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It's like having button or prompt in Silent Hill 2 that makes a cute puppy appear infront of the screen.
It doesn't matter if it's optional, you're going to use it if it's an option, because you don't want to scared. But the whole point of the game is having no other option but to fight through that fear, and giving you the option to not be scared completely negates that.
Why should a game open up just because you bought it? That would be like if I wanted portal to just auto complete the puzzles for me because I don't like puzzles. But the entire point of the game is the fun puzzles so that would be silly.
If you don't like a challenging game why did you buy a game that was marketed as a challenging game? Same thing. If you don't like challenging games, buy something else.
Besides, the game isn't locking content to you if you can't beat one boss or something. Just pay attention and get better at it and you to can see the rest of it. Or heck, just go online and find a sunbro summoning sign, they are generally overpowered enough to not need the host anyway.
How about you realize the game is not for you? Like another poster pointed out the games marketing is "PREPARE TO DIE."
That means your going in for a beating. If they were to make an easy mode, they would have to change all of the levels (not just stats), and remove what makes Dark Souls unique. Just raising stats wouldn't make some of the traps, and levels any easier because they aren't designed to be played easy.
So don't bitch at the game for not having an easy mode, when it was MARKETED to not have one and already announced not to have one. It's like going to an art movie and complaining it doesn't have enough action and that it should change so that it has explosions so you don't get bored and can see the whole movie.
Dark Soul's is a niche, it shouldn't have to accomadate others because they aren't patience enough to beat the game and play it as intended.
I agree 100% that games should offer easy/very easy/casual modes so any level of player should be able to experience nearly all content.
But this video seemed to miss the mark in terms of what I was expecting. I had really hoped Jim was going to address the concern of simplified mechanics. Several 'elitist' gamers scorned Dragon Age 2 for this.
Do you feel streamlining mechanics to make a game more accessible is a good thing or bad?
Others...and not a minority either, feel these 'simplifications' can ruin the games entirely.
Curious what Jim's take would be on that issue.
While I generally agree with the episode, I feel like Dark Souls Easy Mode was a poor example.
Series or franchises, lose their fan base all the time. This happens because they aren't adding support for casual gamers, they are CHANGING support. they replace the old style of gameplay with the casual style and effectively piss off every fan.
Long running series often change gameplay, not add to it to support everyone. Take a look at Resident Evil 1, compare it to Resident Evil 6. The gameplay didn't add more to it, it was changed to fit a different demographic entirely. (in the hope to make more money, which it did.) despite sales, critics hated the game simply because of the change. Even though it may not be a worse game, it's not a game that older Resident Evil fans would enjoy.
Nothing much to say here except thank god for someone with some [REDACTED] common sense! If you pay $60+ for a game you SHOULD be able to get your money's worth by being able to complete the game!
You nailed the point there good sir. Once again Jim misses the point and simply calls everyone else who doesn't agree elitist and attacks their character. It's starting to get old
Easy compared to what?
I disagree with the idea that EVERY game should offer modal difficulty.
As far as simplifying mechanics, again it's a case by case basis. In Demon's Souls, there were stats called item burden and equip burden. Your max item burden was determined by the same stat that governed your players HP. Equip burden is governed by the same stat that governs your stamina. Item burden governs how much stuff you can carry in total and you cannot go over your item limit. This means that you had to make frequent visits back to the hubworld to bank your stuff. Equip burden determines how much weight your character's equipped items can be. The less equip burden you use, the faster you moves and dodges.
Dark Souls did away with item burden entirely. It also combined this with a world very reminiscent of the Metroid series; a huge nonlinear world filled with branching paths and hidden passages. The lack of item burden combined with the much heavier focus on exploration was a huge improvement in my opinion.
Sorry I couldn't make a short response. I tried.
Chess is a challenging game to master and a lot of fun for the people who want to put in the work. There are clicks and clubs that enjoy being exclusive to the game as well. Checkers is an easier game loosely based on Chess. It's casual form of the game being easier to set up and play, and a winner can be assured pretty quick.
That is kind of how video games can be divided. Dark Souls and Ninja Gaiden is a lot like Chess (in class) and something like The Reckoning or the Assassin's Creed games would be like Checkers to a gamer.
In the case of Dark Souls, it's a one of a kind experience that sets players apart. The game play and the unwrapping of it's story draws a line in the sand for many gamers. It becomes a club of sorts. If anyone can do it, then "no" it's not as special and "yes" it would take away from the superficial spirit of the community. The ego and competitiveness amongst peers is okay and very natural. I do love the fact that I am one of two in my circle of friends that have mastered this game while the others have given up to go play Dishonored.
It does no good for either side of the argument to insult each other. There are Chess games and there are Checker games both are fun but can't mix. If you removed some of the rules from Chess than it may not be enjoyed by the people who play it and the same goes for Checkers in regard to adding rules. You don't want to add a hard mode to games like Assassins Creed even though so many of us complain about it being too easy. I stopped playing the series after I completed the second one... because it was so easy. Dark Souls is a Chess type of game, enjoyed by people like me. So, in that regard that's why other DKS players were so upset about that news.
Sounds like you would be better off playing Darksiders II. Which is an excellent game, thats not an insult.
Just a minor point: casuals are far cleaner people than regular gamers, they also smell nicer (most likely as a result of their more regular shower schedules)
The ting is that there is something nearly exactly as you described in the game already. you can summon players to help you past difficult levels or assist with bosses. If you are having a lot of trouble making it past the sewers or blighttown or something just look for a sign and get help. People who bother to put a sign down for the hardest levels generally know exactly how to help you.
I used to show people exactly where the invisible platforms are in the crystal caves, for instance.
Not when a game is advertised as brutally hard, even so far as it's slogan is literally "PREPARE TO DIE."
Then there is NO excuse to go into the game expecting an easy mode. They warned you, and you didn't listen.
The theory that easier modes for games don't have to effect hardcore gamers is one i used to hold but no longer do.
Nintendo's approach look brilliant for that particular game.
Dark souls;
There is online play; do easy mode and dark souls mode fight each other? Won't easy mode have an advantage if they can get access to better weapons by killing side quest bosses earlier?
Mass effect 3;
I initially said look 3 modes ;action, rpg and story. This is brilliant they won't streamline the game then for rpg mode.
Hitman absolution;
radar i can't turn off unless it's on purist which was shoved on last minute so the game isn't balanced on it anyway
Easier modes for games don't have to mess it up for hardcore players. But the alarm bells start ringing because the approach a lot of developers take messes it up in most cases.
The streamlined systems for most games can't be turned off because it's part of the game so that is also an automatic fail.
Deus ex: HR wasn't too bad. 'Turn off highlight objects' on any difficulty. All of a sudden I have to explore a bit more rather then see what highlights from afar
Game isn't for me? That's cool, so how exactly do I get my money back then?
Oh, I see - I can't.
When I buy something for as much money as a Video Game, I expect to be able to get something out of it. When I don't get anything out of it, like Dark Souls, I start thinking that the designer needs to fix this problem. I am not wrong in wanting to get enjoyment out of a game that I paid money for, and which I can't send back.
I rented Dark Souls from a Red Box for a day, the opening areas were difficult but fun so I decided on buying it. As I continued onward, everything fun about the game dribbled away to be replaced by aggravation and tedium. I eventually had to quit because it became too boring to bother with.
Of course, almost all of my problems could've been solved if the game got rid of those dumb-ass white magical airlocks so that I could use the terrain to my advantage instead of going "whelp, here's an area you've never been to before - now fight this stupidly hard creature for my amusement."
Then it's your own fault. They didn't make the game wrong, YOU aren't it's target audiance. Same with books and movies, they have genre's and subgenre's for a reason. Not everything appeals to everyone and Dark Soul's isn't for you. It's not the developers fault, it's your own fault. We have the internet you can google these things, you can see whether or not it's for you. If you did, still bought it and then blamed the developers. You have only yourself to blame.
Also how does "PREPARE TO DIE," hell the PC version is literally called: DARK SOULS: PREPARE TO DIE EDITION, = Must have an easy mode? If it did, they wouldn't have advertised it as such.
Your poor impulse control and apparent disregard for your expendable income is no reason for a niche game to appeal to you just because you couldn't play it. Its a silly self entitled argument that makes no sense.
Everything about the marketing that went into this game explained that it would be very challenging and not for everyone, its your own fault you didn't listen.
Don't like Easy Mode? Don't play Easy Mode.
Why exactly isn't that obvious?
This would be apparent if you read the thread.
I'm using a more extreme example with film, but fair cop nonetheless.
Plus you're right, it doesn't hinder my experience, it just hinders theirs, which is a shame.
I read the thread. In doing so I saw someone mention an excellent point about Bayonetta. That game is pretty damn difficult while the easiest mode actually performs the combos for you allowing you to progress with little to no effort. This ridiculously easy mode doesn't take away from the game or the challenge of the harder modes at all. I prefer the harder modes, therefore I play the harder modes.
Same with Dark Souls. If there was an easier mode, I'd ignore it.
Regardless of defending a game by claiming it's difficulty mode is the one sole selling point for the entire game, I for one welcome our new Easy mode overlords.
In all honesty I'm not even mad because:
2)If you feel you can't get over and accept the fact some people want to play on Easy then you really need to play other games or maybe just go outside for some fresh air and realise people have different preferences and no matter what excuse you try to pull out to deny them of their preference you won't ever win unless you dictate what you want them to do which then renders individual choices moot and useless.
And as a last heads up if you decide to quote me and try to defeat what I just said then I'll have to tell you now you won't see any change and it will only be a waste of your time in doing so, so please think deeply and realise that nothing will change the outcome of my viewpoint.
That's fine, they didn't make the game for me. So, who do I see about returning the game from an unsatisfied customer? Nobody? Eat Shit and Die Sidmen, we have your money Muhahaha, you say?
Well, I hope your niche market can afford to keep your doors open - because you sure as hell are no ambassador.
I don't think I once mentioned an easy mode... That was you. If they wanted to be honest with their advertisements, they would've said "prepare to die, then grind your way through the same shitty level a dozen times before you get to the incredibly hard boss fight that pops out of nowhere and which we give you literally no time to prepare for."
Seeing an architecturally neat area is fun. Running through the same area hundreds of times, fighting the same enemies in the same places, is not - it makes me want to grab all the corpses and lock them in a cupboard so they don't just stand back up.
I am fully aware of this, I'd gotten through what I imagine was 1/2 the game before eventually quitting, because yet another boss fight came out of the blue and forced me to run through the same boring ass area to get back to him because I wasn't clairvoyant enough to know that this billowing white cloud was one of the ones that led to a Boss Fight and not one of the pointless ones that just opened a new area.
The game definitely had redeeming qualities, the skill needed to beat random mooks was a welcome change, but its reliance on grinding through the same areas over and over to get to the area you died in (to pad out the runtime) was its doom.
I feel like that is a more than legitimate complaint, you should have started with that. That is one of the most valid reasons for not liking the game I have ever seen.
I think we assumed you wanted an easy mode added because that is what the topic is about and you posted about wanting your monies worth out of something you bought and we connected the 2 dots. So sorry for snarking at you over a miss-communication. I see worse but similar gripes all the time and sometimes just knee-jerk one of the many responses I've had to use.
Still, this;
Not helping us communicate.
Having to walk all the way back to the boss can be annoying and disheartening at times in several areas. Blighttown comes to mind, so does the catacombs and the tomb of giants..
The government shouldn't be involved in the business of marriage at all. That's what's causing problems, not differences in opinion about morality. Civil unions for everyone!
Sounds like you need to be a more informed consumer then. If you have specific tastes and interests it would behoove you to learn about whether the product you are looking at appeals to you. It's not other people's fault, it's yours. If you enjoy action movies but buy a ticket to see a romantic comedy do you approach the theater manager afterwards and demand that the movie have more explosions? Since, you know, you spent good money on a ticket. Not everything is designed for everyone. Sorry guy, better luck next time.
The trouble is the default game is gutted,raped and then poorly sewn back together for the filthily casuals.
If it was not and instead you could select easier modes there would not be a problem. Sadly they make the game for the morons and expect no one to notice the crap they are pulling.
After reading this (and someone may have mentioned this before), Dark Souls probably isnt a good example for or against "Easy Mode". In the same way that the level design was meant to be challenging, there are just as many other aspects of the game design and mechanics that one could argue are legitimately flawed. I suppose lumping all those aspects into a game being "difficult" kinda masks the real nuts and bolts issues. If perhaps the balance between these aspects was different, more people could get in to the game while it still maintaining it's challenge. "Tweaking balance" is not necessarily the same as "dumbing it down".
Well the argument your friend levelled is a red herring, it's not about a game suddenly catching fire if you lose, it's about the game not bring itself down to your level. Novice difficulty is to Skyrim as No Fear Shakespeare is to Hamlet; it actively weakens the work so that you may can experience it. Dark Souls is even worse than the example given, making it easier goes against the purpose of the game, it'd be like making Hamlet into a G rated TV movie.
They did that, it was called The Lion King. It still is a quality work in its own right, even for a kids flick. Besides, they teach you how to read shakespeare in school because the works are still resonant today; No body talks like that anymore, so would you really expect to understand it fresh from a book never seeing it prior. Moreover, Shakespeare in his time was very much the blockbuster Michael Bay director of his day. Although the language needs parsing through today, it was very much meant to play to the cheap seats when performed.
But as I just commented a moment go, I'm beginning to think Dark Souls is a more an acute issue of balance and mechanics as opposed to casual vs. hardcore fans.
An easy mode for dark souls is a horrendously bad idea, and you shouldn't comment on what you haven't played Jim.
If you haven't pushed through and become skilled at the game, you just won't get it.
To be fair it was more obtuse than difficult. Once you learnt the best and somewhat unintuitive mechanics and exploited the fact that you could have massive ranks of rookies to screen and provide recon then it was quite beatable.
That said I'm glad they got rid of action points that you had to count for movement and shooting.
Terror from the Deep was murderous however. I have no idea how to beat that game even on easy mode. The Crabmen or whatever just won't go down to laser fire and they appear very early in the game.
people who say the ONLY feature of dark souls is the difficulty (really? did you guys read the weapons description talk to nps, and watch the scenery? because there is a fucking ton of lore or there or hear the sound track?, it shows they didnt wanna only make a game that is difficult) but anyway on point: play megaman 1-5 or ninja gaiden 1-3, achive boner and never touch DS again
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After three months in recovery, San Francisco General Hospital announced on Wednesday the release of the final patient injured during the deadly Asiana Airlines crash.
SF General didn't release many personal details about the woman, but the chief of surgery said in a statement that she was one of the sickest patients she'd cared for in her career.
"This hospital saved her life," said chief of surgery Dr. Margaret Knudson. "Our whole team breathed a big sigh of relief when she left. Not that we're glad that she's gone of course, but we're glad that she made it."
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The woman was among the 180 passengers injured in the July 6 crash at San Francisco International Airport. Two teens were killed, and a third teenager was killed accidentally when a fire truck ran over her.
The hospital didn't identify the patient, but did list her injuries, showing that she suffered road burns over 30 percent of her body. She suffered damage to her spinal cord and intestinal wounds that prevented her from ingesting solid food for two months, according to the hospital.
When the patient was released in "good" condition on Tuesday, many in the hospital staff said they breathed a sigh of relief. "We're glad she made it," one doctor said. She was transferred to a Bay Area rehabilitation facility for further treatment.
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"The work performed by our intensive care and operative teams throughout her care was amazing and directly contributed to her success. " Knudson said. "She's a real save. That's what we call it when things go well. She was smiling when she left. It was a beautiful sight. "


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The R & B Divas were at it again. Back to filming season 2 and adding some new faces to the squad. Tonight they performed a tribute to the one and only Chaka Khan and it was incredible and angelic to the ears. There's nothing like someone singing your song to you and it actually sounding like you. Ya know? Chaka Khan and the audience gave the girls a Standing Ovation after their amazing performance. Rickey Smiley was the host and it just felt like a TV One Take Over type of evening READ MORE


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When the term "cankles" took the media -- and gyms -- by storm a few years ago, it left many women wondering: Do I have chubby ankles? It wasn't enough that we had to worry about muffin tops, flabby arms and larger-than-we'd-like derrieres. In an ever-increasingly body-conscious society, it's not surprising -- and even somewhat expected -- that we continue to pick apart those areas of our bodies we deem sub-stellar.
And that includes knees.
Knees, like ankles, may not be at the top of everyone's "Sexy Body Parts" list, but if a woman considers them unattractive, it's enough to alter the way she dresses -- and even the way she feels about herself. And while there is not an official term (like cankles) for less-than-svelte knees, do we really have to resort to a life void of flirty miniskirts and sexy shorts? Of course not!
First of all, it's important to realize that our bodies are perfect and beautiful just the way they are. Our knees, in particular, allow us to run, jump, climb, squat and move throughout our days. Without them, we would be in serious trouble. So, before condemning your knees for the way they look, send them some gratitude. Some good loving.
For those looking for a little help with their appearance, Houston dermatologist Dr. Paul Friedman said with shorter hemlines and bare legs being fashionable, more and more women are approaching a cosmetic dermatologist or plastic surgeon. In fact, knees account for approximately 10 percent of his body-contouring patients today.
While the reasons vary, Friedman said many women are concerned about excess fatty tissue in their knees. Other patients want to rid themselves of sagging skin around knees and thighs. And still others come in with distinct scars or an increased amount of pigmentation across their knees (both of which typically follow some sort of trauma). "Causes are multifactorial," Friedman explained. "Genetics, diet and lifestyle all can play a role. However, we do see many thin, athletic patients that still have small deposits of fat on their knees."
Celebrity trainer and USANA spokeswoman Kathy Kaehler said she's had clients who want to tighten up their knees because they just don't like how they look. "They hate how it determines what they wear, or how they think people's eyes go to their knees," she said. Kaehler said knee-haters specifically gripe about the skin, the bumps and the lines that loose skin can make.
And while Kaehler agrees that saggy knees can be attributed to genetics, much of the time she believes it's due to underconditioned quadriceps and weight gain -- which is good news, because it means there is something we can do about it.
Believe it or not, celebrity makeup artist Scott Barnes said this is a common beef among his clients, too. "Women always complain to me that there is some body part they don't like. They always ask me how to fix it." When a woman is unhappy or self-conscious about the way her knees look, not surprisingly, she covers them up. Longer skirts, pants and tights are often used to camouflage these seemingly imperfections.
"I think all women are concerned with their legs in general, and of course, no one wants ugly knees," said Barnes. "I see women all the time looking for additional ways to slim or slenderize their legs. And that includes knees that are soft and delicate."
So if you find yourself knee-deep in reasons why you don't like the way your knees look, click through the gallery to take a look at the top tips from these experts on how to beautify and show them off.


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Join us and learn about three very different means of distributing information, creating community, and publishing. This webinar will be moderated by Hugh Jarvis, long-standing member of the publishing future committee and features the following speakers:
- Matthew Gold, Associate Professor of English & Digital Humanities, and Chris Stein, Director of User Experience for the CUNY Academic Commons, will speak about CBOX, free community engagement software that plugs into WordPress, to support shared spaces for communities like MLA Commons and CUNY Academic Commons.
- Amy Harper, Associate Professor of Anthropology and co-editor of Voices, whose journal runs at extremely low-costs and is self-published by its section, Association for Feminist Anthropology.
- Brian Hole of Ubiquity Press, whose author-pays open access platform has converted several journals to this model, including Papers from the Institute of Archaeology.
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Jennifer Hudson stepped out in a gorgeous royal blue, flowing gown on Sunday night at Elton John's annual Oscar bash, but not far from her mind was her baby boy, David Otunga Jr.
"He's great. He's [steadily] growing," Jennifer told Access Hollywood'sMaria Menounos. "He's crawling now."
Jennifer said raising her beautiful 7-month-old, who is named after his daddy, the singer's fiance, David Otunga, is a complete joy.
"I'm just loving being a mom," the Chicagoan said.
Jennifer opened up about life at home and revealed her little one loves the family pets so much that he tries to speak doggy language.
"The baby loves them," Jennifer told Maria of David's affection for the family dogs. "He's always trying to play with them and he thinks he's one of them. He even growls like the dogs and I'm like, 'Are you growling?'
"We were just on the plane the other day and he was growling at the broccoli that he was playing with," Jennifer laughed. "He was like, 'Arrrrr!' He growls at the other babies and he think that's how you're supposed to communicate."
Besides caring for her son, Jennifer is getting ready for her wedding. And she told Maria her gown is all taken care of.
"That's been done," Jennifer said. "You'll have to wait and see it. It's fierce… It has its own show."
Jennifer revealed, like any bride, she has been working out ahead of her big day.
"I just walk, run, stay consistent and just stay in focus," she said. "It's all about health this year."
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Jury deliberations continue in Cahill corruption trial
Former state treasurer accused of using lottery funds for campaign
Jury deliberations continue in just a few hours in the corruption trial against former Massachusetts Treasurer Tim Cahill.
"It reminds me of somebody getting their hand caught in a cookie jar," prosecutor James O'Brien said.
O'Brien told the jury that Cahill and his former campaign manager and co-defendant Scott Campbell knew exactly what they were doing by using $1.5 million in lottery money to promote his record as treasurer and therefore boost his failing campaign as an Independent for governor in 2010.
In the trial and again in the closing argument, the work of NewsCenter 5 political reporter, Janet Wu, was brought to the attention of the jurors.
"The lottery ads go up on Jan. 29, and that's a news story to Janet Wu. She understands, from her position, that this just doesn't look right," O'Brien said.
The lottery ads ran parallel to Cahill's campaign ads. His defense attorney insisted that Cahill had to defend his record as treasurer because of attack ads by the Republican Governor's Association.
"Not only did they take him down, his campaign dealt with that, but they took the lottery, because they had to destroy the lottery and its brand to really get to him," defense attorney Jeffrey Denner said.
The prosecutor said Cahill and Campbell "betrayed" the public's trust, a claim denied by Denner, who says Cahill's motives were always pure.
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One of the most talked about series of the year is "Surviving R. Kelly" which premiers on Lifetime on January 3rd, 2019! Asante McGee is one of the women who claims to have been involved in an abusive relationship with R. Kelly and she sat down with La Loca in the HMH Stage 17 Artist Lounge to talk about her experiences, the show, her children, and MUCH more!
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Please do watch this. Wonder what the AG's do if put in this same situation? Who would be sneaky enough to eat a marshmallow behind our backs? We're finding this out aren't we?
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Have you ever wondered about the doctrine of the Trinity? How could the God of the Bible be one God, but at the same time three Persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?
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Swimming's comeback king Geoff Huegill has hit troubled waters after he and his wife were allegedly caught with cocaine at Sydney's Randwick racecourse.
NSW police were patrolling Saturday's Autumn Carnival race meeting when they were directed to a suite in the grandstand by security.
Officers reportedly approached Huegill, 35, and his 30-year-old wife Sara Hills, after viewing CCTV footage of the two entering a disabled toilet.
Police allegedly gained entry into the toilet after finding the door was locked with the couple inside.
Officers claim to have found a small quantity of white powder, believed to be cocaine, and charged the two with possessing a prohibited drug.
They are due to appear in Waverley Local Court on May 14.
Huegill, a former world record butterfly swimmer who won silver in the 4×100 metre medley relay and bronze in the 100 metre butterfly at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, overcame battles with weight and depression to win two gold medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
Lawyer Paul Hunt confirmed the couple were issued with a court notice.
"As the matter is not yet resolved, my clients do not intend to make any further comment at this point in time," he said in a statement.
On the day he was charged, the popular Huegill posted a photo of him and his wife on Instagram "enjoying the day … in the Moet suites at Randwick".
He posted a picture of a white bottle of luxury French champagne Moet.
The Olympic medallist is the latest high-profile Australian swimmer to find himself in the spotlight.
Olympic greats Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett have both spent time in rehab this year for depression and sleeping pill addiction respectively.
Scott Miller, butterfly silver medallist at the 1996 Olympics, admitted he was addicted to the drug ice earlier this year after avoiding jail time for drug possession.
Huegill battled weight problems after retiring from swimming following the 2004 Athens Olympics and admitted to taking drugs and suffering depression.
He turned his life around by losing 45kg and returning to the pool, capturing double gold in Delhi before missing the team for the 2012 London Olympics.
In 2011, he revealed he drank heavily, became hooked on fatty food and had suicidal thoughts during his time out of the sport.
"My life from about 2005 to 2007, I experimented with many different things. I guess that's a story that's in my past," he told the Nine Network.
Huegill credited his wife, whom he met in 2007, with turning his life around.
The couple live in the inner Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst and have two young daughters.
Since hanging up his goggles, Huegill has set up his own company working as an athlete-entrepreneur, along with public speaking and Club Skip, his weight-loss program.


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The twelfth episode in the "A Religion for Our Time" series explains how First Unitarian in Albuquerque, New Mexico, attracts a diverse group of worshippers through a contemporary service on Sunday afternoons.
As the sanctuary became more and more crowded during the two Sunday services at First Unitarian, members of the congregation had a decision to make. They didn't need to deliberate over whether to add another service, but about what kind of service to add. A survey pointed them in the direction of contemporary worship, and now the congregation rocks out with the house band each week.
"When I put together a service, I look not only for music that will be energetic," explains Vance Bass, contemporary worship director at First Unitarian. "I also look for music that encourages a sense of community, both in terms of the lyrics, and also in terms of the encouragement to stand up and clap, sing along, dance in the aisles."
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Rev. Peter Morales: Here's a good problem to have. It's getting a little crowded at your Sunday service and you need to think about adding a second or third service. What do you do? A carbon copy, or something a little different? Here's how First Unitarian in Albuquerque, New Mexico, decided to move ahead.
Rev. Christine Robinson: Our hope when we started the service was to have a third service that was distinctly different and would draw a little bit different crowd.
[SINGING] Gonna keep on moving forward, never turning back.
Vance Bass: We put together a survey, and by far the largest percentage of them said that they would like to see a contemporary service.
David Haughaqout: The contemporary service to me is the music, the people, the community.
Rev. Christine Robinson: In a contemporary worship service, it's the band leader who is the leader of the service, and traditionally the preacher only preaches. And since we were going to three services and I was worried about how much energy I would have for three services, that seemed very attractive. Plus we already had a church band that the church loved, and giving that band a chance to play every week seemed like it would be a big draw.
Vance Bass: When I put together a service, I look not only for music that will be energetic.
[SINGING] Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
I also look for music that encourages a sense of community--
[SINGING] We've got to pitch in, work together, give each other a helping hand.
--both in terms of the lyrics, and also in terms of the encouragement to stand up and clap, sing along, dance in the aisles.
Anna Harrison: If I had one word to describe this service, it would be excitement. I mean, it's like a spiritual excitement.
Tiffany Minor: I really enjoy the sense of togetherness that I get when I'm singing.
Vance Bass: We also find that if we project the lyrics on a projection screen, then we don't have people with their faces in a book. We have people looking up and singing enthusiastically. So we think the technological change there is something that's made a difference in the atmosphere of the worship.
Congregants: When we're group singing, singing along, and I look over at Andrea, and she's just having a grand old time singing along. She doesn't sing enough, but when she gets to sing, it's wonderful.
Rev. Christine Robinson: Amongst the things that have surprised us is the diversity in the congregation.
Anna Harrison: I think we can attract a lot of young people. I mean, I'm old and I love it.
Rev. Christine Robinson: It's also turned out to be a more racially and ethnically diverse service than our first two services by a noticeable measure. And I'm not sure what to attribute that to, but we like it.
Vance Bass: I think we had a slight advantage, in that we're in a modern building. We have a grand piano which can be moved around on the platform.
[SINGING] Gonna find a place where I can close my eyes and imagine a world of peace and a world of hope.
If we were in a traditional building, say with a pipe organ, I still think we could do this. Because we found that people have been very, very willing to embrace a more modern and less formal style. It's amazing what Unitarian Universalists can do when they're asked.
Rev. Christine Robinson: I think that one of the things that has happened that I also didn't anticipate is that a church that has a contemporary music service is a different entity than one who doesn't, even for those who never come. Most people in our membership come to the service that they've always come to. They worship in the morning, that's their lifelong habit. They like the traditional music. But their church has a contemporary music service, and they like that very much. And I think it sets a tone for the church going into the future that's important.
It's an important project, and it's fun to have a completely new way to think about worship and preaching after all these years.
[SINGING] We are sharing together, we are praying together, we are working together for a better, for a better world.
Visit the First Unitarian in Albuquerque website for more information.


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A new day....A new confidence!
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Joe, I just love your sketches. The way you continue to find the humor in each game day after day and capture that in your sketches is truly a pleasure to watch.ReplyDelete
The Subway Series Pre Game 2 is "Classic".
I am rooting for you to make it all the way to the end of this season (and with luck the post season) I can only imagine what the final sketch of this season will look like.
Thanks for sharing your sketches with the public.
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McHENRY – A picture of Rose Savanelli hangs behind the counter at her son's new restaurant.
The newly opened Italian restaurant at 4113 Shamrock Lane – Cucina Rosa Italian Restaurant – is named after her and uses the recipes she taught her son, Salvatore Savanelli, in her massive Oak Park kitchen with three stoves, three refrigerators and more than 40 cabinets.
"I remember fond memories of my mother [from when I was] growing up as a child, when I was a young boy – 8, 9 years old – growing up in the kitchen, doing stuff with my mother, making cavatellis, homemade gnocchis, Christmas stuff, sweets," he said. "Those are the memories that make me happy of my mother."
The recipes served at Cucina Rosa go back five generations in Savanelli's family. His parents, Rose and Frank, moved to Oak Park from Naples, Italy, in 1951. They died in 2001 four months apart.
Making those recipes the way he remembers them with the best ingredients he can find is Savanelli's mission at his new restaurant, which he and his wife, Mary Jo, opened June 10.
"I don't skimp when it comes to food," he said. "Everybody tries to skimp because it's a business. I don't do that. I do it just like my mother used to do it when I was a kid. I don't want to change the recipe. It's a recipe that's been going on for a hundred years. I'm not going to change it for a few dollars."
Savanelli can do that now that he is his own boss.
The Arlington Heights couple closed their last restaurant, Abondanza Italian Café in Palatine, after about six or seven years when the landlord died and the property was sold. They decided against buying it since the area had changed quite a bit.
After that, Savanelli ran Luigi's in Chicago, which he leased from an uncle, and worked as a chef in several restaurants.
Cucina Rosa is larger than Abondanza Italian Cafe, which had only 13 tables. The new place also has an expanded menu – not strictly Italian cuisine – with a note on that back that if they have the ingredients and they know how to make it, they'll cook anything the customer wants.
All their sauces are made in house as well as desserts like tiramisu. Many of the pastas also are made from scratch, including the gnocchi, tortellini, ravioli and cappellacci.
It's "casual fine taste," Savanelli said, adding that the restaurant doesn't have a dress code and is family friendly.
Before Cucina Rosa's opened, the restaurant in Liberty Square Mall at the corner of Route 31 and Shamrock Lane was A Touch of Italy, another Italian place that closed when the owner retired.
The Savanellis gutted the space and completely renovated it before opening in June.
"I''m running the restaurant like my mother ran her house," he said. "I want people to come here and think this is not just a restaurant; this is where you can have friends, family, good food, good wine, good music, everything at one time."
About Cucina Rosa Italian Restaurant
Located: 4113 Shamrock Lane in McHenry
Phone: 815-322-2153
Website: www.cucinarosaitalianrestaurant.com
Hours: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday, and 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday


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*WATCH THE VIDEO: Al Jazzbo Collins Horn and Hardart CNN Broadcast by Jon Hammond http://www.archive.org/details/LateRentPartyInIndigoBluesClubNycWithJonHammondBand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NwfEsLvmTw As seen on The Jon Hammond Show MCTV MNN TV cable access show with the classic opening by famous Weather Man Lloyd Lindsay Young and CNN live radio broadcast extravaganza AM 1130 WNEW All Star Show Hosted by the late great Al Jazzbo Collins aka Jazzbeaux Collins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_%22Jazzbo%22_Collins covered by Jon Hammond personally on May 29, 1987 Radio Hall of Fame http://www.bayarearadio.org/audio/jazzbeaux/ Incredible dialogue between Al Jazzbo Collins and Cynthia Tornquist of CNN she learns a lot from Jazzbeaux about the Purple Grotteaux and the night world of Jazz Musicians and the special people in the Al's world. Whether Cynthia knows it or not she is being majooberized! Jazzbo leads the famous call and response based on the 1948 film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. In one scene some obviously very bad banditos try to pass themselves off to Bogart as federales (police). Humphrey Bogart's character knows they are not federales but nevertheless asks to see some badges. The bandito-in-charge responds "Badges?! I don't got no badges. We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinkin' badge." Most special broadcast and painting of the manhole cover door to Purple Grotteaux seen world wide on CNN TV as shot by Jon Hammond personally, enjoy folks! *Note: The phone number for BackBeat Productions running on this clip was taken over by the IRS Internal Revenue Servie after a long battle with Jon Hammond, they had a bank of numbers 340-9000, 9001 etc. so they really wanted 212-340-9007 they finally got it. If you call it now you'll get the IRS not Jon Hammond folks! 3 minutes and 39 seconds in to the clip, Jazzbo says he needs a pencil, I hand him my black Chinese Lacquer S.T. Dupont pen, he then writes down the name of Cynthia Tornquist just before going live on-air then hands it back to me and says: "Thank you Man it's a very smooth pen." Special thanks Lew Anderson big band, Lew was Clarabell the Clown on Howdy Doody TV Show between 1954 and 1960 his music playing while Jon Hammond takes you on a tour of the food of Horn & Hardart Automat at corner of 42nd St. and Third Avenue in Manhattan just below the main studios of WNEW Radio, now 1130 is Bloomberg Radio. For more information http://www.HammondCast.com Jon Hammond Show is still on the air 28th year MNNTV in New York City As Seen On The Jon Hammond Show MCTV MNN TV Cable Access TV 28th Year http://vimeo.com/31950070
Al Jazzbo Collins Horn and Hardart CNN Broadcast by Jon Hammond from Jon Hammond on Vimeo.http://blip.tv/jon-hammond/al-jazzbo-collins-horn-and-hardart-cnn-broadcast-by-jon-hammond-5727732 http://www.viddler.com/explore/hammondcast/videos/108/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxv2ZN276_s As seen on HammondCast & CNN: AL JAZZBEAUX COLLINS (WNEW) all-night broadcast at HORN & HARDART NY to raise money for NYPD Horse named "Jazzbeaux" with All-Star Musicians: LOU ROMANO (IORIO Accorgan), GIL CHIMES (drums/band)..at the Piano: JOE BUSHKIN with appearance by CNN's CYNTHIA TORNQUIST, AL JAZZBEAUX COLLINS outside with NYPD Horse Officers *Shot personally by JON HAMMOND of CBS' HammondCast KYCY/KYOU 1550 AM all night May 29, 1987. More will become available...stay tuned! *Jon's site: http://www.HammondCast.com *WATCH THE VIDEO: Jon Hammond Show MNNTV Special Debut of Sk1 Hammond Organ Keyboard Broadcast
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by Maria Ciaccia
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JON HAMMOND Jazz Man
Jon Hammond's story is one of survival. Survival as a jazz musician, survival as a Manhattanite. The organist-accordionist has survived because of perseverance, love of his art, tremendous humor, and gratitude. His new independently produced and marketed CD, HAMMOND'S BOLERO, which contains only music written by Hammond, is both a statement and a tribute. As his CD notes begin, "This record marks a new beginning for me, and I would like to dedicate it to all those who, like myself, are striking out on their own and going it alone. Don't be afraid to follow your dreams. I did and now this record is for you!" Following his dream at times has not been easy.
Take his living situation. Hammond is fairly new to Manhattan Plaza---a resident for just two years---and like everything else involving this multitalented man, there's an interesting story attached. "I'm living under a lucky star after years of putting up with all kinds of adverse conditions. Manhattan Plaza has been a great, great help for me." Living in the Clinton area, Hammond survived six ceiling collapses in his apartment and was finally driven out by sick building syndrome, i.e. poisonous mold in the walls. He realized it only after watching an epsode of 60 MINUTES. Did he sue? "No," he says. "Put it this way---the title song for my TV show is called 'Late Rent.' I used to pay my landlord partial payments, etc. so I never sued."
As a further testament to his Manhattan survival, Hammond is a nineteen-year-veteran of cable access with his own television show, aptly titled THE JON HAMMOND SHOW. Manhattan Plaza residents Todd Anderson (tenor sax) and Bill Warfield (trumpet) have been featured as part of the band. the show airs on Monday at 9:30 p.m. on channels 56 and 108 and various times on other channels. For more information, viewers can check Hammond's website, http://community.webtv.net/laterent/JONHAMMOND
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But before the glamour of Manhattan, CD's, opening for Bonnie Raitt, and some other high-class gigs, Hammond paid his dues. Attending the Berklee college of Music in Boston in 1973, he earned money on the wild side. "I used to play in these Mafia striptease clubs seven nights a week. Boy, that was the end of an era. I was working for the Venus brothers, notorious gangsters, and I was the house organist at the infamous 2 O'Clock Lounge, the Mousetrap Lounge, The Hungry I---all these clubs that were in what was known as the Combat Zone in Boston."
And how did he get to New York? "Well, I knew a stripper named Didi Bangbang, a really nice girl. She knew I had a van. When you have a van, you get some interesting calls. She had a show at this burlesque club in New York so she said, 'Drive me and I'll introduce you to New York.' This was in 1975. She had wild props, like a plexiglass round platform with disco lights inside of it. We loaded everything in this army green van and drove to New York."
From New York, Hammond went on the road with a show band called Easy Living "It was one of the top show bands---this was before disco---and you'd get on the different circuits. We were in the $10,000-a-week bracket."
Just one problem. "I get the call for a really great gig, but it's always at the end. When you see me show up, it's a doomsday situation. The band toured for six months. We were in Toronto working at the Four Seasons Inn on the Park, one of the nicest hotels I've ever been in in my life. I was living like a king. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. Well, they had installed a DJ booth---the first place we ever played with one installed. He played on our breaks. They would cross-fade, meaning we would re-enter playing the music he had been playing. But I could see the handwriting on the wall. The disco thing had not really come in and taken over yet---the very first tune that was a big disco hit was "The Hustle." "We had to do it with the band. That tune was like the death knell. Disco came in and the bands went out."
A musician's life involves a lot of travel, and that Hammond has done---back and forth throughout North America, from New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Cape Cod, and Toronto. "Around 1977, I ended up in Boston again. There I heard through the grapevine that Lou Colombo, the trumpet player, was looking for an organist for a private harbor club in Harwichport, Massachussets. Another great job. One of the members was Tip O'Neil, who became Speaker of the House, and I played all of his private parties. He was always very nice. That lasted for two years and then they reduced the nights."
In September 1981, Hammond fulfilled his dream of a lifetime---traveling to Paris on the Concorde. "I lived it out exactly as I saw it in my dream." Hammond recalls. "I had a haircut. I bought a dark blue suit. I bought a case that I still travel with today. Every man was wearing the same suit I was. As soon as the plane took off, I realized I was leaving the continent for the first time and I got very emotional."
Hammond stayed in Paris "as long as I could. I wrote music there. It was more than I hoped it would be. I swore I'd come back to live. I ended up in Europe for six years, actually in Frankfurt, going back and forth to the States, from 1991 to 1997." For being a consultant on the design, Suzuki gave him an XB-2 Hammond organ, which was a big help to him.
A career change occurred when he and his band were hired to play at the Jazzkeller in Frankfurt. "I went on a TV show to promote it," he recalls, "Later on, I took a cab to the club and there was a huge commotion outside. I thought it was due to a group playing an earlier set. I said to the cab driver, 'Gee, I hope they finish soon.' the driver said, "They're waiting for you.;" Though Hammond did very well in Europe, including a concert on Radio France, a trade war soon found american jazz musicians being cut out of European work. "I came home on Pakistan Airlines" the former Concorde passenger remembers. Hammond is used to the roller coaster ride of the musician---one day on tour with Percy Sledge, the next day coming home from France with $50.
Hammond recently returned from successful concerts in Germany at the International Trade show "Musikmesse" for the seventeenth consecutive year with his co-producer Joe Berger, of Ham-Berger-Friz Records, the producer of the CD. You got it. Hamburger/fries. Hammond's CD is currently getting radio play in Germany and National Public Radio stations in the U.S. Several manhattan Plaza residents are involved in the CD. On April 28, he had a launch party at Le Bar Bat.
Though only occasionally veering outside of the music world, Hammond did something unusual in 2001. "My mother called me and said, 'Jon, they're hiring at United Airlines.' I thought, what can it hurt to please my mother, I"ll apply. I did get an offer but I was unable to take it because it involved transporting luggage, and I couldn't do it because of my bad back. However, they then found out that I speak German. I was offered a better job in International. Now guess when I was supposed to start training? October 2001. Well, you know what happened to the airlines after 9/11, and you know what I said about getting a gig at the death knell. So this told me one thing, I'm supposed to be a musician." He's right.
*Update: Hammond in Moscow! *story: with pictures: http://community.webtv.net/GoldenPenMan/BLUESINTHEMOSCOW
Miracle on 42nd Street Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-0A56IC6uM MIRACLE ON 42ND STREET is a feature length documentary about the unique apartment complex called Manhattan Plaza located in Manhattan's historic theatre district, a neighborhood also known as Hell's Kitchen. Located on the block between 42nd and 43rd Streets, it is often called the "Miracle on 42nd Street" due to the near-miraculous effect the complex has had on the once-blighted neighborhood and on the lives of its residents. Seventy percent of the occupants work in the performing arts and thirty percent are Hell's Kitchen residents who are elderly, disabled or have been relocated from substandard housing. The film tells the story of how this innovative affordable housing experiment came to be, the artists it has nurtured, the close community its residents and management have created and the positive impact it has had on the economy of Manhattan's West Side. The filmmakers, several of whom are current and former residents, are passionate about sharing the story of Manhattan Plaza with the world. It is a unique model of what can be achieved by bringing together over 3,500 people from differing cultural, ethnic and economic backgrounds. The film is intended for festival release and to air on television. We hope that by making this film, the example of Manhattan Plaza will inspire new ways of thinking about affordable housing in cities around the globe. We believe that Manhattan Plaza's success was brought about by the creative community it housed, people whose dreams and goals might not have been realized had it not been for the opportunity of living in Manhattan Plaza. People like Broadway composer Alan Menken, Terrence Howard, Alicia Keys, Tennessee Williams, Marin Alsop (groundbreaking female orchestra conductor), Dexter Gordon, Larry David, Charles Mingus, Mickey Rourke, Andrea McArdle (Broadway's first Annie) and Sandy, her dog. Samuel L. Jackson worked there as a security guard in his first and only non-acting job. Bringing Back Sony Tape Recorder Audio Transfer Project Jon Hammond rock band Hades 1971 recordings Archive at CHRS Radio Clinic at California Historical Radio Society, Elmo disassembles Jon Hammond's TC-366 tape deck on the bench from Kozo Ohsone Sony Tape Recorder Division to play back 40 year old archive recording Berkeley El Cerrito based band HADES recorded live at Provo Park in Berkeley and at rehearsal garage on Carlson Blvd. Richmond recorded on a TC-366 sound on sound reel to reel tape deck, here is the machine on the bench with Elmo: HammondCast 19 http://www.archive.org/details/HammondCast_19_1 HammondCast 19 starts out in Frankfurt Germany recording in AFN Europe Headquarters on one big tube microphone featuring Hungarian tenor saxophone star TONY LAKATOS, now a member of the HR Radio Big Band. And a slow rainy day Blues featuring guitarist JOE BERGER and RAY GRAPPONE drums, Jon on the XB-2 organ/bass. Also a 35 year-old recording of my old rock band HADES and a shout out to the bass player STEVE WRIGHT who is recuperating from a stroke and heart attack but is now starting to speak again, get better Steve! From there to 1995 recording in LE BAR BAT NYC playing Jon's tune "Pocket Funk". A song I recorded with Eddie Money that is close to Eddie's heart: "I've Been Lovin' You Too Long" for all the Eddie Money freaks out there. I just saw Eddie in NY and he's doin' fine, still touring in a city near you! And finally ending up back in AFN Europe Headquarters playing Jon Hammond's theme song: "LATE RENT", dedicated to YOU of KYOU the your Rent will never be Late! http://www.HammondCast.com HADES R to L: Steve Wright bass vocals, Jimmy Thorsen guitar vocals, Dave Danza drums, Jon Hammond organ electric piano
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Jon Hammond on Hammond Sk1 World's First Road Test of ultra-portable Hammond Sk1 with Jon Hammond Band in Germany at Jon's annual Musikmesse-Session in Jazzkeller Hofheim April 8, 2011 Special Thanks Suzuki Musical Instruments, Ken Atsumi, Waichiro 'Tachi' Tachikawa, Hiromitsu Ono, Yu Beniya, Shigeyuki Ohtaka, Shuji Suzuki, Bernie Capicchiano, Malc Deakin Hammond Suzuki UK Europe, Michael Falkenstein Hammond Suzuki Germany, camera: Jennifer
Joe Berger guitar, Giovanni Gulino drums, Peter Klohmann tenor sax, Jon Hammond Sk1 Hammond Stage Keyboard http://www.jonhammondband.com
Sk1 Sk2 Hammond Suzuki Musikmesse Blues Organ Hofheim Hamamatsu Japan
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Meet The Incredible Sk1 Hammond with Michael Falkenstein and Jon Hammond
Filmed in Hammond-Showroom Karlstrasse 38
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"Meet The Incredible Sk1 Hammond with Michael Falkenstein and Jon Hammond"
First look at this exciting new keyboard product weighing in at 7 kilos, just over 15 lbs., it sounds like a real Hammond B3 organ with Leslie, or a full size grand piano, any type of famous vintage electric piano or synthesizer. This keyboard does it all and with original Hammond drawbars and it's feather light. Sk1 has a built in USB flash drive input, the keys are 'bullet proof' waterfall style keys that can hold up to extreme pressure of rockin' rock musicians, swinging jazz musicians and can even sound like a huge pipe organ. This film will blow your mind.
Available June 2011, contact Michael Falkenstein Hammond Suzuki Deutschland Europe http://www.hammond.de/kontakt.html
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Special thanks, Hr. Klaus Maier founder of Hammond Germany, Suzuki Musical Instruments Chief Engineers Hiromitsu Ono, Ken Atsumi, Malc Deakin Hammond UK, Jennifer Schiele, Waichiro 'Tachi' Tachikawa, Bernie Capicchiano Bernies Music Land, Dennis Capiga Hammond Suzuki USA, Jan Kok & Siem Lassche of Hammond Suzuki Europe BV - dedicated to the Samurai Spirit of Japan during the recovery, we send our most sincere thanks and wishes for a speedy recovery to our good friends in Japan.
Sincerely, Jon Hammond
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The North Central College football team tested the durability of the Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium scoreboard in its Homecoming game on Saturday, lighting it up with a frantic first-half scoring barrage and pulling away for a 72-20 victory over the Carthage College Red Men.
The fourth-ranked Cardinals (7-0, 4-0 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin) wasted no time putting their stamp on the contest, owning a 55-0 lead by halftime on the way to the sixth-highest single-game point total in program history and the most points scored by either team in 58 previous meetings.
"The good thing about this game was that all phases of the game made plays," said North Central head coach John Thorne. "It was nice to see so many different players get involved."
North Central's initial score was its first special-teams touchdown of the year. After forcing a punt on the Red Men's first drive of the day, Steve Liaromatis broke through the Carthage protection and blocked the kick. He recovered the ball on the seven-yard line and rambled to the end zone to open the scoring.
The next Carthage punt was returned 31 yards by Shane Dierking to the visitors' 32-yard line, and the Cardinals' offense needed just four plays to get on the board, as Ryan Kent ran in for a three-yard TD and a 14-0 lead with 8:45 still to play in the first quarter. North Central took possession in Carthage's half of the field two more times after short punts, converting the opportunities into two TD passes fromSpencer Stanek to Peter Sorenson. The throws covered 10 and and 21 yards, respectively, and gave the hosts a 28-0 lead at the end of one period of play.
The Cardinals' first score of the second period came after just two plays. Stanek completed a 50-yard pass to Demarco Tillman before Kent covered the remaining six yards for his second touchdown of the day. North Central's lengthiest scoring drive of the first half, a 10-play, 53-yard jaunt which last just under three minutes, culminated in a one-yard TD run by Oshayne Brown.
The final two first-half touchdowns each came on two-play drives. Stanek threw a 28-yard scoring pass to Ryne Rezac with 4:59 before halftime, and Kent scored for the third time on a 68-yard run with 1:57 on the clock. The Cardinals' 55 first-half points equaled its highest output of the season for a full game prior to Saturday.
After a scoreless third quarter, Carthage broke up the shutout early in the fourth quarter when backup quarterback Nick Anzelmo completed a 14-yard TD pass to Marcus Hines. Cornerback Marcus Harnett picked off a Cardinal pass on the next drive and ran in for a 34-yard score to get Carthage on the board once again less than a minute later, though North Central countered with a 51-yard TD run byDenzel Thompson just three plays later.
With 6:52 to play, North Central brought kicker Nick Dace on for a 56-yard field goal attempt, and the senior knocked a line drive through the uprights for the longest successful field goal in the Cardinals' history. Dace set the previous record of 55 yards at the University of Wisconsin-Stout last season.
"Nick has struggled this year," Thorne said. "We wanted to get him out there and give him a chance to get some more confidence. There's going to be a day when we're going to need him to make a big one for us to win a game, and hopefully he's able to knock one in like that on that day."
Carthage blocked a Cardinal punt and returned it for a touchdown with 2:46 to play, though Thompson was able to cap off the scoring with an 80-yard TD run on the second play of the ensuing possession.
North Central finished with a 528-151 advantage in total yards, limiting the Red Men to the sixth-lowest single-game output by a Cardinal opponent since 2000. The Cardinals gained 312 yards on the ground, led by the 128 garnered by Thompson on just four carries and the 97 gained by Kent on five attempts. Stanek completed 12 of 17 passes for 218 yards, throwing five times to Sorenson for 57 yards. With 11 career touchdown catches, Sorenson is now tied with Hank Johnston '10 for eighth-most all-time at North Central.
The Cardinals' defense totaled 12 tackles for loss and five quarterback sacks while forcing two turnovers and 11 Carthage punts. Alex Tripp and Nick Boesso led North Central with five tackles each, and Tripp also turned in 2.5 tackles for loss.Trey Hartema intercepted his first pass of the season and Adam Szudarski forced a fumble which was recovered by John Focosi.
Anzelmo completed 9 of 16 passes for 86 yards for the Red Men, which got 34 rushing yards on 11 carries from tailback Derek Bellamy. Free safety Damon Hayden made a team-best nine tackles.
The Cardinals travel to face 17th-ranked Illinois Wesleyan University (7-0, 4-0) next week. The Titans defeated 10th-ranked Wheaton College, 30-19, on Saturday to remain unbeaten. Kickoff at Tucci Stadium is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.


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I hope you enjoy this issue honoring NLU's dedication to adult learners. Did you know that the average age of our nearly 9,000 students is 35?
You are just one of the 65,000 alumni whose accomplishments continually impress us. While the alumni we profiled in this issue are engaged in work that is often very public, we have so many alumni who are giving back behind the scenes in equally meaningful ways.
For example, Ursula Pawlowski, M.S. HRMD '09, staffed the Alumni Association table as a volunteer last year at graduation events for the Class of 2012. She spoke with graduates about her own story, earning her first degree in her 30s and leveraging CMB faculty connections to obtain her current position at the American Hospital Association. Now, Ursula and I are collaborating on a special program to help connect NLU students to job opportunities offered by alumni around the Chicagoland area.
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The New Britain Superior Court has issued a temporary injunction barring the Southington YMCA from demolishing the Olney house on North Main Street as part of a plan to add additional parking at the facility.
The injunction, secured by the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, will protect the Olney house through January 30. During this time the Trust will work on possible solutions to preserving the home.
Helen Higgins, executive director for the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation said that if a deal was not reached within the five months the group would file for a permanent injunction.
"We hope to save the house," Higgins said. "We hope to get a good use for the house."
The home, which is located at 116-119 North Main Street, has had two famous owners. The home was built in the early 1800s by Samuel Andrews, a Revolutionary War veteran. Jesse Olney, a world traveler, geographical textbook author and politician, moved in around the mid-1800s and lived in the house for 21 years. His son lived in the house after Olney left.
"It's a very historic house," said local attorney and author Liz Kopec.
Kopec mentions the Olney home in her 2007 Images of America-Southington book. In the book Kopec writes that Olney was the author of a geography and atlas that was only outsold by Noah Webster's speller.
In his lifetime, Olney also worked for education reform, served in the state legislature and worked as the state controller.
The brick federal building has undergone a few renovations over the years, but it is still structurally sound and is the only brick home remaining in town, according to Kopec.
For a few days last week Kopec stood outside the Olney house to maintain a "presence" against the demolition of the building.
The Southington YMCA purchased the property on Sept. 2 for $290,000. The home was listed as for sale as of June 2011.
After deeming renovation costs for the home to be too expensive, the YMCA Board of Directors decided to use the property to expand the parking area at the High Street facility.
The YMCA was formally approached by the Southington Historical Society about the property on April 27. The YMCA and the historical society worked for three months to reach an agreement on the property, but the YMCA recently stepped back from the table and took out demolition permits a few weeks ago.
The demolition permits did not necessarily mean that the YMCA was going to demolish the Olney house. The permits are needed for several different things, including the removal of the addition to the home.
"We have a really challenging timeline for this project," said YMCA Executive Director John Myers.
Myers said the court injunction only covers the historic Olney house, not the addition or the other buildings on the property. Myers said this would allow the YMCA to move forward with the renovation as planned, leaving the Olney home alone for the time being.
In an email detailing the timeline since the YMCA purchased the Olney house and in a follow up phone conversation, Myers said that the real estate agent who sold the property had offered the home to the Southington Historical Society.
Former Southington Historical Society President Ken DiMauro, who headed the organization at the time that the offer would have been made, said the historical society was never approached about purchasing the Olney house. He said the historical society was not aware that anything was going on with the home until there was activity at the house.
"We didn't even know it was for sale," DiMauro said.
A message left with the agent from Century 21 All Points Realty that handled the property was not returned as of press time Tuesday.


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Welcome to the Healthy eating module for children aged 8-11 years. This module supports primary school children learning about healthy eating, as depicted by the Eatwell Guide and is comprised of a comprehensive Teachers' Guide and five Key Facts:
Key Fact 1 - Around the world people choose and combine different foods to make meals and snacks. The total amount and range of foods eaten is called the diet;
Key fact 2 - A healthy diet is made up from a variety and balance of different foods and drinks, as depicted in the Eatwell Guide.
Key Fact 3 - To be active and healthy, food is needed to provide energy for the body;
Key Fact 4 - A variety of food is needed in the diet because different foods contain different substances that are needed for health. These are nutrients, water and fibre;
Key Fact 5 - Being active and looking after yourself are important for health.
This module features differentiated information for different aged children, including worksheets, PowerPoint presentations, food cards and photographs.
Last reviewed: 15/08/2016
Next review date: 14/08/2019