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Meet Yassou Benedict
Updated 4:37 pm, Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Yassou Benedict formed in Hudson, N.Y., where the members went to a high school that emphasized performing and the arts. But the bandmates say they were big fish in a small pond, and after graduating from high school they wanted to move to a major city to gain more exposure. New York seemed like the obvious choice, but they opted instead for San Francisco because of the rich culture.
The band says its goal is to create good pop music.
"Not polished or sugary," James Jackson says, "but songs that are immediate in their emotional impact."
Lineup: Patrick Aguirre, drums; Alan Krumholz, guitar, keyboards, vocals; Lilie Bytheway-Hoy, bass, vocals; James Jackson, guitar, drums, vocals.
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How did you come up with your band name and what does it mean to you?
JJ: A friend of ours kept coming up with these monikers for himself. We had a band name but were struggling to find a new one; one day he randomly came up with Yassou Benedict, and I immediately stole it. "Yassou" means "hello" in Greek, and "benedict" means good word. I know the name confuses a lot of people, and it takes three or four times of hearing it for them to remember it. But I can't imagine changing it now.
How does living in the Bay Area affect your music?
JJ: Coming from a place that was always quiet, where you can walk on the roads for an hour without seeing a car, or take off into the woods and just walk without seeing any signs of civilization, that open space, that feeling of expansiveness was a large theme in our earlier songwriting. Moving to San Francisco in some ways amplified those feelings of isolation, but there wasn't that expansiveness, that open space to accompany it, which in some ways made it a much more real feeling.
Was there a band you heard when you were young that inspired you to become a musician?
JJ: Radiohead played a huge role in the forming of Yassou Benedict. All of the original members became friends back in high school over a shared love for all things Radiohead. So when I decided to start a band, they were the obvious choices. We would spend hours after practice just listening to whole albums, geeking out on the time signatures, melodies and the sounds.
What is the main theme of your music?
JJ: Nostalgia. Isolation. It's our narrative of our struggles and successes to understand and find our place in this world.
Check it out: www.facebook.com/YassouBenedict.
Next gig: 9:30 p.m. Saturday. With St. Tropez, Tidelands. $7. Hemlock Tavern, 1131 Polk St., S.F. (415) 923-0923. www.hemlocktavern.com.
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A devastated mum has spoken out on the dangers of drinking around children after her seven-month-old daughter died at her breast after she drunk almost a bottle of wine.
Emma Hector, 30, from Bolton, was breastfeeding baby Naomi Rose in bed when she fell asleep. Her husband Allen, 42, found their baby's lifeless body with his wife, her breast covering the baby's face. The little girl had blood in her mouth.
Emma - who has two other daughters - said she drank the wine at around 6pm before she fed Naomi. She said she had not eaten all day because she was nervous about a forthcoming social services appointment.
She told reporters: "It is awful what has happened and I am not proud of my behaviour. No mother should be drinking at all.
"Since that day I have not taken one drop of alcohol. I should have been 100% sober and that is what I have to live with. I believe I have failed completely because I am her mum."
The tragic mum was initially arrested on suspicion of 'overlay' – suffocating a child while asleep, but when pathologists could not prove Naomi Rose died as a result of her actions, the charges were dropped.
Frantic attempts were made to resuscitate Naomi Rose by the family's neighour Sheila Bentley, and also by staff at the Royal Bolton Hospital, but she was unable to be revived.
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Another year begins. "Contagion" is the top pick of the week, but there's a lot of TV coming out as well.
Mainstream: Contagion; Don't Be Afraid of the Dark; I Don't Know How She Does It
Independent: Don't Let Him In; The Fat Boy Chronicles; The Greening of Whitney Brown; The Guard
Documentary: The Last Lions; The Windsors
TV: Alfred Hitchcock Presents; Greatest Super Bowl Moments; Ice Quake; Justified; Mildred Pierce; Royal Pains
British TV: Dr. Willoughby; Man in a Suitcase
Kids: Sesame Street; Spongebob Squarepants; Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!
General interest: Transform Your Body with Brooke Burke
Usual rules apply: synopses are taken from the press releases, snarky commentary is extra, and preview links go to YouTube's preview pages.. And just in case you were wondering, the DVD prices are the listed retail prices. You can get them cheaper if you buy at discount stores or online.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season Five
Universal, 1,165 minutes, 38 episodes, 5 discs, $39.98
38 stories of greed, larceny, revenge and murder from the Master. Guest stars include Walter Matthau, Steve McQueen, Peter Lorre, Dick Van Dyke, William Shatner and Burt Reynolds. No extras listed.
Warner Bros., 106 minutes, PG-13
DVD price with digital copy: 28.98
BD/DVD with digital copy: $35.99
Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) returns from a business trip to Hong Kong, feeling a little sick from what she assumes is jet lag. Two days later, she's dead of a virus and the doctors in the ER are forced to tell her husband (Matt Damon) they have no idea why. A global pandemic is about to start, and even as the medical community struggles to understand and find out how to stop it, an activist blogger (Jude Law) spreads his own version of paranoia and fear. Finally found time to watch this; review is here. I just hope I can go to sleep tonight. Extras: featurette. BD adds two featurettes.
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Sony, 99 minutes, R
Sally (Bailee Madison) moves to Rhode Island with her father (Guy Pierce) and his new girlfriend (Katie Holmes) to the 19th century mansion that they are restoring. Sally starts hearing sinister voices coming from the basement, where creatures plan to claim her as one of their own. Co-produced and co-written by Guillermo Del Toro. Sounds like a variation on "Poltergeist." Why doesn't any one ever get out of the haunted houses? Extras: documentary BD adds photo gallery.
Don't Let Him In
Image Entertainment, 80 minutes, not rated, $27.97
Two couples travel to the English countryside to get away from the city. However, a serial killer nicknamed "The Tree Surgeon" has been terrorizing the area. High bloody body count is supposed to ensue. No extras listed.
Dr. Willoughby
Acorn Media, 144 minutes, 6 episodes, $29.99
Joanna Lumley is Donna Sinclair, who plays the competent and compassionate Dr. Willoughby on a sleazy daytime soap opera. When the cameras stop rolling, she's a ruthless actress trying to control her fading career and the show. No extras listed.
The Fat Boy Chronicles
Phase 4 Films, 78 minutes
Inspirational family feature tells the story of Jimmy Winterpock (Christopher Rivera) who is 14, 5-foot-5, and weighs 187 pounds, making him the target of school bullies. He overcomes the torments by focusing on his goal to lose weight and win the girl of his dreams. Based on the novel by Diane Lange and Michael Buchanan. Includes e-book preview. Sounds like a useful film for combating the issue of bullying. Extras: cast interviews, commentary.
Greatest Super Bowl Moments
NFL Films/Vivendi Entertainment, 155 minutes, $14.93
Best moments from the Super Bowls, featuring John Elway, Joe Namath, Tom Brady, Troy Aikman, Terry Bradshaw and more. Extras: three featurettes.
The Greening of Whitney Brown
Arc Entertainment, 87 minutes, PG, $24.99
Whitney Brown (Aidan Quinn) is the perfect middle-schooler; president of the class, straight As, perfect friends, perfect boy-crush. Then her father loses his job and the family is forced to move back to her grandfather's farm where there's nothing for her to be perfect at. She's feeling miserable at the cruel turn of fate, until she meets a horse called Odd Job Bob. Extras: commentary, two music videos.
The Guard
Sony, 96 minutes, R
An unorthodox West Irish policeman (Brendan Gleeson) and a straightlaced FBI agent (Don Cheadle) have to join forces in Ireland to track down an international drug-smuggling gang. Black comedy (no pun intended) is supposed to ensue. Extras: alternate scenes, commentary, deleted scenes, interviews, live-action short, making-of-featurette, outtakes.
I Don't Know How She Does It
Anchor Bay Entertainment/Weinstein Company, 90 minutes, PG-13
Kate Reddy (Sarah Jessica Parker) is a power mom: by day she's a Boston finance executive; at night she's a loving wife to Richard (Greg Kinnear) and their two young children. Life gets complicated when she gets an account that will require frequent trips to New York and Richard gets the new job he's been hoping for. Pierce Brosnan also stars as Kate's new business associate. Extras: interviews.
Ice Quake
Anchor Bay Entertainment, 90 minutes, PG, $24.99
SyFy Channel disaster flick has a melting Alaskan permafrost unleashing a series of earthquakes and built-up methane gas that could destroy the planet. It's up to military geologist Michael Webster (Brandon Fehr) to figure out a way to neutralize the threat. Trailer shows the obligatory scene where the family gets split up on opposite sides of an ice crevasse. Plenty of methane explosions as well. You get what you pay for. Extras: making-of-featurette
Justified: The Complete Second Season
Sony, 547 minutes, 13 episodes, 3 discs
The gangster Bo Crowden is dead, and now Deputy U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) and his team must deal with the criminal organizations who want to take his place. Extras: deleted scenes, featurettes, outtakes. BD adds cast interviews.
The Last Lions
Virgil Films & Entertainment, 94 minutes, PG
Documentary narrated by Jeremy Irons (who played the voice of "Scar" in "The Lion King") about a mother lion trying to protect her three cubs from crocodiles, buffalo and a rival pride of lions. Extras: behind-the scenes featurette, deleted scenes, guide, interviews.
Man in a Suitcase: Set 2
Acorn Media, 780 minutes, 15 episodes, 4 discs, $59.99
Second part to the Cold War spy series features Richard Brandford as international spy "Mac" McGill, who has been disavowed by his American bosses and is on the run. Also stars Donald Sutherland. Extras: interviews, photo gallery.
Mildred Pierce
HBO, 341 minutes, 2 discs
Based on the 1941 novel by James M. Cain, this is the story of Mildred (Kate Winslet), a struggling single mother in Los Angeles during the Depression. She decides to open a restaurant, and finds unexpected romance with a wealthy idler (Guy Pearce), but a personal tragedy soon strikes and she finds herself facing a betrayal by her gifted but haughty daughter (Evan Rachel Wood). Won five Primetime Emmy awards. Extras: commentary, featurettes. BD adds making-of-featurette.
Royal Pains: Season Three, Volume One
Universal, 432 minutes, 10 episodes, 2 discs, $26.98
First half of third season of "concierge doctor" Hank Lawson (Mark Feuerstein) who serves the demanding rich of the Hamptons. Also stars Ed Asner, Brooke D'Orsay, Paulo Costanzo, Henry Winkler, Matt Lauer and Wilmer Valderrama. There's some complaints on Amazon on Universal's decision not to release the full season as they did with the first two. Extras: episode commentary, gag reel.
Sesame Street: Iron Monster and Sesame Heroes
Sesame Street/Warner Bros., 57 minutes, 4 episodes. $12.99
Grover's cape isn't ready at the laundromat, so he turns himself into the "Iron Monsters" in order to solve laundry-related problems. Elmo, Abby, Rosita, Bert and Ernie also take their turns as super heroes, solving math problems. No extras listed.
Spongebob Squarepants: Spongebob's Frozen Face-Off
Nickelodeon/Paramount, 88 minutes, 7 episodes, $16.99
Seven more Spongebob episodes, plus two "Fanboy and Chum Chum" and two "T.U.F.F. Puppy" episodes.
Transform Your Body with Brooke Burke: Strengthen & Condition
Sony, 60 minutes, $14.99
Fitness guru Brooke Burke and celebrity trainer Greg Joujon-Roche offers up a muscle-building workout. Program has customizable workouts. Extras: cast interviews.
Transform Your Body with Brooke Burke: Tone & Tighten
Sony, 60 minutes, $14.99
Fitness guru Brooke Burke offers up a fat burning workout. Program has customizable workouts. Extras: cast interviews.
The Windsors: From George to Kate
Athena, 106 minutes, $29.99
Traces the lineage of the Windsors: the Silver Jubilee of King George V (1935); the coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth, formerly Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1937); the wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Prince Philip (1947); the coronation of Elizabeth II (1953); the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer (1981); Diana's funeral (1997); and the announcement of Prince William's engagement to Catherine Middleton (2010). Extras include clips from the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton; archival footage about King George VI; biographies of select Windsors; 16-page viewer's guide with a Windsor family tree; articles about royal titles and last names, coronation regalia, and protocol; and facts about the Windsors. Extras:, viewer's guide.
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!: The Wubb Club
Anchor Bay Entertainment, 82 minutes, 7 episodes, $14.98
Another set of adventures featuring the curly-tailed critter and his friends as they use their imagination to have fun in their hometown of Wuzzleburg. For the pre-school set. No extras listed.


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Astros open as moneyline underdog vs Angels
Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Angels Odds
The baseball wagering menu sees a clash between Los Angeles and Houston on Saturday, with the host Angels trying to win for themselves and reward bettors who back them on the moneyline.
Los Angeles sends Garrett Richards out against Lucas Harrell for the Astros in this game. Richards is 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA on the season, while Harrell is 0-2 on the year and has a 7.84 ERA.
View Houston vs LA Angels Odds and Stats.
Betting Line:
The Astros were listed as +-184 underdogs on the baseball moneyline at many online sportsbooks, including 5Dimes. The total was set at 8.5 before betting started earlier on Monday over at Bovada.
Power Rankings:
The Angels - Astros odds would favor the Angels if the lines were set according to our power ranks. Los Angeles is rated No. 2 in the current American League Odds Shark poll, while Houston is at No. 12 in the American League.
How They Match Up:
On offense, it's a battle between Los Angeles and its American League No. 14-rated batting order, averaging 3.5 runs per nine innings, against the American League's No. 7 lineup of the Astros at 4.6 runs per outing.
Pitching and defensive stats are important baseball handicapping factors and Los Angeles has the American League's No. 14-ranked defense. In the other dugout, the Astros own the American League's No. 11 mark in runs allowed.
Last time out for Houston, they were a 5-0 winner as they battled the Angels on the road. Moneyline bettors who got the Astros at +185 were rewarded, while the 5 combined runs moved the game UNDER for totals bettors. The Astros didn't allow a single run in their last start, as their staff shut out Los Angeles 5-0 on Friday at Angel Stadium.
Houston Astros Trends:
When playing on Saturday are 3-7
Before playing LA Angels are 4-3
After playing LA Angels are 3-3
After a win are 6-4
Los Angeles Angels Trends:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6
Before playing Houston are 3-4
After playing Houston are 4-2
After a loss are 3-7
A few Astros at Angels trends to consider:
Houston is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston's last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston's last 6 games when playing LA Angels
Houston is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Angels' last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Angels' last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Angels' last 6 games when playing Houston
LA Angels are 0-5 SU in their last 5 games
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Houston at LA Angels, Sunday, April 14


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Star Cast: Salman Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Randeep Hooda, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
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On a train journey in Warsaw, psychiatrist Shaina meets Himanshu, who is a police officer from India to discuss their prospective marriage. Both are reluctant to enter into an arranged union but become friends and strike a deep conversation where Shaina reveals her previous relationship with the eccentric Devi, a man who lived only for his 'Kick' aka an adrenaline rush . Despite his idiosyncrasies they embark on a whirlwind romance, until one day he breaks up with her for a new 'Kick' and walks away never to return. Himanshu in turn regales her with his glorious escapades as an officer but mentions that he has finally met his match, an intelligent thief. What they are both unaware of is that their stories have one thing in common, Devi. He returns to their lives under the pretext of having lost his memory. Behind it all, is a deeper mystery and an uncompromising mission for which Devi is ready to lose his life.
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MOSCOW: January 6, 2013
Patriarchal Congratulations to Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has congratulated the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York on his 65th birthday:
To Your Eminence, the Eminent Hilarion,
Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York,
First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia:
Your Eminence, Dear Vladyka!
Please accept my heartfelt congratulations on the significant date of your 65th birthday.
The Supreme One, "who dost discern what is secret, who art aware of all things before they come to be" (Daniel 13:42), led you to Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, where you made your monastic vows. Over the course of many years, you combined pastoral service and publishing work.
Assuming the burden of the episcopacy, you have given all your efforts, time and talents to the benefit of the Church of Christ. Through your zealous labors towards the glory of the Lord, your sincere care for the moral development of the people of God,you have earned the genuine love and respect from the clergy and flock entrusted to you.
Occupying various administrative offices, you strived to make your contribution towards the reestablishment of unity within the local Russian Orthodox Church.
In view of your earnest efforts and in connection with your 65th birthday, I deem you worthy of being awarded the Medal of St Seraphim of Sarov, II Degree.
On the eve of the great holiday of the Nativity of Christ, I prayerfully wish you good health, spiritual peace and inexhaustible joy of the Savior and His limitless aid in your solemn archpastoral service.
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2. Bring milk to boil. Add sugar. Simmer for 5 minutes. Mix well. Switch off the gas. Add bread pieces/crumbs to the milk.
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4. Add vanilla essence. Keep aside for another 5 minutes.
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3. The whole point of using the dome-shaped pudding container is that when the pudding is ready, you can invert the container and get a beautiful dome-shaped pudding with a beautiful caramel on top. But everyone was so eager to eat the pudding that I had to skip that part. We just spooned the pudding right from the container!!:-)


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Jeff Zucker's Internal Memo Offers Cheery Take On The Difficult Process Of TV Executive Termination And Rebirth
Because no seismic shift in the Hollywood power matrix feels fully complete without the requisite internal memo patting the ousted exec on his recently axed head for a job well done—but not quite well enough to warrant not getting fired!—while welcoming with great fanfare his more promising replacement, we offer the following message from NBC Universal President and CEO Jeff Zucker. It introduced new co-chairmen, Ben "Zucker II" Silverman and Marc Graboff, to his army of blind followers, who know better than to question the at times brutal wisdom of their sheeny-scalped overlord. The rest of the memo and press release follow after the jump:
We are announcing today a change of leadership at NBC Entertainment and the NBC Universal Television Studio. I'm pleased to tell you that, effective immediately, Ben Silverman and Marc Graboff assume the roles of co-chairmen. Marc has been serving as President, NBC Universal Television, West Coast, and Ben is the founder and CEO of Reveille, which has provided NBC and our cable properties with many of their most significant and innovative programs in recent years.
This is a wonderful opportunity for us to capitalize on Ben's creative talents and unique vision and Marc's executive leadership skills. They will be a very effective team. And, of course, we are excited that all of Ben's creative efforts will now be directed toward strengthening our programming not only on-air but online as well.
Kevin Reilly, who has served NBC Entertainment as President for the past three years, will be leaving the company as the result of these changes. He has championed incredibly important, high-quality series in recent years. Kevin has delivered a very promising slate of programs for the upcoming season, and I personally want to thank him for all his efforts and wish him all the best in the next phase of his professional career.
Please join me in congratulating Marc on his new role and welcoming Ben as a full-time member of the NBCU team.
See the full press release below, which is being sent to the media today.
Silverman Brings Award-Winning Track Record to NBC
BURBANK - May 29, 2007 — Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Ben Silverman, the prolific producer and program executive behind such television hits as "The Office," "Ugly Betty," and "The Biggest Loser," as well as the man who brought "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" and "Big Brother" to the United States, is becoming a senior executive at NBC Universal. Silverman and veteran NBCU executive Marc Graboff have been appointed Co-Chairmen of NBC Entertainment and NBC Universal Television Studio.
The announcement was made today by Jeff Zucker, President and CEO, NBC Universal, to whom both Silverman and Graboff will report.
"We are extremely thrilled to have Ben on board. After years of working with him as an agent, a supplier to both our broadcast and cable networks, and as a producer, we've come to know him as one of the most savvy and successful executives in the industry," said Zucker. "I always thought this was the right job for Ben. This new role will give him the opportunity to redefine our programming, our relationship with advertisers, and our ongoing commitment to the new digital frontier."
Continued Zucker: "Marc is a proven and respected executive whose wealth of expertise in so many divisions will continue to be a huge plus in this realignment. He has superb business acumen and an instinctive grasp of our expanding company and its multiple platforms, and is positioning NBC for the future. Marc and Ben have a long and successful history of working together that gives us tremendous confidence in the strength of this new partnership."
Kevin Reilly, who has served as President of NBC Entertainment for the past three years, and NBCU have mutually agreed to end their relationship. "Kevin has given us some incredibly important, high-quality new series in recent years, and his legacy will be evident for many years to come in NBC's primetime schedule," said Zucker. "I want to thank him for all of his efforts on behalf of the company."
In their new roles, Silverman and Graboff will have responsibility for all aspects of the network's primetime, late-night and daytime programming, and will also oversee the entertainment division's digital efforts, including NBC.com, and all of the network and television studio's creative, marketing, business, and financial components.
Said Graboff: "I am very excited about the opportunity to partner with someone like Ben. He's a brilliant producer and a true out-of-the-box thinker who wants to change the business model of this industry. We complement each other very well and together will be a strong team to guide NBC through a period of enormous change and opportunity."
Added Silverman: "I grew up watching NBC and have always loved this network. So this is a dream job for me. And what a thrill it is to be partnering with Marc. We have had great success across the table from each other and I can't wait to be working side-by-side with him to help shape NBC's future during this time of incredible excitement and unprecedented change."
Graboff, who was named President, NBC Universal Television, West Coast, in February 2007, will also continue his leadership role in Domestic TV Distribution. Barry Wallach, President, Domestic TV Distribution, will continue to report to Graboff.
Silverman is the founder and CEO of Reveille, a leading independent production and distribution company. Earlier this year, Reveille entered into an expanded and creative arrangement with NBC Universal that gave both the broadcast network and the company's cable properties a first look at all scripted and unscripted projects. With today's announcement, that deal has been extended for two more years.
For full bios on Silverman and Graboff, visit NBC Universal's press website at www.nbcumv.com.


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The difference being, Schnide, that Dragon's Lair proved to be crap and Monkey Island proved to be brilliant.
... I wonder what Heavy Rain will prove to be. The demo hints it's more of a Dragon's Lair type of game. And personally, I cringed once the FBI detective put on his sunglasses. Hopefully, the storyline has a very good explanation there.
Cage: no more thrillers from me
Retrospective: Another Code - Two Memories
|A bit too simple for me. Hotel Dusk nailed it much better - still, it's nice to see the embryonic outlines in the game which preceded it.
GOWIII demo for everyone next week?
|Will buy to complete collection. Will try to see how gameplay shifted.
Uncharted 2 wins 10 AIAS Awards
|Deserved winner. And I'm glad that Batman: Arkham Asylum got the scraps. Pretty much the only two games released last year which made me go "wow, well done".
HMV to host Final Fantasy XIII launch
Leona Lewis gives verdict on FFXIII
I'm not a fan of this type of product placement. Still, everyone is free to turn off the music in FFXIII when the Leona Lewis song starts, and listen to something else.
And it's not like we'll hear variations of the tune in-game for 90% of the time. I hope :).
ACII PC requires internet connection
I know, FooAtari, in the real world men are men and elite hackers hack because they like a coding challenge when it presents itself. If anything, they probably *want* the industry to keep churning out even more intrusive DRM, because that's all the more fun for them :).
But still, it is nice to point out that there is a great opportunity here to create an irrefutable precedent which the industry couldn't possibly deny.
Ah, dreams, sweet to have them every now and then :).
Welcome to DRM hell. I've been in it since Bioshock, others stumbled into it even earlier, with Starforce. So please excuse me while I speed right past the discussion, as I've processed all this almost three years ago.
Instead, allow me to walk straight into the next level of debate. I would kindly ask all those superb cracking groups out there NOT to crack Assassin's Creed II, just this once. I would also kindly ask every one of you outstanding lads and ladies who are outraged about this DRM implementation to HONESTLY vote with your wallet, just this once.
Why? Because if these conditions are met and Assassin's Creed II PC sells miserably, Ubisoft cannot enter the aftermath with the "It tanked because of the piracy!" card. It could neither pull the "Ok, Assassin's Creed II tanked because it is a bad game!" card since the console versions already told everyone otherwise.
No my dears, if these conditions are met - just this once - the only logical conclusion would be, "Assassin's Creed II tanked because PC gamers didn't like the DRM implementation". Just this once, the message to the ENTIRE industry would be a clear "Do Not Take Us for Fools". A fantastic precedent which us customers could throw at the industry time and time again until, perhaps, said industry would gently haul their asses back to the drawing board and hold their peace until they can come up with user-friendly DRM which ACTUALLY WORKS.
Case rested.
Classic camera found in Resi 5 DLC
Indeed, the Remake is the best RE out there thanks to its superlative atmosphere. Fact :).
Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmares
Downloaded and played the Xbox 360 version. Tearing overload. Hard to fix? Still, 400 points is definitely a steal for what you get.
Anyway, it's sad when one episode outclasses the game it anchors upon, but there it is.
I enjoyed the first part of this DLC a lot, although I have three - minor to slightly minor - gripes here:
(1) Since the focus lies on exploration, RE1 style, there should have been much more items to examine, more text to read. Having the opportunity to read Chris' and Jill's personal opinion on the environment - especially since it's so familiar to them - would have been sweet.
(2) A *few* enemy encounters/scares wouldn't have hurt - would have been nice if the butler was still prancing about, for example...
(3) Why no "Master of Unlocking" comments, Chris? Jill's just begging for it - twice :)
The second part was great, especially once you open the minimap in the latter part and realise that you're basically playing Pac-Man, including four Power Pills to kill the ghosts with. Awesome wink to a timeless classic :)
The third part (Wesker battle) is a downer. Too short, too familiar, especially since every RE5 player probably completed the main game at least once by now.
Well, if it's the same price, I'll definitely be there for the Josh/Jill DLC. Besides, Josh is probably the most interesting new character introduced by RE5. Anyway, this installment somewhat restored my faith in Capcom - RE6 just might end up being great again.
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
|Oh boy, this and the upcoming Pokemon. Time to fry the DS again! :)
Tech Analysis: Mass Effect 2
|Apart from being able to use much higher resolutions and getting higher framerates etc, pc games also tend to be a fair bit cheaper than their console counterparts (about �10 on average). Sure, a console tends to be cheaper than a pc, but this fact kind of evens things out.
Mass Effect 2
Well, finished the game in Normal with a Paragon-only clvl 50 build from ME1.
Impression so far: Normal = Very Easy. No challenges encountered, and I covered the main quest and (I think) virtually all the side missions. If there's a challenge in there, I haven't seen it. The mini games ("caress a tennis ball", "play Memory against the clock" and "Pattern matching") are mildly boring to boring time wasters. The hub worlds feel cramped and pretty much devoid of interaction. Main Character interaction is sparse (really, Garrus, just how many calibrations does the ship need? Go on, take a break and chat) but then again, there are lots of Main Characters this time around.
Apart from the above, this is a very good Action Adventure.
Currently on Veteran with a Renegade-only clvl 52 build from ME1 to have a clear view of both polarities in this game. Hopefully, the experience will be better, complete the storytelling experience and, most importantly, start to be challenging.
Disclaimer: this is a personal opinion from a veteran Mass Effect 1 player who is overjoyed that the Mako is gone, yet cringes at the thought of having to caress a lot of tennis balls during each Mass Effect 2 playthrough.
Oh cool, notmyrealname back in full mass effect, straight from his good old day job under the bridge :). Just keep at it, bro, you'll get there eventually.
Anyway, this snippet from the review caught the old attention:
"You may miss the Mako, but by the end of the game you may have forgotten all about it."
No, Tom. Noone will ever forget the Mako, and noone will ever miss it precisely because they can't forget the Mako and the abysmal driving experience it provides. I love Bioware for giving it the boot in this sequel, and will most certainly enjoy the upcoming weekend.
Now to quickly finish Mass Effect 1 again (keeping Mako "action" to a minimum), as I recently uninstalled all my PC games and threw away their save games during the process. Tabula rasa from time to time is fun.
Apple unveils the iPad
I have Iphone and love it much so. It's the Swiss Knife of Multimedia I always wanted. Slick design, slips into a pocket, easy to use, enough storage and 3G(S) functionality to hold your attention for a while.
The iPad doesn't have the Swiss Knifery effect, so it's not for me - to bridge the gap between smartphoning and large screen multimedialising I'd rather go for a MacBook Pro, not this apparent Missing Link. Sorry.
Videogames make you clever - US Navy
|I know kung fu.
Bought it on Xbox this saturday, played it a few hours yesterday. Tearing is there, absolutely. Patch, maybe?
For me, personally, it's a great game, with the only downside being the graphics where the combination of World of Warcraft styled characters (not a fan of that style) and realistic backdrops feels like a bit of a mixed bag as a whole. God of War/Devil May Cry did much better there, maintaining the same style in geometry and cast consistently.
Oh, and... 8/10? As good as Metal Gear Solid 4 then! That's some great company to be in isn't it, TRUTH, ye who still haven't got a clue about the general irrelevance of review scores? But hey, feel free to keep copy/pasting metacritic/gamerankings thinking it matters one iota.
Coming Attractions: Action-Adventure & Platformers
I shall be buying an additional game this year.
(5) God of War III
It's not as good as Devil May Cry, but still great to collect and play through a few times.
(6) Last Guardian
Well, if it does come out in 2010, there's simply no way I'm missing out on it. Game-wise mediocre to good, but very atmospheric nonetheless.
I'm on the fence for a few other games.
(F1) Dead Rising 2
I really like Dead Rising, being at the mall never was more fun. But, Dead Rising 2 is not in the hands of the original Dead Rising crew (much like Silent Hill V wasn't in the hands of Team Silent), so I'm going to wait for the reviews and fork out cash if they somehow indicate that that which was good still is good and that which wasn't is at least that.
(F2) Heavy Rain
I played Fahrenheit and know the potential for extreme greatness is there. However, I played Fahrenheit and know the potential for horribly broken/archaic gaming fragments and heavily cliched storytelling is also there. On the fence, but waiting.
Coming Attractions: MMOs & RPGs
Certain games will certainly be bought by me this year:
(1) Monster Hunter Tri. I have all the Monster Hunters since the original on PS2 and for some reason, I have absolutely no qualms to re-grind it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. I don't know how Capcom did it, but Monster Hunter just gets the "survival RPG" concept right. That, and the HUGE swords and dragons, of course.
And yes, I will buy a Wii to go with it. It needs the Wii to run the code, I believe. Silent Hill remake's a bonus.
(2) Alpha Protocol: Chris Avellone. Obsidian Entertainment. Need I say more? If you think, "Yes, you do!", then I kindly direct you to
There, please read the section "Notable game credits" and cry at least one lone tear of joy.
(3) Fallout 3: New Vegas. See (2)
(4) Mass Effect 2. The first part was good, but contained some lame parts which I hope they will have ironed out in 2. Also, less painfully obvious good/neutral/evil statements please. Ach, who am I kidding, this is Bioware, painfully obvious good/neutral/evil statements are in their general development guidelines now.
Western FFXIII "finally completed"
In my opinion, FFVI to FFVIII were great, then nothing really titillating for a while, then the awesome FFXII came along. Yeah, I'm a fan of Matsuno and Yoshida's work. Sue me. Not being superstitious, I will buy XIII if only for the fact that it's the first FF on the PS3/X360.
Thanks for reminding me Leona Lewis is in this. Blech. Oh well, I think my stereo has an on/off switch
Afaik, the DLC in Fallout 3 has been produced after main game release, they are not material dropped from the main game.
Yamauchi: GT5 not using all PS3's power
|Well, considering the development time Naughty Dog needed to churn out an "80% power game" in the form of Uncharted 2, and considering GT5 has been under development since before the PS3's launch, simple extrapolatory logic dictates that the finished GT5, if and when it comes out, will use at least 400% of the PS3's power.
Only bad Wii games sell badly - Bloober
Apart from Okami, that other Clover game, God Hand - the best beat'em up to date - never sold that well either. Neither did Fallout, or Planescape: Torment. Or Vampire: The Masquerade. Or Silent Hill IV: The Room. Yet, I'm somehow glad I'm a minority buyer and these masterpieces ended up in my collection.
So what do these examples teach us, Bloober Boys? there's much, much more to selling games than the game being good. It's one factor, but there are so many other things to consider.
Oh, and
I bought a GameCube only for the Resident Evils. Metroid Prime was a nice bonus. If RE5 and/or 6 were Wii exclusives, I'd have a Wii. Simple as that.
Loads of content cut from FFXIII - report
Well, if those parts do return as DLC (even though the designers deemed them inferior) and if you don't like that kind of policy at all, don't buy the DLC. Simple. I certainly wouldn't.
Either way, it's not surprising that large parts fall off the wagon when considering this is a game which has been in development since before the PS3's launch. Certain parts may look awesome in the mind or on paper but in practise, competent (at least I hope so) testers may find that these awesome ideas don't tick correctly on the screen, as part of the larger whole. And then, regrettably, they get cut. And the developer who invented the part and made it happen will mourn as the left cheek experiences the wetness of a single tear rolling down its curved surface. And then, as the deed is admitted, millions of fanboys cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.
No Metal Gear Solid movie after all?
Actually, I think a MGS movie would be killer if it was handled as a parody. The "Snake Eater" theme music and video clip in MGS 3 for example, was a rather witty middle finger at just about every James Bond movie out there. Same with the James Bond style unreal "bosses/enemies", the "Bond girl" of the hour and of course, the "let's attempt world conquering" mastermind using an ahem mobile metal armored nuclear missile launcher piece of gear.
I am afraid however, that Kojima probably thinks his series is serious drama wrought with gravitas, so it's quite likely he won't allow anyone to play out MGS as the potential comedy gold it is.
Nier due out in spring in the US
|They do realise "Nier" means "Kidney" in Dutch, right? Will be quite interesting to see dutch/belgian gamers react to the title...
Mad Catz reveals crazy new PC mouse
I have toyed around with quite a few mouses and while I do like the Razers out there, I finally settled on a Logitech G9 in combination with a SteelSeries SX mouse "mat". The SX metallic mat feels cold to the touch and the G9 (apart from its other advantages) glides extremely well over the SX mat's surface. This allows for fast, silky smooth precision movements and extended gaming sessions without noticeable chafing or transpiration issues.
On topic - never let appearances fool you. The RAT can be a very powerful tool in the right hands. Personally, for example, I think the G9 has a subpar design, but it more than makes up for it by actually being a damn good mouse (I initially thought my hands weren't going to like the G9's grip, but it snugly fit straight away anyhow). So if you're still on the lookout for a gaming mouse, why not just take that RAT in your hands and find out if it's your kind of gaming nirvana?
Fictional Seinfeld Frogger score beaten
|That's what hardcore gaming is all about. Congratulations, Pat.
Game prices will fall, predicts EA
|Survival of the fittest... we'll see what happens in this complex matter in the years to come. As I said in another thread though, I am pretty sure that we will be paying more for less... it's hard to give up something you're used to, and companies that are used to a certain cash flow would prefer it to increase rather than decrease.
EA details Dragon Age expansion
|While $40 equals about �30 these days, I'm pretty sure the store price will use the traditional $1 = �1 conversion standard, i.e. my bet's on �39.99.
PlatinumGames teases new game
|Let's see if you can dazzle us again, Shinji.
Capcom done with Western devs
|I sincerely hope the guy isn't trying to tell us something about Dead Rising 2...
ACII DLC was originally part of game
Right, which is why I also mentioned the "Part X is less vital to the game than part Y" argument. Part X may hold quality, but confesses it's not really something that will pull you deeper into the game. The fact that part Y was chosen over it means that if you played the game containing part Y, part X is unlikely to attract you more than Y. And as such, offering X as premium DLC is not quite value for money. You may buy it out for completionist reasons, just don't expect it's going to feel like a whole new world opening up in ACII. Unless, of course, part X is completely revamped, remastered, expanded upon and whatnot.
With that said, please tell me more about the 8 bit games which cost 40-50 bucks. Especially the ones on cassette tape :). Remembering the c64 age, premium cassette (or disk) games usually cost about 10 bucks, premium budget was something like 4 bucks. Or are you talking about console cartridges? Those cost a fortune, yeah, about as much as the console itself.
It is sad to read about this kind of reasoning. Let's say you're low on time and need to cut out parts of your game to meet the deadline. You will probably have some very good reasons to cut part X over part Y. Such reasons probably involve statements such as, "Part X is less vital to the game than part Y" or "Part X is not of the same quality level as part Y". Well then, what makes you think consumers would snap up part X separately later on? They played the game containing part Y, so paying separately for the 'inferior'part X, probably at a higher price than part Y, doesn't sound like a good deal. That's probably where your marketing department takes over. OR you invest and turn part X into something much bigger and richer than was originally intended. I.e. give the consumer the right bang for their buck.
But I guess this is how it works, as DLC gives you this kind of freedom. If someone wants things better or changed, either vote with the wallet or take on this whole "game development" and show the established industry how things should really be going.
Games of 2009: Batman: Arkham Asylum
|Brilliant game. Game of the year for me.
Divinity II demo on Xbox Live
Sure, if you do none of the side quests in Divinity 2 and all of them in Dragon Age, then you get the 30-70 comparison. Conversely, if you do all the side quests in Divinity 2 and none of them in Dragon Age, you get 70-30. It's all about the way you play. I went for max side questing in both games, and they gave me pretty much the same bang for my buck.
As for replay value, true, you can play the first hour of Dragon Age in six different ways, whereas in Divinity 2, you cannot. Also, Dragon Age has four difficulty levels, Divinity 2 has three. But, the bulk in either game stays the same, is of comparable size, and you can fiddle around with spells and abilities multiple times (to change playing style) if need be. Speed runs are an option in either game, as well.
@Tom Bramwell
"However, despite the fact it was released at roughly the same time as the superior Dragon Age, they're quite different eggs."
I've played and completed both, and can soundly attest that Dragon Age isn't superior to Divinity 2. As far as story-telling (great stuff), questing (lots and lots of them to find with good rewards), graphics (the Bioware and Gamebryo engine each have their pros and cons) and gameplay (great fun) go, they're the same level.
The only real difference is that in Dragon Age, you control four characters and in Divinity 2, you control just the one, plus a bot. Also, your copy of Divinity 2 may suffer a "neverending loading screen" bug, which can be pretty annoying. Pray that it doesn't happen to you.
Ugly as sin, stop-motion animation, poor textures and a player character permanently stuck in fisticuffs mode who does kung fu kicks?
Permanently stuck in "fisticuffs mode"? Well, I can't comment on the console versions, but if you're playing the PC version, you can press the TAB key to exit "fisticuffs mode" anytime. Know the controls.
Games of 2009: Demon's Souls
Heh, I went searching for it in the stores yesterday after watching last week's Zero Punctuation and reasoning that "If it's released in Australia, it should be out in Europe, too".
So this is a bummer :( as it's been a very, very long time since I've heard of a game that COULD POSSIBLY DO MY NUTT IN.
MS wants Avatars to reflect your shape
I'm not sure, but weren't we supposed to play video games on our consoles? You know, the kind of thing you relax with and enjoy spending some time on? Some innocent escapism to forget the daily worries? Why the fook should video games reflect reality all of a sudden? So that we're partly back in the real world? Isn't that a... how should I put it... complete and utter suspension of fooking disbelief killer?
The more I'm seeing the industry putting the real world into internet and video games, the more I want to just quit internet and video games and seek new, untainted forms of entertainment. Luckily, there are currently more than enough "oldskool", escapist, suspension of disbelief inspiring video games being made, so I'm not gone yet :). But still, this kind of evolution is hard to ignore...
Wada predicts all consoles will die
Misinterpreted my statement. That's okay, I wanted it to be cryptic :).
|Whatever the future in video gaming brings, we'll be paying more for less.
Resi Evil 5's Desperate Escape detailed
Actually, if you know what you're doing, Sheva's more useful as Ashley, who was quite useful in 4 :). She can deal damage, open doors for you, take damage for you, allows for three-phased melee attacks and comes with a free inventory which the trained player can abuse.
Treat a lady nicely, know her well and she will treat you nice in return.
With that said, RE5's storyline was a huge disappointment for me (leave alone all the gameplay concessions the devs had to make just to shove co-op multiplayer down our throats) and as such, I don't feel like going really deep into this title. If the new add-on stories are as "well" executed as the original, this will be the first RE title I'm going to pass, because I really don't feel like fighting Lost PLanet-style "glowing orange globes" bosses again.
Also, using Capcom mathematics, the PC version of the expansion is to be expected for fall 2010.
PS Home announces 10 million users
Well, what can I say?
Used it once at during launch (I think my stay was shorter than the time it took me to log in), and am thinking about going in there a second time to see if I they managed to implement something which is actually interesting.
The only positive things I remembered were: pretty zen, artificially clean, some kids garbling into their mic while I was watching the Watchmen trailer in the theatre and the billboards alerting me to Loco Roco 2.
Vagrant Story on PSN this Tuesday
Well, if they can't/won't produce a sequel, at least remake it with the latest cutting edge graphics/lighting systems. Squenix is good at those, and personally I'd love to see every intricate detail of Vagrant's game reproduced with high detail goodness.
With that said, I still have this superior game on disc, both the PAL and NTSC versions. Plays rather well on the B/C PS3, so no sale right now but maybe in the future when the originals are foobar.
EDIT: to the "I'm doing zero damage" crew: as I've explained in another post in another Vagrant Story-related topic, you can finish the game using only your starting equipment without too much problems. In this case, doing "zero damage" is not an excuse for having trouble completing the game :).
ESRB outs Mass Effect 2 mature content
There had better be a persistent gore option.
Because it might be fun to see it combined with some hot space action.
FFXIII ships 1.8m for Japan launch
|I guess three months is acceptable.
Sony reveals high hopes for PS3 wand
Playing devil's advocate, there's not much else this professional suit can do but flexing the muscle and hope it attracts attention, negative or positive.
Heavy Rain to delay Trophy alerts
The flaw in your argument is that on the internet, we are not dealing with cats, and I personally like to believe conversation is possible and/or can be established until one of the conversationalists abruptly pulls the plug for stupid reasons (likely to be caused by virtual ubermensch syndrome) or sensible ones (afk).
As for the topic at hand, delaying Achievement messages (or any type of popups) is great, especially in games relying heavily on cinematics and wishing to achieve suspension of disbelief. I don't know about you, but I get very annoyed while watching a thrilling show/movie on tv and BAM! the tv network expresses their wish to tell you about the reality show coming up next and needing about 15% of the screen to do so. Thanks for ruining the flow, tv network. How about letting me find out what's next because that means that oh, I actually want to?
US to get pink and blue Wii remotes
|Oh boy, what a list. Well, I guess everyone has been catered for.
Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 unveiled
|I just hope they can keep up the storytelling, scope and size rather than cashing in on the original's popularity with (a) glorified, short expansion pack(s). Tremblay and Hill spouting what appear to be generic PR lines makes me cautious.
Getting It Wrong
Yo there, my friends Castlevania, Phoenix Wright, Advance Wars, Pok�mon, Hotel Dusk: Room 215 and Layton dropped by. Still waters most of the time, but they run deep.
And they beg to differ.
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Nick Collison, who will become an instant millionaire Thursday night if, as expected, he is taken in the first round of the NBA draft, already has spent a portion of his first paycheck.
"I bought a car -- a Lincoln Navigator," the 6-foot-10 former Kansas University power forward said Monday at Bill Self's basketball camp at Horejsi Center. "I gave my car (Mercury Mountaineer) to my dad because he was driving a Buick. He had it sold for $100. He needed a new car. Other than that, I haven't spent anything."
Actually the All-American made one other purchase -- a new suit to model during the 2003 draft, which will start at 6 p.m. Thursday at New York's Madison Square Garden and be televised on ESPN.
Collison, however, chose not to follow the fashion statement from ex-Jayhawk Drew Gooden, who wore a trench coat-length suit at last year's draft.
"Definitely not," Collison said with a grin. "I didn't like it. I think it was Drew trying to do something different, but he looked like a chef or something.
"I got fitted for a traditional suit a couple of weeks ago. I'm going to pick it up in New York. Hopefully it fits because I'm going to be cutting it a little close."
Collison, who arrives in the Big Apple later today, ordered the suit while in town for a one-on-one workout with the New York Knicks, who pick ninth in the draft.
In all, Collison held workouts for 11 teams -- the Knicks, Toronto Raptors (No. 4 pick), Miami Heat (5), Los Angeles Clippers (6), Chicago Bulls (7), Milwaukee Bucks (8), Golden State Warriors (11), Seattle SuperSonics (12 and 14), Memphis Grizzlies (13), Orlando Magic (15) and Phoenix Suns (17).
Where he'll end up Thursday is anybody's guess.
"Who knows? We'll wait and see. Hopefully it's somewhere I'll get to play. I think I'd have a hard time sitting on the bench for four years," said Collison, who if taken by say, Golden State, at No. 11, would make $4.5 million over four years, the Warriors having the option for the fourth year.
"Seattle is a strong possibility. New York is a possibility. I've heard the Clippers. I've heard the Heat. Some teams might not even be picking there because of trades."
One rumor has Seattle acquiring both Collison and his former KU teammate -- Kirk Hinrich.
"It's not likely, but you never know," Collison said. "The way it is now, Seattle has two picks, but Kirk should be gone by then unless there's a trade or something."
Collison does know one thing -- he'll be nervous once he sets foot in New York.
"I'm a little anxious," said Collison, who will watch in the draft's Green Room, as an invited guest of the NBA, along with his parents and other family members. "I think I will be more and more anxious when I get to New York. Right now it's been such a whirlwind, traveling and everything. I've not thought that much about draft night. It'll be nerve-wracking I'm sure."
Collison enters the draft knowing he did all he could to impress NBA teams at the personal workouts.
"They bring you in for an hour after watching you play (college ball) for four years," Collison said. "I think I've been the best player on the floor in all my workouts. I think they were surprised with my athleticism, surprised with my shooting the ball. Other than that, I think they know I'm solid."¢
Self camp, part deux: Self, who welcomed over 1,000 youths to campus this week for the second and final week of camp, commented on Collison and Hinrich and former Illinois player Brian Cook, who also might be drafted in the first round Thursday.
"They are all rock-solid guys," Self said. I've got my fingers crossed for all three guys."¢
Giddens' foot: Self on incoming freshman J.R. Giddens, who likely will have a pin inserted in his left foot in July to help repair a stress fracture: "I am not a doctor. All I know is that the general terms they tell me, and it's not a serious deal based on what I'm told," Self said. "It could become an issue later on down the road so he needs to do one of two things -- he needs to get it corrected or take some time off, but we feel he'll be full speed by the time school starts."
Giddens said he likely would have a pin inserted in the foot and miss a month of pick-up basketball after the Global Games (June 26-July 3) in Dallas.
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Backhanded Compliment
Would it be right to say that Steven Pressley's comments are a "backhanded compliment" to Bradford?
Sunday saw Coventry involved in yet another goal filled game, and again in front of the sky sports cameras, when they came to play is at Valley Parade.
We fought back from two-nil down to two-two and then an injury-time penalty from Nahki Wells completed his hat-trick and a 3-3 draw for us.
Their boss has credited us for fighting back into the game, and securing that late draw, but has also branded our football "from the bark ages".
Pressley said: 'I thought we had dealt with everything that Bradford threw at us. I was delighted with the effort and a lot of aspects of our play. I am just disappointed we didn't get the result our performance merited.
'Credit to Bradford for pressurising us late in the game, but it was never going to be easy for us playing against long ball football. That is football from the dark ages, but we have got to learn to cope with it.'
That would be a backhanded compliment wouldn't it?
If football from the dark ages is enough to get us out of league two and into league one, challenging for promotion to the championship, then I think I can live with that and the football in the dark ages can't have been bad!


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Having problems with your Canon PowerShot SD750 / IXUS 75 Digital Camera ?
Focus Problem I love my SD750 & have had no problems whatsoever for the 6 months I've owned it - until today. I took 15 pictures, the camera was working perfectly. Then I tried to take another and the picture was blurry. Now all pictures I take are out of focus. This is going to drive me nuts. Please help. :)
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Check that it's not on macro. Had a colleague whose kid managed to put the camera on macro but screen gave no indication that it was on. Was stumped for days with it. Try going to tools and reset all.
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\015\012Did anything happen to your unit? Even the smallest of drops can cause the units focal system to become unaligned and not function properly?
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\015\012Did anything happen to your unit? Even the smallest of drops can cause the units focal system to become unaligned and not function properly?
\015\012I would recommend taking it into a qualified repair center. If you have only had the unit for six months, then you are definately still covered by your manufacturer warranty.
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The first solo flight of a new pilot comprises that pilot completing a take off, and usually a short flight and safe landing, by him or herself. Flying such a flight is a milestone known as soloing.
Depending on the country, there may be a requirement for some minimum number of training hours to have been completed by the student pilot before he or she is allowed to solo. In most countries, it is assumed that such students will be familiar with (and may have to pass an examination on) the relevant Air Laws or Regulations, and will have completed exercises in handling aircraft in normal conditions, and also what to do in the case of engine failure on takeoff, in flight, and before landing.
In the USA, for most aircraft, there is no FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) requirement for a minimum number of hours. Per FAR Part 61 SFAR 73 section 2,Robinson helicopters have a 20 hour requirement to solo. However the regulations do require that a student pilot show competency in several specific skills to include, for example, the ability to forward slip. In practice, competence is mostly a judgment call of the Certificated Flight Instructor (CFI) responsible for the student. Typically, it takes from 10 to 30 hours of flight time before a pilot has the instinctive feel of an aircraft to be safe flying solo in other than perfect (no wind) weather.
n some cases, when the student is given permission to fly alone the instructor directs the student to fly three circuits of the traffic pattern each accompanied by a full stop landing. During the first circuit, the solo, the student's Flight instructor may supervise the student's performance from the ground, paying close attention to the approach and landing. Some instructors keep a radio handy, if there is one in the aircraft, in case the student pilot should need assistance or advice.
Several traditions have developed in the USA around "soloing", including drenching the student with water and cutting off and permanently displaying the back of his or her shirt.
In American aviation lore, the traditional removal of a new pilot's shirt tail is a sign of the instructor's new confidence in his student after successful completion of the 1st solo flight. In the days of tandem trainers, the student sat in the front seat, with the instructor behind. As there were often no radios in these early days of aviation, the instructor would tug on the student pilot's shirttail to get his attention, and then yell in his ear. A successful first solo flight is an indication that the student can fly without the instructor ("instructor-less" flight). Hence, there is no longer a need for the shirt tail, and it is cut off by the (often) proud instructor, and sometimes displayed as a trophy.
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doing something active but allowing time to talk to each other and share our experiences
just sitting down enjoying the sun having great conversation
I think a walk or a hike around Lake Tahoe would be a nice way to start.
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Love to spend out there and camping with fresh air.
Initially, I think a simple walk through one of the preserve trails would be a casual way to meet. No pressure. Not a lot of planning. Just walking and talking.
Looking for someone who doesn't mind someone new to this lifestyle. Like to find a partner who enjoys walking or hiking, naturally in the nude. Where it goes from there is open.
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I love to work out and I don't mind where I go on a date a movie a walk in the park any where
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Not far from the glitz of Las Vegas are wild landscapes and dramatic natural wonders waiting to be explored
The south-western states of Utah and Arizona are home to some of the most jaw-dropping national parks in America. The Grand Canyon often hogs the headlines and, being so close to Vegas, basks in all the attention from daytrippers. Travelling a little further afield, however, reveals natural wonders that are often only appreciated by domestic visitors. With each offering different scenery and experiences, it's difficult to know where to start - so let me take the burden off your shoulders…
Bryce Canyon National Park
It may be Utah's smallest national park, but what Bryce lacks in size it makes up for with a stunning backdrop of pastel-coloured rock formations and hundreds of green pine trees. The vast collection of carved stone pinnacles – known as hoodoos – all come in wonderful shades of orange, pink and gold, and create a spectacle unrivalled by other scenic areas nearby.
The canyon itself became a national monument in 1923 and has been attracting crowds ever since. Popular with hikers, Bryce is best explored on foot, and the extensive range trails available mean there's one to suit everybody. The free guided ranger walks add an educational twist to the proceedings and are a good way to learn more about the fascinating geology and history for the park. Alternatively, ride the free shuttle that stops at the many points of interest and lookouts along the way, including Sunset and Fairview Points.
Be warned, Bryce isn't known for its nightlife. With the nearest cinema 90 minutes away and a major shortage of bars in the area, this is a place to visit for a little quiet time. Having said that, there's not a celebrity-endorsed club in Vegas that can compete with the starry sky of Utah. Special astronomy programs are available and with officials claiming you can see 7,500 twinkling stars on a moonless night at Bryce, there's little chance of an early night.
Where to stay
Best Western Ruby's Inn is the most popular motel in town; its car park is often bursting with RVs belong to holidaying American families.
Zion National Park
Less than a two-hour drive from Las Vegas is Zion, a sanctuary of rugged sandstone peaks, narrow gorges and nearly 800 native plant species that would leave Mr Titchmarsh lost for words. There's even the possibility of glimpsing the elusive mountain lions that stalk the 147,000 acres here. Located on the Colorado Plateau, the park was founded in 1909, making it Utah's very first, and nowadays attracts around three million visitors a year.
The Virgin River meanders through Zion's impressive cliffs - many of which reach heights of over half a mile. The geology of the canyon here dates back 200 millions years. Like Bryce, there is a scenic drive option. Ninety-minute shuttle rides, operating between April and October, take in all the highlights along the way, including the Weeping Rock and the Temple of Sinawava, a colossal amphitheatre located at the very end of the drive.
Those who are fighting fit can take on the Angels Landing Trail that climbs 1,488feet. The five-mile hike, which takes around four hours to complete, passes by Scout Lookout, one of the best places for views of the canyon.
Where to stay
The Majestic View Lodge in the nearby town of Springdale. The outdoor pool, which overlooks the Zion's cliffs, is the perfect place for an evening swim before the stars come out in force.
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park
Ah, Monument Valley. There is no place that screams 'Wild West' quite as loud as this bold, red and unforgiving patch that straddles the Arizona and Utah border. The famous buttes and mesas – standing up to 1,000ft - dominate this otherwise desolate desert scene, just as they did in many a John Ford movie. Driving along the ruler-straight highway 163 is perhaps the best introduction to this iconic destination. Watching the dusty towers rise with every metre travelled, until they dwarf you on both sides, is a humbling experience.
It's possible to explore the park at your own pace by driving the 17-mile dirt road track. This takes you to panoramic lookouts – stand at the edge, if you dare – and on to the valley floor for an altogether different perspective. Guided tours are, however, worth considering. Many areas of the valley are only permitted to official vehicles and the educated guides take great pleasure in showing off the area's wildlife and tribal rock art. But for real wannabe cowboys, nothing but a horse riding adventure will do.
Where to stay
Don't expect lavish comforts at Goulding's Lodge Monument Valley, but what you will get is arguably one of the world's greatest views from your bedroom window. Stephen Fry certainly thought so. He checked himself in and was left in awe at his surroundings.
Getting there
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Thread: Treadmill vs Open air running...
9/04/2007 9:16am, #1
Treadmill vs Open air running...
Sorry if this seems an odd Question.
I use the treadmill pretty much everytime i'm at the gym. Last holidays i went home and didn;t have on, so i just ran outside.
I ran for a similar distance and the roads at home aren't steep or anything, but it seemed harder. I was wondering if it made a difference as to wether i used the treadmill or just ran outside??
Thanks alot.
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I read something, somewhere, at some point that said if your running on a treadmill you should set the incline. Running perfectly flat on a treadmill (while still providing a physical benefit), does not provide the same resistance as real-world running.
So if your running inside, ramp it up!
9/04/2007 10:30am, #3
There is a marked difference between running on a Treadmill and hacking it on the hills/streets. The Treadmill is easier and you can modify the incline and rigour at the touch of button.
Out on the Road, the pavement is harder and you feel the shock up through the body. I say this irrespective of road camber, as my usual route also involves inclines, grass swards off-road and park trails. You are also watched by others who will see you foaming at the mouth, struggling, etc. It's a damn sight easier in the gym.
I no longer bash out 8 miles in 42 mins (easy at the time for me) as I'm much older and heavier and currently have an ankle injury. It's only 3 miles or so these days and I try for a feeling of well-being but the first run I did not having run for 6 months was bloody awful. I suffered and felt the after-effects for a couple of days. Then it got better and I started to find my rhythm in both pace and breathing (then I injured my ankle.....)...and it Rained and was damned Cold.
Treadmills also 'give' in other words, they will 'bounce' and absorb some of the shock of you running.
Take it easy
Edit - It was 8 miles in 42 mins - I was a footballer (soccer player) so plenty of cardio fitness but no upper body strength. I filled much later (not much good at football though these days...)
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9/04/2007 5:29pm, #4
Thanks, I usually am running on an incline. I may start alternating between the two. Its the start of spring here, so its not too bad to be outside running ('fresh air' probly good for me ), though i live on uni and there alot of students around...
Sorry about you're ankle man, hate the injuries.
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I've always preferred outside, it's where I do most of my cardio work. Run around uni, road running is good, but try to vary the terrain unless you have really good running shoes. Bit hard on the knees.
A good rhythm I've found is essential, in breathing and pace. Get it right, it feels good and you can go on and on.
9/04/2007 6:07pm, #6
syberia - you can get an awesome workout from a treadmill if you know how to use it well.
I was a cross country runner so still prefer running outdoors but some days I'll just hit the treadmill.
Don't bother running like a hamster on the treadmill. Do things like minute intervals (you can keep the pace the same but alternate the incline, or you can keep the incline set at a mid level and alternate pace, sprint-jog-sprint). Really push yourself, don't be a wimp and up that incline.
9/04/2007 7:35pm, #7
Cool, thanks i will.
I'd prefer running outside to, if there weren't so many damn people here.
I really need to improve my cadio tho- and do more running + walking.
Climbing Mt Kilimanjaro in Jan!!!
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Running on a treadmill is also easier on your hamstrings because the floor moves under you. If your running for fitness a treadmill is acceptable but if your running to become better at running then the road is the only option.
Im not exactly sure of the fitness requirements of mountain climbing but might also want to look into GPP, HIIT and other forms of high intensity conditioning.
9/05/2007 3:58am, #9
GPP and HIIT???
I definatly think i'm going to have to hit the road...
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GPP refers to General Physical Prepardness which is basically physical activity designed to increase your work capacity. HIIT is High Intensity Interval Training. which is as the name would suggest high intensity work done in intervals. A search on google should get quite a few results but I strongly suggest buying Ross Enamits Infinite Intensity or Never Gymless. They both have a excellent conditioning programme. Even if you dont buy the books, read his articles and crusie the forums, there is alot of knowledge there.
www.rosstraining.com is the website


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Washington The Dmitry Medvedev that made his first appearance in the U.S. capital as Russia's president was not the same man Russians usually see at home.
He was confident, even charming, in reaching out Saturday in a spirit of cooperation to the incoming administration of Barack Obama.
He showed none of the bluster and tough talk that he has adopted in recent months in an awkward imitation of Vladimir Putin, his predecessor and mentor who still leads the country as prime minister.
Putin's choice of Medvedev to succeed him earlier this year was seen as an effort to re-brand Russia, to improve its relations with the West and Western investors.
But the August war with Georgia, a former Soviet republic that has allied itself with Washington, led to a change in course. Medvedev quickly began to sound like Putin in casting the West as the aggressor.
The Nov. 4 election of Obama seemed to offer an opportunity for Russia and the United States to make a fresh start. But instead of welcoming Obama's election, Medvedev issued a challenge.
In a Nov. 5 speech, he warned that Russia would move short-range missiles to NATO's borders to "neutralize" a planned U.S. missile defense system in Eastern Europe if necessary.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970917.post9196115294543873543..comments2018-02-18T18:56:51.827-05:00Comments on Acadian Ancestral Home: Acadians Deported from Beaubassin Acadia in 1755Lucie LeBlanc Consentinohttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970917.post-11696016166452299782013-02-08T12:06:59.001-05:002013-02-08T12:06:59.001-05:00Hi Marc, It definitely has been established as su...Hi Marc,

It definitely has been established as such - the archealogical digs have been adding to its prominence. That said, there will always be some difficult in that there is not a thing other than an piece of land these days. Whereas thanks to Mr. Herpin, an historic place to remember was established long ago.

I have visited where all of the Acadians once stood - today there not even plaques rememberting thos places..at least not in most places.

Thanks for you post. Greatly appreciated!

LucieLucie LeBlanc Consentinohttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970917.post-79110430579943163752013-02-08T11:43:20.638-05:002013-02-08T11:43:20.638-05:00Thanks for this great article Lucie. So many peopl...Thanks for this great article Lucie.
So many people have put an importance on Grand-Pre that most people don't realize that the deportations actually started with the deportation of the Acadians from Beaubassin following the capture of Fort-Beasejour.
Its place in acadian history need to be reinstated. I and the Association of Bourgeois of Acadian Descent hope that this will happen and are working to see the site get recongnized not only as the first settlement outside of the Port-Royal area, but as the place were the depportation realy started.Marc Bourgeoishttps://email@example.com