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Game Changers Overview
To continue to recognize women who are having a major impact on sports business, SportsBusiness Journal will publish our third annual Game Changers/Women in Sports Business special feature on September 9th. Then on the afternoon of September 10th, we will be holding our inaugural 2013 Game Changers Conference at the New York Marriott Marquis.
The Game Changers Conference is a one-day event which will focus on the multiple ways in which women intersect with sports. Built into the program are ample networking opportunities, including a networking reception at the conclusion of the event where the current year's honorees will be recognized.
Discussion topics will include:
- How corporate America targets and interacts with women using sports as a platform
- How teams, leagues and other sports properties target women as sports fans and purchasers of tickets and licensed merchandise
- Women's sports leagues and properties – professional, collegiate and Olympic sports – with a review of viewership, participation, trends and other metrics
- Media coverage of women's sports
2013 Honorees
2013 Honorees were announced in the September 9, 2013 issue of SportsBusiness Journal.
If you have questions or suggestions on our 2014 Game Changers honorees, please contact Mark Mensheha, Assistant Managing Editor at 704-973-1427 or email@example.com.
You can view the 2011, 2012 and 2013 Honorees HERE.
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bro, i'll literally been anxiously waiting for him to do this. If he ****ed his way out of playing with the wolves and making them waste a 5th overall pick on him..... I wouldn't respect the dude ever again.
Saying that....... the guys going to crash and burn in the NBA.
Maybe now we can get Flynn for cheap...
yeah Ive been saying for years that this dude is so over hyped its not even funny, he cannot shoot, he is weak as all hell, and he doesnt have the speed to excel in the NBA; I wouldnt be surprised if the timberwolves drafted him and then saved face by not pushing for him to come over until the right time; and being that he is at the end of his contract with the wolves, they will probably use him as trade bait on draft night.
I was never impressed, hes steve blake at best; with a lesser jump shot.
seem afraid
Funny 2 years ago, this forum was all over this kid. Talking about how he could turn around the franchise. What happened?? Everyone now thinks he'll be a bust.
Spanish version of Rondo maybe? We'll see..

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text: Hi, was at the annual winter bike show here and saw both new models. Must admit I was prepared to be skeptical, in all honesty couldn't be. The GTL drew the most attention by far, even the boys from the dark side were giving it a long look see and very few derogatory remarks. It is heavier than my '07RT and more complex but did not see it as intimidating size wise. One of the staffers told me sixteen orders were taken at the show in Toronto. Only concern would be servicing costs as has been mentioned. If BMW's intent was to produce a smooth, high speed luxury type tourer, imho they have hit a home run.


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Bureaucrats Are Coming to Steal Your Leftover Pills
Pediatric socialists! E-cigarette regulation! Prostate testosterone! Antidepressant painkillers! Obese teens! Prescription take-backs! Young strokes! Natural allergies! And amazing acupuncture in Afghanistan! It's your Monday Health Watch, where we watch your health—with no regulation whatsoever!
- Pediatricians are trying to hurt the American economy by forcing job-creating toxin manufacturers to subject their various toxins to the approval of faceless government bureaucrats. Kill them! (Pediatricians.)
- Sure, real "cool": the FDA is going to regulate futuristic "e-cigarettes" the same way it regulates regular cigarettes. When will the government bureaucrats get their filthy hands out of our poison?
- Should men with prostate cancer be given testosterone? If you want them to be hardcore badass ragers, then yes. Lots of it.
- News flash, pill-popping loonies: if you're taking antidepressants, don't take painkillers at the same time, because you'll fuck everything up. Can you remember that in your pharmaceutically-induced fog? Or do you need a government bureaucrat paid with my tax dollars to remind you? It's people like you that make all the problems.
- Don't think that obese teens aren't engaging in risky behavior. They are engaging in risky behavior! Just as much as other teens. And they're even more likely to chew tobacco, which is the real tragedy, because it can lead to tooth rot down the road.
- Cops are now hosting "prescription drug take-back" events like they used to do with buying people's old guns, except in this case they're "buying" your old prescription drugs for no money, and you have to haul your whole gun collection back on home cause they're only taking prescription drugs, at this event.
- Some people who have strokes at the age of 26 are still better writers than you.
- Do "natural" allergy relief medicines work? Remember that the word "natural" means "doesn't work." I don't know if they work, sorry. That's not my field.
- American soldiers who are injured in Afghanistan are receiving acupuncture to treat their brain injuries, and they say it's really working! Sure, until some government bureaucrat comes along and shuts the whole thing down. *Dark glower.* *Gets acupuncture.* *Feels better.*


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| Explorers of the Hero's Ruin!
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Explorers of the Hero's Ruin! (Japanese: 黒き英雄の遺跡!シンボラーとデスカーン!! The Black Hero's Ruins! Symboler and Desukarn!!) is the 64th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 721st episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on January 26, 2012 and in the United States on June 2, 2012.
|Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.
This episode begins with Cedric Juniper stumbling out of the Chargestone Cave and collapses. Professor Juniper recognizes him as her father. Inside of the base camp tent, Cedric Juniper eats a meal and is feeling a lot better after collapsing. Professor Juniper explains to Ash and his friends that Cedric does research on Zekrom and Reshiram. Cedric explains that he may have found the location where the Hero for the hero's legend and Zekrom communicated, but he got lost inside Chargestone Cave while searching. Ash asks Cedric if they can go with him to look for the ruins. Cedric says no which shocks everyone, but he finishes his statement by saying that no reason he should say no. Everyone finds out that Cedric tends to get interrupted in the middle of his sentence but does not get upset easily. Ash and his friends put the two statements together and realize that he is saying that they can go with him to the ruins.
Everyone heads off through Chargestone Cave, through the forest, up a rock wall, and later that night camp out in the forest. Ash asks Cedric about the hero's legend. Cedric explains that when the hero turns darkness into light, and links his heart with Pokémon, Zekrom will appear to him its power. Everyone enters the ruins while Cedric explains that they must be careful inside because there are traps all over the ruins to deal with intruders. They reach a Venipede statue, and Cilan approaches it. Cedric says that turning the statue to the left should not be done, but Cilan turns it to the left before Cedric could finish saying that he shouldn't. The wall opens up, and a huge boulder rolls towards them, making the group run for their lives. Pansage uses Dig to make a hole for everyone to jump in and avoid the boulder with. Iris is upset at Cedric for not finishing his statement in time. After passing through the newly opened pathway, they see two suspension bridges. Cedric tells them not to cross the bridge on the right, so Ash and Cilan try to cross the bridge on the left. Cedric finishes his statement and says that the bridge on the left should not be crossed either. Ash and Cilan almost fall in but made it back in time. Cedric explains to them that they should not jump to conclusions. Axew is again not pleased that Cedric didn't finish his statement in time again. She points out that there is a separate pathway and they take that instead.
They arrive at three caves, and Cedric explains that only one pathway is the right way. They decide to take the Darumaka pathway first, but a fire appears. Stunfisk uses Mud Bomb to put out the fire so that they can escape the Darumaka path. They decide to take the Krokorok pathway next. The walls begin to close in on them, and Iris has Excadrill hold the walls back so they could escape that pathway. Iris recalls Excadrill to his Poké Ball just before the walls close in on him. Cedric tells them that he knew the remaining pathway was correct all along, but he wanted to set off all traps to enjoy the adventure as much as possible. Iris then says that she doesn't know if this adventure can be called an enjoyment. Everyone enters the Golett pathway, and finds several coffins. They notice that all of them are empty and continue on. One of the coffins open indicating that something is watching them. After passing through the revolving door, they find a large area in the shape of a volcano crater. In the center there are large glowing pillars with the "Golden Dark Stone" inside of the circle that they form. Ash tries to grab the stone, but Cedric pulls him back saying that it sets off a dangerous trap. Ash imagines that they are crushed and that he would become a ghost. A Sigilyph appears and attacks everyone with Psybeam. Ash scans Sigilyph with his Pokédex. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt which misses, Sigilyph then uses Mirror Move which hits Ash and his friends. Sigilyph puts Pikachu to sleep with Hypnosis. Everyone runs away and back to the coffins they passed by before and hides inside of them to wait for Sigilyph to go away.
Once the coast is clear, Ash, Cilan, and Cedric come out of the coffins but notice that Iris has not done so yet. They say to Iris that she can come out now, but the coffin she is in is actually a Cofagrigus. Ash scans Cofagrigus with his Pokédex. Cofagrigus uses Telekinesis to stop Ash and Pikachu in their tracks. Pansage uses Dig and SolarBeam to attack Cofagrigus and to free Iris. Iris and Axew are freed and are shown to be wrapped like mummies. Everyone escapes through another pathway to a room which is also surrounded by coffins. These coffins were also Cofagrigus which appear and scare them. Everyone continues on the same pathway, but the Sigilyph from before appears and begins to attack them. Cedric reveals to everyone during the chase that he actually grabbed the Golden Dark Stone. He offers to give it back to Sigilyph, but it continues to attack them. Cofagrigus appear and use Telekinesis to send them through another pathway and into some water.
Cedric explains to everyone that the underground area is where the intruders are locked into, and that it is where the hero from the legend communicated with Zekrom. Cedric takes the stone and shows them the mural that is hidden on the wall with it, and explains that it says that the hero met Zekrom underground, and that their combined power helped him escape. Everyone searches and finds the exit which leads back to the area with the glowing pillars. Cedric returns the golden stone back to where it belongs, and Cofagrigus sends them through the opening in the ceiling with Telekinesis. Everyone screams that they love Pokémon and remember all of their great memories they had with various Pokémon in the Unova region. Ash recalls his memories with Tepig, Pidove, Darumaka, Trubbish, Scraggy, Sewaddle, Venipede, Oshawott, Cottonee, Roggenrola, Archeops, Gothitelle, Boldore, and Snivy. Cilan recalls his memories with Dwebble and Pansage. Iris recalls her memories with Druddigon, Excadrill, Deino, and Emolga. Cofagrigus uses Telekinesis to slow them down and to safely bring them back to the ground. They were successfully able to link their hearts with that of the Pokémon. Cedric points out to them that the route that took forms a silhouette of a Zekrom.
Once everyone heads back outside, everyone but Iris agrees that the adventure was enjoyable. Cedric tells them that he plans on exploring the ruins more and heads off. A Krokorok with sunglasses then appears in front of Ash and his friends.
Major events
- Ash and his friends are officially introduced to Cedric Juniper, the father of Professor Juniper.
- The sunglasses Krokorok returns to confront Pikachu.
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the timeline of events.
Pokémon debuts
TV episode debuts
- Ash
- Iris
- Cilan
- Professor Juniper
- Cedric Juniper
- Fennel (flashback)
- Avery (flashback)
- Kindergarteners (flashback)
Who's That Pokémon?: Sigilyph (U.S. and international) Cofagrigus (Japan)
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Axew (Iris's)
- Pidove (Ash's; flashback)
- Oshawott (Ash's; flashback)
- Tepig (Ash's; flashback)
- Snivy (Ash's; flashback)
- Scraggy (Ash's; flashback)
- Sewaddle (Ash's; flashback)
- Roggenrola (Ash's; flashback)
- Boldore (Ash's; flashback)
- Excadrill (Iris's)
- Emolga (Iris's; flashback)
- Pansage (Cilan's)
- Dwebble (Cilan's; flashback)
- Stunfisk (Cilan's)
- Krokorok (sunglasses)
- Sigilyph
- Cofagrigus (multiple; debut)
- Zekrom (fantasy)
- Klinklang (flashback)
- Darumaka (two; flashback)
- Trubbish (flashback)
- Venipede (flashback)
- Druddigon (Emmy's; flashback)
- Cottonee (multiple; flashback)
- Roggenrola (multiple; flashback)
- Archeops (flashback)
- Gothitelle (flashback)
- Deino (flashback)
- Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Cubchoo
- Music from Arceus and the Jewel of Life and Zoroark: Master of Illusions is used in this episode.
- The group running down a hallway while being chased by a boulder is a reference to the first Indiana Jones movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark. The statue of Venipede replaces the Fertility Idol. This is also the second time this has been done during the series, the first being Battling the Enemy Within!.
- Due to the use of flashbacks, every Pokémon belonging to the three main protagonists that have appeared during the Best Wishes series made an appearance in this episode, except for Ash's Palpitoad.
- Ash's Tranquill, Swadloon and Cilan's Crustle only appeared in their pre-evolved forms, which are Pidove, Sewaddle, and Dwebble respectively.
- Although the move has existed since Generation I, this episode marks the first time that Mirror Move is used in the anime.
- Boldore's incorrectly red spine in the song Seven-colored Arch is corrected as of this episode.
- Stan Hart, (previously the voice of Professor Oak when the show was dubbed by 4Kids), returns to the series in this episode as the voice of Cedric Juniper.
Dub edits
In other languages
|Mandarin Chinese
|Ontdekkers van de Ruïne van de Held!
|In der Ruine des Helden!
|Esploratori delle Rovine dell'Eroe!
|European Spanish
|¡Los exploradores de las Ruinas del Héroe!
|This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.


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I have a long long type that i am trying to find the log10 of but I can't seem to get around an error..any solutions?
(n2 is long long)
unsigned long long L2 = log10(n2) / log10(2);
Error 1 error C2668: 'log10' : ambiguous call to overloaded function c:\documents and settings\all users\desktop\3216968-src.cpp 14
log10 - C++ Reference
takes double and long double..should I be trying to do a conversion?
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Songs about dads are a mixed bag – some are tear tearjerkers, others just make dad seem like a bit of a jerk.
But dad's aren't perfect right? So here's to the celebration of dads everywhere!
Click through and watch music videos ranging from from [lastfm link_type=""]Cat Steven[/lastfm]'s "Father and Son" to [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]The Tempation[/lastfm]'s "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" and everything in-between!
Cat Stevens "Father And Son"
Paul Simon "Father and Daughter"
John Lennon "Beautiful Boy"
Harry Chapin "Cats In the Cradle"
Jim Croce – "I Got A Name"
Madonna – "Papa Don't Preach"
The Temptations "Papa Was A Rolling Stone"
James Brown "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag"
Elvis Presley "Don't Cry Daddy"
Johnny Cash "Daddy Sang Bass"
Gladys Knight & The Pips "Daddy Could Swear, I Declare"
Beach Boys "Child Is Father Of The Man"
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Descendants of Jellis Douw Fonda (1615-1659),
immigrant from Friesland, Netherlands to
Beverwyck (now Albany), New York in 1651
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|common surnames in this database:
Bogaert, Bradt, Clark, Clute, Cole, Dockstader, DeForest, Fonda, Fonde,
Fondey, Fondy, Gage, Lansing, Leversee, Ouderkerk, Quackenbush, Sammons
VanAlstyne, Vandenberg, VanVechten, Veeder, Visscher, Vrooman, Yates
It is not known exactly when or why Jellis (pronounced "Yellis") and family immigrated to America, other than the obvious desire for freedom and opportunity. There is no known record of the family on published ship passenger lists. A best guess, based on available information indicates they probably sailed on either the BONTE KOE or the PRINS WILLEM. According to "A Career Woman in 17th Century New York," when Jellis arrived in Fort Orange (now Albany) in 1651, "he was accompanied by his wife, Hester Jans, and three children, a son Douwe, aged about eleven years, and daughters Geertien and Sara, aged about nine and seven years, respectively."
The Fonda Family was one of eighty-two distinct family groups representing the settler population of Albany at the end of the so-called Dutch period (1624-1686). Already, these urban dwellers were beginning to distinguish themselves from the farmers and husbandmen of the surrounding countryside. These families represented the largest number of New Netherlands family names in the city during its first two centuries of life. From this core group, a number of families left the Albany community, establishing new settlements at Schenectady, Kinderhook, Catskill, Schaghticoke, Hoosick, Saratoga, and beyond. Some became tenants of the Rensselaerwyck Patroon (cooperative). Others left the region entirely. Still others literally "died out" in the Albany setting. Those who remained formed the core population of what became the city of Albany in 1686.
Before the American Revolution, a Dutch village named Fonda had succeeded the Indian hamlet of Caughnawaga, along the Mohawk River, about 30 miles west of Albany. It extended from the rambling hills which comprise the Mohawk Valley, at the foot of which stood the church and parsonage, down to the river. Douw Jellis Fonda (1700-1780), father of the branch of the Fonda family so prominent in this neighborhood from the mid-1700's to the present, is considered the founder of this village, which now bears his name.
Douw lived a long and prosperous life as a farmer and merchant. He was killed during a raid by the British Army, aided by the Mohawk Indians, on May 22, 1780; he was 79 yrs. old. His house was plundered and burned; and his sons, John and Adam, were taken as prisoners (John was released but Adam was taken to Canada for nearly a year). Douw had been a close personal friend of the British constable, Sir William Johnson, and had always been on good terms with the Indians, but his life was taken as "heartlessly" as though he were an active enemy. His legacy remained through his abundant offspring, which included 6 children and 30 grandchildren.
After the war Adam returned and built a house which is still standing in the village of Fonda. Older brother Jellis became a judge in Tryon County and was serving in the Legislature when he died. Adam's son Henry who served as a captain in the War of 1812 had twin sons called Henry Douw and Douw Henry. Douw Henry, the father of Albert Fonda whose son is the present owner, built the farm home between 1842-50. Now (when this was written) on this farm is the ninth generation of the family in America; the seventh on these historic acres. (Century Farms of New York State - 1947). The farm was sold in the late 1960's but the house and barn are still occupied to this day.
Greetings to fellow Fonda Family members who are exploring their lineage... and to others who are doing genealogy research, or are just browsing for information. The Fonda Family in America has a rich heritage and there are many fascinating stories of perseverance, integrity and achievement... a truly great American legacy which is still unfolding. I hope you will find this website useful and that the database continues to grow.
There are currently over 3600 Fondas in the Main Family Line (5100 including spouses) over a 400-year time span. There are another 1600 Fondas identified, but not yet placed (Strays, for the lack of a better term). This project is limited to just the Fonda surname (and its spelling variants), including only those born with the Fonda surname and their spouses (wive's parents and daughter's children are not included).
There are separate sections broken out for Allied Early Families (nearly 450 ancestors of pre-1800 marriages) and Other European Immigrants (over 1200 Fonda immigrants not in the main family line). There are also about 120 African-American Fondas in the Strays section, with some links back to their likely slave owners prior to the Civil War. There is good evidence of at least four family lines of former slaves who retained the Fonda family name.
Recent additions include:
Future work will concentrate on:
I have enjoyed putting this project together, and I was gratified to find so much information... thanks to some excellent previous work, collaboration with other researchers, some great library resources and the ever-expanding Internet mass of information. Please feel free to send me an e-mail with comments or questions... this is a living document and is never totally complete.
I am currently working on more recent generations based on public records and feedback from our many Fonda cousins who have found the website or database. The Rootsweb on-line database does not display people born after 1930, but the GNO, GED and PDF files linked above all have everything included.
Although this is all public information, please respect other people's privacy. The message boards on Genealogy.com and Ancestry.com are good places to make inquiries. The latest update of the database files are posted at www.fonda.org and worldconnect.rootsweb.com. Please send any inquiries or comments to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Regards, A. Mark Fonda
Note: Some name variations appear as Fondy, Fondey, Funda, Fundy, Fonde, etc. It is not uncommon to have phonetic misspellings in earlier records... or in some cases, intentional changes to differentiate or localize the spelling. There are also some more recent Fonda immigrants from Germany, Italy, Ireland and Austria, whose lineage is not from Jellis Fonda. (pronounced 'Yellis' by the Dutch and German and 'Giles' by the English and French)
Worldwide Fonda Surname Distribution (International Residential White Pages in 2004):


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On my 2006 RT I've got the computer display thing. At the end of each ride I stop in the shop, in neutral engine idling and press the button until it displays "Oil" and a big check mark. That's close enough for me.
OOPS! Mea Culpa Mea Maxima Culpa. I'm sorry to step on this Oilhead thread with a Hexhead comment.


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Opera Night direct from the Metropolitan Opera of New York, presented by Margaret Juntwait
Robert Lepage's landmark production of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen is back for three complete cycles in spring 2013, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth.
The Ring's cataclysmic finale stars Deborah Voigt as Brünnhilde opposite Lars Cleveman as Siegfried. Hans-Peter König is Hagen and Fabio Luisi conducts.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 11 May, 7pm-1am


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Best Cookbooks 2011
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It'd be an understatement to say that here at YumSugar, we do a lot of cooking — and for new ideas and fresh inspiration, there's no better source than restaurants and cookbooks. At a time when close-to-the-source food has been making a comeback, there've been a dizzying number of books guiding the way when it came to making homemade food.
With so many new titles making waves this year, it was hard to choose our top picks, so for a little help, we turned to other respected cooks who'd know best: our readers! Without further delay, here are our favorite (and your favorite) books from the year.
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TALLAHASSEE - In a decision that will help Florida avoid a budget hole of up to $2 billion, the state Supreme Court has ruled that the state can require its employees to contribute 3 percent to their retirement accounts.
The 4-3 vote Thursday upholds a controversial 2011 law that made several changes. A group of unions, led by the Florida Education Association, challenged the provision requiring the pension contributions for current employees and the elimination of cost-of-living adjustments.
Justices Jorge Labarga, Ricky Polston, Barbara Pariente and Charles Canady sided with the state. Justices Fred Lewis, James Perry and Peggy Quince agreed with the unions.
The ruling handed a big win to state budget-writers. In December, the state's top economist told lawmakers they would enter the spring legislative session with their first budget surplus in five years, but that could "evaporate" due, in part, if the pension law were tossed.
"From a budget standpoint, it really helps bring certainty," said Sen. John Thrasher, R-St. Augustine, and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. "I think there are a lot of needs out there, particularly school safety funding, that will need to be addressed, so it could not have come at a better time."
If the law had been tossed, lawmakers would have to repay, with interest, state employees who have been contributing the 3 percent.
Education union president Andy Ford hammered Thursday's ruling.
"Balancing the state budget on the backs of middle-class working families is the wrong approach for legislative leaders and the governor to take," he said in a statement. "We're disappointed that the state's highest court said this approach was legal."
His group argued the contributions were unconstitutional because of a 1974 change that codified in law state employees would not have to contribute to the Florida Retirement System.
Though the 2011 law only applied after the July 1 implementation, the unions argued it would still diminish a worker's "total expected retirement benefits that could have accrued."
The decision overturned a lower court ruling in favor of the unions.
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I have installed XFCE 4.10 on a fresh Arch Linux base system. There is nothing else installed except xorg-server and the nvidia driver.
After installing a theme from the Arch User Repository and selecting its window decoration I experienced this bug.
Same happens with other not-preinstalled themes. The strange thing is that on my laptop (also using nvidia driver) I basically did the same installation 2 days ago without
encountering this strange behavior. All other themes that came with the installation look normal.
Any clue what causes this?
Thanks in advance,
Last edited by blackout23 (2012-08-28 22:23:39)
Try to look in ~/.xsession-errors if there is something related ?
Xfce is NOT Xubuntu. Bugs in Xubuntu don't mean that Xfce is buggy ...
I have narrowed it down to it being a nvidia driver issue. When using nouveau eveything is normal.
The bug has allready been reported to nvidia by me.
The reason why I did not have this problem on my laptop was because I did not reboot it in days so the new driver was never loaded.
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Welcome to Local 6 Theme World
February 24, 2014
Disney: Mining Fun & More Money
Greetings and happy Monday from Theme World -- one day after Disney's latest price hike.
Perhaps to ease the sting, Disney just released a new video of the only ride under construction in all 28,000 acres of Florida swampland.
Yes, after years (and years) of planning and construction, the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train appears like it is finally almost ready to open.
The Imagineers have started regular testing of the ride system.
And during a chat today on the official parks blog, the lead imagineer on the project gave little new info, just that anyone 38" and taller can ride, and that the Mine Train is still on track for a "Spring" opening. They did share a few pictures of the detail work which , like the rest of New Fantasyland, is extremely pretty.
That last picture is from the mine itself, a show scene featuring all 7 dwarfs. Here's a look comparing the near-final product (left) and concept art on the right.
Those are stills I grabbed from the video I've inserted below -- a partial ride-through of the Mine Train ride.
Today's other happy news from the mouse: we have an opening date for the Festival of Fantasy parade: March 9th.
Yes, Maleficent will breathe fire. The parade looks more elaborate than any day parade in the Magic Kingdom since "America on Parade" from the Bicentennial.
Ah. That bit of nostalgia may make you yearn for those days. During the Bicentennial years, it cost $6 for an adult to enter the Magic Kingdom, plus an average of $8 in ticket books with the famous A-E tickets you used to hand in to ride each ride.So, $14 for a full day at the park. To be fair, adjust for inflation and that would be about $60 today.
With Sunday's price hike, it now costs $99 (about $105.44 with tax) for a day at the Magic Kingdom, a $4 increase. The other 3 parks also went up $4 to $94.
That's about a 4% increase. Not that big a deal, on the surface, but in the past 5 years (Feb 2009 - Feb 2014) one-day MK tickets are up more than 33%. (it was $75/day from Aug, 2008 - Aug 2009) Over 10 years, we've seen a 91% Disney 1-day ticket increase.
To be fair, Disney justifies the latest hike saying "Our pricing reflects the high quality and breadth of experiences we offer and our ongoing commitment to investing in our parks. We offer a variety of ticket options that provide a great value, and find that most guests select multi-day tickets that offer additional savings."
Disney correctly points out that it did not raise the price of the most popular multi-day Florida resident offer, however Walt Disney World Florida resident Annual Pass prices did go up from $464 to $485. A Florida Resident Premium Annual Pass went from $584 to $605, and a Florida Resident Seasonal Pass went from $309 to $319.
Someone asked me if February is an unusual time to raise prices. Yes. It is. I consulted a handy ticket price history chart from Allears.net. Most price hikes happen in June and August. The last time 3 times Disney raised prices this early in the year, a second price hike followed a few months later. Doesn't mean Disney WILL raise rates again, just looking at history. No response yet from Universal or SeaWorld on if they plan ticket hikes.
keep your emails, questions, tips and comments coming! I always appreciate the feedback. You can always find all of my blog entries at www.clickorlando.com/themeparks
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J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1980
M.A., Yale University, 1977
A.B., Princeton University, 1975
Skip Fox is a partner in the Charlottesville office of McGuireWoods, LLP, and is chair of the firm's Private Wealth Services Industry Group. Fox concentrates his practice in estate planning, estate administration, trust law and charitable organizations. He has been on the faculty of the American Bankers Association's National Trust School and National Graduate Trust School since 1987.
In addition to teaching at the University of Virginia School of Law, Fox also taught at Northwestern University School of Law from 1983 to 2005. He is the co-presenter of the monthly teleconference series on estate planning issues sponsored by the American Bankers Association. Fox has contributed articles to numerous publications and is a regular columnist for the Trust Letter on tax matters and is currently chair of its editorial board. He is the author or co-author of seven books on estate planning topics.
Fox is a fellow and treasurer of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. In 2008, he was elected to the NAEPC Estate Planning Hall of Fame.


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List of Americans Abroad
Beasley's car is destroyed in Scotland racial incident.
Cherundolo agravates ailing shoulder, will miss at least month for Hannover.
Donovan scores first, sparks Everton past Sunderland in Premier League.
Howard, Donovan go down with Everton, eliminated from FA Cup.
Dempsey avoids surgery, his World Cup hopes remain intact.
Donovan is impressive, helping Everton draw with Arsenal in his debut.
Busy Dempsey continues to make his mark with Fulham.
Adu joins Johnson as loan acquisitions by Aris of Greece.
Friedel posts three more shutouts as Aston Villa climbs in English Premier League.
Beasley finally gets starts and he responds for Rangers in big way.
Howard stops penalty kick, rallies slumping Everton to victory, draw.
Dempsey finds net twice, Fulham blanks Blackburn 3-0 in EPL.
Setback in recovery from shin injury casts doubt on Jones joining U.S. team.
Dempsey runs his EPL scoring streak to three games, helping Fulham tie Wigan 1-1.
Mönchengladbach, Bradley experience improved play in Bundesliga.
Dempsey regains scoring touch, helps Fulham drop Liverpool.
Davies improves, but faces several surgeries, long road back.
Dempsey, injured in England, will miss at least one U.S. qualifier.
Injury problems continue for DeMerit who hurts eye in accident.
Americans Abroad
(Sunday, February 7, 2010) -- United States striker Jozy Altidore scored the opening goal in the first half, helping relegation-challenged Hull City follow its 2-2 draw Tuesday with English Premier League-leading Chelsea with a 2-1 decision over visiting Manchester City Saturday at KC Stadium.
Hull (5-11-9, 24 points) climbed out of the drop zone to 14th place in the 20-team Premier League by defeating Manchester, tied for sixth place at 11-4-8 with 41 points.
After narrowly missing on an early free kick, Altodore put Hull ahead for good in the 31st minute. Midfielder George Boateng fed forward Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink just inside the penalty area and he curled a pass around goal Shay Given to Altidore who put away his Premier League goal.
Boateng made it 2-0 in the 54th minute, but City reduced its deficit to a goal when striker Emmanuel Adebayor scored five minutes later.
Altidore was replaced in the 64th minute by a defensive midfielder.
U.S. attacker Landon Donovan was introduced to the Merseyside derby when he traveled with Everton to nearby Liverpool for the 213th renewal of one of the EPL's most bitter rivalries. Liverpool won 1-0, capitalizing on a misplay by Everton's U.S. keeper Tim Howard.
The match turned in the 54th minute when veteran Liverpool Dirk Kuyt lined up shoulder-to-shoulder with Howard and was able to shield him from a corner kick while flicking a header into the net for the 1-0 lead.
The fiercely-contested match-up featured non-stop action and clamorous tackle after clamorous tackle with Liverpool's Sotirios Kyrgiakos sent off in the 34th minute, but Everton was never able to take advantage of being a man up.
Donovan, who started, was tightly marked and could do little when he did get control of the ball. On one occasion, he carried deep into the penalty area and crossed well to the far post, but no teammate could reach the ball. In the72nd minute, Everton manager David Moyes replaced both his strikers and moved Donovan from the right midfield to the left and allowed him to roam into the middle. Despite two late chances, Everton could not pull level.
U.S. keeper Brad Friedel lowered his league-leading goals-allowed percentage by posting his fourth straight league clean sheet and eighth in 10 outings in a 0-0 draw with host Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.
Friedel recorded five saves, twice denying what looked like sure goals by Ledley King and stopping a fierce 25-yard drive from Tom Huddlestone. Friedel has now allowed 18 goals in 24 matches.
U.S. keeper Marcus Hahnemann made six saves, but they were not enough for Wolverhampton, which dropped a 2-1 decision to Birmingham City Sunday. Kevin Phillips scored in the 80th and 85th minutes to erase a deficit for Birmingham.
U.S. defender Jonathan Spector went the distance for West Ham United which dominated Burnley, but lost 2-1.
Injured U.S. midfielder Stuart Holden did not dress for Bolton Wanderers in a 0-0 draw with Fulham and 2-0 setback Tuesday at Manchester City.
In second tier English League Championship action American forward Kenny Cooper began his rest-of-the-season loan from 2Bundesliga side 1860 Munich loan to Plymouth Argyle by playing the final half hour plus of a 1-0 loss to West Bromwich Albion.
Jay DeMerit went the distance in Watford's 1-0 loss at Barnsley. On Tuesday, Demerit also played 90 minutes for Watford which scored twice in the opening 34 minutes to defeat visiting Bristol City 2-0.
Frank Simek went the full 90 in Sheffield Wednesday's 2-1 loss away at Nottingham Forest.
Simek also went the distance for Wednesday, which downed visiting Blackpool 2-0 at Hillsborough.
American striker Kenny Cooper played the second half for Plymouth in a 2-1 setback to host Reading 2-1 at Madejski Stadium. Cooper had a scoring chance in the 84th minute, but it was negated when he was called for a hand ball.
In the third-tier League One, American defender Zak Whitbread played the final 13 minutes in Norwich City's 2-1 loss at Millwall.
American forward Mike Grella was on the bench, but didn't play in Leed United's 2-2 draw at Hartlepool.
In the Johnstone's Paint Trophy semifinals, Grella came off the bench to score the goal that forced penalty kicks, and he also scored in the tiebreaker, but Leeds fell 6-5 in the PKs in the two-match, aggregate series. Shane Lowry's missed penalty cost Leeds a trip to Wembley for the final.
Grella, who entered in the 79th minute, muscled in the decisive tally to defeat host Carlisle 3-2 in the 86th minute of regulation and a 4-4 aggregate tie.
In France's Ligue 1, U.S. defender Carlos Bocanegra went the distance for Stade Rennes, which defeated league-leading Bordeaux 4-2. There was some question whether Bocanegra had fallen out of favor and might be transferred, but he was in his usual spot on the left side in the big Rennes victory.
Bocanegra and visiting Stade Rennes were eliminated from the French Cup at second-division US Quevilly 1-0.
Bocanegra had a good chance to equalize in the 76th minute when his soft chip from inside the box beat the keeper, but hit the top of the crossbar.
In the German Bundesliga, Michael Bradley went the distance for Borussia Mönchengladbach in its disappointing 1-0 road loss at 1 FSV Mainz 05.
In the second-division 2. Bundesliga action, American Luis Robles was backup keeper and did not play for Kaiserslautern in a 3-0 win over Paderborn.
In Greece, U.S. forward Eddie Johnson went 90 minutes for Aris, which fell 2-0 to Panthrakikos. American midfielder Freddy Adu was on the Aris bench, but didn't play.
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Kevin Grandia | November 10, 2007
By Kevin Grandia • Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 10:35
Someone over at Daily Kos found a cached version of one of the bloggers duped by the "Geoclimatic Journal" hoax.
Seems that the fine folks at Environment NC - a blog set up by the ultra right-wing so-called "John Locke Foundation" were willing to write some pretty glowing reviews of this fake study.
In referring to the "blockbuster" study, Roy Cordato, a "resident scholar" at the John Locke Society wrote:
Clearly this study from the latest issue of Journal of Geoclimatic Studies by four climate scientists–two from the Dept. of Climatology at the University of Arizona and two from the Department of Atmospheric Physics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, should be the lead story on the eveing news tonight. But it is more than likely that it won't even be mentioned. the paper abstract speaks for itself."
Amazing, for a group pushing so hard for "sound science" they sure are willing to blindly report fake science. Embarrasing to say the least, not to mention a great illustration of the hypocrisy of the climate denial industry.
Hat tip as well to the fine work being done by Adam at Energy Smart blog.
Roy Cordato replied on Permalink
Anatomy of a Dupe
This post was up for under 5 minutes before it was taken down. I think Dan rather still hasn't acknowledged that he was duped.
Kevin Grandia replied on Permalink
Dan Rather?
Nice red herring Roy, we're talking about your blog, which is described on your site as: "Advancing Sound Science," and
"Contributors to Environment NC have advanced degrees and expertise in areas such as science, public policy, economics, and the law. We share a common belief that environmental and resource management policy too often lacks a basis in sound science or economics and simply serves to further the agenda of ideologues."
What this "hoax" shows is just how little convincing it takes for some to tout the real "junk science" – organizations like yours are willing to ignore reams and reams of scientific evidence from organizations like NASA, and the American Academy of Science, yet any teeny, tiny shred of evidence fitting your ideology is instantly give the status of "blockbuster."
Sound science indeed.
rob replied on Permalink
Speaking of Red Herrings
Yes, they were "duped" – for all of five minutes.
And since you are trying to make hay out of how little it takes to fool some people, you may want to examine your own beliefs. What you accuse Roy and anyone else who doesn't unquestioningly swallow your dogma of, can easily be applied to you – in spades.
The difference, Rob, is that
The difference, Rob, is that you don't have the science on your side.
Five minutes...
And for those five minutes they took it, hook, line and sinker.
I love it!
Rob, you're all keyboard and no brains…
I've been having my own
I've been having my own little battle with Rob over the last few days, and I have come to the conclusion that he should be ignored wherever he pops up. Resist the urge, folks. Let him blether on. All that happens when we take the bait is that he gets air time.
RIP Rob…
rob replied on Permalink
You can't seem to follow your own advice, FEMACK
I don't know how many times you've declared you think I should be ignored. No sooner do you make your empty resolution, whereupon at the first opportunity you immediatly post one of your witless comments in response to me.
Perhaps you should consider taking your own advice, though based on previous experience, I doubt that will happen any time soon.
Al replied on Permalink
Good advice Femack. I think
Good advice Femack. I think we'd all be better off ignoring him.
Let the folks who run the site address his more obvious attempts at disinformation, but the rest of us would do well to leave him alone.
climate criminal replied on Permalink
All Together Now
DON'T FEED the TROLLS!
QrazyQat replied on Permalink
So they read it, wrote up
So they read it, wrote up their post, posted it, and unposted it all in the span of 5 minutes. Sure. Sure they did.
Keeping in mind that even if they did, 5 minutes is 5 minutes too long. This is a light switch thing, yes or no, fooled or not.
Geoff Lawrence replied on Permalink
You're Clearly Going Overboard
It amazes me how much attention a blog post has drawn that was up for such a short period of time that the only way anyone could ever see it was through a cached google search. As the administrator of environmentnc.com, please allow me to be the first to endow with the shocking revelation that our contributors, like the science they debate, are not completely perfect and infallible beings 100% of the time, although our site's critics apparently are.
Anyone is free to leave comments on our site and debate the science as you like…so please do. I only ask that the discourse remain level-headed and avoid ad hominem attacks, as I do monitor the comments that are made.
You may also want to review my post on our site regarding this unfortunate (albeit overblown to illogical proportions) incident: http://www.environmentnc.com/?p=318
Will_of_Ockham replied on Permalink
The Benthic Bacteria Hoax
Wow, they're right up there with Rush Limbaugh.
I particularly like how Limbaugh, as the "warnee", was able to get Dr. Roy Spencer, who warned him of the hoax, to apologize for not warning him forcefully enough.
Incidentally, in this post, the link for the JGS paper is broken. It can be found here: http://www.globalwarminghoax.com/downloads/Journal_of_Geoclimatic_Studies_2007_23.pdf


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Sound design is the process of planning and creating a sound treatment that will enhance the storytelling of a film. Effective sound design improves a film without being overbearing or calling attention to itself.
Walter Murch coined the term sound design after creating the sound treatment for Apocalypse Now—a film that, along with Star Wars, forever changed the approach to sound editing in filmmaking. By incorporating simple aspects of the craft into our films, we can enhance our productions to better connect with consumers, which will result in more bookings and will increase the value of our product.
"Sound is NOT there to 'help' the visuals. That's kindergarten filmmaking. Anyone who says that film is a visual medium is being foolish and naïve."—Randy Thom, sound designer (Harry Potter, Forrest Gump, Eragon)
The elements of sound are dialogue, music, and effects. The category of sound that is sorely underutilized in our industry is effects. Think about music videos. The purpose of a music video is to sell a track of music. Therefore, the music is primary, with all else being secondary. We, on the other hand, are attempting to tell a story, and music plays only one small part in accomplishing that goal.
Ambient sound is the natural background sound of any given environment. Ambience creates atmosphere and establishes a setting. It serves to set the mood and tone of a scene. If a couple is walking on the beach and ambient sound of the surf is captured and placed strategically in the film, the oceanic atmosphere will be heightened. The setting will then become multisensory.
"Sound is a heart thing."—Alan Splet, sound designer (best-known for his work with David Lynch)
Sound speaks to the emotions, not the intellect. Its power, though often subliminal, can be extremely profound. There's a scene in As Good as It Gets where Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt are having dinner at a restaurant. The ambient track consists of the murmur of background conversations and the faint clinking of glasses and silverware. As their conversation becomes more intimate, the ambient sound is faded down, bringing the audience into this revelatory, private moment.
In wedding films, ambient sound of the bridesmaids laughing softly as the bride is dressing sets a tone of happiness and excitement. Clients will often be unaware of this type of sound treatment on a conscious level. However, they will connect with it emotionally. And affecting your prospective clients emotionally, through your clips, is vital to selling your product.
The term "room tone" refers to the sound in an empty room. No room is truly silent, and each has its own distinct sound. In the making of motion pictures, room tone is recorded and used behind dialogue to smooth out cuts and provide a consistent sound bed when, for example, the director's voice is edited out.
Event filmmakers can use room tone to improve the quality of just about everything we film. Pockets of dead air in a production are a silent killer. Prerecorded room tone will erase the jarring effects of dead air when sniffles or other unwanted sounds are edited out. Additionally, you can fade up room tone (or ambient sound at an outdoor wedding) as a lead-in (and out) to sound bites in stylized productions. This will reduce the jarring effect of going from a music only track to live captured sound.
Another key element of effective sound design is walla, a studio-captured mumbling (or buzz) of background voices. Walla adds atmosphere and a sense of reality. The genesis of the word goes back to the days of old radio shows. To create the sound of a crowd in the background, players would assemble and recite "walla" repeatedly to simulate conversation without any discernible words. Nowadays, Automatic Dialogue Replacement (ADR) groups record actual background conversations for films.
If you're unable to capture clean sound on location for a cocktail hour, simply add a track of walla along with your music track. It will enhance the effervescent atmosphere of friends and family being together; plus, with the music, it helps smooth out the cuts.
Prerecorded sound effects provide realism. Sounds such as birds singing, crickets chirping, and waves crashing all serve to take a wedding film from visual to visceral. The number of sound effects that can substantially enhance concept video productions is limitless. Sounddogs.com (http://sounddogs.com) has every sound effect imaginable.
The significance of a moment can be conveyed through the employment of hyper-real sound—sound that's exaggerated to convey a message. An example is the breaking of the glass at a Jewish wedding where the sound can end up more of a whisper than a roar. By raising the level of the sound beyond what one would experience in reality, the magnitude and significance of the act is emphasized.
Our brains naturally tune into the sounds that are pertinent to us and background the rest. We tune out sounds such as footsteps. Exaggerating these sounds keeps them from being overlooked. As sound editors, it's up to us to decide which sounds we want to be the focus of attention for our audience. Attempting to re-create the actual soundtrack of life would be distracting because it can be too densely loaded with noises. The trick is to use sound to make a point rather than overwhelming viewers with a cacophony of competing noises.
"Unveil the truth by embracing the false."—Laura MosesBy thinking creatively and using sound effects to reveal the truth within our stories, we can touch the hearts and souls of our audience.
Laura Moses (info at vppvideo.com) is half of Vantage Point Productions of San Dimas, California. She and her husband, Steve, are WEVA Hall of Famers, winners of multiple international awards, and three-time EventDV 25 all-stars.


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THE past week's two-fold helping of good fortune has buoyed the spirits of the RACQ CareFlight team in the lead-up to the busy Christmas season.
Just days after receiving a vital $50,000 donation from the Order of St John, the organisation has unveiled its new Toowoomba aircraft hangar donated by mining company Easternwell.
The new facility effectively doubles CareFlight's original hangar space.
Pilot Adrian Park said the donation could not have come at a better time, especially considering 70 per cent of all CareFlight's lifesaving flights take off from Toowoomba.
"Whenever a storm would come we would almost need therapy," he explained, referring to the weather-induced rush to borrow hangar space to get the $18 million choppers safe from the elements.
"This means we're not out in the open and our machines are protected."
Easternwell donated the hangar when operations outgrew the space.
Group manager of business development Bill Sankey said it was a choice between scrapping the entire structure and finding a worthy beneficiary.
"I can't think of a more deserving recipient than CareFlight," he said.


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Chemotherapy uses drugs to destroy cancer cells. The drugs enter the bloodstream and travel through the body to the leukemia cells. Chemotherapy may be given either alone or along with radiation therapy. Higher dosing is used when chemotherapy is given alone. When combined with radiation therapy, chemotherapy is delivered at a lower dose. Using lower doses of chemotherapy may make the cancer more sensitive to the radiation.
A variety of chemotherapy drugs may be used to treat leukemia. The type and combinations of drugs that are used to treat leukemia will vary depending on the type of leukemia you have, your age, and overall health. Chemotherapy for leukemia is usually given through an IV, but some forms can be given by mouth. It is delivered in cycles over a set period of time. A medical oncologist will determine how many cycles of chemotherapy are needed and what combination of drugs will work best.
Some leukemias, mainly acute leukemias, have a higher risk of spreading to the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) found around the brain and spinal cord. If leukemia is found in the CSF, or is at a high risk of spreading to this area, chemotherapy may be delivered directly into the CSF.
Three phases of chemotherapy are used to treat acute leukemia:
- Induction—To bring about a complete remission.
- Consolidation—To kill any leukemia cells still in the body after complete remission has been achieved and reduce the chances of cancer coming back.
- Maintenance—To prevent cancer from coming back once complete remission has been achieved.
Chemotherapy may not be given for chronic leukemias until it has progressed. Progression may include rapidly increasing cell counts, increase in immature cells in the blood, or other significant symptoms.
Side Effects and Management
Though the drugs are targeted to cancer cells, they can affect healthy cells as well. The death of cancer cells and impact on healthy cells can cause a range of side effects. A medical oncologist will work to find the best drug combination and dosage to have the most impact on the cancer cells and minimal side effects on healthy tissue. Side effects or complications from chemotherapy may include:
- Nausea and vomiting
- Fatigue
- Hair loss
- Irritation to the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach—esophagitis
- Infertility and/or premature menopause—If you plan on having children, talk to your doctor about options to preserve fertility before starting treatment. This also applies to adolescents who have gone through puberty.
A variety of treatments are available to help manage side effects including medication, lifestyle changes, and alternative treatments. In some cases, the chemotherapy regimen may be adjusted to reduce severe side effects. The earlier the side effects are addressed, the more likely they will be controlled with a minimum of discomfort.
Long-term side effects can include damage to the heart and peripheral nerves, some cognitive dysfunction, and, very rarely, development of other cancers, including other leukemias.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: Mohei Abouzied, MD
- Review Date: 12/2015 -
- Update Date: 02/04/2016 -


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anilpunjabi Posts: 61For a black on black, I got 500 off sticker, and got them to add in 10k service and 15k service, as we have had 3 lexi(plural of lexus i think lol), from this dealership. So I think we got it for 60k flat with tax of 6% = 63600 or such :shades:
ewpiyo Posts: 2Come on people. More people must have bought this car. After driving what do you think of it?
Bought the car last week, paid 60,069.00 got them to tint the windows, but not willing to budge on price. The car is awesome, its fast, quite and has all the new gadgets. The car is so quite you are doing 80 and feel like your barely doing 60. The fact that this is a Hybrid is a plus, but if your looking for a top notch performance sedan this has got the 540 and audi 4.2 and all of the Mercedes except the S550 beat. I have gotten around 26 mpg and i commute 80+ miles a day. I have placed my order for a LS 600h L.
mevande Posts: 190Wow, with $$'s to spend on a great car (ok not starving here with a 2001 BMW740i) ... as known Lexus dealers won't deal any (or hardly any) on a car that is limited in production. The 60K # seems high for a GS for a LXX can be had for a little (10k) more.
I began looking at the Lexus LS and thought sure I wanted to buy the new model when it comes out this fall. Then I began to see the GS 450h advertised and researched the car... It is all about the hybrid technology and the ecological responsibility of driving a luxury performance vehicle that is making an attempt to be green as well. Once I began to understand that the hybrid technology is about more than gas savings, with its low emissions, I no longer considered a conventional model... still waiting for my color to come in and can't wait to drive it!
I have been driving the car for 3 weeks. I paid 60K flat but in the form of a 3 year lease. I was a bit worried about resale and how the value would hold so I figured I would remove that risk from the equation. The 60K covered the premium stuff plus tinting, mats, and pin striping. I bought the dealers only car (it was also their tester but I bought it about 5 days after it arrived so it only had 200 miles on it). My experience was that with the exception of little stuff like mats and tinting, there was no dealing whatsoever, and I tried. I was also seriously considering the Mercedes CLS 500, but I just couldn't pass up this new Lexus/Toyota technology. I find the drive to be amazing and the power is endless. It is fast off the line, but even better, it is fast when you are already going fast. I have been impressed that Lexus can get great sports car performance/handling, but the car is still really quiet inside, cruises great and keeps the road noise out.
Was it expensive for a Lexus? Sure, but I love the "G-Whiz" factor of the hybrid and I have been getting about 22-24 mpg which is somewhat better than the Infiniti I had. I find the hybrid to be totally seamless. Unless you are sitting still you cannot tell when the combustion motor kicks on.
Some complain that the trunk is small, but I knew that going in. The only real negative I see so far is that at 6' 2" I frequently have to stoop my head to see the stop light when I am sitting up close the light. The back seat is also a little short for taller folks, but only my kids ever sit back there.
Just out of curiosity... what color did you get? I am waiting for black and wonder if any color other than white, silver and black are available. Thanks for your report. I have been surprised by the lack of postings on this discussion board. Regarding gas mileage, could the epa estimates be that far off? What kind of driving do your do and what is the terrain. Although I am not getting this vehicle for gas mileage (per my earlier posting I am drawn to the emission quality), I hoped for something within the 28/25 range published. During my test drive I fooled with the seat adjustments quite a bit. I too am 6'2" and was trying to get real comfortable...other than the stop light issue, are you finding the seat/cockpit area as comfortable as a 60k car should be?
The more I researched this vehicle the more convinced I became that I had to have it... good to hear satisfied feedback from the real world experience of owning and driving it.
Been a while since I've posted (my earlier comments about the car can be seen under the "2007 Lexus GS450h" discussion title).
I received my car at beginning of May, the 1st one out of the dealer. Silver/Black, the only colors that initially came in I believe. Paid same price everyone else has been noting.
Drive it mostly 25-50mph range while commuting. My frequent average is 23.8mpg. Best I've done on a 200 mile round trip to upstate NY (up and down a lot of big hills) was 27.1mpg. That was about 26mpg going up and 28mpg coming back -- makes sense heading up to the mountains, and coming back down. I drive around 70-75mph, but I was still surprised I didn't do better with the highway mileage. You can't beat the car's top end accereration though.
My latest thinking about the GSh is this: it's a technologically spectacular and has a stellar performance/economy balance, but the car lacks soul. I often think of a comment in one of the auto magazine reviews of the Camry Hybrid: "...under acceleration, the car sounds like a Cuisinart on high speed..." or something to that effect. The CVT is cool, efficient and gets the optimal performance, but it doesn't make you feel as good as a good automatic revving through the gears (or of course a manual, but that's not what we're driving in these cars). Yes, you can use the simulated gears, but it's not the same.
From the interior lighting style (looks like a 1980's era Ian Schrager hotel) to the rev tones to the muted dashboard lines, the car is somewhat cold and lifeless. It's just a feel thing.
Maybe this goes a bit beyond comments specific to the hybrid as well. The feeling of (most) german luxury cars is unmistakable: rich, solid, sporting, ready to attack the road, etc. The feeling of the Lexus to me is more dressed up Toyota -- not a criticism since these are the best cars built in the world, but just a different feel. It's as tight and well put together as any BMW I've owned (actually more so), but it just lacks the X-factor you feel when you get behind the wheel.
Don't take my comments wrong -- I do in fact love the car and am constantly recommending it. It's just been an adjustment coming from the BMW's (2 previous gen 5 series and 2 3 series prior to that). I bought the GS for the hybrid technology/economy, performance and exterior styling. It has delivered on all of my key requirements. Now if only Lexus can figure out how to add some life to these cars...
Seat Comfort: Good not great. I would love to have an extension for underneath my legs or if the seat front would tilt up a little more; however, I have never been uncomfortable. I also love the vented seats. My infinti did not have this and in Houston I am starting to think it is a must in a high-end car. As for view out the front window, it definitely is a bit more restricted b/c of slope of window plust the mirror is right in your sight line being tall. My wife did not have a problem with it. Do note that I have yet to take a long trip in the car so to some extent the jury is still out.
Color: I got silver with black interior. Dealer told me that all they have seen is silver, black and white, and they have only had 1 silver (I bought it) and when I went back to get my tags they had a new black with black interior. (Lexus Houston North)
Mileage: Most of my miles are short trips in communities. I get no better than 22-23 in this environment which is a bit funny since you would think that the stop and go would be where the hybrid would really provide a mileage benefit. On the highway the mileage quickly goes up to 25-28. I have yet to have a tank average better than 23. As you know, however, as a ulta low emissions vehichle you get this mileage in a very clean way.
Driving experience: I really love this car. From the incredibly high quality back up cameral to the stealth speed, I am really impressed with lexus. The ride really is incredible.
Is it worth 60K? I think so. I am really glad Lexus hasn't gone toward gimmicks like I-Drive and keeps the basics simple while providing all the other luxury one would expect.
Hope this helps
Thanks, this is very helpful and I am glad that your "bottom line" experience is postive. I am eagerly awaiting delivery of the car and hope to post my own driving experience in the fall.
2001gs430 Posts: 767Now if only Lexus can figure out how to add some life to these cars...
You can add one of those sport exhausts to make the car loud.
Hi All,
I bought my car in June and are returning to let you know I love it, especially the performance, it is fast and like you have read so many times before the acceleration when your going 60 is QUICK.
Only negative is it makes a noise when you put it reverse, which always makes me look at the back-up camera to make sure im not backing over a curb!!
They could also make the interior a little nicer since it is a 60k car, maybe add some real wood rather then the shinny plastic that scratches easily.... Anyone notice the plastic like film on the bottom rim of the arm rest when you have it open peeling, it looks like contact paper. (driving me crazy CHEAP!)
In Florida if you have a Hybrid you get a pass to use HOV durning rush hour with only one person.
Again this thing is so nice to drive, I can definitely see this as the future of cars. AS Ferris Said,"If you have the means I definitely recommend picking one up"
Cant Wait for my LS600h
There's a marginally amusing Nissan commercial out for one of their cars that will have a CVT. The guy driving makes the shifting noises to get his girlfriend's attention. Maybe I'll have to resort to that!
I would have your dealer check out that noise going into reverse. Mine doesn't do anything like that.
I agree with your comments on the interior. Readers of these boards have probably seen my complaints about the thing I dislike most -- the interior lighting. I have complained to Lexus and given the most negative scores on the various surveys I've received about this.
I've never had air conditioned seats before. Is it normal to be barely able to feel it? It is better than nothing though. I can tell the back rest doesn't have it, because that part of the seat (and my back) are noticably hotter.
Another small criticism is that you can't open the trunk without the key fob, even if the car is unlocked. Lexus says this is by design. I find it inconvenient.
Otherwise, love the car...
Are you serious about the plastic? I thought this car had real wood interior trim.
Regarding the HOV lane use in Florida (which is where I will be driving this vehicle)... do you have to do anything to get the "pass" or just do it in good faith that the polic will know it is a hybrid?
ptpro3 Posts: 5Don't know if anyone is following this thread anymore...
We were #3 on our dealer's waitlist for the GS450h. One came late April, 2nd came late May...and not a word since. Does anyone have any insight at all on the complete lack of supply? I thought we'd at least get it before the September 30th Tax Credit deadline, but not looking so good!
bushsux1 Posts: 6I've read the complaints about the interior lighting and I totally disagree. I love the fact that the interior lights are not overwhelming. I rarely read in the car, the reading of maps no longer being a necessity given the Navigation system.
The lighting is sufficient for anyone to see anything they might sit on, and where to place or pickup any drinks or objects they might need.
I equate the lighting option to that of restaurants. Bright lights are what I expect in family style or inexpensive resturants. Lower, but adequate lighting indicates a more refined, comforting atmosphere conducive to relaxation.
Its also very cool at night when you walk up to the car and it just subtly glows, as opposed to becoming a beacon.
All in all, after 3K miles I love the car.
Ed in ATL
idele Posts: 200The limited supply was expected. Checking AutoTrader.com there are very few new ones around the USA. There are somewhat more with low mileage.
If you've kept track of the price of nickel, used in the batteries, this car is costly to produce.
I got the first one at my dealer and now have 2300 miles on it. There is a display which, if not reset, gives you the average fuel mileage since inception. Mine stands at 27.7 mpg. Given the performance, it's an excellent figure
I was also #3 on my dealer's reservation list, with deposit in place since May. I took delivery of my vehicle last Thursday (black on black). I know my dealer had 7 waiting when my car came in early August. As far as I know this is a very limited production vehicle by intent and will remain so at this time.
Unfortunately, I am gone for the summer and won't see the car for a couple of weeks. Once I do get a chance to drive it I will post the experience in this discussion forum.
sidvicious1 Posts: 1I have found an offer for 2007 gs450h, black on black with power active vehicle stabilization, run flat tires,mark lev. audio, nav, pre-collision, spoiler etc msrp $65,919.00 $5,917 off for a price of $59,995.00
what do you guys think? I currently have a Infinti 2003m45 which the lease is up....p.s. I will lease and the money factor I'm getting is .00285 which seems a little high to me....55%residual...
I'm about to lease a 450h and I know there is a special lease rate in effect until April 2, 2007. But the Lexus web site only mentions that there is a special offer, without providing any details. The dealer I'm leasing from says the special money factor is 0.00255, which translates into 6% APR, as opposed to the normal rate of 0.0028, which translates to 6.7%. The 6% rate does not appear to be special at all! Does anyone have any information on the actual offer?
By the way, I'm getting a fantastic price on a demo vehicle with 500 miles on it. The MSRP is $60,200 and I'm getting it for below invoice: $53,000.
kyfdx Posts: 70,300We have a forum just for lease questions.. If you post there, I think Car_man could give you a definitive answer..
Lexus GS 450h: Lease Questions
Prices Paid, Lease Questions, SUVs
I have the car now since Christmas (2007 BLK / BLK) paid $60K.Fully loaded, Run Flat, Mark L. Sound, Nav, the works. I also have a GS400 for my wife. We gave up the 1995 LS400 for this car. Now that I have over 2000 miles on it (Holiday Road trip and plenty city) here is my report card:
Hybrid Tech A+++ - Works great - Seamless at any speed
Looks: A++++ -
Performance: A++ - Faaaaast is an understatment
Usablity of Glass Dash: D to C- : Useless Voice input, poor help (no list of what to say on screen, manual does not even list everything?? I have seen it displayed but not listed..beleive me I have looked, lock out of features on most items, song list of CD's (Only can play MP3 CD's (255 song limit) NO DVD MP3 even though it is a DVD changer.) Radio list remains at speed (why is this so different than a CD list I have no idea.
If there was a feature that is not worth the money it is glass dash with Nav. You can buy a NUVI for $400 that you can use when you need it. My Sister has a 2007 Acura MDX and they have it right when it comes to the Glass Dash. You can use the features as expected. Lexus (Toyota) has take conservative to a new level. I am VERY dissapointed with the usablity of the cabin features. I hope there is a software update coming soon or I will be an unhappy customer in the long run. I hope they take some lesson from Acura on this.
As long as you just want to drive the car and know where you are going and know what you want to listen to on the 300W $2000 sound system before you start driving then this car is perfect for you. Until that software update arrives. The cabin usablity now matches the trunk.. short changed...
LC - Boca Raton
argelius Posts: 64I'm looking at a 2007 GS450h demo model with 3000 miles. Can anyone give me an idea as to what sort of discount I should expect to receive?
Just hate the price negotiation game...
I purchased a GS 450h from Rallye Lexus in Glen Cove, New York a month ago. It was a "manager's demo" car with only 495 miles on it. The MSRP was $60,170 and I got the car for $53,000, which is about $300 below factory invoice. As far as I know, they had more GS 450h that they were willing to sell for around the same amount.
However, in my area (Washington DC area) dealerships do not discount 450h more than just a $1,000-$2,000 and have no more than one or two in stock.
What ever you do PLEASE do yourself a favor and REALLY understand what you are expecting for a user experience while using the Nav, DVD and other features of this car. They are AWFUL.. at best.. I have this car now and have put 3500 miles on it and every moment.. I mean every moment I try to use this stuff NOTHING is there as you would hope it. You learn how to use it while parked.. it is GREAT.. start to drive.. it all changes.. I drive my car to use it. I think most other people do too. Lexus has yet to address this and I will NEVER recommend these feature to anyone. The car in general is very cool. Hybrid REALLY works well. 23 city 33 highway.. but these lock out features detrack from the user experience immensley. Good luck.. and hopefully this will get fixed. I have promised myself to move away from this brand after this car. Too many other good manuf. are getting the message that we like to enjoy our cars and let us decide what we want to use after we paid good money for it. Take a look at Acura.. you will be pleased.
LC Boca Raton
Similar to "LC Boca Raton" I've been very disappointed with some of the user features of the GS, specifically the voice recognition, Bluetooth and Navigation lock-out when driving, and some others.
I want to report that I've come to live with these quite well. Here's my current opinion:
1. Voice recognition. Since the accuracy of the recognition software is so low that it's unusable, I now come to think of GS as not having ANY kind of voice recognition at all. This is disappointing given the state of voice recognition software used by Acura and Infiniti, but it's just as crappy as BMW, which was my second choice for a car.
2. Navigation system lockout while driving is still a nuisance, but I've simply learned to stop to program the destination, or do it before I drive off from home/office. The fact that the Navi offers several presets for commonly used destinations (home, office, etc.) that can be accessed with two button clicks while driving, is a mitigating factor.
3. Lockout of the dialing pad of the Bluetooth system while driving does not bother me at all anymore. The reason is that I can bring up the Speed dial screen with a touch of a single button on the steering wheel. I can have 18 speed dials programmed, which is more than enough for me. Another nice feature is that I can dial on my phone, or use its directory to bring up a name, and as soon as I hit the Send button on the phone, the call goes through the car's Bluetooth system automatically. In my previous car (Acura TL) I had to say "Transfer" several times to handle the call this way.
4. Since I pretend that there is no voice recognition, I am no longer bothered by the fact that Lexus failed to include a printed list of voice commands with the manuals.
5. I've eventually found all the features that I need in the Navigation system, including the ability to review the route directions before setting off or during the drive. I find the Navigation to be of very high quality and accuracy, and the maps seem quite good. The screen resolution is fantastic.
The above statements go to my previous complaints. As far as things that I love about the car: the power, the refinement, ergonomics, etc.; I'm falling more and more in love with this car. I feel I made a great choice and got a great value.
I have been looking for a fully loaded GS350 RWD but decided to wait for the 2008 GS350 RWD.
But this afternoon I was offered a new 2007 GS450h for $67,000 (OTD- Southern California)- Smokey Granite Mica w/ Black Interior.
2007 GS 450h
Exterior Color: Smokey Granite
Interior Color: Black
Chromes: $3,995.00
Black Kit: $695.00
XM Radio: $1,695.00
$73,227.00 Plus Fees
What shall I do?
At least I know it is under invoice and into that coveted "2% Holdback".
San Pedro, CA
gagrice San DiegoPosts: 31,178You must be looking at a different vehicle than the GS450h I looked at. You would be hard pressed to get much more than $65K MSRP with all the options.
What does the $1695 XM radio do that the $496 Lexus factory model does not do?
Well I just copied this from the Lexus Website and it doesn't include:
*Lexus Chrome Wheels
*Black Kit
*XM Radio
Base MSRP* $54,900.00
Available Package $11,227.00
Accessory Options $0.00
Lexus Link® Included
Rear spoiler Included
Trunk mat Included
Wheel locks Included
Cargo net Included
Delivery, Processing & Handling Fee † $715.00
Total MSRP** $66,842.00
Available Package
Active Stabilizer Suspension System (with summer run-flat tires) with Additional Options
- Active Stabilizer Suspension System (with summer run-flat tires)
- Lexus Pre-Collision System (PCS) and Dynamic Radar Cruise Control
- Lexus voice-activated DVD Navigation System
- Mark Levinson® 14-speaker 330-watt @ 0.1% THD Premium Surround Sound Audio System
- Lexus Link®
- Rear spoiler
- Trunk mat
- Wheel locks
- Cargo net
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Discussion in 'TV & Media' started by Agent Richard07, Oct 23, 2012.
Giles Coren wrote an interesting article? Has he broken the habit of a lifetime then?
Usual gut reactions:
-More proof that most movie critics have no idea what they're talking about. The reviews I read were mostly lukewarm.
-So, does the new "Q" even own a razor yet?
-Javier Bardem wasn't that over-the-top. From the buzz I'd expected Sean Hayes from "Will and Grace."
-Nerd Woody when the old Aston Martin was unveiled!
-"Welcome to Scotland!" Albert Finney, bad-ass.
-M: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Now the series will continue without the awesomeness of Dame Judi Dench! Can't we clone this M or make her a virtual computer or something?
-BTW, found it kind of weird and time loopy to watch them blow up SIS's real-life HQ just to bring Bond and company back to the fake office from "Dr. No."
-Still, like the new Moneypenny.
It was a good movie, but I found it kind of weird. It almost felt like another reboot of the Bond franchise. The actor may have been the same, but this movie just felt so separated from the other two Daniel Craig films. "Casino Royale" and "Quantum of Solace" felt, to me, as if they were setting up a trilogy. I was expecting Skyfall's story to be more related to the events of the first two films.
And while I thought what's-his-face did a great job playing Silva, I couldn't help thinking that I had no idea who this guy was. His "turn to the dark side" and his vendetta against M would have worked better if we had actually met the guy before.
When they finally got around to revealing him as the villain, I kept expecting to see a familiar face. Imagine if Silva was played by Sean Connery or Roger Moore (or hell, even Pierce Brosnan)! An old 007 turned bad! Now THAT would have been awesome.
I think that Coren has a bit of a nerve lecturing about sexism, given that he used Twitter to call a female journalist 'a barren old hag.'
To be fair, she had committed the cardinal sin of pointing out one of his articles was complete f****** s*** by an up-himself c***. Still, he's better than his sister.
^That's damning by faint praise if ever I saw it!
This is me, eating crow:
I said some negative things about Craig's Bond in the past, and decried the general state of the Bond franchise's "new direction". The only reason the last two films and Craig himself never made the absolute bottom of my lists was because the Dalton Bonds (and Dalton) existed.
I fully expected to not like this movie when a friend asked me if I wanted to go see it (his treat). And, indeed, I really didn't like about the first 50-60% of the film, same "tired" feel to the presentation. Craig "thugging" his way through the role. Absolutely hated the whole "eye in the sky" thing with M basically running the mission from London.
Then the story took everything I thought was wrong with this incarnation of Bond and very self-awaredly used it in story to turn the film 180 degrees hard over.
Everyone was saying that MI-6 as run by M and as represented by Bond was "a dinosaur", "old", "played out", etc. "We don't do things that way any more..." and so forth.
But it was those "old, played out dinosaurs" who, in the end, got the job done where the "new" MI-6 was constantly one step behind because in the 21st century, everyone (including the enemy) knows all the high-tech tricks. Or to paraphrase Bond "It's time to do things Old School..." (cue the Aston Martin :thumbsup.
I thought Mallory was a prick, but he redeemed himself nicely during the battle at the Ministry hearing, which (going back to the hearing before the attack) was very nicely done, with Dame Judith's M finally stating in story the film's thesis as I outlined it above. Bonus points for her inclusion of one of my favorite bits of poetry (Ulysses).
By the time the film was over, and we were in the last scenes in the office, I was sold, both on Bond (again) and on Craig's ability to play the more "glam" Bond, double-entendres and all. They even went back to acutal PAPER files. That which is not online cannot be hacked, after all.
In short, I LOVED this movie...can't wait to see the next one if it's going to continue this "soft reboot"...
Saw this in the worst theater in the local multiplex, dimmest picture and worst sound and completely level floor. I couldn't tell what happened on the train. The most interesting thing was the sudden appearance of a length of loose chain. If it was Bond who was supposed to have been shot and fallen off the train into the river, he was killed. I suppose this makes the new Bond series a paranormal romance? Ghost Bond in his own little dream world?
Javier Bardem's plan to be captured makes as much sense as Loki's plan to be captured in The Avengers. Bardem's ability to hack their system meant that he could have kidnapped Judi Dench instead of blowing up the headquarters, rendering the largest part of the action pointless.
Also, all those shenanigans over the urge to kill one woman? How do you recruit dozens of men to die for one man's hobby? None of this is about things that really matter. It was especially difficult to believe that today's intelligence services really have their own officers infiltrating anything. They just entrap overexcited by gullible young men.
Bardem's sexual menaces to Craig were deftly countered with the question about the first time. The whole gay issue is just a joke. Torture scenes that are jokes are very Joss Whedon Quimself. I suppose this is good if you admire Quimself, I don't. Ben Whishaw may pose a real gay issue but that's kind of reaching for offense I think.
I wasn't excited about going back to the 60's with Moneypenny and male M, so the denouement was at best bemusing.
I went with family members for the holiday. Happily a couple were much more satisfied, but I was pretty bored. The most interesting thing in the movie was the remarkable empty subway train. The action sequences were smoothly done, but they didn't matter, any more than Bond matters. C-
Coren makes a complete a** out of himself. He completely ignores or dismisses the context of both the shower scene (she invited Bond to the boat), and the "William Tell" scene (Bond was trying to not show weakness in front of Silva).
Regarding his other two major points against the film:
Doesn't automatically make it mysogynist or anti-woman. Spies die, unfortunately. Does Coren really expect that there would never ever be another male "M"?
Again, Coren is completely ignoring the whole subplot about her deciding she was not a good field agent and choosing a desk job.
He's also ignores her very competent showing in the casino, which makes her more than the token "pretty girl who resists Bond's charms"
Finally, Coren also apparently does not understand the significance of the "shaving" scene. Bond has monumental trust issues, both as a result of his profession AND his personal experience with Eve. That he would allow her to put a deadly blade to his throat is a demonstration that he in fact does trust her immensely, teasing remarks notwithstanding.
Coren comes off as the typical "feminist man", bending over backwards to find and decry misogyny to establish that he's "not like that".
That's a good line, and descriptive of quite a few people. I shall be using it.
Too bad as it was a beautifully shot and edited sequence.
Saw it in 4K. Holy shit, that was good.
I don't particularly agree with his criticisms (though I think the Severine bit was kind of awkwardly shot), but these are hardly ones unique to him. Women feminists have raised them as well.
And they're just as invalid when raised by women. Hyper-sensitivity has been an issue haunting feminism (and other organized "victim" movements) for decades now.
But the "converted" men in feminism seem to be particularly bad about engaging in it, for some reason.
I think the question is not about any argument within the context of the film as shown...it's about whether it needed to be written that way in the first place.
I think most of the complaints are pretty baseless, but I think exploiting the sex slavery trade, which is very much in the public consciousness right now, and then offing the victim of such a trade so carelessly, without any comment in the film of the tragedy of the situation, is kind of crass.
After the movie my buddy and I got into a mild argument over whether or not the sex-slave gal actually died. I had seen that she did, that the guy shot her in the head rather than also "missing" the shot glass, causing her to pass out and drop the glass (as my friend thought.)
He was basically taking the "we never saw the body..." approach.
I was taking the, "She slept with James Bond, once she did that she was on borrowed time" approach.
It seemed pretty clear that she was dead to me. The point of which was to underline Silva's ruthlessness and general disregard for human life.
As well as to surprise the audience, no doubt expecting her to be around longer.
Not me, once they hooked up I knew she was toast.
Love this on-set pic
^^^Oh yeah, that's just after Craig farted. The clip's on YouTube, right?
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