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Games: 4 Ludicrously Ambitious Games (That Didn't Deliver Their Promises)
Ambition and art are synonymous, and always will be. While the majority of products in any art form will be average (as per definition), games seem to defy that rule somewhat. Most non-indie games these days are well-made items that took two years or more to craft, fill with content and depth, polish and prep for release. As such, the summary sections of game reviews tend to equate to: 'This is the worst game I have ever played. 8/10.'
You can play Black Ops II – a game as widely scorned as it is played – and have a great time while being unmoved. It looks beautiful, it plays smoothly and the multiplayer servers are a dream to use. The zombie mode is brilliant and the single-player, though linear as elevator shaft and twice as short, is a whole lot of fun to play, yet you'll find most of the game-playing world unimpressed despite selling around 15 million copies of the Call of Duty series per year.
The problem is we've seen it all before. War shooters have been done. Easy drop-in, drop-out multiplayer has been done. Zombies? You tell me if they've been done. Games like Black Ops II, Halo 4, Lost Planet, FIFA 13, Crysis 3, Battlefield 4, Mario Kart Whatever. We've seen everything these games have to offer. Franchises have peaked, their formulae perfected, and they're not getting any better. When perfection achieves boredom, it's time to start anew. So we turn our heads to the pretentious games of our day. The ones that are fundamentally flawed, but intriguing and addictive all the same. The games that gave us something new before we once-again get distracted by the gloss and marketing of the next AAA releases.
4. Black & White
This list could be populated with games Peter Molyneux created. The former Lionhead and Bullfrog chief is famed for hyping his product to such an extent that for a moment, we believe it's as essential as a vibrating toilet seat. The hype was never higher than with Black & White – a game where you play as the god Arthur C. Clarke speculated about, who sees the world as a ship in the bottle, and can only influence it with a long pin poked through the bottle's neck.
In Black & White, your mission was to accrue belief from godless inhabitants of an unnamed world, have them pump that belief into a resource management system and build bigger villages because of it. Oh, and you directly controlled a massive animal by way of three leashes, depending on how you wanted to shape its personality, as your living representative on this planet. Your Jesus, sort of. So a god game/RTS/character-building/teaching simulator is enough cross-pollination to qualify as ambitious. Unfortunately, the game's novel concept rapidly became quite tedious and your lack of ability to directly affect creature fights was infuriating, leaving you to mash your mouse-clicks and hope for the best. A nice idea that was improved upon in the sequel, and there was always fun to be had teaching your creature to throw his own shit at your enemies.
3. Hitman: Codename 47
We may have had a half-dozen of them by now, but the original game was such a fresh idea at the time, Eidos split the gaming community right down the middle. It was an idea so broad in scope that anxious fans were left salivating over what wasn't covered in previews. A full seven years before the release of Assassin's Creed, 47 was the anti-hero who was meant to infiltrate, execute and evade during each mission with a minimum of fuss and a maximum of style. Sadly, the game's clunky physics engine and dodgy mechanics infuriated most, garnering a negative reputation over what is still an astoundingly simple concept, still left a little overreaching in the series today. That said, the games in the series can still be tremendous fun, but their lack of perfection is what stops them being true classics, while their soul and spirit makes them truly inimitable, and worthy of investigation.
2. Descent: Freespace
In a world where the most popular franchise on Earth couldn't maintain a regular space simulator series, it was unlikely that mid-level maestros Volition, Inc. could sustain a game series like the interlinked Descent/Freespace games. The player was thrown into the cockpit of a dingy, two-bit, unshielded space superiority fighter, just one among many facing off in an epic war with an alien race. That is until another alien race enters the picture and silently declares war on both sides. Some of the concepts and idea in the Freespace games are still unmatched today in terms of execution and intensity – there is still nothing in gaming quite like the beam weapons of the capitol ships, or fighting a battle in a collapsing wormhole, or the overwhelming bleakness of being stranded in a far-away star system with 30 near-invulnerable ships closing in on you. Though remaining unmatched in terms of atmosphere, the Descent/Freespace games always lay low in terms of sales. As a result, the series has been dormant since 2004; the only thing the Freespace series never delivered was a conclusion.
1. Republic: The Revolution
It's safe to say that, in entertainment history, there has never been anything quite like Elixir Studios' wannabe-magnum opus Republic: The Revolution. The game starts off with a questionnaire(!) following a short cutscene about the corrupt police chief who sent your parents to a soviet gulag rising to power to become the dictator of the game's breakaway republic, Novistrana ('new country' in Russian). Your character starts off with absolutely nothing and has to form a political party and rise to power through whatever means necessary, though whichever avenue is entirely open for you. You can schmoose, bully, influence, murder, rally, spy, or bribe your way to the top. Or all of them, as long as you do so effectively (the game is pretty much what a real-life Bruce Wayne probably would have done). The game launches surprise after surprise at you, including random rallies from other parties, newspaper editors with their own agendas, outcries from the church, and occasional assassination attempts coordinated by the President's own personal hit-squad. Republic fell short of the mark by simplifying its initial concept too much and resorting to a kind of board-game mechanic in a 3D world. Perhaps we expected too much, but Republic promised more. It remains one of the most unique and ambitious projects of all time.


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I wrote about my first experience with the S&W M&P 9c and it's many frustrating problems to deal with including failures to feed, fire, eject and everything else. Not to mention the slide locking back prematurely.
So, we took it home, cleaned it up, oiled it and JD took it back out on one of their "guy's days to the range" trips.
For him and Chooie it worked beautifully for 100 rounds of Remington UMC and Winchester White Box.
So now it was my turn again with it and I'm pleased to report that it did 150 rounds of Winchester White Box with the only problem being two instances of the slide locking back prematurely. I didn't even notice it at first because I just assumed the gun was empty, dropped mag, reloaded and kept shooting only to pick up the other magazine and see that there was one round left.
It only did it twice and with only one round left in the magazines.
Next I'll have to see if it's a particular magazine. I think it may just need a little more "working."
Either way I'm thinking that all she needed was a good cleaning and a little more of a "break in."
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Figured I'd start a new thread to post when we have new meets.
Saturday March 3rd , 3pm @ Almaden Lake Park!
Figured I'd start a new thread to post when we have new meets.
Saturday March 3rd , 3pm @ Almaden Lake Park!
Last edited by renorains; 03-02-2012 at 02:33 AM.
You know Im in!
Someone be sure to post over on MKV forums and any other GTI / Jetta related forums. LOL. I cant keep up with all of them.
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Updated with location info. See yall out there!
wish I could chill but Vegas baby
we will hang out at the next
I'm all set to be there
Maybe karting( Vegas) oh btw got the Audi tt lower without bags can let you know how
Need a skid plate lol
Ended up having about 30+ cars show up last night, with a strong showing by Audi (S4's for days) and some aircooled VW's. Not too shabby for our second meet with plans for a third already in motion.
Here is a link to a few photos. Be sure to join the group so ya'll can help pick out the next spot!
I'm down for some karting. I love karting. Maybe the one in Burlingame next time.
Oh nice, a southbay group!! I was going to the Palo Alto meets from Saratoga/Campbell a Couple times but it was getting farther and farther away. :/ anyways, I'm interested in meeting up closer to home/work!!
Lots and lots of activity over there, and will post location for our meet this Saturday soon.
New meet details up! This Saturday March 3rd , 3pm @ Almaden Lake Park>>>>See event link below!
Why'd you make your meets on the same exact schedule as our meets?
I mean, I'd sure love to come to a meet in San Jose... haven't been for a long time. But can't because your schedule follows ours.
I will come to the next one. I like meeting new people.
We will be having another meet on April 21st. (Saturday) Time and location to follow, however I would suggest joining the group if youd like to stay in the loop.
I just completed the schedule through June 2012, including meets at Golfland in Sunnyvale, and LeMans Karting in Fremont.
Gonna be hella fun!


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A lot of you are emphasizing the importance of college as a series of classes rather than the entire experience of college. What is most important as some of you have stated, is how one
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through college. Obviously, partying all day/night is one way to go, but there are certain institutions that this is more likely to happen and certain institutions that you can more easily build a highly-motivated/dedicated friend group. A difference in environments goes a long way into shaping individuals.
Secondly, I can say that I have a bunch of friends doing Harvard/Stanford/MIT/etc JD/PhD/MD, and that I'm certain it would have been harder to find friends of "this caliber" had I gone to a state school. Of course, it takes a certain type of person to appreciate this value, though this appreciation is something that can also be developed.
Lastly, a lot of stronger college friendships are made during the first few years of college when everybody is living together. I would not have my future kids go to CC and then a regular college if I am able to pay for their four years or if they can pay for the four years without incurring a significant amount of debt.
+1, the question becomes whether $100k in debt is worth it to attend Cornell. $100k to attend Monmouth--probably not.
I have friends that did it, they have great jobs and think it was worth every penny.
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Bohart Bash poll is putting John Curry as the heavy favorite. Why wouldn't he be?!? He's on form and it's his home race.
Adam Jensen has been back in town for the last week. We've ridden trail every day, and today is his birthday ride. Basically he's ridden the mangy group ride crew into the ground. It's good for us. Sometimes our mountain bike rides can get pretty casual. It's nice to have someone pushing the tempo. However, we reached a new low of pushing the tempo last night. Up Sawmill Gulch road climb (2 miles, 4-5% gradient) we attacked eachother until everyone cracked. I was drafting people up Sawmill Gulch on a single speed. It was absolutely pointless!!! It's amazing what competition can do. So, while everyone complains and bitches that Jensen's back in town deep down we love it. He's a good guy, who really just loves to ride (and put people into Davey Jones Locker). He's been taking photos of our rides. I'll post some tomorrow. Also, tomorrow I'm posting the first ever Montanacylcocross.com video. It involves last weekend at the Northern. Off to the trail and Jensen's birthday suffer fest!
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Bohart Bash/Adam Jensen back in town
Bohart Bash poll is putting John Curry as the heavy favorite. Why wouldn't he be?!? He's on form and it's his home race.
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Bohart Bash this Weekend
A great Montana bike racing tradition is coming this weekend. Bohart Bash, put on by the GAS Cycling Team is a can't miss event. Road racers, cross racers, runners....no one should miss this race. Beer, band, and a killer course all the beautiful backdrop of the Bridger Mountain Range. This weekend's event should not only be fun but provide us with some epic battles. Montana racers have been riding wild this summer. The perennial mountain man Bill Martin has been grabbing results since March. Also, John Curry and Ben Parsons have been showing their form at recent regional and national races. Don't forget about Clint Muhlfeld who just nabbed third at the Cascade Creampuff. Throw in Frank who won the first MT series, and consistent performers Alex Lussier and Joe Chalmers. Don't get out wild cards like Doug Dale Schryock and Matt Butterfield. It's sure to be a great race. I can't remember if it's the state championship, but it might as well be because Montana's finest will be in full effect. I've heard rumors of Parsons showing up but I don't know for sure. Could anyone confirm?
Who's MT Cross's pick??
I'm going with John Curry. He's riding great, and I feel like he reached another level with his placings at Deer Valley. He's a never say die guy, and the most consistent performer in Montana cycling. However, don't be surprised if Clint "The Lung" or Dale comes in and wins by 3 minutes. The course doesn't have long enough climbs for Parsons, or Butterfield. Look for your cyclocross stars to round out the top 5; Frank, Lussier, Dale, Martin. I've only done Bohart once but the short steep ups and downs favor the power riders. It's kind of like picking the Tour de France these days (Schumacher in the TT, are you kidding me??). Here's my top 10.
1. John Curry
2. Muhlfeld
3. Doug
4. Martin
5. Frank
6. Parsons
6. Chalmers
7. Lussier
8. Butterfield
9. Connelly
10. Kiester
Hope to see everyone out on Saturday!
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Commentary on Montana Cycling - Notes from a far
Jeremy Dunphy is a new rider to the Montana Cycling scene. He's the up coming captain for the UM Cycling Team, and rode for Northern Rockies in USCF races. He's in Pennslyvania for the summer putting the finishing touches on his first racing season.
For those folks who are like me and don't race out of the region we don't know what racing is like in other parts of the country. Jeremy's note is a nice compliment to bike racing in Montana. I think Montana Cycling has done a nice job of welcoming new riders to the sport. Not to say we can't improve, but it's good to hear we provide a positive atmosphere. Here's what he had to say:
"I have learned a lot about the sport and had some really good experiences that have me looking to the future. There are some really strong riders out here, the practice crits I ride in on thursdays almost always has a few local pros in it, Rite Aide and Bissel riders, and riding with them can be a thrill if not , literally, a pain. The attitude towards cycling out here leaves alot to be desired, however. People are seriously amped up. In the 3/4 races I have been doing, "hold your line" are words some riders feel the need to repeat every ten seconds even on dead flat straightaways. Montana has it going on in this respect. Every time I get a comment about being "lost" or " "kinda far from the Northern Rockies" I want to let them in on the little secret that is montana cycling, but always refrain out of selfish pride. The way super strong riders in montana can still have a fun, friendly day out with people just getting into the sport, or offer an un-jaded conversation to someone 3 categories below them seems like a normal thing when immersed in the montana scene, but it is so not normal and while we might take it for granted it is something special and something I can't wait to get back into..."
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Jumping for Jesus' Gene Sullivan is psyched for his stunt this Sunday at the Western Montana Fair. He'll don his leather jumpsuit emblazoned with a red cross across his chest, hop on his motorcycle and crash through a wall of fire in the name of the Lord.
"It's kind of woven in through the program that we're there representing the Gospel," Sullivan says.
Sullivan isn't shy about proselytizing. After his jump this Sunday, he'll invite fairgoers to pray with him. But such public proselytizing recently grabbed the attention of local and national watchdogs who expressed concern about preferential treatment given to certain religious groups at the fair.
"We don't think that it should be there at all," says Freedom From Religion Foundation Staff Attorney Rebecca Markert of the Jump for Jesus event. "It is organized by the county of Missoula and, therefore, it should be neutral toward religion."
The Freedom From Religion Foundation lodged a complaint in April with Missoula County after a local resident alerted the nonprofit foundation that people attending a religious service last year were allowed free fair admittance. Markert says that kind of perk clearly violates the law. But as long as Jump for Jesus attendees are treated the same as other fairgoers the group has the same right to express its opinions and faith as any other group at the fairgrounds.
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Missoula County Chief Administrative Officer Dale Bickell says fair administrators are legally in the clear as long as they don't show favoritism toward certain religious groups.
"We just have to treat that event like any other event," Bickell says. "We can't create a special class."
Missoula Pastor Keith Mobley is sponsoring Jumping for Jesus' performance. According to a contract between Missoula County and Mobley, Mobley is paying $200 to rent the fairground's arena and grandstand between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Aug. 15.
Sullivan, meanwhile, is focused on his stunt. The takeoff, he says, represents one's launch into life, and the flaming wall represents the gates of hell. His eventual safe landing signifies salvation.
Jumping for Jesus performed a similar stunt before a packed crowd at the Western Montana Fair in 2007. "We're really excited about going back," Sullivan says.


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Last week's announcement that Lance Armstrong had finally given up fighting allegations of doping during his seven-straight Tour de France victories came on the same day the the USA Pro Cycling Challenge arrived in Colorado Springs, which happens to be the home of The United States Anti-Doping Agency. We visited USADA two years ago for this Western Skies piece about the inner workings of the agency that seeks to level the playing field for all athletes.
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Joe Lillard says:
I am amazed there is not more outrage against the doping agency. They have never shown any evidence they claim to have concerning blood doping. They also claim to have what they describe as eye witnesses to some unknown activities, none of whom have been identified. It appears this star chamber vendetta will finally discredit the greatest rider we have ever seen. The doping agency's leadership has been after Mr. Armstrong for over ten years and are now celebrating their victory behind hugely disingenuous sadness over "winning at all costs". That's what Lance did in his success battle against cancer,wasn't it?
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It seems that if you do not have a blood sample or urine sample that tests POSITIVE for a substance that you can identify you are simply on a witchhunt.
Bill Neal says:
I am trying to figure out how an organization that in 2011 received $8,982,000 in Federal Grants is allowed to smear the reputation of a most accomplished cyclist armed with only rumors, hearsay and inferences.
USADA lacks internal and external controls
If Mr. Tygart and staff have the power it appears, what are the internal and external controls at USADA? What would restrict an overly ambitious CEO with an "axe to grind?"According to USADA bylaws, the organization has a very small ten member board of directors. The current director's are apparently impressed with Tygart and his "Tygarthian" prosecution style of accusing first and looking for evidence later. Unless Mr. Tygart received a pay cut last year, he's been paid a total of over $1.2 million in compensation and $100,000 in bonuses over the past four years. The spokesperson at the USADA did respond to my e-mail, but she declined to comment whether Tygart's bonuses were tied to finding a certain number of athletes or a particularly high profile athlete guilty of doping.
The 2011 USADA annual report shows a total of 8,204 tests were given in 72 categories. Cycling had the second highest number at 989 tests only exceeded by track and field with 2,051
From the 2011 USADA annual report
As CEO, Tygart works closely with the USADA Board of Directors to carry out the organization's
mission of preserving the integrity of competition, inspiring true sport, and protecting the
rights of U.S. athletes.
The strategic plan does not seem to follow the mission statement
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Thanks for the interesting story on USADA. It is nice Lance has such loyal fans–I'm not one. However, given Mr. Neal's statements above, it looks like USADA would make a very interesting story.
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It was early 2009. I was just about to turn 27, and I'd recently been dumped by my long-term boyfriend for the first time (we would later repeat this process in 2011, as you all know). So on a cold winter Monday night, after meeting a group of cute boys at the BYOB sushi restaurant I was dining at with some girlfriends, I went home and made out with one of the guys in a misguided attempt to get over my breakup. (Please note: This never really works.) I wasn't ready to date or to get too physical, but a PG-13 sleepover sounded like just the ticket to Distractionville I needed. I went home the next morning feeling a little disoriented but glad that I at least didn't spend another night moping.
When I got reoriented, I realized I'd accidentally done the thing guys always dread girls will do on purpose: the Leave Behind. You know, when you leave something of yours at the other person's house so you have an excuse to go back, get it, and see him again? Only I really had done it by accident, and worse, it wasn't like I'd left a cheap scarf or even a favorite pair of earrings. I'd left behind a folder of documents, including affidavits that had been signed and notarized and which I needed to get admitted to the New York State Bar. I realize that sounds completely weird—and it so is—but I'd come straight to dinner from work, not expecting the night to go as it did! Anyway, long story short, they weren't easily replaceable, and the guy lived only about two blocks from me, so I was determined to get them back from him.
I had his number, so the next day I sent him a quick, casual text asking if I had left a folder there and asking him to please not throw it away since it was important. He responded, luckily, but then spent the next two weeks acting as if I were a stage-five clinger trying to pin him down for marriage by sneakily seducing him with my manilla folder of affidavits. Despite my repeated efforts, he wouldn't arrange a time for me to meet him to pick up the folder. He wouldn't figure out a way to mail it to me or let me pick it up from his mailbox or one of his roommates or any other solution I suggested. He just kept blowing me off like he needed to make it really clear we weren't going to reunite over some paperwork and then ride off into the sunset happily ever after. As if that's what I thought. Groan. At the end of the panic-inducing ordeal, I was furiously raging to all my friends, "WHY DOES THIS GUY THINK I LIKE HIM? I HATE HIM! I NEVER WANT TO SEE HIM AGAIN, I JUST WANT MY FREAKIN' STUFF BACK!!"
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My family doctor referred me to Dr. Patel at Hickory Cardiology, although I had previously been treated by a different office, saying Dr. Patel has "a good bedside manner". I wasn't concerned about the doctor's "manner", I simply wanted to figure out the cause of my chest pain so I agreed to sign the release for my records from the other cardiologist and authorize them to be sent to Dr. Patel.The staff was very polite and the nurse who called me back into the room was great! She read my prior history to make sure it was accurate and asked why I was seeing the doctor today.When Dr. Patel came in, he must have left his "good bedside manner" at home! I had previously had a stress test which came back normal but the pain was still there which is why my doctor referred me to him in the first place; he was out of ideas as to what was causing the pain. Dr. Patel told me I had already had the tests done that he would have conducted and the results were completely normal. He then said he was a "heart doctor, not why is my chest hurting doctor". Excuse me, but I'm a patient in pain, not a doctor in any sense! I didn't walk in off the street, I was REFERRED there by another physician who thought Dr. Patel could assist in my diagnosis. I realize the cause of my pain may not be heart related, and Dr. Patel may have honestly felt he couldn't help me, which is fine. But, for any physician to belittle a patient, the way I feel he did me, is completely unacceptable! My primary care physician will definitely be hearing about my worst experience with another physician, EVER! And, I'll also be more reluctant to accept referrals based on personal opinion.
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Dutch doop sauce, from dopen to dip; akin to Old English dyppan to dip
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — What can you learn about bass fishing in 140 characters or fewer?
A lot, apparently.
If you're not a Twitter fiend, you may not realize how many bass fishing-focused accounts adorn the platform.
Wide Open Spaces, a website for all things hunting, fishing, shooting and outdoors, compiled a list of the Top 50 Twitter accounts in fishing, narrowed down from hundreds of fishing-related accounts, as well as thousands of anglers who tweet about the sport.
B.A.S.S.'s primary Twitter account, @BASS_Nation, was chosen as the No. 1 fishing Twitter account, and its secondary account, @BASSHowTo, was listed as No. 18.
Who else is listed in the Fishing 50? Brandon Palaniuk nabbed the No. 3 spot, and Mike Iaconelli is in seventh. Several other Bassmaster Elite Series pros made the list (Kevin VanDam, Ott DeFoe, Edwin Evers, Randy Howell, David Walker, John Crews, Alton Jones, Skeet Reese and Chris Lane), and Bassmaster emcees Dave Mercer and Mark Zona earned a place as well. Gerald Sensabaugh, who competes on the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens presented by Allstate trail, is in the Fishing 50, too.
"We've found a big audience in social media, and they've inspired us to grow our frequency and experiment in our offerings," said Jim Sexton, VP of digital at B.A.S.S. "We hold nearly 40 bass fishing tournaments a year and have found that Twitter is a great way to communicate up-to-the-minute news. We're excited to be recognized by WideOpenSpaces.com."
The @BASS_Nation account has more than 107,000 followers and shares fan photos, tournament updates and great stories.
View the entire list of the Fishing 50 here.
Want to find more pros on Twitter? Follow any of them on this list.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A few thoughts on the Jacksonville Jaguars' 27-20 victory over the Houston Texans.
What it means: The Jaguars have their first three-game winning streak since the 2010 season and their first victory at home in more than a year (Nov. 25, 2012). The Jaguars had lost six consecutive games at EverBank Field. They're also 4-1 since their bye and somehow still alive in the playoff race.
Stock watch: The Jaguars had no answer for quarterback Matt Schaub, who came in for Case Keenum in Thursday's third quarter and led the Texans to 10 points. The Jaguars couldn't mount much of a pass rush -- they sacked him only once until the game's final play, and he had plenty of time to pick out receivers -- and Schaub was able to exploit what has been the Jaguars' weakness all season: the middle of the field. He feasted, too, completing 17 of 29 passes for 198 yards and one touchdown. He made one mistake, a pass that linebacker Geno Hayes intercepted to set up the game-clinching field goal. The secondary has been an issue all season but particularly in the four games before Thursday night, giving up an average of 291 yards per game passing in those contests.
Offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch continues to show his creativity. One week after having Maurice Jones-Drew throw a pass to Marcedes Lewis for a touchdown, he called a play in which receiver Ace Sanders threw a touchdown pass to running back Jordan Todman. The creativity makes up for a lack of experienced receivers and an offensive line that struggles with consistency. Of course, it helps that the plays are working.
RB injuries: The Jaguars lost Jones-Drew late in the third quarter to a hamstring injury, and Todman suffered a minor injury late in the fourth quarter, which really hurt their chance to run the clock. Jones-Drew had surpassed 100 yards for the first time this season and it was the closest he has looked to the player who led the league in rushing in 2011. The Jaguars had to go to third-stringer Denard Robinson, who carried twice for minus-1 yard, to try to kill clock on their next-to-last drive. Todman did return on the final drive, which began after Hayes' interception.
Costly penalty: The Jaguars played a pretty clean game, but they did commit one costly penalty that directly led to three points in the fourth quarter. Texans kicker Randy Bullock missed a 51-yard field-goal attempt, but the Jaguars were penalized for having 12 men on the field. The Texans decided to go for it on fourth-and-5, converted the first down, and Bullock went on to kick a 31-yard field goal that cut the Jaguars' lead to 24-20 with 11 minutes, 31 seconds to play.
What's next: The Jaguars host Buffalo on Dec. 15 in their next-to-last home game of the season.


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Capitol Theatre
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The unique Vistavision Framing Guide appeared at the start of the reel after the changeover.
VistaVision was not 65mm!!!
Thanks so much for the link. Enjoyed reading. I lived around the corner from the B&K Paradise in Chicago. The theater installed a taller screen, not cinemascope size to present VistaVision films I believe in the 1950's. The Marbro theater around the corner got a huge Cinemascope treatment with "The Robe" and was the talk of the neighborhood. It didn't make much difference for the Paradise was closed and razed in 1956, much to my distain!
Bobby, as I said on the March 30 post above, all VistaVision films were shot in 65mm, and only 1 or 2 theaters in NY and LA could show the 65mm horizontal prints, all other showings were in reduced 35mm prints and theaters did no have to use a different projector. The "changeover" signal at the right top of the screen indicated to projectionists the width of the projected film they could use depending on the size of the screen since main action was usually centered when shooting the film. Recommend you take a look at the VistaVision page on the American WideScreen Museum website. Here is the link:
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Thanks for the information about VistaVision. I often wonder why in some theaters I would watch "White Christmas" in wide screen and other theaters it seemed smaller. Did it depend if the theater had the right projector? Could it be the same movie was filmed in different formats at the same time?
43 years ago today at the Capitol: the press screening of "2001: A Space Odyssey", with Stanley Kubrick in the projection booth.
Paul Noble, who was there, posted the following 3 years ago:
Three nights in advance of the NY premiere, I attended the first press screening of 2001 at the Capitol at its full-length. I believe it clocked in at 161 minutes. The place was packed, but after intermission several hundred people were missing. During the closing credits, there were just two of us left, the other being Gene Shalit who was "conducting" "The Blue Danube". I turned around at the end and waved to Kubrick in the booth and gave him a thumbs up. In the lobby, I joined a heated conversation with Judith Crist, Bruce Bahrenberg and other critics, who were loudly putting the picture down. I told them about "The Sentinel," the landmark Clarke short story, and what the possible meaning of the picture was. They laughed me out of the lobby! The director cut the film, supposedly on the print, over the next few days, and the shortened version was the one which opened at the premiere. I'm still a great fan of 2001 with its enormous impact on future motion pictures, and the Capitol Cinerama as it was on that night with that gigantic curved screen, even in sharp focus from my third row seat!
posted by PaulNoble on Apr 3, 2008 at 1:54pm
Sorry for the intrusion, just want to re-link to notifications on this page. The Widescreen Museum site is endlessly fascinating, by the way. I could (and have) lost myself for hours within its pages.
Mike: In the VistaVision section of the American WideScren Mujseum look at the ad for Strategic Air Command's LA opening which will give you an idea of the screen Paramount Pictures' VistaVision used for the proper horizontal showing of this process. Here is the link:
Mike: VistaVision was a 65mm process in which the film was filmed and projected horizontally and the image projected was taller than CinemaScope. Only a few theaters had 65mm horizontal projectors, I think in NYC only the Paramount and Radio City had it. The general releases were 35mm prints projected vertically in regular wide screens, if it was a scope screen it only covered the center part of the screen like any other 35mm wide screen film. However, the fact that VistaVision films were shot in 65mm, the reduced 35mm print was very sharp. The "change" signal at the right top of the screen indicated to projectionists that the projected film could be bigger or wider, since main action was usually centered when shooting the film. Recommend you take a look at the VistaVision page on the American WideScreen Museum website.
I have a question. What was Vista vision? Was that another name used instead of cinemascope?
Interesting story re the Hollywood. What is now the entrance was originally the side entrance. The original entrance (art deco I believe) was on Broadway in the middle of the block. If you walk by you will see what appears to be an entrance to a small office building . That was the original entranceway. They jettisoned it as they had to pay separate rent for it and decided it was not worth it. No idea when this took place however.
I agree William but also, Cinerama was born here at the Broadway theater and we don't have a Cinerama Theatre as LA and Seattle do.
Tinseltoes, thanks for all the info you enlighten us with.
When it was remodeled for the 2 3 strip Cineramas, a number of rows were taken out from the rear of the orchestra & replaced with a japanese garden with bridges & ponds. It was really nice, The staircase as soon as you cam in was there but the steps .ere replaced with a gold colored escalator.Once the Roxy went, it was only a matter of time before all of the Times Square Palaces went down. Most cities have 1 or more of palaces left. Only in NY, the entertainment capital of the world do we knock them all down. Lamb theaters really took a hit.
Mark Strand
This photograph of the Capitol Theatre was taken in 1930 by George Mann of the comedy dance team, Barto and Mann.
to Michael C. i apologize for the repetitive nature of my
questions. as you suggested i looked at the Grauman's Chinese
page and the Cinerama Dome Page. i did find my answers. i will
be sure in the future to browse the comments section for each theater before i ask further questions.
ChrisD…If you are aware that many roadshow films were 35mm, why then are you focusing only on the 70mm era of 1955-1972? (Roadshows began long before '55 and went on beyond '72.)
And, Chris, did you even see my response to your comment on the Grauman's Chinese page?
And regarding your question posed on the Cinerama Dome page, had you bothered to scroll through the existing comments, you would have found the answer to your question (see my comment of Feb. 4, 2008) and thus would not have needed to ask it.
Frankly, at this point, your questions are getting annoying since you're essentially posting the same question on multiple pages and then not always bothering to check up on subsequent comments.
i thank Michael C. for the info. the sites were quite fascinating. but many roadshow films were not in 70MM or Cinerama. so i was
wondering how i could get as complete a list as possible of the
films which played the Loew's State/Loew's State 1 & 2 on
a roadshow engagement during the 1955-1972 period.. many thanks in advance.
ChrisD… See 70mm in New York and Remembering Cinerama (Part I: New York).
my first visit to the Capitol wasn't until the end of its
existence. the film was the first run engagement of PLANET OF
THE APES in March? of 1968. i subsequently went to see "2001"
twice during its exclusive roadshow engagement. since "2001"
was the only roadshow film i saw at the Capitol would anyone
have as complete a list as possible of the roadshow films that
played the Capitol prior to "2001". many thanks in advance.
Here's a program from July 1922 for the Capitol Theatre.
The stage program accompanying the main feature, The Country Flapper, was pretty spectacular. You can see the entire contents at The Silent Film Still Archive.
Can anyone shed any light on what actually happened to the Capitol's
Estey organ and its later horseshoe console? Did the organ go down with the building?
Thanks Tinseltoes. I always wondered why I Married a Witch was released by UA, but its credits were filled with the top names at Paramount like Gordon Jennings, whose photographic effects for that film were excellent (as always).
In the summer of 1968, I was an usher at the Westhampton Theatre in Richmond (VA) and we were scheduled to open 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY in 70mm reserved seats that July. I went to New York with my dad in June so I made a point of going to see it at the CAPITOL on their curved Cinerama screen. The marquee, as pictured on the site, was incredible. It looked like the theatre was dedicated to this film forever. When we opened in Richmond, MGM actually gave us large plastic signs to replace to marquee but nothing as elaborate as the Capitol. The curved screen was great. It was a phenomonenal experience.
To Steve Goldschmidt:
Your grandfather was something of a legend in the annals of projection. It's said that he conferred with Francis B. Cannock and Edwin S. Porter on the design of the first Simplex projector
Next to next to last, AlA!


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500, 472, 425, 368 Discussion, 500 fuel injection intake in Cadillac Engine Discussion; I came across an intake for a 500 cid Cadillac with TBI. The part number on it is 1615446. None ...
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500 fuel injection intake
I came across an intake for a 500 cid Cadillac with TBI.
The part number on it is 1615446.
None of my parts books have this listed, however my parts books go from 76-81 and 82-85.
Can anyone verify if this was for a mid'-75 TBI for 500cid?
Re: 500 fuel injection intake
Assuming that you meant to say EFI intake: I'm pretty sure that the 425 and 500 EFI intakes are the same beast. My intake was last used on a 500 but started life on a 1978 425. PN 1616059.
Your number does not show up in the bible here either. Chilton parts and time guide from 1984 lists my intake as 3516375 which isn't a match to the number on the manifold itself. We might be reading casting numbers which could be different from a part number.
There might be some difference in EGR setup but if it looks like a 500 intake then it should work. Other than that the paint color was different.
If you are dealing with a TBI intake then is has to be from a 1981 368 or later limo.


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It's been revealed today that X Factor judge and Take That singer Gary Barlow is to pen a musical based on the Johnny Depp film, Finding Neverland.
He's apparently set to team up with Americans Scott Frankel and Michael Korie to re-tell the story of Peter Pan author JM Barrie's life on-stage.
Speaking to the Daily Star about the venture, Gary said, "This is something I've always wanted to do…
"I really love the story."
And apropos of musicals, we do of course have the forthcoming X Factor musical 'I Can't Sing' to look forward to, though Simon Cowell enlisted comedian Harry Hill to write it, rather than Gary…
But of course, it's no secret that Gary and Simon don't get on, so I guess it's no shock that he didn't utilize Gary's songwriting talents for the project.
Anyway, here's what BBC news had to say of the West End extravaganza…
The forthcoming X Factor musical written by comedian Harry Hill has been titled I Can't Sing! and will open at the London Palladium in March 2014.
Hill described it as an "all singing, all dancing, all mickey-taking spectacular".
The musical features 19 original songs by Steve Brown, whose TV work includes Spitting Image and Hill's TV Burp.
It is a joint venture between Stage Entertainment and Simon Cowell's company Syco Entertainment.
"We'd been umm-ing and ahh-ing about the title for a while… then it hit us… I Can't Sing!" said Hill and Brown in a statement.
"It also happens to be the title of one of the funniest songs in the show and we hope hints at the direction we're taking this production.
"We're pretty certain that you won't have seen anything like it before and it's great that Simon is backing it 4500%."
Casting has yet to be announced.
According to its producers, the musical will go "behind the microphone and under the judges' desk to reveal the (not necessarily accurate) story of heartache and laughter that keeps millions tuning in every week".
It will be directed by Sean Foley, whose West End credits include the recent productions of The Ladykillers and What the Butler Saw.
I Can't Sing! will open at the London Palladium will begin previews on 27 February with an opening night scheduled for 26 March.
The X Factor was created by Cowell and launched on ITV in 2004. Acts that have emerged from the show include One Direction and Leona Lewis.
Here's a reminder of Harry taking the mickey out of X Factor on his show, TV Burp…