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Dating agency flyers slipped into new members' packs and an advertisement depicting aliens shooting fat people were given as reasons why a businessman broke three franchise agreements with an Auckland gym chain, a court heard today.
Stuart Holder, who owned three Club Physical gym franchises in Auckland, suddenly rebranded the clubs as "Jolt Fitness" without warning earlier this month.
Staff at those gyms - in Three Kings, Botany and Westgate - were fitted with new uniforms, new classes put in place, and instructors arriving up to take their regular classes were turned away.
Club Physical owner Paul Richards alleged Holder's actions were a breach of franchise agreements that had "years to run on them" and that the move came completely out of the blue.
Seeking an injunction to stop Jolt Fitness from trading, Richards brought the matter before the High Court at Auckland today.
Holder's lawyer, Jason Goodall, told the court his client had no previous experience running gyms and, under the franchise agreements, Richards was supposed to provide business support.
Richards had not been meeting his obligations and this was putting the clubs' futures in jeopardy prior to the sudden rebrand, Goodall alleged.
Holder began facing "significant competition" last year from another gym called 'Jetts' and needed Richards' help to refresh his pricing and marketing strategies, and the class schedule.
"There were profitability concerns around my client's gyms. He was thereafter repeatedly trying to get in touch with Mr Richards about how this could be managed.
"He (Holder) was going for months trying to get this resolved when the financial circumstances became too serious."
Without support from Richards, Holder was left with no choice but to cancel the agreements and start a new gym brand to keep the business afloat, Goodall said.
The court heard that a major point of contention was over the type of marketing materials being promoted by Club Physical.
Flyers for a dating agency called 'Two's Company' were being put into new members' packs last August and these were upsetting some members, Goodall said.
Holder was also unhappy about an advertisement Richards apparently ran which showed aliens shooting fat people, with the slogan 'Get the fat people first'.
Phillip Rice, lawyer for Richards, said Holder had cancelled the agreements at the same time as franchise fees - which had been waived for the first two years - suddenly became payable.
"The evidence shows there was clearly a predetermined plan here to acquire several franchises and at the opportune moment, terminate on some pretext.
"It's not mere coincidence that this times perfectly with the end of the two-year waiver of fees."
Any reasons Holder had for wanting to cancel the franchise agreements should have been discussed before he took such sudden action, Rice said.
"If Mr Holder was so disappointed with the management, the appropriate course was to raise this issue and there is no evidence of that happening.
"There was absolutely no lawful right to terminate the agreements. The grounds that have been put forward are trivial and historical."
Rice told the court that if Holder had issues with Richards' management style, it was hard to understand why he ended up purchasing three franchises over several years.
He argued Richards had provided adequate support to Holder, albeit often through his sales manager.
Jolt Fitness today sought a counter injunction against Club Physical to stop it accessing its member database.
Justice Helen Winkelmann adjourned the case and will release her decision on the matter early next week.


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Up next: Jayme Joers, die hard Packer fan, USC Trojan Fan, and Manchester United Supporter, from Random Musings on the World of Sports. In addition to her blog, Jayme is a contributor at BrentFavre.com, and a moderator at CheeseheadTV.com. Jayme crushed these questions much like Alex, Brian, and Aaron before her. It appears the Packers blogosphere is in good hands...as I'm sure you already knew.
1) If you woke up in the middle of the night, and Ted Thompson was standing over your bed watching you sleep, what would you offer him to drink? (that's the polite thing to do) Why? There's always a glass of water next to my bed. I'm one of those middle of the night water drinkers. But he probably wouldn't want it as he tends to like new things, not old (veteran) water. Therefore he'd have to settle with some Mad Housewife wine. Its delicious, has a great name and almost always in my fridge.
2) What's your favorite '80s hair band, and how do you relate them to the Packers? (This is relative. you may hate 80's hair bands, but if you had to choose one, who would it be) Does Journey count as a hair band? Cause they're my favorite 80s band. And as someone who now has a long distance love affair with the packers, I think Faithfully was written for us. If Journey does not count as a hair band, then start counting them!
3) Which cheddar is beddar: mild, medium, or sharp? Subquestion: How the hell does California think they can make cheese? Sharp. Best, best, BEST grilled cheese sandwich is sharp cheddar on sourdough. California – once my home for some years – thinks it can make cheese because it thinks it can do anything regardless or not if it's true.
4) If John Rambo, in his prime of First Blood Part II, played for the Packers, which position would he play? Is he Pro Bowl material, or just a serviceable player? Does it make me weird if the only Stallone movie I have ever seen is Copland? And let me just say, that I do not think Sheriff Heflin would make the Packers.
5) Ty Webb or Jeffrey Lebowski? That rug really tied the room together.
6) If you woke up tomorrow and the Packers ceased to exist and no one but you remembered them, how would you convince everyone they are the greatest organization in sports? I'm not sure if I'd want to live in that world. Would there be no ice cream or puppy dogs in this world too? Just take away all the good things. Anyways….I'm a very persuasive person. I would travel the land, much like Johnny Appleseed, and tell people of the magical day the Packers held Barry Sanders to negative one yards in a play off game (I'm assuming that the Lions still exist in this world as only good things have been taken away). If that doesn't convince people then they don't deserve to exist and I would banish them.
7) Don Hutson basically invented the receiver position, what's your favorite invention: the Cheesehead, the truck-bed tailgate, or the Green Bay Sweep? Tailgate. I don't eat meat, but is there anything better than drinking outside? And at a sporting event? No. There's not.
Some bonus questions as I'm sure inquiring minds want to know:
8) Who has better hair, you or Clay Matthews? That's a tough one. We both have the golden locks that only the sun directly over USC can provide. I'm going to have to go with Clay. He doesn't seem to get helmet/hat hair. And I do. Side note, while searching for pictures of Clay's hair, I found an awesome picture, that I attached, cause I think its quite a gem.
9) What do you miss most about Wisconsin, other than the obvious of being able to watch the Packers on TV without ordering Sunday Ticket or going to a bar? (as transplant myself, I actually enjoy the necessity of going to a bar to watch the game on Sunday every now and then) I can't think of just one thing that I miss the most so here's my list: 1. Lake Michigan, 2. How drinking at anytime during the day is acceptable. 3. My sister. 4. Cheese Curds. 5. Bob Uecker.
Another side note. When I lived in San Francisco, we found this great sports bar called Old Pros in Palo Alto. The Owner/Manager loved the packers and always made sure that I had sound for the Packers games. He also gave me great drink specials and got me Ronnie Lott's tickets to the SF/GB game that year. I liked that bar. Like I said, I am very persuasive.
10) A rumor was recently brought to our attention on the latest episode of Cheesehead Radio. The rumor insinuates that Robert and I are actually two nerdy teenagers blogging from our parents' basements. While I assure you this is not the case... and both of us do quite well with the ladies, thank you very much, we have data (largely anecdotal, but some quantitative) that indicates that some of our readers could use a little help in this department. What does it take to sweep a highly knowledgeable Packer fan off her feet.... other than raspberry kamis and PBR, of course? One of the most romantic things that ever happened to me: in 06 the Packers were playing the Vikings in a night game. The same night a man I was seeing was flying into Chicago and needed me to pick him up at the airport. It was toward the beginning of our relationship and he was not a big sports fan. We listened to the game on the radio for the drive home and arrived back at my place as GB was driving down field late in the game. Trying not to be a freak, I started to get ready to get out of the car, even though I didn't think I'd make it up the stairs before the game ended. He put his arm out and said, "let's wait and see what happens. Don't want you to miss this." I melted.
Excellent answers, Jayme. And, no it doesn't make you weird that you haven't seen any Sly Stallone movies other than Copland. However, I would suggest taking this long holiday weekend and watching "Rocky 1-6" and "Rambo 1-4"...that should get you up to speed. For extra credit, check out "Over the Top", the 3rd best arm-wrestling movie of all time.
The old man said, "Take any rug in the house."
Thanks, Jayme.

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I've seen a number of cases when questions have been migrated from one site to another (SO-->SF, SO-->SU etc).
If the original asker doesn't have an account on the site to which the question has been migrated, he basically loses track of the question. This is especially true of questions that are migrated to SU which still needs a password having to do with The Return of the Jedi.
I suggest that once you have an account on one of the sites, you should also have an account in each of the sister sites so that you can easily keep track of all your questions that have been migrated.
Edit: I know you can link the accounts. I just think this should be automatic in order to reduce friction.


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Only Colts receivers could drop the Power Rankings on you faster than us.
Indy lost in San Diego on Monday night, with a little help from Philip Rivers and a lot of help from Coby Fleener, Trent Richardson and Reggie Wayne. Thus, the Colts take a small dip. And while Indy falls from top-five grace, another team finds it ...
If Tom Brady and the Pats aren't top 3 in @Harrison_NFL power rankings there will be a problem. #wheresthebeef #unicorns #showponiesâ Alex Wesoja (@iamwesoja5) October 14, 2013
It's been awhile since we received a tweet about unicorns. Personally, I always favored the Pegasus with Harry Hamlin on it, superimposed over frames of mountains while flying to face off with the Kraken ... who, we should mention, was completely ripped. Also, for the record, showponies < double rainbows.
New England's incredible comeback win over the New Orleans Saints clearly was the game of the weekend. This week in pro football was about the "next man up" theory, with several injury-ravaged teams pulling off clutch wins sans key contributors -- like three quarters of the NFC North.
That said, it was another NFC club with a significant injury concern that jumped five spots. So take a look and feel free to share your thoughts ... @Harrison_NFL is the place.
Now, let the dissension commence.
(Note: Arrows reflect change in standings from last week's Power Rankings.)
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You've got to hand it to those Denver Broncos. Peyton Manning and the whole gang decided to match the excitement of Week 5's game in Dallas for the benefit of us all, spotting the Jaguars four scores Sunday. It made the first 38 minutes interesting, anyway.
Kansas City now has tripled -- tripled!! -- its win total from last year. Heck of a performance from the defense, which survived Terrelle Pryor playing like Randall Cunningham circa 1990 in the first half to completely shut down the Silver and Black late. In the second half, the Chiefs held the Raiders to 113 net yards of offense while forcing three turnovers.
That was an all-timer, Tom Brady. With all the numbers swirling around about the fourth-quarter comebacks Brady has led in his career, I'll propose a breakdown I'd like to see: his fourth-quarter stats with the "Channing Tatum in Magic Mike" haircut of today vs. his fourth-quarter stats with the "Brad Pitt in True Romance" look of 2010 and 2011.
We're still not sure why defensive coordinator Rob Ryan rushed just three guys on several plays of
that last drive on Sunday, or how
Jabari Greer let Kenbrell Thompkins get behind him. But let's not forget the
Saints' offense failing to convert a single first down on their last two possessions. There also were points earlier in the game when
Sean Payton should've run the ball more, because it clearly was working when he did. (Instead, he waited until the bitter end, when he turned to the ground game to force the
Patriots to take their timeouts.)
Swallowed up by the tough loss were two things: a) the clutch catch Kenny Stills made to put the Saints up with three minutes to go, and b) safety Rafael Bush's failure to get to the corner and bracket Thompkins. Bush had his eyes on the inside receiver, who already was covered by both a corner and a defender to the inside. He needed to help with the guy on the outside -- i.e., the guy who caught the winning touchdown pass.
Tell me the 12th Man didn't get a little queasy late in the third quarter Sunday when it was 10-all and the Titans were at the Seattle 43. Close contest. Loved the play by reserve Seahawks holder Chris Maragos, who singlehandedly made Urkel, Lucas, Dan Orlovsky and millions of other people feel better about their respective athletic careers.
Watching Pat Angerer in coverage Monday night was like watching Stallone chase that chicken in Rocky II. Tell you what, though: The one part of Andrew Luck's game that can't be understated is how good he is at picking up yards by scrambling. Sometimes I wish he would take off more.
Vernon Davis looked like the love child of John Taylor and Bo Jackson against the Cardinals on Sunday. Holy cow, a dude that big making vertical plays like this and this ... eight catches, 180 yards, two touchdowns. Good night. #WaitUntilCrabtreeComesBack
Bengals survived
The Thad. Yet, rather than being disappointed in
their performance -- a sentiment felt by many
Patriots fans when New England narrowly escaped Buffalo with a victory
in Week 1 -- it's important to note how difficult it is to get a road win at Ralph Wilson Stadium these days.
The Ravens fell there two weeks ago,
as did the Panthers a couple of weeks before that.
Love the balanced approach by the Cincinnati offense, by the way: 41 runs, 43 pass plays (including three sacks). The Bengals haven't looked great, but they're still in first place in the AFC North.
That was a clutch win, but Green Bay clearly is in for tough times, what with all of the injuries. And now we've gone from linebackers to receivers, as two of Aaron Rodgers' three best weapons went down. James Jones actually has a chance to play Sunday, according to coach Mike McCarthy, but Randall Cobb is out until at least December with a fractured fibula. Before we go ... we must note the great performances from a depleted linebacker corps. A.J. Hawk played his tail off Sunday in Baltimore. So did Nick Perry -- who, of course, will miss Week 7 with an injury of his own -- and backup Jamari Lattimore.
the touchdown pass Matthew Stafford tossed to put the
Lions up 21-17 in the fourth quarter
against the Browns, I yelled out, "Wow, what a play by
Brandon Pettigrew! He
never makes clutch catches in traffic like that!"
Well, Pettigrew's (bad) reputation remains safe, as it was Detroit's shiny new toy, Joseph Fauria, and not Pettigrew, who proved impossible for the Browns to stop. Fresh out of UCLA, the 6-foot-7 tight end went undrafted in April; six months later, he was catching three touchdown passes in Cleveland.
Saw that
Vince Young tweeted he's ready to get a call from the
Texans. Maybe Chicago should see if VY -- who looks to have some extra heft these days -- wants to come play defensive tackle, where the
Bears have been decimated unlike any other team.
Last Thursday night, Chicago's defense made ninth-year veteran Brandon Jacobs look like BJ2K. Julius Peppers pitched a shutout -- i.e., he recorded zero tackles -- partially because he's getting double-teamed all the time. This squad deserves to be 4-2, no doubt, but even the most ardent Bears backer will tell you the defense has its work cut out for it. Can't rely on pick-sixes and defensive scores every week.
It was almost the perfect bye week in Miami. First, the defense got healthier in body and spirit. Then, the Jets lost, the Bills lost, and it sure looked like the Pats were going to lose. Well, you can't have it all. In other news, we had Brian Hartline on "NFL Fantasy Live" last week. Says he knew early on that Finkle was Einhorn.
Seriously, how awesome is
Philip Rivers playing right now? It's great to see one of the more maligned players in pro football over the past few seasons enjoying such success in 2013.
Power Rankings side note: Seeing this uni matchup at Qualcomm reminded us of the Mike Scifres game, when a punter singlehandedly accomplished what the Bolts did Sunday night: stopping an explosive Colts offense. In that 2008 wild-card matchup between San Diego and Indianapolis, Scifres punted six times, with five landing inside the 10 and two boots landing inside the 5. Never seen anything like it in the NFL. Bet you Chargers fans remember, though.
At a couple points in the fourth quarter against the Redskins on Sunday night, with the outcome far from decided, the Cowboys played with these guys on their defensive line: Caesar Rayford, Drake Nevis, Nick Hayden and Kyle Wilber. The latter is the gold-star player of the group, and, uh, he was drafted in the fourth round in 2012. Hayden and Nevis are castoffs, and Rayford is an undrafted rookie. That's a menacing unit right there -- if you're playing Yale, that is. Dallas needs to get healthy, quick.
The play-calling leaves something to be desired in Baltimore, where Ray Rice and Bernard Pierce are mired in a full-blown committee that has neither producing. The Ravens were a pitiful 2 for 14 on third down Sunday. This team clearly misses Anquan Boldin and Dennis Pitta.
Tennessee gave the Seahawks a run for their money, but the Titans couldn't get enough going offensively to pull off a difficult road win -- they gained a mere 223 yards, while Chris Johnson rushed for just 33. Through six weeks, Johnson is averaging just over 50 yards per game at 3 yards per carry. This on a team that wants to run the football and play defense to win.
There is sure to be some disappointment in the two interceptions Geno Smith coughed up deep in Steelers territory Sunday. Hey, he's a rookie, and that was his sixth career start. The secondary, meanwhile, did not have its best day. Any time you go minus-two in turnover differential -- as much the fault of the Jets' defense, which has forced just three takeaways all season, as anyone -- you're gonna lose.
The two deep balls tossed by Nick Foles on Sunday were things of beauty. No offense, but you don't see that brand of downfield touch from Michael Vick. Said it over the summer and will say it again: There's no reason Foles can't play for Chip Kelly or start over Vick. With the latter suffering from a Miles Austin -- I mean, a hamstring injury -- Foles has the opportunity to prove it.
Brandon Weeden giveth,
Brandon Weeden taketh away. His fourth-quarter pick Sunday was the ugliest turnover by a quarterback since
the butt-fumble -- and that's hallowed ground right there.
Don't put this loss entirely on the second-year quarterback, though. The Browns' linebackers and safeties had some trouble in coverage, allowing four touchdowns to Lions tight ends and running backs. How those Cleveland defenders handle such matchups will be key in Green Bay this week, considering how banged up the Packers are at wideout right now.
Fans have been waiting for a performance like that from the Rams for a while. The two keys: a) the defense's ability to force turnovers while the offense protected the football, and b) Sam Bradford's quiet efficiency, completing 12 of 16 throws for 117 yards and three touchdowns.
Arizona hung tough in Candlestick, but once again, Carson Palmer could not limit the mistakes. Palmer's passer rating in his past five games: 73.5, 43.4, 62.2, 57.0 and 79.1. That is consistent sub-mediocrity. The run game had its moments against the Niners, rushing for 109 yards at a pace of 5.2 yards per crack, and the defense mostly has been a team strength. That makes quarterback play the difference-maker, which we saw Sunday, as both of Palmer's picks led to San Francisco points. Essentially, Arizona is capable of winning eight to 10 games -- provided its quarterback can play top-15 football.
Cam Newton was awesome against the Vikings on Sunday, tossing three touchdown passes with no picks while averaging more than 9 yards per attempt. The defense was particularly strong, but honestly, that's not what the Panthers were worried about. If Newton and offensive coordinator Mike Shula can continue to give this team pop through the air, perhaps everyone will stop speculating about Ron Rivera's future.
A weird thing happened Sunday while I was watching other games. I looked at the crawl at the bottom of the screen and noticed that
Matt Schaub hadn't thrown a pick. Then I noticed
Arian Foster had gained well over 100 yards.
Wow, I thought,
the Texans are back on track! Yep -- and they were
to the Rams 38-6.
There's a lot wrong in Houston right now, but nothing worse than fans showing up in Matt Schaub's driveway or cheering when he's down on the field. Come on.
If nothing else, Terrelle Pryor makes Raiders games exciting. Yes, the young quarterback threw three interceptions late at Arrowhead -- and yes, he continues to be the biggest rushing threat on an Oakland team that has gotten little to build on from Darren McFadden and the rest of the running backs. McFadden has 267 yards in five games, averaging 3.8 yards per carry.
With Julio Jones being out for the rest of the season, which was confirmed after last week's rankings were posted, the Falcons drop. The bye week in Atlanta brought an opportunity for this team to do three things: a) get Roddy White healthy, b) develop plays that will allow Harry Douglas and a bunch of wideouts you've never heard of to help White out, and c) create a pass rush.
Buffalo is 2-4, but I don't think there's a more exciting game to watch than " Bills vs. anybody." Every matchup comes down to a final possession. With Thad Lewis getting the start Sunday, you'd have thought things would be different. Not so. Yes, Doug Marrone made the correct decision in going with the undrafted Duke product over rookie backup Jeff Tuel.
Did Robert Griffin III play particularly well against Dallas? No. He missed some throws and gave up a key fumble late. Still, he showed a bounce in his step that we hadn't seen previously in 2013. The Redskins' season isn't lost, because the NFC East stinks and Griffin is getting healthier.
Tough loss all around for Adrian Peterson, who was dealing with unspeakable off-field tragedy, and the Vikings' organization. Peterson didn't have an Adrian Peterson game, gaining just 83 yards from scrimmage. That said, game situation took the Vikings' ground attack out of the mix early. Once again, quarterback was and is a problem for Minnesota, as illustrated by Matt Cassel's stat line: two interceptions and a paltry 5.48 yards per throw. Of course, it's not just the signal-callers; the receivers have to make plays, too.
The Steelers begin a hopeful streak -- notching their first win of the season -- while ending one of futility, collecting their first turnovers of 2013 in the form of two key Geno Smith interceptions. Those were huge plays, too, as both came in the second half in the red zone. Next up: the 3-3 Ravens, at Heinz. The Steelers need to take care of business at home to save their season.
Mike Glennon might not be a world-beater, but he's been holding his own. It's tough for anyone -- outside of Jerry Jones -- to count moral victories, but at least the Bucs are developing a quarterback. Yes, Glennon's one pick Sunday led to points, but he certainly played better than Josh Freeman had this season.
We've heard about the stone-cold Eli in the Clutch, whose legend was burnished by the David Tyree ball and the 2011 Super Bowl run. But the fact is, Manning is playing flat-out turrible right now -- Charles Barkley couldn't stress it enough. The Giants quarterback has 15 picks through six games, putting him on pace for 40. "This Is 40" sucked, and even that was better than Manning is playing. All of this begs the question: If New York finishes 4-12 or worse and ends up with a top pick in 2014, would drafting a quarterback be discussed?
A lot of hopes were raised when
Maurice Jones-Drew scored in the third quarter to get the Jags within two points of the
Broncos, which was cool. Then
the rest of the game happened.
Well, the important point to make here is that this group isn't quitting on new coach Gus Bradley.
On another note, it was a big day for Chad Henne, who, despite throwing two picks, gives Jacksonville a better chance to win than Blaine Gabbert. After the game, Henne bolted to be with his wife, who went into labor. It's a nice reminder that these guys have bigger things on their plates than the AFC South standings.
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Photo Credits: (Top Left) The Inscription Hill Site, part of Los Robles Archeological District, was documented as part of the multiple property submission, Hohokam Platform Mound Communities of the Lower Santa Cruz River Basin, ca AD 1050-1450 in Arizona. Photo by Helga Teiwes, courtesy of the Arizona State Museum.
(Top Right) Constructed 1889-1891, the Washington County Courthouse was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the County Courthouses of Nebraska multiple property submission. Photo by Barbara Beving Long.
(Bottom Left) The John Peace, Jr. House in Wilton, North Carolina, was documented as part of the multiple property submission, Historic and Architectural Resources of Granville County. Constructed ca. 1801, the house is significant as one of Granville County's "oldest and most unusually fashioned properties." Photo by Marvin A. Brown
(Bottom Right) The 1940 rustic kitchen shelter was included in the National Register of Historic Places nomination of Flandrau State Park as part of the multiple property submission, Minnesota State Park/CCC/WPA/Rustic Historic Resources. Located near New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota, the Flandrau State Park is significant for its development during the Great Depression by the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration. Photo by Rolf T. Anderson.
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78 HASKINS & SELLS August o A Visit to the Mormons By JOHN R. WILDMAN THE Mormons are a much misunder-stood people. To the outsider they are a people of mystery. They will tell you themselves the things outsiders say about them; how they have horns and cloven hoofs. A visit to Salt Lake City, which is the center of Mormonism in the world, dispels all such nonsensical ideas. One is impressed first with the beauties of the city; its fine broad streets; the marvelous cleanliness, accentuated by the water running through the street gutters; the system of drinking fountains which provides cold sparkling water brought from the nearby mountains for the refreshment of the pedestrian. Verily the late President Young, who laid out the city with streets one hundred and thirty-two feet wide and ten acres to the block, must have been a far-seeing man. Attending a service in the Tabernacle is not unlike attending the church of the Methodists or the Baptists or any other denomination. They sing and pray and preach precisely as do the others, except that they seem to know more about the Bible and to be able to quote more Scripture. There is a certain earnestness about their service which is very impressive. The Tabernacle seats about twelve thousand persons and is noted for its pipe organ, perhaps not now the largest in the world, but second to none in the quality of its tones. Certain of the latter, known as the human voice tones, are so natural as to deceive the most discerning ear. The full choir numbers four hundred voices. The word "Mormon" is a nickname for this religious sect. The correct name is Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints. The sect originated with one Joseph Smith to whom God and His Son are said to have appeared at Camorah, New York, in the year 1820. Growing out of this "Joseph the Prophet" started with his followers on a pilgrimage which ended at the valley adjacent to the Great Salt Lake in what is now the state of Utah. Joseph Smith was killed en route in Illinois by a mob because of his religious belief. He was succeeded by Brigham Young who led the party from Illinois to its final destination. President Young was a man of great vision. The mountains with their untold millions of mineral deposits were denied to the members of the party by him. Their livelihood lay in agriculture and to this he urged them to direct their attention. President Young was friendly to the Indians and is reported to have counselled his brethren to "Shoot them with biscuits." Thus, it is explained, were the Mormons free from molestation by the Indians. The Temple, occupying a prominent place on Temple Block in the center of Salt Lake City, is a tribute to the patience and perseverance of the Mormons. It is built of native granite and required forty years to complete. Much of the stone in the structure was hauled by ox-teams from the mountains at a distance of twenty-five or thirty miles. The Temple is open only to members of the church. In it are performed marriages and baptismal cere-
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Visit to the Mormons
Wildman, John Raymond, 1878-1938
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History
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Salt Lake City (Utah)
Haskins & Sells Bulletin, Vol. 03, no. 08 (1920 August 15), p. 78-80
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It has become an annual ritual, the great Bono busk in Grafton Street on Christmas Eve. This year the U2 front man was accompanied by Glen Hansard of "Once" fame and singer Lisa Hannigan.
It looks like a few thousand revellers who had gathered all day to see the great man joined them and Grafton Street was a throng of happy faces.
Bono did not disappoint, belting out 'Desire' among others. The fans joined in and it was another Bono night to remember.
Read more: Bono delighted to have two girls home for Christmas
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PICTURES: Agile Rascal part of Festival UnBoundAgile Rascal presents wild ride, literally, through Bethlehem as part of Festival UnBound. The touring bicycle theater company presents new, participatory work as part of Touchstone Theatre's 10-day theater and art festival. The team of actors on decorated bicycles lead a procession of audience members, also on bicycles, rode through parts of Historic Bethlehem as they presented an original musical theatrical work 'To Hunt a Wild Utopia' that could be found in the City of Bethlehem.
PICTURES: Festival Unbound opens in BethlehemThe opening parade and ceremony for Festival Unbound in Bethlehem took place along the greenway path Friday night in a celebration of community and the arts. The opening ceremony launches a 10-day community convergence organized by Touchstone Theatre that includes music, visual arts, children's activities, nine original theater productions, and more. Festival Unbound engages the community to in vision the future of Bethlehem 20 years after Bethlehem Steel closed its doors.
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- PICTURES: Allentown Mayoral DebateAllentown Mayoral candidates Ray O'Connell (D) (Incumbent) and Tim Ramos (R), had a debate at Cedar Crest College Monday, October 14, 2019 in Allentown.
- PICTURES: Enjoying Lake NockamixonWith the weather being sunny, and a little windy also temperatures in the low 70's, people were out enjoying Lake Nockamixon and the shoreline near the Tohickon Boat Access at Nockamixon State Park in Haycock Township in Bucks County.
- PICTURES: Republican Lisa Scheller announces congressional bidPHOTO GALLERY: Republican Lisa Scheller announces congressional bid for Lehigh Valley based 7th District.
- PICTURES: 40th annual Greater Allentown CROP Hunger WalkThe 40th annual Greater Allentown CROP Hunger Walk, locally sponsored by The Lehigh Conference of Churches, is one of 1,000 CROP Hunger Walks held around the country.
- PICTURES: Faces in the Crowd Liberty Central CatholicPHOTO GALLERY: Faces in the Central Catholic and Liberty battled Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019.
- PICTURES: Liberty takes on Central CatholicLiberty High School and Central Catholic battled Saturday, October 11, 2019 at J. Birney Crum Stadium in Allentown.
- PICTURES: Remembering Conner and Brinley SnyderOn the 9th birthday he didn't live to see, Conner Snyder is remembered with balloons by Kempton community. The birthday, weeks after the child's death, gave family and friends a reason to gather and remember the boy and his 4-year-old sister, Brinley, who died on Sept. 26, three days after they were found hanging in the basement of their Albany Township home.


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The competition to become an independently funded investigator at a reputable academic institution is at an all time high. The average junior researcher faces a huge uphill climb to land a first academic appointment and R01 research grant. Fortunately, researchers have the opportunity to obtain advanced postdoctoral training that will enable them to hone their scientific skills and become more competitive in the world of academic research.
The number of researchers who perform a second postdoctoral fellowship has increased in recent years. This may reflect current researchers' desires to become more competitive in the job market, enhance their independent research skills or obtain additional research skills and techniques. The trend may also reveal that researchers want to acquire more first author publications or receive additional training and networking opportunities from a well-known and published veteran researcher. Unlike many career paths, scientific research is truly grounded in a lifelong pursuit of education and training.What to Look for in an Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship
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What better way to score a silent film about goings-on in medieval France than with medieval music? Even when the film in question, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," était fabriqué aux Étas-Unis from a source novel written with no obvious concern for historical fact other than that there was a big church named Notre-Dame in Paris at the time.
Hesperus, a powerhouse on the local and national early-music scene, played a medieval soundtrack for the film on Saturday night to close out this year's Washington Early Music Festival, and their performance — colorful, concentrated, and spontaneous — made it nearly impossible to actually take the movie seriously. The silent-film aesthetic is an acquired one, and Saturday night reminded me that I have not acquired it. The limitiations of the medium lead in Wallace Worsley's "Hunchback" to exaggeration along every possible axis, from facial expressions to body language to emotions in general. Also, the audiences of the past apparently had a limitless tolerance for watching Lon Chaney as the Hunchback grabbing a rope and ringing a bell. I get that he has great enthusiasm for this task, which is why it could have been filmed from more than one angle, rather than simply replaying the same footage every time.
Such artifice made a striking contrast with the music Chancey, Priscilla Smith, and Rosa Lamoreaux sang and played. They effortlessly conjured serenity, rambunctiousness, tension, officiousness, and even (especially) romance. Only a few times, for fractions of a second, did the music and images not match; normally, the music was so well-chosen to seem an integral part of the scene, like a dancing tune to lead a festival of peasants, or a crusty woodwind proclamation to usher in a nobleperson.
The movie gets better when it begins rushing towards its surprisingly intense climax, but here it was difficult to separate the pathos of the Hunchback as he enjoys a glimmer of sympathetic human contact from the pathos generated by this trio of musicians, especially when the texture thinned out and Chancey was left alone to limn a few final notes as the priest (SPOILER ALERT) laid the Hunchback to rest.
The trio kept it up for 100 straight minutes, too — no intermissions here. Smith handled 99 percent of the wind-instrument work, with a full set of recorders as well as a shawm, early bagpipe, and crumhorn, and I saw her shaking her right hand out a few times towards the end of the film, trying to keep it from going stiff. Her playing showed no signs of fatigue, and she expertly matched the timbres of her instruments to the onscreen action, varying her sound and approach. Smith even sang soprano in a few two-voice pieces and didn't sound totally out of her league next to her fellow soprano Lamoreaux, who is pretty much the early-music singin' queen of the DMV.
Lamoreaux handled the lead vocals, obviously, and her pure, even voice blended so well with Smith's recorders that sometimes it was hard to tell which line was which. Lamoreaux also had the lead on percussion, and particularly the difficult job of syncing her bells with the carillioneurship on screen. Chancey played not only the vielle but also several other stringed instruments, also varying her instrumentation to keep the sound lively and using effects to make the movie come alive. (If you're intrigued, Chancey, Lamoreaux, and two other people will be doing the medieval-scoring thing to "Robin Hood" in B-more at An Die Musik on Friday.)
As noted, the concert closed this year's Washington Early Music Festival, and during the (enthusiastic) applause, Chancey asked that we direct some of our approbation to Constance Whiteside, the festival's artistic director and prime mover. Saturday's concert drew the biggest crowd of the three concerts I attended; fittingly, it took place at St. Mark's, the church that has been the center of the festival since it began in 2004. While Hesperus had a unique contribution, their concert sat squarely in the larger WEMF tradition of presenting little-known music with enthusiastic, committed performers at reasonable prices. The WEMF is a summertime oasis from the fall-to-summer run of the standard rep played by the standard people. I hope it keeps going strong in the years to come.
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The gears on the mighty Avatar machine seem to be spinning at a fairly high rate now. It recently was announced that production on James Cameron's planned sequels would begin in the fall. And now we're hearing that a former cast member whom we wouldn't expect to return actually will be back… and will be a major force (no pun intended) in Cameron's growing trilogy.
Stephen Lang, who played Colonel Miles Quaritch in Cameron's 2009 blockbuster, will be back for the next three Avatar films, according to Deadline, and will play a part that's somehow going to be the "Darth Vader" role in the developing story.
"But … he died," you'll tell me. I hear you. But Cameron has an answer to that nitpick:
I'm not going to say exactly HOW we're bringing him back, but it's a science fiction story, after all. His character will evolve into really unexpected places across the arc of our new three-film saga. I really look forward to working with such a gifted actor, who's also become a good friend."
Expect Avatar shenanigans on Cameron's part as he works the militant Quaritch back into the storyline, which is going to make a few people on the Internet VERY happy. Did you know that there are multiple tributes to Colonel Quaritch online? Some Avatar fans believe that he is the real hero of Cameron's story, as he was there to protect a team of scientists… and he gave his life to fight an entire planet and keep his "troops" safe. They actually view Sam Worthington's character as a traitor.
That group of Avatar fan-fiction authors will tap into the Shakespearean aspect Cameron might try to bring to his upcoming Avatar trilogy, perhaps painting Quaritch as someone who was betrayed on Pandora. The pieces are starting to fall into place for what could be an epic storyline, and Cameron knows who he wants to map it out. Deadline notes that Cameron has tasked Josh Friedman (War of the Worlds) to write the first sequel; Rise Of Planet Of The Apes scribes Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver to write the second chapter; and Shane Salerno (Salinger) to draft the third script. Once Cameron begins filming, he's going to plunge in and shoot all three back-to-back. They are due to hit theaters between 2016 and 2018.


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U.S. flower growers fight to survive amid flood of imports
As she took a break on Monday from picking dahlias, zinnias and amaranths on her Jello Mold Farm in Mount Vernon, Wash., Diane Szukovathy wondered why, in her opinion, the federal government is working so hard to put other flower growers and her out of business by helping competitors thousands of miles away in the temperate regions of Colombia.
First came the international war on drugs, with the U.S. government spending millions since 1999 to help poor Colombian farmers destroy their coca plants and replace them with flowers. Then Congress passed a free-trade agreement with Colombia last year, making those blooms cheaper for Americans to buy.
With Colombian imports now accounting for three of every four cut flowers sold in the United States, domestic growers say they can't compete with the planeloads of Colombian flowers that are flown in through Miami each day.
"It's job robbing. I mean, it's so bad. It's so wrong," said Szukovathy, 49, who's run her farm in the Skagit River Valley, about an hour north of Seattle, for nearly 10 years. "Those politics are such a mess. I don't really feel like that's my government, almost."
For small growers caught in the crossfire of global trade, it means the possible loss of an industry they love. For Americans, it means the possible loss of the simple notion of heading to the neighborhood florist to buy locally grown flowers for special friends or spouses or to decorate the graves of loved ones.
In Washington and California, two of the top-producing states for flowers used mainly in bouquets, growers are trying to fight back, but they fear they don't have much time before their industry collapses.
For starters, they're banding together by forming cooperatives that they hope will reduce their transportation costs and make it easier to deal with the expanding foreign competition. And they're trying to push new buy-American, buy-local campaigns, hoping that consumers will think twice when they realize that their Valentine's Day bouquets and nearly all the roses on the California's Rose Parade floats are South American imports.
"My sense is that people don't understand what we're really up against, the Costco effect of flowers being shipped in by 747s each day, between seven and 10 a day and up to 35 on the holidays," said Kasey Cronquist, the chief executive officer of the California Cut Flower Commission. "It really puts us at a sizable disadvantage."
Growers say it's a far cry from 20 or 30 years ago, when Americans could be reasonably confident that florists were selling local products.
Cronquist said that foreign nations, led by Colombia, now sell 82 percent of the cut flowers in the United States. And he said the U.S. flower industry was on its "last stand" and needed U.S. consumers to demand more locally grown flowers. He said flowers growers wanted to piggyback on the growing demand for locally grown food.
"We're really trying to educate a group of people who are receptive to this message now, before it's too late," Cronquist said.
The booming flower imports from Colombia reflect growing demand from Americans, who'll want even more as the economy recovers and consumers start piling up more non-essential purchases, said Jerry Haar, the associate dean and director of the Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center at Florida International University.
While flower growers are lamenting the situation, they've found little support in Washington, D.C. Touting global trade has long been a winning argument in Congress, which last year approved free-trade agreements sought by the Obama administration with Colombia, Panama and South Korea. Many U.S. industries are eager to cash in by exporting more of their products: In Washington state, for example, exports of apples, cherries, pears, potatoes and wine are expected to increase.
Colombian flowers already have created nearly 225,000 jobs in the United States, most of them near the port of entry in Miami, according to August Solano, the president of the Association of Colombian Flower Exporters. When the Colombian trade pact took effect May 15, he noted, 4,200 boxes of Colombian flowers marked the first import of any product to hit the Miami International Airport under the deal.
"Florida is always a winner when trade barriers – tariffs and non-tariff barriers – are lowered within the importing countries," he said. Last year, trade between Colombia and Florida totaled more than $9 billion, and Florida Gov. Rick Scott is planning to lead a trade mission to Colombia on Dec. 2-5 to line up more business deals.
Predicting that the new trade pact with Colombia will boost U.S. exports by $1.1 billion, Haar had a message for the flower producers in Washington state and California: Consumers are calling the shots.
"They need to understand that global trade is not about protecting select groups of producers but about affording consumers choice, quality and price," Haar said. "They need to find ways of improving their operations. . . . Bottom line: There are many more consumers of flowers in the U.S. than there are producers. Consumers rule, as they should."
In Washington state, 19 growers from Washington, Oregon and Alaska are part of the Seattle Wholesale Growers Market, a cooperative of smaller growers that sells directly to florists and retailers.
Szukovathy, the president of the market, which was created last year, said the co-op was an attempt to lower distribution costs for producers and to make it more attractive for prospective buyers to have a greater selection of flowers to choose from.
"I don't personally have a problem with some imported flowers; it's just the ratio is wrong," she said. "And it's crazy that the majority of flowers are coming from 3,000 miles away, when there's really good ones that can be had locally."
While it ended up passing easily, the Colombian pact drew criticism from some liberals on Capitol Hill, including Rep. Jim McDermott of Seattle, the top Democrat on the House of Representatives Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, who said workers and labor leaders in Colombia "are killed every year by the dozen." At a hearing last year, he said that nearly all the workers in the Colombian flower sector were women, who were subjected to violence if they tried to assert any rights in the workplace. Labor and human rights groups have long made similar complaints.
Cronquist said the value of imported flowers from Colombia jumped 89 percent from 2002 to 2010. And he said the number of acres of cut flowers in the U.S. was down by at least 22 percent in the past decade. As a result, Cronquist said, there are only 225 flower farms in California today, compared with more than 500 in 1991.
The issue promises to be a dominant theme at the national conference and trade show of the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers, set for Nov. 12-14 at the Tacoma Courtyard Marriott in Washington state.
Cronquist will be a keynote speaker, with a speech titled "Heart and Soil: Reclaiming the American Cut Flower Industry." Part of his talk will focus on a "California grown" marketing campaign aimed at luring more customers back to U.S. flowers and pressuring florists to provide more local products.
From Szukovathy's viewpoint, Congress has helped kill an industry and a heritage, "and we're trying to shore it up, reinvigorate it and make it sustainable into the future." But since she isn't expecting anything to change in Washington, D.C., the key to survival will be to win over the hearts of consumers, she said.
"These products are connecting people to nature: They don't feed your body, but they feed your soul," she said. "Rather than get bogged down in a fight that we don't have the resources to win, we're putting our energy into romancing them into falling in love with what we're doing and coming on board that way."


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The retail "Forex" market is an off-exchange retail foreign currency market where the participants are able to buy, sell, exchange and speculate on currencies. Essentially, the process to exchanging one currency for another is a simple trade that is based on the current rates of the two currencies involved. The currency market is comprised of central banks, investment and commercial banks, fund management firms (mutual funds and hedge funds), major corporations, and individual investors or speculators. The forex market, in conjunction with the interbank market, is one of the largest financial markets in the world with the retail sector contributing a small portion of the overall forex market volume.
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Private investors or individuals are often referred to as Retail Forex Traders. Retail Forex traders, or speculators, commonly access the off-exchange retail foreign currency market (or Forex market) via a Forex broker. They do not trade in the actual Interbank market itself. Typically this includes specific Forex trading software developed for the Retail Forex Market - such as MetaTrader 4 (a MetaQuotes product) or trading platforms that have been developed in-house for use on the internet.
The brokers act as a bridge between you and their liquidity partner or partners (sometimes larger global banks) that you would otherwise not have sufficient capital to do business with. This can happen in one of several ways. Whilst some Forex Brokers act as market makers, meaning that they create the liquidity and assume some risk, other retail brokers clear trades directly through to the larger banks that provide their liquidity. The latter is referred to as straight through processing.
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Safety and Efficacy of Reduced Dose Efavirenz (EFV) With Standard Dose EFV Plus Two Nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (N(t)RTI) in Antiretroviral-naïve HIV-infected Individuals. (encore1)
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|A Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Clinical Trial to Compare the Safety and Efficacy of Reduced Dose Efavirenz (EFV) With Standard Dose EFV Plus Two Nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (N(t)RTI) in Antiretroviral-naïve HIV-infected Individuals Over 96 Weeks
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Active Comparator: 600mg Efavirenz
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- The primary endpoint is the comparison between treatment groups of proportions of patients with HIV RNA <200 copies/mL 48 weeks after randomisation [ Time Frame: 1.5 years ]
- Virologic endpoints: proportion of patients with plasma HIV RNA <400 copies/mL and <50 copies/mL, and time to virological failure (HIV RNA ≥200 copies/ml) [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Immunologic endpoints: mean change from baseline in CD4+ T cell count/µL [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Clinical endpoints: rate of opportunistic disease or death, and rates of serious non-AIDS-defining illness and non-AIDS-related mortality [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Metabolic endpoints: mean/median change from baseline in fasted lipids (TC, LDL-c, HDL-c and TG), mean/median change from baseline in fasted glucose, and rates of initiation or changes in existing lipid-lowering therapies [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Adherence: median scores of self-reported adherence to randomised study medications [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
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The annual video game extravaganza known as the Electronic Entertainment Expo got off to an especially extravagant start Sunday night when Microsoft (with the help of some high-flying circus performers) officially introduced the world to a device that lets game players control their video games using only their bodies.
Microsoft has been calling the motion control system — which works with the Xbox 360 — by the code name Project Natal. But on Sunday night, a troupe of Cirque du Soleil performers put on a glitzy show that not only revealed the new device's official name — Kinect — but also showed off some of the games consumers will be able to play after it launches later this year. (Msnbc.com is a Microsoft-NBC Universal joint venture.)
Amid the bright lights, thumping music and acrobatic tricks, the Cirque du Soleil performers demonstrated a racing game that lets players drive a virtual car by holding their hands up like they're holding a steering wheel. They showed off a pet simulation game in which they waved their hands in the air to pet a virtual tiger on screen. But the demonstration that drew the biggest cheers was the one in which a performer swung his arms around Luke Skywalker-styleas he dove into a virtual light saber battle against Darth Vader himself.
The show marked the unofficial start to the Electronic Entertainment Expo (aka E3). The event, now in its 16th year, takes place annually in Los Angeles and is the game industry's glitziest, ritziest trade show. And this year especially, it seems, the expo is packing an extra helping of glitz, ritz and technological kapow.
The three-day event, which officially gets under way tomorrow at the Los Angeles Convention Center, will give thousands of attendees and the world a look at (at least) four new and forthcoming gaming technologies. That is, Microsoft and Sony will both show off their new motion control gaming devices (Sony's device is called PlayStation Move). Nintendo will reveal its mysterious new handheld game machinewhich they say will play 3D games without the need for 3D glasses.
Meanwhile, multiple companies are preparing to give industry insiders and the press a first look at the 3D games they've got tucked up their sleeves. Beyond that, publishers and developers will spend the week showing off a whole host of new games for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC and just about any other device that plays them.
"I would classify this E3 as probably one of the most important events in our industry's history," says Jesse Divnich, a games analyst with EEDAR. "We saw the industry decline in 2009. There's a chance the industry is going to decline in 2010. So you couple that with the fact that there are four new technologies being introduced that are supposed to reenergize this industry over the next three or four years and that makes this E3 very important."
Divnich isn't alone in this sentiment. "This year's E3 will be one of the E3s we will all remember — one of the milestones of the last couple of years," says Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K Games, the company that brought us games like "Bioshock" and "Borderlands."
As this week's video game circus gets under way, Microsoft is expected to reveal more details about Kinect at a press conference this morning (UPDATE: catch the press conference news here ). Meanwhile, Sony and Nintendo will deliver some revelations of their own at press events scheduled for Tuesday (UPDATE: see the Sony news here and Nintendo news here ).
What follows will be three days packed full of game demonstrations, announcements and maybe even some surprise revelations to boot. Here's a look at what to expect and what it means for gamers.
Motion, motion, motion
All eyes will be on Microsoft and Sony this week as they reveal the goods on their motion control systems due to launch later this year. The Kinect device from Microsoft uses a camera and microphone combination that allows people to interact with their Xbox and its games using body movement and voice commands. That's right, no controller required whatsoever.
Meanwhile, Sony's Move for the PlayStation 3 uses both a camera and Wii-like wands to bring highly precise gesture controls to their high-def gaming.
"I think the Nintendo Wii has proven to all of us that that motion controls are here to stay," Divnich says. "The Wii was so popular because it was so easy to play and so easy to understand. What the Move and Natal are going to do is take those features, take that ease of use and evolve it – evolve the games, evolve the features within these games."
2K president Hartmann has no doubt that Microsoft and Sony will not simply be riding Nintendo's coattails. "Their new devices are really going to grow the industry and grow the market and allow them to tap into some areas that they haven't been able to tap into before," he says. "It's a good thing for the entire industry that I'm very hopeful for."
Certainly with Sony and Microsoft expected to launch both motion devices around the same time this fall, it's going to add heat to an already hot video game rivalry. Everyone will be watching E3 to see if either Move or Kinect come out with an edge over the other.
"I think the jury is still out on which is going to be better," Divnich says, pointing out, "They both offer differentiating features so they're not necessarily competing with each other."
Indeed, Michael Pachter, games analyst for Wedbush Morgan Securities, expects the two companies to pursue different campaigns in this motion war.
"I think Microsoft's primary focus is on existing Xbox 360 households," he says. "They want to get other residents of those households – the other people who aren't the core gamers – to use their box to access movie content and music and whatever. And I think Sony's main goal is to be the upgrade to the Wii. Their position is, 'Look, if you're tired of your Wii, you have an HDTV and you're ready to upgrade to a real console, then buy our console plus Move."
3D gaming: The wave of the (not-so-near) future
When people aren't talking about motion controls it seems they're talking about 3D gaming and in that department both Nintendo and Sony are expected to come out swinging this week.
For the first time, Nintendo will reveal its new handheld gaming device, currently known as the 3DS. The only thing anyone knows for sure right now is that the 3DS will be the successor to the wildly successful Nintendo DSmachine and that it will play 3D games without requiring players to wear goofy glasses.
"I think the 3DS will come out of the show being raved about," Pachter predicts. And that's something they need because, "They are under a direct frontal assault by Apple with the iPod Touch as a very credible substitute for the DS."
This week at E3, Sony is expected to showcase a sizable line-up of 3D titles including "Gran Turismo 5" and "Killzone 3." Of course, the question remains: Who's going to play them?
Despite all the 3D whoopla, most analysts and industry insiders say 3D gaming on the home consoles is not going to be the latest and greatest thing for quite a while.
"I don't think 3D technology is something consumers are going to adopt right away," Divnich says, pointing out that TVs capable of playing 3D currently cost more than $1000.
Pachter agrees. "The problem with 3D in the house that it requires a special monitor and glasses," he says. "And although the Samsung 3D TV sold pretty well when it first came out, they sold a couple hundred thousand. No one is going to make games for a couple hundred thousand TVs and no one is going to buy a TV if there's not a lot of content. So it's truly chicken and egg."
Everyone agrees: What it comes down to is time.
"We don't think that right out of the gate 3D games are going to be the next big thing, not even for 2011," Divnich says. "But this E3 definitely will show off the capabilities of what we should be looking forward to in the future past 2011."
It's all about the games
But Pete Hines, vice president of Bethesda Softworks, doesn't believe that this year's E3 is going to be the most important moment in gaming history. While he's as excited as the next games publisher about this week's big show, he says the industry's slump has been overstated – that the business is simply experiencing what everyone else is experiencing in these tough economic times.
And he says while motion controls and 3D gaming are going to be important and exciting for the industry and players, it's really the great games – the kind of games that are the stars of E3 year in and year out – that are going to be the high point of this week's event.
"Technologies come and go or they come and stay, but ultimately what gets people excited is the games," Hines says, adding, "Our lineup is probably the strongest we've ever had in the 20 plus year history of this company."
Bethesda will be showing off its highly anticipated sequel to "Fallout" – "Fallout: New Vegas" – along with new games "Brink," "Rage" and "Hunted: The Demon's Forge." They'll appear alongside games like "LittleBigPlanet 2," the new "Zelda Wii" game and "Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood."
Gamers who love to shoot things should be especially pleased with this year's E3 games linup. Among the lengthy list of shooters getting their moment in the spotlight: "Halo: Reach," "Gears of War 3," and "Crysis 2." Meanwhile, "Call of Duty: Black Ops" will drop players into the thick of Vietnam while the "Medal of Honor" series gets a reboot and takes players to the war in Afghanistan.
"There's no doubt you're going to see an abundance of new iPhone games and iPad games even free-to-play social networking games are going to be on display at E3," Divnich says. "Definitely more so than at any other E3 before."
Expect the unexpected
It's hard to imagine that any more intrigue could be crammed into this year's E3. But the rumor mill has been churning quadruple-time with predictions of possible surprise announcements that could be in store for this week.
Many insiders and analysts (Pachter included) expect that Sony will unveil a new PlayStation Portable device (perhaps even a PSP phone) to compete with Nintendo's 3DS not to mention the increasing challenge from Apple's devices.
In other rumors, Microsoft is expected to announce a slimmer, redesigned Xbox 360. And the folks at Valve Software (makers of "Portal" and "Half-Life") have been hinting that they have a surprise of some kind in the works.
No matter what happens at E3 this week, Pachter says the industry is out to prove that gaming is alive and kicking.
"I think the publishers and manufacturers are kind of sick of everybody thinking they're in this deathspiral, dead business and I think they're gearing up to remind us that they're all doing fine and they're all going to be profitable and we're probably back to pretty good times," he says.
MSNBC.com reporter Todd Kenreck contributed to this report.
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