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There's never a shortage of important stories in Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley, so choosing 10 is just skimming the top.
These 10 most compelling stories are given in order of chronology. There are sad stories that end well and horrible stories that end not so well and pleasant stories that work out for those involved.
Here's hoping the new year brings out the best in our cities and that the majority of news will be good news.
Horses Leave Town
In January, the Red Bucket Equine Rescue nonprofit was told to move out of their home in the Huntington Central Park Equestrian Center by mid-February.
The rescue group had housed its horses at the center since 2009 but then the owner of the property, who had helped finance the rescue, needed the space. So Red Bucket began raising money to help them find a new place to stay. The nonprofit's owners were able to keep the horses on some of the land for a while, but ultimately were able to find a new home.
The group ended up in Chino Hills and, according to its website, is still taking in, nurturing and adopting out needy horses.
No More Pet Sales
On May 8 the Huntington Beach City Council voted to ban the sale of pets unless they came from a shelter, humane society or rescue organization.
Mayor Don Hansen and Councilmen Devin Dwyer and Matthew Harper voted against the ban, stating their concern for the businesses.
"Business owners ... will be asking, what's next?" Harper said at the time. "What is the next job-killer ban of the month proposal that we're looking at?"
But Councilwoman Connie Boardman said she can do without revenues from the sale of puppy mill dogs and cats that are subject to inhumane and harsh treatments.
"You know, as concerned as I'm about city revenues, I don't want sales tax revenue generated from the misery of puppy-mill dogs," she said, generating loud applause and cheers from the audience.
Shops were given two years to phase out the sale of non-rescue animals.
Liquor Downtown
Between restaurants and liquor stores, many residents felt there was already enough alcohol available downtown.
In May, a 7-Eleven store applied for a license to sell beer and wine on Main Street. Protests started taking place soon after and in November, 7-Eleven withdrew the request to sell liquor.
The withdrawal of the application came after at least 44 letters arrived at the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Worries included the possibility of loitering, trash and, most of all, another liquor-serving establishment in a drink-heavy neighborhood.
Many of the letters were nearly interchangeable: "Enough is enough! It is time to consider the quality of life for our downtown residents." ... "There is an ongoing problem with people being drunk in public in the downtown Huntington Beach area." ... "The police force is currently unable to prevent these types of behavior, so increasing the availability of package liquor at this time seems very foolish."
In June, Plaza Almeria developer John Tillotson told the Independent that HB Neighbors' opposition didn't dissuade him.
"They can't stop legal commerce out there," Tillotson said at the time. "I don't drink, but I wouldn't deny you the right to have a drink if you go to a restaurant or another establishment that sells beer and wine."
Truck Hits Church
In June, a pickup truck crashed into the 106-year-old Warner Avenue Baptist Church at 7360 Warner Ave.
The truck ended up in the entryway of the church, smashing a post, but didn't actually go inside. A post comprised of wooden boards was used by firefighters to prop up the entryway.
The church's Pastor Steve Orman said it was the third time in 26 years a car has crashed into the building.
Fireworks in H.B.
In July, Huntington Beach council members voted 4 to 3 to put a measure on the ballot to prohibit the city from banning the sale and discharge of "safe and sane" fireworks, but at a second reading two weeks later it failed 4 to 3.
The council members had voted earlier in the year to have a two-year trial lift on the ban. In July, they decided it was time to go for it on a permanent basis, but the measure failed.
No shock to anyone, there was much controversy surrounding the issue. Council chambers were filled with community members who wanted their say on the issue.
"There was nothing but a war zone surrounding me," resident Joseph Lascola, who showed pictures of large fireworks going off in his neighborhood, said during one meeting.
Of course, organizations that had just gotten a taste of the money a fireworks booth could raise were concerned about the return of the ban.
But in the end, the council majority decided not to put the issue on the ballot. The council members still have authority over the sale of fireworks for the duration of the two-year trial period.
Teachers Convicted
On the disturbing side of the news, Daniel Alma Shepard, 63, and his wife, Gay Davidson- Shepard, 60, both former teachers who lived in Huntington Beach, pleaded guilty to having an unlawful sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student.
The married couple apparently plied the young man with alcohol when they repeatedly invited him to their home for board games, movies and hot tubbing.
A plea deal with Judge John S. Adams in August comprised three years' formal probation, counseling and 60 days of community service. Shepard faces two years and Davidson-Shepard four years in prison if they violate probation.
That deal did not sit well with the district attorney or the victim's mother.
"If my son's life is only worth 60 hours of community service, Lord help everybody," the mother said.
Despite a delay in sentencing requested by the district attorney in order to get some jail time for the couple, they ultimately got the deal they worked out with the judge to serve no jail time.
City Atty. Not Outsourced
It didn't matter how popular the idea of outsourcing got around the country, or across the border in Costa Mesa — the Huntington Beach city attorney was having none of it.
In September, after the city compiled a list of firms that offered to take on the city attorney's office's work, Jennifer McGrath told the City Council that it had no authority to outsource her office and even if it could, it would cost the city $1 million each year.
McGrath is an elected official, but the outsourcing would have meant the termination of her staff. She said there is case law stating that one government body cannot tamper with or dismantle the authority of an elected office.
When an independent attorney hired by the city told officials that if McGrath sued, she would likely win, they opted not to try to outsource the position after all.
Nike Pulls Out of U.S. Open
It may seem like a bad joke, or a bad dream, but it's been a while since the announcement in September, so it seems clear that Hurley, Converse and Nike, their parent company, really are pulling out of sponsoring the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach.
They will be focusing on "other initiatives." Hurley and Nike sponsored the surf portion of the competition and Converse was the title sponsor of Coastal Carnage, a skateboarding competition at the Open.
Originally called the West Coast Surfing Championship, the event started in 1959. Nike, Hurley and Converse have been credited with turning the contest into the best attended contest in the world. It brings an estimated 1 million spectators to the beach throughout the nine-day event.
In a column from that time, Joe Haakenson wrote:
"The decision to move on had to do with a sense of accomplishment about the U.S. Open. [Bob] Hurley said attracting nearly all of the best surfers in the world to compete — as well as an audience of more than half a million over the course of the event — made the four-year Nike-Hurley-Converse era an overwhelming success.
"In many ways, we achieved the goals we set for ourselves at the U.S. Open," Hurley said in Haakenson's column. "Now it's time to export the magic created at the U.S. Open and invest it into other aspects of our business, like a renewed athlete focus and new and exciting ways of connecting with millions of kids."
According to that column, IMG jumped into getting a new title sponsor right away.
"I'd like to get a deal done as soon as possible, definitely by year's end," James Leitz, senior vice president and director of action sports said.
A new title sponsor has not yet been announced.
Edison at CIF
The Edison Chargers did the community proud when they beat Villa Park 28-10 to earn the CIF Southern Section Southwest Division championship — the first title in 27 years for the program.
Edison was ranked No. 1 throughout most of the season. The Chargers were awarded at berth in the CIF Division II State Regional Championship game.
During its 13-2 season, Edison claimed the Sunset League championship, won 10 games in a row, and tied for the second-most victories in a single season in program history.
Devin Dwyer Loses Seat
It was the first time in 16 years an incumbent would not return to his council seat.
Former Mayor Pro Tem Devin Dwyer came in fifth in November, finishing behind Jill Hardy, Jim Katapodis, Dave Sullivan and Barbara Delgleize (who also was not reelected).
Plenty of theories circulated as the reason for his loss, including rocky relationships with police and fire unions as well as his conservative base.
Council members Don Hansen and Matthew Harper suggest his "yes" vote on a plastic bag ban turned off some voters and was probably his most damaging decision from the dais.


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I'll be watching the speech with special attention to foreign policy issues. C-SPAN will live stream the speech and has invited me to comment by telephone in a brief segment with a lefty blogger after the speech around 10:45 p.m. (Eastern).
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TORONTO--(Marketwire - Nov 14, 2012) - TransUnion's quarterly analysis of Canadian credit trends found that the average consumer's total debt (excluding mortgage) increased at its greatest rate in nearly two years, jumping 4.6% in Q3 2012 to $26,768. The nation experienced both its largest quarterly (2.1%) and annual (4.6%) growth since Q4 2010.
In the last five years between Q3 2007 and Q3 2012, inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index has risen 9%, yet total consumer debt (excluding mortgage) has jumped more than 37%.*
"At this time last year, we were encouraged to see consumer total debt levels remain relatively stagnant for three consecutive quarters," said Thomas Higgins, TransUnion's vice president of analytics and decision services. "One year later, it appears we have reversed course as consumer total debt has increased for three straight quarters, including the largest jump in nearly two years this past quarter. While delinquency levels remain about the same or lower than they were one year ago, it should be noted that in the past five years debt levels have now increased 400% more than the rate of inflation."
The increase in average debt was consistent throughout Canada. On a year-over-year basis, the largest increases were found in New Brunswick (9.49%), Prince Edward Island (8.25%) and Newfoundland and Labrador (7.83%).
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Despite year-over-year growth on total consumer debt, directional changes in debt levels varied for several credit instruments.
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Delinquency levels continue to remain low across all major product categories.
"Despite increased debt levels, Canadian consumers have done well to maintain relatively low delinquency rates," said Higgins. "It should be noted that many consumers are taking advantage of the low interest rate environment. Just five years ago, interest rates were significantly higher than they are today."
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It's not news that women earn less than men. But a soon-to-be-released report illustrates a particularly disappointing trend: women earn less than men even in popular woman-dominated jobs.
The Institute for Women's Policy Research crunched government data and found that in each of the 20 most common occupations for women in 2013, women's median weekly earnings for full-time work were less than weekly earnings for men. Within those top 20 jobs, that relationship holds true for occupations with the largest shares of women.
Take elementary- and middle-school teachers, for example. Women in these full-time spots made median weekly earnings of $937 in 2013, compared with $1,025 for men. Those figures translate to women making 91.4 cents for each dollar earned by men – a gap of 8.6 cents. That gap widened to as much as 16.4 cents for social workers.
"To improve women's earnings and reduce the gender earnings gap, women and their families need enhanced efforts to ensure non-discriminatory hiring and pay practices, better training and career counseling, and improved work-family supports," IWPR concluded.
Looking more broadly at the labor market, median weekly earnings for full-time women workers were $706 last year, 82.1% of men's weekly earnings of $860, translating to a gap of 17.9%, according to the report. Woman-dominated jobs tend to pay less than fields made up primarily by men, IWPR noted.
"Thus, tackling occupational segregation is an important part of eliminating the gender wage gap," IWPR's report noted.
Looking to gain female support in its push to raise the federal minimum wage, the White House recently released a report showing that women would disproportionately benefit from such a hike. While women constitute just under half of the overall labor force, they are about three-quarters of the workers in the 10 largest low-wage jobs, dominating occupations such as childcare workers, home health aides and waitstaff, according to recent analysis from the National Women's Law Center.
Democrats support raising the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour from its current level of $7.25, but may be willing to compromise with Republicans on a smaller hike.
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Deep frying is becoming a rarity at our house now. Gone are those days when we would have deep fried stuff every week or so and yet managed to keep a tab on weight. OK, OK …..we were young then and we had our fair share of running and playing around and that helped to keep up balance.
But then, I do make it on some special occasions. Dear Husband celebrated his birthday few weeks ago and I generously offered him the option of choosing his favorite deep fried food. He agonized as he had a tough job of choosing just one amongst his top 5-6 favorites. But then after much pondering, lamenting he finally settled for Medu Waada (Gaarelu, Uddin Vade).
Medu Vada is a traditional South Indian recipe that is eaten for breakfast. At Bangalore restaurants, this is served along with warm idlis and accompanied with sambhar and coconut chutney. This combination is a match made in heaven and the taste is simply divine.
It took some years of practice and advice to learn to make this crispy and delicious. In restaurants, the shape of?the Medu Vada is?like a ring with hole in the middle (more like a doughnut), but I find it easier to handle it this way in small rounds. This is also called as Biscuit Ambode in Konkani.
Some tips, do's and don'ts to make this crispy:
Do not add too much?water while making the batter, lesser the better.
Please remember that the water should be sufficient enough for the mixie motor to run smoothly.
Grind for a good amount of time, until the batter becomes fluffy and you see some bubbles on the top.
Do not add anything like ginger, coriander leaves etc while grinding. Only salt should do it.
Update: Keep this urad daal batter aside for 3-4 hours and let it ferment a bit.
While deep frying make sure that the oil if of the right temperature.
Add little fine sooji (rava) to the batter and mix well before deep frying.
Take small amounts of batter while deep frying.
Looking for low-calorie medu vada? Check this out!
?1 cup urad daal
? 2-3 green chillies
?1 Tbsp grated ginger
? 3-4 curry leaves
?10-20 small pieces of coconut(optional)
1 Tbsp of fine rava (sooji)
1 tsp Jeera (cumin) seeds
handful chopped coriander leaves
·???????? Soak the urad daal in enough water for about 4-5 hours.
·???????? Cut the green chillies very finely, cut the curry leaves into pieces and grate the ginger.
·???????? Drain the water completely from soaked urad daal, add salt and grind it to a smooth paste. (Do not add too much water, if required add only spoonful of water at a time).
·???????? Grind until the batter turns fluffy and you notice faint bubbles on the top.
·???????? Update: Keep this urad daal batter aside for 3-4 hours and let it ferment a bit.
·???????? When ready to make the vadas, add green chillies, cumin seeds, curry leaves, ginger, coriander leaves and coconut pieces (if using). Mix thoroughly and check for taste. Add more salt if necessary.
·???????? The salt should be on the higher side as most of the saltiness goes away when deep frying.
·???????? Finally add the rava just before deep frying and mix well.
·???????? Heat oil on medium high in a thick bottomed pan sufficient enough to deep fry.
·???????? Check to make sure that the oil has reached the correct temperature, by putting in small amount of batter.?If there is a?sizzle that means the oil is ready.
·???????? Take about golf ball size of the batter from the tips of your hands and put it in the deep fryer. Add about 4-5 depending on the size of the pan at the same time.
- After about 20-30 secs turn them around, making sure all sides get cooked evenly.
- Transfer them to a plate with absorbent paper so that the extra oil drains. Continue the above process with the remaining batter.
·?????This can be eaten as is or with?chutney, sambhar and forms a wonderful accompaniment with tea or coffee.?


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Project X Zone Will Come To Us in its Full Glory
Crossovers these days are absolutely bonkers and we love them for it. What's cooler than seeing a slew of your favorite characters crammed together in a grand adventure that combines their universes?
And we also love that this particular game will be coming to us uncut! According to Siliconera, Namco Bandai informed them that Project X Zone (which will feature characters from Namco, Capcom, and Sega), won't have any changes to its content or have anything cut. In fact, we'll actually be getting the Japanese language track with English subtitles.
The concern with a large crossover like this is that some characters might not be included in the Western release because of licensing issues. A representative from Namco Bandai told them this was not the case and that the game, "will feature the same characters from the Japanese version."
So what we're getting will be most likely an uncut, unadulterated form of the game as it was meant to be played. Check out the screenshots below and let us know if you're excited to play with all of these characters when the game drops this summer for the 3DS!


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Professor Andrea M. Berlin is the James R. Wiseman Chair in Classical Archaeology at Boston University. She received an MA in Syro-Palestinian Archaeology from the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute, and a Ph.D. in Classical Art and Archaeology from the University of Michigan. She has been excavating in the eastern Mediterranean for over thirty years, working on projects from Troy in Turkey to Coptos in southern Egypt to Paestum, in Italy. Her field of expertise is the Near East from the time of Alexander the Great through the Roman era, about which she has written four books and over forty articles. Professor Berlin is especially interested in studying the realities of daily life, and in exploring the intersection of politics and cultural change in antiquity. She is one of the Archaeological Institute of America's most accomplished teachers and lecturers, having travelled to over 60 societies across the United States and Canada, most recently as the AIA's 2008 Joukowsky Lecturer. In 2009 she was awarded the AIA's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Professor Berlin is an AIA Norton Lecturer for 2018/2019.
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Merchandising Moolah
1. Disney Princess (Disney) $1.60 billion in 2011 retail sales
2. Star Wars (Lucasfilm) $1.50 billion
3. Pooh (Disney) $1.09 billion
4. Cars (Disney) $1.05 billion
5. Hello Kitty (Sanrio) $800 million
6. Mickey & Friends (Disney) $750 million
7. WWE (WWE) $700 million
8. Toy Story (Disney) $685 million
9. Peanuts (Iconix, Peanuts Worldwide) $600 million
10. Sesame Street (Sesame Workshop) $515 million
11. Disney Fairies (Disney) $435 million
12. Thomas the Tank Engine (Hit Entertainment) $390 million
13. Garfield (Paws Inc.) $370 million
14. Dora the Explorer (Nickelodeon) $330 million
15. SpongeBob (Nickelodeon) $330 million
16. Spiderman (Marvel/Disney) $325 million
17. Ben 10 (Cartoon Network) $295 million
18. Angry Birds (Rovio) $250 million
19. Batman (DC/Warner) $245 million
20. Barbie (Mattel) $242 million
The above figures represent retail sales. That money is split between retailer, manufacturer and licensor. As the Forbes article states, the average license fee is 8.7% of the wholesale price (retail price is generally 30-40% higher). As stated in the article, some Disney license fees are as high as 15%. Companies like Disney are not only the licensor but also the retailer when it comes to their theme parks and Disney stores. Mattel is both licensor and manufacturer when it comes to Barbie.
Now that Disney has bought Marvel and Lucasfilm, it has the top four spots, five of the top six, and eight of the top sixteen. Nickelodeon has two spots and Warner, which owns DC and Cartoon Network, also has two.
This is where the real money is in animation. Disney controlled properties grossed more than $7.4 billion dollars. That's why Disney made Cars 2 and why it is releasing Planes (and the already announced Planes sequel) to theatres. This is why there will be more Tinkerbell DVDs. While Star Wars fans went years searching for anything new relating to the property, they are about to be buried in more than they can possibly consume.
This is also why a studio investing tens of millions of dollars in an animated feature aims it at the family market. If the film can become a franchise, like Toy Story, the money keeps rolling in even in years when there is little to no new animation done. Assuming that the wholesale price was 60% of the $685 million and assuming that Disney received 10% as a license fee, Toy Story merchandise brought Disney $41.1 million in gross revenue for a single year. While there are costs associated with licensing, primarily office overhead, lawyers, art directors and/or artists, there had to be millions in profits. And that's just one of Disney's licensing revenue streams. Using similar numbers, the Disney Princess line brought in $96 million.
Why risk making an animated property for adults when animation aimed at children might have a wealthy afterlife through merchandising? So long as this is the economic basis of animation, the situation will not substantially change.
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- Roberto Severino said...
In other words, there's not much of an incentive for these major studios to want to fund a more adult animated film unless it's also a very successful franchise like The Simpsons.
Otherwise, guys like Ralph Bakshi and probably even Bill Plympton often have to independently raise the funds themselves in order to make their projects a success.
Trends come and go and there are always going to be companies trying to copy and imitate them. There are also always going to be super overrated or even bad films that rein in the big bucks anyway. The live action movie Man of Steel, which I saw over the weekend, is an example of this at work depending on who you talk to.
- June 20, 2013 8:00 PM
- chris said...
Am I reading this right?
These numbers reflect retail sales. But Disney is not making these products, they only license images to be put on these products. So it's not like Disney made 1.60 billion of the Princess franchise. Disney made a lot of money, but certainly not 1.60 billion, right?
I wonder if there is published info on how much they make in licensing fees? Not to diminish the power of the figures cited here, but I would think licensing fees would be less than a tenth of the figures on this list.
And that's still a HUGE amount of money.
- June 23, 2013 3:03 AM
- Mark Mayerson said...
You're right, Chris. Thanks. I've rewritten the entry to better represent that.
- June 23, 2013 9:40 AM
- Steve Schnier said...
I'm very surprised that the Muppets (global) property aren't on the list.
You with think that with their visibility, they'd be somewhere up near the top.
That said, there are still a lot of $$$ to be earned from lower tier properties.
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The horse-racing industry and gambling companies have pumped $3.8 million into a campaign to convince voters to approve slot machine gambling in Maryland, according to campaign finance documents released yesterday.
Slots supporters have out-raised opponents by a margin of 9-to-1, figures show, spending their proceeds on a wave of television advertising and aggressive door-to-door campaigning.
Advocates said the donations reflect a strong desire among horse breeders, owners and trainers to save historic industry devastated by competition from neighboring states that offer slots.
The largest donation was $2 million from the Maryland Jockey Club, which runs Laurel Park. The track is owned by Magna Entertainment Corp., which hopes to add slot machines there.
Opponents said the campaign finance reports show that special interests are trying to sway the referendum while their side relies on mostly small donations of less than $2,000 on average from people who believe slots are wrong for Maryland. Their top donor, James Robinson, a Baltimore native and founder of the movie company Morgan Creek Productions, gave $75,000.
"You have economic interests on one side and then you just have values and moral concerns on the other," said Bill Eadington, director of the Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming at the University of Nevada, Reno. "Clearly the deep pockets are on the economic side."
The lopsided campaign finance reports reflect the experience of other states that have held referendums on gambling and seen money pour in from donors with a financial stake in the outcome. But the mismatched money race doesn't necessarily mean an easy win for proponents. Some polls have shown sliding support, although it appears a majority of voters still supports the proposal.
The Nov. 4 referendum could end a debate that has dogged Maryland and the State House for years. Under the proposed constitutional amendment, 15,000 slot machines would be allowed at five locations around the state. The proceeds would be split among gambling companies, government coffers and the horse-racing industry.
The ballot committees were required to file reports yesterday with the Maryland State Board of Elections covering this year through Oct. 5. They report once more this month and again after the election.
The pro-slots ballot committee For Maryland For Our Future collected $1 million from Penn National Gaming, which plans to seek a slots license in Cecil County; and $250,000 from William Rickman Jr., who owns the Ocean Downs track on the Eastern Shore and is also expected to bid for a license if the proposal is approved.
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Kickstarter and Wasteland 2 Thoughts.
In short, I�d kill for another Wasteland.
Not just because it was a post-apocalyptic RPG, but because it did so much that was refreshingly new with conventional tech, something that Fallout did as well, and there�s a big lesson to be learned there.
I�m a big fan of using non-video-card-and-non-engine-innovations to drive development, and sometimes it only requires stepping back a second and taking a fresh look at the game to pull it off � as an example, my favorite example of non-tech innovation is low-INT dialogue options in Fallout. Brilliant. Wasteland did the exact same thing, except with skill progression and location setting � it allowed your character to grow in new ways, and it took you to places in its low-rez world that I haven�t seen rivaled or done half as well in contemporary games.
So the whole Kickstarter model, Double Fine�s adventure game, and now the hopes of Fargo bringing Wasteland on-line is amazing. It�s probably no secret after Old World Blues how much I enjoyed Wasteland and giant scorpions and proton weapons, but Wasteland has a lot of my childhood tied up in it. To explain: I was in early high school, I was coming off of the Bard�s Tale series and needed another fix... and from what I saw of Wasteland on the back cover of the package, it seemed to fit the bill. I was wrong.
Why? When I booted it up, I found it confusing and not like Bard�s Tale at all - (well, beyond the combat), and the navigation especially threw me off a bit at first. Separate the party? What did all these skills exactly do? Where was I supposed to go? I was prepared for several more hours of disappointment and thought I�d wasted my money. I was used to the faux-3D corridors and environments... then a number of things happened that woke me up to what this title was doing, and I realized Interplay had made something different and well on par with Bard�s Tale. Such as...
- I was placed in an unpleasant moral situation early on in the title when I hit Highpool. I had to put down someone�s pet, and just as expected, the owner wasn�t happy about the situation I was placed in. And I felt horrible. This was in the first 15 minutes, and the game had caused a new reaction in me I�d never had when playing an RPG.
- Skill progression started defining my character�s personality. There was enough skill choices for me to start imagining what these Rangers had been trained in, what their talents were, and the ability to choose nationality of the characters fleshed them out even more, especially my RPG-toting near-silent Russian demolitions strongman, Romanov, who I began to build an increasingly-complex backstory for. (And yes, my Mom probably worried about me.)
- Despite the graphics at the time, the locations were areas I couldn�t have imagined, certainly not in a computer game. Here was a game where I could use my Intelligence to fight adversaries, transport my consciousness into an android�s brain and battle my character�s childhood fears, contract some serious post-apocalyptic STDs, use a mortar to blow up sections of towns, help a nomadic tribe of railroad tribals predict the future with snake-squeezed moonshine, and navigate a mine-covered golf course only to come face to face with a giant robotic scorpion in the middle of Vegas. Not to mention the range of enemies, personalities, and allies that can join you � all of these things didn�t require some high-tech solution, only a different approach to the game context.
In any event, hats off to Fargo and InXile, I�m definitely putting my money down when they start up their Kickstarter fund, and I�ll donate just as much as I did to Double Fine. Give me Wasteland 2 already.
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A recurrent flooding problem for homes along the 8100 block of Ardleigh Street has prompted one Chestnut Hill resident to take action.
Ardleigh Street resident Robin Spilner appeared before the April meeting of the Land Use Planning and Zoning committee on Thursday, April 4 to discuss his concerns about storm water runoff from the Water Tower Recreation Center.
The recreation center, a grand piano-shaped parcel at the intersection of Ardleigh Street and E. Hartwell Lane, is a small park bordered by Ardleigh Street, E. Hartwell Lane, and Winston Road. It features tennis courts, a green space, and a nondescript paved lot, used by neighborhood teens as a skateboard park, as well as by area dog walkers.
It is the runoff from this paved portion of the lot that poses the problem to Ardleigh Street residents, as it has for some time.
Spilner, until recently a city employee himself, said he recognized that the Philadelphia ater Department grants could provide the necessary funding to construct an appropriate mitigative measure against the flood waters.
"It does appear that even a small intervention could at least slow down the water flow and give Ardleigh residents some relief," Spilner said.
The water department grants are available to projects that are supportive of its signature watershed control plan, the Green Cities, Clean Water initiative – a nationally recognized effort to guard against runoff contamination of Philadelphia's groundwater.
Given the directional flow of the water on the site, Spilner speculated that the lot would serve the site better as a retaining pond. However, instead of being held on site for proper absorption back into the ground, the water runs off of the paved surface and is channeled toward the Ardleigh street homes, where a retaining wall acts like a gutter.
All of that water has made an impact on the integrity of the wall and the soil beneath it.
"The retaining wall is in bad shape," said Spilner, adding that water has flowed over in places where the top of the wall has crumbled.
Board member John Haak suggested that the water department may not be as interested in funding the project if the only ill-effects are to property owners. Because Chestnut Hill is not part of the city's combined sewer system, the committee agreed it might not be a priority for them and suggested instead that the recreation department, would be the better city agency to talk to about this.
Several committee members agreed, however no one present Thursday night knew for sure.
"Site planning for that complex is a mess," said committee member Jean McCourbrey. "There is no long-range plan for the site."
McCoubrey spoke briefly about an organization called the Water Tower Advisory Board, but didn't know anyone on that board. The committee asked community manager Celeste Hardester to find out more about them and to report back.
CHCA Board member Tom Cullen, in attendance as a member of the audience, said that because the runoff makes its way down into the Wissahickon creek, it is an issue for them.
Spilner said he was wary that efforts to modify the lot could be contentious, and be seen by area teens as an attempt to uproot their skate park. He told committee members that he has observed it being used as a skate board park by local teens, as well as a space for dog walkers.
"We have a whole host of issues," Spilner said, "this is just one of them." He said that this was a project that could go somewhere and make "a dynamic change" to the site.
Spilner said the next step would be to put together an initial grant proposal with a map of the issues and a collection of local partners. According the several committee members, formal applications are not due to the water department until next February, 2014.


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Acoustic Version of Britney Spears' 'Don't Keep Me Waiting' Leaks
The gifts just keep on coming for Britney Spears fans. After her new song 'Strangest Love' leaked over the weekend, another track followed — the acoustic version of 'Don't Keep Me Waiting' from Brit's 'Femme Fatale' album.
Being that this version of the song is unplugged, it's a far cry from what appeared on the album, making it feel like a whole new song. If we're being honest, it's beyond strange to hear the typically dancey pop star against a strummy acoustic guitar, slowed down as if she were a singer-songwriter in a coffee bar.
But we like it, because it's different. Can you imagine if Britney were on par with, like, Sarah McLaughlin or Hayley Williams or something, rather than a pop idol in hot pants? We're laughing just thinking about it. We dig the 'Don't Keep Me Waiting' acoustic run, but perhaps le Spears should keep her tights and circus uniforms in place for now.
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Hold the Line; An Endgame Tanking Reference
By: Patrick O'Callahan / Ciderhelm
0.1 Raiding
You've been through 10-man pickup groups formed from Ironforge and Orgrimmar. Not all are successful; not all coordinate around teamplay. The irritating personalities and misdirection often bogs you down. To top it all off, you've run Blackrock 35 times, the Breastplate of Valor has finally dropped and you can complete your Dungeon Set 1, and you just got outrolled by a warrior in all greens.
Fair? Hardly.
Endgame raiding is an entirely different experience. Guilds and coalitions that push through the endgame content are focused on team play, coordination, responsibility and fairness. Value to the raid and loot awarded is based on weeks, months, and years of investment.
When changing your mindset to the 40-man dynamic, you will need to keep some general principles in mind.
First, you are not there to be a hero; for example, never taunt off a main tank for any reason unless asked to. Conversely, if asked to do something, try to do it! If you showed an immediate reaction and effort, people will readily look past a mistake. Generally, any time the raid is relying on you as an undergeared app to tank it is because the raid group is on the verge of a wipe in a new encounter.
Second, pay attention to your surroundings and try to make sense of what people are doing. Sure, you can ask questions, but figuring out what's going on from your own intuition will make you more readily prepared to handle future challenges. If everyone is standing behind or to the side of a certain mob or dragon, perhaps there is a cleave or AOE effect you are not aware of? If people are only assisting with ranged attacks, does it make sense to run in and melee a target? Take a few seconds before doing anything and make sure you aren't about to do something crazy. Also, make absolutely sure you stay near your raid group; ideally, one or two yards behind a DPS warrior at all times will keep you in a safe place that you won't aggro other mobs.
Third, don't challenge the status quo. Understand that guilds that have been raiding for months do things for a reason; as a new raider, you will look arrogant if you offer unwarranted advice you heard from a friend or saw in a video (hey, this goes for our videos too!). Also understand that the guild is not there to provide you with loot; simply being on a raid gives you no right to epic gear made possible by the work of the veterans in that guild.
Ultimately, your raiding group is your family. While you are still trying to join with this family, keep in mind that they are fiercely protective of each other and showing arrogance or greed is a quick path to denial of your app or recruit status.
1.1 What is Main Tanking?
Main Tanking is the position of greatest responsibility in any raid; it is a natural position of leadership.
Personally, I classify several warriors as Main Tanks. In our case, Stag, Thinger, and Airknight are Main Tanks as of writing this. Among the Main Tanks, there is a Lead Tank, which is the position I generally take as it corresponds with guild leadership.
Main Tanking is taking absolute responsibility for raid mitigation through several methods: Funneling damage, removing damage, and controlling chaos. While each class has enjoyable and unique raid functions, from Hunter kiting to Rogue and DPS Warrior damage dealing, tanks take complete control of the actual battle. With the greatest risk comes the greatest reward -- and glory.
Understand, however, that Main Tanking is the most stressful position. You will wipe raids many, many times due to mistakes in pulling, positioning, tanking, and any number of unexpected issues. You will often feel overwhelmed upon encountering a new boss fight such as Razorgore where the sheer complexity seems impossible to overcome.
You are also alone in this responsibility. You will rarely have right to blame others for failings, and as such, should never take a stance that it is someone else's fault that you died.Indeed, this is very rarely the case: if you have any cooldown available on your hotbar, be it Shield Wall, Last Stand, or a Major Healing Potion, you are responsible for your own death.
You are not merely a warrior who carries a shield. You are a leader. Buck up, take the responsibility on yourself, take command.
1.2 Time Commitment
The second aspect to Main Tanking revolves around making a time commitment. There is no such thing as a casual Main Tank for a raiding guild; in our guild, our tanks are expected to be at every raid they can possibly be there for.
Real life very much factors into this. Are you single, or does your significant other play World of Warcraft with you? Do you have a schedule at work that can significantly change from week to week or month to month? Are you in college?
To make the fastest progression as a guild, you will need tanks with this particular time devotion. For almost any other class or balance you can compensate; for well-geared warriors, you cannot.
Afterlife, one of the top global raiding guilds and major Everquest guilds, happens to share the same server we do; because they lost several warriors after the release of Blackwing Lair, they lagged far behind the other guilds on our server (including Dawn Eternal, 5th global kill of Nefarian). With a solid grouping of warriors for their guild, they are back on top.
1.3 Guild Loyalty and Guild Gearing
As a Main Tank, your attitude towards your guild and your raid is not optional.
When is it ok to leave a guild as a geared main tank? It really isn't. If you are a member of a cohesive, mobile, forward-moving guild and are performing in a tanking position, you have no in-game "right" to this. Loot was not given to you as payment of services. You are an investment in the raid and guild progression. As such, most raiding endgame raiding guilds will simply not consider people who deserted a position of tanking in a prior guild. However, issues related to real life and necessary circumstance do come up -- this is only a game.
Why take this stance? The phrase, "never put all your eggs in one basket," sums it up best. Unlike any other class, aspiring raiding guilds will gear Lead Tanks and Main Tanks with first choice on new gear.
This is commonly referred to as Main Tank gearing. It comes in many forms: voluntary from other warriors or hard-coded into a DKP system, for instance. In our case, I take a Lead Tank position and do receive first choice on gear; the other Main Tanks also have tank priority. Very occasionally, this steps into cross-class items such as Onyxia or Nefarian's head or the Qiraji Armaments; for these items, we generally take an approach of every-other-drop so other classes get a chance at the items.
Why is Main Tank gearing important? Progression. That's it. If you kill a boss to get the loot in the first place, you don't need better geared tanks to finish that encounter again. But tell me, how many guilds do you know that go to Ragnaros and stop there? Or kill Vaelastrasz and say, "hey, let's relax?"
Gearing a Lead Tank and Main Tanks is a mechanic designed to push guilds to the next level. With each new piece of gear, every raid encounter becomes easier and the 40-man dynamic becomes smoother. A tank wearing five or six pieces of Might on Golemagg could save the guild hundreds of gold in repair bills, as he will be able to survive the encounter with relative certainty - whereas a tank who was only able to get one piece of Might in a free market has a considerably higher chance of being unable to mitigate and survive.
Equal gearing does not help your raid. Five tanks with 1 or 2 pieces of Might or Wrath does not come near the benefit to the guild that one tank with 8 pieces does. This is true particularly in Molten Core. As you progress, the need to continue and expand your tanking ranks extends to more warriors; for certain fights like Chromaggus (sans Timelapse) and Nefarian, you are still dealing with a Lead Tank - although Blackwing Lair is the first of the multi-tank instances.
The reason it is particularly selfish to walk away from a guild that has geared you is that you have been geared by the work of 39 other players who have put in very real hours, both in instances and outside farming gold for repairs. In raiding guilds, taking real life into consideration is important, and as a main tank you have to tether your responsibilities to them as part of a solid team and family.
This leads to one final point: finding the right guild. Ideally, you will find a guild that fits your raiding time and will stick to that schedule to as much of a degree as possible. Having friends in a guild you are looking at is important; however, it is not necessarily the end-all. If you are very serious about tanking and the endgame, try to target the most mobile and active guilds on your server. Warriors applying to raiding guilds generally are expected to be under-par in gear because tank turnover in guilds is extremely low.
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Places in the Heart
Edna Spalding finds herself alone and broke on a small farm in the midst of the Great Depression when her husband the Sheriff is killed in an accident. A wandering black man, Moses, helps her to plant cotton to try and keep her farm and her kids together. She also takes on a blind boarder, Mr. Will, who lost his sight in the first World War. She must endure storms and harsh labor to try and make her mortgage payment on time.
Genres: Drama
Actors: Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, John Malkovich, Danny Glover, Yankton Hatten, Gennie James, Lane Smith, Terry O'Quinn, Bert Remsen, Ray Baker, Jay Patterson, Toni Hudson, De'voreaux White
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BERKELEY — The big moment has arrived for the Cal football team.
At 9 a.m. Thursday, the Golden Bears will walk onto the field at renovated Memorial Stadium for their first practice on their home turf in 21 months.
"I'm very anxious to get in there," said coach Jeff Tedford, whose team played at AT&T Park in San Francisco last season while the stadium underwent a $321 million facelift and seismic retrofit.
For some players, such as sophomore Brennan Scarlett, the experience will be a first.
"I've never personally stepped on the field. This is my first time," said Scarlett, who is close to winning a starting job at outside linebacker. "We'll definitely be juiced. Now we've got our own field again."
Junior quarterback Allan Bridgford has been around long enough to have played and practiced at Memorial Stadium. It just feels like forever.
"It's been a long time since I've been on the field, so it feels like I haven't even been there, either, even though I have been," Bridgford said. "I haven't really peeked in there because I want the first time to be like a lot of adrenaline going through my veins."
The Bears will do a helmets-only morning workout in the facility, with an emphasis on simply getting a feel for the turf and its footing.
Because the north tunnel still has not been re-paved, the Bears cannot get a lot of their equipment, including blocking sleds, into the stadium until Aug. 24. At that point, the team will begin practicing there full-time.
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It's fair to say that the 2012/13 Premier League campaign served up a number of unrivalled records and interesting statistics, particularly when it came to goals scored in England's top-flight last term.
From Manchester United's record spread of 20 different goalscorers en route to claiming an unprecedented 20th domestic title, to Liverpool's +28 goal difference - the highest ever for any side that finished outside the top six - we can certainly all look back on another stellar season.
For the third successive campaign, there were at least 2.8 goals-per-game scored in the Premier League, an average that had never been reached prior to 2010/11.
Robin van Persie also became only the third player to win the Premier League Golden Boot award with two different clubs (Arsenal & Manchester United), following in the footsteps of Alan Shearer (Blackburn & Newcastle) and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Leeds & Chelsea).
Super-sub Adam Le Fondre contributed eight goals from the bench for relegated Reading, setting another new Premier League record, while only four players managed to reach double figures in terms of goals and assists in 2012/13, with Juan Mata (12 goals, 12 assists), Theo Walcott (14 goals, 10 assists), Santi Cazorla (12 goals, 11 assists), and Wayne Rooney (12 goals, 10 assists) achieving that feat.
Keeping with the theme of celebrating the Premier League's goal-getters last season, check out the division's top scoring XI (minus a goalkeeper) with a breakdown of the most prolific players for each position in 2012/13.
Click through the tabs - above or below - and leave a comment with who you think could break into this freescoring XI next season!


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Over the last few weeks, there have been many protests to stop police brutality in NYC. I've been at two very dynamic and inspiring civil disobedience actions to STOP "Stop & Frisk," including the most recent on Tuesday in Brownsville, Brooklyn, where the NYPD stops people at the highest rate. Most are young men, but I met several men way over 40, and a woman in a wheelchair who have all been stopped in the area.
28 people were arrested almost as soon as they stepped in front of the 73rd Precinct. It took until sometime today to get them all out of jail. The last young man released, a 2011 college graduate, just cannot find a job. He has no arrest record, no tickets, but they still held him almost 48 hours for not having a photo ID. He just told me on the phone however, that despite dealing with mice and nasty conditions, it was a "much-needed" experience, and he learned a lot from the men he was locked up with. Going home? No, "I'm going right back down to Occupy Wall Street. THANKS for getting me out!"
This campaign is not stopping, and I am so happy to be doing it with such vibrant, committed, radical people, from clergy to communists. A question came up at a meeting, from someone who had been arrested in the first action in Harlem, "Are we only trying to stop one policy of the NYPD, or are we thinking about more? I've been stopped and frisked in other cities, including in other countries." It's systematic.
On October 22, I was at my 16th consecutive annual protest to "Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation." Once again, heart-breakingly, the parents and siblings of people killed by the police got their chance to speak. I thought mainly of how many years the toll has piled up. And these are only a few cases! Hmm, it's systematic.
The repression thing, too, is systematic. The policing of political protest — and I think this is why the authorities really hate the idea of Occupy Wall Street in Brownsville, Brooklyn — is about repressing dissent. Tana Ganesa asks a good question today on Alternet, "Why is OWS Blanketed with NYPD Cameras, and Are Police Breaking the Law?" She writes about the Lower Manhattan Security Initiative's office where Wall Street firms have access to the footage taken by thousands of surveillance cameras
The surveillance gadgetry available to the NYPD, and apparently to the very finance industry forces that OWS is protesting, is sophisticated. There are license plate readers that can capture license plate numbers and match them to a database. The cameras can be programmed to alert officers to activities like loitering, and people can be followed as they move from camera to camera.
Mostly, police departments don't have the legal authority to maintain records on people not suspected of criminal activity, but increasingly, that's just what they do. From the first week of Occupy Wall Street, officers from NYPD's TARU, the Technical Assistance Response Unit, have ringed the plaza, constantly scanning activity, and peoples' faces.
This whole "police state" atmosphere doesn't begin and end with local police departments. Ken Theisen, in Spying is US: Obama Administration Spends $80 Billion to Continue and Expand Bush Spy Programs details how these programs are growing nationally, with a budget of $80 billion over the last fiscal year
"Only" about $3.5 billion of this amount was spent on Iraq and Afghanistan according to the Department of War. So how are they spending the other $76 billion? A look at the 2010 Washington Post Series called TOP SECRET AMERICA gives you an idea of where much of the money goes.
This machine carries out a systematic, criminal repression of the people. That's why the mission of World Can't Wait is to end the crimes of our government.


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WFarry needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 32 designs submitted by 7 freelance designers.
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We are a company preparing to launch into a new era.
Our clients include engineering and design professionals, surveyors, GIS professionals, planners and environmental scientists. We also target all levels of government.
We are at the front of our field. We have recently established a new Logo and we now need the stationary that will support our new image in the market place. It may be nice to have a shadow background that echos our logo or something completely different. We what something that looks modern and professional. NO Roman Fonts please. Of course it must include our Logo (Attached), Postal and Street Address, phone, fax and website. The letterhead must also have our QA information (ISO 9002:2008) and the QA Logos (Attached) too. The business cards only need to be one sided as we often use them to put notes on for clients. We want all our office locations listed. Therse are Brisbane, Gold Coast, Rockhampton and Edmonton. We would also like to have a front cover for proposals and reports etc. We can provide some images of our spatial data if you require.


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- Branch Name:King Avenue
- Service Type:Full Service Office
- State & County:Montana - Yellowstone
- City or Town:Billings
- Zip Code:59102
- Phone Number:406-238-8150406-238-8150
Glacier Bank King Avenue branch is one of the 114 offices of the bank and has been serving the financial needs of their customers in Billings, Yellowstone county, Montana for over 97 years. King Avenue office is located at 2675 King Avenue West, Billings. You can also contact the bank by calling the branch phone number at 406-238-8150
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- ■ Monday:08:30 - 16:30
- ■ Tuesday:08:30 - 16:30
- ■ Wednesday:08:30 - 16:30
- ■ Thursday:08:30 - 16:30
- ■ Friday:08:30 - 16:30
- ■ Saturday:09:00 - 13:00
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Four Compact Cameras That Will Map Your Summer Vacation
Compact cameras equipped with GPS chips are capable of tracking where you take your photos and later presenting your route on a map. If you're the type who tends to lose the maps and wander off the beaten path, one of these four compact cameras will do the tracking for you.
Along with GPS tracking capability, these compacts have plenty of other traveler-friendly features. Some are rugged and can handle a fall or a rainstorm. Some are equipped with 14 and 16x zoom lenses, bringing you up close to the action. And best of all? They won't take up a lot of room in your carry on or backpack.
Nikon Coolpix P510: A true ultrazoom, the P510 boasts an unheard of 42x optical zoom lens. It will zoom out to an equivalent of 1000mm. Advanced shooters will like the full manual exposure modes, and everyone will like the 3.0-inch articulating high-res display. It was an extremely capable shooter in our testing and to top it all off, includes Nikon's GPS feature to keep tabs on your location.
Pentax Optio WG-2 GPS: The rugged WG-2 can withstand shock, dust and freezing temperatures thanks to its durable build. The WG-2 is waterproof to 40 feet and is equipped with a ring of LEDs around the lens for macro shooting. The camera is available with or without GPS. With a 5x optical zoom lens, it won't touch the ultrazooms in terms of zoom capability, but it's most likely to survive a short fall or a trip to the bottom of a lake.
Panasonic Lumix ZS20: This compact ultrazoom features burst shooting rates of up to 5 fps, a 20x optical zoom lens and built-in GPS. It offers an array of manual exposure settings and a fixed 460k-dot monitor. We loved its portability and sharp zoom lens. Though it can't take the abuse that a rugged compact can handle, it's a more sophisticated option and produces high-quality images.
Sony Cyber-shot HX200V: The HX200V sits squarely in the big zoom category. Offering a 30x optical zoom lens with Carl Zeiss branding, it boasts a fairly wide f/2.8 maximum aperture at wide angle. Like the Coolpix P510, it offers an articulated 3.0-inch LCD for tricky compositions. Full 1080 HD video will render your vacation memories in glorious high definition.


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3-room penthouse 85 m2 on 3rd floor. Comfortable and wooden furniture furnishings: living/dining room with 1 sleeping facility, open-hearth fireplace and satellite TV (flat screen), DVD. Exit to the balcony. 1 room with 1 double bed. 1 room with 3 beds. Open kitchen (4 hot plates, oven, dishwasher, microwave, freezer, electric coffee machine) with bar. Bath/WC, sep. WC. Balcony. Balcony furniture. Beautiful view of the mountains and the countryside. Facilities: children's high chair, baby cot. Internet (WiFi, free). Please note: suitable for families. Non-smokers only.
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Tinizong 3 km from Savognin: Comfortable apartment block Cadras. On the outskirts, in a quiet, sunny position on a slope, located by a road, in the countryside. For shared use: property, lawn for sunbathing. In the house: storage room for skis, central heating system, washing machine, tumble dryer (for shared use). Motor access to the house. Parking, communal covered parking space n 19. Parking space or garage only for small to medium-sized cars. Dimension: height 200 cm. Shop 3 km, grocery 3 km, supermarket 3 km, restaurant 500 m, bus stop 50 m, outdoor swimming pool 3 km, indoor swimming pool 3 km. Golf course 3 km, tennis 3 km, riding stable 3 km, mountain railway 3 km, ski lift 3 km, ski school 3 km, sled run 3 km, cross country ski track 200 m. In Summer the mountain lifts and local busses in Savognin are included with the tourist tax, free of charge.