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Silver jar
From Ur, southern
About 2600-2400 BC
Found in the 'Queen's Grave'
This spouted silver jug comes from the
'Queen's Grave' in the Royal Cemetery at
Ur. It was found on the floor of the pit, behind the remains of a
large chest and among a collection of fifteen fluted silver
tumblers nested into each other in groups of five. The jug may have
been used for serving wine at banquets, as depicted on objects of
this period such as a lapis lazuli cylinder seal, also in The
British Museum. These banquets may have been like later Greek
The silver to make the jug probably came from Iran, or from Anatolia (modern Turkey), brought down the River Euphrates into Sumer (southern Mesopotamia). It may have been exchanged as part of trade in Sumer's agricultural produce and textiles.
More information
C.L. Woolley and others, Ur Excavations, vol. II: The R (London, The British Museum Press, 1934)
T.C. Mitchell, Sumerian art: illustrated by o (London, The British Museum Press, 1969)
Length: 19.050
Diameter: 12.700 cm
Weight: 842.000 g
Length: 19.050
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iPhone to come in CDMA flavor soon?
Apple is also hiring for various positions that stipulate knowledge of CDMA and EVDO, lending further credence to the rumor. With existing partnerships with Vodafone (Verizon Wireless is jointly owned by Vodafone and Verizon Communications), the contract could be a bit easier to negotiate. In addition, Apple originally wanted to go with Verizon for the original iPhone, however moved to AT&T when negotiations stalled.
Something to take with a grain of salt, however there are legitimate claims to back up the rumors.
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1. (unregistered)
and let the "OMG THEY GONNA CRIPPLE IT!!!!" begin. lol but seriously id buy one on VZW, only reason im with them is my dad works for them and i get a sweet discount
7. (unregistered)
Cripple WHAT!? HAHA the iphone doesn't HAVE anything to cripple! Is VZW going to cripple the bluetooth, the mms messaging, or the GPS? lol. What a joke. Now that it is 200$ I will sell it, but only to the customers that say, "I need something that doesn't have any bells and whistles." "You just perfectlly described the iphone."
9. (unregistered)
Wow. This is the first iphone thread where Verizon users aren't bashing the iphone. This just proves my point that the Verizon users who complain about the iphone would buy one if it was to come to Verizon Wireless. It just shows that Verizon that some (not all) verizon users wanted the iphpone but because they couldn't have it, they decided to bash on the iphone
46. (unregistered)
iphone is a cool phone, but not worth swithing to att for...if it came to VZW then I would get it...
55. (unregistered)
You are stupid. By 09' someone is already going to have something that will hands down beat the iPhone.
64. (unregistered)
it's 2008 - who has something that is beating the iPod hands down.....keep dreaming all u iPhone haters..unfortunately, I am stuck with VZ because my wife works there and btw I am on my 3rd different Windows Mobile device (XV6700, 700WX, Q9C)...all crap...
66. nwcrep (unregistered)
The reason you hate verizon isn't the service-its that u are using a windows mobile device. try the dare. it beats the iPhone on all levels hands down.
77. (unregistered)
Those phones are crap! Try the xv6900, great phone!
80. (unregistered)
I work for verizon and the software on our phones is much better than att has on the iphone. If it came here then it would be a ton better cause of our network. att internet covers 40% of the population while verizon covers 85% so it will run a lot smoother on verizon
81. anti-microsoft (unregistered)
The VX6900 Are you mad? Take windows vista a terrible touch screen and what do you have? A frozen disaster that doesn't function and a touch screen that makes you almost go MAD! Any device that uses Windows Mobile is a waste of money and time. I can't wait for the day Microsoft dies and Macintosh leads the way.
2. Baxterb (unregistered)
This is just good news for consumers the more choices the better. besides verizons data network is bigger than at&ts
40. (unregistered)
thats what she said
78. anon (unregistered)
3. VZW Emp (unregistered)
NOT gonna happen! Come on!!
63. emansiri (unregistered)
Welcome iphone in Asia
4. (unregistered)
Dude are you guys serious! THINK OF THE MCDONOLDS COMMERCIAL! "HEY! IT COULD HAPPEN!" An sure Verizon is know for crippling phones OS, but it would make little to no sense to do it to the Iphone. That would cause way to much drama for the people who want Verizon but went to ATT for the phone itself. Verizon would lose money they could have made. AN WE ALL KNOW! THEY LIKE TO MAKE MONEY! ON EVERYTHING INCLDING THE AIR WE BREATH!!
5. (unregistered)
At&t's agreement is for 5 years of exclusivity. Which means for the next 4.5 years At&t will be offering the iPhone. This is why Verizon is exclusive for life on the Blackberry Storm (its iPhone killer). Apple has no interest in selling phones in 6% of the world. CDMA is an outdated technology and with LTE is right around the corner CDMA is soon to die, Verizon and At&t have already committed billions of dollars to LTE. GSM/UMTS is used in every major country in the world and covers 90% of all wireless markets. Apple is more concerned with world domination then introducing a product that competes with itself. Steve Jobs is a lot smarter than that. So i call shannnagans on this one.
8. (unregistered)
I call shannnagans on your comment. Produce a legit document that says AT&T has a 5 year excusivity on iphone. Produce a document that says Verizon has an exclucivity for life on the storm. Both cannot be found. Apple would stand to make BANK selling iphones to the new biggest provider in the U.S.A. otherwise they would never have restricted sales to AT&T for a year. And explain how selling the iphone at VZW is in any way Apple competing with themselves? You are right about one thing though. Steve Jobs IS a lot smarter than you think he is.
16. (unregistered)
If the contract was for "iphone" all they would have to do is name it something else like "iphone CDMA" or some shit and they could sell whatever they want. Alot of loopholes in legal contracts
24. (unregistered)
1.....the i phone is no longer exclusive to just ATT, that was a story 4 months ago ....try and keep up 2....the storm is exclusive to VZW as long as they maintain sales numbers for it 3....CDMA is available in 187 countries around the world. Steve Jobs made a product for the most out dates technology to date, GSM.... 4....pwned
33. LOL@USir (unregistered)
I'd be curious to wonder where you get the idea that GSM is out of date when verizon themselves have committed to LTE which is the current evolution of GSM. Also what carrier here in the US has decided to go with UMB, which is CDMA's 4G technology? You my good sir have failed.
37. (unregistered)
GSM is an outdated technology, just because most the world uses it doesn't change the fact. The fact that Europe uses GSM does not benefit callers in America, the fact that CDMA can hold more callers per tower does benefit callers in America. And the fact that LTE is an evolution of GSM doesn't null the fact that GSM is outdated. Thats like saying the Playstation isn't outdated because the PS3 is an evolution of it. Basically... GSM
72. (unregistered)
anybody dating kathy Griffin is not smart!
82. (unregistered)
I am employed by one of the top two carriers and when a phone is considered exclusive to a company, generally the manufacturer and carrier have an agreement that a certain number of devices needs to be sold for it to remain exclusive. With this it doesn't mean that they have a 5 year contract or 3 year or whatever it is. If AT&T needs to sell 500,000 iPhones in a year and they sell 400,000, then yes Apple is going to try to expand and get more out there. They aren't competing with themselves, they just put their devices in more places. There are Verizon customers that would never switch to AT&T for a phone, and vice versa, it has a lot to do with the company. I know the iPhone will not be AT&T's for ever, and the Storm will not be exclusive to Verizon forever. Apple will have a new phone, and blackberry will make a second generation of the touch screen, its how technology expands.
6. (unregistered)
for as much as i hate to admit it, if they put it on our network... i'd consider it. maybe they could add a keyboard too, touscreens are nice but it's nice to have solid buttons too
10. (unregistered)
i would get it in a heartbeat!! im not hating on the iphone at all.. vzw could fix that mms issue though, that is a must! but money for my sti would be sick! and having the storm and the iphone.. the only decision now is which one?
44. (unregistered)
i too think the iphone is a GOOD phone. i dont think there is anything unique about it, other than it does everything prettier than other smartphones. and plus, i have a hard time believing that verizon is going to let users use their itunes and not rhapsody, considering how much they are pushing that now.
11. (unregistered)
i don't think that it would be all that hard for apple to make a cdma version considering that they will not be changing much to the current design. although i can not say that it would make me buy a iphone. there are some things that i think that it needs before i commit.
17. (unregistered)
It's all about the network and that's why i never got it in the first place.
12. (unregistered)
I doubt they would produce a CDMA variant. The only place it would be lucrative would be in the Americas and South Korea, the two largest CDMA markets. CDMA is pretty much at an end-of-life, with carriers looking at LTE for the future.
20. sinfulta (unregistered)
Let's get something right here. LTE is a WCDMA technology. Where are you getting GSM from? It's a migration path yes, but LTE was chosen because it's an easy upgrade for current CDMA networks and GSM alike. This means that both CDMA service providers and GSM/WCDMA service providers will be able to evolve their networks to LTE–SAE. A LTE–SAE network is designed for efficient support of mass-market usage of any IP-based service. The architecture is based on an evolution of the existing GSM/WCDMA core network, with simplified operations for a smooth and cost-efficient deployment. Get your facts straight. 5 yrs ago there was 70million CDMA subscribers worldwide in 2003. Now there is 620+Million, in 2003, there was 2.71 Billion GSM, Which do you think is growing faster? GSM including WCDMA HSPA(GSM Migration) 3.04Billion. Increase by 11.2% for GSM. Increase in CDMA Market share 885%. Which doesn't matter because most technologies will go LTE, except for maybe Japan and Australia cause those countries are so stubborn. ****** My personal take is they will make a CDMA variant, and Sprint and Verizon will be opening up there network. And does not follow under the terms and conditions of one provider to sell it. Sprint and Verizon I think won't sell it. They will just have an open network and Apple will make a CDMA version to be unlocked for any CDMA network. No contract broken. -Mentioned above, Nobody knows how long the contract is with apple. I've heard from 2yrs to 5. Nobody is sure. It's not public record. Even if it's 5yrs, there is still. 3.7yrs left, if it's 3yrs, which I'm assumming it is. Would put the phone open right around (couple months prior) the time Verizon is launching there LTE network, and dead on the time Vodaphone is launching there's. Which is scheduled for May/June 2010. The exclusive for the storm is only 18mos from what I've heard. That was because of the year exclusive on the pearl, and 6mo exclusive on the curve in exchange for Verizon to get the Storm for 18mos. Which is also funny, because like i mentioned above, that's the same time LTE on Vodaphone and Verizon should be rolling out as well. 18mos will put it march/april'ish 2010. Just a month before Vodaphone LTE scheduled launch. Co-ink-e-dink. I think not. That's my opinion/ .02cents (sorry for grammar or miss-spells, it's late for me)
21. rj04 (unregistered)
really good info but totally wasted on this board imo. People on here generally want to bash other phone companies and say how good their's is, not learn anything. One thing I would say about the growth of gsm/wcdma is that market saturation is probably most likely to blame for the discrepency in new customers. When almost everyone in a viable market already has cellphone service you run out of new customers.
25. (unregistered)
WCDMA isn't CDMA. They aren't compatible. The only thing they share, loosely, is an air interface. LTE was chosen as a 4G tech for GSM networks, UMB was supposed to be the 4G tech for CDMA but no CDMA carriers commited to it because they know that the world is dominated by the GSM family and chose LTE. Now that CDMA carriers are commiting to LTE, companies like Qualcomm are making it easier to upgrade from CDMA to LTE. Oh and 620 million is a lot compared to close to 3 billion for GSM? Where'd you learn to count? College Algebra 1? You want to know why it's shot up so much? China. Cell phones are more affordable there then 5 years ago. But of course, CDMA is dying there too (along with GSM to a lesser extent) because of new technologies like TD-SCDMA, which don't require the operators to pay licensing fees to Qualcomm like they do with their CDMA networks.
38. vzemp (unregistered)
thats about the smartest post ive seen on the subject in a while VERIZON will not sell the Iphone. But, they dont have to. When Verizon opens their networks up to "any app any CDMA phone" that can pass certification, all Apple has to do is make a CDMA version and pass it. What kind of idiotic company wouldnt make a version of the phone that opens it up to 100 million ++ possible new customers? I would shutter to think of some of these idiots ever running something. The world is moving to LTE, a NOKIA/VODAPHONE-VERIZON developed technology. That is why vodaphone/verizon will have it first. Apple is slated to be about 3 yrs behind the curve on the ability to RENT the tech from vodaphone. If you think AT&T has a chance at world take over, think again. They will be paying royalties to their competition, just for the benifit of keeping up with their competition. Verizon bought Alltell because it saves us over 1 billion a year in back end roaming agreement fees through the south east. How much do you think we will make off of other carriers when LTE becomes standard? As far as the Storm goes. I have not heard anything that suggests a 18month window. My understanding is its 100% exclusive in the USA to verizon. that doesnt mean i wont appear around the world, as we know it will. Then again, if it is 18 months, who cares, because in 18 months, it will be obsolete, just like the Iphone.
47. (unregistered)
....and one other note... LTE is "backwards compatible" with CDMA too.
71. harper (unregistered)
the above comment is 100% correct. i, too, though LTE was GSM.BUt if you guys do extensive research it is just WCDMA. LTE for verizon would only mean other phones from other carriers (ex. Sprint) would be able to work. Please don't get confused.
13. (unregistered)
I admit, iPhone is a good phone and has good marketing/brand loyality with high priced/less featured products, but Verizon has good marketing/brand loyality too reguardless of the standard UI that is found on dumbphones, the locked GPS on PDA's and missing Bluetooth profiles. If Verizon gets an iPhone (finally) then I hope they enable MMS and video capabilities.
14. (unregistered)
plzzzzzzzzzzz aplle come to VZW with Iphone. i need that right now.
15. Armo (unregistered)
i highly doubt verizon will get the iphone. the only reason they're getting the storm is so they could have a competitor against the iphone since the dare couldnt. maybe apple will produce a new phone thats NOT the iphone. or maybe they r getting the iphone but engadget is saying its gunna have windows mobile. http://www.engadgetmobile.com/
2008/09/29/verizon-getting-a-cdma-iphone-that-runs-windows-mobile-clears-a/ but no matter wat they get out now, the tmobile G1 will own. not necessarily by looks but by functionality.
18. Z (unregistered)
I have had Verizon for years, and could care less if the iPhone comes on the network. The phone is huge, text messaging is a hassle, and its buggy. Not only that, pix and video messaging is weird on it. At&t and keep the iPhone, and pay Apple through the nose for it. All hype.
19. (unregistered)
you guys know Apple knocked on verizons door first and got turned down, I think there is a market for this product and apple is smart to offer it to verizon and sprint, I have played with the phone it seems nice personally I don't get why everyone thinks is is sooo gaga over it. but I have a vista computer that works great and have been useing windows CE for about ten years I first had a Casio Cassiopeia A-10 when some of my friends had a apple newton. honestly I think they need to do this for market share most of the people who live in USA use cdma I think its about 2 to 1 cdma to GSM here. Also I was thinking this could be a device that would work well with Verizons open device initiate maybe you wont ever see this in a Verizon store apple might sell it directly to the public
22. (unregistered)
I'm all for the iPhone coming to Verizon. Just imagine the iPhone on the most reliable network. But one thing I worry about...and its not the crippling part! ....but I just hope they don't put that stupid Verizon UI on it. Did you hear me Verizon...I HATE YOUR COMMON UI!!! But I love the network so I'm staying either way. If they put a Verizon UI on it I'm not getting it. I can just get a basic phone with the same software.
26. (unregistered)
Apple wouldn't allow them to touch the software on the phone. Probably part of why Verizon said no when Apple asked them the first time.
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39. (unregistered)
the verizon UI only goes on the dumbphones. no smartphones have verizon UIs on them, and as is with the dare and voyager(version9) the UI is changing for the high end dumb phones.
65. (unregistered)
One of the reasons I heard that VZW turned down the iphone was because only corporate stores and the apple store could sell it. VZW wanted to open sales up to indirect locations, and as an indirect rep I appreciate any loyalty that VZW wants to give us. I'll be happy to get the iphone for VZW if I can sell it, activate it, and service it.
23. (unregistered)
If they actually make the iPhone for Verizon too, they would get like triple the profits.
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28. (unregistered)
i think this is the best news i've heard about the mobile industry EVER.
29. (unregistered)
somebody is going down in 09... hey AT&T is it you?... what are you going to do? acquire CDMA network?
30. Midnight (unregistered)
I think the iPhone sucks right now. I wouldnt want the current version on Verizon Wireless because the issues would make our network look bad. however it would be cool to steal the exclusivity agreement away from at&t and just watch their customers port over :)
31. (unregistered)
AT&T exclusivity was for 2 years...Once this comes to Verizon, sit back and watch how many people will switch from Att to Verizon. I have it on att and the phone is great but the network blows.
32. (unregistered)
Verizon wourld cripple the GPS....
34. Big Moe (unregistered)
And so it begins... It's funny. Verizon customers don't hate the iPhone. Verizon customers feel that your phone is only as good as the network it's on. For instance, if you took a BB Curve from all available carriers, and tested them all in the same area, at the same time, Verizon Wireless will have the BEST and MOST RELIABLE service, consistently. Therefore, iPhone on At&t or iPhone on Verizon Wireless? It's should be no-brainer but then again, there will be those "fanboys" who won't take back what they said on previous posts and admit that Verizon Wireless truly is at the top. In the words of a very knowledgeable and reliable source, "If you build it, they will come!" HAHA! Again, too funny! GO VZW!
35. (unregistered)
IF the iPhone were to make its way to Verizon Wireless Verizon would have a laundry list of demands before they would accept the device on their network. one of the main reasons they told apple no was because they wanted total control over tech support for the device. if the iPhone came to verizon they would want their people be able to troubleshoot and replace the device as they see fit. another thing that im sure verizon would want would be their vz navigator service on there. im pretty sure they would want the device to be capable to doing mms messaging too. why have that kinda device if it cant preform some of the most basic functions.
57. (unregistered)
VZW is supossedly opening their network soon...any device any app. When/if this is the case they actually won't have many demands...it'll be up to the device manufacturer to deal with hardware problems. VZW will of course offer their own phones that they will manage
41. (unregistered)
i think the only phone i might consider getting over the iphone as far as touch screens go is the htc diamond if that does come to verizon....even still i think i'd still lean towards the iphone, the good thing is at&t is almost acting as the guinea pig and hopefully apple can work most of the kicks out and then vzw gets the phone....and then global domination can start and vzw can take over the world.
58. (unregistered)
Yea hopefully they can fix their 3g chip. I heard it's causing alot of droopped calls. Let ATT be the test dummy lol
42. (unregistered)
if this happens i'll die and go to heaven.
43. (unregistered)
i dont think verizon would cripple this phone. they allow blackberry to have their own interface, and the same with windows mobile devices. i do agree that they would want vznav integrated somehow, but i think thats about it. it would be pointless to release it to vzw with the vzw UI. you can just buy the dare in that case. apple just rules the touch screen world right now in my opinion, and thats why this appeals to me.

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As executive director of Oikocredit USA, Terry Provance (MA 1998 in Christian Social Ethics) heads up one of the world's largest sources of private funding encouraging socially responsible investing. With over $650 million in investments to the microfinance sector, Oikocredit provides development-focused loans and credit to 118 projects through 550 microcredit banks and 250 trade cooperatives in 71 countries in the developing world. In turn, these institutions dispense life-changing loans to the poor and disadvantaged, with a special emphasis on rural areas and women.
Believing that economic and social justice will promote peace, Terry says the organization promotes investments in microcredit opportunities for people around the globe. The 35-year-old organization founded by World Council of Churches "makes $28 billion in microcredit loans available to 110 million women in the world to help them improve the quality of their lives through barefoot capitalism," he said. "It's a first step out of poverty. We don't romanticize their lives, but it's a step to reduce the global poverty of 3.4 billion of the world's 6.6 billion people who live on less than $2 a day."
Terry describes how, before receiving microfinancing five years ago, a Filipino woman sent her four children aged two to nine years old from their peasant shack out to the streets of Manila to beg. Her husband was too ill to work. They survived on $1.40 a day.
Even though she is not literate and could not qualify for a bank loan because she has no assets or collateral, she was able to receive a microcredit loan of $35. She bought a sewing machine and makes slippers. Her family eats twice a day and her husband has gone to a doctor. The children have books and clothes, so they can go to school. She paid back the first loan, and qualified for a second loan of $100. She used it to hire two sisters and a friend to help her sew.
The loans go to women, Terry said, because "money women earn goes for their family's needs. Only 30 percent of money paid to men goes to their families," he said.
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UAB has launched one of the first clinics in the nation designed to provide healthy adults with an assessment of their risk for Alzheimer's disease.
A ramped-up immune response may play a major role in autism disorders, according to a new study from UAB and Johns Hopkins.
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Manuscripts penned by the late James Pittman, M.D., longtime dean of the School of Medicine at UAB, are the basis for a biography of Tinsley Harrison, M.D.
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Two adult male sea lions from Oregon now live at the Queens Zoo. They came from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife in Bonneville.
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Logo CritiqueOk, so I'm making this logo for a kids shoe boutique. Right now I'm using stock photo of a spider and shoes which I put together. I plan on drawing this spider with shoes myself, but BEFORE I do so I am looking for some feedback. What do you think of the idea, colors, layout, font, etc? Is it too many colors? Is the name of the store easy to read or are the dashes confusing? Thanks for any advice!
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The ideas is nice.
There are a few technical problems. The old B&W chestnut - will it strip back? All of the finer details on the shoes would have to go, and so on.
I also have qualms about mocking up a logo from stock - will you be purchasing it, then tracing, or doing your own spider? I can't imagine the client wanting some stock image even if it is altered and usually there's some sort of stipulation on what you can and can't so with these things on purchase.
I'm not a fan of handwritten type that's just a font. The repetition sucks out the life that they're supposed to be expressing. I'd make them all slightly different.
Thank you for the feedback!
The old B&W chestnut - will it strip back? -- not sure what you mean by that?
As far as the spider and shoes, I plan on drawing my own from scratch in illustrator. You think it should be more simple, less details on the spider and shoes...and that will look better? Is that what you were saying? I didn't think of that, but sounds smart to me I will draw it more simple.
As far as the fonts, I was thinking o do more than one font... you don't think it will be too much going on?
What about too many colors, or is it ok?
I drew this spider, it's more simple...and made 3 different fonts. I still need shoes that will add some color. comments?
You haven't drawn a spider from scratch, you've traced the exact same spider with only two colors. You can't just change a few things and call it yours. As Roth pointed out, there are some things you aren't allowed to do with stock illustrations and using them for logos is usually one of them. I'd check the license on that bit of stock even if you did purchase it.
Also what Roth meant on the font was that handwritten fonts have characters that look the same. He meant for you to make the o's unique, not change to three different fonts.
Do you have any training in design theory? These are all basic observations a designer should know before taking on clients.
You have a 5spot color logo there. 6 including the black dots of the eyes.
How do you think I should fix the colors though? Make the shoes only one color? will be so boring no?
Originally posted by Bag of Design View PostHow do you think I should fix the colors though? Make the shoes only one color? will be so boring no?
You should be concentrating 100% on getting the logo right FIRST.
Then worry about color.
For storefront signage, more color might indeed be exactly what you want.
But don't get ahead of yourself.Keep Saturn in Saturnalia.
Sketching not only helps you work out good ideas, it helps you get past the bad ones.
Neon??? Who still uses neon? You can get low voltage high output LED into just about anything — except some of those skinnyassed sans serif fonts designers are so fond of these days.
But, the trick is to get it far enough away from the face to avoid hot spots.
Actually we still use neon, but not to illuminate sign letters any more. More for accent work and true neon signage. And even the accent work is running into the tubular LED material that lights evenly. It's unfortunate that LED has become the wave of the future. Neon can be a true artform.
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Silent Hill HD Collection Hands On PreviewPosted By: Whitney November 28th, 2011 | 3:00 pm
As many of you my know Cj from Rely on Horror and myself were invited down to Konami Headquarters back in September. During our visit we not only got to play a bit of Silent Hill Downpour but we were also given the opportunity to play through some of the Silent Hill HD Collection on the Playstation 3 (I took Silent Hill 2 while Cj played through Silent Hill 3). When we played the collection was still in heavy development with a lot of things still left to upgrade and bugs to work out so this preview will focus on some of the general improvements I noticed when I compare it to the original Playstation 2 releases.
I have to say the improvements to many of the textures in both games are immediately apparent. As someone who's only played both on the Playstation 2 versions I was blown away at just how crisp and clear everything seemed ti be now. It was definitely a new experience finally seeing the little details in the environments that were muddy and blurry before such as store signs, details in James' jacket and the random graffiti in sharp focus. It was such a difference to both of us, so much so that we were constantly yelling to one another to come over and look at some small little detail we missed seeing in the past. It seriously felt like I was playing Silent Hill 2 again for the first time with just how much "new" things there were to see.
I think the HD visual improvements really hit home for me at the Silent Hill Historical Society/Prison in Silent Hill 2 and when Cj had reached the Alternate Hilltop Center in Silent Hill 3. In the Silent Hill Historical Society and the Prison there's a lot of cool paintings/photos that line the walls, including a Silent Hill 2 Staff picture Easter egg and other macabre art depicting Silent Hill's darker past. I remember while playing on the Playstation 2 I had a hard time really seeing the details of art as the environments were not only dark but the art and photos were tiny and blurry. Since I couldn't really zoom in for a better look I had to depend on James' one sentence description and in the end I didn't think much about their content when I played. It wasn't until years later after taking a closer look at the painting textures ripped from the PC version on Alchemilla Hospital.net did I gain a greater appreciation for all the details Team Silent had put into the game…even those I couldn't see due to technical limitations at the time.
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One of these small details that blew me away was the painting in the Toluca Prison cafeteria that depicts the room with Eddie's gunshot victim in the forefront. In game it just looked like a painting of the room with the weird and creepy inclusion of the corpse but nothing too special. However, on viewing the painting texture texture up close it became quite obvious there was something off about the scene depicted. That unknown brown and muddy looking corpse slumped on a table near the exit? Well in the painting it looks quite different… in fact it looks like James has taken his place since the corpse has lighter hair, a green jacket and blue jeans! In a way I think the painting was foreshadowing James and Eddie's battle to the death at the end of the Labyrinth. If James wasn't careful he would end up like all the other people Eddie killed with a bullet in his brain.
The painting is definitely unnerving up close and it's a shame that in the original Playstation 2 game these color changes are hardly visible…until now that is. With the HD upgrade you can easily note the subtle color change just by staring at the painting in game. It was amazing and when I pointed it this out both Cj and Tomm they were both surprised as they had never known about that small detail before!
Silent Hill 2 wasn't the only one benefiting from the focus of smaller environmental details. Throughout our time playing Cj constantly pointed out a variety of text on the walls and other visuals in Silent Hill 3 that neither of us noticed before. I believe the biggest surprise on this new clarity in graphically superior Silent Hill 3 was when Cj reached the Otherworld Hilltop Center. In One Stop Imports next to vending machine there's graffiti of a poem that when Heather observes it reads:
What was a bag of silver coins is
now the number in a book.
Yet faith hath no price…
Ah, but do people know this?"
Texture from Silent Hill 3 PC
In the Playstation 2 game the poem in hard to read on the wall but in the HD collection we could read the poem word for word without a close up observation shot by just staring at the wall. It was a little funny too because noticed that "coins" was misspelled! It was this new found clarity that really made us both want to slow down and just spend time looking at every little bit of the environments just to try to uncover other previously unknown details (unfortunately we couldn't really spend too much time as we had limited time with the game).
So both games benefited from some higher resolution textures but I'm sure you all probably care more about what I thought about the new voice work. For those who may have been in the dark these past few months it was announced early on that both Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 would have an entirely new voice cast in this upgrade. Not surprisingly, this change upset many Silent Hill fans and had had also become a deal breaker for purchasing the collection for many. As an old fan myself I have to say that yes the new voices do sound strange and are jarring at first because I'm so used to the old ones but in my opinion they are in no way terrible.
Troy Baker as James really grew on me as I played through the game. His voice is pretty deep and raspy when compared to Guy Cihi's original performance so I was really unsure about him going in but I'm happy to say I ended up really enjoying his performance overall. His James sounded more emotional to me especially in the later half of the game where he sounded so shaken up at times that I thought at one point James might just break down and cry.
One of the other shining stars for me was Angela's new voice actress who also plays Claudia in Silent Hill 3. She really did a fantastic job, I loved, loved, loved that her Angela sounded like a troubled teenager and not a woman in her 40's. With the improved the pacing of the line readings there was also no comical stutters or weird long emphasis on random words ("LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSST?") which I really liked.
The rest of the new Silent Hill 2 cast did a fine job as well. I enjoyed Mary Elizabeth McGlynn's huskier and more seductive take on Maria but I felt her deep voice was a mismatch for Mary Shepherd-Sunderland as it made Mary seem older and less innocent. So hands down I have to say I prefer Monica Taylor Horgan's Mary performance but again I want to emphasize that it's not terrible it is just my personal preference. Mary Elizabeth still gave a very powerful performance and the lines were read quite well and I'm happy to report that hearing her rendition of the letter at the end was still able to choke me up!
As for Silent Hill 3 from what I heard I really liked it! We went in cold and both Cj and I were pleasantly surprised. The new Heather sounded age appropriate and sassy (though I miss Heather Morris). The new Claudia sounded nearly identical to Donna Burke's portrayal but she carried a bit of a harder edge. I believe the change in pacing greatly improved the delivery of Vincent's lines. The new actor sounded just like Clifford Rippel's original Vincent but without the random dramatic pauses and inflection changes so his lines flowed a bit better. The new Douglas sounded less gruff but I believe his performance was quite good as well. Really from the snippets I heard watching some of the cutscenes over Cj's shoulder I think people will be pleasantly pleased with the Silent Hill 3's new voice cast.
Even though I already own both games for the Playstation 2, I can see the HD Collection as a must have for any Silent Hill fan. Even if you are iffy on the new voices (luckily we now have the option to switch to the old with Silent Hill 2) you should definitely at give the collection a try just to see both games in such high detail on a console if nothing else!


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It was another successful athletic season for Stephen F. Austin in 2013-14, capped by memorable games, incredible performances, championship efforts and moments that will be remembered for years to come. To close out the 2013-14 season, SFAJacks.com will count down the top 15 moments of the past year as voted on by the SFA administrative staff and media representatives. A new moment will be revealed each Tuesday and Friday, counting down to the top moment of the year on Tuesday, August 19th.
MOMENT #15 – Bowling Claims First Tournament Titles in Program History
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin's bowling team continued to make its mark on the national scene in 2013-14, reaching a handful of milestones in the fifth season of competition for the Ladyjacks.
The first of those milestones came in the first weekend of the season when the Ladyjacks did something they hadn't done before in program history - capturing the team title at the Tulane Invitational in New Orleans. Entering the final day of competition as the second-seed, SFA dropped its opening match of the day to sixth-ranked Sam Houston State, but would rally back to defeat Alabama State, then take the rematch against the rival Bearkats to give head coach Amber Lemke some hardware to bring back to Nacogdoches.
SFA enjoyed winning so much, it did it again the following tournament, placing first out of 19 teams at the Fairleigh Dickinson Jamboree in Hackensack N.J. two weeks later. The back-to-back victories sparked an impressive season for the Ladyjacks as SFA finished among the top-five in eight of its 10 events in 2013-14, capped by a runner-up showing at the USBC Sectionals in Fort Worth on March 16th.
The performance of the Ladyjacks garnered respect throughout the season as SFA was ranked as high as fourth in the National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) poll, the highest-ever ranking for the squad. SFA closed out the year with a top-10 finish, ranking ninth in the final NTCA poll of the season.
Some individual Ladyjacks also garnered some much-deserved recognition, led by senior Nicole Parkhurst who closed her SFA career in style. Parkhurst was named a second team NTCA All-American as well as a first team NTCA All-Academic selection, becoming the first Ladyjack to receive higher than honorable mention in program history.
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Ben-Hur is a 1959 American epic historical drama film, directed by William Wyler, produced by Sam
Zimbalist for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Hugh Griffith and Haya Harareet. A remake of the 1925 silent film with the same name, Ben-Hur was adapted from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. The screenplay is credited to Karl Tunberg but includes contributions from Maxwell Anderson, S. N. Behrman, Gore Vidal, and Christopher Fry.
Ben-Hur had the largest budget at $15.175 million and the largest sets built for any film produced at the time. Costume designer Elizabeth Haffenden oversaw a staff of 100 wardrobe fabricators to make the costumes, and a workshop employing 200 artists and workmen provided the hundreds of friezes and statues needed in the film. Filming commenced on May 18, 1958 and wrapped on January 7, 1959, with shooting lasting for 12 to 14 hours a day, six days a week. Pre-production began at Cinecittà around October 1957, and post-production took six months. Under cinematographer Robert L. Surtees, MGM executives made the decision to film the picture in a widescreen format, which Wyler strongly disliked. More than 200 camels and 2,500 horses were used in the shooting of the film, with some 10,000 extras. The sea battle was filmed using miniatures in a huge tank on the back lot at the MGM Studios in Culver City, California. The nine-minute chariot race has become one of cinema's most famous sequences, and the film score, composed and conducted by Miklós Rózsa, is the longest ever composed for a film and was highly influential on cinema for more than 15 years.
Following a $14.7 million marketing effort, Ben-Hur premiered at Loew's State Theatre in New York City on November 18, 1959. It was the fastest-grossing as well as the highest grossing film of 1959, in the process becoming the second-highest grossing film in history at the time after Gone with the Wind. It won a record 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Wyler), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Heston), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Griffith), and Best Cinematography, Color (Surtees), an accomplishment that was not equaled until Titanic in 1997 and then again by The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2003. Ben-Hur also won three Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for Stephen Boyd. Today, Ben-Hur is widely considered to be one of the greatest films ever made, and in 1998 the American Film Institute ranked it the 72nd best American film and the 2nd best American epic film in the AFI's 10 Top 10. In 2004, the National Film Preservation Board selected Ben-Hur for preservation by the National Film Registry for being a "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" motion picture.
Paramount Pictures and MGM announced April 25, 2014 that they will co-produce Ben-Hur with Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, who also made the recent miniseries The Bible (TV miniseries). The film is set for release in February 2016.
Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st century. Together with the new governor his old friend Messala arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions. At first they are happy to meet after a long time but their different politic views separate them. During the welcome parade a roof tile falls down from Judah's house and injures the governor. Although Messala knows they are not guilty, he sends Judah to the galleys and throws his mother and sister into prison. But Judah swears to come back and take revenge.
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2013: Appeared in 48 games making 31 starts, as a junior ... .216 batting average ... 25 hits ... eight RBI ... 13 runs scored ... recorded eight multi-hit games ... recorded his first SFA hit, RBI, and run scored verse South Alabama (2/17) ... two-for-three performance verse South Alabama (2/17) ... had three two-for-four performances verse Nicholls St. (3/22), Oral Roberts (4/5), and McNeese St. (4/12).
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Magnolia HS: A four-year letterwinner for coach Dale Westmoreland ... a three-time all-district section... as a senior (2010), batted .495 and showed his speed on the base paths with 12 stolen bases ... named All-Montgomery County, District Defensive MVP, and second team all-state ... earned a nod to play in the All-Greater Area Houston All-Star Game and the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Game ... batted .400 with five steals as a junior (2009) ... played summer ball with the Houston Banditos.
PERSONAL: Born in Houston, Texas to parents Connie and Joe Thornell ... has a brother Kyle currently on the roster at McLennan CC... signed with Texas A&M out of high school ... both parents attended Texas A&M ... grandfather played in the St. Louis Cardinals organization and his father pitched at Hill Junior College (Hillsboro, Texas) ... majoring in university studies ... aspires to be a coach following his playing career ... in his spare time enjoys fishing, bowling and working out.


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The Oklahoma City RedHawks will have a job fair for the 2014 baseball season on Feb. 28 and March 1 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The annual spring gathering will help the Pacific Coast League franchise fill game day staff positions such as ushers, gate attendants, ticket window attendants and retail workers.
Oklahoma scene: RedHawks' job fair scheduled Feb. 28 and March 1
The RedHawks and Professional Sports Catering will also add food service staff members. Positions include cashiers, cooks, kitchen managers and wait staff. Two part-time internship positions are open in the culinary and catering departments for those looking for college credit.
Those who apply for a position must be available for all 72 home games and other scheduled events during the baseball season.
A list of available positions is at www.okcredhawks.com, or call (405) 218-1000 for more information.
The job fair runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day.
The No. 11-ranked Oklahoma wrestling team finished fourth out of 14 teams at the NWCA Division I National Duals after going 2-2 during the two-day event in Columbus, Ohio.
OU (11-5) fell to No. 13 Ohio State, 23-16, in the third-place dual on Monday.
Second-ranked Kendric Maple (149 pounds), Clark Glass (165 pounds), top-ranked Andrew Howe (184 pounds), and Zach Merrill (285 pounds) picked up wins against the Buckeyes, who took the dual's other six matches.
OU also lost to No. 4 Cornell (12-0), 23-20, in the semifinals on Monday.
On Sunday, OU advanced to the semifinals with wins over Bloomsburg and Central Michigan. Sunday also marked the return of senior All-American Jarrod Patterson, ranked No. 7 at 125 pounds, who made his first appearance since suffering a knee injury on Jan. 19 against Northern Iowa. Patterson picked up wins against Bloomsburg and Central Michigan, but was one of three recently injured starters who did not wrestle Monday.
OU is expected to be at full strength when it returns to the mat on March 8 as it hosts the Big 12 Championship inside McCasland Field House.
The No. 2-ranked Oklahoma City University men's golf team, and the school's No. 3-rated women's team swept team and individual championships Monday at the Claude Jacobs Intercollegiate in Victoria, Texas.
The OCU men, behind medalist Anthony Marchesani, beat No. 8 Texas Wesleyan by two shots and top-ranked Wayland Baptist (Texas) strokes. The women's team, led by Elia Folch, finished 11 strokes ahead of Northwood (Texas).
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I contacted John Lott a while back and asked him for the details of his discussions with Tim Lambert.
According to Lott, he has offered several times to provide data for Tim and Lambert does not reply.
Lott tried to make it look like I refused to look at the data and attacked him regardless. In fact, I have not received any email from Lott since 1999. All of my email to him since my first email about the mysterious survey have gone unanswered. Lott's claim had the desired effect—fallingblock concluded (erroneously):
My opinion is that Tim Lambert is yet another anti-gun Australian of the academic elite – the sort who seem to drive so much of the riduculous firearms legislation here in Australia.
I contacted fallingblock to point out that Lott had not contacted me. He emailed Lott to seek an explanation, and sure enough, Lott's story changed. Fallingblock posted:
I've had a few emails from John Lott and he quite correctly states that the data is all available at his website for anyone to view.
Dr. Lott remains quite open to any specific questions concerning his research and generously offered to answer any of my own.
He also maintains that Tim Lambert was among the first to receive the data when it became available.
Yes, I was among the first to get the data from his 2002 survey. But in his email to fallingblock, Lott had implied that I had ignored his offers to supply me with that data. And note that Lott did not made this charge publically, where I could rebut it, but in a private email where he thought I would never find out about it. I wonder what other things he is saying behind my back?


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Terror suspect's jet bomb plot linkA terror suspect involved in bomb attacks on London and Glasgow was a known associate of a senior al-Qaeda figure caught plotting to blow up passenger jets four years ago.
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Tories highlight cannabis dangers in drug blueprintThe health risks of cannabis are so great that it should now be reclassified as a class B drug, carrying much greater penalties for possession and trafficking, says David Cameron's new blueprint for dealing with Britain's growing addiction problems.
Le Tour takes over the capitalLondoners witnessed a momentous occasion yesterday as up to a million cycling fans descended on the city's streets to witness the start of the Tour de France, 2007.
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And a tiny village flies the flag for fraternitéToday, the tranquil, tiny village of Sissinghurst, in Kent, will quadruple in size as an expected 4,000 people gather to watch the Tour de France sweeping through on its 120-mile journey from London to Canterbury.
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Catwalk ban for under-16 modelsAge crackdown on fashion industry aims to end 'size zero' crisis.
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Campbell: my crisis over KellyMuch-awaited diaries of No 10's chief spin doctor detail his depression over the WMD crisis.
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News in briefHospital staff tip the scales as half are overweight | Man killed in neighbour row | Sonic boom for Dr Who fans | Baggage backlog blights BA | On a joke and a prayer
Children 'at risk' from jail restraint
Leaked study following boy's death says staff provoke young inmates so they can use force.
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Flood defence jobs face the axe as Brown cuts fundingThe Prime Minister tours the worst-hit areas of Doncaster and Hull and pledges £14m to help with clean-up, but unions warn of public spending cuts.
Victims stay in caravans to protect homesThousands of people hit by the floods in Yorkshire are opting to live in caravans in their front gardens because they fear their property will be looted. Others are being forced to do the same because of a shortage of rented homes.
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I told the truth all along, says doctor at heart of autism rowIn his only interview before he appears in front of the General Medical Council to face serious charges of malpractice, the campaigner against the MMR vaccine tells Denis Campbell that he has no regrets.
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Iraq no excuse for terror, rally toldUnease over Britain's presence in Iraq and Afghanistan cannot be an excuse for terrorism, Scotland's Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, told anti-terrorism protesters yesterday.
BBC man returns home to be with his parents
Freed BBC reporter Alan Johnston arrived back in the UK yesterday and flew to Scotland to be reunited with his family.
Olympics cost likely to overrun, MPs warnThe 2012 Olympics could break its £9.3bn budget, MPs will warn this week. The Public Accounts Committee will say that building the infrastructure for the Games may rise, and that the security budget is also likely to go up.
Memorial flowers for the 7 July victimsThe anniversary of the 7 July London bombings, which killed 52 people, was marked yesterday with a low-key ceremony at a memorial garden to the victims.
UN observer calls for fresh Lockerbie probeAn international observer appointed by the UN to monitor the Lockerbie trial has written to the government and the Scottish executive to demand a new full, independent investigation.
Secondary pupils to be taught British valuesChildren are to have new citizenship classes covering British history, community cohesion and Europe.
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First UK face transplant is in jeopardy
Doctors appeal to relatives not to sell their stories.
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A 4x4 too far: Clarkson hits trouble on fragile salt flats
BBC faces eco-outrage after Top Gear sends presenter into unspoilt Botswana wilderness. By Vanessa Thorpe and Juliette Jowit.
It's official: these are the seven wonders of the modern worldMillions of online votes were cast, but intense lobbying may have skewed the ballot towards the East.
Alarm as violent prisoners win early freedomThe government's decision to release thousands of prisoners early has come under fire after it emerged that they include people convicted for violence and domestic abuse.
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Holidaymakers oust the Arran islanders
Rich incomers could spell the end of an ancient community within 20 years.
Prices soar for homes with sea view
Beachfront properties top the inflation charts as buyers rush to pay record prices for chalets.
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Kasabian's earthquakes prove a force to be reckoned with
Climate change is now a populist concern, so much so that Live Earth: London was headlined by pop diva Madonna, a woman who might conceivably own a tumbler dryer for every leotard.
Madonna leads the pack as climate change turns chicKitty Empire gives her verdict on Live Earth London.
Rockin' all over the world (but just watch your carbon footprint)
Live Earth beams 150 acts to an audience of 2bn ... and burns more carbon than 3,000 Britons do in a year. Critics and fans are split, but everybody wants to save the world.
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Railways set for a hi-tech revolution
Longer, faster hi-tech trains are planned to end delays and overcrowding.
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This week we want to know all about ... The solar bag
There used to be a time when the only solar-powered gadget around was that lightweight calculator everybody had at school.
English wine crop is all washed up
They were on the verge of a commercial breakthrough but our wet, cold summer has battered vintners' yields.
Specialist centres to replace hospitals
Traditional 'one size fits all' hospitals are to be replaced by tightly focused specialist centres which will transform the experience of NHS patients.
Budget airlines 'cost more'
Flights with low-cost airlines can be up to 35 per cent more expensive than those offered by full-price carriers, new research has revealed.
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Digital switch threatens a TV famine for some
Some viewers could be left staring at blank screens when Britain's digital TV revolution gets under way in just over 100 days' time, the organisation running the switchover admitted last night.
Imaginary pals a tonic for children
Invisible playmates increase confidence and can help the young to tackle bullies, says study.
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Revealed: the sad, lonely childhood of Victoria
Oscar-winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes tells of his passion for the queen-to-be who slept in a cot.
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Ireland's cocaine coastA recent bust in the 'Irish box' shows drug smugglers are ruling over the Cork shore.
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Niger Delta rebels condemn kidnapping of childThe main militant group in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta yesterday condemned the abduction for ransom of a three-year-old British girl and said that it should not be confused with the political struggle in the region.


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At long last I've transcribed my GDC interview with Peter Molyneux, head of Lionhead Studios and chief architect of the Xbox 360 fall exclusive "Fable 2."
I teased a video excerpt earlier this week. Now you can read my conversation with him about:
- What people ask him about at GDC.
- What the most ambitious element of "Fable 2" is.
- How you can steal his wife in his game.
- How to punish your "Fable 2" family with an apple pie.
- Why you might want to live in a town called Bloodstone.
- What lessoned he learned not to repeat from "BioShock."
- How he left me completely perplexed at the end of our interview.
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How much money an ESL Teacher can earn teaching English in Vietnam? This is a difficult question, out there are many opinions and each school pays different. Let's see first where can you work and then how much you can get. Note that the term ESL is far more popular than EFL or any other terms related to this field. Everybody will understand ESL, not EFL, ESOL or others.
ESL Teacher for an English Center.
First of all you will work for an English Center (private schools that offers ESL courses for those who want to improve their English skills). Saigon is fulfilled with English Centers; I heard that there are over 200 of them. They offer ESL classes, usually in the evenings from 5.30 pm to 9.30 pm and in weekends all day long. You will be expected to teach kids in Saturday and Sunday mornings. It's quite easy to find a job there. The salary differences from school to school but I will say the average salary will be somewhere around $13. If you want some examples here you have …. My colleague (British girl) is paid $12 at ACPI (American College Preparation Institute), I get even less (I am non native English speaker), a friend of mine who works for ILA Vietnam (a well known school that offers great ESL courses in Vietnam) earns $17.25 (she told me that in January 2010, things can change in time), a school called Columbus pays $15/hour (an Australian ESL Teacher who worked with me at ACPI told me that), my best friend in Vietnam, an American guy gets $13/hour from IES (there are many schools called IES but I am talking about the one in District 5).
So, I will say you should expect to get $13/hour teaching ESL courses in those centers. Definitely, better ESL teaching opportunities will be on your way as long as you are here. In an English Center you can work maximum 6 evenings and 2 mornings (Saturday and Sunday). I haven't met someone who works 6 evenings and 2 mornings for the same school, but 3-4 evenings and Saturday and Sunday morning yes. So, at the main school you could work about 18 hours a week, which mean 18 hours X $13/hour = $234/week. That means $1000 a month, which I think won't be a problem to get.
ESL Teacher for private ESL students.
Definitely, you will have a lot of free time and probably you will want to earn some extra money teaching private ESL students. There is another way to earn money, teaching private ESL students. There are lots of Japanese, Koreans etc who will want to study English. Taking ESL classes is like a religion for them, they are usually business people and they hire an ESL Teacher from the first day they get to Vietnam. Even I found private students …. That means everybody can find. The salary is very similar with the one you get in an English Center (even better) and you can arrange the teaching time according to your free time at the main school (if your private ESL student is available at that time). Don't hesitate to make friends with other ESL teachers and ESL students (why not?) and let everybody know you are an ESL Teacher in Vietnam. They will recommend you to others and soon you will fulfill your free time.
ESL Teacher for a kindergarten.
Working for a kindergarten is another possibility. Kindergartens offer ESL classes for their kids and the demand for ESL Teachers is very high. It's an easy and hard task at the same time. You won't teach grammar there, just vocabulary (simple vocabulary such as body parts, colors, animals etc) and some simple sentences and expressions. The difficult part is you have to deal with kids less than 6 years old; they need a different approach, different than you are used with adults. You have to sing with them, tell stories for them and play a lot of games. It's difficult but nice and more than that they are not shy which makes your teaching time easier. This kind of job is more suitable for girls. The salary is quite similar with the one you get in English Center but the advantage is you are likely to work in the mornings or in the afternoons (personally I work for a kindergarten in District 10 from 3 pm to 4.30 pm). This type of job will add some extra bucks to your income.
ESL Teacher for a public school.
Public schools also hire ESL Teachers. Usually, they have a contract with English Centers and the ESL Teachers are supplied by the English Center. Again, the same salary and the teaching time are in the morning or afternoon (usually afternoon). I like better being an ESL Teacher in a public school because the students are more polite, they keep quiet in the class and they pay attention to the teacher (things that don't happen in an English Center).
As you can see, there are many opportunities to earn money as an ESL Teacher, teaching English in Vietnam. For sure it won't happen from the first day you came in Vietnam' ESL world, but sooner or later you will end up teaching 25-30 hours a week which means at least $1200 a month. All of my friends (I mean ESL Teachers) who are native English speakers earn more than $1500 a month without being exhausted. How much you can save depends on your life style and many other factors which I will detailed in the next post. As you can see ESL Teachers have many possibilities to earn a good salary and to be honest, an ESL job is not a killing job, more than that ESL student are usually very nice and you can have a lot of fun.


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Maine falls in the lower third of all states when it comes to paying its share of the actual costs of long-term care. Meanwhile, Maine nursing homes continue to struggle to keep their doors open. A legislative commission charged with reviewing reimbursement, and other issues important to the state's 107 nursing homes, is developing final recommendations that could provide some financial relief. A.J. Higgins has more.
The big issue for nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Maine is underfunding from the state.
"For many years now, MaineCare reimbursement has failed to meet their actual cost of doing business," says Rick Erb, the CEO of the Maine Health Care Association, a group representing Maine's nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
Erb says in order to stay afloat, operators are finding ways to offset the loss they experience on MaineCare patients.
"The average MaineCare resident is a losing proposition by about $20 a day in the nursing homes, and that gets made up by private pay rates, and to some extent by Medicare skilled rehab," he says. "But the largest number of residents in the facilities are MaineCare - and that's a problem."
Erb is a member of the Commission to Study Long-Term Care Facilities, which spent most of Friday taking a series of votes on more than a dozen proposed changes that lawmakers could consider next year in an effort to address funding problems, including inflation and actual costs associated with taking care of patients dealing with acute issues, such as dementia.
The panel also is weighing a bonus payment for facilities with a high percentage of MaineCare patients. And although the commission is hoping to craft a plan that can help all nursing homes, there's one facility Downeast that's in need of more immediate action.
"I just hope that part of our recommendations can be a remedy for Lubec," says Brenda Gallant, Maine's Long-Term Care Ombudsman.
Gallant is referring to the 39-bed Oceanview Nursing Home in Lubec, wich is struggling to operate with a high number of MaineCare patients. Another facility in the area, the 52-bed Atlantic Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Calais, was already forced to close.
Calais City Manager Diane Barnes, a member of the commission, says the region can't afford to lose any more nursing home beds.
"If we don't do something for Lubec, we're going to lose another 39, and those beds aren't going to come back," Barnes said. "They're going to go and there's not going to be any access in Washington County," Barnes said. "So I think we need to keep that in mind as we make our decisions today, because we're right on the verge of losing 39 more beds - and the jobs that go along with those, too."
But for the industry as a whole, the problems won't be sorted out by the end of the next legislative session in April, says Whiting Republican David Burns.
"It's such a big problem, big issue, that you can't solve these problems or come up with meaningful solutions in four meetings," Burns says. "So I think what's going to come out of here is a recommendation for a longer-term study."
Burns says he hopes the Legislature may be able to tap into some of new revenue from the renegotiation of the state liquor contract, or redirecting the return of some of the overpayments made to facilities due to computer errors as possible means of sending additional money to struggling nursing homes.


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Richard Strauss' sixth collaboration with librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal, "Arabella," contains all of the lushness one expects to hear from Strauss and has character depth and an enjoyable story, as well.
The story, about a destitute Count who is trying to marry off his older daughter, has humor in it, but underneath the humor is a thick layer of social commentary. Although not as popular as some of Strauss' other operas, "Arabella" is charming and entertaining.
The orchestra, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis, is the star of this show. They play Strauss' music with gorgeous lines and expressiveness. The conductor brought out a wide range of colors from the pit that was, at times, more compelling than what was happening on the stage.
Erin Wall is a wonderful Arabella. She sang previously at the Santa Fe Opera, but this role seems to be a perfect fit for her. It is vocally demanding and she handles it with grace and ease.
Heidi Stober sings the role of Arabella's sister, Zdenka/Zdenko. Her pure voice lends an air of innocence to her performance and her acting is superb. Stober shines in this role of the put-upon younger sister.
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That is what we are going to do here today.
Considering that we had a short week in the fantasy realm due in large part to those All-Star festivities, we figured that we would point out a handful of rookies that are starting to slide into bigger roles for their teams. These players may not be a benefit to all of you, but they could offer some nice depth scoring and should definitely be on the radars of those in keeper or dynasty leagues.
We'll start with one defenseman who was actually chosen to take part in the All-Star events in Ottawa, Raphael Diaz. Diaz might not be as consistent on the offensive side of the puck at this stage of his career, but he has shown the ability to play big minutes and on both special teams in a top four role with the Canadiens this season. He did struggle through a recent eight-game scoreless drought that earned him a seat in the press box as a healthy scratch, but he has picked up points in consecutive game since returning to the lineup. Diaz now has 15-points (3G-12A), 47 shots on goal and a manageable minus-1 on the season.
These modified re-rankings are based on expectations of the season going forward (including injuries). The plus or minus for each player is movement based on our most recent rankings from last week. (NR means not ranked in previous rankings.)
- 1. Erik Karlsson, Senators (same)
- 2. Nicklas Lidstrom, Red Wings (+1)
- 3. Shea Weber, Predators (-1)
- 4. Zdeno Chara, Bruins (same)
- 5. Kris Letang, Penguins (same)
- 6. Brian Campbell, Panthers (+1)
- 7. Alexander Edler, Canucks (-1)
- 8. Dennis Wideman, Capitals (same)
- 9. Dan Boyle, Sharks (same)
- 10. Ryan Suter, Predators (+2)
- 11. Keith Yandle, Coyotes (-1)
- 12. Duncan Keith, Blackhawks (-1)
- 13. Dion Phaneuf, Maple Leafs (same)
- 14. Kevin Shattenkirk, Blues (same)
- 15. Lubomir Visnovsky, Ducks (same)
- 16. Kevin Bieksa, Canucks (same)
- 17. Drew Doughty, Kings (+2)
- 18. Kimmo Timonen, Flyers (same)
- 19. Ian White, Red Wings (-1)
- 20. Jack Johnson, Kings (+1)
- 21. Sergei Gonchar, Senators (+1)
- 22. Alex Pietrangelo, Blues (-2)
- 23. Michael Del Zotto, Rangers (+1)
- 24. John Carlson, Capitals (same)
- 25. Brent Burns, Sharks (+1)
- 26. Mark Streit, Islanders (+1)
- 27. Christian Ehrhoff, Sabres (+1)
- 28. Alex Goligoski, Stars (+1)
- 29. Tobias Enstrom, Jets (+1)
- 30. Niklas Kronwall, Red Wings (+3)
- 31. Brent Seabrook, Blackhawks (same)
- 32. P.K. Subban, Canadiens (same)
- 33. Jason Garrison, Panthers (+2)
- 34. Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Coyotes (+2)
- 35. Matt Carle, Flyers (+3)
- 36. Kyle Quincey, Avalanche (+1)
- 37. Cam Fowler, Ducks (+2)
- 38. Dan Girardi, Rangers (+3)
- 39. Sheldon Souray, Stars (+3)
- 40. Tyler Myers, Sabres (+3)
- 41. Nick Leddy, Blackhawks (-1)
- 42. Jordan Leopold, Sabres (+2)
- 43. Dan Hamhuis, Canucks (+2)
- 44. Tomas Kaberle, Canadiens (+4)
- 45. Matt Niskanen, Penguins (+1)
- 46. Jay Harrison, Hurricanes (+1)
- 47. Marc-Edourd Vlasic, Sharks (+2)
- 48. Zach Bogosian, Jets (+3)
- 49. Jamie McBain, Hurricanes (+3)
- 50. Corey Potter, Oilers (+3)
- 51. Marc Staal, Rangers (-1)
- 52. Ryan McDonagh, Rangers (+2)
- 53. Erik Johnson, Avalanche (+2)
- 54. Ryan Whitney, Oilers (NR)*
- 55. Jared Spurgeon, Wild (+1)
- 56. Mark Giordano, Flames (+1)
- 57. Jay Bouwmeester, Flames (+1)
- 58. Adam Larsson, Devils (+1)
- 59. Joe Corvo, Bruins (+1)
- 60. Francois Beauchemin, Ducks (NR)
*was listed on IR in last week's rankings
Players that dropped out of previous rankings: Ryan Wilson, Marek Zidlicky
Players on IR: John-Michael Liles, Dustin Byfuglien, James Wisniewski, Chris Pronger, Joni Pitkanen, Andy Greene, Victor Hedman, Andrei Markov, Mike Green, Nikita Nikitin, Marc-Andre Bergeron, Dmitry Kulikov
Players that dropped out of previous rankings: Ryan Wilson, Marek Zidlicky
Players on IR: John-Michael Liles, Dustin Byfuglien, James Wisniewski, Chris Pronger, Joni Pitkanen, Andy Greene, Victor Hedman, Andrei Markov, Mike Green, Nikita Nikitin, Marc-Andre Bergeron, Dmitry Kulikov
Before Joffrey Lupul exploded with one of the best comeback seasons in NHL history, Jake Gardiner was the focal point of the trade the sent Francois Beauchemin from the Leafs to the Ducks. Gardiner has recently started to show why he was so attractive to Toronto General Manager Brian Burke, as he has picked up 5 points (1G-4A) over his last seven games. He has played in 41 games for the Leafs this season and logs big minutes for the squad, skating an average of 20:53 per night. If there is a flaw, it is that he doesn't shoot the puck enough, but that will likely improve as he gets more comfortable in the League.
Though the Avalanche haven't had a great season to this point -- although they are still in the playoff hunt -- they have a couple of reasons to smile and one of them is Stefan Elliott. The young rearguard has played in 29 consecutive games since being recalled by the Avs and has posted 11-points (4G-7A) over that stretch. To say that he has been streaky would be an understatement as he has four 2-game scoring streaks and one 3-game streak on the season, but there is one category in which he produces on a nightly basis: shots on goal. The youngster has launched 68 pucks on net and is averaging 2.3 shots per game. There is a chance that his playing time will get a bit sporadic over the remainder of the season, but he is still worth a look in deeper leagues.
A few other rookie rearguards to keep an eye on moving forward are Jared Cowen of the Ottawa Senators, who has notched 14 points (4G-10A) on the year, Slava Voynov of the Kings who recently returned from injury and has posted 11 points (4G-7A) in 31 games and the Capitals Dmitry Orlov, who has notched 8 points (1G-7A) in 30 games this season.
Niklas Kronwall -- Kronwall has long been a favorite here and was listed amongst our sleeper picks for this season. It took a while, but he is finally rewarding our faith and is sitting in second place in defensemen goal scoring with 11 on the season. He is riding a three-game scoring streak and now has 23 points (11G-12A) on the year. He could easily finish this season with 40-plus points.
Ryan Whitney -- We have a soft spot for Ryan Whitney. He is a great human, who interacts with his fans on twitter, cuts a mean joke and when healthy can score points by the bushel. The talented rearguard has been plagued by ankle problems this year and may not ever be able to get back to 100 percent, but he is again trying a comeback. He played in the Oilers' final game before the break and didn't score, but played over 18 minutes. Here's hoping he can stay on the ice this time.
Sami Salo -- Speaking of guys who returned just prior to the break, Salo hit the ice with his mates and skated over 23 minutes. He was a regular contributor to the Canucks before being knocked out of the lineup due to injury on Jan. 7 and has value in deeper fantasy formats.
P.K. Subban -- Subban has more talent than many of his peers, but he has to learn to use it a bit more efficiently. He was recently benched by interim head coach Randy Cunneyworth for an undisciplined play against the Red Wings' Dan Cleary, which followed a recent fine for a dangerous trip on the Penguins' Chris Kunitz. Stir in the fact that he has just 3 points in his last 12 games and it is getting harder to keep him in starting lineups.
Adam Larsson -- Larsson has been amongst the best rookies on the blue line this season, but he finds himself here because he has been making a steady fall down our rankings. Sure he could help in deeper leagues, but he isn't a huge fantasy difference maker right now with just 2 points in his last fourteen games.
Marc Staal -- Staal has been listed here for two weeks in a row. Sure that may be extreme, but he has yet to register a point since returning to action in the Winter Classic. That is hard to do, especially with the Rangers playing so well. He has also registered a minus-4 over that span. It is wise to look elsewhere until he begins to start looking more like his old self.
Kevin Klein -- Klein has never scored more than 18 points in a season, but he has been finding his way on to the scoresheet more frequently as of late. The six-year pro has picked up 6 points (2G-4A) over his last 12 games; he has launched 19 shots over that span and has registered a plus-5. He could help in deeper formats. Keep an eye on him moving forward.