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The "naked truth" about Apartheid
Posted on May 24th, 2012 by Richard Catto 2,006 views
This is in response to an article written by Elna Boesak.
Time for apartheid's truth to be spoken
She opens by writing about talking the "naked truth" about Apartheid. This refers to her wish for all white South Africans to accept personal responsibility for their part in Apartheid and to actively seek to reconcile with all South Africans.
However, I don't think this is going to happen in our lifetimes. Undoing the effects of separation does not happen overnight. It is the children and grand children of this generation which will enjoy a togetherness that this one will never. There is a mountain of enmity and mistrust that separates the current generation. This is normal. World War II had a similar effect of alienating much of Europe from Germany. People do not simply forgive because the scars run too deep.
So we can do our best to reconcile but I think we ought to accept that it is simply not realistic to expect this current generation of South Africans to become one happy nation today or next year. In 40 years time, maybe. But not today.
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White Victimhood
Posted on May 24th, 2012 by Richard Catto 1,809 views
Ever since Apartheid ended, and even in the few years before it ended, the concept of white victimhood has arisen in self-entitled white South Africans who are always on the search for a new weapon to hit blacks over the head with.
The following blog post was made by some anonymous coward, a white South African woman. It is a despicable article, full of racism. The fact that so many white South Africans are lauding it as "good" shows only one thing: many white South Africans still just don't fucking get it. They don't hold themselves responsible for Apartheid. They don't feel sorry. All they feel sorry about is the fact that their DSTV subscription has gone up.
A South African artist called Brett Murray has been causing a huge stir since his painting of South Africa's president titled The Spear was put up in a local gallery. The ANC have worked themselves up into a total frothy about the painting and their biggest issue with it – It's racist. ???????
Disrespectful, maybe. Rude, maybe. But racist???
That little word that has become the political whip with which the ANC work the masses up into angry mobs and riots anytime something happens that they don't like. And it's becoming really really tiring.
In South Africa, the word racist has lost it's original meaning and now only get's used to describe a white person doing something a black person doesn't like. You never hear it used in any other context. You can't say to a black CEO that he is racist because he won't hire white people, no – he's just making sure that only blacks get hired because of BEE. You can't call a university racist because they won't accept an application from a white student with straight A's for 8 subjects – instead taking on a black student who barely passed matric. Nope, they're not racist, they're just correcting the wrongs of the past. But god forbid you do hire the white person or you do admit the white student, you'll be branded racist by the government quicker that you can say "colour shouldn't be the issue here" because how dare you choose a white person over a black person in a democratic South Africa.
Most of the time when you are a white person and you call your fellow countrymen to be held accountable for their unacceptable words and actions such as corruption, nepotism, fraud, theft, you'll be branded a racist. Today, I shouted at a taxi driver who pushed in-front of me nearly driving me into the curb with no regard for the fact that I have a child in the car – I must be a racist, because only racists care about road safety it would seem.
I complained to the manager of my bank because the woman handling my account is so incompetent and hasn't responded to one email or message I've left her for over 2 months! Nevermind that my account is about to be shut down because of FICA. I must be a racist then because only racists expect service from a bank and stupidly think an organisation is going to actually do the job they promise to do in all their marketing material.
The other day my husband confronted a woman outside a shopping centre after she carelessly threw her fast food packet on the floor less than 10cm from a dustbin. Her response – "you're just a racist". Yes, you're absolutely right, because only racists care about keeping their city clean and litter free.
I fired a lady who worked for me once because I caught her rummaging through one of my cupboards and she had taken my passport and other belongings which I found in her bag. Her only response – "you're a racist". Yes, yes I am. Because only racists think that stealing is a criminal offense and is done by people with no morals or conscience. I swear being a white person in this country can be very bloody exasperating at times. The ANC has brainwashed the masses with this little word – racist – to the point that it's actually completely lost its meaning and now get's used totally out of context. Most days I just let it pass and I don't go into effect of it. But today is not one of those days. Today I'm angry and today I'm sick and tired of it.
I'm not shouting at you because you're black, I'm shouting because you're a maniac on the roads who is a danger to society.
I'm not complaining to your manager because you're black. I'm complaining because you're an incompetent moron who is incapable of doing her job properly.
I'm not firing you because you're black. I'm firing you because you're a thief.
I'm not confronting you because your black, I'm shouting at you because you're a messy pig who expects other people to clean up your mess.Please get over yourselves and move out the way of the remarkably amazing black people who DO take total responsibility and who actually want this country to work for ALL the people who live in it. If being a racist in this country means that I will stand up for my rights, fight for what is fair and true and hold everyone around me accountable for their words and actions, then I am a racist through and through. If being a racist means that I believe in freedom of speech and expression and that everyone's point of view is relevant, no matter what colour, age or sex, then I will proudly announce to all who can hear that I am a racist. If being a racist means that I believe we should all be treated with the same rules and consequences and that no-one, especially not the President, is above the law and exempt from criminal prosecution when that law has been broken, then print me a t-shirt saying "I am a racist" and I will wear it in the streets. If being a racist means that I will not stand idly by while the few, corrupt pigs in the ANC rape this country for everything they can get with no regard for the poor and the homeless and the uneducated, then I'll get I'm a racist tattooed on my back.
Mr Zuma and the ANC – you need to get a different vocabulary. Instead of shouting at someone like Brett Murray about a painting being offensive, maybe you should be asking yourselves why he painted it in the first place. Instead of wanting to take Zapiro to court every time he depicts the president & his shower head in one of his cartoons, why don't you stop to realise that there is truth in everything he draws and that your angry responses are really due to the fact that he keeps hitting a nerve that's a little too close to home.
Maybe, Mr Zuma, it's time to take a long, hard look in the mirror. If you were honest with yourself you'd see that people actually have very little respect for you because some believe you have lied and cheated your way through your Presidency. According to reports you have been involved with more seedy, corrupt criminals than Horatio Cane and that you have abused funds for personal gain. Even the great Oliver Tambo's daughter doesn't think much of you based on what she had to say about the painiting: "He should inspire the reverence he craves. This portrait is what he inspired"
You Mr Zuma and your ANC are a bunch of CANTS!
CAN'T let go of the past
CAN'T stop operating from a place of revenge and hate for what's happened in the past
CAN'T stop the out of control corruption that is rife throughout every government department
CAN'T seem to get the education right in this country
CAN'T say goodbye of Affirmative Action and BEE which is ruining businesses across this land
But what do I know?
I'm just a white girl talking about a black man.
I must be a racist**Due to the nature of some of the comments in this article, the text has been edited by the MyNews24 Editor.
The most telling thing about this article is the last line. I would love to read the full unedited article, because I'm sure it contained some precious racist gems. In this respect, news24 has done us a disservice by editing out bits they found offensive, because that just fuels speculation.
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The absurdity of marital rape
Posted on April 24th, 2012 by Richard Catto 1,729 views
The world we live in today is often a very confusing place to live with its twisted politically correct logic. For centuries, it was a well known and completely accepted fact that men and women who are married to each other, have given explicit consent to the other to have sexual intercourse with one another.
Marriage, by definition is a physical union of two people. Marriage vows include the statement that spouses no longer have sole claim to their bodies but that they also belong to the other. Marriage is a sexual union of two consenting people.
In 1736, Sir Matthew Hale wrote a legal treatise in which he said that in marriage a wife has given herself to her husband (sexually) and cannot retract this consent.
In common law, in both North American and the British Commonwealth spouses have conjugal rights to sexual intercourse with each other and marital rape is therefore impossible.
However, in the latter part of the last century, the politically correct faction finally got their way and as of 2006, 104 countries now have laws against marital rape. The problem with these laws is that they are for all practical purposes nearly impossible to prosecute because a prosecutor needs to prove that consent was withheld. In marriage, by default, one must assume that consent is given and it is difficult to prove the inverse.
There is only one South African case so far where a man, Frederik Christiaan Bossert, has been convicted of marital rape (Janaury 2012). This case is on appeal. Bossert, a former policemen, was a brutal man who abused and assaulted his wife frequently. Bossert is certainly guilty of assault and battery.
They say that marriage is not a thing to be entered into lightly, and there is a good reason for this. By marrying someone, you are giving up many freedoms that you enjoy as a single person. You are joining yourself to another person, taking on all their problems as your own. Your body no longer belongs solely to you. Your time is no longer your own. Your assets and liabilities are also joined. If the person you marry turns out to be a very imperfect picture of how they present themselves to you while unmarried, you may find yourself in a world of hurt. People lie and deceive others in order to accrue personal advantage and marriage has been abused by both men and women in this fashion for as long as the institution has existed.
By writing this post, I am in no way condoning spousal violence or forced intercourse, I am stating my view that marital rape is an absurdity because marriage is explicit consent. If a couple is separated, then under those circumstances, I believe that marital rape can be prosecuted, but not when a couple is living together as man and wife.
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Californication Season 4, Hank's trial
Posted on March 26th, 2011 by Richard Catto 3,239 views
I've just finished watching episode 11 of Season 4 of Californication, a season which has been dominated by Hank's trial for the statutory rape of Mia, who was 16 at the time (in Season 1, 3 years ago). Personally, I can't relate to this or find anything to be outraged about, firstly because in South Africa the age of consent is 16 and therefore Hank would be guilty of nothing in this country. Secondly, it was quite clear he had no idea that the girl was 16 as she presented herself as being 20+.
In episode 11, Hank is found guilty by 12 jurors, another thing I can't relate to, because in South Africa we don't have juries. In South Africa, judges hand down judgement, not lay people who have no understanding of law. So I found the whole trial concept a non-starter and a silly thing to base an entire season around, unless the charges had some meat to them. Like if Hank had killed someone while driving drunk or high. Getting drunk and high is something Hank does on a regular basis. He also has sex on a regular basis but he's not a rapist, he's actually a gentleman when it comes to the ladies. It's not as if he's out there luring young girls into hotel rooms and molesting them.
Also the whole relationship with Karen (played by Natascha McElhone), his ex, has become very stale. I've never found Karen's character particularly interesting. She's mostly humourless and serious whereas Hank is lighthearted and fun which makes for interesting viewing. Hank's daughter, Becca, has also not developed into much of a character. She could be a lot more interesting. She could be out there ingesting drugs, playing at rock concerts, sucking dick and taking guys up the ass, getting pregnant, wrecking cars (okay, she's finally managed to achieve that) and generally being a total out of control wild ass rock star teenager. But she mostly hangs out at home with Mom (and sometimes Dad) and doing very tame gigs with an ineffective vocalist as her band's lead singer. She could be out there turning her mother's hair prematurely grey and sharing laughs and drugs with her totally irresponsible father. That could be the real reason for the rift between Hank and Karen, not this overblown outrage over a half-forgotten pomp with the utterly characterless and boring Mia. Mia (and her dumbass father) from Season 1 should be dead and buried and consigned to the trash heap long ago already. We've all moved on from that shit already. Mia (and her dad) are yesterday's boring news. Bringing them back in Season 4 to torment Hank is just not cool and it's boring the crap out of me.
The one scene that made me chuckle was when Hank was wearing a dickass suit and had his hair all wet and combed back and he said (with disgust) that he looked like a fucking FBI agent. (David Duchovny who plays Hank Moody in Californication previously played the part of Fox Mulder, an FBI agent in the X files.)
So episode 12 is the season finale. Californication has been renewed for a 5th season and I truly hope that we won't have to endure watching Hank sit behind bars being visited by Karen, Becca and Charlie Runcle, because that would truly blow. Unless we finally get to see Hank blow some dick. That might actually be worth it, but only for 1 episode.
I really hope that the writers of this bitching series will get some inspiration and produce a truly mind blowingly exciting Season 5. If not, I may have to consider a career change and start writing some motherfucking TV episodes to show them how its done.
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House MD Season 7 Episode 17, When Art becomes Fart
Posted on March 26th, 2011 by Richard Catto 3,023 views
Following on from the demise of the House and Cuddy stupid little "relationship" which has infected Season 7 with healthy doses of relationship insanity, House meets a gorgeous and very compliant Russian chick who wants a green card via the marriage route.
House marries the Russian trollop who then attempts to seduce him on their wedding night, but House declines her affections. Considering that this is the same guy who (in the previous episode) blew $30 000 on high class hookers while holed up in a 5 star hotel with an exceptionally eager to please and equally exceptionally overweight bellhop, it is hard to believe that House would not tap that Russian ass. Fuck, I'd tap that Russian ass!
Oh and House's team saves the life of an asswipe who turns out to be a serial killer. Pity. If Chase had cottoned on sooner, this could have been his second patient he snuffed out.
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'Social Network' tops list of 2010 must-see films
Going to the movies in 2010 reaffirmed that in the hands of the right talents, any subject can be cinematic, even the founding of Facebook.
A British royal undergoing speech therapy, a team meddling with an executive's nighttime imaginings and a solitary adventurer literally pinned between a rock and a hard place might not sound like particularly promising movie material. But with filmmaking dream teams such as David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin, Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Nolan and Leonardo DiCaprio, and Danny Boyle and James Franco working together, seemingly chancy concepts were transformed into some of the best movies of the past year:
1. "The Social Network": In retrospect it seems silly, but I went into "The Social Network" wondering what could possibly be interesting about the origins of Facebook, the now-ubiquitous Web universe populated by everyone from fifth-graders to grandmothers.
As it turns out, the story behind the much-disputed founding of the 500 million-member-strong online phenomenon is packed with complicated characters and juicy dramas worthy of a Shakespearean classic. The site's litigious beginnings are spun into an engrossing and surprisingly epic tale through the savvy guidance of director David Fincher ("Zodiac"), the laser-sharp writing of Aaron Sorkin (TV's "The West Wing") and uniformly superb performances, including Jesse Eisenberg's nuanced turn as Facebook mastermind Mark Zuckerberg. With Facebook surpassing Google to become the most-visited website of 2010, movies don't get much more current than this.
2. "Inception": Film fans and critics longing for a smarter breed of summer action movie got their wish in July with this high-concept heist thriller. Writer-director Christopher Nolan, who already has succeeded in making his Batman movies darkly thoughtful and slam-bam exhilarating, again brought his formidable storytelling skills to bear with his winding but never muddled tale of a team of dream stealers (the excellent Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page and Joseph Gordon-Levitt) trying to plant a counterintuitive idea into the mind of a businessman (Cillian Murphy). The enigmatic ending kept my husband and me pondering long after we exited the IMAX house.
3. "True Grit": Many movie fans felt Joel and Ethan Coen were treading on sacred cinematic soil by re-adapting Charles Portis' novel "True Grit." After all, the 1969 adaptation already had moseyed into the annals of movie history. The film not only won John Wayne his lone Oscar, it also starred The Duke in one of his most memorable roles, as trigger-happy, alcohol-sodden U.S. Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn.
But the Oscar-winning Coen brothers made good on their vow to make a film truer to the tone and language of Portis' wonderful book, crafting a sublime addition to the Western movie canon. While celebrated actors Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon turn in fine performances as Cogburn and vain Texas Ranger LaBeouf, respectively, 13-year-old Hailee Steinfeld makes a stunning film debut as indomitable heroine Mattie Ross.
4. "Toy Story 3": After more than a decade, the toys were back in town, and their return was as hilarious, thrilling and emotionally satisfying as cinephiles could have hoped. The animation geniuses at Disney/Pixar faced to-infinity-and-beyond expectations with the release of the long-awaited third film in their groundbreaking computer-animated series, and they blasted their lovable gang of plastic playthings into the upper echelon of movie trilogies. Thought-provoking and wildly entertaining, the final ride of Sheriff Woody (voice of Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (voice of Tim Allen) and their playroom pals deserved its place as the best-reviewed and top-grossing film of 2010.
5. "127 Hours": For the follow-up to his beloved 2008 epic "Slumdog Millionaire," which won eight Oscars, director Danny Boyle again turns a survival story into a captivating and life-affirming movie that's occasionally excruciating to watch. While "Slumdog" sparkled with magical realism and bustled through the slums of Mumbai, India, "127 Hours" is based on the true story of solitary adventurer Aron Ralston, who against seemingly insurmountable odds lived to tell the tale of becoming trapped in a remote canyon near Moab, Utah. James Franco's fearless turn as Ralston imbues the movie with real-life urgency.
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Me too....... RIP to those great martyrs...... They are luckiest as they fall for the pride of their nation.......
Indian Army`s TATA 2.5 ton Light truck.
1. Sabse badi baat to yeah ha, ki ab bhi hamara bich aysa log ha jo desh ka bara me sochtaa ha!
2. It is us who r the luckiest, yet most of us don't see it!
3. Indian Army is a very powerful army in south asia, But when its come to foot soilders, I have doubts!!
Iswar ka liya jawano ka liya kuch karo!
Rifle, Helmets, UBGLs, LMGs, BPs, Radios and Camos!!
RIP, to those who fall....
^the only reason why INDIA will never get a modern army is not because of bureaucracy but only we have political leaders who have no vision to set a clear vision for the Armed forces..
- The thing that makes me disgusted is that megalomaniac b*** have millions of dollars to build stupid statues and the worst part is that these statues are given security the common man dies.
- When policemen kill an individual with a dark past that of smuggling arms and when retrieving his body they got a SIM card which he used to call someone in PAKISTAN.When his body was brought to his village anti-India slogans were chanted instead of rewarding the police officers they were questioned just to appease a particular community.(Sohrabuddin case)
- The PM says that the right to INDIA resource is first reserved for a particular community.
the above might be off-topic but more careful analysis will show that when the political establishment is bent on staying in power it will become corrupt,incompetent all this will inevitably affect the vision for building a strong country hence the vision of how and why to build a modern armed force will get compromised... We can only dream of someday of a competent leader otherwise we'll be all f***
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Second AWACS Joins IAF
1.Dont know but it may be around 2008..
2.She is surely a rusty bucket as any other C.V in construction in such a place!
3.Indian Navy may gets her in mid 2011 or early 2012...
4.Most probably IN will deploy KA-31s as AW..
5. Regarding other helo, IN got Dhruv, Sea kings, KA-28,25s....
The Ka-31 is fitted with the E-801M Oko (Eye) airborne electronic warfare radar which features a 6x1 meter planar array mounted beneath the fuselage. The radar is folded and stowed beneath the aircraft's fuselage before being lowered into a vertical position, to allow 360º mechanical scanning of the radar once every ten seconds. The radar can simultaneously track up to 40 airborne or surface threats, and can detect fighter-sized aircraft from a range of 100 - 200 km (depending on the size of the target) and surface ships at a horizon of 200 km from an altitude of 9840 feet. Developed by the NIIRT (Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Institut Radiotekhniki) Radio Scientific-Research Institute in Nizhny Novgorod, the radar antenna weighs 200 kg (441 lbs). The co-ordinates, speed and heading of a target gathered by the radar are transmitted via an encoded radio data-link channel to a ship-borne or shore-based command post.
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I'm a good Italian girl: no matter where I am when I wake up on December 22�and, since I work as a food and travel writer, I might be very far away�I catch a flight back to my mother's house to help her prepare Christmas lunch. Mom still lives in the town where I was born, in the Alpine village of Oulx, nearly 50 miles west of Turin. Oulx is technically in Italy (specifically, in the region of Piedmont), but it's only eight miles from the French border, and until the late 19th century the area belonged to France. As a result, the local culture is a mix of Gallic and Italian influences. When it comes to food, you're as likely to find fantastic crepes as you are lovely handmade pastas.
Most of the food that I cook with my mother, however, is neither French nor Italian: it is Occitan. Occitan is an ethnic group that dates back to the fifth century and is distinguished by its langue d'oc, an ancient tongue (which happened to be the language of the legendary Knights of the Round Table) from which Provençal and Catalan are derived. While the Occitan community inhabited large swaths of western Europe in the Middle Ages, it has dwindled to just a few geographical pockets in Spain's Catalonia, southern France (including the Languedoc region), and several valleys in the Italian Alps, such as Val di Susa, where Oulx is located. In Italy, the Occitan population is tiny�about 200,000�but we have a strong identity, defined by our language (which I learned from my parents) and our foodways, to which we cling fiercely. Occitan cooking in northern Italy is rustic, based on the cheeses and grains and vegetables that have long flourished here. While local Piedmontese food evolved over the centuries to become richer and more refined, Occitan cooking remained true to its roots as simple, satisfying peasant fare.
As distinct as our native cuisine may be, many Italians, even the Piedmontese, aren't familiar with it. It's rarely served outside the home, perhaps because people consider it too humble for restaurant fare. This annoys my mother; in fact, when Turin hosted the Winter Olympics in 2006, I took her to the region's official restaurant, and she was outraged that not a single Occitan dish was on offer. She summoned the manager over to our table and gave him a piece of her mind. Where were the cabiette, those wonderful gnocchi made with potato, egg, and celery? Or the savory beetroot pies called tarte' d carotta ruja? What about the Sant'Antonio apple cake, flavored and tinted with red wine, that Occitan cooks slice into small squares and serve with coffee? The poor man had to listen to her diatribe until, finally, she became hungry and reluctantly ordered off the menu. Still, her point was made.
My mother's love for Occitan cooking�and her love of cooking in general�is one of the reasons I make a point of getting home to help with the Christmas meal every year. She's a natural, intuitive cook, one of those people who can whip up dishes by heart and from scratch every time, using their senses rather than written recipes. When I started learning her holiday recipes, years ago, my main challenge was to continually stop Mom on her way to the cupboard or the fridge to measure her spoon of butter or glassful of milk so that I could scribble down the quantity. "What do you need that for?" she'd say. "Can't you feel by yourself that the dough is crying out for more milk?"


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Pokemon: Onwards to Generation VI!
(My very first, ever, Pokemon... nostalgia is powerful, isn't it?)
The Pokemon adventure is one that I've been on more times than I can remember. I've played (and replayed, multiple times) every single game from Generation I to the present Generation V. Many a times I've heard "Oh, it's the same old thing all over again", and while that may be true, repetition is actually one of the Pokemon games' strong points! I for one, amongst millions of others, certainly hope it continues, as one of the best selling series of all time!
Although, let me define what I mean by repetition here. By repetition, I don't mean just the same old game with a few tweaks here and there, as that would be grossly misunderstanding the vast leaps and bounds made each generation. Generation I in itself, was revolutionary. You had 150 Pokemon, a relatively interactive, immersive and ever expanding world, where you can defeat all of the Pokemon trainers in the land to become the Champion... doesn't seem too great now, but back then, that was mindblowingly awesome!
With each successive generation, you are given lots of new Pokemon, a new world to explore and plenty of tough trainers to battle! We even had the introduction of double and triple battles! Not to mention all those really cool postgame features such as contests, world tournaments (Battle Tower/Frontier), rebattling stronger gym leaders, traversing to other exotic locations and I could go on! Also, let's not forget that the complex chess-like battling system was rebooted in Generation IV, adding even further to the already infinite amount of options you have to battle!
Honestly, I'm struggling to contain just how much change has occurred throughout the Generations, especially as each Generation in itself was radical. However, uniquely, the same old nostalgic inducing formula is used. You are a Pokemon trainer. You meet a Professor, who puts all sorts of ideas in your head to catch all Pokemon and collect all eight gym badges to become Champion of the Pokemon League! Oh, and of course, keep your rival in check and meddle in the affairs of the baddies!
This never gets tiring for me, and yet, some would argue that this is repetition. Really? Repetition usually implies tediousness of monotonously completing familiar tasks. Pokemon is oddly familiarly new, each time, however contradictory that sounds. If you were to ask me to change the core formula, I would definitely say no. Why? Because then it wouldn't be Pokemon. If you were to ask me to keep adding on to it, I would say absolutely yes!
I've heard the arguments before that there's too many Pokemon, whose designs are nowhere near the quality of the original 150. This is where I stand in stark contrast to being a nostalgic Pokemon traditionalist. Thankfully, in Pokemon games, it truly can be the more the merrier! Game Freak is able to increase quantity without decreasing quality.
Have a look yourself sometime at the new Pokemon designs if you want to see that actually, many of the new designs can more often than not, match and even beat the original designs. And we're just talking about designs here. In battle, the original 150 are far too basic nowadays, with most not being able to adapt to the power and ingenuity of the successive Pokemon generations.
This is why Pokemon as a series should continue. Adding more Pokemon, features and the occasionally needed reboot is what keeps the Pokemon machine oiled and working just like new. The tried and tested, and masterfully executed, core Pokemon formula is always alive, breathing for I hope for many years to come!
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19Feb 13
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About Me: Whenever I get away from my busy lifestyle, I like to spend my time on GS and games. I've been a Ranger since 2007 and still have a strong interest in games, despite my time for them being squeezed. This is why I find reviews, not just from the professionals, but probably even more importantly from all gamers, whoever they may be, to serve a common interest we all have: to find out which games are good and which games are bad. We don't have an infinite amount of time and money, so this is why we need to spend it wisely on games we perceive to be worthy of it.
Strong Writing Points: Always critical and sceptical, even of my favorite games - I detest fanboyism. Never take anything for granted and appreciate a well made game for what it is, even if I don't like it.
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23Jan 13
Fanboys Will Cry
I've spent my precious free time recently playing DmC: Devil May Cry. After hearing for months just how horrible it was going to be, I thankfully ignored what other people thought and decided to play it for myself. And my my, just how wrong were they.
Firstly, I'll admit, I haven't completed the game (shush, I have a life) but I've played enough of it to know that this is actually a gem hidden away in the judgemental and prejudiced garbage I've been reading about a game that wasn't given a chance.
Sure, it's not the same Dante, but this is actually a good thing - it keeps the series fresh - I for one am quite a conservative gamer - I eat and sleep on the same old games, generally fearing any radical change (as let's face it, it's usually bad, but not always). But even I was sucked right into this new Dante, who is reflective of modern times. I won't go into detail, but I personally could identify with the character, where reality is not what it seems and things in general seem quite pointless. It's quite rare for me to personally identify with a video game character, but there you go - the DMC series isn't exactly known to have a spectacular story or character development, but already, this DMC has done well in my book.
I'm not the only one who thinks this. According to Game Rankings, DmC has an average score of 86.48% based on critic reviews. That's very impressive. A quick look at those reviews, and not a single one is bad - we actually have uniform agreement among the critics on this game. I think that says something.
But of course, this blog would be too easy if I just parroted that already overwhelming positive reviews of DmC. Instead, I'd like to bring attention to another game, which got mixed reviews all around: Resident Evil 6. I honestly do believe that the same fanboy syndrome has struck this game - the difference is, the critics don't all agree. RE6 has an average score of 74.23% based on 20 reviews. The majority are positive, some are shaky and one in particular is bad - GS's very own Kevin VanOrd.
I've always respected (and still do of course) VanOrd - he's an excellent reviewer that speaks my mind on most games, but here, I do still think he's got this one wrong. Even if you were disappointed with RE6, a 4.5 is just simply too harsh. I've invested well over 50 hours into that game, and every single one of them was excellent. You have four campaigns, of which will definitely take from 20 to 30 hours to complete the first time. Want more? You have The Mercenaries side game, which will clock in at least another 10 hours for your average casual gamer - the hardcore high scorers would probably spend many more hours in perfecting their Mercenaries runs.
But forgetting game content and length: VanOrd's criticisms just don't reflect the score. I actually agree of them:
"The Bad
Loads of bad, overlong quick-time events Excruciating overemphasis on mediocre set piece events Ruins the pace by constantly ripping control from you Poorly executed scripted events lead to unavoidable deaths."
Those are fair points. But he could only come up with two Good Points:
"The Good
Intriguing narrative structure Great voice acting and action-packed cutscenes draw you into the story."
This is in no way all that's good about the game. You have four very different campaigns, which reflect and fully immerse the player in the distinctive themes of Horror, Companionship, Partnership and My Way. All of them are brilliant and I've played through them several times - and will do so yet again in the future. I'll leave it to others if they wish to elaborate further on The Good of RE6.
My point is: don't let others decide what you play and don't play. Don't prejudge and especially recognise that times change, and games will also change. Even I know, as much as I am nostalgic and reminiscent of the good ol' days, that games must change for the better - of course, not for the worse - I'm totally against that - but where change is needed, I refreshingly embrace it. You should too. DmC and RE6 were both Capcom reboots. They were successful in my conservative book, and I hope Capcom will continue with them - gamers should not be held back by those stuck in time.
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You can directly measure the quality of a hotel by the amount of stuff in the room that leaves with the guest. God only knows why you would want a tiny sewing kit or a miniscule bottle of moisturiser, but the better the hotel, the more they call out to you. Or the pens and paper. In the old days, being branded with a hotel's …
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Cambridge has a long and valiant history in spawning pointy-headed rocket scientists, as well as a shorter but no-less valiant track record in trying to turn their ideas into viable products and businesses. So the chance to pop along to the St Johns Innovation Centre in Cambridge for an exhibition of some of their latest efforts …
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GiGi's Playhouse to Open in Oak Forest
GiGi's Playhouse, a business designed to help educate and enrich the lives of children and adults with Down Syndrome hopes to open in September 2013. Santa will stop in for a dinner and a visit Dec. 9.
When Nancy Gianni's daughter, GiGi, was born, doctors knew there was something different about her. An hour after her birth, doctors diagnosed GiGi with Down syndrome. While new challenges arose for Nancy, GiGi and the rest of the Gianni family, Nancy wasn't going to let her brood face them lying down.
Driven by her new daughter's struggles and wanting to form a place where parents, children and families touched by Down syndrome could gather, learn and grow, Nancy started GiGi's Playhouse, an awareness center in Hoffman Estates.
That was nine years ago. Now GiGi's Playhouse has expended to 14 locations across the globe—including one coming to Oak Forest.
Driving the creation and development of the Oak Forest location is Diane Husar. Husar, who like Gianni has a child with Down syndrome, said that her hope is to one day have a place where her son and others affected by Down can not only learn, but hang out and grow as people, too.
"Each GiGi's offers what the community needs," she said. "From reading and math tutoring to physical therapy. I'm trying to get the GiGi's open now so that when my son is an adult, he can go there with his friends and hang out. So that, he and others can have somewhere safe to be."
From what she has seen and heard in Oak Forest, the community is fully backing the effort to get the latest GiGi's off the ground. She pointed to a recent paint party as an example of just what the GiGi's effort means to the city.
"It started out as a very personal goal because of my son," she said. "But, we had a paint party on Sunday and literally over 30 people came out, they just kept coming in the door. … It was so amazing, they just kept coming, we just kept painting more and more rooms. It was just amazing."
Husar said that GiGi's Playhouse will offer classes, activities and physical therapy free of charge to guests, with all costs paid through fundraising and donations.
"There's no membership fee, no dues, no charge for classes," she said. "It's all fundraising, personal donations and things like that."
Husar said she hopes the Oak Forest location will open in September 2013. She added that the biggest hurdle was finding a space to house the location, something that Mayor Hank Kuspa assisted with. Kuspa donated the location of the GiGi's Playhouse and that another of his ideas will be used for the next GiGi's fundraiser on Dec. 9.
"Our mayor attended a board meeting and we were brainstorming fundraiser ideas and he said he'd been Santa for the last 32 years," she said. "So, we thought, why not do 'Supper with Santa'? So, that's how we came up with the idea."
The Supper with Santa event will take place Dec. 9, from 2 to 6 p.m. At the GiGi's Playhouse location, 5400 W. 159th Street. Houser said the event will feature food, soda, activities for children, singing and stories. The cost for the event is $10 per person, with children under 5 free.
For more information about GiGi's Playhouse in Oak Forest, visit their Facebook page.
9:13 am on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Finally, something TRULY worthwhile opening in Oak Forest for a change. Good luck and success to you!
Mike Ziak
4:13 pm on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
While its great that a center like this is opening in our town, just what exactly did the Mayor 'donate"? That address seems to point to the church property that was purchased by the City.
Bobby Budnick
4:42 pm on Friday, November 23, 2012
doesnt the city council need to discuss and vote on this before we just give away a one million dollar piece of property bought with taxpayers money? We are hurting for business and money and Hank just gives it away? So much for reinvesting in the our city. Also why is it only mike and I are asking questions about this?
Tired of the B.S.
5:19 pm on Friday, November 23, 2012
Did Mayor Kuspa purchase the property before he donated it? I thought that property was owned by the city. Did I miss the council meeting where donating this property was voted on? How about an explanation for the real owners of this property, the taxpayers!
Lauren Traut
5:21 pm on Friday, November 23, 2012
Great questions, guys. We will get you the answers as soon as City Hall re-opens on Monday.
6:52 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Ok Lauren, it's Tuesday, what did you find out? This is incredible! Can he legally do this? I don't think it is accurate to say the community supports the idea. Maybe supports the facility, but not donating the property.
Nice economic development!
Jeff Graveline
6:57 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Sue1 and Tired of the BS, I've reached out to Adam Dotson, Community Development Director, about the matter and have not heard back from him. However, I will be at the Oak Forest City Council meeting tonight and will speak with Mayor Kuspa and Mr. Dotson and will have an answer for you tonight on the matter. Thanks for the questions.
- Jeff Graveline
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Jeff Graveline
9:25 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Sue1 and Tired of the BS, I spoke with Mayor Kuspa. The property is currently being used by GiGi's free of charge. However, there is a new agreement with the city and a commercial developer to try and bring in retail development to the location. If and when development does take place, GiGi's will be forced to move from the location, as they do not have a lease with the city. Hope this answers your questions. Thanks again.
- Jeff Graveline
Oak Forest Patch
Mike Ziak
7:59 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Jeff, I hear what your saying, but why doesn't the original article state that? Also, if you look at GiGi's Facebook page, they make reference to the site being their permanent home.
The original article also makes a reference about the OF site to be operational by September 2013. If there is a developer looking at the property, was GiGi's promised a space in there?
There's some inconsistencies here that dont add up.
8:04 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
I need a place to hold a fund raiser for a good cause can i use the property??? Of course not.
Tired of the B.S.
9:19 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Where does it say that the mayor has the authority to use city property as he sees fit?
The mayor does not own this property, the city does, and to allow it to be used, free of charge, without the approval of the city council seems like it some kind of backroom deal was made between the mayor and the folks at Gigis.
I wonder how potential developers will look at this arrangement when they are considering investing on this property. I would think that most would not want to be the guys that kicked out the Downs Syndrome charity house.


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Broccoli can be a finicky crop, but in the right conditions, it can be a pleasure to grow and eat. It, along with other members of the brassica family, offers great nutrition, with lots of vitamin C as well as a healthy serving of vitamin A, fiber, calcium, and iron. In addition, the greens and
Today's tip is one that I use frequently. If you'd like to save water when washing dishes, I find this technique to work well in terms of both getting dishes clean and saving water. You can do it yourself or you can pay a house cleaner to do it.
Summertime means hotter temperatures and the urge to run the air conditioner non-stop. Yet over-air conditioning your home not only wastes energy, it reduces the lifetime of an expensive household appliance and drives up electricity bills through the summer.
Warren County High School is home to the largest collection of solar panels on a school in the state. While the energy harnessed there doesn't power the school, the students do benefit from it, school leaders said Wednesday.
The exhibits at the Nature Research Center inside the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences get most of the attention, but the environmentally-friendly design of the new wing might be the secret to its long-term success.
Thanks to a warm winter and turtles being on the move earlier than normal, the nonprofit Turtle Rescue Team, a volunteer group run by veterinary students at North Carolina State University, is on pace to have a record-breaking year.
Unlike the drought-stricken Midwest, the corn crop in North Carolina is flourishing.
Pinehurst is known for it's beautiful golf courses, but there is also a place where you can stroll within the landscape and never pay a greens fee.
A firm wanting to convert a 370-acre sand mine in Harnett County to a landfill appealed to a judge Thursday to reverse a decision by county officials who rejected the project.
Historic windows are often a "pain" in the pocketbook because they're literally a pane; a single pane of glass is all that protects homeowners from the weather outside, be it hot summer sun or cold winter nights.
Prairie Ridge Ecostation, the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences' field station in west Raleigh, will explore the night life of moths in a special event this month that runs into the wee hours.
It's summer: a time to relax, take in a few rays and forget about the rigors of life. But even summer carries a few rules that most abide by. In today's Health Minute, Susan Hendricks sorts out some popular summer myths.
A paper published on Monday by Duke University researchers found that gas drilling in northeastern Pennsylvania did not contaminate nearby drinking water wells with salty water, which is a byproduct of the drilling.
Doctors at WakeMed say the best way to keep active children both cool and safe in hot weather is water - lots of water.
North Carolina State University students are redesigning the Chevrolet Malibu into an electric car in a competition sponosred by GM and the U.S. government.
In the midst of a down economy, the Blue Ridge Conservancy raised the funds to preserve the panaromic views of Pond Mountain in Ashe County, named by Thomas Jefferson's father.
North Carolina State University students are competing in a national challenge to make a Chevrolet Malibu more fuel efficient.
With so many allergy causing particles in the air outside, allergy sufferers often retreat indoors, not realizing that their home can exacerbate instead of alleviate the runny nose, itchy eyes and sneezing.
Targeted by Greenpeace International over its energy consumption, Apple says its 500,000- square-foot data center in Maiden, N.C., will be powered entirely by renewable sources by the end of the year. North Carolina Utilities Commission, meanwhile, approves Apple's request to build a solar farm at the facility.
A conservation group called Monday for the state to restore funding for protecting undeveloped natural areas and nearly double the amount of land that North Carolina has protected in the past seven years.
Over 150 residential customers in North Carolina are now producing power from rooftop solar panels with a program sponsored by Progress Energy.
Raleigh residents have two new, big incentives to recycle and a longer list of acceptable items for the green bin.
Sanford Solar LLC filed plans Tuesday with the North Carolina Utilities Commission to build an almost 2-megawatt solar array at the corner of Washington Avenue and Garden Street in Sanford.
Last weekend, a team of volunteers built a teepee and vine tunnel at the north Raleigh preserve.
The North Carolina Zoo will hold Amphibian Awareness Day Saturday, April 28, in an effort to raise awareness of the rapid disappearance of frog species worldwide.
While particle pollution is relatively low in North Carolina, the presence of ozone in some of the more populous counties earned them poor grades for air quality.
This Saturday, the Carrboro Farmers' Market will hold one of its big annual programs - the seventh kids' seedling event. The market and its farmers offer some tomato planting tips.
Parents at Saturday's Great Cloth Diaper Change event at north Raleigh's SmartMomma.
Eight new clean energy projects in North Carolina were announced in the first quarter of 2012, which together could create nearly 2,300 new jobs - giving the state a No. 8 ranking by Environmental Entrepreneurs.
Sophie Uliano, author of New York Times Best-seller "Gorgeously Green," talks about incorporating organic beauty products into your beauty routine.
In anticipation of Earth Day, I finally attempted a project that's been on my to-do list for quite awhile: recycling crayons.
Energy companies could begin applying in July 2014 for permits to use a controversial method of natural gas drilling under a bill approved by a Senate study panel Wednesday.
Leaders of the wind power industry in North Carolina will meet Wednesday evening at a forum at Meredith College to discuss the future of offshore wind development and how it could impact the state's energy future.
When it comes to looking for power drains around the house, the best thing to do is to consider age. Old appliances, especially the large ones, don't run nearly as efficiently as newer ones.
North Carolina taxpayers paid nearly $15 million last year for the state to pick up more than 7 million pounds of roadside trash, and authorities around the state wrote more than 4,000 citations.
Under a licensing deal with a U.K. firm, Raleigh-based Sensus will be able to offer its utility customers the ability for individuals to monitor power use in their homes by device. They can do it with a mobile app or from PC.
About 67 million vehicles pass through a 2-mile radius around the North Hills development in Raleigh each year, causing traffic delays, parking problems and other headaches for drivers. A new public transit option could take a chunk of that congestion off the road.
Consumer Reports tested dozens of air purifiers that promise cleaner air and easier breathing, but some didn't deliver the expected results.
After an extensive study of energy exploration in North Carolina, state environmental officials said Friday that a controversial method of natural gas drilling can be done safely if regulations are put in place first.
Even though the bottle says "concentrated," your laundry detergent could be costing you money.
Following a public hearing Thursday night, authorities in Wrightsville Beach voted against a ban on smoking on the sand.
Consumer Reports tested more than 40 water filtration systems to find out which models offer the cleanest water for the best price.
The City Council on Tuesday approved a local ordinance to make stealing recyclable materials a crime in Raleigh.
The Nash County Board of Commissioners voted 5-2 Monday to support a proposed chicken processing plant that has created a bitter battle over the economy and the environment.
A proposed cement plant near Wilmington received an air-quality permit Wednesday, marking the first in a series of environmental permits the controversial plant needs to open.
North Carolina needs to develop formal standards and technical criteria as part of an oil and gas regulatory program, according to a nonprofit group that studied the state's readiness at the request of environmental officials.
Hurricane Irene devastated much of eastern North Carolina six months ago, but many communities have been rebuilding, showing that while homes were lost, hope was not.
The home efficiency and green living industry is still relatively new.
The program that offers North Carolina consumers savings on the purchase of efficient appliances got new funding, allowing for another round of rebates at values up to $300.
Bisso Marine, a fifth-generation family business in New Orleans and Houston, has salvaged some of the world's biggest shipwrecks. It's one of several companies invited by the Consta Concordia's insurance companies to come inspect the wreck and figure out a way to salvage it.
North Carolinians threw away less per capita in 2010-11 than at any time in nearly 20 years, according to a new state report.
Tesla Motors has unveiled a new plug-in electric crossover SUV with a futuristic look. The automaker hopes to have the Model X Crossover in production by 2014.
It turns out the next big fuel source is sitting not undergound, but underwater. Zach Heene shows us the salty but sweet new form of energy that could be running in your car in just a few short years.
The annual legislative scorecard from Environment NC had more zeroes than ever before, all Republican.
The Venus flytrap, a rare carnivorous plant that only grows in southeastern North Carolina and South Carolina, has three Brunswick County people facing charges.
The National Park Service issued a rule Friday that will require anyone driving on the beaches at Hatteras National Seashore on the Outer Banks to obtain a permit first.
With an increase of electric cars on the road, cities like Raleigh are adding more public charging stations.
While winter is the most common time for homeowners to show an interest in improving the home's insulation, it's important to remember that better insulation has year-round benefits.
A Triangle business offers people an easier way to compost household waste and get fertile soil in return.
The expansion of the home performance and energy efficiency industry in the past decade has resulted in a wider awareness of energy issues, and many new products for homeowners, ranging from simple DIY kits at the local hardware store to complex solar panel or wind power installations on private properties. With so many ways to "live green" on the market, where do homeowners start?
Rich Cregar, an instructor in sustainable transportation technologies at Wake Technical Community College, is among 15 people and businesses being recognized this week by President Barack Obama as "Champions of Change."
Fortunately, the area of energy efficient retrofits has expanded rapidly in the past decade and there are many problems which you might be living with in your home which CAN be resolved, often quickly, easily, and with a minimal cost.
A visual inspection, cleaning and minor repair tune up for your HVAC system typically costs less than $90, just twice a year in fall and Spring, but gives enormous value to your family's comfort and peace of mind.
The Triangle's housing market ranks amongst the best in the country.
North Carolina ranked 10th nationally in the amount of pollution in the air, according to federal data analyzed by the Natural Resources Defense Council.
A Durham semiconductor company plans to build a solar cell plant in Vance County that will employ more than 250 people within five years, officials said Tuesday.
A Garner day care center has closed its doors after county inspectors found hazardous levels of lead paint inside it, and many parents who utilized the facility are now having their children checked for possible exposure.
The Environmental Protection Agency is working to remove more than 400 barrels of chemicals from the end of a Rocky Mount street, where they've been since the 1980s.
Passage of the Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard law in 2007 and incentives from the federal government are helping create a growing "clean industry" in the state, according to the N.C. Sustainable Energy Association.
North Carolina State University students are competing in the finals of a national competition to design an environmentally friendly car.
North Carolina residents won't be able to just throw broken televisions and aged-out computers in the trash starting July 1.
Drivers in the Triangle spend more on gas each year than anywhere else in the U.S., according to a new study.
For years, health care professionals have told people to flush their leftover medications down the toilet to keep them away from children and drug abusers.
A Raleigh man is the subject of a federal investigation after police say he tried to smuggle a box full of endangered, protected turtles from a North Carolina wildlife refuge.
The stacks of branches, plywood and siding that scattered in the wind almost two weeks ago left a monumental cleanup task for residents and contractors in the Tar Heel State.
Amid the big business and high-tech industries of the Research Triangle Park, workers are making homes for bluebirds, whose numbers are dwindling in urban areas.
The Town of Cary will receive approximately $500,000 to develop local strategies to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions and improve people's health, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday.
There are some big myths out there about insulation and they're holding homeowners back from realizing great energy savings and home efficiency improvements.
Fashion designer Alexander Julian, the man responsible for adding the argyle effect to the Tar Heels basketball uniforms, has applied his eye for color to another iconic garment.
The NHL sent out a list Tuesday of the various ways the coming All-Star weekend will be environmentally friendly.
Duke University students will wear caps and gowns made of recycled plastic bottles during graduation ceremonies in May, officials said Wednesday.
In the shadow of downtown Raleigh, City Farm wants to turn a vacant lot into urban agriculture.
The Chatham County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday voted to halt the county's effort to identify a potential landfill site andasked residents to help find alternatives to dispose of the county's waste in the future.
Winter is officially here, and with it people are spending more time indoors, sealing out the cold and damp weather with closed windows and doors.
The city of Durham has expanded a program that reimburses residents for upgrading to high-efficiency toilets.
Executives with one of the world's largest producers of aluminum are going on the road in an effort to gain support for it to continue operating hydroelectric dams along North Carolina's Yadkin River.
A 420-acre piece of undeveloped land, nine miles from downtown Raleigh, is at the center of a new controversy over the planned extension to the state's first toll road.
With the temperatures dropping, now is the perfect time to start preparing your home for the winter.
Researchers at IBM are teaming with scientists in Europe to reduce so-called "phantom" energy use by idle electronic and other devices.
Morrison Residence Hall at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the biggest loser in a national competition to reduce energy use and waste.
Wake County is accepting political yard and road signs for recycling at many locations.
Professional builders and landscapers volunteered to build environmentally friendly homes in a southeast Raleigh neighborhood Saturday.
Survey from N.C. Sustainable Energy Association says renewable energy, energy efficiency related companies are growing despite slow economy.
Drought conditions in North Carolina have retreated from the eastern half of the state, following heavy rains last week that caused flooding in several counties.
The annual Big Sweep event to clean up litter across North Carolina begins Saturday.
In a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday, a group of health organizations pressed for new rules to curb global warning, writing that emissions are a health risk.
The recent rainfall isn't a drought-buster, but it will help, a National Weather Service hydrologist said Monday.
Worsening drought conditions have municipalities across central North Carolina considering tightening restrictions on water use. Seventy-four counties are experiencing severe or moderate drought.
Temperatures will forecast to soar above 90 degrees for the next four days, adding more heat to an already record-breaking year.
Firefighters in three Triangle counties battled brush fires Tuesday.
Cree Inc. announced Monday that it would build a new production line inside its Durham plant, creating 244 jobs by 2013.
The dry weather is affecting crops across the state. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 30 counties are currently experiencing drought conditions, including three northeastern counties, where severe drought has emerged.
Dedicated bike lanes were added to Avent Ferry Road during a recent resurfacing project as part of the first phase of plan the city adopted last year to become more bike friendly.
North Carolina leaf experts will be chronicling the sights of the fall throughout the state, according to the state Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development.
This year is on track to be the warmest on record. The government's latest statistics, covering January through August, show 2010 is tied with 1998 as the hottest year.
Wayne County got a big economic and environmental boost Thursday with a project that promises hundreds of new jobs.
Many golf courses around the Triangle aren't looking so green these days. Excessive heat and humidity during the summer months has taken its toll on the greens.
Wake County has reopened the recreational swimming areas at Lake Wheeler beach, county officials announced Sunday.
The Town of Cary announced a plan Thursday to close Stevens Nature Center and the Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve for a week to deal with a pest.
Wake County on Wednesday closed recreational swimming areas at Lake Wheeler beach because of elevated levels of bacteria.
North Carolinians feeling the stress of daily life can find peace in a small cranny carved through sand, brush and marsh just south of Kure Beach.
For nearly two decades, North Carolina's Hemlock trees have been under attack, and it's a problem that's not going away anytime soon.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering financial and technical assistance to shrimpers in the Gulf of Mexico and along the eastern seaboard who saw their harvest reduced in the 2008 season.
Wake County on Wednesday closed recreational swimming areas at Lake Wheeler beach because of elevated levels of bacteria.
The bus service is free and connects key destinations like Duke, downtown, Ninth Street, and Golden Belt.
The large number of high-temperature days this summer has affected attendance at Kerr Lake, park Superintendent Bryce Fleming said Friday.
For roofers, emergecy personnel and others who must work outside the air-conditioned comfort of a cubicle, the weather is the ultimate boss on hot August afternoons.
Wake County officials on Friday reopened recreational swimming areas at Falls Lake's Beaverdam beach, three days after closing them because of elevated levels of bacteria.
Wake County on Tuesday closed recreational swimming areas at Falls Lake's Beaverdam beach because of elevated levels of bacteria.
Habitat for Humanity volunteers are building a home in southwest central Durham with all-LED lighting, which uses less electricity than fluorescent lighting.
Merchants Millpond State Park features what caretakers say is one of North Carolina's rarest ecologies: a combination of coastal pond, southern swamp forest and upland forest environments that evolved around a mill pond created in the 1700s.
A community garden in downtown Cary is helping feed others.
More than 200 people attended a meeting Thursday night in Davidson County about aluminum company Alcoa Inc., which operates four hydroelectric dams along the Yadkin River.
There's a train depot tucked away in the mountain town of Bryson City. The trains there don't go far, but they take tourists to a far off place.
Fourteen years ago, Hurricane Fran tore through the eastern half of North Carolina, proving that areas far inland can suffer from hurricanes as much as the coast.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's office in Research Triangle Park tested chemicals used to break up oil in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Hearing scheduled for Brentwood man charged with killing wife
A Brentwood father accused of killing his wife will be back in court on Thursday. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Randolph Maidens, 42, and he could enter a plea. He's expected to ask the judge to reduce his bond. Maidens is accused of shooting his wife, Rachel, at their home in the Governor's Club community of Brentwood last ...
Police to release new details in October multi-state homicides
A news conference will be held Thursday afternoon to release updated details regarding multiple homicides in Lincoln County and Alabama last year. Four people were found dead in Lincoln County and two others in Alabama in October 2012. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department said it will hold a news conference in Fayetteville at 3 p.m. The victims in the case are Chabreya Campbell, 22, ...
Kirklands first-quarter income drops but beats expectations
Nashville-based Kirkland's Inc.'s (Nasdaq: KRK) earnings were down 9.3 percent in the first quarter compared to a year ago. Earnings were $1.77 million, or 10 cents per basic share, on revenue of $101.2 million. Analysts, on average, had estimated earnings of 5 cents per share on revenue of $100.7 million, according to Thomson Reuters. "Although we had a slow start to February ...
Franklin thief steals credit cards buys $2K bracelet
Franklin police want to find the suspect who they said stole credit cards from a nursing home and then bought a $2,500 bracelet. At 4:50 p.m. on May 16, the suspect entered the National HealthCare Corporation assisted living facility on Cool Springs Boulevard. Once inside, the suspect stole credit cards from the purses of two employees who had their purses stowed in their desk drawers. An ...
Judge suspends conservator over fee amounts
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Davidson County Probate Court judge has permanently suspended a public guardian, citing fees she charged her clients. Judge Randy Kennedy sent a letter to members of the Metro Nashville Council, saying most conservatorship cases handled by Jeanan Mills Stuart were done ...
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A person was hit by a vehicle Thursday morning in Green Hills outside of Hillsboro High School. The incident happened just before 7 a.m. on Hillsboro Pike near Abbott Martin Road. Witnesses who were at a nearby gas station said the pedestrian was a Hillsboro High Student, but police have not confirmed those details. The witnesses said a female student got off the bus and was hit by an ...
Murfreesboro changing school start times this fall
If you live in Murfreesboro, your child might be starting school at a different time next year. School officials have approved two new start times: 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. This year classes started between 7:45 a.m. and 8:10 a.m. Buses had to run double routes this year, causing some students to wait as long as an hour to catch the bus. Officials said setting the new start times will mean ...
Gunman shot by police in DeKalb County
A man was shot by officers in DeKalb County after he drew a weapon late Wednesday night, according to the local sheriff's office. The incident occurred around midnight as officers were responding to a complaint of yelling and gunshots being fired in the area of Adcock Cemetery Road and Petty Road. After a detective arrived, a family member of the gunman said the man would shoot any law ...
Jobless claims fall further than expected
Unemployment claims fell lower than expected last week in a positive sign that the job market is sustaining recent gains, Bloomberg reports. Applications filed for unemployment benefits decreased by 23,000 to 340,000 for the week ended May 18, according to Labor Department figures. The median forecast of 50 economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for a drop to 345,000. Federal officials still ...
Drugs found stored at shed near Overton HS
Police busted a drug deal in progress but learned there was a substantial amount of drugs stashed at two other locations. They said the suspect, Alan Gonzalez, led them to marijuana hidden across Nashville. Police said they first arrested Gonzalez at a Walgreens on Nolensville Pike with a quarter pound of marijuana that he was accused of trying to sell. When they took him into custody, ...
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Seeing as I'm a music student and all, last winter I did what all good music students do and randomly took an internship in theater. :}
But not just any theater, mind you. I interned with a dramaturge at the National Hungarian Theater in Budapest. My supervisor was close friends with Tom Bogdan, one of the voice professors here, and he Hooked Me Up.
I fell truly, madly, deeply in love with the city. I asked my friend and fellow student Forest to go with me on a whim and he gladly obliged. We had a great time exploring the city, working in the theater and marveling at how awesome our apartment was. My friend Sam came all the way from the U.S. just to visit us and we went to Vienna (we had friends doing FWT there) and Venice (because we felt like it) on the train (so cheap! so easy!) while we were abroad. It was one of the best experiences I have ever had. Not to mention I learned a lot about theater, how to cook food with foreign ingredients and a handful of Hungarian phrases. Yummy.
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