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Capt. Bret Morriss couldn't resist firing a few rockets into the field when his helicopter simulator "flew" over a San Diego baseball stadium. "The Yankees were there," he joked.
Sports aside, Marine Corps pilots like Morriss are rooting for a different team of "Yankees," and "Zulus," too. The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing based in San Diego County is rolling out two of the service's new helicopters — four-bladed upgrades of the UH-1 Huey and the AH-1 Cobra.
On Thursday the air wing celebrated the latest milestone in the Corps' maturing helicopter program, dedicating $30 million full-motion simulators to train pilots at Camp Pendleton on the new helicopters made by Bell.
The change is part of an overhaul of Marine Corps aviation, sweeping aside aircraft that date in many cases from the Vietnam War era.
West Coast Marines are leading the transition to the new "Yankee" Huey, the UH-1Y, and they also will be the first to receive the "Zulu" model of the Cobra, the AH-1Z, scheduled for delivery in September. Meanwhile, East Coast Marines have already deployed to Afghanistan with the new MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor, which is replacing the CH-46 "Battle Phrogs" used to evacuate the U.S. Embassy in Saigon in 1975.
Also in the works: The F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing model of the Joint Strike Fighter will replace the Corps' Harrier and Hornet jets, and the K upgrade to the CH-53 heavy lift "Super Stallion" helicopter is scheduled for introduction in 2018.
Morriss, the Camp Pendleton pilot, recently returned from Afghanistan, where he flew the new Huey in combat with HMLA-367, the first squadron to deploy with it to a war zone.
The increased payload, maneuverability and technology of the new Huey allowed the air wing to reconfigure the way it deployed its fleet in battle, using the utility aircraft's without attack-helicopter escorts as they transported troops and protected forces on the ground, commanders said.
"It doesn't look a whole lot different, but it's a huge difference. The whole aviation combat element has now changed," said Lt. Col. Michael J. Borgschulte, head of the "Scarface" squadron.
The Yankee upgrade quickly proved itself as "a favorite of battlefield commanders" because it restored the utility helicopter's capabilities, from small-team insertions and extractions to combat resupply, fire support and more, said Col. Thomas Weidley, commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group-39.
The Cobra attack helicopter flying in combat now has some bite, with its Hellfire missiles and Gatling guns. But the Zulu model on the way makes the older version seem like a family sedan, several test pilots agreed.
With its improved maneuverability and speed, "the Zulu is a Ferrari," said Maj. Sam Howie, who helped put the AH-1Z through its paces, before transferring to Camp Pendleton to train other aviators.
Pilots in the new Cobra view digital readouts from a monocle attached to their helmets, keeping their eyes on the enemy outside the overhead cockpit. In the current model they look down into eyepieces, and view readouts on mechanical "steam" gauges.
The Zulu model's integrated avionics system senses where the pilot looks and readies the weapons systems. "We can react to enemy fire much quicker," said Capt. Robert Bunn, which means "we can help our Marines on the ground faster."
Inside the cockpit of the new full-motion simulators, high-resolution displays depicting landscapes from Camp Pendleton to Kandahar, from sand storms to snow whiteouts, are realistic enough to cause motion sickness.
The military waited for initial design kinks in the aircraft to be resolved before buying the expensive simulators. Now that the simulators are installed in a warehouse at Camp Pendleton, the Marine Aviation Training Systems Squadron will use them to coach both new pilots and experienced fliers.
After the initial outlay, the simulators save fuel, maintenance and manpower costs when compared with the days when pilots learned to fly with an instructor standing on the skids, said Maj. P.W. Duke Tucker, the simulator squadron's commanding officer.
The biggest advantage was obvious when he interrupted a pilot training recently on a simulator. The Cobra dove for the dirt and the screens went blank. But a moment later, the rotors were spinning over Camp Pendleton again.
"That is something you can't do in the real world," Tucker said.
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Institutiile financiar-bancare actioneaza intr-un mediu dinamic, iar luarea deciziilor cu privire la modalitatea optima de desfasurare a activitatilor de piata implica, pe langa un grad ridicat de flexibilitate si adaptabilitate a managerilor la schimbarile mediului de afaceri, considerarea aportului adus de angajati si clienti in concretizarea ofertei financiare.
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The Scarecrow
Watch "The Scarecrow," the companion film for Chipotle's new app-based game. Then download the free app at www.scarecrowgame.com and join the quest for wholesome, sustainable food. The song "Pure Imagination" performed by Grammy Award®--winning artist Fiona Apple, is available for download on iTunes.
Volvo Trucks - The Epic Split feat. Van Damme (Live Test 6)
Watch Jean-Claude Van Damme carry out his famous split between two reversing trucks. Never done before, JCVD says it's the most epic of splits -- what do you think? Please share & comment! This live test was set up to demonstrate the precision and directional stability of Volvo Dynamic Steering -- a world first technology that makes the new Volvo FM easier to drive. Filmed in Spain on a closed-off landing field at sunrise in one take. Directed by Andreas Nilsson Soundtrack by Enya: Only Time More about Volvo Dynamic Steering: http://volvotrucks.com/fm Don't miss coming films and other exciting material: https://www.facebook.com/VolvoTrucks https://twitter.com/VolvoTrucks See the Teaser with Jean-Claude Van Damme and the technician behind the new steering: http://youtu.be/Yatg89gi0nM


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After Delta and American announced plans to raise fares by up to $40, other airlines are following suit. United announced they'd be adding $10 to most round-tip flights. Northwest and U.S. Airways have matched the increase. —MEGHANN MARCO
United raises most domestic round-trip fares [ABC7 Chicago]
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Burma, America, The World, Art, Literature, Political Economy through the eyes of a Permanent Exile. "We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo. This entire site copyright Kyi May Kaung unless indicated otherwise.
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More than apologies are required. I agree with Hla Shwe that these so-called reforms are going nowhere. Khin Ohmar recently said that some things are even worse, and she spoke with about 200 individuals on her trip inside Burma, she said on air with VOA. A system based on injustice is doomed to fail, but who will or can compensate the Victims for their lost lives? Kyi May Kaung
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a. Program/Workshop Committees
1. The Program Committee shall make arrangements for Program Meetings.
2. The Workshop Committee shall provide leaders for the workshops each month January through October.
3. Both committees shall report the programs, dates, times, speakers, places and topics to the Newsletter Editor and the Publicity Chairman
b. The Historian shall prepare an account of the Society's activities of the year. The account shall be placed in the library.
c. The Librarian shall maintain an index/inventory, a copy of each book and quarterly published by the Louisville Genealogical Society and copies of genealogical materials from other sources.
d. The Attendance Committee shall maintain the attendance records and introduce visitors.
e The Newsletter Editor shall collect news items and publish the monthly newsletter.
f. The Quarterly Editor shall supervise the gathering, organizing and printing of the quarterly.
g. The Postal Committee shall receive and distribute Society mail.
h. The Publication Committee shall review current Society publications and digital media. When publishing Society documents, the committee shall insure that copyrights are secured and that the Society's logo, title, and subtitle are affixed to all publications, circulars, materials and advertisements. The committee shall receive, fill, and mail orders, and make proper labels for mailing newsletters, quarterlies, and other special mailings. The Publications Committee shall maintain an inventory of published books, quarterlies and digital media.
i. The Publicity Committee shall arrange for publication of announcements of meetings and workshops.
j. The Seminar Committee shall procure the Seminar speaker, make the arrangements and notify the Quarterly Editor, the Newsletter Editor, and Publicity Committee.
k. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall maintain order at the general meetings and other functions of the Society and shall be responsible for the physical arrangement at the meeting site.
The Travel Committee shall make arrangements for the destination, lodging, and transportation for genealogical research trips.
Note - Louisville Metro Committee omitted.
Section 2: Special Committees:
a. The Auditing Committee shall audit the Treasurer's books and present a report to the Board of Directors and the membership in February each year.
Section 3. The President and the Board of Directors shall establish or disband other Standing and/or Special Committees with a two-thirds vote of those present.
Section 4. The President shall be an ex-officio member of all committees except the Nominating Committee.


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Adam stops in for Raices Chuleta Kan-Kan, an enormous deep-fried pork chop ringed in crispy pork rind.
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Auditing Standards Board Issues SAS No. 117, Compliance Audits
Read a summary of Statement on Auditing Standards No. 117, Compliance Audits (PDF), which the Auditing Standards Board has issued to supersede SAS No. 74, Compliance Auditing Considerations in Audits of Governmental Entities and Recipients of Governmental Financial Assistance, in AU section 801 of AICPA Professional Standards to: a) reflect changes in the compliance audit environment and incorporate the risk assessment standards; b) require the auditor to adapt and apply the AU sections of AICPA Professional Standards to a compliance audit and provides guidance on how to do so; and c) identify the AU sections that are not applicable to a compliance audit, define terms related to compliance audits and used in the SAS, and identify the elements to be included in an auditor's report on a compliance audit.
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Olivia Munn Goes Naked For PETA And I Now Hate The Circus
Not sure why Olvia Munn is famous?
Step 1) Semi-hot girl goes on network for video game players.
Step 2) Pose for Maxim.
Step 3) Get bit parts in big movies.
Step 4) Meet as many nerdy fans as possible while wearing a Star Wars t-shirt, hold their hand, feed them grapes, and pie and you will their god.
She's freakin' brilliant. And big hearted.
The Iron 2 and Date Night actress went naked (another step that doesn't hurt) to bring attention to PETA's undercover video and photos of Ringling Bros. hitting and shocking methods to learn tricks. Watch it and you'll be probably be sick like Munn.
"When you look at something like the circus and everyone's laughing and there's color and there's music and everything seems so great, but when you go right behind that door and [the animals are] in these crates all day long and then they're getting shocked and beat just so they can get up and dance around on a ball," she says. "It was just so sickening."
Munn is encouraging her fans, like the ones she met at Golden Apple comics on Melrose on Saturday, to boycott the circus and get the message out there on their Twitter and Facebook pages.
The billboard, located at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Highland Avenue, should also bring some much needed attention.


text: Hollywood often produces movies that are a couple steps behind the times, meaning that with the recession now a year old we're almost certain to see a batch of back-to-basics storylines in 2009 like the just released New In Town starring Renee Zellweger, which is the story of a business woman who moves to a rural area and discovers a simple life. But where Hollywood storylines tend to lag the economy, movie goers as a group tend to lead the economy. So it was that the number of tickets sold dropped 4% last year, when film buffs collectively concluded that with money so tight they might as well make better use of their high-def home theater system. Watch for that trend to reverse. If movie ticket sales increase on a sustained basis (they were up a bit in January), it could mean nothing more than that there have been some blockbuster films released or just maybe that the economy is getting better. You can check for year-to-date movie ticket sales comparisons at ercboxoffice.com.


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A five-member committee has been set up by the Sports Ministry to oversee the disbursement of the GHS 1.7m (about $571, 910) to ex Ghana players who won the Africa Cup of Nations.
Members of the victorious Black Stars squads of 1963, 1965, 1978 and 1982 will be benefiting from this pledge made by Ghana President John Mahama at the inaugural Presidential Ball to bid the Black Stars well ahead of their third successive World Cup campaign this June in Brazil.
A five-member committee drawn from the stables of the Sports Ministry and the Retired Footballers Association of Ghana have been commissioned to look into modalities for the disbursement.
'After a meeting with the minister, we've been informed that a five-member committee is being formed to look into the modalities of the disbursement,' ex Ghana star Osei Kofi revealed to Metro FM.
'Some of the beneficiaries are dead and therefore the benefits will fall on their immediate relatives like their wives and children.
'We have been assured that this committee will do a thorough work to ensure no issues crop up with this disbursement.'
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For most of the night, the only thing really laughable in the Phillies-A's series opener was the inability by either team to get a hit. Credit both sides' defenses with a lot of that, because despite carrying dual no-hitters into the sixth inning, the starting pitching wasn't exactly crisp all night. Vance Worley allowed just one hit in six innings, but part of his no-hit effectiveness included walking four batters. A's starter Guillermo Moscoso let up two hits over seven, walking three of his own.
It wasn't a terrible night for Worley, who also struck out four. But he wasn't thrilled with his outing, taking a moment in the post-game press appearance to have some fun at his own expense.
Pretty sweet mohawk, too. Fortunately, with both sides being equally ineffective at the plate, the opportunity was there for the Phils to take advantage of being at home and win in it in the bottom of the ninth, giving Charlie Manuel the opportunity to crack a few jokes after the game. Video below.
With Brian Fuentes on the mound for the Beane Ballers, the Phils finally got their offense in gear. Shane Victorino worked a leadoff walk, moved to second on a single by Dom Brown and third on a groundout by Brian Scheider, where he stood when mighty Benny came to the plate.
Francisco's swing was far from pretty, his hit nowhere near a screamer, spiking hard into the dirt of the home plate cutout. But it caught a wicked enough bounce to easily clear Scott Sizemore at third base and score Victorino for the walkoff win.
I was out with family, with the Phils on the outdoor TV on a pretty nice summer night in Delco. Easily the highlight of the night was when Charlie strode to the mic for his postgame presser. Everyone just kind of got quiet, knowing that there's often some gold in these. Last night certainly didn't disappoint. Here's just a sample, where he talks about something a little concerning, the health of Ryan Madson, but with trademark levity and candor:


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I'm not really sure where I should start with this post as there is a heap of praise I would like to pile onto 343 Industries for this brilliant title. This said, I think I'll start with the 'bad' bits and end on a high as I think readers should take away the good and not the bad from this post, it's what Halo 4 deserves.
The 'Bad'
By far the biggest problems I experienced with the game where on the technical side. The game would on occasion during the campaign forget what I had already completed and not credit me for finishing certain missions and thus in order to gain the full completion award I would have to replay entire sections over and over again. This was frustrating to say the least but what really got to me was when my Limited Edition Multiplayer Specializations (8 in total) began to suddenly display only those that come with the Standard Edition (2). Why was this biggest annoyance you ask? Quite simply because I paid extra for it and wasn't getting it. There was little to no support on this issue on most forums including those belonging to 343 Industries and Microsoft, eventually I came across one forum where a gamer had experienced the same issue and luckily he mentioned it was resolved by simply waiting. Thankfully this worked and 2 days later they reappeared, I would have been even angrier had I wished to make use of them during those 2 days.
Halo 4 seems to suffer a lot for these little glitches now and then and it does make me question why these things where not taken care of prior to release? The answer may be found in what I perceive to be happening in the gaming industry these days. Game developers are quite simply pushed for time and the prevailing thought seems to be "we can patch mistakes post release". That quite simply is not on! We pay you for a complete product not some slapped together one that you will correct at a later date that will undoubtedly cost us more in both time and bandwidth... if we even bother following the initial disappointment.
The Good
Despite my little rant above Halo 4 is far from incomplete and these things can be overlooked very, very easily because it is so brilliant.
The campaign, while a little short, is deep and involving simply because it manages to combine fast paced action with a real character driven story. I won't spoil it if you haven't yet played it yet but it really is compelling and makes you feel for the various characters. Master Chief is, well, masterful and Cortana is stunning to say the least.
If you're into amazing graphics then this is the game for you and at the beginning of the game I sat wondering when they would switch to the in-game graphics only to figure out that it already had. It really is eye popping to say the least. This however does fade into the background as you make your way through the game amongst the backdrop of beautifully crafted musical score and ear blasting effects that are crisp and totally immersing.
The multiplayer is hard to put down to say the least and I am always driven to push my Spartan up one more level before heading to bed at 02:00… It is always a case of just one more and believe me when I say I'm useless at it (I'm getting better though).
In Summary
I'm not going to blab on and on about it any longer, just do yourself a favour if you love games on an epic scale (no pun intended), put on your Spartan Armour and go get the damn game!


text: Brave and bright, good-natured and ambitious, naive and vulnerable -- all in all, saysTIME's Richard Schickel, Babe is "probably the most winsome orphan to appear on the screen since Freddie Bartholomew impersonated David Copperfield 60 years ago." Of course, he's a piglet, but still, he's a liberal humanist on trotters, capable of the occasional odd, soulful thoughts on mortality, and a welcome addition to a public life largely given over these days to swinishness of a less exemplary kind. Director Chris Noonan's fable shines with the classic virtue of the form--surface simplicity, seductive imagery and gently instructive resonances.


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We recommend the latest stable version unless you have compelling reasons to use older versions. Jsoftware archives only a few previous systems.
Platforms supported are Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android and Raspberry Pi.
Download the base system here: J804 download.
For installation instructions, see J804 Installation.
For a list of changes, see J804 Release Notes.
Platforms supported are Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android and Raspberry Pi.
Download the base system here: J803 download.
For installation instructions, see J803 Installation.
For a list of changes, see J803 Release Notes.
Platforms supported are Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android and Raspberry Pi.
Download the base system here: J802 download.
For installation instructions, see J802 Installation.
Platforms supported are Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android and Raspberry Pi.
Download the base system here: J801 download.
For installation instructions, see J801 Installation.
J64 Windows j64-701a_setup.exe J32 Windows j701a_setup.exe J64 Windows j701a_win64.exe J32 Windows j701a_win.exe J64 Linux j701a_linux64.sh J32 Linux j701a_linux32.sh J64 Mac j701a_mac64.dmg J32 Mac Inte: j701a_mac_intel.dmg J32 Mac ppc j701a_mac_powerpc.dmg
J32 Windows: j602a_win.exe J64 Windows: j602a_win64.exe J32 Linux: j602a_linux32.sh J64 Linux: j602a_linux64.sh J32 Mac PowerPC: j602a_mac_powerpc.dmg J32 Mac Intel: j602a_mac_intel.dmg J32 PocketPC: j602b_pocketpc.zip
Requires CE 4.20 (Pocket PC 2003) or later. Strongly recommend putting j602 folder at \ (same level as Windows folder).
J32 Windows: j601c_win.exe J64 Windows: j601c_win64.exe J32 Linux: j601c_linux.tar.gz J64 Linux: j601c_linux64.tar.gz J32 Mac PowerPC: j601c_darwin_powerpc.tar.gz J32 Mac Intel: j601c_darwin_intel.tar.gz J32 PocketPC: j601c_pocketpc.zip
JE (J Engine) is a shared library that executes J sentences and is the system core. JE is j.dll in Windows, libj601.so in Linux, and libj601.dylib in Mac.
Jconsole is a JE console front end. It is jconsole.exe in Windows and jconsole in Unix.
Jwd is a JE GUI front end. It is j.exe in Windows and PocketPC. Jwd is provided by Java j.jar in Windows 64 and Unix.
Jwd is recommended for new users as it has help, demos, tutorials, manuals, and release notes.
Install files have names of form: jrrrx_platform.suffix
rrr is release number and x is buglevel letter
platform is win, win64, pocketpc, linux, linux64, or darwin (Mac OS X)
suffix is exe for win and win64, zip for pocketpc, and tar.gz for Unix
Download from www.jsoftware.com to [download] directory and follow platform instructions:
Windows 64
Linux Linux 64 Mac OS X
More complicated installations are possible.
Run j601x_win.exe and follow instructions. Run Jwd with blue J icon in the J Program Group. Run Jconsole with jconsole.exe (Ctrl+D exits). The yellow J icon signals an interrupt to a running J program.
Run j601x_win64.exe and follow instructions. Run Jwd with red J icon in the J Program Group. Run Jconsole with jconsole.exe (Ctrl+D exits). The yellow J icon signals an interrupt to a running J program.
Red J icon assumes 64 bit javaw.exe is in your path. If this is not the case
the icon has to be edited to have the full path to javaw.exe. Test the
assumption in a Command Prompt (DOS) window:
> java.exe -version
icon is ready for use if result says 64 bit
Find the 64 bit javaw.exe. If you don't have it, you need to install it
before you can run Jwd. It is likely down the path "c:\program files\java".
> [path to javaw.exe]/java.exe -version
result must say 64 bit
Edit red J icon with a right click|Properties and change javaw.exe to have
the full path.
Target: "[path to javaw.exe 64]\javaw.exe" -Xss12000000 -jar j.jar
Start in: c:\j601
Note: java.exe is used with -version, but javaw.exe is the target.
J601 requires PocketPC Windows CE 4.20 (PocketPC 2003) or later.
Unzip j601x_pocketpc.zip in a temp directory on a desktop system (not your PocketPC).
We strongly recommend installing the j601 directory in your PocketPC main memory at the same level as "My Documents", "Program Files", and Windows. The j601 directory is under 5mb. If installed as recommended the default icons (shortcuts) will work and the install is simplified and you don't need to build your own shortcuts.
Click PocketPC Start, Programs, J601. PocketPC does not have a Jconsole.
Just as you sometimes have to reboot your desktop to get things working again, you may occasionally have to reboot your PocketPC. A reboot is called a soft reset and is typically done by pressing the stylus in a hole in the back (check your device manual before trying this!).
You can have the same J help on your PocketPC as you have on your desktop. The help is about 8MB and is not included in the PocketPC zip.
The easiest install is to copy the J601 help directory from your desktop (system\extras) to your PocketPC J601 system\extras directory.
If your PocketPC J system is in main memory you may want to put your help directory on a storage card. In this case copy the help directory from your desktop to the j601\system\extras directory on your storage card.
The J Help menu commands automatically look for help files in the J directory system\extras\help and if not found there, in the storage card directory j601\system\extras\help.
If J is running, clicking the J icon just brings the running version to the forground. To start a second copy you need to run J with a -jnew parameter. The shortcut Jx601 has the -jnew parameter.
If you rarely start a 2nd copy of J you can do: Start|Programs|File Explorer|j601|Jx601. If you require a 2nd copy of J more frequently, copy the Jx601 shortcut to the Windows\Start Menu\Programs directory.
PocketPC shortcuts (.lnk) files are text files with format:
nn#"path to exe file" parameters
J601.lnk file is: 13#"\j601\j.exe"
Jx601.lnk file is: 20#"\j601\j.exe" -jnew
shortcut to run app.ijs without an ijx is: 27#"\j601\j.exe" -jijx app.ijs
The tar, done in your home directory, unpacks the file to create a j601
directory in your home directory. See Sudo for sudo info
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Home Again
i returned to sf yesterday, after a blurred whirlwind of a week, none of which i have the strength or capacity to write about yet. it was hard, and it still is, and it will be for a long time.
being home isn't great.
when you first get the news, and everyone rushes in to help, and you have to prepare for the services and make arrangements and all that, you are busy and you are kept company and you can only see as far as that. the funeral. settling things. seeing everyone.
and that was great, seeing everyone. the extended sammis "family" is a spectacular group of people. oh, we cried. but we sang! and laughed! so much music and warmth...
but now i'm back and it's only a couple days later and what? i'm just supposed to go back to work now? back to life? we're all just suppoed to suck up and deal? be around people who are alive and healthy and just living as though nothing's different? oh, hey, what are you doing this weekend? oh, me? uh, i dunno...might see friends, i guess. or catch a movie. or crawl under the blankets and curse the fucking sun for being so bright and try to think of a reason to feel like ever getting up again, ever. how 'bout you?
anyway. i wrote once about routine. i will try and listen to myself. writing is therapeutic. i think i might just go back to telling the story i was in the middle of, before death so rudely interrupted*.
stay tuned. and as always, thank you for listening.
*kindly stopped for me?
26 comments:
- email@example.com:55 PM, May 10, 2006
You are going through one of the hardest things in life...for the second time. Take the time you need to recover. We, as always, will be patiently waiting your return.
Warm wishes and deepest sympathy,
my mother always sends cards and makes meals for friends who've lost a loved one 2 weeks after the fact.ReplyDelete
she said that at first there's a lot of comfort, but later people go back to their own lives, and she wanted the person/family to know that their loved one hadn't just been forgotten.
it sucks that only time will make this pain lessen.
again, i'm so sorry for your loss. if i lived closer i'd make you a casserole or bring you a margarita.
please accept my imaginary ones.
thank you, melissa. (plus the imaginary kind have far fewer calories!)ReplyDelete
i'm just supposed to go back to work now? back to life? we're all just suppoed to suck up and deal? be around people who are alive and healthy and just living as though nothing's different?ReplyDelete
No, you go back to living your life the best way possible, because that's exactly what your father did, and it's exactly what he would want you to do. A life well lived is a great way to say to your father that you miss him. And I know you already know this, but it's nice to be reminded sometimes too.
There aren't ever the appropriate words to say to someone grieving...but I'll try anyway.ReplyDelete
It isn't okay, it will never be okay, and that is, perfectly understandably, okay.
My thoughts are with you. I hope someone is there to give you hugs when you need them.
Melissa's mother is brilliant.ReplyDelete
K - Take your time and do things as you want to. The universe owes you that much right now. I'm glad your family could laugh through their tears.
Welcome back to San Francisco, K. Go easy.ReplyDelete
hi K, just a reminder that we're here to laugh, cry and sing with you whatever you need and whenever you need us!ReplyDelete
again, I'm so very sorry for your loss. wish I could be there to give you a big hug... until then a cyber one will have to do. just know that although I wish I could do more, you're in my thoughts.
"A life well lived is a great way to say to your father that you miss him." (El_G)ReplyDelete
So true. K, I hope that you take as much time as you need and indulge in yourself and be rejeuvenated. Again, I'm really sorry for your loss.
*Delivering virtual chocolate chip cookies (with extra chips)...*ReplyDelete
I'm going to up my original offer to 20 martinis.ReplyDelete
This is most certainly the hardest time, I think. When I lost my first love at age 18, I had to leave for college two weeks afterwards. Obviously no one there was experiencing anything close to what I was. You can imagine my bar bill. I'm not exactly sure how I got through it (beyond the bar); I just know that eventually, I did. Know that you have so many people in real life and here that are available to talk to/ccry on/wipe snot on our imaginary shirts when you need it.
- a stranger2:55 PM, May 10, 2006
K- I lost my only child a few years ago -he was only three years old. I didn't know how or when to come back to work, so I took a couple of weeks off and then came back. I just showed up.ReplyDelete
HR pulled me in and told me I had only been entitled to three days bereavement, and the rest would be counted as "vacation." HA.
Believe it or not, it was good to be back to work, because work was something I knew how to do & the other stuff was... not.
I hope work helps you in that way - not the official HR way, heaven forbid - but in the distraction way.
a stranger - I hope karma came up and bit your nasty HR department in the ass for even addressing you in such a way after what you had went through.ReplyDelete
K- you take all the time you need and do whatever you need to do. we'll be here for it and so will the rest of the world. Get in lots of hugs. I send my best and happiest thoughts.
- sweetone6:56 PM, May 10, 2006
no, i don't think you're supposed to just go back to work and life as usual. i mean, if you can, great. but you don't have to.ReplyDelete
i think you're supposed to feel devastated and sad and disoriented. and then i think you're supposed to create a new "normal" that includes your grief. and i think you are supposed to talk about your dad and talk about how you feel and not keep it inside to fester.
no matter what you do, or don't do, you ARE the woman your dad loved so much and was so deeply proud of. as long as you treat yourself with the love and care that he would want for you, and surround yourself with people who do that too, you will be ok.
i picture a little compass with the needle twirling back and forth and all around. it will settle and you will find your center.
there's no getting around this sadness because you were lucky enough to have a great dad... that's the price we pay for that gift.
you have inside you everything you need to get through this. and you will get through this and reach a point where you again can feel filled with joy and hope and promise. i am just so sorry that you have to go through this.
i'll be thinking of you.
i can't even fathom the strength it takes to get through this. luckily for you, from what i've read (which has been, uh, every post you've ever written) you have plenty of that. i am so, so, sorry for what you and your family are going through. internet hugs abound...ReplyDelete
I can't even add anything that is different than all of the other commenters...well...anything, that is, except for more prayers for you and your family during this time. Wishing you all the best and imaginary hugs as well...ReplyDelete
that was so amazingly well put and touching!
- Laurie5:27 AM, May 11, 2006
Kristy - I don't think there are really any words to express how sad I feel for you.ReplyDelete
I will be thinking of you, and wishing for this hard part to pass as fast as possible.
I feel for you. When my grandmother died, my DB's Mum phoned the day after the funeral and said "The funeral's over, you'll be OK now" My response was "No, ask me if I've got over it in about 3 or 4 years"ReplyDelete
I just started reading your blog yesterday (through the link at Guinness Girl's blog). Because I am going through a possible break up of my marriage I am riveted by your narrative about the break up of yours. Thank you for sharing your story, painful though it may be.ReplyDelete
I am so very sorry that you are having to deal with the death of a parent, again. I have no idea what that is like because I am blessed to still have both of mine. However, I stood at my husband's side when he lost his mom and even now, years later, he grieves for her. I think you don't ever get over it, but you do learn to cope. Perhaps returning to work will help return some normalcy to your life, and that I believe is the first step to coping.
I'm glad you're back. It's perfecty okay to crawl under the blankets for awhile. Just not forever.ReplyDelete
Hey K,ReplyDelete
I haven't been able to come up with the right words to express my condolences, but I am very sorry for your loss. I'm glad that you are back and look forward to you continuing your story. Take as much time as you need. Across the country and world, we ARE here for you. Hug. :)
H Kiki. I'm here if you need anything.ReplyDelete
Glad to have you back, but you should take all the time you need. You and your family continue to be in my thoughts and prayers...ReplyDelete
Take care, girl.
Healing takes time. Make sure to give yourself enough time for that to happen.
And I know it probably sounds really "trite" to say, but - - as time goes by, it really does get a little easier to bear, but it will still always be with you.
I lost my dear Mom three years ago this month, and even though I have been to the point of being able to deal with it for a long time now, it seemed to take forever to get TO that point.
Hang in there. You're tough - - even though I don't know you personally, I can tell you are by your blog entries. Anyone who has gone through the things you have MUST be one tough cookie! :-)
{{HUGS}} from a Central Illinois IIF!
Don't just suck it up...allow yourself to feel awful for awhile. Time, it takes time.ReplyDelete


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Sure, being paid to pal around with Richard Gere at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in LA is pretty sweet, but writing for Wonderland, i-D and Attitude has taken freelancer Stuart Brumfitt even further than where Vivian from 'Pretty Woman' ended up. In today's interview, he shares those experiences and others, as well as the kind of things he would – and wouldn't – like to write about in the future.
About your work
What do you write about, and where are we likely to see your work?
I write about music, fashion, film, TV, travel and art and have been published in Wonderland, i-D, Acne Paper, The Guardian, Attitude, Ponystep and more.
What's the most memorable work you've done?
A series of three travel features on California for Attitude magazine. I explored the desert at Palm Springs, paddle-boarded in San Diego and caught The xx at the Hollywood Palladium. I spent a week cruising round LA in a drop top trying to get a sense of the city, from the Beverly Wilshire Hotel (where 'Pretty Woman' was filmed) to Watts Towers (a moving piece of outsider art in the middle of Compton).
What piece are you most proud of?
I was probably most proud of my first national feature – about gay ragga clubs – in The Observer Music Monthly back in 2006. I was still doing my post-grad in journalism at the time, so it was a big deal. I went out and bought ten copies of the paper that day. But my most fascinating interview has to have been with Dian Hanson, the editor of Taschen's Sexy Books titles. She's smart, dry and warm and proves that an intelligent person should be able to segue from one world into another without restriction. She started out in the porn world before making her mark in art publishing. There's an abridged version here.
What interview or feature would you love the chance to do?
I would – and wouldn't – love to interview Frank Ocean. I love his music, style and what he stands for, but he seems wary of journalists.
Are there any media outlets you'd love to write for?
New York Times Style Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, 10 Men, The Gentlewoman, Fantastic Man.
About you and PRs
Where do you source ideas for articles usually?
I check what's coming up on Red Pages, follow leads from blogs/social media/articles and keep in good contact with PRs across the board.
What's the most unusual place you've gotten inspiration from?
I bought a t-shirt with "WET" written on it, because I liked the logo. Then I saw in the small print that it was copyrighted to WET magazine. When I looked into it, I found out it was a cult LA "gourmet bathing" fanzine from the 70s, which had pushed great graphic design, and had had a young Richard Gere on the cover. I tracked down the old editor and interviewed him for Wonderland's Leisure issue.
How can PRs be useful to you and how and when do you like them to get in touch?
PRs know what's coming up before most journalists do, so it's great to get tip-offs about new talent, films, shows, etc. I like it when a PR gets to know what kind of work you do and tailors what they send to you, rather than just bombarding you.
Do you find press conferences, trips, parties and other events useful or an interruption?
When I was on staff I rarely got the time to go to such things, so now I'm freelance I hope to do more. It's essential to see and experience something that you might write about, but again, you hope that the PR is only going to get you along if they know it's something relevant. I went to one press conference at the World Travel Market and had to sit through an hour of tourist board statistics. The PR had sold it as a lunch with representatives of the country, so I was imagining stories, descriptions and recommendations, but all I got was cold, hard facts. Fine for a travel trade journalist, but not so great for me.
About you
How would you pay the bills if you weren't a journalist?
I'd love to open a men's clothes shop.
Is social media important with your work?
It's good for snippets of research and to get a sense of what people are interested in, but I don't like to rely on it too heavily and hope to go deeper with my work.
You recently tweeted that "the thought of Frank Ocean being exposed to Robbie Williams's music at #BRITs2013 makes me feel very sad indeed" – what UK music would you play to Frank to wash that sonic stain from his poor (and beautiful) ears?
Radiohead. He's a fan.
What books are on your bedside table, magazines in your bag, or blogs on your screen?
Books by the bedside: Edmund White's 'Jack Holmes & His Friend', Brian Sewell's 'Outsider. Almost Always: Never Quite', Carson McCullers' 'The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter', and Jenny March's 'The Penguin Book of Classical Myths'.
Magazines in my bag: The New Yorker, Man About Town, GQ Style.
Blogs on my screen: I don't have any favourite blogs. I tend to go to websites more: The Guardian, New York Times Style Magazine, Fader, Style.com, and many more.
You can get in touch with Stuart on Twitter @stuartbrumfitt.


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During Super Bowl week, it's pretty common for gaming sites to use the latest iteration of Madden NFL Football to pick the winner of today's big game. Kudos to 1Up.com in taking a new creative approach.
Speaking of the big game, anyone that correctly picks tonight's winner and the final score correctly will be entered to win a random drawing for a Skyrim-related prize. Email [email protected] to enter.


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Larry and Jan Martin
Jan and Larry have a rural-based ministry in a small town in Northern Thailand. The population of this town is almost 100 percent Buddhist. There is a small and growing Christian group there that the Martins help to nurture through fellowship, praise, preaching and teaching. Their desire is to reach out and serve their community. The Martins are involved in the lives of the people to whom they minister in as many ways as possible and use the relationships they build to witness to the love of Jesus Christ.
They write: Here we are moving into the hottest time of the year. We hit 104 degrees a few weeks back, but since then it has cooled to a more palatable 100 degrees. This is the time of year we get up early and do "desk" work. The fields are now dry and vacant, waiting for the rains to come so they can be planted with rice and corn. Our farmer friends are working but at a slower pace, and the school year is over.
Same, same but different
Yes, they are both chicken eggs, maybe from the one chicken, but they are different. It may be a bit like your church and ours being different. They both serve the same function of bringing people closer to God, but they look different. Our service is on Saturday evening at 7:00. Yours is most certainly bigger. But we suspect there are other differences too. As we hand over the leadership of the church to national leaders, they are changing things a little. We still sit on the floor in a circle to worship, and we still chant, but we are now doing a lot of "repeat after me" on the readings and chants to further help those who can't read participate more fully. We still go over and teach on occasion and take the opportunity to teach some of the local kids about Jesus at a different venue.
The second fellowship is different also. It meets on Monday evenings at 8 p.m. The group is very chatty and likes to talk about almost anything. Long is the main teacher, with Lamoot giving assistance. Anna goes over occasionally to support and encourage.
The third fellowship is one couple that Larry teaches on a weekly basis. Occasionally others drop in and listen to the stories and ask to be prayed for: all different, but worshiping God and bringing people closer to Him. (By the way, the eggs are from an income-generating project. Normally they weigh in at 2-2.3 ounces, but the big one is a massive 3.5 ounces! I guess that makes it a heavyweight!)
Prayer Points
· Praise God for the church of God and its diversity.
· Praise God for Nuek and Long and their sensitivity to the needs of their people. Pray for them as they develop in their new role.
· Praise God for the encouragement the moms of the kids with disabilities have received, and pray for them as they care for their children.
· Pray, too, that they will see something of Jesus as we visit and encourage.
· Pray for Thailand and safety in travel in this month. Hundreds of people die in road accidents each year as people travel for the Songkrarn holidays. It is also a time of parties and blessing.
· Pray that we will be channels of God's blessing.


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You don't need a book or even a recipe to make these icy indulgences. Food stylist Jane Jarrell uses soft fruit and fruit juice to keep things cool.
You can invest in pop molds — they're everywhere this year — or go old-school with wooden sticks and disposable cups. (In this case, put the cups in the freezer until the juice starts to freeze slightly, then add the sticks.)
Kids and grown-ups love them. Don't tell them they're getting a serving of fruit at the same time.
Taste staff
Here's how it works
• Place chunks of fruit into pop molds.
• Fill molds with fruit juice.
֩Freeze. Enjoy.
Suggested combos
֩Tangerine juice with raspberries
֩Pomegranate juice with cantaloupe
֩Pineapple-orange-banana juice with sliced strawberries
֩Peach nectar with kiwi slices
֩Apple juice with blueberries
֩Cranberry juice with blackberries and blueberries
֩Orange-mango juice with mango and kiwi
֩Lemonade with honeydew melon and blueberries
֩Pink lemonade with strawberries and raspberries
Grown-up pops
֩Lime juice with a dash of rum, with watermelon chunks
֩Triple sec and tequila with cantaloupe


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Pair of sandals
New Kingdom, Dynasties XVIII–XIX 1550 BCE-1186 BCE
- Medium
- palm frond fibre
- Measurements
- (a) 1.9 × 10.8 × 30.1 cm (left sandal)
(b) 2.0 × 14.7 × 30.2 cm (right sandal)
- Place/s of Execution
- Sedment, Egypt
- Accession Number
- 3395.a-b-D3
- Department
- Antiquities
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1921
- Gallery location
- Not on display
- Physical description
- A pair of sandals, both in varying states of preservation. The left sandal is less well preserved, having a hole worn through at the heel and only a fragment of the strap on the left side remaining. The right sandal is more or less intact although the binding edge at the toe and the inside strap where it joins the heel are fraying. Both sandals are woven in a lattice design, with double-bound edging. The straps are bound with a softer fibre (papyrus or halfa grass?) and are thong-like, being joined at the sides near the heel and meeting roughly in the centre with the toe strap. Both sandals are covered in a fine coating of mud in areas.


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The UFC's lightweight division has always been abundant with talent but when Zuffa purchased the unheralded WEC in 2010, it became the best division in MMA.
The brightest of the bunch was Duke Roufus' protege Anthony Pettis, who entered the UFC as the final WEC lightweight champion after defeating current UFC lightweight champ Benson Henderson. You know the story: flashy kicks, incredible athleticism, knockout power in both hands and great submissions.
Pettis appeared to be the No. 1 contender for the title upon arrival and all he had to do was wait for the winner of Frankie Edgar/ Gray Maynard. Problem was, Edgar and Maynard put on one of the most classic fights in UFC history that wound up as a draw, so naturally they had a rematch.
After a slew of injuries coupled with one bad decision (see:Guida lay-n-pray), "Showtime" got back on track when he figuratively and literally turned heads with a brutal head kick KO of Joe Lauzon last February.
Finally, after what seems like a year of trash talking, this Saturday's UFC on Fox features a heated showdown between Pettis and another former WEC ass-kicker, Donald Cerrone. The men never crossed paths in the WEC in what promises to be an early candidate for fight of the year.
Cerrone, who is coming off of a huge win over former training partner Melvin Guillard, claims Pettis has been ducking him for the better part of his career. Pettis and his people dispute that "Cowboy" has never been in the running for a belt. Either way, both men will finally get their chance to prove who is worthy of a title shot.
Both men have incredible stand up as they both use distance well, but you must give the edge in power and speed to Pettis. The only way "Cowboy" stands a chance is if he closes the distance and works his knees in the clinch.
It would be imperative for Cerrone to tire Pettis out while looking for a submission if he can't find and hurt his opponent. It would be a mistake if Cerrone came out as aggressive as he did at UFC 150 against Guillard. In a flash, Pettis can end anyone's night early. He has an array of weapons that equal a matchup nightmare for anyone at 155. Look for Pettis to even use his wrestling to chain a highlight submission if he has to.
The bottom line is, I don't see this playing out well for "Cowboy" Cerrone. 2013 may indeed be the year of "Showtime".
Zachary Hutton is the lead boxing writer and an MMA contributor for CraveOnline Sports. You can see what he's up to at his band's website myunclethewolf.com or also subscribe at Facebook.com/CraveOnlineSports.
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It is important to tell whether or not a dog tumor has spread internally.
This question is not only very frightening for a dog lover, but also has some real medical ramifications. So let's take some time with this concept and mast cell tumors.
Mast cell tumors are very common in dogs. They come in three grades (1, 2, or 3). Although they are all considered "potentially malignant", the odds are that most grade 1 mast cell tumors are benign.
However, many grade 2 and all grade 3 are malignant and can be life threatening.
Different cancers have their favorite spots to spread. Some spread to nearby locations, in the surrounding area next door to the tumor. This is called local invasion. Some other cancers spread in the circulation, which is called metastasis. Some do a little of both.
These cancer cells have certain areas where they like to go. The preferences seem to be created by cross-talk between the outside of the cancer "seed" cell and the area the cell settles in (the "soil"). For more, click here and here.
Now, if we take mast cell tumors as an example, first we need to get our data. We need to have found out that we are dealing with a mast cell tumor, and whether this tumor is a high grade 2 or a 3. These have high metastatic rates. For this reason, a biopsy should be done on mast cell tissue surgically removed to get the grade.
Once we know we have a mast cell tumor and the grade, we need to start the steps outlined in the Dog Cancer Survival Guide. First, maintain composure so you can best cope most effectively with this news. Next, get your data and contemplate the different treatments available discussed in the Guide.
These include diet, chemo, surgery , radiation, immune support, life quality enhancement, supplements like Apocaps and others, pain control, antihistamines, anti metastatic treatments, and so forth. This analysis is done with help from your conventional vet, oncologist, and/or integrative vet primarily.
Now, the question that quickly arises is whether the tumor has spread or not. It turns out that mast cell tumors have what is called a "tropism" or a preferential movement or attraction, towards certain organs. These include first the spleen, then the liver, and also the lymph nodes and bone marrow.
Some areas of the body are visualized pretty well with X-rays. These include mainly bones, some other orthopedic structures, and the lungs.
However, the soft tissues like the spleen and liver are best seen with an ultrasound. This is the tool that is used in pregnant women to evaluate developing babies.
So please make sure that when your dog has a mast cell tumor that has the potential for internal spread, ask for an ultrasound!
Dr D


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Sonic Riders
Review by ShadowGuardian9
"The Fast and the Frustrating"
Sonic's ventures through gaming have led him from side-scrollers to party games. One genre that was briefly visited by the blue hedgehog was the racing game. Sonic R was the Saturn racer that was rather forgotten. But, Sonic Team has created another racing game featuring the blue blur. With new characters, a new setup, and some new moves for Sonic to use, is the new hoverboard racer Sonic Riders a winner?
Graphics 8/10
These graphics are beautiful. The game opens with an incredible anime opening featuring Sonic and his crew along with the newcoming Babylon Rogues. The game shifts into some excellent cutscenes. Sonic and his friends look great and the lighting effects are stellar. In-game, the sense of speed is phenomenal. Riding on the hoverboards is graphically entertaining. The racers' movements feel natural and true, and the trick animations are very well done, though not as graphically astounding as the moves in games like SSX. The levels are gorgeous and diverse, with excellent air, water, and sand effects. The graphics truly demonstrate the speed and intensity of a Sonic game. However, if you do slow down the game, you will notice some incompleteness in levels. There are some grainy textures beneath the speedy surface. Also, the regular cutscenes are okay, but don't seem to express as much detail as the gorgeous and rare ones that you see at certain points in the game. Overall, though, Sonic Riders is a slick looking racer with some really beautiful graphics.
Audio 7/10
The voice acting is pretty average. Sonic and the rest of the crew sound fine, but the Babylon Rogues' voices don't keep the same quality. Jet's voice especially just doesn't seem to fit the character. The in-game audio focuses around techno tracks during races, some pretty well done air sound effects, and the occasional voice quip. The announcer sounds off far too much and gets annoying. The audio here doesn't keep the same quality as past Sonic games, but doesn't stray too far and still is passable.
Gameplay 6/10
Here's the big problem. Sonic Riders is Sonic's way of reentering the racing genre. Sonic and his friends use hoverboards (or as they call them in the game, Extreme Gear) to race in different locations. Sounds cool. Sounds.
The story is that Eggman is setting up a racing tournament to gather the Chaos Emeralds. Pay a Chaos Emerald, participate in the tournament. Win and you get all the Chaos Emeralds. Sonic and his friends know that he's up to no good, so they enter. After entering, a squad of racers called the Babylon Rogues arrive and challenge Sonic and his crew. The story is okay, but nothing too original.
The controls are similar to those of another Gamecube racer, Kirby Air Ride. You don't hold a button to accelerate; you move on your own. A is used to jump, B to boost (which takes energy from the Air meter), L and R to drift. The controls are simplified for easy access...and that's the problem. The controls are oversimplified. Even worse is that they are touchy and clunky. Drifting is a serious pain, as you won't grip the ground enough and eventually fall off the track. Hitting walls will be common, as will falling off a wall-less edge. When riding behind a player, Turbulence is so easy to ride, you barely have to do anything. The controls are a clunky hybrid of F-Zero, SSX, and Kirby Air Ride, and don't help the races' credit.
Air is the prime source of power during races. Air can be used to Boost and gain speed. Air can be earned by performing tricks off of ramps, riding turbulence, or stopping in Pits to recharge. The Air system does encourage management of your energy, which doesn't work in such a fast paced game. To keep up with other racers, you must Boost a lot. Eventually, you'll run out. The entire system feels inappropriate for such a game. Tricks are especially important in getting air. By pressing A off a ramp, you can get a jump and perform tricks by tilting the Control Stick. The trick system is very simplistic, too simplistic in fact. Performing tricks mostly relies on the timing of the A button press. Turbulence is a trail of air that racers leave behind them. The Turbulence can be rode by other players to gain a lead. The Turbulence can be used as a half-pipe to perform tricks, but is usually used to gain speed. The whole Air system is an ambitious way to create a racer in the Sonic world, but the whole premise doesn't play as smooth as hoped.
Different racers have different strengths in speed and skills. The three types of racers are Speed, Flight, and Power. The Speed characters' skill is grinding rails to reach other areas. The Flight can fly through acceleration rings. Power can smash obstacles in the way. As great as the strengths are, they really have no distinct effect on the races. You can choose a character and win, regardless of their type. The characters lack speciality, so you'll most likely pick your favorite character or in the case of Story Mode, play as who the game assigns.
The tracks themselves are very detailed in appearance, but as far as structural detail, the game still suffers from the clunky controls. Turns will appear behind the cloudy Turbulence and you'll most likely miss the turn. The multiple paths favor one type of racer over another. The problem is using the Air system in the races. The track design doesn't coordinate with the system used. Most of the time boosting is the last thing the game wants you to do, and that is where Sonic Riders stumbles. Sonic games, especially Sonic racers are about speed. Trying not to fall off an edge or turning a perfect corner is not what Sonic games are. The entire package lacks the Sonic structure. The gameplay in Sonic Riders is ambitious and the sense of speed is downright incredible. However, the clunky controls, bad level design, and lack of difference in characters don't help the game.
Replay Value 8/10
Despite a short story mode, Sonic Riders offers a few more things to do. The Mission Mode is an objective-based mode and is pretty entertaining. The Battle Mode is well-done, and the Tag Mode multiplayer is interesting and uses the Air gauge well. Unlockables are abound in the game, with hidden characters and tracks. The entire concept is expanded upon well, despite the control issues.
Final Verdict 6/10
Sonic Riders may be an elaboration of Sonic's racing career, but the entire concept feels incomplete. The Air system is ambitious, but is clunky and most of time, doesn't seem to affect a race. Each character lacks gameplay significance, and the levels make the game frustrating when combined with the sloppy controls. There is a lot to do in Sonic Riders and the presentation is excellent, but beneath the gorgeous graphics lie gameplay problems that hurt an otherwise solid game. If you have to have every Sonic game ever made, this will please you with its colorful cornucopia of characters. Anyone who liked Sonic for the gameplay will be disappointed at this game's shallow gameplay and frustrating controls. This is a game best rented.
Reviewer's Rating: 3.0 - Fair
Originally Posted: 03/06/06
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Kerry Davis says
I'm disappointed in you, Duane.
Sarah Palin never said "I can see Russia from my house!"
Tina Fey did, on Saturday Night Live.
Contrast with the quote I posted earlier. Sarah Palin is no dummy. And it would have been better if you pointed out that she never said that joke line.
bumsteaddithers says
Palin has been getting a lot of press lately. Queen of the One-Liners. Compared to Obama she basically had the same experience.
However, quitting as governor and then cashing in turned me off. Then, she picked a bunch of losers to support showing a lack of intellectual curiosity.
She is and will always be a reactionary relying on the emotion of the moment to sway the masses.
I'll never forget her speech accepting the VP nomination. Awesome in the raw feeling and emotion. Lacking in any experience and don't we have a president like that now. Or, do we call Valerie Jarrett the President as a matter of fact.
Kerry above is right about the quote about Russia; however, you can almost see Russia from the tips of the Aleutians and weren't we attacked during WWII from there?
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For the first time since being named Britney Spears' conservator, her dad Jamie Spears speaks about his struggle to help his daughter re-gain control of her life,
"We've grown a lot," Jamie said. "I've been able to come back into my daughter's life, and that was an adjustment anyway, because I'm an alcoholic and it's the first time we've really been able to share."
Jamie initially moved into Britney's Studio City home at the beginning of the conservatorship. He is not longer living in her house,
"I don't stay here anymore," he said. "Every now and then, I'll stay if we have something early in the morning we have to do."
As we previously reported, Kevin Federline was recently granted full custody of their 2 boys. Jamie says both Britney and Kevin wanted to avoid going to trial over their custody dispute, and added that in the end it came down to negotiating how much time Britney wanted with their sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James,
"It made no sense for that trial to proceed so we worked out an agreement," he said. "The agreement says that on Oct. 1 we'll probably get another overnight, and that will stay in place until the end of the year or the end of the conservatorship."
And how does he feel about Kevin? Jamie said his heart is in the right place,
"Kevin has a wonderful heart. I don't agree with giving him more money…. He wants them to raise these kids together. Kevin's heart is right."
Currently, Britney has Sean & Jayden on Monday, Wednesday and an overnight on Friday. As Britney's conservator, Jamie must accompany every visit. The conservatorship is in place through the end of this year, but Jamie said he's hoping Britney will reach a place where she no longer needs it,
"I would hope that it stands until the end of the year, and then we'll sit back and evaluate where we are at the time, where Britney is at that time."
Jamie admits the conservatorship was a major adjustment for Britney, however it has given them a chance to grow together as father and daughter,
"It's wonderful. It's new for both of us. She sometimes calls me 50 times a day and asks me things that light my life up. But, like all daughters, she is very manipulative and cunning. So she gets what she wants a lot."
Jamie said he is just a dad, trying to protect his daughter,
"I do understand that my baby made this monster. But when she was down, people took advantage."
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Faces on the Field: Tommy Watkins
Faces on the Field: Tommy Watkins
Tommy Watkins, an infielder for the Rock Cats, began singing along with the song, a broad smile on his face as he played catch in front of the visiting dugout with coach Floyd Rayford. Halfway through the tune, Watkins turned toward a reporter sitting in the dugout, someone he had never met, and asked, 'Hey, what do you think of this song? You like it?'
The reporter smiled, offered an 'I guess so' and Watkins, having gotten a sufficient response, resumed playing catch with Rayford. Add another name to the list of people on whom Watkins has had an affect, another person drawn in by the mega-watt smile and winning personality. It happens everywhere Watkins goes and on this breezy evening in central New Jersey, the situation is no different.
The 24-year-old Florida native is close to becoming what some would consider a Minor League lifer. A 38th-round pick in the 1998 draft, Watkins is beginning his second season with the Rock Cats and his eighth in the Twins' system. Though he is coming off a career year with New Britain (.267, eight homers, 47 RBIs in 116 games), there still appears to be a long road ahead of him in his quest to reach the Twin Cities.
But if the journey is getting Watkins down, you'd never know it. The ever-present smile is hard to miss as he jokes with fans and teammates prior to the game, keeping everyone loose just about every moment he's around. He's playing baseball and whether it's in Minnesota or New Britain, that's all that seems to matter.
"I don't know what I'd do if I didn't play baseball," Watkins said. "You know, when I was a senior in high school I took an economics class and the teacher went around the room asking people what they wanted to do for their careers. I said I wanted to play baseball and the teacher was like, 'Seriously, what do you want to do?'
"I didn't know anything about the draft. But I ended up being drafted a few weeks later. And I'm glad it worked out that way. My dad [Tommy Sr.] played ball [in the Reds' system] and maybe that pushed me more to play. But I always liked it. I might not have been the greatest athlete coming out of high school. But that might be the greatest reason why I still play today. I'm a student of the game."
So much so, that he's an assistant coach at Riverdale High School, his alma mater, whenever he's home in Ft. Myers. In fact, Watkins is popular in Ft. Myers, where he also played in 2002 and 2003 for the Twins' Florida State League affiliate, that he's putting together his own website so the folks back home can keep track of his whereabouts and what he's doing on the field.
Watkins seems just a little bashful when discussing himself -- ego clearly doesn't come into play with him. He loves helping out in the community around New Britain and was even scheduled to go see some school kids Friday morning while he was in Trenton, "just as a surprise". There was a time last season he even donned the club's mascot uniform during a rain delay just to entertain his teammates.
So it wasn't unexpected to see roommate James Tomlin, an outfielder and seventh-round pick in 2000, pop into the dugout and razz Watkins as he spoke.
"Aw man, why do you want to talk to him?" Tomlin asked.
"Don't listen to him," Watkins laughs. "He's a hater."
They both share a laugh before Tomlin takes off for a few swings in the cage. Tomlin is two years younger than Watkins but they are close friends. When Tomlin was chosen out of St. Bernard's High School in Los Angeles, Watkins served as a role model of sorts.
"He's a good dude," Tomlin said. "He's one of the guys I saw and looked up to. When I first signed, the manager told me that Tommy was the guy to watch and follow. He never gets down on himself. He's a hard worker and he's popular in the organization. And he helps, talking to me about the mental aspect of the game, when to steal a base, where to throw a ball, stuff like that."
So, it's not surprising that Watkins says he'd like to coach or manage if he doesn't make it to the Major Leagues someday. In addition to helping out at his high school, he also coaches a traveling team.
"It's just fun to watch baseball," Watkins said. "And to be able to play baseball, it's the greatest game ever. I just don't get tired of it. He [Tomlin] gets on me all the time because I'll help my high school team or whatever. I don't get tired of it.
"Everyone's goal is to make the Major Leagues. You just have to keep working hard because you never know what will happen. I'll wait for my opportunity. I just like to play. I'll play forever if I could."
Kevin Czerwinski is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Massachusetts gas prices have soared another seven cents in the past week, and have now risen for eight consecutive weeks.
AAA Southern New England reports Monday that self-serve, regular has jumped to an average of $3.56 per gallon.
That's 16 cents higher than a month ago and a nickel above the national average. The current price is also 45 cents more than at the same time last year.
AAA found self-serve, regular as low as $3.45 and as high as $3.79 per gallon.


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If you've been reading us lately, you've likely heard about Afrobeats, a style, movement, and/or marketing plan that's been taking london dance floors by storm. Combining elements of afrobeat, hip-hop, highlife and reggae (to name just a few of its many influences), the increasingly well defined style has begun to hit the charts in the UK and catch the attention of ears around the world.
The joyful sounds and sentiment of Afrobeats have been a call to rally for young African immigrants and children of immigrants to the UK to take pride in their heritage. DJ Juls' latest mix embodies all of this with uplifting drum beats and synths overlayed with raps in English, Twi and Yoruba. Be sure to check out this make-you-dance mix!
For even more on the music, and what it means to droves of young African immigrants to Great Britain, and listeners around the world Thump has the scoop.


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AMD A10-5800K & A8-5600K Review: Trinity on the Desktop, Part 2by Anand Lal Shimpi on October 2, 2012 1:45 AM EST
Although AMD's second-generation mainstream APU platform, codename Trinity, launched months ago in notebooks the official desktop launch is today. Rumor has it that AMD purposefully delayed the desktop Trinity launch to clear out unsold Llano inventories in the channel. Although selling APUs in notebooks is pretty easy, convincing desktop users to forgo the discrete GPU option (and ignore Intel) has been a tough battle for AMD. I keep going back to two slides that show us where AMD wants to go and the cores it'll take to get there:
The ultimate goal is this beautiful cohesive operation between CPU and GPU on a single die. That future will require a lot of software support, not only at the application level but also at the OS level. And I'm not talking about Windows 8. We're still far away from this APU dominated future, but AMD is marching in that direction. The second slide shows the x86 cores that we'll see from AMD along the way. AMD is still playing catch-up in the x86 CPU space and it's got a lot of lost time to make up for. There's no hiding the fact this is going to be a multi-year effort to simply get close to Intel's single-threaded x86 performance. Through pricing, leveraging its GPU technology and throwing more transistors at the problem AMD can still deliver competitive solutions, but it's not going to be a walk in the park.
Last week we took a look at the GPU side of the desktop Trinity APUs. We looked at the top end 384-core Radeon HD 7660D configuration as well as the slightly slower 256-core Radeon HD 7560D GPU, both of which easily outperformed Intel's HD 4000 and HD 2500. As far as processor graphics go, Trinity on the desktop maintains a healthy lead over Intel. There's still a place for discrete GPUs but that's pretty much at the $100 and above price points.
Today we're able to talk about pricing and x86 CPU performance among other things. The good news on that front is the most expensive Trinity APU is fully unlocked and is priced at $122:
|AMD Socket-FM2 Lineup
|CPU Clock Base/Turbo
|L2 Cache
|2 / 4
|3.8 / 4.2 GHz
|384 cores @ 800MHz
|2 / 4
|3.4 / 4.0 GHz
|384 cores @ 760MHz
|2 / 4
|3.6 / 3.9 GHz
|256 cores @ 760MHz
|2 / 4
|3.2 / 3.7 GHz
|256 cores @ 760MHz
|1 / 2
|3.6 / 3.8 GHz
|192 cores @ 760MHz
|1 / 2
|3.4 / 3.6 GHz
|128 cores @ 724MHz
|Athlon X4 750K
|2 / 4
|3.4 / 4.0 GHz
|Athlon X4 740
|2 / 4
|3.2 / 3.7 GHz
Compare this to Llano's launch where the top end SKU launched at $135 and you'll see that AMD is somewhat getting with the times. I would still like to see something closer to $100 for the A10-5800K, but I find that I'm usually asking for a better deal than what most CPU makers are willing to give me.
AMD's competitive target is Intel's newly released Ivy Bridge Core i3 processors. There are only five Core i3s on the market today, four of which use Intel's HD 2500 graphics. The cheapest of the lineup is the Core i3 3220 with two cores running at 3.3GHz for $125. Intel disables turbo and other features (there's effectively no overclocking on these parts), which AMD is attempting to exploit by pitting its Trinity K-series SKUs (fully unlocked) against them. AMD's TDPs are noticeably higher (100W for the higher end K-series parts compared to 55W for the Core i3s). Intel will easily maintain the power advantage as a result under both CPU and GPU load, although AMD's GPU does deliver more performance per watt. Power consumption is a major concern of AMD's at this point. Without a new process node to move to for a while, AMD is hoping to rely on some design tricks to improve things in the future.
At the low end of the stack there are also two Athlon X4s without any active GPU if you just want a traditional Trinity CPU.
The Test
This will be our last CPU/APU review on the current test platform/software configuration. The next major CPU review will see a move to a brand new testbed running Windows 8. As always you can get access to far more numbers than what we report here if you use our performance comparison engine: Bench. Of course if you want to see the GPU and GPU Compute performance of AMD's Trinity APU check out part one of our coverage.
ASUS P8Z68-V Pro (Intel Z68)
ASUS Crosshair V Formula (AMD 990FX)
Gigabyte GA-F2A85X-UP4 (AMD A85X)
Intel DZ77GA-70K (Intel Z77)
|Hard Disk:
Intel X25-M SSD (80GB)
Crucial RealSSD C300
OCZ Agility 3 (240GB)
|2 x 4GB G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3-1600 9-9-9-20
|Video Card:
ATI Radeon HD 5870 (Windows 7)
AMD Processor Graphics
Intel Processor Graphics
|Video Drivers:
|AMD Catalyst 12.8
|Desktop Resolution:
|1920 x 1200
|Windows 7 x64
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Hubb1e - Tuesday, October 02, 2012 - linkI'm sorry but your answers to your own question are inaccurate.
1. Gaming. For many people who are not on this forum low / medium settings are fine and older games are cheaper to buy and are still fun. Wow and Diablo play very nicely on this APU at medium / high settings and that is where the vast majority of casual gamers are buying.
2. Content creation. If you are wishing you had a quad core intel then you're in need of a real workstation, not an i3 competitor. I work fine on a mobile i5 -540 at 2.5ghz. 90% of the time it is idle.
3. Casual home office use is all idle and if you go back and look Trinity idles lower than Ivy so I don't see your point about it being a waste of electricity. A quicker user experience is about the SSD and not the CPU. Users will not notice a 12% difference in CPU performance.
4. Agree with the upgrade path, though as a builder for my family FM1 being a dead end made it a socket that I didn't want to touch. Reply
mikato - Wednesday, October 03, 2012 - linkWell said. I would also like to point out that Angry Birds and Words With Friends are also "modern games". Reply
vegemeister - Wednesday, October 03, 2012 - link1. Gaming: Look at those benchmarks. Low settings, punk-ass resolution, no AA, and STILL DROPPING FRAMES.
HTPC: there are two kinds pf CPUs for HTPC: those that can decode 10 bit h.264 at 1920x1080 in real time, and those that cannot. Unfortunately, this review doesn't have benchmarks for that. Reply
iTzSnypah - Tuesday, October 02, 2012 - linkThe A4-5300 looks promising for its price and intended use. I keep telling my brother that he really needs to upgrade his computer (8 year old HP with Single-core AMD Athlon X64) and the A4-5300 looks like it would fit his needs perfectly. I get tired of going to his house and waiting 5 minutes to open the internet. Also only being able to watch 360/480p (depending on the 'mood' of the computer) is beyond annoying. Its his birthday this month so I might surprise him. Reply
Hubb1e - Tuesday, October 02, 2012 - linkI have a single core Athlon64 at 2.4 ghz that works just fine. The problem is a lack of ram, slow hard drive, OS bloat, and a lack of GPU acceleration for youtube. I have 1.5GB of memory and a good video card that offloads youtube and the single core computer runs pretty well. I am constantly amazed at how well it works for casual use.
But yeah, an upgrade could be in order but I'd argue the Celeron G530 would be a better choice. Anand tests the Pentium and it actually beats the A10 in some benches. The G530 is still a full dual core CPU and is only a few mhz slower. The A4 drops a whole module and in benches on Toms looks pretty slow. Reply
Jamahl - Tuesday, October 02, 2012 - linkWhere was the A4 benched on Tom's? From what I can tell the A6-5400K is drawing very close to the 3870K in gaming. The A4 will be further behind but it'll still be up with say, the triple core A6-3500 performance imo. Reply
Ananke - Tuesday, October 02, 2012 - linkThese are great for OEM, the 95% of the PC market :). You know, what people are buying from HP, Dell, Lenovo etc.
Enthusiasts will probably not be appealed by Trinity, but enthusiasts are very small market. Reply
wenbo - Tuesday, October 02, 2012 - linkEnthusiasts are very small market, but they are very VERBAL :) Reply
vegemeister - Tuesday, October 02, 2012 - linkI see that you are planning to move to a newer version of x264 for benchmarking. Since direct comparisons are going to be invalidated anyway, why not go ahead and move to a crf encode like everyone else not stuck in the last decade?
2-pass does not compress any more effectively than 1-pass. The only reason to use it is to get very close to a particular file size. x264 is much better than you at deciding how many bits it needs for acceptable quality on a particular file. These days, most people store their video on media far larger than a single file. It no longer makes sense to benchmark the use case of sqeezing as much quality as possible out of 700 MB. Reply
wenbo - Tuesday, October 02, 2012 - linkI think for real enthusiasts building a gaming PC is going to cost 750 to 850 dollars + what ever display you buy. AMD's FX-8150 seems to be really good. it's currently sold for 189 dollars less 20 promotion. And the combo is $502.00 + about 200 graphics and 100 SSD + 30 dollar fan give an acceptable gaming PC for less than 850 (with some savings power supply and case give you about $70 off, which means a total of $780) And an equivalent Intel I5, you pay for non-usable HD graphics is going to be about 50 to 70 dollars more expensive (on the processor and motherboard).
The difference is on processor is really not that much without much of a promotion on A10-5800K, $169 vs $122. The savings would be on graphics, the best one you can get is HD6670 (I think you can only hybrid crossfire on this), which is $70 after rebate. So the difference is about 180 dollars. and motherboard is cheaper, at 80 dollars, That means you have an entry level gaming PC for a little more than $600 ($607 according to above numbers).
With similar configuration getting a intel i3-2100 is 119.99 at newegg + 129.99 motherboard + 70 graphics + 150ssd + 50 case + 50 power + 55 memory gives you 624.98 ( you don't need a fan, because you CANNOT overclock i3s).
So there is really not much of a difference. Reply