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Since the University of Alabama had the most revered football coach ever in Paul "Bear" Bryant, often has the best football team in the country and is supported by millions of devoted fans and alums, it is no surprise that there is a huge demand for books about the Crimson Tide. Sports writers are well aware of this demand and do their best to meet it.
Since the University of Alabama had the most revered football coach ever in Paul "Bear" Bryant, often has the best football team in the country and is supported by millions of devoted fans and alums, it is no surprise that there is a huge demand for books about the Crimson Tide. Sports writers are well aware of this demand and do their best to meet it.
The very newest among literally dozens of books about Alabama football is "Alabama Football Tales," published in 2012 by Lewis Bowling.
This is a thin book of 31 short chapters, heavily illustrated with photos of players, in action and posed, on and off the field.
There are photos of coaches, cheerleaders, even pictures of crowds at the Tuscaloosa train station, assembled to welcome home triumphant teams from road victories.
Many of these images are part of the American culture of fame and would be known
nationwide. There are few Americans who are not familiar with the visages of Coach Bryant leaning against the goalpost, say, or Joe Namath, with the ball held back, ready to throw.
The more interesting photos are of players of an earlier generation, usually as young men: Don Hutson, who played at the other end from Bryant on the 1934 championship team, and Dixie Howell, their quarterback, who went on to be a Holly-wood actor like Johnny Mack Brown of the 1926 Rose Bowl championship team.
Older photos show close-ups of handsome Bully Vandegraaf, All-American in 1915, part of a big win over Sewanee, then a football powerhouse.
Vandegraaf provides the author with a tale I had not heard before. During the Tennessee game, Bowling quotes Tennessee tackle Bull Bayer as saying that Bully "had a real nasty cut, and the ear was dangling from his head, bleeding badly. He grabbed his ear and tried to yank it from his head. His teammates stopped him, and his managers bandaged him. He wanted to tear off his own ear so he could keep playing."
Bowling also writes of the series against Marion Military Institute from 1902-1922. UA racked up 482 points, Marion never scored, and the 1903 loss of 81-0 looked like a squeaker compared to the final match, 1922, 110-0.
Why we played Marion nine years in a row is not stated.
There is a good deal in this book about Alabama coach Wallace Wade, the coach to whom everyone gives credit for putting Alabama football on the national map with the 1926 Rose Bowl win. Wade moved on to coach with great success at Duke, a basketball power and a private school, very different from Alabama. Those wanting to learn more about Wade might read Bowling's very fine biography. Clearly, Wade is Bowling's No. 1 subject.
There are many bits and anecdotes here about Coach Bryant and, if these arouse curiosity, the place to go is Allen Barra's definitive biography of Bryant, "The Last Coach."
Bowling includes a page on Hugh Miller, the Alabama football player who, wounded and cast up on Arundel Island in the Pacific after his ship went down, survived in the jungle from July 8 to August 16, evaded capture, and killed 15 Japanese soldiers along the way.
Miller's story should send readers to "When Winning Was Everything," by Delbert Reed. Reed covers Miller and a score of other Alabama football players, fit young men who served with distinction in World War II in all branches of the service, in all theatres. Reed's book is thorough and gracefully written.
Bowling's short tales of Alabama football are appetizers, best for neophytes. Those who want a comprehensive treatment should go to Winston Groom's "The Crimson Tide." Groom's work, updated in 2010, covers the entire spread of football history, is richly illustrated and even has a number of sidebars by other commentators such as Gay Talese and Phil Beidler.
This review was originally broadcast on Alabama Public Radio. Don Noble is host of the Alabama Public Television literary interview show "Bookmark" and the editor of "A State of Laughter: Comic Fiction from Alabama."


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The biggest news for the 2014 Honda Civic is the transmission. All Civic models will use a CVT automatic, which is expected to offer better gas mileage and a smoother driving experience than last year's 5-speed automatic. That's good news for compact-car shoppers, since last year's automatic was showing its age compared to rivals with more advanced transmissions.
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Tennessee's state retirement system is a qualified retirement plan under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. All full-time state employees are required to participate in the state's retirement system as a condition of employment. Certain part-time employees have the option of participating. Faculty and exempt employees of the University of Tennessee or the Tennessee Board of Regents may choose between membership in Group I of the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) and membership in the system's Optional Retirement Program (ORP). ORP participants do not lose membership in the ORP by being absent from service for seven consecutive years. Once an employee elects to participate in the ORP, that election is irrevocable except for a one-time window to transfer upon attaining five years of service, but less than six years. See Transfers from the ORP below.
The ORP is a "defined contribution" retirement plan, which means that the amount of any future benefit will be determined by the member's account balance. Employer contributions are credited to each ORP member's account during service to a Tennessee higher education institution. The employer contributes 10% of gross salary covered by Social Security and 11% of salary in excess of the Social Security Wage Base. Effective July 1, 1981, the retirement system became noncontributory for state employees, including employees of the University of Tennessee and the Tennessee Board of Regents. Employees may not make any type of contributions (salary reduction, voluntary, before-tax, after-tax, etc.) to the Tennessee Optional Retirement Program at any time. Higher education employees who wish to set aside supplemental retirement savings on a before-tax basis may make salary reduction contributions to a 403(b) plan or to the state's 401(k) plan or 457 plan.
Directing the Investment of the Account
An ORP member may direct employer contributions made on his behalf to one or more of the companies designated to provide account contracts under the state's ORP. There are currently three companies under contract with the state to provide annuities as well as mutual fund options for the program: VOYA, TIAA, and VALIC. Once funds are on deposit with a designated company, the member may move those funds among the different investment options offered under the members account contract, subject to the restrictions of the contract. In addition, members may change their future contributions among the OPR investment options. Internal transfers and future contribution allocation changes may be authorized in writing or by telephone.
A member may also transfer funds previously accumulated in the ORP among the companies designated to provide account contracts in Tennessee's Optional Retirement Program, subject to the restrictions of the products involved. A member may request an inter-company transfer at any time during the month. After the member submits the necessary applications, the funds will be transferred by check and reports will be provided to the employer.
Each company furnishes quarterly account statements to its participants.
An ORP participant attains vesting rights immediately. A vested member is one who has accrued a right to a retirement benefit upon termination of service.
After a member leaves service with the state of Tennessee, no further contributions (employer, employee, before-tax, or after-tax) may be made to that member's account in Tennessee's Optional Retirement Program. All funds contributed to the state of Tennessee ORP remain part of the trust, subject to the rules of Tennessee's Optional Retirement Program until after they have been paid to the member or the member's beneficiary. The member may accumulate additional funds with the same investment provider in another employer's 401(a) or 403(b) retirement plan if that company is offered as an investment provider in the new employer's plan.
An ORP member who has separated from state service may elect to begin benefits at any time prior to age 70½. Any member who leaves state service but does not begin drawing benefits by age 70½ may become subject to a penalty tax assessed by the federal government.
Following separation from state service, retiring members may select a single life annuity, a joint and survivor annuity which allows the beneficiary to receive a monthly benefit after the member's death, periodic payments for their life expectancy, or a minimum distribution payment beginning at age 70 1/2, subject to the offerings of the product provider(s) the member selects. Anyone who is beginning their lifetime payment plan may simultaneously elect to take a partial lump sum payment of up to 50 percent of their account balance. Funds accumulated in Tennessee's ORP may not be withdrawn in a lump sum except in the event of the member's death prior to retirement or in the event that a member who has separated from service has less than the deminimis ORP account balance set by state statute ($14,000 in 2010 or $15,000 in 2011). Such distributions are subject to the provisions of the product(s) the member selected. Refer to the Summary of Withdrawal Restrictions chart on these provisions.
The ORP provides no special disability benefits; therefore, participants may wish to consider obtaining disability insurance. A disabled member may request an annuity settlement or life expectancy distribution based upon the account balance at the time of disability. A member who is receiving social security disability benefits is also entitled to elect a partial lump sum distribution of his or her account balance each year, subject to the provisions of the product(s) the member selects. The partial distribution may be up to $25,000 in 2011 and beyond. (TCA 8-35-404, d,2,C)
In the event of the member's death prior to retirement, the value of the total accumulation is payable to the named beneficiary or, if no beneficiary exists, to the member's estate. Any beneficiary named would be entitled to a refund of the account balance. If the value of the accumulation is sufficiently large, the beneficiary may be eligible to elect an annuity payout. A member may change beneficiaries at any time prior to retirement by submitting the applicable change form to each investment provider used.
Before benefits can begin, the member or the member's surviving beneficiary must complete an application and submit it to the applicable investment provider(s). Applications are available from the investment provider(s) or the employer. Former TBR employees must also submit a Verification of Employee Termination. If a member has less than the deminimis account balance ceiling in the ORP and wishes to withdraw it or transfer it in a lump sum, a Verification of Eligibility for Exception from Lifetime Distribution Requirement form for the current year must be submitted with the application.
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Tennessee's Optional Retirement Program will accept a rollover or a direct transfer of cash assets accumulated in another employer's qualified 401(a) retirement plan if the member is actively participating in Tennessee's ORP at the time the funds are transferred. Funds transferred into the Tennessee Optional Retirement Program will be subject to the rules of the program and will not be available for cash withdrawal.
Only non-lifetime payments (such as lump sum payments to a spouse in the event of the member's death prior to retirement or to a member who separates from state service with a deminimis ORP account balance, or partial lump sum payments of up to 50 percent of account balance elected at retirement) may be transferred from Tennessee's Optional Retirement Program to any other plan, including another optional retirement program, a qualified retirement plan, a tax sheltered annuity, or an IRA. Generally, employees may not transfer membership from the ORP to the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS); however, participants in the ORP who reach five years of service have a special one-time opportunity to transfer to TCRS. The election must be made and filed no later than the end of the calendar year following the year that 5 years of service is achieved. The conditions under which employees may transfer membership and thereby establish their prior service credit in TCRS are set out in T.C.A. Section 8-35-403. All such transfers of ORP funds are subject to the provisions of the product(s) the member selected. Refer to the Summary of Withdrawal Restrictions chart and the product prospectus for details on these provisions.
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Members Without TCRS Account Balances — If the transferring member is not vested in TCRS, he will essentially forfeit any retirement credit he has accrued in TCRS to that point by transferring. If he is vested in TCRS, he will be eligible to draw a benefit from TCRS when he reaches eligibility conditions. His TCRS benefit will be based upon his service and salary through the date of transfer only.
Members With TCRS Account Balances — If the transferring member has employee contributions in his TCRS account, he may either (1) leave his contributions in TCRS or he may (2) transfer his employee account balance to the ORP by completing an Election to Transfer Funds from TCRS to the ORP.
(1) If he is vested in TCRS and he leaves his contributions in his TCRS account until he is eligible to draw a benefit from TCRS, his TCRS benefit will be based upon his service and salary through the date of transfer only. His service and salary will be "frozen" as of the date he transfers membership.
(2) If he transfers his individual account balance from TCRS to the ORP, he will give up any retirement credit he has accrued in TCRS to that point. The transfer of his account balance constitutes a termination of membership in TCRS and a waiver of all rights and benefits under TCRS.
Most individuals who have a TCRS account balance would now be vested in TCRS and would have accrued a considerable amount of noncontributory service credit in TCRS. It may be detrimental to these members to transfer membership from TCRS to the ORP; therefore, TCRS members should exercise caution in making that decision.
An employee who elects to participate in the ORP is not eligible to participate in the TCRS while employed by an institution covered by the ORP. If the employee changes positions and rejoins TCRS in a new position, his TCRS membership may be reestablished.
Benefits accrued under the Optional Retirement Program are exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment, or other process, other than levies issued by the Internal Revenue Service, orders for assignment of child support, and certain qualified domestic relations orders (QDROs). QDROs which relate to the provision of marital property rights for the benefit of an ORP participant's former spouse and which are entered after June 30, 1997 may be honored under the Optional Retirement Program. Refer to Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 26-2-104, Section 8-36-111 and Title 8, Chapter 35, Part 4.
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This information is intended to provide a general introduction to some of the provisions applicable to participants in Tennessee's Optional Retirement Program. This information is subject to legislative change and judicial interpretation. It does not supersede nor restrict procedures or authority established under state statute. The provisions of the Optional Retirement Program and the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System are set forth in Chapters 34-37 of Title 8 of Tennessee Code Annotated.
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President Barack Obama hinted in his State of the Union address that, at long last, Uncle Sam might do something to help the long-suffering city of Stockton.
President Barack Obama hinted in his State of the Union address that, at long last, Uncle Sam might do something to help the long-suffering city of Stockton.
"And this year, my Administration will begin to partner with 20 of the hardest-hit towns in America to get these communities back on their feet," Obama said.
He continued, "We'll work with local leaders to target resources at public safety, education and housing. We'll give new tax credits to businesses that hire and invest."
Obama did not mention specific cities. The list of 20 has not been made, I'm told. The White House is still developing criteria for selecting cities.
Any way they slice it, Stockton should make the list. Even if, as one suspects, Obama still does not know Stockton from the planet Mongo.
Given all the city has been through, it would be more than unjust if it were excluded. It would be a failure of capitalist democracy antithetical to all Obama stands for.
Thanks to a combination of Wall Street predation and our own fiscal foolishness, Stockton entered the Great Recession as ground zero of the foreclosure crisis.
In all the United States, it was the city hardest hit. And it still is.
Yes, foreclosures are down (25 percent below 2011) but this county still cringes under the lash of more foreclosures than any metropolitan statistical area with more than 200,000 people.
The area has been economically riddled by 131,426 foreclosure filings of one sort or another since January 2008, according to RealtyTrac.
Staggering as it is, that statistic still does not convey the mass downfall of families; of humiliated, beaten people; of dreams replaced by full-time, hand-to-mouth existence.
Our unemployment: 14.5 percent as of December, in a country where the average rate is 7.6 percent.
We have reported on lines outside job fairs so long they wrap around the block. On 67,000 adults in San Joaquin County who struggle to put food on the table.
The Stockton Food Bank says 44.4 percent of adults surveyed ate less than they felt they should, 14.3 percent had not eaten for a whole day and 19 percent cut the size of their child's meals.
That latter fact amounts to the reverse of Project Head Start. And it shows: the dropout rate in Stockton's biggest school district is over 1 in 4, almost twice the state average.
The mortgage meltdown shellacked city government. Revenues plummeted $90 million in three fiscal years. City leaders cut and cut: 25 percent of police, 30 percent of fire, 43 percent of other departments. Then it cut more.
A couple of results: Stockton is one of the most violent cities in the nation. The risk of being a victim of either violent or property crime here is 1 in 14.
An interim fire chief said the decimated fire department will just have to leave a lot of smoking foundations.
The city has shuttered libraries, senior and community centers and after-school programs. The streets are potholed. The city's trees are dying. Municipal buildings are falling apart.
Last year, the city became the largest American municipality ever to file for bankruptcy. The jackals of Wall Street are fighting the wounded city every step of the way.
In short, when most of America got off the down elevator at the Great Recession, Stockton kept going down. It descended into a sequel of The Great Depression. It is still there.
Rep. Jerry McNerney's office issued a statement: "The Congressman has reached out to the administration to ensure that Stockton is included in the twenty cities initiative. This is obviously a big priority for the Congressman."
Kudos to the congressman for being on the job. But more is needed.
The Obama administration needs to overcome Uncle Sam's historic blindness toward California's Central Valley. Stockton needs help.
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At just £450, the Philips 32PFL5604H is almost half the cost of some of the company's flagship 32in LCD panels and there has clearly been some corner cutting to get that price.
Build quality has obviously been compromised. Where Philips' more expensive screens have the robust build of a battleship, combined with the finesse and curves of a supermodel, this budget set feels like it's made of cardboard.
But, despite its chunkiness, it's not a complete dog of a screen to look at and it has a glossy finish and a stylish embellishment of sorts in the shape of a transparent plastic edge to the screen surround.
Connectivity is a bit more convincing, with highlights including three HDMIs and a USB port for displaying digital snaps, video, and playing back MP3s. Unsurprisingly, the feature list also shows where cutbacks have been made.
You won't find any of Philips' fancy Ambilight technology (where sympathetic light to what's on screen is projected onto the wall behind the TV), internet connectivity or wireless PC connectivity here. Instead, picture processing is limited to the near-ancient Pixel Plus HD engine, which like most ageing relics knows a thing or two, but goes about its business a touch slower than you'd like.
It lets the user finetune four key elements of the processing: dynamic contrast, dynamic backlight, colour enhancement and MPEG artefact reduction.
Breaking with tradition
Traditionally, Philips screens have been easy to pick out thanks to their stunning image processing. HD pictures shimmer with clarity and detail so ultra-precise it's almost too good to be true. Sadly, that's not the case here.
Despite the screen's full HD resolution, scenes from our test movie lack that scary snap we've become used to. More tellingly, they also lack bite versus our rival screens today, even the same-priced Toshiba. Part of the reason is that motion tends to blur and smear a touch – quite a shock given the fluidity and clarity with which it is normally handled by Philips.
More bad news finds the 32PFL5604H's colours looking a bit more muted and compressed than we'd expect. Meanwhile, black levels – something else that have traditionally been a strength – are decidedly average, with an unsightly mist hanging over dark scenes. Careful reduction of the contrast, brightness and backlight settings seems to do little to solve the problem.
While it might sound like we were deeply unimpressed with this model, we should clarify that this is in the context of Philips' normally excellent (and more expensive) higher-end sets. Pictures aren't a complete disaster and are generally decent with HD material making this a good budget option. We'd even go as far as suggesting that the handling of judder (something that afflicts most screens during motion and horizontal camera pans) is among the best here.
Standard-def pictures tell a similar story to HD ones, looking a touch too soft for our liking – something that a more up-to-date version of Philips' screen processing would deal with.
Partnered with some lacklustre audio, it's hard to think of this TV as anything other than average looking, with basic features and uninspiring pictures.
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I purchased Timelapse and wanted to test out all features. I connected to Gallileo and wanted to shoot a timelapse with RAW pictures.
What does RAW actually mean on a Iphone? Does iOS really support that? Is there more information stored in the image than in a normal JPEG?
With my first timelapse I have the following problem.
I set the intervall to 1 second and captured 15 minutes. This should be 1800 pictures. However I have only 600 pictures. That means he shoots every 3rd pic. Why is that?
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Corduroy Pants Doomed to Failure
Added Feb 16, 2012
by Gabe Scelta
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Based on a combo of the Burda 8186bur suit trousers and my last work pant project (http://www.burdastyle.com/projects/work-bike-riding-pants). These came out great and the button fly really fit well. I added a green cuff lining to the bottom and green trim on the pockets.
Unfortunately, the fabric was not heavy weight enough for pants and the inner thigh / crotch area ripped as soon as I sat down. Sigh, it's all a learning process I guess. I tried to patch it but it just got weird looking (weird bulgey crotch patch covered up the hole but didn't help the look), and I don't trust the fabric not to split in some kind of embarrassing public situation. So they're not-for-going-out pants for now. Still, I like the way the cuffs and fly came out, so I'm posting it here as a reminder to think more about fabric weight and durability for something like this.
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Corduroy that should have been much much heavier.
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Feb 17, 2012, 10.46 AMby JolJol
If you use a flat fell seam on the crotch seam this should help with any further problems as it will reinforce this area which normally is a high stress area. Great job for a beginner
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Feb 20, 2012, 11.09 PMby Gabe Scelta
Thanks for the tip, I'll try that next time.
Feb 17, 2012, 09.43 AMby jennyrecorder
That is a seriously weird bulgy crotch!! You are so entertaining!!!
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Feb 20, 2012, 11.09 PMby Gabe Scelta
Haha, thanks!
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A key Senate panel voted down two proposals that would have created government health insurance plans that would compete with the private market.
In what was seen as a victory for Sen. Max Baucus health insurance reform plan, the Senate Finance Committee voted against a plan by Jay Rockefeller, (D-W.V.), that would have created a public carrier that could sell policies in competition with the private sector. Then, the committee nixed a more moderate version sponsored ny Chuck Schumer, (D-N.Y.).
Baucus hopes his middle of the road version of reform will attract at least one or two Republicans, a prospect that would have been precluded by any plan with a public option. Those who opposed the public option said it would drive private insurers out of business.
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Paul Merson's Premier League predictions - Week 31
Merse expects wins for Chelsea, Liverpool, Everton, City, Newcastle, Norwich and Villa...
Last Updated: 21/03/14 10:32am
You've got to be impressed with Villa - and not only because they beat Chelsea. They've got a squad full of young kids, they don't really have any household names and yet they stay up. I think people take it for granted that they won't go down; they think that because they're a big club they won't be relegated. But I think Paul Lambert has done a great job there, I really do. His impact has been really under-estimated. Villa's home form has improved but, to be fair, it couldn't have got much worse. The young kids are getting older, more experienced and more confident every week and that makes a difference. Whatever sport you play, if you haven't got confidence you are going to struggle. I think this will be a good game because both teams have got the shackles off; they can afford to go out and really entertain. I could never see Stoke going down - even when they were struggling a bit - because I knew they had results in them. But Villa's job now is to go out and give their fans faith for next season. They won't want their season to fizzle out so that they finish fifth-bottom in the league. If that happens people will ask 'is it worth getting a season-ticket next year?' If you want to build a team you need people buying season tickets so you can get the money upfront. So I think this will be an entertaining game but Villa's energy and athleticism should just give them the edge.
Tottenham v Southampton (12.30pm, Sun, Sky Sports 1)
Tottenham's top-four chances may have gone but the players still have plenty to play for; they're at a big club, after all. This is a dangerous football match for Tim Sherwood because I thought they did alright last week against Arsenal at home; I felt they deserved a draw and Tim could come out and say 'we were better than them but we never got the rub of the green'. But this is Southampton and fans will be turning up at White Hart Lane expecting Tottenham to win. But I think this is a difficult game, I really do. If Spurs lose this, it ain't looking good for them, but I thought they looked alright the other day; with a bit more guile and a bit more luck they could definitely have got a result against Arsenal. Tim got the commitment he wanted from the players in that match; the teams that have beaten Spurs have been good teams. If they are getting beaten by bottom-five teams then, with all due respect, you'd say 'wait a minute, what's going on here?' But Chelsea and Arsenal are top teams. This is a difficult game because Southampton have got nothing to play for in the league but four or five of their players are playing for a World Cup place, which makes them dangerous. Southampton can go out and play but if they do lose, they aren't going anywhere. I'm expecting this one to be very open.
West Ham v Man Utd (5pm, Sat, Sky Sports 1)
Despite their win over Olympiakos, I think United are still papering over the cracks. If David de Gea didn't have an absolute blinder on Wednesday and Phil Jones didn't have a good game they would have been in trouble. People can go on about Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney and how good they were but what about the others? If De Gea doesn't make those saves and Olympiakos score a goal they're through and all of a sudden there's absolute carnage at the club. There'll be no Robin van Persie on Saturday but Danny Welbeck will probably play anyway because he's doing alright. I'm going to go for a draw here because West Ham is a hard place to go. United have just had a hard game and even though Olympiakos weren't the best team in the world there was a lot of nervous energy about the place when they were 3-0 up because one goal meant that all of that hard work would have gone out of the window. That is tiring in itself. West Ham are in a decent spell and they are hard to beat. Sam Allardyce was manager of the month for February. Man Utd aren't really going anywhere in the league now - they're concentrating on the Champions League - but they won't want to beat West Ham 3-0 and then get a good turning over by Manchester City because that won't go down well. They are probably better off struggling in this game and stopping Man City from winning the league.
Chelsea v Arsenal
If Arsenal lose this, they are out of the title race - so it's a huge game. Arsenal have got to go to the Bridge and make sure they don't lose because then they're still in it. There's no question about that. If they go to the Bridge and do even better and win, then they're massive title contenders. Chelsea can't afford to have the mind-set that they'd take a draw. They have to win every game to keep the others at bay. But Arsenal can't keep falling over the line because when you play against top teams like Chelsea, as Tottenham found out not long ago, they'll rip you apart. If Arsenal don't pick their game up, I can see Chelsea winning this game by two goals.
Cardiff v Liverpool
It seems there's no stopping Liverpool at the moment. As long as they don't forget their boots this is the sort of game that should be a banker. But this is the Premier League and it's the best league in the world for a reason - and that reason is that Cardiff can beat Liverpool on their day. Cardiff played well at Everton last week, to be fair. They were decent and were unlucky not to get something out of it but they conceded that last-minute goal. Sure, Cardiff are going to be petrified at the back but they shouldn't be short of confidence. Still, I expect Liverpool to win this by a distance; I'd say it's a massive football result if they come away with any sort of win because this is Cardiff's Cup Final.
Everton v Swansea
Swansea are getting dragged into things down the bottom. I watch them and think 'ok, they'll win this game and be out of it' and then they don't and it's happening too often. I didn't think Everton were great against Cardiff but they win football matches against good teams. I think Everton will be too strong for Swansea and that could start to spell real trouble for Garry Monk's men. Swansea are in that relegation mix big-time.
Hull v West Brom
Hull are just one point ahead of Swansea but I'm tempted to say they're out of that mix given the number of teams beneath them; that many teams have got to overtake them that I reckon things are just in the favour. West Brom had a massive, massive football result last week by beating Swansea away. It's given the manager and the players confidence and I'd imagine the fans have a bit more faith in the manager now too because people were asking 'is the manager up for it? Is he the right man for the job?' Now, if he wins on Saturday, he'll be the best manager to ever manage West Brom. It just shows you how quickly things change. I think West Brom have got to go there and make sure they don't lose - and I don't think they do. Hull, now, are going to have that FA Cup semi-final in the back of their mind. It isn't far away and how many times, as a player, do you play at Wembley in a match that big?
Man City v Fulham
If City get going, they'll need more lightbulbs in the Fulham scoreboard. City will need to start well and start quickly because they've got a massive game on Tuesday night against United, so they need to put this one to bed very quickly. They can't go out with that saw them get beaten by Wigan. They haven't wiped the floor with anyone recently and I think they've got to put their game heads on, on Saturday, and finish this game quickly and concentrate on Tuesday. There will be no Vincent Kompany but I reckon they can win this without him.
Newcastle v Crystal Palace
Fulham had a big result against Newcastle last week - that win brought them right back into it at the bottom of the table. I've got some sympathy for Newcastle and Alan Pardew, though. I think banning a manager from the ground is a bad rule. Managers are paid to get their players going on a Saturday afternoon before the game and at half-time - that's their job. Banning a manager from the ground punishes everybody at the club, not just the manager. Pardew's absence showed in Newcastle's performance. Being a manager is a lot different in football from being a coach. Players are going to listen to the manager because that's the way it is in football. I watched Palace the other day against Sunderland and I'm not sure how they got a 0-0 draw, to be fair, I really don't. They go out and make sure they are really tight and if they can nick something they do, but if they don't they get a point. Fair play to them because it has worked and those points add up. Whatever happened they had to make sure that they didn't get beat by Sunderland.
Norwich v Sunderland
This is a massive game - probably the biggest game of the weekend for me, bigger than Chelsea v Arsenal. If you win the Premier League you win the Premier League. If you go out of the Premier League and it's 'thank you and goodnight'. In this day and age when so much money is riding on survival, it's a huge match. I think Norwich are decent at home, I really do. If they had a little bit more luck in front of goal, they wouldn't be where they are. They need to show a bit more going forward away from home because they've got some decent players.
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The Old Capitol was located at head of State Street, facing Eagle Street, and in front of the present New Capitol; completed and occupied first in 1808. Erected at the joint expense of the city, the county and the State, costing, exclusive of the land, which was given by the city, $110,685.42, part of which was the proceeds of a lottery. Taken down in 1883.
On April 7, 1847, the State Court of Appeals held its first session in the Old Capitol in a courtroom formerly occupied by the Supreme Court. The Court of Appeals continued to hold sessions in the Old Capitol until May 11, 1883.
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July 30, 2010
Dear SEC
This Dodd-Frank bill is written with good intent but will destroy the insurance planning careers of many talented and honest advisors.
The bill will only open the floodgates for frivolous lawsuits much like what happened in the UK years ago. Retirement for many in England is that of being dependent on the government mainly because almost all financial advisors came to the point where they were regulated to the point that it didn't make sense to continue their careers.
This bill will only pass along cost to the consumer and is unnecessary as we already have a suitability standard that advisors have to live up to. The definitions of "fiduciary standard" are impossible to view or define objectively.
The suitability standard governing broker-dealers and registered representatives is a robust and heavily enforced standard. Compare and contrast it to how you see the fiduciary standard governing investment advisers is applied and enforced.
#61607 Compliance costs-both in terms of finances and time-are high, and those costs are eventually felt by clients. Adding another layer of regulation means another layer of compliance, and even more cost to clients.
o The current registrations I carry are Series 6,63,65,and 7. The cost and continuing education requirements yearly are enough to choke a horse
o I am subject to annual audits and an incredibly high level of accountability.
o Maintaining a compliant practice takes up at least 20% of our time with no way to cover the cost. We have someone in our office whose sole job is keeping up with compliance.
#61607 The liabilities of an ongoing and RETROACTIVE fiduciary duty would mean my costs and my ability to serve my clients will greatly be diminished to the point that I stop helping clients with proper planning and do something else. We do great things for people and you need to take that into consideration.
o Moving to a fee-only model will NOT result in better, unbiased advice? Most people who need us are unwilling to pay a fee.
o Forcing me to a fee only model to protect myself from liability is not the answer.
o Most clients cannot afford to pay up front fees or are not willing to?
o The added liabilities will drive up my errors and omissions coverage over what they already are now which is more than my car insurance on a monthly basis.
This bill has good intent as said earlier however it is totally unrealistic. I beg you to alter the bill and eliminate the "look back" liability and continue the current suitability standard we live with now.
I believe we are already acting in the "best interest" of our clients, the Act does not define what the rules are for compliance with a legal "best interest" standard - thus subjecting registered representatives to the potential of never ending lawsuits. For example, is "best" the cheapest recommended product? The "best" premium relative to the benefit of the product?
The product with the "best" historic underwriting and service standards? Is it the one from the carrier with the "best" rating?
The fiduciary standard in essence adds a vague legal liability standard that looks back (sometimes after many years) and is enforced after the fact by the SEC or trial lawyers who have perfect vision in hindsight.
This cannot be allowed to pass. In the best interest of our Nation I urge you to look deeper into history and compare this new regulatory bill to what happened in the UK.
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Unveils Hunts Point Vision Plan At New Workforce Development Center in South Bronx
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced today the Hunts Point Vision Plan and an initial investment of $27 million to implement this comprehensive initiative aimed at promoting a competitive business environment and sustainable community on the Hunts Point Peninsula in the South Bronx. Mayor Bloomberg made the announcement at the opening of Hunts Point Works, the City's new employment and training center which will serve local job seekers and businesses in Hunts Point. In addition to committing more than $27 million in capital funds to carry out the Vision Plan's initial goals, the City has already invested $110 million at the Hunts Point Fish and Produce Markets. Mayor Bloomberg was joined in announcing the Administration's comprehensive plan to spur business and employment growth in Hunts Point by Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding Daniel Doctoroff, Economic Development Corporation (EDC) President Andrew Alper, Department of Small Business Services (SBS) Commissioner Robert Walsh, Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, City Council Member Maria del Carmen Arroyo, Executive Director of the Hunts Point Economic Development Corporation Josephine Infante, CEO & President of the Wildcat Service Corporation Amalia Betanzos and Executive Director of Sustainable South Bronx Majora Carter.
"The Hunts Point Peninsula employs well over 10,000 people and is home to one of the most important food distribution centers in the world," said Mayor Bloomberg. "But it is also true that this part of the City can be doing better. This new vision of Hunts Point, coupled with the opening of our new workforce development centers, will attract and grow businesses, put people to work and make the community a more vibrant place to live. I can say with confidence that the future of Hunts Point has never been brighter. I want to thank all of the Task Force members, elected officials, and businesses and community groups who have contributed so much time and effort to this extremely important initiative."
The goals of the Hunts Point Vision Plan includes developing new waterfront parks, improving traffic safety, upgrading street lighting, repaving streets and improving the rail freight lines serving Hunts Point. Additionally, the Vision Plan will better link workers to anticipated new jobs through collaboration with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to provide new bus service to the Hunts Point area.
Borough President Carrion is contributing $1 million toward streetscape improvements in Hunts Point. Other elected officials making financial contributions for streetscape work are Assembly Member Carmen Arroyo ($850,000) and Assembly Member Ruben Diaz Jr. ($319,000). Congressman Jose Serrano is adding $700,000 towards restoration of the Hunts Point waterfront.
"I would like to thank Mayor Bloomberg and his administration for accepting our invitation to explore the incredible potential that exists in Hunts Point," said Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion. "Many city agencies were made available to the task force and as a result we have created a blueprint for community redevelopment. This truly was a cooperative process. Development only works when environmental, social and economic factors are all equally addressed. I believe the Hunts Point plan has achieved this."
"The creation of the Hunts Point Vision Plan is an extraordinary achievement that will advance Mayor Bloomberg's economic development goals of making the City more livable, business friendly and economically diverse," said EDC President Alper. "It will guide us as we move forward on a number of initiatives to enhance Hunts Point's capacity as a center of commerce, with a number of new developments in the Food Distribution Center including the opening of the $85 million Fulton Fish Market at Hunts Point this spring and the already developed $25 million Produce Market."
Mayor Bloomberg formed the Hunts Point Task Force in 2003 to provide a forum for addressing critical concerns about Hunts Point. The Bloomberg administration worked closely with community leaders, particularly Borough President Carrion, to identify a diverse group of business owners, local constituents, elected officials and government agencies to create and implement the Vision Plan. Over the course of a year, the Task Force met more than 20 times to explore important issues and identify solutions.
The Task Force's recommendations include a number of initiatives to improve land use options on the peninsula. City Planning will rezone the area to encourage the growth and expansion of the food-related industry. The rezoning is also intended to protect the adjacent residential neighborhood while discouraging the expansion of waste-related uses in sensitive areas. Depending on the final recommendations of the Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan, the City will work with the Task Force to identify a re-use plan for the Marine Transfer Station site, which is currently closed. In addition, EDC will market the remaining vacant parcels within the Food Distribution Center to attract new food-distribution and manufacturing companies for the food markets.
As part of the effort to create better traffic conditions on the peninsula, the City's Department of Transportation has already implemented new truck routes to provide a more efficient and safer circulation pattern. In addition, the City will improve critical intersections, install large truck way-finding signs, and reconfigure Food Center Drive to allow for intersection improvements, one-way circulation and a new bike lane. EDC and DOT will make streetscapes and sidewalks more pedestrian-friendly by improving lighting, landscaping and paving surfaces. And EDC is evaluating the existing rail freight network to identify improvements that will serve businesses on the peninsula.
To improve connections in Hunts Point, the City will continue to work with the MTA to provide new bus service in Hunts Point, particularly on the peninsula's western sector. Gateway markers are planned for the peninsula's major entry-points. The Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation will work to start up a commuter van service to help local residents get to work. And DOT will improve crossings to the new waterfront parks under construction.
The Department of Parks & Recreation will soon start construction on the new Barretto Point Park at the southern end of Tiffany Street, which will offer waterfront access for the peninsula's western shore, and construction of Riverside Park is currently underway offering a link to the Bronx River. To complement these initiatives, EDC, in partnership with the Point Community Development Corporation and Sustainable South Bronx, is advancing the revitalization of the waterfront through the development of the South Bronx Greenway.
The Hunts Point Economic Development Corporation, in partnership with Wildcat Services Corporation, will manage Hunts Point Works, the new employment and training center at 647 Bryant Avenue which is under contract with SBS. For businesses, the center will recruit and screen potential employees and coordinate training programs that teach specialized skills such as fish-cutting. For job seekers, the center will provide evaluation, referrals to training, job placement assistance and other services. Community-based organizations will play a central role in this program, both in referring individuals to the center and in receiving referrals from the center for training and other services. The center will also work extensively with the Bronx Workforce1 Career Center.
"Simply put, Hunts Point Works is about getting jobs for New Yorkers," said Commissioner Walsh. "As a central part of the Mayor's emphasis on diversifying the City's economy, the relocation of the fish market and creation of the Hunts Point Vision Plan will bring growth to the South Bronx. This growth means jobs—and this center is perfectly positioned to recruit, train and deliver good workers."
The Hunts Point Peninsula has an area of roughly 690 acres, with almost half made up of the 329-acre Food Distribution Center. Much of the New York region is fed by the Food Distribution Center, which has more than 115 wholesalers that generate revenue of more than $3 billion a year.


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Rodgers has said his team can now focus on their Premier League form having qualified for the next stages of the European competition by topping Group A with a 1-0 win over Udinese, courtesy of Jordan Henderson's first-half strike.
However, it could have been a very different story had substitute Antonio di Natale scored with the last kick of the game, an equaliser being enough to send Liverpool out after Young Boys won 3-1 at home to Anzhi.
Now Rodgers is looking forward to concentrating on his side's league form for the next couple of months.
"We won and that is good for our future," Rodgers said. "We had two objectives coming into this stage of the tournament, our 10th game in the competition.
"Firstly, qualification was important and secondly, we wanted to give experience to some of younger players and we have done that.
"At the end, when they had 10 men on a difficult pitch, I thought our idea was better - control the game, pass and hide the ball - especially with young players in the side.
"This is the challenge we have to make them better players and educate them in the game whilst progressing and thankfully we've done that.
"It was always going to be a tight group and you can see how it finished (Liverpool, Anzhi and Young Boys all on 10 points), but I said to the players I always thought we could finish top."
There have been a few ups and downs along the way, but Rodgers believes Liverpool are starting to gather momentum both in Europe and domestically.
"I am absolutely delighted because they have been superb through the campaign and their league form is improving and it is really good for our momentum," he added.
"We could have been more comfortable, we had the opportunity to score goals in good areas and that was mostly down to great goalkeeping. I don't think the players could have done much more.
"There was no margin for error and I felt we had to win the game because we were in a difficult group against good teams.
"Over the course of all the games, how we have played and progressed through the tournament, I think we are deserved winners of the group.
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Elliot, Blues blank Predators
Nashville, TN – Brian Elliott registered his second shutout in as many games, while Alexander Steen netted the game's only goal late in the second period in the surging St. Louis Blues' 1-0 triumph over the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena.
Elliott, named the NHL's Second Star of the Week on Monday after posting a 1.45 goals against average in three St. Louis wins, wasn't tested much in a 15-save performance against an injury-riddled Nashville squad that's now dropped four straight games and has gone 1-5-2 since March 28.
The Blues, on the other hand, have now ripped off a season-high five consecutive victories and further enhanced their chances of securing a berth in the upcoming Western Conference playoffs.
"The Detroit game (a 1-0 win on Sunday) was a little tougher to get the shutout, but it really doesn't matter," Elliott said. "You always just want to beat them by whatever. Obviously, you just want the 'W.'"
Steen's blast with 3:23 remaining in the second period was the lone blemish on Pekka Rinne, with the Nashville netminder accumulating 25 saves but receiving little offensive support.
Neither team mounted much of an attack during a scoreless first period that contained a mere 10 shots combined, and the contest remained deadlocked after Rinne turned back nine St. Louis chances as the Blues controlled the action over the first five-plus minutes of the second.
St. Louis finally broke through with just under 3 1/2 minutes left in the middle session, capitalizing on an odd-man rush in which Steen skated hard up the left side before firing a long drive that Rinne couldn't get down quickly enough to block.
The goal was all the Blues needed to extend their unbeaten run, as the punchless Predators managed only five shots in the third period and never put forth a serious threat.
"We can't sustain any offense and it is tough to get any shots," said Predators defenseman and captain Shea Weber. "Everything we've got has been from the outside and we really did not have very many good scoring chances."
St. Louis was also not whistled for a penalty over the course of the full 60 minutes of play.
Game Notes
The Blues last won five in a row from March 3-11 of last season ... Forward Andy McDonald returned to the Blues' lineup after missing Sunday's win at Detroit with the flu ... The Predators recalled forward Daniel Bang from Milwaukee of the AHL prior to the game, with the rookie making his NHL debut in place of Brandon Yip, who was scratched after suffering a lower-body injury Sunday at Chicago ... St. Louis improved to 11-4-2 in one-goal games this season.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 115 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
Viadat began as a web design and development firm, has found a niche in providing store locator software to the WordPress market, and aims to grow into media, entertainment, sports productions
Web developers, small business owners, creative types, sports & entertainment lovers
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Residence: Longmont
Website: shafferforcolorado.com
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Family: wife, Jessicca; daughter, Madison; and son, Dylan
How long have you lived in Colorado? Except for my time in the Navy and in college, I've lived in Colorado my entire life.
Professional background: United States Naval Officer (1993-1997), attorney (2001-present).
Political/community experience: I was first elected to the Colorado State Senate in 2004, and then re-elected in 2008. In 2009, I was unanimously elected president of the Senate by my Republican and Democratic peers.
Education: B.A. from Stanford University (1993) and J.D. from University of Colorado (2001).
Name a person you admire and explain why: My mom, Toby Beamguard. She brings a quiet strength to everything she does. She taught me to always do my very best and to never give up.


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The Pig has many opportunities to shine this year. Your generous nature is apparent in all aspects of your life. It is an admired quality that people respect. This year, your inherent generosity plays a large role in areas that you may not even be aware and may pave the way to a possible career change. You have an abundance of friends and you are well loved by your family. this year will only enhance these relations. One area that may create some issues is that you seem to overextend yourself to a point where there isn't any time left for you. This could lead to a change in priorities and could promote some better organizational skills.
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In this article, Andreas Kaltenbach explains how Model-Driven Software Development (MSDS) can help solving backward compatibility problems when creating a newer version of a software which can mean a new API or a new database schema that old clients cannot use. MSDS is used to negotiate the differences between versions to ease the upgrading process.
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I strongly believe that a "Change DSL" where you explicitly describe the changes to the model is the key here. The diff model can then be used as a validation that your change description is complete and that you can derive the new from the previous model.
From the "Change DSL" (can be OAW xText based) written transition the backward compatibility and database scripts can then be easily derived.
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1. We need a tool to estimate the diff between two models. With EMF Compare, this already exists. For sure, EMF Compare has its limitations - in the worst case it assumes that there is no similarity at all between two models. A robust solution has to absorb this case and has to react accordingly.
2. With the diff at hand we can do whatever we want. I highlighted two possible approaches (API compatibility & Schema Derailment) in the article.
Yes Karsten, it is important to confess that such solutions will never release developers from thinking about compatibility concerns of their products. A 100% generation of backwards compatibility artefacts is neither desired nor possible in my opinion. The sum of compatibility artefacts consists of generated and manually written code. I tried to indicate this in the pictures by using blue for generated and grey for manually written artefacts. For the manual part, such a "Change DSL" you mentioned seems to be the perfect match ;-)
The diff tooling has two strong benefits:
First, it provides guidance and support for developers. It is able to detect deviances between model versions. Even the availability of system change information helps to make developers aware of incompatibilities.
Second, such tooling covers changes which happen often and follow a certain pattern (e.g. the typical renaming of model elements). For such recurring patterns it is worth writing code once that produces the needed artefacts. Once, you described which artefacts should be derived for a certain change pattern, you could reuse it whenever a change, following the same pattern, is detected.


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I offer this column as a public service. If you're in a challenging marriage and you fantasize about divorce, I can save you a lot of money. Just imagine being married to Anthony Weiner, and you may rethink your own marital problems.
By setting the bar for acceptable behavior at an all-time low, Weiner has cast a rosy glow on other people's relationships.
Does your hubby talk too much, sleep too much, not work enough, not play well with others? No biggie. Does he fail to share child care, household chores? Get over it. Has he strayed, had a regular, old-fashioned, midlife fling that he regrets and will never do again? Serious, but not necessarily a deal-breaker.
Think about your marriage. Then think about being married to Weiner, who admits to tweeting and texting prurient photos of himself to strangers. Now put all that therapy money toward a cruise and get on with your life.
The spectacle of Mr. Weiner's most recent mea culpas, along with his wife's wrenching statement of support, were painful to watch. And the hubris! Why do they insist on a public forum? Why are they the last two people to realize that his behavior has made him an embarrassing and unacceptable choice for mayor? Weiner's extracurricular activities are so extremely creepy and unsavory that he makes ordinary philanderers seem more acceptable.
Of course, he's part of a large population of human beings who periodically become deranged and behave in self-destructive ways despite every reason to control their sexual impulses. This group is known as men, particularly men with political power. I don't mean to paint with a broad brush, but the facts are disturbing.
I challenge you to name any woman — just one woman — in political office who has trashed her reputation and her personal life through sexual misconduct. Women lie, steal and disappoint the people around them as much as men, but men dominate the field of public sexual disgrace.


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Chris takes a look at the recent sci-fi comedy movie starring Ben Stiller on BD
Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade take male bonding to hilarious new heights in this outrageous, no-holds-barred comedy that gets funnier every time you watch! There's trouble brewing in peaceful Glenview, Ohio. That's why four civic-minded citizens, armed with flashlights, walkie-talkies and spiffy new jackets, have teamed up to safeguard their community. But the guys find more than they bargained for when they uncover an alien plot to destroy Earth, and now these bumbling heroes are Glenview's only chance to save the neighbourhood - and the world - from annihilation. (Taken from the PR.)
I wish I could just copy and paste Gabe Powers' review here and save myself a lot of time, because he and I have very similar feelings towards The Watch. In the right hands the film could potentially have been an exciting genre mash-up in the vein of Shaun of the Dead or Attack the Block, but instead it's a lowest common denominator star vehicle with an over-reliance on toilet humour and the waning power of its principals. I'm convinced Ben Stiller has some sort of mass-mind control powers, because he's managed to convince people to watch his films by the millions (including me) despite not being particularly good in anything. Vince Vaughn seems forever destined (and content) to play the same loud-mouth joker in every film in which he appears, but his shtick started to wear thin some time ago and these days his presence serves are a warning. Jonah Hill is an actor who I've found enjoyable enough in some of his roles (the dramatic ones in particular) and Richard Ayoade is of course a talented writer-director and performer, but neither is called upon to do anything other than phone in their performances here.
The trailers made the film appear akin to something like the aforementioned Shaun of the Dead, but in reality it plays out more like a second tier buddy comedy with the alien invasion tacked on like some sort of b-plot. It's incredibly lazy, with a script that eschews almost every opportunity to develop the characters, or indeed make them even vaguely likeable, instead meandering from one tragically unfunny improv set-piece to the next. The Watch also has a serious case of schizophrenia, frequently shifting genre and tone as it tries to find its feet like some sort of comedy Bambi. As an example of its lack of direction, there's an insanely incongruous sub-plot about one of Stiller's creepy neighbours that only seems to be there to waste the talents of Billy Crudup and reference an early joke that wasn't even particularly funny to begin with. In fact the gags fall flat more often than not and the sheer amount of product placement puts even I, Robot to shame. The film's only real saving grace is its high production values, but even those are de rigueur for a picture of this vintage and as such are hardly something to crow about. A wasted opportunity all round.
Despite the packaging's claims to the contrary, The Watch arrives with a 2.35:1 1080/24p AVC encode that's about what you'd expect from a recent modern feature. The image is clean and consistently impressive, with plenty of fine detail in both wide and close-up shots, very little in the way of digital noise, and no egregious DNR or other digital 'enhancements'. Colours are stylised but faithful to the theatrical experience (I can just about remember seeing this one at the cinema) and contrast is handled nicely, without blooming or crushing. To tell you the truth it's a bit of a boring transfer to talk about, because there's really nothing to nit pick. It's not the very best the format has to offer, but the combination of the recent source and a competent encode make for a very pleasing visual experience.
As is usual for Fox's Blu-ray releases, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 is the order of the day here. The track is your fairly typical comedy flick mix, which is to say it's front-heavy with occasional use of the surround channels for impact (particularly during the scenes with sci-fi elements). Of course the film is primarily a comedy (honestly), so the track isn't as dynamic or explosive as the best action movies. Even so there is plenty of directionality and fidelity is very good, while bass is quite potent when called upon. The score isn't particularly memorable, but it's well-placed in the mix along with the dialogue, which doesn't get lost in the mix like so many recent 'event' movies. This is a perfectly fine track that should please the film's fans.
- Deleted Scenes: An dozen deleted scenes are on offer, although many of them are actually extended scenes incorporating a lot of footage already found in the movie you just watched.
- Gag Reel: When your gag reel is funnier than your big-budget comedy, you have a problem.
- Jonah Hill Alternate Takes: Just a bunch of improv from Hill, some of which is funny, some of of which isn't.
- 'Watchmakers' Making of Featurette: This is your average contemporary making of featurette, which is to say it's not particularly insightful or revealing.
- Alien Invasions & You: The stars talk about how they'd react during an actual alien invasion.
- 'Casting the Alien' Featurette: A 'hilarious' interview with a the alien from the film, with the conceit that he's actually an actor playing a part, rather than a guy in a suit.
- Theatrical Trailer: Um, the film's theatrical trailer.
I'm not going to blather on about the film again in this section, as I believe I said all that was needed above. However, I will leave you with this: Richard Ayoade recently appeared on a British comedy programme where the presenter offered 'Richard you've had an incredible year as well. You went to Hollywood and starred in a film with Ben Stiller', to which Ayoade replied 'I didn't. I went to Atlanta and did one of the least well-regarded films of all time'. Look, audio-visually this is a perfectly good disc and there are even a few extras worth your time, but I heartedly recommend that you check the film out as a rental before splashing the cash.
* Note: The images below are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Chris Gould
leigh1975 Contributor Join Date: October 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 318
As cliche as it is to say it, I was hoping Ayoade would elevate this a bit, but he was a little wasted. I didn't loathe the film though; it sits on the same tier as the potentially good yet horribly underachieving Evolution, and not just in terms of the genre. It has to be said though, I've seen many better films than Evolution, but not as many times as that one, and I feel The Watch, as disappointing as it is, will still have some more viewings. I'm weird like that.
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I'd much rather watch Evolution than this. It has a much better cast for a start.
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I can tell you a dozen reasons why The Watch doesn't work. I can't quite put my finger on what's wrong with Evolution, never could. Just something about it.
markhuk Member Join Date: February 2013 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1
I thought Evolution was a great film - I wish they would release it on BluRay - that I would buy, the Watch, which I thought was bloody awful, I will not.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 26th December 2012
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital Audio Description 5.1 English
Subtitles: English HoH
Extras: Deleted Scenes, Gag Reel, Jonah Hill Alternate Takes, Watchmakers Making of Featurette, Alien Invasions & You, Casting the Alien Featurette
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Akiva Schaffer
Cast: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade, Rosemarie DeWitt, Will Forte, Erin Moriarty, R. Lee Ermey
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror and Sci-Fi
Length: 97 minutes
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BOSTON — The Bruins held an optional morning skate today at TD Garden in preparation for their evening match-up with Detroit.
Once most of the players had hit the dressing room, the only three remaining guys on the ice were perennial healthy scratch Mark Stuart, the suspended Daniel Paille and rookie Tyler Seguin. If that wasn't enough indication that Seguin would be a healthy scratch for the second straight game, head coach Claude Julien confirmed the team will use the same 18 skaters against the Red Wings that they did again Montreal Wednesday.
Julien was then asked how Seguin has handled not only the healthy scratch but also the day of practice in between that game and today.
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To Love-Ru author Yabuki Kentaro and top ero-doujinshika Ishikei, both masters of the art of ero-manga, have apparently become friends and seem to have been discussing "high level ero-works" together, much to the excitement of fans.
Yabuki Kentaro's recent missive:
"I got to know Ishikei-sensei and we became friends, and soon we were able to discuss some high level erotic work together. Hot stuff!"
Ishikei in particular has long been turning out To Love-Ru art, including some with official status, and the works of both Yabuki and Ishikei seem to possess some intriguing stylistic similarities:
Fans of each are already salivating over the prospects for some kind of collaboration between the two, or at the very least some cross pollination of artistic talents…


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Vitamin D Deficiency in Children
US Children Lacking Vitamin D in Their Diets
Get your children out in the sun, it's the doctor's order. Following last year's report recommending an increase in children's daily dosage of vitamin D, a new study shows that about nine percent of US children exhibit vitamin D levels so low, they can be considered deficient. Another 61 percent still show levels low enough to concern doctors. A lack of vitamin D — which can be obtained from direct sunlight, fortified milk, fatty fish, or fish liver oils — increases the risk of rickets, bone problems, heart disease, cholesterol issues, and diabetes. Among the groups with the lowest levels of vitamin D are girls, adolescents, and people with darker skin. According to the reports:
The researchers and others blamed the low levels on a combination of factors, including children spending more time watching television and playing video games instead of going outside, covering up and using sunscreen when they do go outdoors, and drinking more soda and other beverages instead of consuming milk and other foods fortified with Vitamin D.
To increase vitamin D levels, experts recommend 15 minutes of direct sunlight (unfiltered by sunscreen) three times a week, eating more fortified foods like bread, milk, and cereal, and ensuring that multivitamins contain vitamin D.