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No..no it doesn't. I have yet to see a single game that tells you "Press buttan x to skip cutscene". There is a limited amount of buttons you'd expect to skip a cutscene, namely space, esc, enter and the mouse buttons. Thats about 5 buttons to go through. Apparantly thats too much for the console crowd to handle though.
This made my day.
Yahtzee is a lot of the times spot on about the bad parts of games he rants about. Overly long animations and dumb inventory design were some of my annoyances too.
Haven't played many games, have you.
Tutorial is horrible, everyone knows that. It's the only problem with the game, it doesn't tell you how to play. Well, that and the general unresponsiveness. And the inventory.
Moaning about the lack of instant potions. Well, just because something is a trope doesn't mean it should always be included. How ridiculous is it that in most games you can take out a glass vial, uncork it and chug it all down whilst in the middle of a sword fight?
It's more acceptable in a Space Marine type get-up, you can say "automated systems" and carry on your merry way; but, not in your typical medieval fantasy setting.
The only trouble with the preemptive potioning is that you either have to be prescient or you will invariably die, meaning you have to quicksave all the time.
Group fights, Quen. Seriously, just have Quen active all the time. My first playthrough I had to push the game down to easy. Second and I tried again on normal, used Quen and the difference it makes is unreal.
This is not a review, if the reviewer can't even bother to play the game why did he even put this up?
It really sounds like Yahtzee enjoyed that review more than usual.
And so did I.
I think part of the problem is the use of a laptop. I honestly can't imagine why he was playing a PC game on a laptop anyone who does serious gaming on a PC typically has a dedicated tower to do it on. I've always found Laptops to be inferior for gaming and typically not nearly as effective, given the small size of a keyboard and the whole issue with the heat and the fan's running full on the entire time.
I honestly don't understand why people complain about the tutorial not telling you how to fight. The pop up messages state left click gives light/fast attack, right click for hard/strong attack and even tells you that silver weapons are for monsters and steel for humans. :S
Then again I never had any trouble with the combat since I look over the controls of a game before diving into it.
I also think it's a fresh change of gameplay to make people prepare for fights (in regards to the potion drinking) and welcome it whole heatedly. It adds a new element of strategy. Though I gotta agree with him on how annoying the process is to go through it. I'd like to skip the animation of him drinking potion if at all possible.
As a PC gamer and fan of Witcher 2, I found a great deal of joy in listening to Yahtzee hammer on PC elitists. It's hard listening to some of them go on about the glorious PC master race, and when them and the console fanboi's go at it, it's like listening to religious zealots argue. Good show Yahtzee.
I'm just sad he didn't have an extra cinematic bit of fun at the end like he did for the original Witcher game.
"TWENTY minutes. Puffer fish."
>< its called lore, and the potion before combat is called RP. I know these concepts are not needed in consoles games where immersion is a joke, but in a truly great RPG then these things are a must.
The entertainment was sorely lacking in this review, and this is coming from a fairly big fan of his.
The fact that a lot of the complaints can be summarized as "the game didn't explain it to me, so I'm not going to try to figure out how to do it, I'll just bitch about it in my review instead" is something that is WRONG with gamers today, not a point to be encouraged. It's especially odd coming from Yahtzee, who has (many a time) ranted about games that hold your hand too much.
If a game, for example, is all about exploring the world and discovering events and quests as opposed to being led from place to place, and players promptly complain that they're not being led around by the nose, doesn't that suggest that THEY are in the wrong since they're not adapting to the world they've been inserted in? I'm sorry, I just don't sympathize much with "I didn't know how to do this, but didn't bother trying to experiment to figure it out either".
[obviousjoke]Maybe glorious PC gaming's just too much for poor Yahtzee. Get that man a controller, stat! :P[/obviousjoke]
Is the game's difficulty curve a bitch? Yeah, absolutely, everyone who I've heard from says it is. But it's hardly as unplayable as he makes it out to be, and most of his big complaints are easily remedied by experimenting with the game interfaces to figure out how to do those things. Tsk tsk, Yahtzee.
Hopefully he rebounds for next week's E3 review.
I'm a little surprised he didn't call it a single player mmorpga like the last one.
Same here, I actually have found that a lot of my friends don't even bother glancing at any sort of control or guide prior to playing a game. They are content to just shove it into their xbox and start pressing buttons. Any game that doesn't explain every nuance to the player is terrible or what have you.
I typically just spend a few minutes looking over the booklet while the game installs on my PC. It's a habit, and I don't think I'd of developed it had I gamed exclusively on consoles.
I take Yahtzee doesn't like PC games/gamers
The game gets better once you get past the trial by fire that is the beginning and learn how everything works, it's a pity you didn't put the effort in. But hey having to put effort into to learning how to play something is something that doesn't occur very often anymore is it?
Actually, I can't remember who (Yahtzee himself or someone else), but I think it's suppose to be taken as a critique, and not a review.
Also, I liked the part about how console and PC gamers share the fear and pain of thir games not working right. :) Made me feel all warm inside.
I wasn't expecting it to be much different, people aren't being quite as whiny as they were to Greg Tito though, In which they were basically calling for him to be fired. Still pretty whiny though. "How dare you call lack of tutorials and poor interface as negative qualities" blah blah blah.
I got the feeling yahtzee wouldn't like it :P it is a bit hard for his usual tastes. Plus he was running on uber low and that 'delay' and clunky combat was likely lag :p On a decent machine (not that expensive either if you have a desktop) there's no such issues :)
However the points about the stupid slow drinking animation was spot on ^^ But overall i can't believe yahtzee, a seasoned gamer, found anything unintuitive (hover over an item, it lights up the slot to equip it to for example) >< If yahtzee can't handle not being hand held all the time, what hope do we have for everyone else?
Maybe you do need to play some real games again Yahtzee, all this mainstream gunk is destroying your gaming ability :)
Actually, most games I've played do. Also: I can't think of a single game which uses the mouse buttons to skip them.
Yeah, the tutorial sucked ass, but it's one of the best game of the year.
Well.. personally i LOVE this game. A great RPG in my opinion, with a inventory and shopping interface that i hate! It also has some quest tracking problems and no direction on the mini-map(that a auto-save function that seems to forget we drink potions before the fight)..
As for the whole PC gaming discussion... The game was designed to be played with a game-pad because it is going to be ported to the 360. But hey...
It is definitely NOT a game for everyone. It takes a certain kind of RPG taste to enjoy this game, i have that taste and i love the game. But yeah, it is complicated to get into if your not a particular kind of geek.
I would highly advise anyone put down by these faults to play the game using cheats or a trainer program to look through the bad combat and get to the best part of the game which is the story and how it is impacted by your decisions.
Wow yahtzee... you know, that boss fight is actually roughly 1/3rd of the way through the game right? I mean it's not actually that long, much shorter than, say, Fallout or Dragon Age 2.
Also you can indeed skip cutscenes... so yeah...
Other than that, I will agree that the very start is tough because it doesn't tell you jack shit, really, and the prologue could use a bit of a revamp... but honestly by the end of the prologue you should be pretty familiar with attack-dodge-attack
Well, even though i love Witcher 2 and had an amazing fun finishing it (and it's not really long, it took me only few evenings), this ZP was totally awesome!
i agree he didnt give it a chance its just too slopy.after the godlike review of la noire i was expecting something better than not even knowing that the cutscene in the first boss is skipable
I don't get what is dumb about the 2 swords? The lore says monsters are weaker to silver swords, and I'm sure in reality a silver coated sword wouldn't be as effective cutting people up, mainly because it would be bluntish. Are there no other games that let you use at least 2 weapons? Is it any different than using a shotgun for CQC and a sniper rifle for range?
And potions... these are not "health potions" or "mana potions" like in other RPGs. There is a magical sign for that. Potions help you prepare and quests usually spell out what kind of monster you are expected to find. Seriously, it is unnervign to see Yathzee ignoring design decisions that are part of the lore themselves and can be easily explained within that logic.
Oh, and cut-scenes are skippable. At least say things that are true and not made up.
People are getting dumber by the minute with games that hold your hand too much. At least it is easy to tell them apart by the stupidity of their complaints.
That's the thing.
Yahtzee himself has said that these are not reviews, but critiques.
The only problem is that every time he says that, he is trying to make a point about something specific...
If you look at the OP it says:
''This week Yahtzee reviews...''
I think he needs to decide for himself what he want's to do and then stick to it instead of shifting between the 2 definitions whenever it pleases him.
Way not to have an original thought in all that wall of text.
As for this review, I'm sorry but I can't take the opinion of someone without attention span or basic mental functions seriously.
Fanatic fan squad? Fan is short for fanatic, so its Fanatic Fanatic Squad?
:( I want a new name please. :) Don't worry you can still attack. But you will fail.
I have always been interested in this game, but been hesitant about buying it on the PC, for 2 reasons's actually, the first is what you might expect, I'm more of an Xbox guy, but I also don't have a PC able to run this game on high setting's.
I'm glad to have heard it will be ported to console's soon though.
I think it was supposed to, to be honest. It is a review after all, and he is advising anyone other than PC elitist's to stay away from this game because it's very complicated.
I'm surprised nobody has commented: Witcher 2 is coming to Xbox 360 at least, so place the PC snobbery aside.
My major complaint with the game was the total lack of direction-- I dunno, maybe the manual covers a lot of that, but since I got the Steam edition, the manual wasn't readily available. That, plus the difficulty curve seems absurdly uneven, particularly for a game where you can't set the difficult (I don't think).
Funny ZP tho. Best one in a while, IMHO. Particularly loved the finishing line.
Games manual says no.
Seriously, this is exactly what I mean, I remember a time when a lovingly crafted game manual was almost as much fun as the game itself. A good game manual had a back page consisting entirely of keybinds.
But instead its 'Why hasnt a QTE style pop-up breached the immersion and told me what to do? This game sucks!'
I have no reason to fanboy rage on you Yahtzee. So I won't.
But the fact that you portrayed the PLAYERS of this game as your primary problem with it......is just fucking non-sensical.
The only complaint you've raised against the game is "The tutorial's bad." That's it. That's ALL you said about the game.
A bit disappointing, I will say.
But then what would people have to complain about, if he did that, everyone would just kiss his arse week in, week out.
Manual wasn't readily available? Every page in the steam store has a link to see the game manual and if you right click a game in your library there is typically an option to view the manual. That said I do feel your pain of having bought it on steam, I don't imagine you signed up for 9 gig patches when you bought it. I hope that's fixed soon.
Oh and you can set the difficulty at any time and it even asks you at the beginning explaining the differences between each of the settings.
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mario math – part 2
To calculate Mario's position with KEY_RIGHT pressed down continuously for n frames:
at frame 1:
at frame 2:
at frame 3:
at frame 4:
If you multiply everything through, a pattern starts to emerge:
So we can say that in general, Mario's position after n frames will be:
But we'd like a formula we can evaluate in O(1), so massaging the equation a bit we get:
Both of sums in the above equation, we have identities for:
Of which the second one is kind of convoluted, but allows us to come up with:
Which can then write in Java as:
public float positionAfter(float accel, int nFrames) { float term1 = n * (1 - Math.pow(.89, nFrames + 1)) / .11; float term2 = (Math.pow(.89, nFrames + 1) * (-.11 - 1) + .89) / .2079; return a * (term1 - term2); }
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That's the question we've been hearing from California Democrats through the past couple years of budget cuts. Democrats want more revenues and thus higher taxes, but have generally avoided making full-throated proposals for fear of the political consequences. Under political, they've chosen questionable borrowing over tax increases. This reticence, combined with the perverse incentives created by a system that requires a two-thirds vote to pass budgets and raised taxes, have allowed Republicans to frame the terms of the budget debate.
If Democrats are serious about changing the game, it's time for some demagoguery and finger-pointing.
Fortunately, California offers a tempting target. Frank and Jamie McCourt -- the battling, divorcing couple that owns baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers -- did not pay a cent in state or federal income taxes between 2004 and 2009, according to the LA Times. They made $108 million during that period.
Let me repeat; the owners of the Dodgers -- who spend hundreds of thousands of dollars a month on personal expenses and have their children on the Dodgers' payroll even though those children don't work for the Dodgers -- pay less in state income tax than you or me.
Why don't Democrats shout this to the high heavens?
I honestly don't know. Perhaps the thought hasn't occurred. Perhaps it seems strange to pick on the Dodgers, a beloved institution (at least in Southern California; we Angelenos hear that feelings are different in the North). Perhaps it's because the McCourts have donated to Democratic causes in the past.
But if Democrats are going to win, they're going to have to get personal. The McCourts are a good place to start.


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1 tblsp olive oil
1 shallot, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1 ½ cups aborio rice
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100g porcini mushrooms, sliced
1 tblsp butter
50g parmesan cheese, grated
To Garnish
Shaved parmesan to garnish
Cracked black pepper to taste
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User talk:Pbsouthwood
Hello, Pbsouthwood! Welcome to Wikitravel.
To help get you started contributing, we've created a tips for new contributors page, full of helpful links about policies and guidelines and style, as well as some important information on copyleft and basic stuff like how to edit a page. If you need help, check out Wikitravel:Help, or post a message in the travellers' pub.Texugo 05:06, 9 August 2009 (EDT)
Copyrighted material? Too much general info?[edit]
Hi there. I have a couple of comments for you...
First, given the amazing speed and thorough coverage with which you are adding text to Guide to diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay and Dive sites of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay, I am getting a little concerned that you might be copying the text from a book or other copyrighted source. While admittedly, Google searches of the text have yielded nothing at this point, I know it is damn near impossible to add 16000 characters of such well-written text in an hour unless that text has already been written in advance. I wonder if you would be willing to comment about where all this is coming from?
Second, these two articles contain a great deal of information which is applicable to diving as a whole-- info about equipment, technique, etc. That stuff should be pulled out of these articles and merged with the Scuba diving article. We like to avoid duplication around here whenever possible. Texugo 05:06, 9 August 2009 (EDT)
Hi Stefan, I am new to this game and not sure what you mean by having my name on a number of publications about the area. Could you explain? Pbsouthwood 09:33, 10 August 2009 (EDT)
Perhaps one of you can advise me on a point of style/policy. I have a lot of information on several of the dive sites listed in Dive sites of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay, which I want to include in the overall guide, but am not sure wheter I should put them in as linked articles as implied by the current format of the main article, or include them in the main article. Each of the sites will eventually get a fairly comprehensive description of how to get there, how to identify the access points, local hazards, what to expect to see, the layout of the site and useful information for dive planning specific to that site. This would make the main article very long and perhaps too cumbersome. Separate articles would fragment the whole thing, but would allow the user to more easily navigate to the specific place of interest from the list of sites, without having to download the whole nine yards. Of course nothing is cast in stone, and whichever I eventually go for can always be converted to the other if that looks like it would work better, but those of you who have been doing this for more than a week may have some experience to pass on. Cheers, Peter Pbsouthwood 09:33, 10 August 2009 (EDT)
"SNUBA" question[edit]
Since you seem to be very knowledgable about diving, I wonder if you could contribute to this discussion: Wikitravel:Votes_for_deletion#SNUBA. Pashley 11:17, 23 August 2009 (EDT)
Spam Filter[edit]
If the spam filter is blocking your edits please let us know the error message being returned so that we can fix the problem. After an edit is blocked you will get an error page that will show you the pattern that is causing the edit to be blocked. You may need to obfuscate it a bit to report the error - for example, if the pattern in question is "this_is_spam" you won't be able to use that pattern in any edit, so you can write "I am getting an error any time I try to use 'this underscore is underscore spam'" to let us know what the problem is. Reports can be made here or on Wikitravel talk:Local spam blacklist. -- Ryan • (talk) • 18:29, 1 September 2009 (EDT)
Thanks for all the hard effort you are putting into both your own project, and now I see other diving related articles getting treatment as well - awesome! --Stefan (sertmann) Talk 08:08, 15 September 2009 (EDT)
Moved discussion to the article talk page[edit]
I suspect you have noticed by now, but I moved the diving topic discussion from The Pub to the article talk page. I can see this being quite a long discussion (I guess it already is!). Cheers. --Burmesedays 06:26, 2 October 2009 (EDT)
CC by-sa 3.0[edit]
Um, sorry, but you really should've raised this up for discussion before slapping CC by-sa 3.0 tags on your content. Long and short of it is, you don't have the right to unilaterally impose additional conditions on Wikitravel... and Wikitravel as a whole will be moving to CC 3.0 sooner or later anyway, so they're unnecessary. Jpatokal 00:44, 12 October 2009 (EDT)
No offence taken. My decision to do this unilaterally was prompted by the realisation that it might save trouble later on articles that are at this stage compliant by way of being new or the product of only supporters of the move. The point is that while they are still in this state it would be easy to keep them that way by the note. As soon as something is added it might cause a problem later. To remove the tags is relatively easy compared to chasing down the contributors. So it appeared to me that this was the prudent step, as it is easily reversible and could prevent later problems. Putting it up for discussion, though in the best traditions of Wikitravel, could cause long delays, during which time it is possible that some contributor might put in a lot of work (not likely I agree, but possible) which would later have to be deleted. Also, Plunging forward is another of the best traditions of Wikitravel, so I did. Since it is now done, it can be discussed safely. As this is a Wiki, if any potential contributor doesn't like the idea of CC-by-sa 3, they have the option of either not making the edit, which saves everyone time in the long run, or removing the tag themselves and making both the edit and the point that they are opposed to the licence. If anyone feels that their toes have been trampled, my apologies, that was not the intention (as explained), I just felt this might be worth doing in a rush. Unfortunately for my plans, it now has become contentious before I could finish, so I will have to stop until it has reached a consensus. It took a lot longer than expected, as I had to check each article that there was no content added by a third party that would be potentially copyrightable, and contact the contributor for permission in each case that there was. If there is consensus that it is undesirable, or someone can point out an accepted rule that has been contravened, I will remove them all. If there is consensus that it is harmless or desirable I will finish putting them in. Pbsouthwood 02:12, 12 October 2009 (EDT)
With the site license now officially CC-SA 3.0, the license warnings on articles such as Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Dreadlocks Reef should no longer be necessary. I assume that the latest one is just a template thing? Otherwise it would be good to discuss your concerns to figure out if there's a way they can be addressed that allows the warnings to be removed. -- Ryan • (talk) • 14:09, 30 January 2010 (EST)
Hi Peter, I wanted to thank you that you have an eye on the Phillies as well as there are many touts... I have no clue about the area as I have never been their, if you know better please merciless delete the touts. Best regards, jan 12:18, 29 October 2009 (EDT)
Hilversum Map[edit]
I just uploaded the new map, I made all the street names and icon numbers bold. Also fixed some other minor issues (like one hotel closed doors and some places changed their name and appearance). Globe-trotter 21:04, 1 November 2009 (EST)
Pinnacle Star Nomination[edit]
Hi Peter. Please see my comments here. Especially about the map. Cheers.--Burmesedays 08:54, 7 November 2009 (EST)
Ko Tao[edit]
Peter, please have a good look at the dive sections in the Ko Tao article. I have just done a massive de-touting of the dive shop/centre listings. I do not really understand why all those different sub-categories have been added though (PADI 5-Star Career Development Centers, Instructor Development Centres, etc etc). Your professional eye on this and the necessary editing would be great! If I have to read that meaningless guff "PADI Award Winning" ... one more time... :) --Burmesedays 02:33, 7 December 2009 (EST)
That's a brave move and one which makes great sense to me. All those diveshop owners might not agree though.... :) --Burmesedays 04:44, 7 December 2009 (EST)
Ko Lanta[edit]
Another one like Ko Tao but on a smaller scale. I will try to sort out the hotels and restaurants and would be great if you could deal with the dive shops. --Burmesedays 23:51, 14 December 2009 (EST)
Long time, no hear Peter. I hope all is well with you. Please have a look at Dive sites of Saipan. This is the content of two articles that I crudely merged (the other was Dive sites of saipan!). It has been marked with a merge tag for quite a while. Possibly move all into Scuba Diving and link from Saipan?
A completely unrelated matter: I have just put Nusa Lembongan (of giant sunfish fame) up for star. --Burmesedays 10:21, 10 February 2010 (EST)
Welcome back[edit]
Hi Peter - nice to see you back! I somewhat belatedly discovered your diving guides but have been very impressed by them. It's great to see that work continuing! -- Ryan • (talk) • 10:53, 11 June 2010 (EDT)
Yaowarat and Pahurat Tour[edit]
Thanks for proofreading the Yaowarat and Pahurat Tour article! :) --globe-trotter 14:25, 16 August 2010 (EDT)
contributions to celebrate[edit]
Thanks, your improvement are very helpful! --DenisYurkin 04:04, 30 October 2010 (EDT)
Attribution of CC by sa 3.0 text from other sites[edit]
How do I get the attribution into the footer when I use text from another CC by sa 3.0 source? Peter (Southwood) Talk 03:18, 25 September 2010 (EDT)
barnstar :)[edit]
Please accept a barnstar as one of the many thank-yous you definitely deserve for pushing Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay to star status. Huge respect! --DenisYurkin 16:38, 29 November 2010 (EST)
Khao San Road map[edit]
It seems like you have uploaded the old version of the SVG map of Khao San Road. Could you upload the new edited SVG? Thanks! --globe-trotter 07:07, 9 January 2011 (EST)
standardise heading format[edit]
RE: [1] I intentionaly meant to start a sub-topic for an existing super-topic "Spare time any American?" started by Swissbelg. So OK if I revert your change? --DenisYurkin 16:43, 17 January 2011 (EST)
Hi Peter, currently we have a slight shortage of non-Japanese/Asian DotM. Therefore i significantly improved Frankfurt. It would be great if you have time that you could do some proof reading what is too much or still missing to be a DoTM. I start to like the article after some 100+ edits but that's maybe just me ;-) jan 10:48, 22 February 2011 (EST)
Thanks for the welcome. Hoping to pitch in some more on diving articles (just came back from Truk Lagoon). I actually dived in Durban once, many years ago. Some hard core divers you have over there! All the best. Legis 20:23, 22 February 2011 (EST)
Wikitravel:Star nominations[edit]
Hi Peter, just left a note for you on Wikitravel:Star nominations, keep up the good work it is looking really good. Cheers-- felix 12:52, 24 April 2011 (EDT)
Dive Site Maps[edit]
I am very impressed by your dive maps and dive site details. Wow. :) I always wanted to do something similar in the UK but never quite got there (yet). I have done about 10 dives in the Cape Town area on holiday. The one and only site I have mapped is Leybourne in the UK. Anyway, keep up the good work. --TimSC 14:09, 25 July 2011 (EDT)
Test message[edit]
Hi Peter, I can get here! Mauro
Login issues[edit]
Since you're editing again I assume your login issues are resolved? Do you know what the problem was? -- Ryan • (talk) • 15:17, 11 August 2011 (EDT)
Watchlist out of action?[edit]
I get the following every time I try to open my watchlist today. Has this happened to anyone else?
A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was: (SQL query hidden) from within function "wfSpecialWatchlist". MySQL returned error "1: Can't create/write to file '#sql_e08_0.MYD' (Errcode: 17) (wikidb)".
Cheers. • • • Peter (Southwood) Talk 09:09, 3 November 2011 (EDT)
Watchlist should be back in action now -- please let me know if this is not the case for you.--IBobi 19:40, 3 November 2011 (EDT)
The message above was swept in from the pub. JamesA >talk 04:38, 4 June 2012 (EDT)
Notice from IBlegal[edit]
Please be advised your recent actions communicating directly with members of Wikitravel could put you in violation of numerous federal and state laws. We strongly urge you to cease and desist all action detrimental to Wikitravel.org. If you persist in this course of conduct, you will potentially be a named defendant, and therefore liable for any and all resulting damages.--IBlegal 14:51, 21 August 2012 (EDT)
Contributing or not[edit]
I find it sad that some former members of the Wikitravel community make such a big deal about saying they're leaving, and then continue to troll here nonetheless (often as transparently anonymous IP editors). They ought to leave, and contribute elsewhere, or stay and contribute here, rather than this embarrassing hybrid of the two. Don't you agree?--IBobi talk email 20:32, 16 September 2012 (EDT)
Read this carefully and take it at face value, It is not a trick with words. There are no hidden meanings.
I log on, I check my watchlist. If there are changes I check them for vandalism. I revert vandalism. I consider interfering with edits on user pages of my colleagues which are against the wishes of the page owner to be vandalism.
If there are no undesirable edits on my watchlist, I do nothing and log off. Fortunately, there are seldom undesirable edits on the topics I maintain, so there is often nothing for me to do. All my edits are towards maintaining the usefulness of the site for the traveller, while there is no alternative. When there is an alternative available to the ordinary user (ie, traveller) I will no longer waste my time pumping out a sinking ship, as the passengers will be free to leave without loss.
The usefulness of my work to IB does not concern me one way or another. Your opinions also do not concern me one way or another. I hope this is now adequately clear. • • • Peter (Southwood) Talk 09:30, 20 September 2012 (EDT)


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Florio makes the same point I made last night in this post here. Most concerning piece of Florio's post though is McCarthy's quote saying he didn't even consider letting the Bears score because he thought Gould would miss the chip shot field goal. What?
Mike Florio reading Packergeeks?
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Travis Says:
September 28, 2010 at 1:52 pm |
"I did not consider letting them score at the end," McCarthy said, per ESPNChicago.com. "I felt they [would miss] a field goal in the end."
Yup.. Florio must read this. MM.. wow. You amazed me this week.. Are you an NFL coach or a plain dumb ass. He needs to be on the hot seat because he does not do a good job, in fact he does a terrible job in preparing this team and running them in an elite way.
Coaches need to run a team. And the best teams are run at the highest level. They are coached at the highest level. And they are prepared at the highest level. Combine that coaching, with a ton of talent, gets you far in this league. Right now, we get far on talent, and lose on coaching.
That needs to end, the talent doesn't last forever and we'll just be wasting it if MM keeps this garbage up. It's one thing to make all these mistakes, decisions etc, it's another to prove you actually are an idiot by your post game comments.
How did everyone come up with MM being this genius people go about saying… In any case, he's far from that now.
Travis Says:
September 28, 2010 at 1:54 pm |
Dammit, totally forgot to mention my main point of this..
I do fear getting rid of MM would ruin all the chemistry this offense has. I think it would take a ton of time for this offense to be running smoothly under someone else.. Maybe MM needs to hit the chalkboard and start learning how to coach and learn how to make the proper decisions.
mark Says:
September 28, 2010 at 3:18 pm |
or bring in a real head coach and keep the offense in place.(for now)


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Did trains beneath the Christmas tree begin in PA?
Where Jim Morrison lives, a tower of electric toy trains three tiers high and 30 feet in diameter circles a Christmas tree decked with more than 3,000 ornaments.
It wasn't always this way. He used to live in a normal home, until his train collection grew so large, it was taking over his living space.
"I outgrew my house," he said. "I was sleeping on the sofa."
These days, the historian who 14 years ago created a museum to celebrate one of his favorite pastimes, now lives in it -- all of its 20,000 square feet.
Morrison is curator of the National Christmas Museum in Paradise, Lancaster County, dedicated to educating people about holiday customs. He is a train enthusiast who has studied the tradition of model railroading and its role in the holiday season.
One theme he has researched is the custom of putting trains under the Christmas tree, and Morrison says it could have started right here in Pennsylvania.
In the mid-1700s, a group of Protestant Christians called the Moravians settled in the Lehigh Valley in Bethlehem, where they set up elaborate Nativity scenes in their homes called "putzen" -- the German word for decoration around the holidays.
The displays were enlarged year after year to include biblical scenes not captured as often, such as the exchange between King Herod and the three wise men after Jesus was born, Morrison said.
In the mid-1800s, he said, people created villages at the base of the tree with items such as model farmhouses fashioned after their own dwellings set atop burlap or moss.
Cast-iron toys emerged toward the late 1800s in the form of homes, carriages and fire stations. When cast-iron trains came on the scene around 1880, Morrison said, they, too, earned a presence under the tree. Before Lionel manufactured the first beloved electric toy train at the turn of the century, Pennsylvanians already were adorning their displays with cast-iron and wind-up ones.
"It was part of the magic of what Christmas is," he said.
Circling trains around the base of an evergreen made sense.
"It sort of naturally fit under the tree," said Jeff Graybill of the South Hills Model Railroad Club.
"It was just the logical thing to put around the base of a tree," said Henry Posner III of Railroad Development Corp., a Pittsburgh-based international company. "Because you can run a train circle around the base of a tree, my guess is that it was the perfect gift, at the time, for Christmas."
In that spirit, department stores would market the trains heavily during the holiday season, Morrison said. At other times, collectors would have to turn to hobby stores to build on their sets.
"They were presents and toys, and as children got older, they kind of turned it into a hobby," he said.
Often given to kids as gifts, toy trains would serve as a decoration for years. Graybill's grandfather, a collector and builder in his own right, gave him a train set when he was a boy, and Graybill carried the hobby through his teens and eventually to Penn State University, where he was active in the school's model railroad club.
Morrison received his first set from his aunt, and it became a fixture beneath the family tree. Posner's grandfather's set from the 1930s still runs.
With trains, Morrison could manufacture his own creation, and that's what kept his interest for so many years.
"You didn't see the imagination -- you created it yourself," he said.
The motivation was similar for Graybill. An engineer from Mt. Lebanon, he likes using his hands and learning how things work. Many fellow club members are also engineers or in the medical field -- the hobby becomes a natural extension of their talents and interests. It also attracts artists, who may enjoy building scenery more than laying track.
"Model railroading blends itself to all my interests," he said.
Graybill's club participated in Greenberg's Train & Toy Show, the largest traveling model train and toy show in northeastern United States, during its November visit to Monroeville. The show features an elaborate Christmas display. In December, the club suspends meetings and adds to the annual display at the Carnegie Science Center.
Although many children may prefer video games for the holidays now, collectors said an interest in trains still exists among young people. Morrison said the young son of a family friend stopped by the museum recently and asked Santa Claus for his own set for Christmas.
"Model railroading is a pretty significant hobby," Posner said. "Thomas the Tank Engine and the other kid-oriented, railroad-themed products are fundamentally good for the rail industry because they capture the imagination of kids in early age."
Collectors also note it can be a costly hobby.
Roy Hermes, former Crafton fire chief, owns roughly $20,000 worth of model trains but acknowledges he could sell them for only a fraction of that sum nowadays.
Insisting he's an enthusiast and not a collector, Hermes has nonetheless amassed a 20-train collection. At Christmas and for his birthday and Father's Day, he asks family for money rather than gifts and uses it to buy a model engine every year.
His collection is so prized that he used to tell his fire company that, should his house catch fire, they needed to break a window to retrieve his trains before any other possessions.
"Just pass them outside to somebody and try to save the trains," he said.
Hermes, too, had a train under his tree growing up but never considered where the tradition originated.
People have asked him over the years whether he's overdoing it, especially when they learn how much he's invested in the models lining the walls and the raised platform Christmas display in his home.
"I don't smoke, I don't drink, and I don't believe I have any vices," he said. "I've still got my investments on the wall."
As Graybill said: "One thing that's said about model railroading: It's a never-ending hobby."


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LOS ANGELES (AP) Shabazz Muhammad scored 21 points, Kyle Anderson added 17 and No. 24 UCLA defeated Oregon State 74-64 on Thursday night, the Bruins' 10th consecutive victory.
Travis Wear added 17 points for the Bruins (15-3, 5-0 Pac-12), who equaled their longest winning streak since the 2008-09 season. They have won 23 of the last 24 games played against Oregon State on their home court.
Roberto Nelson scored 17 points and Joe Burton added 12 points for the Beavers (10-7, 0-4). They lost their fourth straight and fifth in their last six.
The Beavers had the upper hand in the game's opening minutes before the Bruins took over for good. Ahead by 11 at halftime, UCLA ran off 11 straight points early in the second half to take a 48-28 lead.
Muhammad had a three-point play, Wear and Jordan Adams had baskets and Anderson scored four straight points during the run that put the Beavers in a double-digit deficit the rest of the game.
Oregon State got to 58-48 during an 8-0 run capped by Nelson's 3-pointer. But Muhammad answered with a 3-pointer to key a 7-0 spurt and extend UCLA's lead to 65-48.
The Beavers were held under their 75.7-point scoring average. They are one of two Pac-12 teams with five players averaging double figures, but only three players reached that mark in the game.
The Beavers opened the game on a 12-7 run while UCLA struggled with turnovers and missed shots. The Bruins settled down and outscored the Beavers 20-7 to take a 27-19 lead. Muhammad and Norman Powell hit consecutive 3-pointers, while Travis Wear had six points in the spurt.
Anderson and Muhammad combined to score UCLA's final eight points of the first half, extending its lead to 37-26.
Oregon State forward Eric Moreland and guard Victor Robbins were suspended for the game after violating team rules. They will be available to play at Southern California on Saturday.
Former UCLA star Jamaal Wilkes had his No. 52 jersey retired at halftime, with former Bruins stars Bill Walton, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Mike Warren on hand. He helped lead the Bruins to NCAA championships in 1972 and 1973 under coach John Wooden. Wilkes had his jersey retired by the Los Angeles Lakers last month, and he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame last year.


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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Jim Boeheim had no concerns when No. 12 Virginia pounded the ball inside to Akil Mitchell and Mike Tobey in the first half against Syracuse's zone.
"That was fine. They had 27 points. We were fine with that," Boeheim said.
What the Hall of Fame coach was worried about happened in the second half on Saturday, when Virginia started connecting from outside, making 7 of 11 3-point tries to hand the No. 4 Orange their third loss in four games, 75-56.
Malcolm Brogdon did much of the damage, scoring 17 of his career-high 19 points after the intermission, and London Perrantes and Justin Anderson each hit a pair from behind the arc.
Brogdon (12.4) and Harris (11.5) came into the game leading the Cavaliers in scoring, but were combined 1 for 8 with three points at halftime. They got untracked in the second half, finding openings in the Orange defense.
"I just thought we allowed Brogdon to shoot and we started the game for the whole first half not allowing him to shoot," Boeheim said.
The Orange also were hampered by the second-half absence of Jerami Grant, their leading rebounder and No. 3 scorer, who played 13 minutes in the first half before an aching back forced him to the bench. He did not score, missing three shots, and grabbed just one rebound.
It all meant the Orange, in close games all year, couldn't stay in this one.
"This is the first game all year that we have been out of the game," Boeheim said.
Brogdon scored eight points during a decisive second-half run and Virginia won its 13th consecutive game and clinched the top seed in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
Mitchell added 12 points and nine rebounds and Tobey and Anderson scored 11 each for the Cavaliers (25-5, 16-1 ACC), who won their only other outright ACC regular-season title 33 years ago — 1980-81 — when Ralph Sampson was a sophomore. The final buzzer brought hundreds streaming onto the court.
Tyler Ennis and C.J. Fair scored 13 each for the Orange (26-3, 13-3). Syracuse allowed Virginia to shoot 50 percent (27-54) while shooting just 35.7 percent (20-56).
Brogdon broke a 42-all tie with two free throws, and then hit a jumper from the foul line. After a turnover by the Orange, Perrantes hit a deep 3-pointer that gave the Cavaliers a 49-42 lead.
Rakeem Christmas' dunk after a Syracuse timeout quieted the crowd, but only for a minute because Anderson made a 3-pointer from the right side, Brogdon followed an Orange miss with a jumper and then followed another miss with a jumper. The lead was 56-45 with 5:15 remaining and fans sensed that the Cavaliers were in the process of putting the game away.
Ennis, playing with four fouls, hit a pair of free throws to slow the run, but Joe Harris hit a free throw, and then followed a Syracuse miss with a 3-pointer, his first basket in nine tries, causing the crowd to erupt in appreciation for the four-year starter. Harris was removed with 38.9 seconds left to a deafening cheer at Jones Paul Jones Arena.
Virginia had first-half runs on 9-0 and 8-2 in building a 22-15 lead, but a jumper by Fair and Ennis' 3-pointer — the first of the game — with 5:14 left in the half sparked 13-2 burst for the Orange.
Trevor Cooney, who had missed 22 of his last 27 3-point shots, and Richmond native Michael Gbinije then connected back-to-back from beyond the arc for Syracuse, and Christmas' dunk made it 28-24.
Justin Anderson hit a 3, Virginia's first, with 47 seconds left and it was 28-27 at the half.
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Introduction | What is pay-as-you-throw? | What are the benefits of pay-as-you-throw? | Are there disadvantages to pay-as-you-throw? | How can I learn more about pay-as-you-throw?
Fact Sheet
April 1997
MSW programs today
need to offer more than reliable waste collection services. In some communities,
the issue is rising collection and disposal costs. Other communities are
looking for ways to extend landfill capacity.
As an MSW planner, you know how important it is to reduce the amount of waste residents put out for collection (or bring to the landfill).
In fact, your community probably started a recycling program to help divert some of this waste from disposal. Even with a strong recycling program, however, it's likely that your residents are steadily throwing away more each year-pointing to the need not only for more recycling, but also for getting residents to generate less waste in the first place.
For MSW planners in nearly 2,000 communities, a program called "pay-as-you-throw" (PAYT) is helping them meet this challenge.
What is pay-as-you-throw?
PAYT programs, also known as unit-based pricing or variable-rate pricing, provide a direct economic incentive for your residents to reduce the amount of waste they generate. Under PAYT, households are charged for waste collection based on the amount of waste they throw away-in the same way that they are charged for electricity, gas, and other utilities. As a result, residents are motivated not only to increase the amount they recycle, but also to think about ways to generate less waste in the first place.
PAYT can be structured in
several different ways. Some communities charge residents based on the
volume of waste they generate. Under volume-based programs, residents
are charged a fee for each bag or can they fill up. Communities also can
require that residents purchase tags or stickers and affix them to their
own containers. Other communities bill residents based on the weight of
their trash-although, because of the cost of the equipment needed to weigh
the waste and record the amount for billing purposes, weight-based programs
are far less common.
What are the benefits of pay-as-you-throw?However it is structured, PAYT has the potential to improve MSW programs in several important ways. First, there are significant economic benefits. Because of the incentive to generate less, communities with programs in place have reported reductions in waste amounts ranging from 25 to 35 percent, on average. For many communities, this can lead to lower disposal costs, savings in waste transportation expenses, and other cost savings. Communities with PAYT also typically report significant increases in recycling. In some cases, this can yield increased revenues from the sale of collected materials. In addition, these programs can be designed to cover the cost of not only waste collection and disposal, but also some or all of the community's complementary MSW programs (such as recycling, composting, and bulky waste collections). Of course, there often are new costs for the community with this system, including expenditures for education and enforcement. These costs usually are not significant, however-and they can be built into the program's rate structure to ensure that they will be covered.
Another advantage of PAYT is the greater control over costs it offers to residents. While they may not realize it, your residents pay for waste management services. And whether they pay through their taxes or with a flat fee, those residents who generate less and recycle more are paying for neighbors who generate two or even three times as much waste. With PAYT, residents that reduce and recycle are rewarded with a lower trash bill.
This incentive to put less waste at the curb also can make a big environmental difference. When people generate less waste and recycle more, fewer natural resources are used, there is less pollution from manufacturing, and less landfill space is consumed-reducing the need to site new facilities.
Are there disadvantages to pay-as-you-throw?
While there are potential barriers to a successful program, communities with PAYT report that they have found effective solutions. Community officials often raise the prospect of illegal dumping when they first learn about these programs. Most PAYT communities, however, have found that illegal dumping in fact did not increase after implementation. This is especially true when communities offer their residents recycling, composting for yard trimmings, and other programs that allow individuals to reduce waste legally. Others, particularly lower-income residents, worry about the amount they will have to pay. In many communities, however, coupon or voucher programs are being used to help reduce trash collection costs for these households.
How can I learn more about pay-as-you-throw?
EPA has developed a series of products for anyone interested in PAYT. Individuals looking for more information on these programs can request additional fact sheets, community success stories, and other materials. For local solid waste planners interested in bringing PAYT to their communities, EPA has developed a comprehensive set of tools to help them design and implement a successful program. To find out more about EPA's collection of products, call the Pay-As-You-Throw Helpline toll free at 1-888-EPA-PAYT.


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|Dev: Telltale Games
|Pub: Telltale Games
|Release: March 4, 2014
|Players: 1
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Intense Violence, Blood and Gore, Strong Language
Once again, your enjoyment of Episode 2 very much hinges on your completion of Season 1. Unfortunately, I was one of the gamers who didn't have their Season 1 playthrough import correctly, and so I noticed a couple of unfortunate hitches in the plot. You meet some characters from Season 1 and even from 400 Days, the short story compilation DLC, but if your file doesn't import right they will mention things that never even happened. In addition, you also get some great dialogue choices based on your actions in Season 1, and not having access to that as you play through some of these heart wrenching scenes is disappointing. Honestly, at this point I'd suggest literally going back and playing Season 1 all over again if your file didn't import correctly. It's worth it. It will take 20 some odd hours to do so but it's still worth it!
Let me tell you, the writing in this episode is just phenomenal. Meeting up with old faces from Season 1 had me crying and screaming Holy Shit at my monitor at the same time. The introduction of 400 Days characters make you wary and paranoid considering you know what happened in their backstory. The game constantly puts you in situations where you have to choose between multiple people that you trust. It even has a realistic and frankly heartbreaking portrayal of a gay couple. (SPOILERS!)Though it also plays fast and loose with their lives and I'm not sure how I feel about that, especially considering no one else really dies in this episode. (END SPOILERS!)
As always the presentation of this episode is just top notch. The user interface has been updated a tiny bit, and now feels like it is at home in the world of The Walking Dead. The graphics are still outstanding and the facial animations are superb, easily showing tiny changes in emotion from Clem's distrust of strangers to the pained recollection of a horrible past by our guest character from Season 1 while still trying to put on a strong face for everyone else. The voice acting is still top notch, and even Clem has started to feel harder and more emotionless rather than innocent and scared. It's frankly some of the best graphics and audio I've seen in the whole Walking Dead franchise yet.
A lot of people complained that Episode 1 didn't stand alone as its own story, and Episode 2 still doesn't But frankly, it doesn't matter. There are still unanswered questions, cliffhanger endings, and lack of any real resolution to any character's conflicts, but it's still a phenomenal story. Very much unlike Season 1, which had five episodes each sort of telling a micro story about a band of survivors, Season 2 is very much a continuous narrative, and that's what makes it great! There's no reason to skip The Walking Dead: Season 2: Episode 2: A House Divided. Heck, there's more reason to go back and purchase Season 1, and play it start to finish, just so that Season 2, has its full effect.
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Option in Kinesiotherapy (code 3-1245)
This option was recommended by the Academic Senate on March 14, 1996
and approved by the President on April 2, 1996.
This option is designed primarily for those students interested in careers which provide therapeutic physical activities in rehabilitation settings including clinics, hospitals, schools, universities, convalescent homes and other private and public institutions. Students interested in certification by the American Kinesiotherapy Association must complete additional requirements. Please consult the Department Coordinator and the Kinesiotherapy Certificate Program for additional information.
Core Courses: A/P 202, 207; KPE 300, 301, 312.
Lower Division: PSY 100, 200; KPE 210, 263, and eight physical activity units distributed over a
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Aquatics: KPE 125A, 125B, 237, 238;
Combative: KPE 106A, 106C, 249;
Dance: KPE 181A, 185, 260;
Individual/Dual Sports: KPE 100A, 100B, 112A, 112B, 171A, 264, 265, 266, 267;
Wilderness Studies: KPE 242, 244, 246B;
Team Sports: KPE 250, 253, 255, 257.
Upper Division: GERN 400I or A/P 401; KPE 309, 315, 320, 322, 332I, 335, 489F; PSY 341, 370.
A fieldwork, field experience or internship course requires current certification in First Aid (ARC-Standard, Advanced, EMT or equivalent) and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ARC-Community, Professional Rescuer; AHA-Level B, Level C, or equivalent) prior to enrollment.
EFFECTIVE: Fall 1996
Code: 1245
College: 15
Career: UG
IPEDS (Major) ERSS: 08351
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Posted: Tue May 30, 17 7:37 pm Post subject: Asbestos
I suspect my garage roof is asbestos. It has some leaks, so I'd like to repair it. How do I tell if it is, and can it then be repaired, or must I have it removed at vast expense?
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It quite probably is, but will be the less dangerous stuff.
You can get it tested by post - or get experienced opinion.
Yes it can be repaired but will depend on type and extent of damage.
Remove and disposal cost can be surprisingly cheap - in the low hundreds.
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I have an asbestos corrugated garage roof, at least 50 years old, which developed a couple of leaky spots about 15 years ago
Husband investigated, one was an enlarged bolt hole, other was a long crack - he used a butyl rubber compound to fix and seal extra strong duct tape patches - both out- and inside
Up until now there has been no further leaks thankfully
Minimal disturbance of the roof, leaks stopped, dry garage still
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Thank you. I shall see what can be done. I think a couple are just cracks, but one is an overlapping sheet that seems to have slipped into being an under lapping sheet, which funnels water in.
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if it is more than a couple of decades old it is probably white asbestos based.
tis ok if you don't drill,saw or grind it . if it has broken edges it will shed a few fibres so removing it is low level space suit time.
re leaks as above stick on patches and sealing compound will work
if you must drill it to add solid patches, reattach it to the frame etc dust mask,slow speed and wetting the hole will be "relatively" safe but it isnt a good idea to mess with the stuff.
tis a bit nasty but not a blue funk panic material like the free fibre lagging in blue or brown.
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Well, this is the end of Big Rich Atlanta, though we don't yet know if it's forever or just for now.
While I will continue to keep up my favorites, Meyer Eadon, Harvin Eadon, Meagan McBrayer, and Kahdijiha Rowe, on Twitter, I am not sad to see the show gone from my Sunday night calendar. You see, when Big Rich Texas ended for the season, I felt a void in my life. (Hush up! I'm well aware of how pathetic that sounds.) However, now that Big Rich Atlanta has come to an end, I'm just happy I no longer have to a-void you know who.
If the Style Network grants Big Rich Atlanta a second season, I can only hope that they tweak the cast a bit.
Last week, Harvin and Meyer met fashion designer Ashley Paige, who invited the sisters to display their jewelry at her upcoming fashion show. That's the good news. The bad news: Ashley needs 33 different looks from She Blames Me, and that's way more than Harvin and Meyer currently have. Harvin takes the news in stride; Meyer panics. Can they pull it off?


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Underscoring a commitment to public service and helping to rebuild the community in the wake of the Boston Marathon attacks, Boston Bar Association President J.D. Smeallie today announced the release of two online resource packets designed to flag important issues. Potential Issues Facing Individuals Affected by the Marathon Bombings is targeted to people needing assistance -- ranging from filing One Fund claims to help seeking Federal and State benefits. Potential Legal Issues Facing Small Business Owners Affected by the Boston Marathon Bombings provides information relating to sources of assistance -- as well as insurance, real estate, bankruptcy, employment, non-profit status and other considerations.
"These legal checklists were developed by a team of highly sophisticated lawyer volunteers who put great care into making the lists as comprehensive and user friendly as possible. The BBA is grateful that it could be helpful to those impacted by the bombings, and the quality of the checklists speak volumes about the dedication of our members," said Smeallie. "Our community partners -- the Mayor's Office and the Massachusetts Office of Victim Assistance -- will be sharing these resources with those in need."
Just days after the bombings, the BBA put out a call for pro bono help, and now has a pool of 200 individual volunteers, 26 law firms, and 3 law schools. Volunteers have already taken dozens of pro bono cases involving both individuals and also small businesses affected by the bombings.
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According to Frederick J. Spencer, MD*, Charlie Parker died from lobar pneumonia on the 12th of March 1955 in the apartment of the Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter in the Stanhope Hotel, New York City. He was 34 years old.
Born in 1920 in Wyandotte County, Kansas, the saxophonist Charlie 'Yardbird' or 'Bird' Parker emerged onto the jazz scene at the end of the Second World War while Big Band or 'Swing' was at the peak of its popularity. He was at the vanguard of a new style of jazz curtly titled 'Bebop', which became the foundation of modern jazz. Charlie Parker revolutionised the musical establishment, combining complex melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic forms, while displaying a complete mastery of the saxophone. Although Parker's innovations have become part of the jazz lexicon and popular music, by the end of the 1940s he remained relatively unknown outside jazz circles. Most of the public never celebrated the young saxophone artist from Kansas City during his life and only learned of his role as a giant among modern jazz pioneers after his death in 1955.
D.H.Lawrence, in the poem 'Song of a Man Who Has Come Through' said of the artist's creative process:
"Not I, not I, but the wind that blows through me!"
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As we approach the 100th anniversary of Parker's birth, his influence still inspires new generations of musicians to carefully study their instruments, listen to the recordings and wonder at the mastery, technique and creativity of this troubled man of jazz. The pages on this site have attempted to gather facts about this enigmatic figure and dispel many of the more colourful stories and myths. Currently, the site focuses on the beginning and end of Parker's life. The years from 1940 to his death are not currently included on the site as this period of his life is very much a 'muddied track' and have been covered in greater detail elsewhere. It is hoped that Bird Lives may eventually include these years.


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Casting is currently underway on Sony's fast-moving sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and it appears that producers are changing course in filling the integral role of Harry Osborn. Marc Webb is returning to direct with Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone back as the film's leads, but the follow-up is poised to include a tantalizing group of newcomers that should ring familiar to fans of the comics. Shailene Woodley is set to play eventual love interest Mary Jane in what may amount to a larger role in the third film, and negotiations are underway to nail down Jamie Foxx as the film's villain Electro.
We recently heard that Dane DeHaan (Chronicle), Alden Ehrenreich (Beautiful Creatures) and Brady Corbet (Melancholia) were under consideration for the role of Harry Obsorn, but now it appears that Sony is looking for a different type of actor to take on the part. Hit the jump for more.
For those unfamiliar with the source material (or Sam Raimi's previous film trilogy), Harry Osborn is a close friend to Peter Parker who turns villainous much later down the road. Per Heat Vision, the producers and filmmakers are testing a new group of hopefuls, as they're now looking at actors "with characteristics that include athleticism and good looks" for the role of Harry Osborn. A tad harsh, no?
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