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And then there were eight.
Among the 78 teams that competed in the United States Soccer Development Academy (USSDA) this season, Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-18 Residency are one of only eight teams remaining.
After finishing atop the Western Conference, Northwest Division and advancing through the round of 32, the U-18 'Caps will look to cap off their spectacular first season in the USSDA with a league championship next week at Academy Finals Week in Houston, Texas.
"It's obviously a great achievement for the program and the club," Residency head coach Craig Dalrymple told whitecapsfc.com. "It's important for the club to showcase what we're doing in terms of youth development and I think qualifying for the final eight teams in North America is a testament to what we're doing with our Residency program."
The eight qualifying teams have been divided into two groups of four, with the winner of each table moving on to the championship final July 22 at BBVA Compass Stadium, home of Major League Soccer's Houston Dynamo.
Despite suffering a heartbreaking 3-2 defeat to Pateadores in their USSDA playoff opener, the 'Caps earned their Academy Finals Week berth after finishing group play with back-to-back clean sheets against Weston FC and Texans SC Houston.
Playing without striker Caleb Clarke, who scored a team-leading 24 goals during the regular season, midfielder Ben McKendry stepped up to the plate last month in Frisco, Texas, scoring in each of the team's three playoff contests.
McKendry is one of six members of Whitecaps FC Residency, along with goalkeeper Callum Irving, defender Daniel Stanese, midfielders Ben Fisk and Bryce Alderson, and striker Yassin Essa, who recently took part in the Canadian U-20 men's national team camp in Mexico. But they will each be available next week — as will Clarke, who has returned from his trial in Germany.
"We obviously look to Caleb for goals but what was pleasing for us as a club is in [Frisco, Texas] we got goals from different areas, from other areas we didn't get goals from before," Dalrymple said. "The team will be boosted with Caleb's presence but we'll find ways to score goals with or without him."
Although they are known for their attack – having scored a conference-leading 88 goals during the regular season – the 'Caps have not conceded a goal in 180 minutes thanks to some sound defensive play and timely goalkeeping from Irving.
Whitecaps FC were placed in Group 1 alongside North Carolina Fusion, De Anza Force, and Colorado Rapids. Each side won their respective group at the USSDA playoffs last month in Frisco, Texas.
North Carolina Fusion (July 16 at 6 p.m. PT):
If there is a Cinderella story in Group 1, it is North Carolina Fusion's unexpected run to Academy Finals Week. The Fusion finished fourth in the South Conference, Atlantic Division and qualified for the USSDA playoffs as a wild card team. But the Fusion should not be taken lightly, as they are unbeaten in eight matches dating back to May 24 and scored more goals than any other Atlantic Division squad during the regular season.
De Anza Force (July 18 at 7 p.m. PT):
The San Jose-area club finished second to Whitecaps FC in the Northwest Division this season. The Blue and White won both meetings against the Force by identical 3-2 margins. Four of the team's previous five matches have ended in shutout victories, including a 1-0 win over top-seeded LA Galaxy during the USSDA playoffs. Their last loss came to Vancouver on April 21 in Cupertino, California.
Colorado Rapids (July 20 at 6 p.m. PT):
Unbeaten in seven straight matches, the Rapids booked their ticket to Houston with a stoppage-time goal in their final group game. The Rapids finished second in the Central Conference, Frontier Division this season, posting a 12W-3L-9D record overall.
Meanwhile, Group 2 consists of FC Dallas, Chivas USA, Solar Chelsea FC, and Baltimore Bays FC. After group play concludes, Whitecaps FC will meet one of these four teams on July 22 on "placement" day. Should the 'Caps win Group 1, they will play the Group 2 winner for the USSDA championship.
"For the players, it's a fantastic opportunity to go to an elite tournament against good quality opposition and learn how to win games in an away environment such as Houston," Dalrymple said. "Climate will be a factor again and unfamiliarity with the environment is another factor. It's just a great opportunity for them to go in and learn how to win games in that type of tournament."


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Shelly and I tried to record a show last night, but technical difficulties kept the audio from being laid to track. While I hope to potentially have a guest host sit in this weekend to fill in the content-gap, there are no promises.
In the interim, here's the link list containing the stories we were to cover.
If I'm able to get a remote co-host's audio put to track, expect a posting on either Sunday or Monday.
Otherwise, here's the link list. We'll be back on the air as soon as we're able. Apologies for the inconvenience.

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Saturday, June 27, 2009
(4) Overview of Fan Films
Overview of Fan Films
The following essay has been made obsolete by events of June 2016. For more about those events, see http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/234.html
(Revised June, 2014)
Any film that is not under control of the franchise copyright holder for Star Trek is a fan film for purposes of this website. Whether and to what extent CBS and Paramount currently have a right to exclude others from making Star Trek, the meaning of the name, "Star Trek" and the meaning of the "Franchise copyright" however, could be much debated. That, however, will have to wait for the day somebody decides to get a court decision.
Fan Filmmakers include Star Trek Alumni, other entertainment professionals, adult fans who may or may not have some artistic or other relevant background, fans who have made no other films except pictures of their vacations and birthday parties, even kids who are filming themselves playing 'make believe.' Some are making serious tribute films, others comedies or parodies. I divide these groups into the Professionals whether or not they have worked on Star Trek, The adult fans, who I call 'garage producers,' teen fans who make what I call, 'Teen Trek' and child fans who make 'Kid Trek.'
Some of the products of Star Trek alumni, Trekkers, and Trekkies are of stellar quality. Some are better than some of the authorized professional materials. "Of Gods and Men" (See Blog 24) is a fan film because it is unauthorized and associated with James Cawley, who is Fan Film's Jacob to Gene Roddenbury's Abraham in the Star Trek World. However, "Of Gods And Men" stars professional actors. It is distinguished from professionally produced Star Trek only by the love so evidently put into the project... and the small production budget. Star Trek Phase II is produced by show business professionals, including James Cawley, who worked for Paramount on the later Star Trek series as a costumer, and who appears in both J.J. Abram's "Star Trek" and "Of Gods and Men." The production quality of Phase II films is obviously professional. Phase II has sold props to Paramount. (No $150 million budget, though.) Some credit James Cawley with saving the Star Trek franchise. However, former cast members and James Cawley are not the only Star Trek professionals who has produced fan films. Starship Exeter (Blog 21) includes Paramount Star Trek alumni, and boasts stellar quality work as well. Star Trek: Beyond is also produced by industry professionals, and has a significant volume of output of fan films available for viewing. (see Blog 170). Star Trek Continues is made by industry pros who appear to have no Star Trek experience. (see Blog 27).
Top producing live action garage productions include Hidden Frontier (Blogs 100-105)(California USA), George Kayaian (more than one series, (Blog 34))(New York, USA), Project Potemkin (Blog 31)(Georgia, USA), Star Trek Reliant (Newfoundland, Canada)(Blog 128) and Star Trek Unity (England, UK) (Blog 90). There are also numerous animations, some of which are produced by, e.g. advertising pros, so it's harder to draw the lines for these. Several Audio dramas are have received various awards for quality and content. (All audio dramas are at Blog 247).
For Star Trek Time Lines, See:
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Timeline .
The following chart will appear bigger if opened as its own page:
I am in the process of assigning Fan Film Maker groups into one of three groups. (A) says they are Actively producing new Fan Films. (B) says that they may have something in the can they are working on releasing, but no serious plans for more after that. (B) alternatively would apply to a group which has plans but have let a lot of time elapse since their last film. A Group partway through a partially released film with more than one year between sections may also be given a (B) if they have no specific release date for their next section. (C) says the group has Completed all Star Trek Fan Films. It may still be producing prose, comics, audio shows, or other fan Trek, but it is done with films.
For the location of fan film producers, here is a map which is a work in progress:
In some cases, all I have is a nation, a state or a province of origin, not a city, so many of the markers (e.g. in Germany) are not exact. They are (with the Exception of "Enterprise," "Titan", and "The Way Back") just somewhere in Germany. In many cases, I don't even have that yet. The map is a map of the world. You can move what you see in the window around with you mouse. You can then zoom in on your part of the world to see what, if any, fan films are made in your area. However, fan film groups in Blog 210 with a two-letter designation are believed to not be active. Most of these have been removed from the map. Those starting with A (as in AB) may have some slow work being done, or may be on hold for a short time (e.g., six months). Some links may also be pre-reorganization of this website. Check the Index, at Blog 250, to find information about a filmmaker with an outdated link.
View Star Trek Fan Film Production in a larger map
Star Trek Fan Film Production Map.
The Original Series("TOS") and The Animated Series("TAS") and Star Trek XI, JJ Abrams Star Trek (JJA) will be referred to here as Golden Age Star Trek. Fan production set at the time of Golden Age Star Trek are fan film links and reviews start at Blog 20, with Phase II/New Voyages. (Roughly, 2250-2349 AD.)
Star Trek: The Next Generation("TNG") through late TNG Movies, including Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ("DS9") and Voyager("VOY") and shortly thereafter time line are here referred to as the "Silver Age" Star Trek. Silver Age fan production links and reviews star at Blog 80. (Roughly 2350-2449 AD.)
Fan productions set in the time of the last series, Enterprise, until Spock enters Star Fleet Academy will be referred to here as "Stone Age" Star Trek. Stone Age fan production links and reviews start at Blog 10,. (Roughly 2150-2249 AD.)
Some fan film productions are set 70 or more years after Voyager returns to Earth. Star Trek Beyond is set 160 years after Voyager. Clearly, this is not Silver Age Star Trek. I will call films set roughly from 70 to 270 years after Voyager returns to Earth Bronze Age Star Trek. Bronze Age fan productions links and reviews will start at Blog 170. (Roughly 2450-2749 AD.)
I was originally unsure how to handle fan films produced based on the J.J. Abrams Star Trek reboot. I once proposed calling it "Iron Age" Star Trek or "Iron Pyrite Age" Star Trek. But that would not fit my 'time line' based system. I then realized that if I were going to differentiate between J.J. Abrams Star Trek and TOS, I also had to make a distinction between the original time line and Trek set in the Mirror Universe. I decided to call it entirely by time line for overall classification.
Most fan websites include only a few episodes, and have only one blog here to for their listings. However, Hidden Frontier is by far the largest website for fan produced Silver Age Trek. It is not created by entertainment industry professionals, although it is located in Southern California. In 2010, it stopped filming new Star Trek Fan Films, and now only produces audio Trek once in a while. One final film was released in 2011. It is also a website which has a clear political agenda, gay rights (or, as they must now be called in some states, "Takei rights."). It has completed an entire fan show series of 50 separate episodes, and has completed filming three new series as well as a non-Star Trek series, some of which continue as audio shows. I will note that the non-Star Trek materials exist, but will not link to them. Hidden Frontier is in Blog 100 , but it's series are in Blogs 101 through, Blog 107. Voyages of The USS Angeles, a fan film series which forms the basis of the Hidden Frontier fan films, is at Blog 107. You can also listen to their new audio series which continues these adventures.
GoAnimate! Is a major website of an entirely different sort. They had tools for easy animations to let anyone make animated Star Trek, although their rights to do this ended in 2012. The work done using Go!Animate has been given it's own website, Star Trek Reviewed - Go!Animate. This is the Table of Contents: Table of Contents for Star Trek Reviewed - Go!Animate
Where to draw the line between major films or groups of small films which get their own blog and small groups of shorts or one-shot shorts that do not isn't perfectly clear. For the time being, that distinction is being made in a somewhat arbitrary manner.
eMBee has been kind enough to provide the following total run times for some select Star Trek Fan Film production groups as of October 10, 2013. The following text is unedited:
Hidden Frontier (35:44:31)
Frontier Guard (2:26:56)
Star Trek: Unity (9:31:41)
Star Trek: Phase II (7:21:29)
Star Trek: Kayaian Films (5:34:36)
Starship Farragut (4:29:10)
Raumschiff Highlander (3:46:33)
Star Trek: Encarta (4:02:10)
Star Trek: The Romulan Wars (3:24:01)
Star Trek: Dark Frontier (3:14:01)
Star Trek: Intrepid (2:17:52)
Star Trek: New Homelands (1:35:33)
Star Trek: Reliant (1:25:09)
Project: Potemkin (1:24:57)
Star Trek: Dark Armada (1:21:08)
Star Trek: Tales of the Seventh Fleet (1:12:37)
Star Trek: Aurora (1:03:56)
Star Trek Continues (1:02:09)
sorted by time, this list includes all series with more than one episode
which i have seen. (i have not yet seen all of Unity or Reliant, but i
have the files so i added them in)
Highlander is sorted before Encarta because i am missing episode 3 which
is not published yet and i am sure it is longer than the 15 minutes
i also included Frontier Guard, but you can skip them if you like.
Unity does not include the first 17 episodes, so there is actually more.
and of course any series i don't even know about yet is also not
included. (i'll get through watching what i have before i pick the next
one from your lists, unless some series happens to make itself known by
a new release like Reliant just did last month, then i'll pick that next)
also not included are individual films like "Of Gods and Men" and others
of significant length. i can compile another list for those some other
time. (alltogether i have seen about 8 hours worth of those, but that
number is meaningless because it is just a fraction of what is out there
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- AnonymousJuly 8, 2010 at 7:58 AM
Good MorningReplyDelete
I have taken a few minutes and lokked over your sites and the impressive work you have done. I have always been a SF fan and remember watching STTOS as a kid. I have keep in touch with the movies and stuff but stop reading the paperbacks about 15 years ago. I was in the US Army for 28 years and did not have the time to follow everything I was interested in so reading ST was not high on my list. I always watched the movies and paid attention to the big stuff that was happening.
Since I retired last year, I have the time to start reading ST again and get interested in all the great "fan" stuff like Star Trek Phase II. A few weeks ago you sent me a list of websites that involved ST fan webstuff etc. I will be going though that stuff for a while.
Anyway, thought I would drop a line and thank you for the great work you have done.
John E
John, it's a delight to have you here. I hope my website serves you well. And thank you for serving in the Army and keeping me and mine safe and secure. My cousin retired from 24 years in the Air Force a few years ago, too.ReplyDelete
Hi Again,ReplyDelete
I finally stuck my name as a follower of your site. I have been following Star Trek Phase II for a while now and those people are truly dedicated. I have sent e-mail back and forth and find them to be extremely dedicated to Star Trek TOS and have chosen to support them in their endeavors. Please let your fans and followers know they are a great bunch of folks and deserve a viewing by everyone. I have been trying to find the best site to follow the latest news on the next movie. As I have said elsewhere the Star Trek folks are missing a great opportunity by putting nothing out for us the fans until they decide on the next movie. This to me shows a lack of planning on their part but we the fans are the ones that loose. Anyway any information is something.
John E
Hi Again,ReplyDelete
What is the best site for the latest tar Trek news? Also Star Trek Phase II is the best fan based production on the internet. Please pass on to all that they should "click" on their site and see their fantastic episodes.
John E
John E., welcome to my page as a follower... I actually am unsure what that means, but I'm flattered! I have listed WEaT as the best Star Trek Fan Film for a very long time, and I am now trying to join Phase II's fundraising effort. What is more, my sources tell me that they finally have a French Trek Fan to create their subtitles in French, and that he is working with the German Mirror. So, soon you will be able to tell your French language friends, if you have any, about Phase II. If Phase II were to close, that would be a blow not only to the Star Trek Fan Film community, but to anyone who truly loves Star Trek.ReplyDelete
I recommend you look at the third and second to last page in this website (the two just before the Index) for a list of other websites with Trek information.
Guides to other Star Trek Materials: http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/248.html
Websites with Broad Star Trek discussions: http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/249.html
Thanks for the answers. There are so many sites if I do not get some kind of guidance I lose my way. Thanks for looking to help with Star Trek Phase II. Anything you can do for them would be appreciated. They even ask for volunteers to help with filming. So if you have the time in late Sept they will be looking for folks to travel to NY and help with their next filming. I have corresponded with some German folks on tech Star Trek stuff and they have answered all my questions with the sight of explaining tech stuff to a tribble (me). Again, Good folks who support Phase II. I will look into the suggested pages and I believe you have 13 followers now!
Great overview here, thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete


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Okurrr! Cardi B came out of her shell at the 2019 Grammys on Sunday, February 10. The five-time Grammy nominated rapper walked the carpet with on-again husband Offset and turned heads dressed in a shell and pearl ensemble.
The "I Like It" songstress' ensemble was archive Thierry Mugler from the Fall 1995 Couture collection.
Reactions of the rapper's look ranged from resembling historic painting the Birth of Venus to literally coming out of her shell.
"@iamcardib literally came out of her shell this year, I Stan #cardib #GRAMMYS," one red carpet viewer tweeted, while another added: "Cardi B looks like she's being birthed from an oyster shell and I am here for it. #Grammys #Grammy2019."
Cardi also turned heads by packing on the PDA with Offset. The duo were photographed kissing and embracing each other with their, ahem!, tongues on the red carpet ahead of the awards show.
Their outing marked the first time the two have attended a public event since Cardi announced their split on Instagram this past December. As previously reported, Cardi confirmed that she and Offset were giving their relationship another try after the rapper reportedly vowed "no more groupies. "
Cardi is also set to perform at this year's ceremony, joining a star-studded list that includes Miley Cyrus, Shawn Mendes and Lady Gaga . She is nominated for five awards on the night — among them Album and Record of the Year.
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Having started what turned out to be a monster-long (and still-growing) thread at rec.arts.sf.writen on speculative-fiction television shows, I thought to take a chance on one that seemed well-liked and is available complete on DVD at a reasonable price, that being, of course, the titular Sapphire and Steel. Here are my thoughts on it.
Overall, it's an awfully good piece of work. Its chief merits are two: a gritty and quite dark atmosphere, and pitch-perfect acting from both the two regulars and the supporting casts.
The show was made on a low, low budget, most of which I reckon went on the two stars, David McCallum and Joanna Lumley. Almsot nothing was left for locale or effects, but--in the opinions of many, including me--that ended up an advantage, in that almost all the atmosphere is supplied by hint and innuendo.
The premise of the show must be derived by the viewer from a few cryptic sentences in the opener of every episode. The gist seems to be that our world, or our universe, or our dimension--something like that--is one of a great number that are monitored and warded by some extra-dimensional aliens of power; those alien operatives manifest here as human-looking beings but with powers, and even personalities, tied to some particular "element". Here the show's creators fell down badly, as the "elements" mentioned include both actual elements in the chemical/physical sense, such as copper, lead, gold, and silver, as well as substances such as jet, diamond, and, yes, sapphire and steel. The agent's purposes are somewhat murky, but appear to be involved with repairing potential breaches of reality (and consequent great harms) chiefly arising out of various fiddlings associated with Time. One gets the impression that anything that tends to mix elements from various times can act as a "trigger", allowing malevolent beings of great power access to reality from whatever outside-of-time realm they normally dwell in. Examples of triggers would be doctored photographs that superimpose modern objects on historical backgrounds, or an old house with new rooms added on, and suchlike; those create "weak points" in the fabric of Time. The extra-dimensional wardens dispatch operators to where (and when) such weak points are being actively threatened. The operators, as noted, manifest in apparently human forms, but have extraordinary powers; those powers appear to be unique to each operator, though they have a few in common, such as telepathy. Moreover, as noted, not only their powers but their basic personality types appear to be shaped by what "element" they somehow represent (or, of course, they may have selected an "element" that matches their style and taste).
The show's strong points are several. First, it does not descend to the "as you know, Bob" level of exposition. Exactly what is going on and why and how are more suggested than spelled out, both overall for the program and in particular in each episode, Second, the agents are not classic "good guys': they are aliens, with alien sensibilities, whose chief focus is getting their job done, and they don't have much time or sympathy for the "natives" who may get hurt, or killed, in the process. Of the two stars, Steel is the less human, in keeping with his "steely" nature; Sapphire is more sympathetic and considerate, but this is not a simplistic "good cop/bad cop" shtick, because when push comes to shove Sapphire also is as cold and remote as circumstances require. Even the relations between Steel and Sapphire are, to say the least, peculiar: we are led to believe that they have affection for each other--Steel even mentions the word "love" at one point--yet they can be devilishly harsh with each other (especially Steel to Sapphire).
McCallum is a consummate actor, but though his Steel is excellent, it is, in a way, the role he has played most of his career: the hard, gruff good guy with some really serious chip on his shoulder (Ilya Kuryakin despised the "degenerate" wealthy Western world). Lumley was, at least for me (as I have seen her in almost nothing but the eminently forgettable "New Avengers"), a revelation. She can turn on a dime: her personable smile, used when she wants to be polite to the natives, or friendly with Steel, can go hard and frosty in an instant, and she makes you feel it is a real person reverting to nature, not an actress frowning. She may be the "good cop" of the team, but she too is ever focussed on the crucial mission; she may regret the ugly necessities more than Steel, but she does them just as he does.
Speaking of ugly necessities, another of the "grabber" qualities of the show is that people--sometimes good, innocent people--get hurt or killed, often as a direct consequence of what Sapphire and Steel do. The horrors the operators are up against are not pattycake monsters to be dispatched with a zap: they are immensely powerful beings, who often cannot be "defeated", only temporized with or even placated.
It is also noteworthy that the supporting actors--usually quite few in each episode, another consequence of the budgets, yet another sort of plus--all turn in first-class performances. These things could have come from one or another of the great playhouses of "The Golden Age" of television drama (yes, there really was one).
As noted, budget necessities led to limited locations: an old railway station, an old building, a farmhouse, a single large apartment, and so on, creating a definite "no-escape" sense of claustrophobia that enhances the already dark mood. And the "special effects" are often little more than deep darkness--which, it turns out, is not a bad thing. Too many specfic dramas today (whether tv or film) rely on slathered-on eye candy, to the extent that the visuals rather than the characters and plot become the focus. None of that here, though.
You come away from these (even though they're new enough to be in color) with the feeling that you've just watched some of the better but grimmer black-and-white episodes from the original "Twilight Zone" or "Outer Limits". I would call this one of television's best forays into speculative fiction.


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Milan - Juventus shares hit a record high on the Milan stock exchange at the close of business on Monday, ahead of the team's Champions League quarter-final, second leg clash against Dutch club Ajax in Turin.
Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo gave Juventus the edge with a precious away goal, his 125th in the competition, in a 1-1 draw in Amsterdam last week as both teams target a semi-final berth.
Shares rose by 2.19% to €1.706 ($1.93) at the close of business on Monday, beating the previous record of €1.672 ($1.89) achieved on September 19.
Juventus, the most successful football club in Italian history, made its debut on the Milan stock exchange in December 2001.
After feeble returns shares recovered during the course of the 2017-2018 season, exploding after the arrival of the five-time Ballon d'Or winner from Real Madrid last summer.
Shares had been trading around 0.6 euro in mid-May, jumping to €1.8 during the session on September 20, before dipping slightly following rape allegations against Ronaldo in the United States dating back to 2009 which he vehemently denies.
The 34-year-old was signed for €100 million ($117 million) last summer, and earns an annual €31 million salary and is aiming to help Juventus lift the title they last won in 1996.
They have finished runners-up in their last five final appearances, most recently in 2015 and 2017.
Ronaldo rescued the team's European campaign with an incredible hat-trick in the last 16 against Atletico Madrid last month.
Juventus are also on course for an eighth consecutive Serie A title, needing just one point to secure the Scudetto for the 35th time.


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Rating Systems Category
Please rename Category:Rating systems as Category:Rating Systems (capitalization). I would do it myself, but there is a plethora of media in the category. EganioTalk 21:13, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Liberty Tree articles
Could you rename Category:Liberty Tree articles to Category:Liberty Tree Articles (capitalisation)? I was looking for a category to rename myself, but that has too many articles! Biggest GTA Fan EverTalk 06:01, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
- Heh, don't worry. It didn't take that long (just a few minutes)! Biggest GTA Fan EverTalk 23:54, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Gang leaders
Hey. Could you please rename Category:Gang leaders to Category:Gang Leaders (capitalization)? Thanks. Masterpogihaha 15:42, March 27, 2010 (UTC)
Liberty City in GTA III Era
Could you undo all edits by User:Nodnarb3 to last version by User:Learner22 on the Liberty City in GTA III Era page. I'd do it myself but I can't revert or undo intermediate edits. --Gta-mysteries 09:31, May 20, 2010 (UTC)
User: Andrew Nicholson
I seem to have lost my social page I think it may have been deleted how can I retrieve it?Andrew nicholson 16:18, June 7, 2010 (UTC)
Gang Cars
Could you rename Category:Gang Cars to Category:Gang Vehicles? Thanks. Masterpogihaha 15:55, August 7, 2010 (UTC)
Can you delete all pages in Category:Businesses, Category:Businesses in GTA III, Category:Businesses in GTA Vice City, Category:Businesses in GTA San Andreas, Category:Businesses in GTA Liberty City Stories, Category:Businesses in GTA Vice City Stories, Category:Businesses in GTA IV. --Gta-mysteries ◀RingADing▶ 23:46, October 14, 2010 (UTC)


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Midfielder Daniel Sweeney scored a redemptive late winner on Sunday to lift Kingstonian joint top of the Ryman Premier League with a 2-1 win over Dulwich Hamlet.
The derby triumph was immediately hailed 'the best result of the season' by assistant coach Martin Tyler as 10-man Ks produced a comeback surge in front of a crowd of 591, the highest league gate at Kingsmeadow in over three years.
Two weeks ago, 19-year-old Sweeney had come off the bench, given the ball away and watched in horror as Harrow fashioned an undeserved equaliser to snatch a 2-2 draw.
But on Sunday his second-half impact brought three points in the most dramatic circumstances.
Sweeney collected a clearance and held off a determined challenge on the edge of the box before curling a perfect shot across keeper Yannik Nlat.
"It's amazing and it's great for Dan," said Tyler.
"He was very hurt by what happened before [against Harrow], he took responsibility for it, and even before he scored, when he came on he did a terrific job.
"It was painful for him, he's only a young man, and the lads were all just joking saying 'well, we've seen you smile now!' because he was heartbroken after Harrow, but now he's the star of the show and won us the game."
Hamlet had taken a first-half lead when unlucky Ks captain Sam Page turned a cross into his own net.
The away team's possession play and mobile front three, including 5ft 2in playmaker Erhun Oztumer and former Ks winger Dean Lodge, forced manager Alan Dowson to adopt a five-man midfield.
The tactic worked and slowly the match turned, with Josh Casey and Tom Kavanagh grabbing hold of the middle of the park and new winger Ifeanyi Allen, signed on loan from Barnet, dribbling with pace and balance.
It was Allen who raced to the ball in the 34th minute just as Nlat clumsily clipped his ankles to concede a penalty.
Andre McCollin converted to leave scores level at half-time.
Ks then went on the offensive, Ryan Moss and Allen going close and McCollin, playing off the wing, driving centrally when the opportunity arose.
But Ks also endured torrid spells of Hamlet pressure until left-back Bruce Hogg, who had done well to contain the threat from Lodge, was forced into one foul too many and received a second yellow card.
Down to 10 men, most expected a nervy attempt to hold on to a point.
But Sweeney drove forward to seal a special K's win. With 51 points by mid-January, this is a team still in title contention.
Dowson's men play Ash United tonight in the Surrey Senior Cup third round before a visit to Carshalton next Saturday.


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Tarp Talk is back for Episode 6, joined this week by Sam Miller of the Orange County Register (@SamMillerOCR).
Keep your questions coming! We answer how each of us became A's fans and try to project what new A's prospect Raul Alcantara will turn into. We also talk about the Jonah Keri Grantland article written about whether or not there actually are windows of contention.
Sam Miller comes on and talks about the upcoming season for the Angels. We talk about what's going to happen between Bobby Abreu, Mark Trumbo, and Kendrys Morales. How Hank Conger will most likely end up in AAA to start the year, the last time he felt the A's threatened the Angels, was Andrew Bailey-for-Trumbo a real rumor, and how many wins he thinks the Angels will end up at.
As always we thank you for listening. You can follow the podcast on twitter @TarpTalk. You can also follow the hosts; @oakfaninva (Spencer), @cuppingmaster (Alan), @davidwiers (Wiers), and @tvprcretireplan (Wishinsky). If you have questions you can send them to tarptalkpodcast(at)gmail(dot)com, yours just might get answered!
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- Introduction
- How did we become A's fans?
- What do we expect out of Raul Alcantara?
- Jonah Keri says that Beane and A's are using windows of contention as an excuse for poor management
- Is the draft a crapshoot? Or is it possible to consistently perform well?
- Sam Miller of the Orange County Register talks Angels, A's and AL West
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Co-ed Cinema, 79 W. Main St., Brevard, 883-2200. Showing through Thursday: "Thor: The Dark War," rated R. Showing: 1, 4, 7 p.m. Info: www.coedcinema.com.
Co-ed Cinema, 79 W. Main St., Brevard, 883-2200. Showing through Thursday: "Thor: The Dark War," rated R. Showing: 1, 4, 7 p.m. Info: www.coedcinema.com.
Flat Rock Cinema, 2700 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, 697-2463. All tickets $7.50. Showing through Thursday: "Last Vegas," rated PG-13, Showing daily: 4, 7 p.m., Tuesday at 4 p.m. only. Info: www.flatrockcinema.com.
Epic Theatres of Hendersonville, 200 Thompson St. Shows through Thursday: "12 Years a Slave," rated R; "About Time," rated R; "Bad Grandpa," rated R; "Best Man Holiday," rated R; "Captain Phillips," rated PG-13; "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2," rated PG; "Ender's Game," rated PG-13; "Escape Plan," rated R; "Free Birds," rated PG; "Gravity," rated PG-13; "Last Vegas," rated PG-13; "Thor: The Dark World" rated PG-13. Call Theatre for showtimes. Info: 693-1146.
Art Council of Henderson County second Yart Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at First Congregational Church Hall, corner of White Pine Drive and Fifth Avenue West, Hendersonville. Info: 693-8504.
Juried Artisan and Craft Show, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at National Guard Armory, 2025 Spartanburg Highway, Hendersonville.
Henderson County High School Honors Chorus, 3 p.m. Saturday in the East Henderson High School Auditorium.
185 King Street, Brevard. Info: 877-1850 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Saluda Inn & Wine Cellar, 229 Greenville St., Saluda. Thursday, 5-7 p.m. Happy hour, Friday, 8 p.m. Music. Info: 749-9698.
Cypress Cellar, 321-C N. Main St. Entertainment, 8 p.m.- midnight in the bar on Fridays, and 6-9 p.m. in the dining room Saturdays.
The Dugout, 430 N. Main St., Hendersonville. Info: 692-9262.
French Broad Brewery, 101 Fairview Road #D, Asheville. Entertainment 6-8 p.m. Friday and Saturdays. Info: 277-0222 or www.frenchbroadbrewery.com.
The Green Room Cafe & Coffeehouse, 356 N. Main St., Hendersonville. Live dinner music 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturdays. Friday, Lynn Goldsmith; Saturday, Emily Bodley; Nov. 22, Jeff Michels; Nov. 23, Elise Pratt and Mike Holstein. No cover charge. Also serves breakfast and lunch. Info: 692-6335.
The Grey Eagle, 185 Clingman Ave., Asheville. Saturday, Red June. Tickets: $10 advance; $12 at the door: Info: 232-5800.
Isis Restaurant and Music Hall, 743 Haywood Road, Asheville. Info: 575-2737.
Jack of the Wood, 95 Patton Ave., Asheville. Ages 21 and older. Sundays, Irish Session, 5-8 p.m., 10:30 pm-12:30 a.m. Another RoadSide Attraction; Mondays, Quizzo! 8-10 p.m.; First Tuesdays, Singer/Songwriter in the Round, 8-10 p.m.; Wednesdays, Old Time Jam, 6 p.m.; Thursdays, Bluegrass Jam 8:30-ish. Entertainment starts around 9 p.m. Info: 252-5445.
Just Vino, 2702 Greenville Highway, Singleton Centre. Thursday, free wine tasting, 5-7 p.m.; Friday, $3 drafts; Saturday, live entertainment. Info: 693-5380.
Midway Tavern, 2634 Hendersonville Road, Arden. Karaoke every Wednesday and Friday at 9 p.m. Performers Saturdays at 9:30 p.m. Info: 687-7530.
Mills River Music Barn, 1140 N. Mills River Road. All ages welcome. Live country music every Friday and Saturday from 7-10:30 p.m. Bob Presley. Info: 891-7704.
Moe's Original Barbecue, 114 N. Main St., Hendersonville. WTZQ's singer/songwriter showcase from 8-9 p.m. the third Thursday monthly. Info: 595-9200.
Olive or Twist, 81 Broadway, Asheville. Tuesdays, The Blue Dogs; Wednesdays, Cadillac Rex, 8 p.m.; Thursdays, Mike Filippone, 8-11 p.m.; Fridays, Three Cool Cats, 8-11 p.m.; Saturdays, Ruby Mayfield, 8-11 p.m. Info: 254-0555.
The Orange Peel, 101 Biltmore Ave., Asheville. Ages 18 and older with valid ID. Friday, Papadosio; Saturday, Keller Williams and More Than a Little; Sunday, Bonobo/ Andrew Belle/ Leagues; Monday, Frank Turners and the Sleeping Souls; Tuesday, Sixth Annual KISS Country Guitar Jam; Wednesday, Johnny Marr; Thursday, Lucero. Info: 225-5851; www.theorangepeel.net.
Oskar Blues Brewery, 342 Mountain Industrial Drive, Brevard. Trolley runs from Asheville to the brewery for free every Saturday and Sunday. Friday, Colin O'Brien; Saturday, Dave Desmelik; Thursday, The Wilhelm Brothers. Info: 230-1662.
Panther's Paw Pub & Club, 111 Joel Wright Drive. Opens at 4 p.m. Ages 21 and older. 18 to 21 years of age admitted as designated drivers with a valid driver's license. Karaoke on Tuesdays and Thursdays; DJ on Fridays. Info: 696-0810.
Party Place and Event Center, 221 Friendship Church Road, Saluda. Saturday: The Nighthawks. Info: 749-3676 or visit www.saludamountainjamboree.com.
Pisgah Brewing Co., 150 Eastside Drive, Black Mountain. Friday, Dead 27s; Saturday, Cedric Burnside Project; Sunday, F.E.A.S.T with Underhill Rose; Wednesday, One Leg Up; Thursday, Rumpke Mountain Boys with David Gans. Info: 669-0190 or www.pisgahbrewing.com.
Purple Onion Cafe and Coffeehouse, 16 E. Main St., Saluda. Saturday, Johnson's Crossroads; Thursday, Aaron Burdett. Info: 749-1179 or www.purple-onionsaluda.com.
Southern Appalachian Brewery, 822 Locust St., Hendersonville. Hours: 4 p.m. to close Wednesday-Friday; 2 p.m.-close Saturday and Sunday. Entertainment: 8-10 Friday and Saturday. Friday, A Mad Affair. Info: www.sabrewery.com.
The Ugly Mug Coffee and Tea, 2024 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville. Wednesdays: Open mic with Zack Harding, 8-11 p.m. Info: 693-9999 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
White Horse Black Mountain, 105C Montreat Road, Black Mountain. Friday, Asheville Jazz Orchestra; Saturday, Book release party for author Katherine Stanley's "A Book About Bullies." The Snyder Family Band; Sunday, Blue Ridge Percussion Ensemble; Thursday, African Healing Exchange benefit featuring Zansa (Afro-pop), the La'Ney West African Dance, Percussion Ensemble and the Wild Bodema Women's Drum Troupe. Info: 669-0816.
"The Three Musketeers," through Nov. 24 at Flat Rock Playhouse Mainstage, 2661 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock. 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets: $35. Info: 828-693-0731; 866-732-8008.
"Neil Simon's Rumors," today through Sunday, Thursday-Nov. 24 at Tryon Little Theater, 516 S. Trade St., Tryon. 8 p.m. Thursday-Sunday; 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $15 adults; $10 children younger than 18. Info: 859-2466.
"Disney's Mulan Jr.," through Nov. 24 at Playhouse Downtown, 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville. 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $18. Info: 828-693-0731; 866-732-8008.
"Golden Age — Coming of the Railroad" exhibit, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesay-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sundays, Through Dec. 31, 1 Historic Courthouse Square, Hendersonville. Free. Info: 694-1619.
Henderson County Heritage Museum observing the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sundays, through Dec. 31, 1 Historic Courthouse Square, Hendersonville. Free. Info: 694-1619.
Southern Lights Square and Round Dance Club will hold a "Turkey in the Straw" dance Saturday at the Whitmire Activity Building, Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville. Wear costumes. Advanced dance, 6 p.m.; Early rounds, 7 p.m.; Squares and rounds, 7:30 p.m. Caller: Stan Russell. Info:625-9969; 697-7732.
Apple Valley Model Railroad Club open 1-3 p.m. Wednesdays and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays. Free. Hendersonville Depot, Maple Street. Info: www.avmrc.com.
Hendersonville Ballroom Dance Club, 7:30-10 p.m. Fridays, lower room of the Elks Lodge, 546 N. Justice St., Hendersonville. Annual membership $15 with dance fees of $5 for members and $7 for nonmembers. Call 654-9708, email email@example.com or visit www.hendersonvilleballroomclub.com.
Line dancing classes, at Henderson County Athletics and Activity Center, 708 S. Grove St., Hendersonville. Tuesdays, improver class, 9-10:30 a.m.; Wednesdays, beginner class, 9-10:30 a.m. $5 per class. Call in advance to register. Info: 890-5777; firstname.lastname@example.com; www.linedanceclass.com.


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Buying, selling and ignoring media time
There have been a few changes in both media and society. I have work to do.
I'm considering a thematic thread built on the widely accepted notion that communication defines a culture.
The idea has taken me to Edward Hall's work as well as that of the late James Carey.
I'll return to them in future posts, but my recent thoughts have been about cultural definitions of time and how media contribute to them.
Networks "sell" and advertisers "buy" broadcast time. The economic model is an obvious extension of our being paid for the time we work. And like our pay, some time, "prime" time for instance, is more "valuable" than other time, depending on how many people have gathered around their TVs to watch.
Hence the need for audience "ratings."
Other media time is more valuable because of the "quality" the audience. The more money you have, the more valuable you are. (I did say this was about our culture, didn't I?)
Then we have smut-free "family hour" and the Saturday morning cartoons packed with ads, and the "news hour." Of course the news is always "up-to-the-minute" or "on the hour."
We have 24-hour-news cycles, which presumably shouldn't be confused with what some still call "days."
So we live, and perceive significance, in lockstep with time as media shape it.
I frequently have my students take media fasts. No media for three days. Cold turkey!
They find the exercise either to be ecstasy ("I had the best conversation with my dad, EVER!) or utter agony ("I felt TOTALLY out of touch.")
A better, more illuminating exercise might be to have them go on a timeless fast. To live a day without ever checking a clock or asking what time it is. To eat when they are hungry. Sleep when they are weary. Oh, and don't watch TV, check the internet or listen to the radio.
The media are all of a "piece" — an artificial "time piece."
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ATLLAS II - Project summary
Aerodynamic and Thermal Load Interactions with Lightweight Advanced Materials for High Speed Flight
ATLLAS-II is a logical continuation project built upon the experience and technology development gained within ATLLAS-I. Once again, the focus is on advanced light-weight, high-temperature material development – strongly linked to a high-speed vehicle design.
The previous study concluded that the optimal cruising Mach number is around Mach 5 to 6. In line with the reviewers' comments, our detailed design and feasibility study aims at a globally optimized vehicle with respect to aerodynamic, propulsive, structural and thermal layout but nevertheless complying with restrictions imposed by emissions regulations and sonic boom mitigation. The validated tools developed previously, along with the lessons learnt, will allow the consortium to further address and improve the multi-disciplinary design process.
In parallel, a lot of effort is still foreseen to extend the precious built-up material database with durability characterization both for the airframe and combustor related structures. Also new materials and material compounds are addressed to cope with previously encountered limitations.
Design of a Mach 5-6 Vehicle
The driver to set the requirements for the material manufacturing, processing and testing is a Mach 5-6 vehicle. A fully integrated design taking into account several disciplines in the trade-off and optimization is foreseen, fully in line with the reviewers' comments. The points to be addressed are:
A. Integrated Aerodynamic and Propulsive Flowpath Layout
The envisaged vehicle must operate over a wide Mach number range
B. Conceptual Structural and Thermal Design
Hypersonic vehicles are exposed to temperatures that are beyond the limits of classical aircraft materials. In order to handle this problem the latest developments of new materials and composite structures suitable for high temperature application need to be taken into account. Besides the aero-thermal loads, the unsteady loadings on the structure and control surfaces originating from shock-wave boundary layer interactions are also included. Their impact on control effectiveness and flutter is evaluated too.
Despite the usage of high-temperature resistant structural materials, the passengers and cargo require a stable thermal environment throughout the full vehicle's route. The presence of onboard cryogenic fuels (e.g. CH4) enables the study of alternative designs for air conditioning to those used in subsonic aircraft. Both open and closed cycles for the cabin air are addressed.
C. Environmental Restrictions onto the Design Process
Sonic boom prediction for the studied vehicles in ATLLAS-I revealed similar levels as for Concorde but could eventually be alleviated by increasing the rise time, which transforms the boom into more of a puff. This encouraging path will be embedded into the above-mentioned design.
Aside from the cruise-induced sonic boom, the acceleration from subsonic speed (M < 1.0) to cruise speed (M = 5 to 6) also leads to the creation of a zone of sonic boom amplification due to ray convergence. And atmospheric turbulence is known to strongly modify the shock fronts of the sonic boom. Both effects on the sonic boom has never been evaluated before from a hypersonic configuration.
Emission goals set by the EC could be achieved by the use of alternative fuels, such as methane or a CH4/H2-mix, having the potential to reduce carbon dioxide and particle emissions and thereby limiting the influence of supersonic aircraft on atmospheric composition. On the other hand the essential high-combustion temperatures (regardless of fuel type) still make a reduction in NOx emission a challenge. Nevertheless, some guidelines formulated during ATLLAS-I will reduce it considerably.
D. Overall Vehicle Optimization and Final Assessment
The integration of the different subsystems, each optimised individually with preset restrictions, into a single vehicle system design does not necessarily ensure a globally optimised vehicle. Due to the complexity of interdisciplinary interaction, numerically steered improvement and optimisation tools are applied here to ascertain a global optimum.
As a powerful precursor to the multi-disciplinary optimisation (MDO) a stochastic multidisciplinary improvement (SMDI) is proposed. SMDI makes use of techniques based on the Monte Carlo method. As an ultimate verification, the optimized vehicle design will be tested for subsonic, transonic and supersonic speed to see how the design, mainly driven by cruise conditions, is able to cope with take-off and transonic acceleration.
The effect of boundary layer transition has a large effect on the vehicle drag and heat load. Dedicated experiments and LES simulations shall assess the start and extent of the boundary layer transition taking important effects such as compressibility, wall temperature and roughness into account.
The highly loaded structure requires the implementation of advanced metallic and non-metallic materials which need to be lightweight and high-temperature resistant. Since ATLLAS-1, a unique material database is now available, listing these properties as useful engineering correlations as a function of temperature up to 1800 K. Characterisation of the material's durability is a priority in
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Developer: Cardboard Computer
Publisher: Cardboard Computer
Platform: PC, Mac (Web)
Release Date: January 7, 2013
ESRB: N/A (T suggested)
Kentucky Route Zero - Act 1 is, at its core, an adventure game. Although the genre has seen some revitalization lately with the likes of The Walking Dead, it still remains fairly niche territory. Still, this title has managed to gain a wide audience so near to its release that it is astounding. What has caused the game to be so popular? Is it really worth the time investment to play or is it just a passing fad?
First off, what is Kentucky Route Zero? Upon first hearing the name, it sounded like a weird mishmash of words. The game takes place in Kentucky and features a man, his truck, and an old hound dog. The protagonist knows little of the area and simply wants to find the way to highway route "Zero†to deliver his goods. This turns out to be harder than he imagines, though, as he comes across a cast of unusual people and strange occurrences.
Although the story is done in quite an interesting fashion, that"s not what players are going to notice first. No, it is the visuals which immediately steal the show. Colors are boldly dark and shapes are angular. The stylization looks so good and unlike most games before it. Certainly no other adventure games have this look going on, instead all trying to mimic the magic of LucasArts and Sierra masterpieces. Alongside the visuals, the camera pans and zooms in ways to benefit the visuals further. It may be a little hard to explain, but suffice to say, the graphics are definitely one of the many high points for this package.
Now let"s return to discussion of the story. If you are someone who always needs to know exactly what is going on then you"ll hate this game. Much of what is said is veiled and mysterious. People may never say what they mean or even talk about things that make any sense (on a first playthrough). It feels at times like characters are trying to purposefully obfuscate the importance of their words. This all leads the game to feeling very otherworldly. The visuals certainly aid this but even without them, the game would still be undeniably odd.
When speaking with characters, you will have to choose dialog options. However, you are never really capable of saying the wrong thing. All that will change is the knowledge received, and therefore, your perception of the game. Similarly, puzzles relating to choice are not hard. The game was not designed to be difficult like the standard point and click adventure. As long as you"re playing, you"ll eventually work your way through it without having to make sense of convoluted clues. Of course, beating it doesn"t mean you still won"t be confused at the end.
Between talking to characters, you"ll find yourself on the road. There are a great deal of pathways to travel. Although you can simply go from point A to point B and beat the game in half an hour, the true joy comes from taking time to explore the full breadth of the game world. When you first look at your map and see the many winding roads to travel, realize that they all have something of note to find on them. Areas are simply waiting to be found to expand the story a bit, or at least offer up something new to see.
It"s in this portion of the game where it bravely takes on the veil of a text adventure game. For example, some areas have no visuals. You are simply presented with descriptive text and options for where to go in the area or what to do. However, it doesn"t really feel archaic while playing at all. It was only after finishing the title that I realized that those segments were basically text adventures while the rest of the game takes on a point-and-click adventure style. Overall, it is quite a neat part of the game, although a shame that some will easily miss it in order to simply complete the storyline.
However, just beating Kentucky Route Zero - Act 1 does not mean you"ve seen it all. As the name implies, this is just the beginning of a five part episodic series. Only the first part is available right now, which just leaves everyone who plays it more time to scratch their collective heads in confusion. It remains to be seen if the next acts will be able to keep up this quality, but hopefully they shall. It must be worth remembering that this all began as a Kickstarter project, so seeing this high quality so far is quite promising.
If there"s anything wrong with this game, it lies with the "endingâ€. I am unaware if this was intentional or not, but upon getting to the final scene of the game, it simply closes. There is no title card saying the episode is over or even just showing the name. Instead, after a little scene, the game window closes itself down. This behavior has led many to worry that their game crashed. While the end is sufficient, it does no good to the player to have them fussing over a possible crash instead of mulling over the story they just experienced.
With such a small complaint, it"s easy to recommend this game to many. Kentucky Route Zero - Act 1 oozes excellent aesthetics, both visual and narrative, and gameplay which is incredibly easy to comprehend. There is very little challenge and that leaves players to simply focus on the world. Because the game has started off so well, we can only hope that the other four acts will continue in its footsteps. Until we know how those turn out, all that can be said is that Kentucky Route Zero is off to a very good start.
+ Excellent visual design
+ Cast of unusual characters
+ Writing which leaves you hungry to discover more
- Game closing itself leads to confusion on player"s part
- Simplicity of puzzles, while necessary, may bother core adventure fans
Overall Score: 9 (out of 10)
Kentucky Route Zero - Act 1 is an adventure game that manages to distinguish itself from the pack with a very specific and strange experience.


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Bears Bounce Cowgirls From WNIT
Behind three players in double figures, the Northern Colorado Bears stunned the Wyoming Cowgirls 71-63 Thursday night in the first round of the WNIT at the Arena-Auditorium. Northern Colorado knocked down 12-of-15 free throws in the final 4:25 to hold on for the victory. The Bears tied a school record with their 21st win of the season.
UNC head coach Jamie White said of the victory, "For us, it's just the step in the right direction. I was saying to the girls, the last three years we've just gotten better and better, and this year it was our turn to win in the post-season. That's what we did."
Wyoming (24-8) tried to make a push early in the second half, but Northern Colorado withstood the challenge. After Laramie native Kyleigh Hiser's 3-pointer at the 13:25 mark, the Bears held a 46-35 lead. The Cowgirls put together an 11-4 spurt and pulled within 50-46 with 7:57 remaining.
Northern Colorado (21-12) answered with a 13-5 run for a 63-51 edge at the 3:39 mark. They withstood every UW challenge down the stretch.
Cowgirl head coach Joe Legerski said we talked about that, "Everybody has to understand, anyone playing at this point and time has won, and won at a very high level. I give a great deal of credit to Northern Colorado. They came out and played with a great deal of energy."
UW was led by Chaundra Sewell, who had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Fallon Lewis added 15 points off the bench, while Ashley Sickles chipped in 13 points. The Cowgirls shot 20-52 (38.5%) on field goals, 7-19 (36.8%) beyond the arc and struggled at the free throw line, as they were only 16-29 (55.2%). Wyoming's second leading scorer, Kayla Woodward, was held to 2 points on 1-8 shooting.
Sewell said, "It was definitely frustrating. Nothing could fall, it seemed like. When we would make a run, they would come right back and hit another shot."
Northern Colorado was led by Lauren Oosdyke with 16 points, while D'shara Strange and Lindsay Mallon added 15 points apiece. The Bears were 25-51 (49%) from the field, 4-10 (40%) from deep and huge 17-20 (85%) at the line.
The game was tight early and featured 5 lead changes and 3 ties. Wyoming held a 19-17 lead behind 9 points from Sewell midway through the period. That's when the Bears exploded, as UNC closed the first half on a 20-4 run, which included a 9-0 spurt in the final 2:34 for a 37-23 advantage at the break. The Bears shot 53.6 percent from the field in the first half.
The Cowgirls wrap up the season with their shortest stint in the WNIT under head coach Joe Legerski. This was also UW's first loss in women's basketball to UNC since 1988.


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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's governor will call a special legislative session to push for approval of a resolution urging the U.S. Congress and President Barack Obama to honor the results of a recent referendum on changing the island's political status.
Gov. Luis Fortuno, who backs seeing statehood, said Saturday that Puerto Rican voters embraced statehood and rejected the current U.S. commonwealth status in the Nov. 6 ballot. He said Congress and Obama pledged to respect the results.
In the first question of the two-part referendum, more than 900,000 voters, or 54 percent, said they were not content with the commonwealth status.
The second question asked what status was preferred. Of the about 1.3 million voters who made a choice, nearly 800,000, or 61 percent, supported statehood. Some 437,000 backed sovereign free association and 72,560 chose independence. However, nearly 500,000 left that question blank, complicating analysis of voter sentiment.
Another complication is that voters rejected Fortuno for another term, electing as governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla. His Popular Democratic Party wants to keep Puerto Rico as a semi-autonomous U.S. commonwealth.


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Deron Williams, Brooklyn Nets rout Chicago in Game 1
- No more talk of Deron Williams being disappointing
- The Nets dominated this game from the early stages
- Chicago couldn%27t get anything going offensively
It seems like a long time ago that Deron Williams was considered a disappointment, an overpaid and underperforming player for the Brooklyn Nets.
After Saturday's performance at the Barclays Center, that might not come up again.
Williams finished with 22 points and seven assists as the Nets emphatically beat the Chicago Bulls 106-89 to take a 1-0 lead in their Eastern Conference first round series.
"That's a hell of a performance," Nets interim coach P.J. Carlesimo said of Williams.
The moment of the game came near the end of the third quarter when Williams ripped the ball away from Luol Deng, broke away from everyone and scored on a reverse dunk.
It was that kind of night for the Nets, who led by 25 at halftime and pretty much poured it on in the fourth quarter.
Chicago is a team with a reputation of playing good defense and yet the Nets shot 56% from the floor The issue for the Bulls was not only couldn't they stop Brooklyn, but with the exception of Carlos Boozer -- who was aggressively driving to the basket and was consistent with his shooting and finished with 25 points -- they couldn't get anything going offensively.
"It was the end of the first (quarter) and they hit us with a haymaker, got us back on our heels," Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said. "So end of the first, second quarter, poor defense, poor intensity, poor energy on offense. You can't win like that."
Joakim Noah has battled plantar fasciitis in his right foot and Thibodeau said he didn't want his All-Star center playing if he was injured. But Noah, who grew up in New York, wanted to give it a try. He finished with four points.
"The thing is he hasn't practiced so he's going to be rusty, but I'd rather have him out there. Whatever he can give us is a plus," Thibodeau said. "We didn't play well. It wasn't Jo, it was our team. So he's a big plus for our team, so we'd like to have him out there. We've got to play better. Everyone has to play better."
Nets center Brook Lopez had 21 points and power forward Reggie Evans had 13 rebounds. Joe Johnson had 16.
The Nets kept a double digit lead for 32 minutes of the game and led by as many as 28.
"I thought we competed extremely well, I thought we defended extremely well and pushed the ball and shared the ball extremely well in the first half," Carlesimo said.
This was the first postseason professional sports game in Brooklyn since Oct. 10, 1956 when the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 9-0 in Game 7 of the World Series.
Game 2 is Monday at 8 p.m.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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April 22, 1918
Dear Mother and Father:
I had the pleasure of a couple of letters from Mother this last week. I am glad she does not always wait for me to write regularly but don't always manage to carry out my plans.
Thursday is the day of the doings in Emporia. I have not yet said anything about wanting to get away so really have no idea as to whether I will be allowed to go or not. I will ask for a 21 hour pass, it takes only two hours to get there and I can have from three o'clock Thursday till noon Friday to visit. I shall be disappointed if I can't go but I can figure on making it some other time over Sunday.
The sergeants are going to have their banquet after all. It is to be in Manhattan next Friday night. I have been arranging the affair. We will have a pretty fair meal for a dollar. A few of us are acquainted with some young ladies and we are going to have them furnish about a dozen girls for the men who haven't any. We will have a little program and dancing after the feeding is over. There won't be so much time for that as the last car back leaves at 11:30. We expect about twenty-two or three couples. That will make a nice sized party. Sgt. Hill and I spent yesterday in Manhattan getting things lined up for the event.
The new officers training camp is to open soon and several of our sergeants have applied for admission. I don't know whether any of them will make it but I imagine two or three of them will. I sometimes feel tempted to apply for it myself but I don't think I would care for the infantry work so I will stay where I am. The camp opens about the fifteenth of May.
General Gorgas is here today. He is the supreme officer of the Medical Department. He is making a tour of the camps. I understand that he may make a call on our company tomorrow. We shined everything up today in case he should come but he didn't. I saw him in the canteen this afternoon. He is about my size and not very imposing in appearance for so great a man. There is to be a parade for him tomorrow. The Y.M.C.A. is having an outdoor meeting tonight at which the General is to speak. Sgt. Hill has been called upon to sing for the occasion.
It has rained nearly every day for the entire week. Outside there is mud everywhere and the mud around here is so sticky that we can hardly get it off our shoes. Saturday there was a snowfall of a couple of inches. The snow hasn't disappeared yet where it was piled up.
Our long expected pay day arrived last Thursday. If I remember right my dues were $3.85 or something like that. I will send five dollars which will pay me up to about the first of May. I need a couple of g-strings so will add two dollars for them. They used to be seventy-five cents. Lewis' strings are the best and I would like to have them medium weight. If there is any change left add that to my dues.
We are still going through the same routine of drill and instruction. The men have gotten so tired of it that they are getting hard to manage. It has become a regular thing for a few men to take a vacation without leave after each pay day. They get a little punishment but they don't seem to mind that.
Lights have gone out so it is time to trot off to bed. I am tired too, as we were up late last night.
Love from
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Must be something about Houston
Last night's 14-inning contest was nothing close to the 14-inning marathon we played at the Astrodome in 1989.
You can find the box score at the Retrosheet website, but I remember listening to the game on the radio and hearing that Eddie Murray, who's now our hitting coach, was at third base and Fernando Valenzuela, now a broadcaster, was our first baseman. John Shelby, our former first base coach for several years, went 0-for-10 in the loss. Jeff Hamilton, a third baseman, wound up on the mound and took the loss.
Incredibly, Craig Biggio played in both games, going 2-for-3 as a catcher in the game 17 years ago and 1-for-6 as a second baseman last year.
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The sick thing about that game was that first of all, it was 22 innings. And then the next game went 13 innings.
The Astros seem to play long games. Last year, after all, they went 18 innings in the last game of the first round of the playoffs.
Yeah I remember that 22 inning game and watching it on KTTV. That thing was crazy, I could barely stay awake!


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To look at or see someone or something. Honestly, I loved my wife the minute I clapped eyes on her. I haven't clapped eyes on that book in weeks, so good luck finding it in my office!
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to see someone or something, perhaps for the first time; to set eyes on someone or something. I wish she had never clapped eyes on her fiancé. I haven't clapped eyes on a red squirrel for years.
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see under lay eyes on.
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Fire Island nudity ban just on federal land, officials say
The Fire Island National Seashore decision to enforce state law banning public nudity will not extend to the island's 17 communities and their beaches, officials with the National Park Service said.
"We only have authority over federal land," said Chief Ranger Lena Koschmann. "Those are not federally owned properties, so .?.?. we have no authority."
A spokesman for Suffolk County police, who patrol most of those beaches, said they don't plan to change efforts on enforcing laws against public nudity on Fire Island.
Soon after word spread in February that FINS would start enforcing state nudity laws, news outlets such as Queerty and Fire Island Q News, which blog about the gay communities at Fire Island Pines and Cherry Grove, posted statements from Koschmann explaining that those beaches would not be affected.
Koschmann said Friday that while the Carrington Tract of land between the Pines and Cherry Grove — colloquially referred to as the Meat Rack — falls under the new order, it will not be the focus of enforcement.
"The Meat Rack is federal property," Koschmann said. While there have been complaints of public sex and lewd behavior on that parcel, she said, "We're focusing on those areas that are likely to be high instances of visitor use conflict, so we're looking at areas where other visitors who aren't nude recreators would potentially be offended."
When FINS Superintendent Christopher Soller released his compendium for park use in February, he highlighted five areas where park rangers would concentrate on enforcing state nudity laws: Lighthouse Beach, Watch Hill, Sailors Haven, Barrett Beach and the beach at the Wilderness Visitor Center.
"This summer is kind of a trial run; we don't want to have to do an islandwide ban necessarily but it depends on how the summer goes," Koschmann said. "If we start enforcing state law in those five areas and see huge increases in nude recreating in other areas that are creating visitor use conflict, we will expand our enforcement."
Robert Morton, executive director of the Naturist Action Committee, which advocates for nudists' rights, said that's cold comfort to those who have enjoyed clothing-optional bathing at Lighthouse Beach.
"This is something that will have a major consequence," Morton said, adding that the group has retained legal counsel and hopes to see the decision to enforce state nudity law reversed. "If you've ever been to Lighthouse Beach on a summer afternoon you can see that there are a lot of people who will be affected, and there are a lot of people who are pushing back."


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psssst — don't tell anyone! but it would seem that part of eberswalder is becoming a new destination for some very good & very affordable food.
besides the already fairly popular italian eatery cotto e crudo and a relatively new korean place, a couple of folks from the team that brought you themroc on torstrasse have opened up a french bistro that will keep you coming back for more.
the small resto with perhaps 40 seats total and an indiscriminate storefront features an open kitchen, where two cooks work their daily magic cranking out some damn fine dishes at incredibly reasonable prices. take one of the daily specials on a recent evening, for example, all of which are written on the blackboard: an appetizer of fantastic veal tartar with wild herb salad and a luscious piece of eggplant rang up at 7.20 euro. the regular menu features a small selection of appetizers & mains, all of which are well under 20 euro, and most everything ordered that evening was very good to great. don't know if there's a wine list, as we were quite happy with ordering several carafes of the house white and >gasp< tap water!
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We'll get to Blake Lively's Marie Claire interview soon. Right now I want to focus on a Marios Schwab dress she wears in the magazine which, I think, is the same one Jessica Chastain had on at the Tonys last night. A curious coincidence because Duana and I both hated it on Jessica and it was Duana who noted that she appears to be one of those "one size too small" girls, a problem that Blake also has and for a refresher on this, please click here to remember Blake at the Golden Globes in 2009.
The dress is spectacular when presented in editorial. On a red carpet? It was disappointing, especially since I love Jessica Chastain so much. How unfortunate that she's so hit and miss at these events. Did you hear her speak though?
God she is interesting. Not only does she never look the same in any film, she also never sounds the same from day to day. I can't wait for you to see her in Lawless. Chastain is an extraordinary talent. Does it matter then that her styling isn't as consistent as her acting? Of course not. But the reason we talk about it is because, when you make a choice like this, you get the sense that it matters, a little, to her. And if that's the case, they need to do better.


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They won't tare off the bandage and get all the toxic assets into the light so we can get on with our lives because we have allowed our government to grow too big. Too many vested interests are preventing the truth from coming out while they hide in their pile of money and it's hurting the people who pay the taxes. This is Taxation without Representation.
U.S. Banks and the Tokyo Drift
You already know the story, but perhaps it may happen again. It's that familiar.
A nation reeling from popped real estate and financial collapse mopes through a recession and struggles with a crisis of confidence, its president making pledges that everything will be okay.
It sounds like a broken record, doesn't it?
Well, except I'm talking about Japan and the president in question is not Barack Obama but Junichiro Koizumi, and the year in question was 2001, not 2010.
But it is 2010, and parallels to Japanese banking in the 1990s and our banks in the "oughts" now abound.
Four words: bad loans and deflation risk.
That's five words, but it's important to note that recently, U.S. banks such as BB&T and Sun Trust both set up special panels to explore potential exposure to deflation.
Deflation is the general decrease in the price level of goods and services across the board, usually due to a systemic downturn and the resulting desperate effort to cut prices to compete. Deflation also sometimes results from monetary policy that overdoes it in an effort to avoid inflation. Ironic, isn't it?
According to Reuters:
BB&T ran its books through a stress test to gauge the bank's performance in a scenario in which there is deflation for the next 10 years, as part of the bank's own internal projections of various economic scenarios, Chief Financial Officer Daryl Bible said."
Why does Japan in the 1990s keeps coming up?
At the outset of the U.S. crisis in early 2008, the American Enterprise Institute examined Japan's lost decade, about which the think tank says that an "economic cycle driven by a collapse in the market for an asset — such as land or housing — to which the banking system is heavily exposed is a dangerous beast."
That "dangerous beast" was Japan 20 years ago and it ended just 10 years ago. That dangerous beast could also loom here in the U.S. today. The common denominator: bad bank loans were, by and large, the culprit.
As the Reuters piece points out, Japanese banks discovered what is now known as the "lost decade"; deflation means that loan collateral values decline, exacerbating already under-performing loans.
The article goes on to say:
Loans may become more likely to fail, as borrowers tire of paying high rates of interest to finance assets that are worth much less than they had been previously. A second credit crisis could emerge."
If regional powerhouse U.S. banks such as Sun Trust and BB&T — both of which received TARP money and both of which are present in areas hit by rising foreclosures — are either thinking about or hedging against deflation, then it's only a matter of time before cheap money and sluggish economic growth increases the possibility of making widespread deflation an actual reality.
Indeed, the risk of continued deterioration of already bad loans continue to scare U.S. banks, which have a danger of falling further into hock on outstanding loans to say nothing of the continued "quantitative easing" at the U.S. Federal Reserve and currently low Treasury yield curves.
Who better to explain what might happen than Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Japan's largest bank and "lost decade–bad loan" poster child?
According to a Bloomberg piece earlier this summer, the bank's proprietary trading chief Kenichi Imai had this to say:
With the effect of government stimulus measures wearing off, the U.S. economy may face a prolonged soft patch, rather than a double bottom."
Soft Patch? Opposite of a hard patch? Flaccid? Sounds maybe a little bit, I don't know...deflated, even.
Let's hope not.
As Bill Isaac, chairman of LECG Global Financial Services and a former FDIC chairman, points out, deflation is not good given that U.S. banks are still assessing non-performing and under-performing loans and testing their balance sheets against deflationary scenarios.
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I agree, we still don't know where all of the original $700 billion went or how or if AIG will recover. Meanwhile there's a lot we still don't understand about the intracacies of banking and just how bad some of the loan books of these banks still are. I mean interest rates are at zero and still nearly no one's lending en masse so something's going on.
This "Disco Biscuit" we're currently ingesting is a prime example of what you get when you have top to bottom and bottom to top full scale societal "thrist-mode". We live in a world of people who are out "to get theirs". Bank: I know its an awful risk lending out this money but my wife, my family, I need....... Consumer: I know these loans terms are too good to be true and I surely can't afford what I'm buying. But, I've got a "hard-on" and can't help but think with the wrong head...........
There are no tears or sad outlooks over here!
The goal has to be to prevent deflation. Deflation is like poison to an economy. It causes the overall economy to contract rather than stagnate. That contraction is felt as unemployment, homelessness, and life savings lost.
Japan has seen it's labor market go from one that promised lifelong employment... to one where 1/3 of all workers are "temps". They not only don't have job security - they really don't have regular employment.
Richard Koo of Nomura says that it was a balance sheet recession. The bad loans had to be resolved before the lenders felt confident enough to loosen their credit. What we need to do is deal with our bad debts.
While the traditional resolution is "default", that might not be wise. It might be better to have a range of options - where we absorb some of the loss, but don't "rescue" anyone either. Don't resuce the borrower, and don't rescue the bank. They will all fell pain, but we'll buffer it. Just don't buffer it with cash. Give things like housing vouchers to homeowners, and bonds to banks.
Replace cash with welfare and/or contracts that bind these institutions to behave in more prudent ways in the future.