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Lots of teams have young players, that is true but they aren't always playing major roles on the team. We are trying to hasten these guys development and our core is young.
I disagree. You don't think other teams would be interested in Acy or Aaron Gray? I think other team would definitely like to have them on their teams. Doesn't mean they would get off the bench much but they would be there on the bench. I disagree about the terrible core. Val and Ross are showing some upside. Demar has shown improvement yet again. Lowry and Bargs have been disappointing but I wasn't sure what to expect from Lowry so I am not surprised with how he has performed and Bargs, I think he is on the way out so I am not worried.
I love basketball, I will spend my money watching games and such.
I don't know what "Ftr" means. You haven't backed up the "joke" comment. I don't know how I can be in denial if you don't explain yourself.
There's quite a few worse teams than us, I think Hollinger had us 21st on his power rankings
Just because our players are young and are getting significant playing time doesn't mean they are good... Or rather, good enough to build around. I don't see a single player to build around outside of Val and that's if we get real lucky with him.
I don't think any contenders would be interested in Acy at all, Gray maybe but I can't think of a team off the top of my head who could use him. Fair enough if you disagree about our core, I can't change your mind on that.
I will still spend my money to see the Oshawa Power, but the Raptors get nothing from me. Fair enough though.
ftr = for the record... Being that we consistently screw up in the draft, make awful trades and are routinely one of the worst teams in the league, how are we not a joke?
Yes. We give up the pick, then no longer have to worry about losing it in the future. We need to rebuild IMO, and if we wait around to do that, it's going to make it a much harder and longer process.
Think about it, say we make the playoffs... Then what? We keep our pick that isn't anything more than a flyer, Colangelo keeps his job, and we still suck. How are we going to improve the roster? We can't trade picks because we already gave out one that's lotto protected... So nobody wants our picks now. We have no extra pieces anyone truly covets. So how exactly do we make any significant improvements? And the improvements would need to be huge for us just to consider making the second round.
Us losing our pick this year would be the best thing for this franchise. (unless of course we ended up #1 somehow - not happening)
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I am seeing potential that you aren't, I guess we have to agree to disagree on this one.
Miami Heat do not have a center like Gray and he could be their emergency player off the bench depending on match-ups. he is a very good rebounder. Lots of teams like energy guys in the 2nd round to fill their 13-15th roster spots.
I have been meaning to see a Power game, I have to remember to check their schedule.
How are we routinely one of the worst teams in the league? I think there are other teams with worse winning percentages over the last 5 years. Also how are screwing up the draft consistently? It is too early to talk about Ross, Val is looking like a great pick, Ed was a top 10 talent picked at #13 and nobody behind him in the draft has impressed. Now we are left with DeMar. Was he the right pick? Probably not but did you know that at the time? Did people think he was a big mistake at the time? I don't remember it like that. The next 5 picks after him, the only name that impresses is Jennings. I don't understand your opinion on our drafting.
This team needs something...I don't know what. We need a very good veteran on this team that can bring the talent together and get us to perform how we should play.
Lowry, Ross, Derozan, Davis, Val. Blow up the rest.
i think the fans should be manning the tank
and then we blow up the tank
MKG, Kemba, Biyombo, Mullens
Kyrie, Thompson, Waiters, Zeller
Monroe, Knight, Drummond
Harden, P. Patterson, T. Jones, M. Morris
Jennings, Henson
Rubio, Shved, DWilliams
A. Davis, Aminu, Gordon, A. Rivers
Beasley, M. Morris
Batum, Lillard, Leonard
Cousin, Evans, TRobinson, Thomas
Wall, Beal, Seraphin
Aside from Orlando who were a playoff team for over half a decade and the Suns, every team mentioned has contributing talent 23 & under. Bucks have weak talent in this group as well.
It's a star driven league, unless you land one you can have a lot of young talent but be stuck in mediocrity and worse.
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i dont care, i just wanna see jonas and ross get some burn and develop.
id still like to see these guys win games though. dont care for the tank much. it got us the 8th pick last season. meh.
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WW DEC 20TH 08 anyone going?
1 Feb 2008 Renee asked
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3 Feb 2008 julieguru said
Hi Renee! I am also going on the 20th of December with my friend Kristie.
Where are you from?
I have been to Europe 2 times before but have never been in winter so i'm very excited <!--graemlin::)-->
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13 Feb 2008 Renee said
hey julie,
yay im glad i know at least 2 other poepl are going! wow you've been to europe twice thats so awsum im jealous i reckon winter will be an amazing experince.
Im from N.S.W Australia and im soon to be 21 how old r you guys and where you from?
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14 Feb 2008 julieguru said
Hey Renee! Europe is alot of fun and by the end of the year i will be really excited to be going away.
I'm 25 and so is my friend Kristie and we are both teachers <!--graemlin::)-->
I'm from Adelaide, How long are you going to be away for? Are you just doing Europe?
I'll be away for only a month which is my shortest overseas trip. (School holidays) - 0 people like this
28 Feb 2008 Renee said
Oh wow fancy that this is my last year of study to be a teacher! im going to be primary what bout you guys? high school or primary? im sure we will have heaps in common then
yeah im just going for the tour a month becauz i wont be able to really afford more time either haha.
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29 Feb 2008 Nicole said
Hi Renee and Julie,
My friend Melissa and I are also booked on this tour. We are both teachers as well!! Seems like this trip will be full of teachers! We are both 23 and teach on the Gold Coast.
This is also my first time overseas so i'm really excited :-)
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29 Feb 2008 julieguru said
Hi Nicole and Renee, all teachers wow! By the end of the year we will really need a break.
My friend Kristie and I are primary school teachers, we went to uni together and finished in 2004. I teach Japanese and Year 5.
What about all of you?
And first time overseas.. you will love it! I definitely have the travelling bug <!--graemlin::)-->
Have you booked any flights or anything yet? I have been looking for some good deals and need to save some money as well..
Do any of you have facebook or anything?
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5 Mar 2008 leslie_henshaw said
hey guys i've just finish paying off my WW trip as well you guys sound pretty cool can't wait till im there and can't wait to meet you
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5 Mar 2008 julieguru said
Hey Leslie! Where are you from? Are you another teacher as well? <!--graemlin::)-->
I wish i had enough money to pay off my trip already, I need to do a bit of saving! - 0 people like this
9 Mar 2008 Explorer1092500 said
Hello, Hayden here, Il be on this trip with my bride Kylie as part of our honeymoon. We are both from New Zealand. And im yet another teacher!
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13 Mar 2008 amme_eilyk said
Hi, I'm Kylie hmm teachers are everywhere arent they :S
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30 Mar 2008 leslie_henshaw said
hey everyone,
unfortunatly im not a teacher so i'll be the odd one out i'm a 18yo hairdresser from canberra in the first yr of my apprenticeship you guys all seem pretty cool maybe you can teach me a thing or two lol… but seriously how far away is december feeling?? - 0 people like this
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Lol, I'm not a teacher or intending to become one, I'm just marrying one. I'm a full time student.
December is feeling ages away at the moment, although I have a busy year so hopefully it will go fast - 0 people like this
12 Apr 2008 julieguru said
8 months is feeling like a looong time to wait!
Have you booked flights yet? I booked my flight last week so I'm definitely going.
My travel agent said that our tour is almost full <!--graemlin::)-->
Does anyone have facebook? I have made a group for us http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11075456434 - 0 people like this
15 Apr 2008 amme_eilyk said
we booked ours as soon as the return flights came out, its nice to know that we dont have to worry about them, i'll try join the facebook group, i dont really get facebook…i'm a bebo girl thru and thru
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19 Apr 2008 leslie_henshaw said
hey guys, i haven't booked my flights yet and just wondering which airline people are flying with??
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24 Apr 2008 Kelly said
Hi everyone,
I have just booked on this trip for 20th of dec. Iam really excited but am travelling by myself so great to here other people are going!!
Seems so long away!!! - 0 people like this
24 Apr 2008 julieguru said
Hey Kelly! Where are you from?
Leslie- We are flying Singapore Airlines - 0 people like this
24 Apr 2008 Kelly said
Iam 23 and from perth in WA but am currently living in a country town called Manjimup in wa because i just happen to be a teacher to!!! - 0 people like this
29 Apr 2008 amme_eilyk said
We are flying singapore also, apparently they r the best
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17 May 2008 Helen said
Hello all! I'm Helen and I'm booked on this date as well with my hubby-2-be Adam. We're both graphic designers from NSW. Can't wait!
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It would be nice if Toy Guru or some one representing Mattel would actually give us a legit answer. What I am assuming is when we get charged for the figures, it actually doesn't go anywhere that exact day. I assume they have set days for shipping and just tell us ITS BEEN SHIPPED although it may be another 1-4 days before it actually travels.
Either way, if I can order something from Australia after I order from Matty and get it before...then something is broken over at Matty. Honestly, there are no excuses why it takes so long to get it. Also they make their own labels, so the date they printed it off would be on it. Post office never checks as I have sent items up that would say a date thats 6 days earlier than what I actually shipped it as.
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I guess me complaining on here today did the trick haha, day of sale stuff just showed up. A buddies sub stuff in town came in yesterday. Mine had the Sweden sticker, which I find VERY hard to believe is from a swedish owned shipping warehouse in LA HAHA. Very unlikely. But I still can't imagine why they would send these to sweden first.
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It's not a Swedish warehouse, it's a Swedish postal exchange. Mail on the Move probably drives them to this postal exchange, and then they take over, do the customs paperwork, and pass them off to Canada Post.
WOW. Really confused. Some USA ORG members said that thier NOV subs even shipped late.
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Got a reply from Matty...laughable. It's like trying to pry all of Americas secrets.
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yeah i'm located in Ajax, Ontario, usually it's a 4-6 week wait as all the other packages this year have been. so i was floored. I originally thought they send a second package of the Oct Sub because i complained so much online but when i opened the box and it was the Nov sub.. well..... i'm confused to say the least... by the way box also had the Swedish sticker post PP on it.. It's like pulling teeth to get a solid answer.
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I got a pick up notice at my door yesterday. I really hope its my October and not my November sub. But knowing Matty their shipping is so inconsistent I wouldn't be surprised.
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...no, no I didn't. But I wanted to say it once, just to see how it felt, you know?
Never mind Cyber Monday...I haven't even got my frickin' shipping notice for the stuff I ordered last Wednesday.
I just got my October DOS stuff this afternoon. I never had to wait this long for matycollector stuff. I'm guessing that'll be the norm from now on :S
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Is there any way to cheese Aim with immunities or dmg reductions like Pain Suppression on the player that got it?
And how are you guys handling the Blue colors? It seemed very hard to organize a way for them to stack up with 2 other non-blue players in 25-man.
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I have 2 reference books that list the shows in a different order and they are listed according to airdate.
The DVDs also number them but sometimes in different order.
My guess is that maybe the DVDs are arranged in production order, and they just aired them out of order the first time around ?
I'm not complaining, just curious - so far there are no continuity issues by having these "out of order."
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Luini was an Italian painter and draughtsman of the generation of Lombard painters active around 1500 that was influenced by Leonardo and Raphael, combining the innovations of the High Renaissance with elements of the Milanese tradition to create the Lombard Renaissance school.
The scarcity of documents on Luini's life has made it difficult to establish he chronology of his works. According to Lomazzo in his Trattato dell'arte de la pittura, scultura et architettura (1585), Luini trained with Gian Stefano Scotto, a little-known artist who worked in Milan cathedral between 1485 and 1520. Vasari mentions Luini among Leonardo's Milanese followers. In Di Lucio Vitruvio Pollione de architectura libiri dece of 1521, Cesariano mentions a trip by Luini to Rome, although he does not provide a date. There he would undoubtedly have seen the work of Raphael, which he seems to have known. Luini's work also reveals the influence of other Milanese painters such as Foppa, Bergognone, Solario, Bramantino and Zenale.
His first known work is the polyptych with The Virgin and Child, The Annunciation and God the Father in the parish church of Maggianico, Como, painted shortly after 1510. It reveals the principal features of his style, namely the use of archaic elements derived from 15th-century art with the innovations of Leonardo and Raphael. Between 1529 and 1532 Luini executed his most ambitious work, a monumental fresco on the theme of Christ's Passion, painted for the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Lugano. Among the artist's admirers was Cardinal Federico Borromeo, who owned the largest collection of his works and commissioned copies of numerous others. Luini's paintings were popular among critics and collectors from the 18th to the late 19th century.
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Sacrifice and hard work are part of the game for them, too
When football season starts, the mothers of the Ledyard and New London high school football players kick into overdrive.
By season's end they've served up countless plates of pasta, flipped hundreds of pancakes and endured the funky potpourri of perspiration and plastic.
They've perfected the art of falling asleep in less-than-comfortable positions and have learned that a full refrigerator and kitchen cabinets will be exactly the opposite once a dozen - or more - teenage boys whirl through their homes.
During football season, moms sacrifice their personal lives, fashion and beauty routines - except when one takes her son to get pedicures with her. He's in the chair right next to her, toes in the tub.
If the end result of all their sacrifice is a smiling kid or many smiling kids, it's all worth it.
Here are a few of their stories.
For 13 years Jelani Lucas headed to school without his mother there to kiss him goodbye. Usually, she calls their house phone from work, and the ringing wakes him up.
Fourteen-year-old Jelani knows that those absent mornings aren't all for naught.
The New London High School sophomore also knows that when it comes time for football, his mother, Michele Lucas, is always there.
He's the youngest of three sons who have each chosen to absorb themselves in football. His older brothers, Paul Winston and Jevon Elmore, are well-known New London football alumni. Elmore is currently playing football at West Point Prep.
For 13 years the single mother of three has worked the 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. shift at Henny Penny. "It's just one of those things you just do," she says. "If it has to be done, it has to be done. You just make it happen; you don't have another choice.
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"It's all I know. It's been that way for 15 years, and I just keep going. I've been working five to two for 13 years only for this reason, so I can be at the parent-teacher conferences, the football practices, the games, the pasta dinners."
Directly from work, she's on her way to pick up a sandwich for her son before practice or study hall. When it comes time for practice she can be found in the same place she's sat in for years - the upper-left corner of the New London high bleachers.
Her maternal instincts overrule any thought of missing football practice.
Yes, practice.
She's petrified of receiving a phone call at home that her son has been injured and is in the back of an ambulance. That's never happened. But refusing to miss practice means catching up on sleep whenever and wherever she can.
"I never slept in public until three or four years ago. Now I'm like, I don't care. I've earned the right to sleep right there," she said, pointing to the spot she's sat in for the countless games she's attended.
It's also not uncommon to find her asleep in her car or under a tree. Even though Jelani has two more years of high school football, Lucas is already thinking about how she'll react to the change when he graduates.
"I'm kind of feeling it already," she says. "What the heck am I going to do? I guess there won't be any more naps in the car or underneath a tree."
The bulletin board outside Jeanne McDowell's second-grade classroom at Winthrop Magnet Elementary School is decorated with pom-poms in New London's Whaler green and gold, but a dark blue-and-gold Ledyard High School football helmet sits on her desk.
The Ledyard resident has been a New London teacher for 27 years. She's had the tough job of supporting the town across the Thames River while being gently heckled by some of her current and former New London students.
McDowell taught all three of Lucas' sons in kindergarten.
"I have a real strong heart for both teams," she says. "I love New London kids to death. It's such a neat thing to walk by the field, and they're yelling and screaming at me to come over to their side.
"Although there's a rivalry, there's something that helps connect it, too."
McDowell's son, Michael, a Ledyard sophomore who plays on the varsity special teams, has been playing football since he was 8.
"I had no idea how to put those pads on, and the poor boy had his knee pads where his shins were and he couldn't run on and off the field," she says. "Everything was on, but weren't on the right parts of his body."
Now that her son is beyond youth league, she restrains herself from rushing the field when the competition makes plays she feels are a bit too rough.
"As a football mom, the difference is that if we could, we'd get on the field and put pads on and take down the other team," McDowell says. "We're right there, right in the trenches. Even though we're physically not down there, our attitudes are down there."
Heather Russak is a math teacher at Ledyard High School. Her son Michael, 17, is one of 20 seniors on Ledyard's team. She walks a fine line in the classroom, as some football players have taken to calling her "Mom."
Russak said that while she likes to keep it low-key and support the team "behind the scenes," it's hard to stay in the background when four of her five sons play football. She's instrumental in helping Ledyard coach Jim Buonocore organize fundraising and pasta dinner events catered by Valentino's restaurant.
With practices, games, team events and pasta suppers consuming most of her fall semester, the Algebra I and II teacher doesn't get a chance to grade papers until late at night. "Sometimes I don't know how I do it some days," she says. "You just do it. You just make the time or sacrifice your time."
It takes a village
When Kristin Pezzolesi goes grocery shopping, she buys a bit extra. She's got three kids of her own but doesn't think twice about extending a hand or a meal to other New London football players on the team with her son, Grant, a senior and one of the team's captains.
The Pezzolesis live in Waterford, but Grant attends the Science and Technology Magnet High School, which his mother said allows him to take advantage of the school's engineering curriculum and also play with "higher caliber" athletes.
Before Grant got his license and started driving team members home from practice, Pezzolesi had memorized most of the food orders that the carload of kids would belt out from the back seat.
"It was lots of Whoppers, barbecue chicken sandwiches, fries, Sprite mixed with fruit punch," Pezzolesi says. "Just a massive amount of food."
Spaghetti dinners take place every Thursday before a Friday game. It's a longtime ritual, a reward for a good week of practice and an incentive to win the following day.
On the Waterfront restaurant donates the half-dozen or so trays of pasta and meatballs. School board member Barbara Major whips up her famous salad, which she said is made with "garlic, garlic and more garlic." Sliced bread and Gatorade also grace the table. There's a separate table for desserts, and by the end of the dinner all that remains are chocolate crumbs.
Pezzolesi helps out at every pasta dinner and also works close to 40 hours a week as a dental hygienist in New London. Tuesdays are her days off.
"I don't cook very much, only on Tuesdays, but there's also mountains of laundry, dishes, grocery shopping to do. You know it's bad when you get excited about baked potatoes," Pezzolesi jokes. "But we do try to all have dinner together every night."
On Sundays she takes a seat, but not on her couch. Instead, she's cheering on her daughter, Ally, as she makes her way up and down the basketball court for Waterford High School.
"That's my rest time," Pezzolesi says.
When she talks about her kids, sometimes it's not clear if she means her own children or the others she's informally adopted over the years. But she means both, and it's clear that the love and care she provides for her own three children are extended infinitely to others.
"You open your home to other kids," she says. "They know they can call if they're somewhere and need a ride home. They know it's always OK to call me. They just know that they can always count on us (her and other moms) to be there for them, no matter what.
"If you make a difference for one kid, it's worth it."
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I used this product as a prop at a breast cancer event reunion (I'm a mean, lean, cancer-fighting machine!), and everyone seemed to really enjoy the prop.However, I was fairly shocked when I opened the package. The image quality is very, very poor - I don't think the original image supports blowing up to this size. Up close, you can see every single pixel. Once you stand 6 feet away, it still looks a little blurry, but it is better. Therefore, it's fine for far-way pictures, but if you get to close you may capture some of the graininess of the product.
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We had it on display and for sale in a retro shop.Our customers had a lot of fun with it before it sold.Will probably purchase another when they are on sale.
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The summary and comments often focus on what Jake Edge said where in fact, Edge is summarising what Jacob Kaplan-Moss said at a conference. The merits of the points made during the presentation can be discussed on their own but there seems to be a lot of vitriol aimed at Edge that has no basis in either fact or logic. Aside from an inaccurate summary, it's also sad to note that slashdot used a "subscriber link" feature which was meant to be used by a paid subscriber to share an article with a small number of people until it was free a week later. The feature was not intended for sharing with the entire audience of slashdot. That is just poor form.


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"the conflict between Tutsi and Hutu in Burundi, as in Rwanda, is at the heart of Central African regional instability, producing massive refugee flows, insurgencies, and cross-border violence."Yes and no. Events in Rwanda, Burundi and Congo are often linked but can't all be reduced to a tutsi-hutu conflict.
In light of the massive propaganda campaign against Paul Rusesabagina a phrase written by Maria Kaitesi on the website of The New Times struck me as ironic:
"Media practitioners have been urged to always be mindful of information they disseminate as it can be destructive."Yesterday Human Rights Watch wrote:
"Burundi government officials should halt their intensifying pressure on journalists"November 17th Reporters Without Borders appealed to the government of President Pierre Nkurunziza to call a halt to the intensified efforts to intimidate privately-owned media organizations in Burundi, which have been subjected to daily summonses and cautions.
Who is responsable for the september massacre in Gatumba is the central question in Burundi news these days. Many start to think it's people inside the Burundi government who are responsable. First of november Gratien Rukindikiza wrote a valuable report on the Gatumba massacre. The FNL denies involvement on it's website.The Burundi political party CNP writes about the killing of an opposition party member last week (beheaded).
October 14th in Washington DC at a conference with Mario Otero at the Brookings institute the leader of the FNL, Agnathon Rwasa, was accused of an assassination in Congo
On october 22, one day before Carson arrived in Rwanda to meet it's president, Paul Kagame said:
"Also posing a threat to regional security are the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), the Lord Resistance Army (LRA) and the Front Nationale Pour la Liberation (FNL) in Burundi."This was the first time Paul Kagame mentioned explicitly the Burundian FNL of Agnathon Rwasa in this context. We can safely conclude that the RPF stands firmly behind the ongoing assassination campaign of FNL members. Was the Rwandan Patriotic Front involved in the planning of this large scale operation?


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I then removed the second adsense ad. CTR went through the roof.
Seems like the trick to advertising is to appreciate the public's strong aversion to advertising.
I've found that on my primary AdSense revenue generating site I can increase my AdSense EPM by removing the 1-2 affiliate ads I incorporate into most of my pages, but my total earnings from AdSense and affiliate commissions combined is greater if I leave them. That's not a given for all publishers though.
I removed fastclick and now I gained my adsense earnings back to normal levels, if not even better levels than before.
Type A. If the visitors want to leave ASAP from your site (for whatever reason :)), then they will click only one ad (either Adsense or Affiliate link).
Type B. If the visitors like what your site offers, then they will click a few ads per visitor.
If you have more type A visitors, you'd better remove whatever makes less. In my case I removed Affiliate links from one of my sites.
If you have more type B visitors, you may want to arrnage the link layouts well so that people can click a few links per visit. There is no problem here having affiliate links and Adsense together. I have one site that has both and make same amount of money for me.
Also itisgene: on the issue of psychology of visitors; I've been using channels lately to track user response to different quality of content in order to answer the old question "If I put up really bad content will the user be more likely to click my ads just to escape?". ;)
It seems the opposite is true. The better the content, the higher the CTR -- to an extreme. My higher-quality content consistently results in a CTR three to four times that of my worst. I think perhaps earned trust is a strong factor in determining CTR. Something to consider!
Yes, I added more channels, doubled the traffic and # of clicks in overal, but the $ results were devastating.
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Rib lovers will flock to the Lucas County Fairgrounds this weekend for the 29th annual Northwest Ohio Rib-Off. For four days, grill masters from all over Ohio and other parts of the country will serve ribs and chicken slathered in special sauces and seasonings. The Rib-Off kicks off at 4 p.m. today and runs until 9 p.m.
Tonight's entertainment lineup is headlined by the Marshall Tucker Band. Tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the gate. VIP tickets are available for $15 and must be purchased in advance. Other event highlights include carnival rides and vendor booths with souvenirs and crafts. Fair-food, such as funnel cakes, hot dogs, and snow cones will also be available. On Friday, Phil Vassar will take the entertainment stage. Fair gates are open from 4 to 10 p.m. Admission is $7 in advance and $10 at the gate. Advance VIP tickets are $20. On Saturday, Ted Nugent will perform. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the gate. VIP tickets are $30. Gates are open from noon to midnight. All of the headlining music acts are expected to take the stage at about 9 p.m. Tickets are available at ticketmaster.com.
CedarCreek Church provides free admission and entertainment on Sunday, with gates open noon to 7 p.m.
Zoso will perform its Ultimate Led Zeppelin Tribute Experience at the Omni, 2567 W. Bancroft St., Friday at 8 p.m. Zoso began touring in 1999 and has played more than 2,400 shows. Advance tickets are $12 from ticketmaster.com, Culture Clash, and Ramalama Records. Tickets are available at the door for $14. Doors open at 8 p.m.
A memorial concert will be held Sunday at Clam Diggers, 2605 Broadway St., to celebrate the life of long-time Toledo blues aficionado Tom Overley. Plat III Band, Voodoo Libido, the Kirbys, and Band 427 will perform beginning at 4 p.m. A $5 donation will be collected to raise money to fund research into gastrointestinal stroma tumors. Overley died in March.


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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Mitt Romney parted ways with his Arizona campaign co-chairman after allegations of misconduct made by a man with whom the campaign official previously had a relationship.
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, who is running for Congress in Arizona, resigned from Romney's campaign after the Phoenix New Times, an alternative weekly magazine, reported that Babeu had threatened to deport the man, a Mexican immigrant, if he revealed the nature of the relationship.
Babeu held a press conference Saturday and acknowledged he is gay. He denied the allegations of misconduct against him.
"Sheriff Babeu has stepped down from his volunteer position with the campaign so he can focus on the allegations against him. We support his decision," Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul said in a statement.
Babeu, who has risen to national prominence with his strong opposition to illegal immigration, campaigned with Romney and was featured in robocalls in Iowa attacking Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who was then seeking the GOP nomination. He said he would continue his congressional campaign in Arizona.
The allegations come as Romney is fighting to win the Feb. 28 primary in Arizona. He is the only candidate who is making a strong play in the state, although rival Rick Santorum and his allies have spent some money on TV ads. The GOP contenders are slated to debate in the state next week.
Babeu's campaign manager, Chris DeRose, said Babeu's congressional campaign was notified Friday afternoon about the allegations and that they immediately consulted the Romney campaign. DeRose said Babeu offered to step down from his role as campaign co-chairman.
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Who Sinks Seahawks in NFL14?
Posted on 8 Apr 2014 by Steven Keys.
Now that free-agency has pretty much played-out like that afternoon swap meet, a really, really pricey, lawyer-laden swapper, it's time to get down to the nitty-gritty. It's time to ask the big question, the one that's been hanging in the air since SB48 mercifully ended and will drive the debate from now thru X-mas: Is there a team, a stratagem that can dethrone the reigning champion Seat...
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SB.48: Beau Brummell v. Seattle Bling
Posted on 25 Jan 2014 by Steven Keys.
Diva with a Twist Nothin' floats the sporting world's boat quite like the boaster who can back it up. The biggest, Ruth's called shot ('32), the boast by which all others are measured; Then there's Joe Namath's winning Super Bowl prediction in '69 (v. Colts); Today we have Richard Sherman, Seattle's secondary stalwart & primary headline-grabber whose braggadocio and game-sav...
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NFL14 Conf-Clash: "Greed is Good?"
Posted on 14 Jan 2014 by Steven Keys.
"(Ball) Street" These guys are just greedy. Tom Brady and Peyton Manning are back at it again, in the AFC title game after pushing everyone else outta the way in hopes of getting to another Super Bowl, not content with the spoils they've already claimed that stuff their wallets and crowd their mantles. I should clarify: theirs is a good gluttony. The kind of voracity that drives one to ex...
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NFL14 Division Cherries: Made by Wilson
Posted on 7 Jan 2014 by Steven Keys.
Wilson Sportin' Goods He won't ever reach the statistical stratosphere that passer-extraordinaires Peyton, Phil & Drew dew, but in a budding career marked by surprisingly mature-beyond-his-years QB play that has seen this Seattle signal-caller lead his team into the playoffs in each of his two seasons, Russell Wilson may just be this season's co-MVP. The personal numbers are impressiv...
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Luke & Luck Top NFL'13 Soph-Watch
Posted on 25 Aug 2013 by Steven Keys.
There were times in NFL 2012 when all of these guys were nothing short of sublime. Playing, not like the "R..O..O..K..I..E" imprint on their shiny, new, laminated Ass'n cards, but as if seasoned veterans who'd mastered the game, peerless in pursuit of wins and even having their names dropped into MVP talk on more than one Monday morning. Then, as it almost always does in professional fo...
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Friendship Fleeting in NFL Flux
Posted on 13 Mar 2013 by Steven Keys.
Losing your best friend has always been tough, whether you're eight or ninety-eight. They write songs about it and plenty of 'em: See; "Popcrush.com." I'm not embarrassed to say I knew not one of PC's top-ten "best friend" songs until the last one on the list (#1): The Jackson 5, "I'll Be There" ('71). Funny thing is, that's 'bout time I lost a best friend. I must'...
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NFC Title Fight Ahead in Atlanta Between 49ers and Falcons
Posted on 18 Jan 2013 by Daniel Trucios.
Another NFC West team for Atlanta to see with another bright young quarterback leading the charge. Colin Kaepernick and the San Francisco 49ers take their show on the road to the South of the country to face the Atlanta Falcons for the NFC Championship and a trip to the Super Bowl. Both teams enter Sunday as the top two seeded teams in the NFC with Atlanta being #1. Colin Kaepernick and the 49e...
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NFL '13 Wild Card Picks
Posted on 2 Jan 2013 by Steven Keys.
The Whole Nine Yards That's what stood between Adrian Peterson and sport immortality in Sunday's contest vs Green Bay (MIN 37-34). Nine yards and Adrian owns the single-season rush-record (ED / 2105) and goes to head of the MVP line, besting Peyton and a closing fast Rodgers. As it stands, Pey-dirt will win his fifth AP award because voters love QBs and his team's spiffy W-L record (13-3)...
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49ers Picked Apart by Seahawks 42-13
Posted on 24 Dec 2012 by Daniel Trucios.
The best team last week means nothing this week. After holding off the Patriots to get a win in New England, the 49ers get brought back down to earth very quickly losing to the Seattle Seahawks 42-13 at CenturyLink Field. Seattle was on top by 22 points heading into half time and was up by as much as 36 points in this game. The Seahawks (10-5) clinch a playoff spot with this blowout win while t...
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Fantasy Football Week 16 Waivers
Posted on 18 Dec 2012 by David Willow.
It's fantasy championship week for most leagues and perhaps the are many owners who would like to deliver a swift kick to the nether regions of a few players such as Doug Martin, Ray Rice, Jamaal Charles, and Bryce Brown to name just a few, who not only came up short but fell so flat that many teams were destroyed as their star players scored between 2-4 points. All this while lowly players s...
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Rough and Tough Bowl
Posted on 2 Dec 2012 by Smiley.
Seattle Seahawks at Chicago Bears at Soldier Field 12:00 ct Dec. 2, 2012. The Seahawks will come in to Soldier Field with a big disadvantage this Sunday against the Bears. Rookie quarterback Russell Wilson and company are unenthusiastic about being 1-5 away from CenturyLink Field. The Chicago Bears, on the other, hand, boast a near perfect record at home by being 5-1. To win, the Seahawks wi...
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Posted on 4 Nov 2012 by Sean Eckhardt.
The Minnesota Vikings did not end the first half of the season the way they would have liked. They were beat down at home by a mediocre Buccanneers team, in the Metrodome, and watched their record fall to 5-3. While the team has been a nice surprise so far this season, they have also let some tremendous opportunities slip away. Now Minnesota will travel to Seattle to face the Seahawks in ...


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Couchdb is an open source free document oriented data storage and retrieval system.
It stores data in key:value blocks. It is a looser storage style than a relational data base.
It uses the http protocol to send instructions and data to couchdb. The administrative interface futon is a web page.
The data returned by couchdb is usually formated in the Javascript object notation (JSON). An example is {"ok":true}
It is part of a series of Apache.org programming projects to provide free software tools for large scale web computing
Couchdb: The Definitive Guide is an open book. The text can be read at http://books.couchdb.org/relax
Couchdb can be set up on a single server and it is designed to scale up to serve many users and run on many server computers.
In a relational database, there is indexing, sorting and selecting as the feature operations.
For parallel computing, as Couchdb provides it, the indexing and sorting job is split into two parts.
First the program maps the job out to all the individual computers. Couchdb does the map step by means of a special view document. This view document is sent out to each individual computer. The view document document uses a meta language to specify what will be selected and sorted in this particular view of this particular grouping of documents. The view document tells each individual computer running an instance of Couchdb how to sort and index the specific data on that computer.
The second part of the parallel computing task is to collect up the indexed data from the individual computers and reduce the multiple lists down to one list.
(Now I am not sure if I understand couchdb yet, but here is my guess). Couchdb does two things, first couchdb organizes data items by version. Both the original and the modified version are kept. One thing couchdb does is it sends the latest version of a file out to all the machines that do not have the latest version. Couchdb synchronizes all the copies of the data. Does it actually merge index files from different computers? I don't quite understand yet.
A related and complimentary system is Hadoop, which is a free and open source implementation of the map and reduce parallel computing system that has been patented by Google
The recommended method of installing couchdb is to get the pre-compiled packages for your particular version of Linux or Mac computer.


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Preheat the oven to 350F and grease and line a 8 inch cake pan. If you use a larger cake pan than this - just adjust cooking time.
Halve your cooked tangelos and remove any seeds. Toss the whole tangelos into the food processor and blend to a pulp, including the skins - do not peel.
Beat the butter, sugar and eggs together in a small bowl with an electric beater until light and fluffy, add to the tangelo pulp and mix together gently.
Stir in the sifted flours and the coconut gently and pour into the prepared cake pan.
Bake for roughly 45 minutes. Test with a skewer, which should come out clean. Stand the cake for 5 minutes - this is important the cake is quite fragile at this stage. While the cake is standing make the syrup.
Tangelo Syrup:
Place all the ingredients in a small saucepan and stir slowly while warming to dissolve the sugar before the syrup reaches a boil. Once the sugar has dissolved bring to a boil and boil for 3 minutes without stirring. Pour the hot syrup over the hot cake.
Turn with the top side up on to a wire rack placed over a tray with sides. Pour the hot tangelo syrup over the hot cake. It will soak into the cake quite quickly. Collect any syrup that has collected in the tray and place in a small jug for pouring over the cake when you serve it. Serve the cake slightly warm.


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Doctor Who complete reviews: The Pandorica Opens
It's time for the Moff's first season finale for Doctor Who - and he throws everything at it but the kitchen sink...
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
A wise old person once said this – Romana, I think. But even if the Time Lady is attributing the genius of Isaac Newton to punting, never a truer word was spoken when it comes to looking at The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang – or Pandorica Bang as I'll call it, to give me one less headache.
Pandorica Bang is brimming with opposites in a number of ways. From the first episode, you may think that we're building up to an RTD-style kitchen sink finale with a huge army of past enemies and monsters – the second part revels in turning this assumption on its head with a considerably different tack. On that note, it's a classic case of writer Steven Moffat changing gears halfway through the story to steer it in a different direction. We also have the opposite assumptions dotted throughout the story – The Pandorica doesn't contain any scary monsters! Rory's not dead! Rory's not human! Amy's not dead! The Doctor's not dead!
But from a personal point of view, the biggest opposite reaction is what I think of the story. The Pandorica Bang was one of those stories that I couldn't quite make my mind up about. The first time I was disappointed with the result. The second time I actually liked it, despite my reservations – you can see this cringe-inducing gushing somewhere else on Shadowlocked. And so a couple of months later I saw a repeat of it on BBC Three, and actually wondered what the fuss was all about. Having sat through both episodes again, I'm still less than impressed, almost to the point where I'm tempted to place The Pandorica Bang in that hallowed Hall Of Fame which contains Time And The Rani , The Underwater Menace and The Space Pirates.
"I'm disappointed by the fact that there's no real Big Bad to face off in the final part, apart from a pointless token Dalek"
So what's so wrong with The Pandorica Bang? Well, how long is a piece of string? As the season finale, a lot's expected of it. A good season finale needs to not only tie up all the loose ends of the season, answer outstanding questions and mysteries, but it also needs to tell a good, exciting, coherent story as well. It's a big task, but sadly, The Pandorica Bang fails to deliver on just about every count. The most notable thing about The Pandorica Bang is that it deliberately goes against the big chest-thumping, gung-ho bravado of the Russell T Davies season finales. Take the concept of the great big Alien Alliance of practically every Who monster under the sun – or the Bad Aid ensemble, if you like. Daleks! Cybermen! Sontarans! Autons! Many more! All brought together to presumably record a special charity dirge called 'Doctor In A Stress', which would presumably be a better seller than the staggeringly useless remake of 'We Are The World' that same year by Bowlcut Bieber and a clutch of has-beens and current nobodies. Now presumably Rusty would have made the most of this in the concluding episode, but this isn't the Moffat Way. Instead, a fast-paced, dramatic face-off against Bad Aid is thrown into the dustbin in favour of a tedious, timey-wimey runaround in a poxy museum. Whoop-dee-doo.
OK, so this may come as a refreshing surprise to those who had tired of the blockbuster season finale follies of yore – but I don't know, I'm disappointed by the fact that there's no real Big Bad to face off in the final part, apart from a pointless token Dalek. Now this is probably because at heart, I'm still a great big kid who wants lots of thrills 'n' spills 'n' no headache-inducing plots that are too obsessed with messing about with time. And I know that talking about ratings should be the last resort for any self-respecting reviewer, but compare 6.12 million for The Big Bang with previous achievements of more than 8 million for Doomsday and Last Of The Time Lords or more than 10 million for Journey's End. Not exactly a finale to be discussed by the kids in the playground on Monday morning.
Because there's this feeling that Pandorica Bang is less an exciting adventure romp, and more Steven Moffat having too good a time. Don't get me wrong, there have been some great Moffat stories in the past such as The Empty Child, Blink and Silence In The Library , some of the finest Who you could wish for. But lately there's been this sense that Moffat's just fallen back on smug coasting with some of his stories, and Pandorica Bang is one of the worst offenders. While there are one or two neat twists peppered throughout the story, more often than not, it's just 90-odd minutes of Moffat at his self-indulgent worst. And one of the biggest complaints I have about Pandorica Bang is the fact that it's so self-satisfied and pleased with itself – even more so than pompous Downton Abbey scribe Julian Fellowes marching up and down a 30-mile long Hall Of Mirrors for two days non-stop.
"While Alex Kingston still copes gamely with her rotten dialogue, it feels like, at times, that Doctor Who is slowly morphing into The River Song Show"
Put it this way, only about five minutes into the story, we're treated to a scene with two of my least favourite Moffat creations – yes, not only is Cockney Cretin Liz 10 back for a microsecond (and still thinking that "Oym the blaaahhhdy Quinn" is still actually funny or cool or whatever), but so is River Song – yet again. And just like Liz 10, she's still endlessly parading her non-stop catchphrases which have now gone from being irritating to stick-a-spoon-in-your-head painful. Yup, she's still gliding about with that smirking sneer of "Spooooiiillllaaaahhhs", but she's somehow gone one better (or worse, depending on your point of view) by carving the words Hello Sweetie into a cliff. As you do. And again, while Alex Kingston still copes gamely with her rotten dialogue, it feels like, at times, that Doctor Who is slowly morphing into The River Song Show.
But this feeling of Moffat Self-Indulgence really starts to come through in the second part, as any semblance of drama and excitement gives way to faffing about with time and a non-stop spiel of meaningless gibberish. OK, the Timey Wimey bit first – in a way, it's actually quite clever, all the time travel stuff, and even though it's a bit excessive and long-winded, The Doctor's plan to escape from his Pandorica imprisonment and to save Amy from death is actually quite clever. But it just seems like there's too much running around, too much breathless exposition and too many glib wisecracks. It's like watching a speeded-up DVD of Magnus Pyke's Greatest Lectures while being slowly bashed on the bonce relentlessly by a novelty cricket bat in the shape of Steven Moffat's sneering head.
Mind you, all of this fast-paced nattering at 10 million to the dozen is possibly a smokescreen for the fact that not a lot of it makes any actual sense. Welcome then to Moffat's Bafflegab Bullshit, a follow-up to the Steven Stalls book, which comprises a dictionary of every meaningless bit of incoherent gibberish present in Pandorica Bangs. You too can muse on the poetic meaning of "Eye of the storm, that's all. We're just the last light to go out..." Chew over the abstract wisdom of "These are just like after-images, echoes, fossils in time, the footprints of the never-were..." Or ponder the paradox of the fact that "You're an anomaly! We're all just hanging on at the eye of the storm!" Break all of these examples down (and there's loads more to be had in this fiasco) and you're left with meaningless mulch – they're like random, abstract arty-farty images thrown together like the front covers of one those old 1970s hippy prog albums. They may sound deeply poetic, but when they don't actually make much sense, that's a serious issue.
"Steven Moffat's just using the mysterious Pandorica as a handy get-out clause to solve whatever problem he's cooked up before"
But talking of not making much sense, Pandorica Bang is bursting at the seams with illogical goofs and convenient changes of heart. Take the Pandorica itself, for example. We're told at first that it's a prison (which apparently is both the "perfect prison" and "easy to open" - make up your mind, for crying out loud). But hey, hold on – not only is it a prison, it can bring dead people back to life! It's also a stasis field, and a handy ship to pilot into the eye of the storm! Presumably it can also shine your shoes, do your washing and peel your apples – all at the same time. Or in other words, Moffat's just using the mysterious Pandorica as a handy get-out clause to solve whatever problem he's cooked up before. The whole idea of an intergalactic 'Who's Who' of Who Boos coming together just to lock The Doctor up for all eternity seems ridiculous too. If he's such a great big threat ("We will save the universe from you!" bellows the Sontaran), well why not just kill him until his remaining two regenerations are spent? And it seems a bit rich that the combined might of angry aliens thinks that The Doctor's a threat, given their previous dastardly schemes.
Oh, and you'd never guess – Idiot Boy Rory's back from the dead. Now strutting about in the togs of a Roman, he's now apparently an Auton – a handy caveat to bring him back to life. Quite why or how or when Rory becomes an Auton is a good question, and perhaps inevitably is one that is never satisfactorily answered. So there goes the great ending of Cold Blood then, and what might have been a fitting end to Rory's brief time aboard the TARDIS. Hey, they should have done this sort of thing in the Hartnell era – they could have had Dodo rip off her face to reveal that she was really Sara Kingdom in disguise! Or maybe Adric could have turned out to be the Ergon in Arc Of Infinity (well, they both had the same walk).
Get my drift? Rory's resurrection not only makes little sense, it's yet another groan-inducing example of how modern Who production teams don't have the guts to kill off a regular companion. They even do the same thing with Amy in this story – she's shot by Auton Rory at the end of the first part. It's actually quite a sweet but brutal scene with a neat bit of role reversal in that Rory must remember his past rather than Amy. But inevitably this means nothing by the next part, since Amy's healed by the Pandorica. Again, a total cop-out. Maybe I should just get used to the fact that it's easier to kill Road Runner than a Doctor Who regular these days.
"The idea that Amy "remembers" The Doctor back to life is complete rubbish, pure and simple. I know that we're in Moffat's fairytale vision for Doctor Who, but this is just ripping the piss"
Mind you, at least Rory comes off a bit better in this story than he has done in past adventures so far this season. The idea that he chooses to guard Amy over the years and centuries rightly makes him a bit of a hero, and Arthur Darvill turns in a good performance throughout the story, whether he's goofing around with a disbelieving Doctor or reacting with horror at the 'death' of Amy at the close of the first part. Such a shame then that Moffat still has to make Amy so unlikeable – she's back to SHOUTING!! the place down as per usual, bellowing at Rory to "Shut up then!", even though the poor scamp's been guarding her for god knows how long. And then after the two have got married at the end, she just barges into the TARDIS yelling at The Doctor: "Oi! Where are you off to? We haven't even had a snog in the shrubbery yet!" - er - while her new husband's right behind her. She then says to Rory "Shut up! It's my wedding!" like a three-year-old demanding to win all the games at her birthday party.
One of the regular problems with this season has been the character of Amy, which has gone up and down more times than an elevator. Like I've said before, not the fault of Karen Gillan (who's turned in some pretty decent performances), more the fault of the production team who just couldn't seem to make up their minds as to where they wanted to steer Amy. Fortunately, they'd achieve a more consistent (and far more agreeable) persona next time around.
But hey, at least Amy gets to live still. As does Rory. As does The Doctor. Even though you think he may have bitten the dust after flying the Pandorica into the exploding TARDIS and sealing the Cracks. But no, because apparently, if you die, or are on the verge of dying, all you need to do is to urge someone that you know to "Remember". Which while the odd bit in Flesh And Stone now makes sense, seems even more of a cop-out than the end of Last Of The Time Lords. Seriously, the idea that Amy "remembers" The Doctor back to life is complete rubbish, pure and simple. I know that we're in Moffat's fairytale vision for Doctor Who, but this is just ripping the piss. Just imagine a kid at home watching the show, only to discover that his pet goldfish has croaked it – when he finds out that remembering his beloved fish doesn't work, there'll be tears and tantrums before bedtime, you mark my words. So not only do we have another reboot get-out clause ("Big Bang Two"), but this whole concept of The Doctor miraculously appearing at Amy's wedding without so much as a scratch takes dramatic licence to the limit. Not even the old "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" gag can compensate for such a lousy denouement. On top of all that, none of the wedding guests at Amy's and Rory's wedding seem too fazed by the fact that a police box materialises out of thin air either. More great extra acting here.
"Even with a sub-par season finale, Smith still captivates the audience with his knack for making the most out of his dialogue"
Oh come on John, don't be such a killjoy. You're meant to get swept up in the emotional reunion. Well, true, Matt Smith's speech to sleeping young Amy is beautifully delivered ("The times we had, eh? Woulda had – never had. In your dreams, they'll still be there..."), but then this is Matt Smith we're talking about – he could present something like The One Show and keep his credibility intact. Even with a sub-par season finale, Smith still captivates the audience with his knack for making the most out of his dialogue, whether jokey ("Oh you can do loads in 12 minutes. Suck a mint. Buy a sledge. Have a fast bath.") or serious ("Amy Pond... crying over me, eh?"). And his ridiculously goofy dancing to Queen's Crazy Little Thing Called Love is yet another Doctor Who comedy highlight.
Other good points. Hmmmm. OK, well, director Toby Haynes adds a filmic, dramatic swoop to proceedings, especially the frantic, multi-faceted climax of the first part (complete with one or two slow-mo shots). There's one great bit of real horror with the decaying skull in the Cyberman head – shame there couldn't have been more of this sort of thing this season. And there are still fortunately quite a few great Moffat lines to be had ("I just don't want her growing up and joining one of those star cults. I don't trust that Richard Dawkins..." or "She is dead but it's not the end of the world – well, it is the end of the world...").
But these scattered gems can't quite compensate for the overall disappointment of this season finale. Too much nonsensical bafflegab, too much clever-clever smugness and too many jaw-dropping get-out clauses combine to make this an unpalatable mix – and just as annoyingly, there are still one or too loose ends that aren't adequately explained, such as the mystery over "Silence will fall". Still, what do I know? The story managed to win the HUGO award for Best Dramatic Presentation in 2011, so someone out there obviously can see the attraction. But for my money, it's a frustrating end to what's actually been quite a frustrating season. Some great stories (Vincent And The Doctor , the Weeping Angels two-parter, The Eleventh Hour ) and some underrated mini-gems (Amy's Choice , The Lodger ) have clashed with half-baked scripts, lack of drama/tension/scares and poorly thought out resolutions. Moffat's fairytale vision for Doctor Who may have its admirers, but so far that vision suggests to me that he might want to pay a visit to Specsavers...
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