hercules No. 10 Hercules, Samson and Ulysses (1963)
• Maciste No. 21 Maciste vs. the Mongols (1963)
• Hercules No. 12 Hercules in the Land of Darkness (1964)
• Hercules No. 16 Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon (1964)
• Maciste No. 22 Maciste in Genghis Khan's Hell (1964)
• Maciste No. 23 Maciste and the Queen of Samar (1964)
• Hercules & Maciste Nos. 17 & 24 Hercules, Samson, Maciste and Ursus (1964)
• Hercules No. 18 Hercules and the Princess of Troy (1965)
• Hercules No. 19 Hercules the Avenger (1965)


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In this paper, the authors propose a novel utility based algorithm for dynamic frame scheduling of a scalable video stream for video transmission over a 4G OFDMA wireless network. They consider the GOP structure of a temporally scalable video sequence and derive a scheme to compute the average utility and packet sizes of the frames belonging to the base and enhancement layers. This scheme is based on the rate models derived employing the H.264 Joint Scalable Video Model (JSVM) developed by the JVT and MPEG groups, and is hence readily applicable in practical scenarios.
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Genre: RPG
Developer: Monolith Soft
Publisher: Nintendo
Release: EU: 08-19-2011
Standard Edition
Classic Controller Pro Edition
- Alternative cover (as voted by fans)
- Limited edition includes a red Classic Controller Pro
- Preorder and receive one of three posters which include an electronic autograph of Tetsuya Takahashi (may depend on your country, will not be available in all countries)
Our story begins with two gigantic gods who are fighting each other. After a long and hard fight the two cease their battle: neither one of them actually won and they just stop. Eventually life starts to flourish on both gods: one race is akin to humans called the Homs, High Entia and there are small creatures called Nopons. The other is a mechanical race named the Mechon. The Mechon are a violent race and try to destroy the other races with a war. During this war, a young man called Shulk researches a mysterious sword
Xenoblade Chronicles features a massive world with beautiful scenery. According to fellow GAF-ers this game takes about 60 or 70 hours to complete if you run through it. If you want to take sidequests and really explore the world, it will take longer to complete the game. In other words, you dont want to rush things with Xenoblade Chronicles. Not just because of the amazing world you will visit, but everyone needs to enjoy the fantastic soundtrack of the game. Gaur Plains for example is fantastic while exploring the gigantic world. Or while fighting several enemies to the sound of Mechanical Rhythm or Those who bear their name. This is just a small selection of the amazing soundtrack.
About the fighting system, it has a similar set up like the action-based battle system of Final Fantasy XII. When entering a battle, characters will start attacking with basic attacks, but these can be interrupted to launch arts, the special techniques available in this game. However, after use these Arts are in need of a cooldown period.
Xenoblade Chronicles is a game developed by Monolith Soft, known for games such as the Xenosaga series, Namco x Capcom, the Baten Kaitos games, Soma Bringer and Disaster Day of Crisis. Originally, Xenoblade was released on the 10th of June 2010 in Japan. It received high marks from Famitsu Magazine and it was well received by Japanese Wii owners. Which is great, but Nintendo fans in the west are clamouring for a nice looking RPG like this one. Even with Japan receiving the game first, the title made its first appearance at E3 2009. It debuted as Monado: Beginning of the World. After its Japanese release, Nintendo kept its lips sealed about a possible western release. While everybody gave up hope, on the 31st of March Nintendo of Europe announced that Xenoblade got the subtitle Chronicles and that it would see release in 2011. Europe rejoices, but our American friends werent so lucky. Xenoblade Chronicles joins a group of titles which saw a release in Europe and Japan, but not the USA.
Debut Trailer
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I know its tragic that Nintendo of America will not release Xenoblade Chronicles in American territories. But please, let me remind you that this thread is not meant for you guys placing comments like NoA sucks or Reggie hates Monolith Soft. Lets just talk about the experience of players who do get to enjoy this game. Or, even better: why dont you import? Thank you in advance. Instead, thanks to CruxisMana we have a nice summary of where to get the game if you want to import it:
How can I play this game on my US Wii?
Main Wii Homebrew Tutorial page l Starting Page/For Dummies l NeoGAF Homebrew Thread
Where can I order this for delivery to the US?
Zavvi £29.85 l GAME (Collectors Edition) £49.99 l GAME (Regular Edition) £37.99 l 365games £31.99 l ASDA £29.91
Is the Collectors Edition available to order from anywhere else/for cheaper?
Unfortunately, no. The Collectors Edition is exclusive to GAME.
What does the Collectors Edition include?
A copy of the game, a red Classic Controller Pro, and in some countries (including the UK, which all of the above order links are) 3 A1 sized posters electronically signed by the Tetsuya Takahashi. Large versions of the posters can be found below;
If I order this from a European country that does not speak English, will I be stuck playing the game in French/Spanish/Italian/German?
No. The game's voice acting will only be available in English and Japanese, whilst only subtitles will be available to encompass other European languages.
Iwata Asks: Xenoblade Chronicles
Xenolade Chronicles Product page
Xenoblade OT: The Adventure Begins (Japanese Release)
Lets Play Xenoblade Chronicles Episode 1 *Contains spoilers
Lets Play Xenoblade Chronicles Episode 2 *Contains spoilers
Spreadsheet with all the NPC's, comes in handy while completing quests.
GamesTM: 9/10
Metro GameCentral: 9/10
Cubed3: 10/10
Eurogamer: 9/10
* A big thank you goes out towards Cigarbeetle for creating the banners and CruxisMana for summarizing the options for American Wii-owners. Cheers guys!


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Dec. 13 (UPI) -- The death of a Hawaii state health director in a plane crash Wednesday reignited the so-called birther theories when it was revealed she was the official who verified the authenticity of President Barack Obama's birth certificate.
Loretta Fuddy was killed when the Makani Kai Air plane crashed off Molokai, and the pilot was able to make an emergency water landing. The pilot and the seven other passengers survived; Fuddy was the sole fatality.
Although the cause of Fuddy's death has yet to be officially determined, skeptics were quick to point to foul play on the part of the Obama administration.
Chief among them was the birther movement's most prominent member, Donald Trump.
How amazing, the State Health Director who verified copies of Obama's "birth certificate" died in plane crash today. All others lived— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 12, 2013
In a bizarrely formatted statement, birther "Queen Bee" Orly Taitz seemed to take some credit in forcing the president's hand, claiming he acted out of fear of her efforts to bring lawsuits proving Obama's birth certificate was forged:
"Within hours after Attorney Orly Taitz published a press release of Johanna Ah'Nee-Randolph's 'control' birth certificate showing the same evidence of forgery and backdating as Obama's alleged birth certificate, which was certified as genuine by director of Health of HI Loretta Fuddy, it was announced that Loretta Fuddy was the only passenger to die in a small plane accident. Attorney Taitz calls on 8 courts and judges who received her cases to rule expeditiously on the merits and review the evidence of forgery and theft in Obama's IDs before more people die in strange accidents."
And they're not alone. Skeptics posted their theories on Twitter, wondering if Obama was "tying up loose ends" or if Fuddy "knew something."
Not at all convinced Fuddy death was a vast left wing conspiracy but gosh, it does seem curious she's the ONLY one who died, huh? #birther— Annie (@bloodless_coup) December 13, 2013
All nine on the plane survived the crash & were floating in the water w/life jackets on. Suddenly Fuddy just died. Others all went home fine— Carl (@CrushTheCFR) December 13, 2013
Loretta Fuddy is Fourth Obama ID Fraud Death. Others Murdered: #tcot http://t.co/roVtzSH4ym— Katy James (@WaitingonJesus1) December 13, 2013
So after Loretta Fuddy verified copies of Obama's birth certificate she dies in a plane crash today. All others survived #coincidence ?— shagaf (@simpletruelove) December 13, 2013
@clydelewis a pilot HAPPENED to see wreckage in the remote location So Fuddy was either murdered or in witness protection There was no crash— SantaBarbara Dianne (@93101Dianne) December 13, 2013
Obama's birth certificate was released to the public, with Fuddy's approval, in April 2011. At the time, the president acknowledged even the official record would not put to rest the the most suspicious of birthers.
"I know that there's going to be a segment of people for which, no matter what we put out, this issue will not be put to rest," he said.
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EvilDragon wrote:elwoodblues1969 wrote:meldavid wrote:No aftertouch.
You can use an expression pedal for after-touch.
That's not nearly the same thing.
I've never been overly concerned with after-touch in general and I have zero experience with expression pedals,so I'll take your word for it.
Curious though....isn't this option better than no after-touch at all?Especially considering that most,if not all budget workstations completely exclude after-touch?


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William and Kate's new court is opened with £60,000 per table gala dinner
THE Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are bringing the glory days back to Kensington Palace.
Its Georgian state apartments are set to become the focal point of their court's glittering royal receptions.
Firmly ensconced in Apartment 1A, their luxurious and heavily-protected 21-room new home on the private side of the palace, after moving in last week, William and Kate plan to entertain friends in their own dining room.
But when they are working on official royal duty, the Georgian state apartments, which are normally open to the public during the day, will increasingly become their venue of choice.
It is likely to be the same for Prince Harry, who is living in an apartment in the palace and is expected to move into the couple's former two-bedroom cottage in the grounds. "This remains an option for him, although there is no specific timescale," an aide says.
The three younger royals' use of the palace state apartments will emphasise their establishment of a separate court at KP, as it is known.
Their key aides have moved over from offices in St James's Palace to set up in buildings a short distance from their residence. "This is their home now and this is where their court will be for a very long time," one senior aide says.
The new era will be heralded on October 24 when 100 Women in Hedge Funds, a charity which counts William, Kate, and Harry among its patrons, holds a glamorous gala dinner in the state apartments. Guests are paying up to £60,000 a table - £5,000 per seat – for the best views and, although a few of the cheaper seats at £2,000 per time are still available, most tables have gone.
Palace officials are yet to confirm which of the royals will be attending but as all proceeds go to Action on Addiction, one of the first charities adopted by Kate, it is a fair bet that she will be one of the hosts for the evening, baby George permitting.
It will be the first of many in the new era of the court of KP. Palace officials are also in discussions about another event, pencilled in for November 26.
Details are still being finalised but the plan is for William and Kate to host a winter wonderland themed party inspired by the ice palace in the film Dr Zhivago.
The rock band Bon Jovi, led by lead guitarist and singer Jon Bon Jovi, have been lined up to perform in a marquee in the garden at the bash, according to one report. Guests will again be asked to pay up to £5,000 each to attend a champagne reception in the King's Gallery before dinner. It will be in aid of Centrepoint, the homeless charity which Princess Diana became so fond of and her son William now represents as patron.
The state apartments, where the great and good of Georgian London came to flatter and mingle with a succession of Kings, are run by Historic Royal Palaces, a charity separate from the Royal Household, which is in charge of the private side of the palace.
Among the rooms are: the Presence Chamber, which contains a gilded armchair that belonged to George II's son, Frederick; the Privy Chamber, one of Queen Caroline's favourite entertaining spaces with a fabulous ceiling painted by William Kent in 1723; the Cupola Room, the principal state room where Queen Victoria was christened in 1819; the King's
Drawing Room and the magnificent King's Gallery, where William III played soldiers with his little nephew and ultimately caught a chill that led to his death in 1702.
The state apartments, which are open to businesses and individuals to hire for parties, will now increasingly be available for functions involving any of William, Kate and Harry's chosen charities. "So long as there is a member of the Royal Family in attendance," says an aide.


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Hi there
I wonder if you can help.
When I can click on some of my tags, sometimes the next page shows with the column for 'Search', 'Flickr' and 'Tags' moved under the tagged content.
With other tags, the next pages shows those buttons on their normal place.
See the problem here
So if you click on the 2012, guide, London, Olympics or Summer tags, the next page shows the buttons where they should be.
However if you click on the Audi, award, Cannes or TV tag, the buttons then move to below the tagged content when the next page appears.
Can you suggest and advice to keep it all consistent as when clicking on the 2012 tag, please?
Also is there a way I can change the tags format so the most popular appear bigger and the least smaller?
Thank you very much in advance.
Could it be something related to the fact that that tags affected appear on a post with a video link?
I'm guessing.
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CF XCEL-IT and Small Business Center Offering Classes in April
March 12, 2014
College of Central Florida Xcel-it and the Small Business Development Center have teamed up to offer the following courses for small businesses.
- How to Launch a Business will meet Monday, April 7, from 9 a.m. to noon. The cost is $40.
- Introduction to Exporting will meet Tuesday, April 22, from 1-4 p.m. The cost is $25.
- The eBay Business will meet Tuesday, April 29, from 2-4 p.m. The fee is $40.
- Social Media classes on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, will meet April 4, 11 and 25. The fee for each session is $15.
All Courses will be held at the CF Ocala Campus, 3001 S.W. College Road. Registration deadlines for all classes are three days prior to the start of the class. To learn more about these and other courses, visit CFItraining.cf.edu.
For more information or to register, call Rebecca Rapp at the SBDC, 352-622-8763, ext. 1758.
Xcel-it, Information Technology Careers in Rural Areas, is a statewide grant led and administered by CF, which is specifically designed to expand programs for workers who have been displaced due to foreign trade. Funding is paid through the Labor Department's Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training grant.
The Small Business Development Center helps businesses become more successful and meet the challenges of tomorrow. SBDCs have assisted hundreds of thousands of potential and existing business owners by providing the management advice, training and information they need to start, grow, and profit. With funding from the U.S. Small Business Administration and partners ranging from institutions of higher learning to state agencies to municipalities, to private organizations, SBDCs are able to offer this management assistance to business owners at little or no cost.


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Champions League: Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho needs experience for Galatasaray game
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho feels his experienced core of players will be crucial in the club's game at Galatasaray.
Last Updated: 24/02/14 8:00am
The last-16 first-leg tie in Istanbul features several subplots, with Didier Drogba playing against the side for whom he scored the European Cup-winning penalty in 2012.
Mourinho is also up against Roberto Mancini, who he succeeded as Inter Milan manager before the Italian took charge at Manchester City; and Dutch maestro Wesley Sneijder playing against his former boss Mourinho.
The game takes place in the intimidating environment of the Turk Telekom Arena, where Mourinho's Real Madrid lost a quarter-final second leg last season but progressed because of a large victory in the first leg.
The return of captain John Terry from a three-game absence, and fellow veterans Frank Lampard and Petr Cech, will be significant factors in such a hostile situation.
But several key members of the Chelsea squad have not played knockout football in the Champions League as the club exited at the group stages last season, amplifying the importance of the elder statesmen.
"That's exactly why they belong to this project," Mourinho said. "You could say this project is a project for the future. We only want to do this project with young players that have a 10-year future.
"No. We decided clearly from the beginning that the best way to develop the other guys is to have a nucleus of players like they are.
"They are important in the evolution of the team too.
"These older players in Chelsea they have a big history in the Champions League. They've experienced everything in the Champions League.
"The most important thing for us in the Champions League is to have a feeling of knockout Champions League for the players that never did it.
"This is the first time that they play, some of them. Oscar and Hazard and these kind of guys."
Terry converted Lampard's free-kick in injury time for Chelsea to beat Everton 1-0 on Saturday and maintain their position at the top of the Premier League.
Both players, and another veteran Ashley Cole, are out of contract at the end of this season.
Mourinho is likely to offer new contracts to Terry and Lampard and has previously spoken of an offer being made to Cole, too, despite the left-back being out of favour at present.
"If they get a contract in this club, which probably they will, they will do based on performance, based on the quality they are showing," Mourinho added.
"It will not be because they are legends or because we owe them something or because they want to stay here at any cost. They are performing."


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By Nate Adcock on Tue, 05/11/2010
In our current print issue, I shared some examples of the unique and not un-cool ways you can use your iPhone or iPod to master your own music recordings. One of my musician buddies recently pointed me to the PRS Guitarbud, and now IK Multimedia is releasing the iRig. An audio plug adapter that turns your iPad/iPhone/iPod touch into an amp and effects system...read on for more press release info...
iRig Plug Interface Adapter
The new iRig interface adapter is the easiest way to get your instrument's signal into your iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad mobile device. Simply plug iRig into your mobile device, plug your instrument into the iRig, plug headphones or amplifier to the output and you are ready to rock!
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The iRig is the ideal companion not only to the AmpliTube for iPhone app, but also works with any other recording, processing or tuning app. Plus, you can also use the iRig with line level signal sources such as synthesizers, keyboards or mixers.
*Compatible also with iPod Touch and iPad.
AmpliTube for iPhone
At the core of the AmpliTube iRig System is AmpliTube - the leader in gear modeling software for professional recording studios.
Now AmpliTube for iPhone gives you incredible, ultra-realistic sound and functionality in a convenient mobile platform app.
With the AmpliTube for iPhone software, you'll have an entire guitar/bass rig at your fingertips, comprised of 3 simultaneous stompbox effects, an amp-head plus cabinet and a microphone.
With AmpliTube fully loaded, you will be able to choose between 5 amp models (clean, crunch, lead, metal, bass) with full tone and drive controls, 10 stompbox effects (delay, flanger, phaser, overdrive, distortion, filter, wah, fuzz, octaver, chorus), 5 cabinets and 2 microphones (dynamic and condenser).
Plus, AmpliTube for iPhone features a chromatic digital tuner and a metronome. You can also import and play along with songs or backing tracks, and create, save and recall up to 36 presets on the fly!
- Real-time guitar and bass mobile multi-FX app
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AmpliTube iRig — $39.99/€29.99** MSRP and is already available for pre-orders from the IK online store as well as from IK selected dealers and distributors worldwide.
AmpliTube for iPhone will be available in 3 versions from the iTunes App Store: FREE, LE and FULL.
AmpliTube FREE: Includes 2 stompboxes, 1 amp+cabinet, and 2 microphones.
AmpliTube LE: Includes 4 stompboxes, 1 amplifier + cabinet, 2 microphones for $2.99/€2.39.
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AmpliTube FULL: Includes the entire collection of available gear with 10 stompboxes, 5 amps + cabinets and 2 microphones for $19.99/€15.99.
Coming soon, AmpliTube iRig and AmpliTube for iPhone will be available in stores and on the iTunes App Store.
**All prices listed exclude taxes where applicable.
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JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING (AP)-Wall Street shuddered on Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan laughed at American homebuyers since their investments are starting to crash down around their ears thanks to Greenspan's own inflationary, bubble-creating policies.
Dressed in a black leather jacket, snorting crystal meth and with his new girlfriend Jessica Simpson on his lap, he said that the US house-price spiral was in a doomed economic imbalance threatening stability just like the country's trade gap and its budget deficit, both of which he had also helped create.
In a pre-retirement speech to fellow central bankers at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Greenspan said that only suckers were investing in houses now as if they were sure-fire bets, not allowing for risk as the prices start falling. He said "history had not dealt kindly" with investors who kept ignoring risks.
The outlandish Fed Chairman's comments and his bizarre behavior sent share prices falling on Wall Street, knocking 5,566 points off the Dow Jones industrial average. By the close the Dow had recovered to 6,397.30.
Traders said that Greenspan's comments were reminiscent of his 1996 tirade against "irrational exuberance" in the stock market, which he also had encouraged, for fear that a crash there would hit consumers and push the economy into recession. When the share price bubble finally burst in 2000, Greenspan cut Federal interest rates to 1%, triggering the recent flood of cheap loans for housing. Now he's sure that his rate increases will throw the housing market into cataclysmic decline.
"I love to watch these roller coaster rides that these morons take thanks to my see-saw policies," he told startled bankers. "To heck with all of you. I'm going bye-bye."
After his weird comments there was an unexpectedly sharp fall in the University of Michigan consumer confidence index, which quickly slid from 98.5 to 26.9.
By traditional measures, about 98% of US local homes markets are now markedly overpriced. Over the past two years, the average US house price has risen by 5000%, and have risen far more sharply in fat cat areas such as New York and California.
Greenspan was chased from the conference room by irate bankers and homeowners, only narrowly escaping being lynched by leaping onto his hog with Simpson and roaring off into the sunset. He was also helped by the intervention of a score of Hell's Angels bikers who act as his body guards and who punched out all of the conference delegates.
Local citizens and federal reserve bankers then burned Greenspan and Simpson in effigy, then pelted local federal buildings with tomatoes and rocks.


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Discussion in 'Business Operations' started by dfiddes, Feb 27, 2012.
Just wanted to see what you guys think of my Door Hanger Design. Any input or advice would be great!
Weelky kinda sticks out to me. Also, your Spring / Fall Clean-up should be Spring/Fall if you want to use the slash, same with the Aerate/Dethatch. Also, it should be We can service your property, not you property. To me, the box with the place to put the price also just doesn't look right, I'd play with that more. And, the yellow lettering doesn't really pop off the page very well, but in printed form it might be better. It looks like you have two different shades of yellow on the front.
And most importantly, your phone number needs to be very prominent on the front and the back. Myself, I'd not have the referral rewards on the front, that's not what's going to get people to call. That's something that's a good promotion for existing Customers, but a person searching for a lawn care company probably isn't going to call you just for that. Your price on the front, that's a good attention-getter, however you must be very careful when doing that. I'd have a disclaimer about exactly what that quoted price covers instead of using the space for the referral disclaimers. Mow, Blow, Edge is not specific enough and might cause you a few headaches. Another option is to put the price and then just have something that tells them to call for details. You may find you get more calls by giving less information, it's called teasing. Teasing works very well if your initial message grabs their attention and makes them want to know more. If you watch tv, every show out there does some sort of teasing to keep you on the same channel through the commercials. By putting a price and then telling them to call for details, people who are interested will call just to see what's up.
Check with the printer about using the green letters on the back. That will probably have them charge you for color on both sides, and if they're going to do that, then you may as well add some background color as well.
I like that you aren't trying to promote fifty things or have ten different offers. The thing to do is grab their attention, get one or two points across and put your name and number right in front of their eyeballs.
Good Luck with it all!
I'm thinking that you should create that website first.
We can service you property weelky for
should be
We can service your property weekly for
I would also remove the commas from the line that says
Both you and the referred customer must sign up for year round service accounts
Thank you guys for noticing that misspelling. I dont know how many times i read that and never picked that up. and the website is being build as i type so it will be up and running before i handout all of the door hanger. I will play around with it alittle more today and update the post. Thanks again
DONT, have your price on it......
you will tkae to long to pass them out.
also others will know what your charging. and the customers will know what there neabor is paying.
GO hire a PRO to make one for you.
there cheep.


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This is called the Unioncast because I have had a really bad habit of working into the evenings recently, as well as all bloody weekend, and I am starting to thing I need a union representative to protect me from my own boss. Who, rather sadly, happens to be me. Stand up against myself for the downtrodden worker!
I had no idea what I was going to play this week, but it turned into a surprisingly good playlist, including personal highlights from SWF and the awesome new EP by Shilpa Ray.
Right, enough blabbering about this one, I am off up to the Pleasance to see Rob St. John, Adam Stafford and Ian Humberstone. It's an amazing venue, so I am really looking forward to it. And there's the mega double-blowout label showcase next week as well, so all sorts of musicfuns for you to take advantage of.
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Written on: 31/03/2012
I make a few bookings in May 2011, the bookings were confirmed but is not listed in "Manage My Booking" list right away. Those bookings only appear on 20 March 2012! And this situation had caused a scenario that I spent double for repeated bookings! I try to reach AirAsia customer care line, but it's no longer available. The only option I have is to chat with the customer care representative via Live chat on Ask AirAsia Website. After spending sometime express the problem to AirAsia Customer… Read Full ReviewClick here for great deals on Expedia
Written on: 29/03/2012 by OZRoge (1 review written)
Hey, This is a very important tip while booking through Air Asia Web portal. I don't know how many people has faced this problem but its really pain. While booking my flight from Air Asia's web site I choose a particular flight but when I received my e-ticket its was a different flight number. I immediately call Air Asia's customer service number and told them the issue. The customer service said they cannot do anything and I have to email the Malaysian office for technical issues. I post a… Read Full ReviewClick here for great deals on Expedia
Written on: 30/03/2012
I had a problem booking through this airline website too. Everything seemed to be OK, I booked the flight, paid with my credit card, got E ticket & itin. On the day I traveled, at the check in counter, they said I DID NOT have any booking with them !!!!!!! I showed the e ticket and itin, then thay said there's something wrong with my payment, but I already checked with my bank, they already took my money. This was ended up with I paid cash at the counter so I can fly. After that I called the customer service, they said there're something wrong with the website, they did get the money and will return it back to my account in two weeks.
It's not just something wrong, Air Asia, you do the whole thing wrong and terrible!!!!
Written on: 27/02/2014
Hey, I am facing same problem as you now? May I know how was going on finally?
Written on: 31/03/2012
the same thing happen to me. how did yr problem ended up? the itinary is different after we paid. can we do anything about it?
Written on: 27/02/2014
Hei, I am facing same problem as you too now. May I know how you ended up with this?
Written on: 22/03/2012
This the worst air line, I ever tried. Bad service, Staff is not friendly, On the counter they argue for 500 gms overweight baggage. To go in or out the plane, you need to use stairs. Transit time in KL, there was only 2 counter and 1 xray machine so we have to wait 2 hours in queue with 2 children. No carry-on bag for infant. They do not have plain milk in the plane so you cannot even purchase milk for your infant, if needed (and you must need in 11 hour flight so please get formula milk with… Read Full ReviewClick here for great deals on Expedia
Written on: 13/03/2012
Terrible cancelling policy! Terrible contact information! Terrible fees! Use www.ctrip.com. The price is half of Airasia! Never use Airaisa again!… Read Full ReviewClick here for great deals on Expedia
Written on: 07/03/2012
My son used to enjoy the late night from from Singapore to Kuching - because he can take a flight back after his work on Friday and go back on Sunday night. He can come home regularly but since Air Asia change it to the earlier schedule, he cant come home as regularly because it is no point spending so much - just for less than 24 hours back home. I think many Kuchingites working in Singapore harbour this inconvenience. Air Asia has the bad habit of changing their schedule as they like without… Read Full ReviewClick here for great deals on Expedia
Written on: 29/02/2012 by Spidermax (1 review written)
I booked months ago to travel in june from Paris to Kuala Lumpur. In january 2012 Airasia cancel all the flights from/to Europe. After this, is absoluty imposible contact with Airasia. No response to emails, anybody give me a answer in the callcenter , no chat. It a chaotic situation… Read Full ReviewClick here for great deals on Expedia
Written on: 14/03/2012
same thing for me.
I have to go back in Paris on the 7th of april ... And I don't have ticket !
What should I do ? which number should I call ?
Help me please !!!
Thank u
Written on: 26/02/2012
AirAsia should charge their name to "Pick Pocket Airlines". This would represent a better description of what to expect. We flew with AirAsia on Feb.13, 2012 (Flight# FD3025) & Feb.19, 2012 (Flight# FD3024), BKK - HKT. Both Flights were up to one hour late. We have traveled around the world often, this is the 1st time use AirAsia and will be our LAST, lots hidden fees, their website is a mess when you try to pay your baggage fees upfront -- impossible, customer service at the airport is the… Read Full ReviewClick here for great deals on Expedia
Written on: 16/01/2012 by Munsterx (1 review written)
I booked months ago to travel on 3rd April and was told on 12th January that Air Asia are witdrawing from the route on 1st April. Tried to contact them on their internet chat room today but after 4.5 hours I was redirected to a questionairre asking if I was satisfied with their sevice. No chance of getting through to them on the phone so apparently I just have to wait for them to contact me. Meanwhile I've no idea whether to book an alternative flight or whether they will organise a suitable… Read Full ReviewClick here for great deals on Expedia
Written on: 19/01/2012
I know this is upsetting but I guess they did this as they find it necessary, no company likes a bad repo.. Im sure they have somewhere on their website to write-in to them.. Just express your opinion there and if Im not mistaken they are also offering the passengers on the affected flight to be transferred to another airline to the same destination w/out any cost.. Hope this helps, good luck.. :)
Written on: 28/02/2012
I have the same issue with my flight to New Delhi on 15 April. Did you hear anything by now. I haven't. I called and emailed them many times.
Written on: 30/01/2012
We are in the same position, and are still waiting to hear what they have done to resolve the problem, we have a wedding to attend on the 3rd May in the Uk, Airasia said they would contact us, but have not as yet, we have written and phoned and still have no resolve!!!
Written on: 14/01/2012
DO NOT GO ANYWHERE NEAR THIS AIRLINE, ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING CUSTOMER SERVICE AND IMPOSSIBLE TO GET HOLD OF. NO ENTERTAINMENT ON 90% OF LONG HAUL FLIGHTS, FOOD IS RUBBISH. I TRAVEL REGULARLY AND WILL NEVER USE THIS AIRLINE AGAIN AS LONG AS I LIVE. … Read Full ReviewClick here for great deals on Expedia
Written on: 11/05/2012
I agree, if I use other carriers food is free and mostly on time
Written on: 07/01/2012 by A.K.Hait (1 review written)
I will not fly with Air Asia any more! In the past I have travelled with Air Asia many times and I was fully satisfied. However, my last two trips with Air Asia were horrible! The problem is with check- in facility. Since air Asia has introduced the web check-in facility the problem has started. My flight was on 26th Dec. to Chennai, booking no. L7K24J. I did web check-in and reached 2.5 hours earlier for baggage drop off. However, to our surprise the baggage drop off area was like fish… Read Full ReviewClick here for great deals on Expedia
Written on: 16/04/2012
Same situation for me. Baggage drop off at BKK wasa fish market. I was so worried that I wuld miss my flight to Kolkatta, but somehow they managed to get everyone checked in. Does anyone know what happens if you are already web checked in and have only hand baggage. Can you go directly to the gate?
Written on: 01/01/2012 by jgca1 (1 review written)
Flight was delayed for over 4 hours. Meal/drink voucher provided in compensation was only 100 THB, barely enough even to buy a drink in the terminal. The gate kept being changed during the delay so we got some unexpected exercise moving from one end of the terminal to the other. Of course the flight was booked on Air Asia's tortuously incomprehensible website in the first place. All in all, life is too short to deal with an airline like this. Unless you have no choice, find another carrier. We… Read Full ReviewClick here for great deals on Expedia
Written on: 18/11/2011 by giramondo (6 reviews written)
Traveling up and down Asia could be expensive, even with low cost airlines. I used AirAsia several times and, honestly, I will do it again. Probably because I did not have a checked baggage (only a 6 kilos trolley) I did not have to pay any extra charge for that and I did not have problems with lost items... The flight was perfectly in time (I remember the first few times receiving sms just before the flight to inform me that the flight was postponed to the day after or cancelled or… Read Full ReviewClick here for great deals on Expedia
Written on: 03/09/2011 by mlynch0403 (1 review written)
I don't see why Air Asia gets such low ratings on here. It's a budget airline and well worth the price. I recently flew from Bangkok to Phuket and it cost me around 100 dollars for round trip. There are no free drinks or food but they do have them available for sale at cheaper than average prices. The main point that people are missing is that this is a BUDGET airline. The seats are relativity small but comfortable and the hostesses are friendly and helpful. They have a smaller luggage… Read Full ReviewClick here for great deals on Expedia
Written on: 03/04/2011
Have just returned from just over 3 weeks in the Far East spent in 4 different countries. This was by far the worst flight we went on. We queued for about an hour to check in and were told when we got to the front that we were at the wrong desk. When we pointed out that we were in the one posted on the board we were told by the girl that she had no control about this but she did put us at the front of the correct queue. We would have made a big fuss if she hadn't! We don't eat chicken and… Read Full ReviewClick here for great deals on Expedia
Written on: 04/01/2011 by ckscot (1 review written)
My actual flight was fine, more or less on time, reasonably comfortable, not too expensive. BUT I have a serious complaint. I paid for my flight using my Mastercard after the website declined my Amex card twice. Imagine my surprise to discover AirAsia billed me for the "declined" cards- three payments in total for one flight! If I hadn't been paying close attention to my credit card bills I might have missed it. It shouldn't be possible yet it happened. That was back in September.
So far… Read Full Review
Written on: 14/12/2010
I fly with this airline quite a lot because they are cheap, the hostesses are rude to say the least and it is definately like a cattle shed in the airplaine, if you can book correctly using their messed up website and arrive at your destination on time, i guess its ok. If you cannot book, you make a mistake, you loose your bags, you arrive late, watchout. They are hard wired to try and screw every last penny out of you, try going to the departure gate 5 minutes before closeure, the first thing… Read Full ReviewClick here for great deals on Expedia
Written on: 12/12/2010
flight form phuket delayed for 3hrs all the rest of the flights on time, staff very polite. this airline is perfect for travel around Asia. Just booked london stanstead to kl onto padang return cost bery good will let you know what the long haul flight is like reading the reviews does concern me fingers crossed it will be ok saved over £250.00… Read Full ReviewClick here for great deals on Expedia
Written on: 11/12/2010 by ChrisKon (1 review written)
Took AirAsia from Singapore to Phuket and return yesterday. Summary of review below:
Flight was on time.
Staff casual and friendly.
Baggage received in good order.
Seat request was met.
Price was reasonable.
Like the AirAsia system and the concept of pay only what you need and not what you don't need.
Perfect Low Cost Airline.
By the way, I worked for both European and Asian Airlines for 13 years and I must say Kudos and well done to AirAsia and Team.
Going to Bali next year by AirAsia.
… Read Full Review
Written on: 26/11/2010
Used Air Asia for our holiday to Malaysia. Made the bookings online and had no issues. Picked our seats and paid for luggage allowance. We checked-in online and printed our own boarding cards. The return flights from Stansted to KL came to just under £400 each, well over £100 cheaper than any alternative. We also booked separately for the internal flights at around £50 each return. Decided not to pay for food or drinks. Check-in for all 4 flights was very quick and easy. The only flight that… Read Full ReviewClick here for great deals on Expedia
Written on: 18/11/2010
The worst airline I've ever used. cancelled the flight one-sidedly and doesn't compensate anything to you for the changes you have to make and times you need to wait in the KL airport.
I don't normally leave comments.. but this I wanted to let all people so that they will not suffer like me. With the little savings you make, you receive 10 times worth stress and frustration. Customer care team never cares about customers, but just repeat same words over and over.
Do not use this Airline.. as it… Read Full Review
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The lighter side of Ramadan in the Arab world – soap operas:
Ramadan translates into big bucks for Arab satellite channels.
Millions of dollars are spent on special programming, much of it
comparable to Western soap operas, to entertain the masses during their
sunrise-to-sunset fasts.
One program, the popular Syrian
production "Baab El-Hara" — "The Neighborhood Gate" — offers high
drama focused on a family feud. A man and his pregnant wife are
separated as their mothers fight it out, with each mother-in-law trying
to teach the other a lesson.
The woman misses her husband and
wants to go back to him. The husband kisses his mother's hand and
promises her he'll do only what she wants.
The soaps showcase
social traditions mixed with melodramatic characters and enough twists
and turns of events to last the entire month of fasting.


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Then went on to the Ford area and sat in both the 2013 GT500 Coupe and Convertible to see how it shifts into 2nd gear. Both seemed much smoother with little if any resistance or notchiness (momentary pause before going into gear) over my 2012. Lack of smoothness and notchiness still exists on mine despite its recent tear down and rebuild by local Ford Dealer. Both of course were not running so only a static test.
I have replaced the fluid with AMSoil and tomorrow I am going to order the high capacity metal line for the clutch. Only thing remains is the MGW replacement. Working my way from cheapest to most expensive solutions. Why can't Ford issue a TSB soon?
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What to cook for 500 people?
Every week I do volunteering work that involves cooking almost 500 meals for homeless people. We gather at 6pm and start cooking and packing the food (often we also have fruit, salad, desert, as well as clothes, etc) and then from 9pm to 1am we drive around the city (I live in Lisbon, Portugal by the way) and give them away.
What we usually prepare is spaghetti with wheat meat and vegetables.
They love the food we cook but a few have asked us to cook something different for them.
So, my question to you is, what else can we cook for all these people?
Obviously something that is cheap and quickly done is the best option but I will evaluate all the answers!
Many thanks!
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Speaking to the French online magazine, Yagg, Boris Dittrich said there was now a movement in the Netherlands to introduce multi-partner marriages.
Now that the Satanic disease of Liberalism has changed the image of God into their own design in the Liberal non-Christian churches, God has given them up to sin and corruption. Thus the Liberal god accepts what they dictate which is to allow the sinner free reign to do whatever they want in the dominion of sin. Their aim is to change the truth into lie(sin) which is always the opposite of Bible precept and doctrine.
This is the reprobate 'playing' at religion and constructing their own version of it in a fallen world - and "their" world without God. It is amazing that the reprobate bothers with religion and yet that must be built into the flesh as part of the evil contrary nature of man, Gal 5:17.