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Nomads Melbourne Informations
We were voted the best hostel in Victoria '07 and '08 and finalist '09, '10 and '11 at the TNT Golden Backpack Awards.
At Nomads Melbourne, we offer you a unique backpacking experience. Our totally refurbished building is located at the top end of the CBD, right in front of the Queen Victoria Ma
- 24 Hour Reception
- Airport Transfers
- Bar
- Board games
- Cafe
- Card Phones
- Common Room
- Elevator
- Fax Service
- Hairdryers For Hire
- Hot Showers
- Housekeeping
- Internet Access
- Jobs Board
- Key Card Access
- Kitchen
- Linen Included
- Lockers
- Luggage Storage
- Meals available
- Outdoor Terrace
- Pool Table
- Postal Service
- Tea/Coffee Making Facilities
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Towels for hire
- Vending Machines
- Washing machine
- Wheelchair Accessible
From the Airport:
Simply catch the Skybus (AU$16 one way) direct to Southern Cross Station. From Southern Cross it's a 10-15 minute walk, or else transfer to the free shuttle bus which will drop you straight at our door.
If you're on foot, follow the signs to Flagstaff Garden, turn up William St (away from La Trobe St), then take the first right onto A'Beckett St.
The free City Circle Tram can drop you off on the corner of Queen St and Latrobe St, from where we are a 1 block walk, up Queen St and left onto A'Beckett.
Closest Train Station - Flagstaff Station
Closest Tram Stop - Flagstaff Station
Informations about Nomads Melbourne
We were voted the best hostel in Victoria '07 and '08 and finalist '09, '10 and '11 at the TNT Golden Backpack Awards.
At Nomads Melbourne, we offer you a unique backpacking experience. Our totally refurbished building is located at the top end of the CBD, right in front of the Queen Victoria Market. With many popular Melbourne attractions, beautiful gardens, fantastic shopping and dining, and a wealth of public transport options close by, Melbourne at its best is at your doorstep.
Enjoy budget accommodation in style. Your backpacking experience comes complete with contemporary in-house bar -café, cinema lounge, laundry facilities, a small guest kitchen (we provide free pasta, rice, tea and coffee) and a sun deck.
You can book travel tours at our MAD travel desk and keep in touch with friends and family with internet terminals, Wi-Fi and international telephone access. With our free luggage storage facilities, 24-hour reception and a host of friendly staff, Nomads Melbourne will make your stay in Melbourne a breeze.
Our accommodation options include deluxe ensuite king rooms, single or multi-share private rooms and four-to-10-bed dormitory rooms. All come with fresh white linen, operable windows, fans and heating as well as security swipe cards and elevator access to all five floors.
At our Industry Bar and Lounge, you can relax on the lounges with an espresso over breakfast, chill during the day with music and a game of pool, and then dance the night away while sampling the wide range of beers, wines and spirits and soaking up the vibe. Enjoy a free drink on us every night!
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Q: Please tell me how to get out of Facebook. How do I refuse an invitation? Thanks.
— Cynthia
A: Internet social networks are one of the most important innovations in human history. They've led to life-and-death revolutions, in addition to marriages, divorces, business deals, job dismissals and a surfeit of personal minutiae that you can indulge in or ignore.
But sooner or later, everyone needs a break from something — or in Cynthia's case, someone — no matter how earth-shaking. Here's how to control Facebook, instead of letting Facebook control you.
Lower your profile
If you want to stay on Facebook but keep a low profile, change your privacy settings to determine who can see your Facebook postings: Everyone, Friends of Friends, Friends or Only Me. Click the down-pointing triangle on the top right part of any Facebook page to open your account menu and choose Privacy Settings. Next to the How You Connect heading, click Edit Settings and set your preferences.
Choosing your friends
Maybe you want to stay active on Facebook but just politely avoid one particular person or ignore your group invitations. You can do it without giving yourself away by clicking just to the right of the word "Facebook" on the top left. That opens your Requests lists (to the right of that icon is a link to your group invitations), where you'll find all the people who want to "friend" you. To decline a Friend request, click Not Now. That hides the request (unless you later click to see your Hidden Requests).
The person on the other end won't receive a warning and likely will assume you just aren't checking your Requests. That might prompt him or her to write you a message, and another and another and another until you answer (unless you've changed your Privacy Settings to accept messages from Friends Only).
Get outta my Facebook
To keep that person from bothering you, you can block him or her. Find the botherer's request, and if you've already clicked Not Now, Facebook will ask "Do you know (requester's name) outside of Facebook?" Click No and that person won't be able to send you another request, and he or she will get a message saying so.
Next, go to that person's Facebook page, click the down-pointing area near his or her name and choose Unfriend. Facebook won't tell the blockee what you've done, but your name will disappear from your former pal's list of friends.
Make everything go away
Now if you want to disappear from Facebook, you have two options: You can deactivate your profile (temporary) or you can delete your account (permanent). If you deactivate, you'll have to wait 24 hours to reactivate.
Temporary: The first step is deactivating your account, which removes your profile and all information associated with it from Facebook immediately. People on Facebook will not be able to search for you or view any of your information.
Facebook saves your friends, photos, interests, etc., just in case you want to come back at some point. If you choose to reactivate your account, everything will look just the way it did when you left.
To deactivate, click the account menu at the top right of any Facebook page, then choose Account Settings, select Security from the left-hand menu and click on Deactivate your account.
Permanent: After you've deactivated, send Facebook a delete request at is.gd/Uptpbf (make sure you're logged in. You won't be able to regain access to your account again, and all personally identifiable information associated with your account is removed from Facebook's database: your name, email address, mailing address, and IM screen name. If you log in again, though, you undo your pending deletion request.
Your new free time
What should you do with your life now that you aren't spending hours a day on Facebook? You might want to check out the new book "I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy," by Lori Andrews, published by Free Press.
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An extremely handy electronic chanter. Does not have a speaker, but comes with earphones so as not to bother anyone around.
Buttons are HIGHLY sensitive which make for a much less forgiving chanter and is overall a much more "Professional" level electronic chanter. Absolutely excellent for travel and practice during work
Adjustable pitch, and volume . No drone sound
Battery and earphones ARE included.(Headphones may vary)
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SPiN Review
SPiN, from Finnish developer Secret Exit, hasn't received much fanfare in the short time it's been out. We have no idea why, because this is easily one of the best iPhone games we're aware of. It plugs right into a simple act that most humans perform instinctively–mentally rotating an object in three dimensions–and builds an amazingly fun game around it, complete with all the trappings that you would expect from a top-shelf production. SPiN simply seizes your attention and doesn't let go, whether you play it in bite-sized chunks or for hours on end.
SPiN's gameplay rests on two basic components. One is a three-dimensional object, which you can rotate along the three major axes, 90 degrees at a time. The other is a silhouette representing the outline of that object viewed from a certain perspective. Your job is to match the object to the outline by spinning it in the right direction, as if you were trying to push the thing through a hole traced in a wall directly behind it. In the basic Arcade Mode, you only get a short amount of time to figure out the right position for each object, which will disappear and damage your constantly dropping time bar if not matched quickly enough. On the other hand, if you manage to find the right orientation in the least possible number of moves, a combo meter starts running, and the game will keep feeding you new silhouettes for that same object, boosting your score and your time bar exponentially. If the time bar drops to zero, you lose, but if you fill it all the way up, you move onto the next level. There are two other modes as well: Frantic Mode, where you continue until you lose your first object, and Minute Rush, where you match as many shapes as you can in 60 seconds.
The iPhone's touch controls make SPiN's gameplay feel perfectly natural, as if you were holding these things and turning them around in your hands. Swipes back, forth, up, and down spin the object in that direction; to twist, you pinch and twist clockwise or counterclockwise. That's all there is to it. The fun comes from the game's quick pacing and huge assortment of objects. You are constantly pressured to visualize the correct perspective–not always an easy task, especially when the target shadow is a big, featureless blob–and then figure out how to get there as fast as you can. The lineup of bugs, mammals, power tools, vehicles, plants, food, and other weird stuff is practically endless. Just when you think you've seen everything, the game throws something like a diving mask-snorkel combo at you, forcing you to fumble with its unfamiliar contours. It's like being a quality control inspector, grabbing things off a conveyor belt in an insane toy factory.
That said, we do have a few small tiffs with the gameplay. The object needs to remain stationary in the correct position for a moment to register, so it's possible to fly right past it if you're moving quickly; we'd prefer it if the match happened instantly. Also, the pinch movement sometimes seems to produce rotation in the opposite direction from what you intended. This is a bummer when you're in the middle of a big combo.
The funny thing about SPiN's graphics is that Secret Exit spent a ton of effort on the game's backgrounds and special effects… even though you are too busy staring at the stuff in front of you to actually look at them! If you do happen to have a spare moment to glance at the rest of the game, you'll like what you see: big, bold colors, animated backgrounds, and whimsical animal characters abound. The game has some nice effects, too, like producing motion lines when you're in the middle of a combo. Meanwhile, the sound effects are unorthodox, but interesting: a chorus of children cheer or groan your every move, and a little girl starts sobbing when you lose. I'm so sorry, honey! Don't cry!
SPiN rates as one of our favorite iPhone games yet. Between its awesome gameplay, excellent presentation, and tons of content–the many unlockable trophies and difficulty levels will keep you busy for a good long while–it's worth every penny of the $4.99 asking price, and then some. It gets our highest recommendation.


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What's next for you? How about a job that lets you ride the so-called "Age Wave?"
Careers in working with an aging population have become increasingly popular with those age 50 and older who are looking for a second career.
By 2050, about one in five Americans will be over age 65, up from 13 percent of the U.S. population or about 39 million Americans now, according to Pew Research Projections. And the number of those 85 and older is expected to more than double to about 5 percent.
"This demographic shift is already creating a wave of new fields and opportunities for workers of all ages. It's just a tease of what's to come," writes AARP jobs expert Kerry Hannon in her new book, Great Jobs for Everyone 50 . There has been an explosion in the number of jobs that serve older Americans — from fitness experts to retirement coaches and health care advocates.
But landing these positions may take some maneuvering. "You might need to bolster your resume with new skills, preferably added while continuing to work in your first career," Hannon writes.
In her book, Hannon includes a job description, pay range, and qualifications for positions that benefit from an aging population.
Here are six jobs that could help you ride the age wave.
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Travel Guide of Santa Fe, New Mexico for: The Lodge at Santa FeSanta Fe, New Mexico, United States
Santa Fe Summary
- Declared a "creative city" by UNESCO, because of its strong contemporary art, crafts, music, and design scenes
- Unique combination of Southwestern, Latino, and Native American influences
- Santa Fe Plaza hosts numerous markets and festivals, including the Santa Fe Indian Market and the Traditional Spanish Market
- Palace of the Governors, built in 1610, is the oldest continually operating building in the U.S.
- Stunning Sangre de Cristo Mountains about 15 miles outside of the city's center
- Mild summers with close to no humidity
- Phenomenal shopping; famous for its hand-crafted jewelery (especially silver), clothes, and collectibles
- Chock-full of history (the oldest state capital in the U.S.!)
- Outdoor activities around the outskirts of the city, especially hiking, cycling, and horseback riding
- Adobe architecture, both historic and modern, predominates
- Flourishing fine arts community -- whether you crave a local jam session or impressive opera
- Close to skiing, if you plan on visiting during the winter months
- Fairly safe
- Historic American Indian sites, like the Puye Cliff Dwellings and Taos Pueblo, close enough for a day trip
- High altitude may be an issue for some; be sure to drink plenty of fluids and wear sunscreen, even in the winter!
- Small airport (most people fly in to Albuquerque)
- Tends to be expensive
- Residential burglary, but probably not an issue for travelers
What It's Like
Santa Fe might as well be a synonym for fine arts. With a rich mix of American Indian, Southwestern, and Latino cultures, in this city, the fine arts community flourishes. The Museum of International Folk Art displays more than 120,000 objects, like collections of miniature buildings, streets, and village scenes from the Girard Foundation. On the performing arts scene, the Santa Fe Opera offers world-renowned performances during the summer months. It's also common to stumble upon free concerts in the Plaza when the weather is warm.
Although Sante Fe's architecture is characterized by the pueblo adobe buildings, a surprising diversity of architectural styles can be found here, like California Mission Revival, Victorian, and Italianate styles. The Cathedral Basilica of Sant Francis of Assisi, commonly known as the St. Francis Cathedral, is the city's most popular building, which towers over the other, mostly low-level, adobe structures.
With Santa Fe's prime location between the mountains and desert, outdoor activities abound, especially hiking, cycling, and horseback riding. Most activities require a bit of travel outside of the city, but a few options still remain in town, like the Santa Fe River Park and Atalaya Mountain, which begins at St. John's College's campus.
Where To Stay
Santa Fe is a fairly small city (just about 70,000 residents), and most hotels are bundled in the same areas.
- Stay in the Santa Fe Plaza (Downtown) to be within walking distance of all the important historic and social attractions (like Palace of the Governors, one of the oldest buildings in the United States), as well as restaurants, shops, and bars.
- Museum Hill is more tranquil than Downtown, located about 2 miles southeast of the Plaza, and home to international folk art museums and a few cafes.
- Canyon Road, less than half a mile from the Plaza, is a romantic spot that's also the arts hub of Santa Fe, and home to a multiplicity of art galleries. The homes in this area are beautiful and rustic, and some date back to the mid-1700s.
- The Railyard and Guadalupe district is perfect for nature buffs who want to be within walking distance of open space -- like the district's 10-acre park.


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It sometimes feels as if the struggle for the Republican presidential nomination has been going on forever, but if you measure the campaign by the number of delegates chosen so far, we're only about 10% done.
Much has been made about how the outcome is still far from certain despite what seems like a blizzard of primaries and caucuses, but that's not unusual. Four years ago,
waged a struggle for the Democratic presidential nomination that didn't end until June 3.
Still, it's worth pausing at this point in the race to consider a few of the lessons we've learned so far.
Don't listen to the pundits
. At the beginning of this year's campaign, many political reporters and analysts (including me) listed the leading contenders for the nomination as
. Only one of those four is still in the race. Hardly anyone predicted that
would turn out to be serious contenders.
. In earlier elections, Republicans tended to settle early on an established candidate who had endorsements from party elders and who was considered "next in line." That system gave us Bob Dole in 1996,
in 2000 and
in 2008. This year's establishment candidate is Romney, but he's having a notably difficult time taming the insurgent mood of most of his party's voters.
Historical "rules" are often bogus
. Early this year, pundits often pointed out that no modern candidate had ever won the Republican nomination without first winning the South Carolina primary. I'm betting that Gingrich, who won South Carolina by a big margin, will not be the party's nominee, although, in view of Lesson 1 above, you should believe that forecast at your own risk.
It's worth keeping Lesson 3 in mind as we look forward to the general election too. Another "rule" is that an incumbent president has never won reelection when the unemployment rate is higher than 7.2%. (That was the rate when
won his second term in 1984.)
In November, the unemployment rate is almost certain to be close to 8%, which would appear to doom President Obama. But already prognosticators are looking for an out in case the "rule" doesn't hold this year. More important, they're saying, may be whether voters feel the economy is improving.
By that measure, Obama's chances look much better. A CBS/New York Times poll released last week found that more voters think the economy is improving than think it is worsening, a sharp reversal from the pessimism that dominated the public mood last year.
The thing about election truisms is that they hold only until they don't. After this year, South Carolina probably won't figure strongly into the common wisdom about primaries. But you can be certain that some other piece of political wisdom will replace it, and that we'll be looking to Florida or Michigan or Ohio as the next oracle state.
More isn't necessarily better, at least when it comes to debates
. Wednesday's GOP debate in Arizona was the 20th of the campaign. Never before have we seen so many debates in such a concentrated period — six in January alone.
Why so many debates? The magic of free enterprise
. The cable channels —
— have discovered that debates attract big audiences and don't cost much to stage, so they have competed all through the primary season to hold as many as they could.
But that has put the candidates and their strategists on the spot. They can't afford to opt out of events that so many voters are watching, but campaign aides are complaining that the candidates have spent too much time focusing on debate preparation and performance. And each debate carries the possibility of disaster. For every candidate like Gingrich, whose once-moribund campaign was revived by his strong debate performances, there is a Perry, whose inability to think on his feet helped sink his run.
Veteran campaign managers from both political parties have been quietly meeting over the last few weeks to try to organize a more orderly debate calendar, and less of a free-for-all, for the 2016 campaign.
Money is the mother's milk of politics, an old lesson in a new form
. The most important man in the Republican race today may be
, the Las Vegas casino tycoon who has bankrolled Gingrich's ostensibly independent "super PAC." In a campaign run under the old rules, with limits on donations, Gingrich would have to either drop out of the race at this point or go deeply into debt to stay competitive.
This year, if Adelson and his family continue their support — which at last accounting stood at $11 million, with hints that more could soon follow — the former speaker of the House can stay in the race no matter what the voters say. But more on that in a later column.


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Olivia Wilde: 'Drinking Buddies' NYC Screening!
Olivia Wilde is stunning while attending a screening of her latest flick Drinking Buddies held at Nitehawk Cinema on Monday (August 19) in New York City.
The 29-year-old actress was seen posing with director Joe Swanberg.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Olivia Wilde
Earlier in the day, Olivia was chic while promoting the flick in the Big Apple.
"Checking luggage is like how I imagine childbirth to be. You do it, it sucks, takes forever to come out, you forget, you do it again," Olivia tweeted the day before.
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How long does it take to revitalize a moribund section of Los Angeles that was zoned and built according to development and land-use patterns that prevailed in the 1940s? How long does it take to recognize civic assets like the Los Angeles River and incorporate them into vibrant communities with modern transit and modern patterns of living, working and playing? How long does it take to get local residents, environmentalists, affordable housing advocates, developers and transportation planners on the same page? How long does it take to find a way to spur economic development without driving out the very people who need new jobs and improved living conditions the most?
Too often, especially in L.A., the answer is "forever."
But not always. At times it may have seemed like forever to Councilman Ed Reyes and his imaginative staff, to the city Planning Department, and to the activists and visionaries who have worked for more than a decade to turn neglected neighborhoods and underused industrial properties next to the former Southern Pacific rail yard north of downtown — known as the Cornfield — into a collection of new urban zones.
They passed an important milestone Tuesday when the Cornfield Arroyo Seco Specific Plan was approved in the City Council's planning committee. There are two more stops — the city attorney needs to put everything in proper order, and then the full council needs to act. When it's the council's turn, members should spend a few minutes to take note of just what has been achieved, and then adopt the plan without further delay.


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I'll be heading down to La Ventana over xmas and new years.
Anyone have suggestions for places to stay in La Ventana. Looking for basic inexpensive accomodation.
Places to stay in La Ventana
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Places to stay in La Ventana
I'll be heading down to La Ventana over xmas and new years.
Anyone have suggestions for places to stay in La Ventana. Looking for basic inexpensive accomodation.
Re: Places to stay in La Ventana
Jacques Cousteau is persona non-grata here right now due to some political island renaming scam in his honor. I would drop that moniker fast or you will likely be strung up like a goat.
There are many places to stay that are affordable, you can camp almost anywhere on the beach for free or in a campground for under $10/day. You can rent rooms at many locations on arrival or go to the major hotels and pay $100+/day. I would highly suggest the main campground in a small tent and sleeping bag, there is wifi and restaurants there. Also check vrbo.net for homes to rent.
If you want to stay with a a big group of kite kooks in a crowded space you'll find it. People from LA seem to like it there.
Re: Places to stay in La Ventana
Thanks for zthe info gnukid, just searched the web for the story, in fact I found this: http://www.mexidata.info/id2477.html hmm, Interesting read. Good to know.
Re: Places to stay in La Ventana
Hey this great house is still available in La Ventana for Race week.
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Re: Places to stay in La Ventana
DownwinderInn just opened last year. My wife and I own it and would love to have you come visit. We offer the best deal in baja, $65/night. Hot showers in each room, new pillow top beds, and if you want to do a downwinder from the north beach we will drop off and pick you and guests up.
Re: Places to stay in La Ventana
Looks like a nice place, cool outdoor kitchen and not too big so it's probably pretty quiet.
Just so guys know in case you're able to plan a trip down:
"DownWinderInn will not tolerate and can refuse services, refuse accommodations, or remove a person from our business who:
* Refuses to or is unable to pay for the accommodation or services at time of check-in
*Cannot control themselves due to obvious intoxicated or a disorderly manner while on hotel property
* Destroys or threatens to destroy hotel property, or causes a public disturbance
* Negligently or intentionally causes damage to the hotel or a furniture or furnishings within the hotel, shall be liable for damages sustained including the Inns' loss of revenue resulting from the inability to rent or lease rooms while the damage is being repaired."
Does this happen at any of the inns there? If someone violated all the rules with the exception of #1, they'd be called a rock star (at least once upon a time), haha... I do remember not being able to get to sleep until late because of a bunch of Seattle "rowdies", though...
Re: Places to stay in La Ventana
Couldn't be the American kiteboarders who did that. Must have been the Dutch ones
aka Pablito
It says 10M, but it's really a 9.
Re: Places to stay in La Ventana
Just got back from there a few weeks ago - stayed at http://www.bajmahal.com
It is a bit pricey $100 night (you can put two to a room) but the place is super nice, internet, and hippy Dave who runs the place is a cool cat. You can always camp too for the cheap option. And in between - hippy Dave has teepees (yes in Baja) that are $50 a night and you hear water lapping from inside the teepee. The place is sweet, check the pics on the site.
And the food in La Ventana - so good - even in California you can't get Mexican food like that - the fisherman come in when the wind starts to blow and you eat the fish they caught after your shower at dusk. La V is a winner.
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|2012-12-10, 03:42
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BTW what manga is this? :
|2012-12-10, 03:48
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For the manga, google Ritz on mangaupdates.
|2012-12-10, 04:41
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|2012-12-10, 09:25
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Also, Sankaku Complex is not exactly the best source of news, as previously mentioned. They have absolutely no problem with coloring their titles and articles to make things sound so much worse than they actually are.
|2012-12-10, 10:30
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Sankaku Complex is equal to The Melbourne Truth or UK's Daily Star in terms of news gathering. Not to be taken with more than a pinch of salt.
Nice to see the finals picture becoming clearer in terms of player abilities and personnel. It amazes me exactly how much has been written about the series so far. The word count across the web alone must be past the thousand million word mark in a plethora of languages. All that speculation and counter-speculation and expectation with each new volume. The storyteller herself having not only one fine tome to tell but three. With a cast of over 100 characters and growing, with each being fully rounded with their own back story and/or motivations. I must simply say this THANK YOU RITZ you are truly the Grandmaster.
|2012-12-10, 13:45
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The chapter itself was a great build up chapter and makes me excited for the upcoming matches. First the start...oh the start. Everytime i look at Mihoko handing Hisa a lunch and the way they look at each other, makes me feel like there a married couple (fanboy can't help it). The new announcers seem like fun to me. Zenno is a hottie and its no wonder why Kyouko "admires" her. Really excited about Usuzan and what they can do.
EDIT: I would like to make a prediction here and now just to see how off i am at the end of the matches. I think Rinkai will come first by a long shot and Kiyosumi will have to fight for second place.
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|2012-12-10, 21:05
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Okey then I predict that Uzusan will finish first and Kiyosumi second. Think about it, two completely new teams are able to miraculously made it to the final, and three of the seed schools eliminated assuming Senriyama didn't made it. To top it off, Nodoka's past connection with Achiga and Saki's connection to Teru should be enough to make this year's final almost legendary.
|2012-12-10, 22:17
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Then I'll be betting that Kiyosumi will come out on top again... for second place, I can't still make any predictions for we haven't seen what Usuzan and Rinkai has to offer... they haven't seen Saki play without her limiter... the socks are her limiter... as the Koromo describes her as like a monster on a leash waiting to be released... as Saki said before, her goal in this inter-high is to meet with her onee~chan and she will crush every team along the way to get there... or something like that...
Dominating from the Prefectural up to the finals of the inter-high will only be fitting for a Miyanaga... no one will be able to deny her relationship with the champion then... a Miyanaga versus a Miyanaga battle will be epic...
Now, how long will we have to wait to actually see it is another question...
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Microsoft's new Surface tablets may not match Apple's iPad on battery life, according to estimates made by Computerworld based on comparable devices.
On Monday, when Microsoft unveiled its Surface tablet line-up, it revealed the watt-hour (Wh) capacity of the batteries, but made no claims about how long those batteries would keep each device running under various conditions.
The omission was noticed by virtually every observer, blogger and analyst alike.
"They didn't talk about battery life, which is very important to decisions about [which] tablet to buy," said Michael Cherry of Directions on Microsoft, a Wash.-based research firm that focuses solely on Microsoft moves.
Unlike laptops such as Apple's MacBook Air and Windows "ultrabooks," which are often used for long stretches at a desk or near an outlet, tablets are meant to be more mobile. That makes battery lifespan critical to their operation -- and market success.
It's possible to estimate the battery life of the two Surface tablets by comparing their watt-hour ratings with existing products that have made between-charges claims. (A 30Wh rating means the battery can produce one watt of power for 30 hours, or, say, 6 watts of power for 5 hours.)
Microsoft assigned a 31.4Wh rating to the Windows RT Surface -- the tablet powered by Windows RT, an offshoot of Windows 8 designed to run on the power-miserly ARM processor architecture -- and gave the Windows 8 Pro Surface a rating of 42Wh.
The Windows 8 Pro Surface (or just "Surface Pro") runs on Intel processors, and is the same operating system that will power traditional laptops and even desktop PCs when it launches later this year.
Apple's current iPad, which leads the tablet market in sales, includes a 42.5Wh battery that Apple claims lasts 10 hours while browsing the Web, watching video or listening to music.
The Windows RT Surface (or "Surface") battery capacity is 25% less than the iPad's, putting its lifespan at 7.5 hours, or 25% less than the iPad's 10 hours.
A comparison with the iPad 2, which Apple continues to sell for $399, gives a longer lifespan estimate, however. The iPad 2's screen resolution is nearer to that likely used by the Surface; unfortunately, display resolution was another missing piece of information.
The iPad 2 features a 25Wh battery, approximately 25% less than the Surface; that would result in a battery life estimate of about 12.5 hours for the Surface based on the iPad 2's 10 hours. The average of the two numbers for the Surface -- 7.5 and 12.5 hours -- is 10 hours, or exactly the same as the iPad.
The Surface Pro is a different story.
The power-hungry Intel processor in the Surface Pro and the full-fledged Windows 8 operating system -- which will likely require more memory so users can run several applications at once -- makes it more like an ultrabook than a tablet, a fact Microsoft tacitly admitted when it said the price of the Surface Pro would be "comparable ... [with an] Intel ultrabook-class PC."
Apple's 11.6-in. MacBook Air -- considered the benchmark that Windows computer makers are shooting for -- is similar enough to the Surface Pro in specs, albeit with a slightly larger screen than the 10.6-in. used in Microsoft's tablets, for comparison purposes.
That MacBook Air sports a 35Wh battery rated to last 5 hours of browsing via Wi-Fi.
But the Surface Pro's battery has 20% more battery capacity, according to Microsoft, putting that device's lifespan at 6 hours, near but not equal to the seven-to-nine hours that numerous Windows ultrabooks boast. Admittedly, those laptops are significantly thicker and bigger than the Surface Pro, and have more room for larger batteries.
Hardware guru Kyle Wiens, the CEO of iFixit, a website that tears apart devices to create do-it-yourself repair guides, cautioned against reading too much into the estimates: There are simply too many unknowns that will determine Surface battery life.
"It's a whole system," said Wiens in an interview this week, talking about power-saving design.
Among the factors that will affect battery life for the Surface and Surface Pro, said Wiens, are how successful Microsoft is at integrating power management features; how many cores the processors have and how well those cores are managed; the screen resolution; how many applications can run simultaneously; and how Windows RT and Windows 8 handle power consumption by those active apps.
Microsoft has disclosed some power consumption details about Windows RT and Windows 8.
In a blog post last February, two program managers on the operating system's Fundamentals and User Experience teams described the power handling, including something they called "Connected Standby." It mimics a smartphone-like, deep-sleep power mode on ARM, the processor used by the Surface.
Their post followed one the previous November by a program manager on the Windows Kernel team that discussed Windows 8 power management in more general terms.
The more recent missive spelled out the various power states of Metro apps, including one that suspends an app that has been opened, but is not currently in use.
"Since the operating system is not scheduling the app, the app is not using the CPU, and it is possible for the CPU to drop into lower power states," said the two program managers, Sharif Farag and Ben Srour. "Getting the CPU into low power states can be critical to achieving better battery life."
Although what the Microsoft officials discussed may have been new to Windows, such steps are commonly used by other mobile operating systems, including Apple's iOS and Google's Android, on smartphones and tablets.
Wiens was eager to get his hands on a Surface to tear it down, look inside and try to scout out the tablet's internal organs and get a better feel for its battery life.
iFixit will do a teardown of the Surface when Microsoft launches the tablet. The company has said it will debut the Windows RT-powered model at the same time Windows 8 goes on sale. Most analysts expect that in September or October.
Wiens also pointed out that, at least by the design drawings Microsoft has published of the Surface, the tablet may be easier to get into, perhaps for battery replacement by the owner. Those renderings show what appear to be Torx screws fastening the case.
Last week, iFixit called the new lighter, thinner MacBook Pro -- the first Apple notebook to feature a "Retina"-style high resolution display -- "the least-repairable laptop we've taken apart."
"Let's hope Microsoft will be better at letting users repair or upgrade their own devices," said Wiens.
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I appreciate the nuanced take that Cindy Gallop has on how the ubiquity of porn may be affecting our sex lives, especially for those folks who have grown up with the internet.
I do have a couple of problems with her take on things: One, she seems to have ignored, at least for purposes of her presentation, that it's not only young boys who have easy access to porn, but folks of all genders. Secondly, I'd like to see some science done around what folks of all genders and ages really think sex should be like--I suspect many more of them understand that porn represents a few kinds of sex, most of which are pure fantasy. From Gallop's point of view, I'm overly optimistic about how easily people distinguish fantasy from reality.
I'd also love it if the myriad kinds of porn were at least recognized--there is queer porn, gay male porn, bdsm porn, fetish porn, etc. (and I do mean ETC.!)--so, while distinguishing between what happens on screen and what happens in folks' day-to-day sex lives is important, it's also important to recognize that what happens in all of those places has near-infinite variations, for those who want them!
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PRINCETON — The entire Princeton Park District board and several staff members attended the Illinois Association of Park Districts/Illinois Park and Recreation Association Conference in Chicago Jan. 24-25.
At Monday's park board meeting, those attending shared what they learned from the sessions they attended.
Board member Dick Volker attended a seminar on identifying sexual predators. He said the park board must have a plan in place to identify such offenders. He said the best prospects to offend are people who don't get enough love at home. He also said the board needed to monitor employees.
He also talked about the board's liability and dealing with the adverse publicity.
Volker said sexual predators is the second hottest topic — second only to gun control. He said 800 cases are reported daily, and one in three girls and one in four boys will be abused in their lifetimes.
Princeton Park District Executive Director Elaine Russell also attended the seminar on sexual predators, and she said it was very informative.
"Your liability is at its peak if you don't do anything about something you know," she said.
Russell also attended a seminar on best financial practices. There was a discussion on preparing budgets in three-year increments, so after the budget is completed in late summer, Russell would like to also have a 2014 and 2015 budget for the board to review. She said the budget wouldn't include the little items, but rather projected larger items such as the purchase of equipment.
Administrative assistant Tammy Lange attended a seminar on human resources and said it can be hard to have "tough" conversations with employees. However, if there's a issue, it has to be addressed.
Lange said if there is a lawsuit regarding an employee, lawyers will turn to performance reviews. If there is a problem, and the reviews are good, that can increase the organization's liability.
Aquatics coordinator Beth Weger attended a session on problems that can occur while running a day camp and aquatics program. Weger said the remedy was to cross-train the staff in both areas. That results in greater understanding of the jobs each do, and it can be helpful when there is a staff shortage.
She also attended a seminars on dealing with stress and planning a running event. Weger said the park district is hosting another half-marathon, and the seminar was helpful with tips for making the race fun and dealing with problems that might occur.
Board President Gene Englehart said small districts such as Princeton have many of the same problems as larger districts.
"I've had people sit at this table over the years and say we're small, so this doesn't apply to us," he said. "Well, these are laws, not suggestions."
He then recapped some of what he learned, including that all park district employees must have criminal background checks initiated before they are hired.
There can also be no politicking on park district property by incumbent board members, which means incumbents can't collect petition signatures on any park district property.
Englehart said it's the public right to attend park board meetings, speak before the board, and make FOIA requests.
"People watch us very closely and would love to trip us up," he said.
Russell said it was fantastic to have all five board members in attendance at the conference.
"That commitment makes it all work so well because we're all in it to win," she said.
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What's the difference between seismic Zone 4 maps and High Seismic Area maps? Can one be substituted for the other? Which cabinet should I choose?
Since the UBC Zone 4 seismic map was replaced by IBC High Seismic Area map there is confusion. Customers call out "Zone 4 and don't reference NEBS, UBC or IBC.
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Seismic requests for "Zone 4" that don't specify UBC, IBC or NEBS cause confusion. NEBS still used the Zone 4 seismic map, but NEBS is used almost exclusively by Telecommunications companies. UBC used the seismic Zone map but UBC has been replaced by IBC which uses a seismic Area map.
It's very likely that some of the non-specific "Zone 4" requests are IBC High Seismic Area requests, simply using the old UBC "Zone 4" terminology. If the request doesn't specify NEBS, IBC or UBC we don't know if we can use SX cabinets, or if we need to use VX cabinets.
NEBS GR-63-CORE Zone 4 requests require NetShelter VX Seismic cabinets. NEBS is used by Telecommunications companies. NEBS uses the Seismic Zone map.
Zone 4 UBC or IBC requests can use NetShelter SX cabinets. IBC is a building code which replaced UBC. IBC uses a Seismic Area map.
The Seismic Zones map and Seismic Area map are generated using different criteria so no correlation can be drawn between the two maps, or seismic standards (Zone or Areas) derived by these maps.
If the "Zone 4" request is not specific it should be questioned. If no further information is available the VX series can be assumed to be the correct choice. The SX product line is significantly larger than the VX product line in both sizes available and accessories available. Determining the correct seismic standard may be advantageous to the customer.
So what's the difference?
USGS (US Geological Survey) has written a very good FAQ that explains the difference, and why Zone based standards are no longer used.
The complete document can be viewed at this link:
Here is the body of that FAQ:
"Building code maps using numbered zones, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, are practically obsolete. 1969 was the last year such a map was put out by this staff. The 1997 Uniform Building Code (UBC) (published in California) is the only building code that still uses such zones. Generally, over the past two decades, building codes have replaced maps having numbered zones with maps showing contours of design ground motion. These maps in turn have been derived from probabilistic ground motion maps. Probabilistic ground motion maps have been included in the seismic provisions of the most recent U.S. model building codes, such as the new "International Building code," and in national standards such as "Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures," prepared by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Zone maps numbered 0, 1, 2, 3, etc., are no longer used for several reasons.
(1) A single map cannot properly display hazard for all probabilities or for all types of buildings. Probabilities: For very small probabilities of exceedance, probabilistic ground motion hazard maps show less contrast from one part of the country to another than do maps for large probabilities of exceedance. Buildings: Short stiff buildings are more vulnerable to close moderate-magnitude events than are tall, flexible buildings. The latter, in turn, are more vulnerable to distant large-magnitude events than are short, stiff buildings. Thus, the contrast in hazard for short buildings from one part of the country to another will be different from the contrast in hazard for tall buildings.
(2) Building codes adapt zone boundaries in order to accommodate the desire for individual states to provide greater safety, less contrast from one part of the state to another, or to tailor zones more closely to natural tectonic features. Because of these zone boundary changes, the zones do not have a deeper seismological meaning and render the maps meaningless for applications other than building codes. An example of such tailoring is given by the evolution of the UBC since its adaptation of a pair of 1976 contour maps. First, the UBC took one of those two maps and converted it into zones. Then, through the years, the UBC has allowed revision of zone boundaries by petition from various western states, e.g., elimination of zone 2 in central California, removal of zone 1 in eastern Washington and Oregon, addition of a zone 3 in western Washington and Oregon, addition of a zone 2 in southern Arizona, and trimming of a zone in central Idaho.
Older (1994, 1997) versions of the UBC code may be available at a local or university library. A redrafted version of the UBC 1994 map can be found as one of the illustrations in a paper on the relationship between USGS maps and building code maps."
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The next Swindon Free Writers meeting will be on the 4th March 2017 from 12pm to 3pm.
It will be held at Brogan's Cafe in Swindon town centre. The address is 12 Havelock Square, Swindon, SN1 1LE. Map link: http://goo.gl/MtqIJD
The agenda includes discussing what we've been reading and catching up on each other's writing, and there will also be some time to work on your own projects as well as a chance to meet other Swindon writers.
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Looking to play 2 or 3 sets weekend mornings, ideally somewhere south. I'm close to Dick Nichols Park, but also play regularly at Crockett High, Joslin, and South Austin Tennis Center. I'm open to other locations, and I'd be willing to venture out out of South Austin occasionally. Mostly want to find a good fit for hitting and match play. As the weather gets hotter, I'd like to try playing sets in the morning on weekends to avoid the insane heat (even though I'm not a morning guy). I'm somewhere in the 3.5/4.0 range.
I'm also open to some weeknights if we can find a court.
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I'm available to play all day today and probably most of tomorrow in south austin, are you interested. probably easier for you to get me on my cell: 509-499-5636. thanks - matt
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Lovely Bones, The (US - DVD R1)
Gabe lives in a dream where Peter Jackson still makes good movies...
It's the year 1973, and Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) lives an idealistic teenage life with her average American family in a Pennsylvania suburb. The idealism is cut short when a seemingly harmless neighbour named George Harvey (Stanley Tucci) hatches a plan to elaborately capture and murder Susie. Susie's disappearance throws her family into disarray. Her father Jack (Mark Wahlberg) is driven to madness trying to solve the murder, and his madness drives her mother Abigail (Rachel Weisz) away from home, leaving Susie's younger brother and sister to raise themselves. Meanwhile Susie, unable to accept her death, traps herself in a fantasy land limbo, where she can continue to watch her loved ones from the 'other side'.
Peter Jackson's career shift is one of the most acute and successful in mainstream filmmaking. Bad Taste is expressively nerdy, Meet the Feebles followed grotesque suit, and Braindead ( Dead Alive) appeared to cement a style and pattern. Horror fans were mostly realistic enough to know we couldn't possibly expect anything more extreme in terms of gags 'n gore, but most of us assumed he was on a genre specific career trajectory. Then he went and made Heavenly Creatures, and gained the respect of the normal and respected establishment critics. How the hell did the master of unmatched excessive gore manage such unadulterated beauty? Heavenly Creatures garnered the attention of the studios, and Jackson's next film was a pseudo return to horror/comedy form, but with a definitive conventional twist. Though clearly not a throw-away feature, The Frighteners appears as more of a technical stepping stone in terms of Jackson's overall oeuvre, and cemented a new chapter in the filmmaker's career. Perhaps the most defining choice Jackson made concerning his place in history was made when he decided not to follow the suit set by most director's given their Hollywood shot, and stayed in his hometown.
Jackson dug his boot heels in the New Zealand soil, and developed an obsessive interest in digital effects, which sort of turned him down a Kiwi George Lucas trail. The director mustered an army that could keep him close to home, and went from there. This lead to that Lord of the Rings trilogy – a massive undertaking that should've failed on every level, but went on to become one of the most successful productions since Lucas' own should've-been failure turned history maker. Lord of the Rings was clearly a group effort from the start (it would've taken decades for Jackson to make it on his own), and in the end created a virtual filmmaking kingdom on the far side of the globe. Jackson had his utopia, and more audience acceptance than almost any filmmaker since James Cameron. Clearly one can't be 'King of the World' without it going to his head a little bit, even the most modest, portly little Kiwi. So the director's real dream project, King Kong was released, and though the film made money, and garnered general critical praise, the post-release reaction was pretty lukewarm, and no one could deny that the production had gotten away from the once humble filmmaker. As if a sign that the old Peter Jackson were literally dead and gone, the man that directed King Kong was thin, didn't wear glasses, and tended to wear shoes on set. This was truly the end of times.
Which brings us to the present and The Lovely Bones, Jackson's much anticipated King Kong follow-up. Produced by possibly the most successful filmmaker of all time, Steven Spielberg, and based on Alice Sebold's novel (one of those best sellers that everyone seems to agree is actually very well written) the film took a very long time to get made. Some assumed the adaptation was difficult, while others assumed the now emaciated filmmaker just desperately needed a break. Since this DVD features no extras, and gives no concrete answers, I'm going to guess the hardships were a mix of both issues. Having not read the book, and having missed the film in theatres (like the rest of the world, apparently, based on both general interest and Paramount's diabolically bad release treatment), I was left here to figure out what Jackson saw in adapting this particular tome, and where it would stand in his portfolio. The answer is pretty clear, and it reads 'A Return to Heavenly Creatures'. Thematically there's a lot of Heavenly Creatures here, especially concerning The Lovely Bones sense of nostalgia, the pre-adult fantasy world (this time made more literal), and stylistically speaking, the period setting and narration. This marks the first time Jackson's dealt in an era as pop-culture savvy as the '70s, and the pop certainly bleeds its way into his pallet, and occasionally his editing, but it's impossible to ignore the contextual similarities. It's too bad, then, that the director has achieved very little in comparison to any of his work here, and that The Lovely Bones is something of a lovely mess.
The frightening scenes are the film's most successful in terms of technical direction, and Stanley Tucci's performance, though certainly odd, is probably the film's most unforgettable element. The sequence where Suzy is coaxed into her killer's lair is incredibly nerve-wracking, and the follow-up 'realization' scene is genuinely haunting. The warm-fuzzy special effects celebrations, and melodramatic character stuff grows especially trying very quickly after Susie dies. The limbo world, likely the most similar element to Heavenly Creatures, and likely the sequences Jackson had the most fun with as a director, devolves into daft, 3D collages of random pretty stuff (the What Dreams May Come analogies are totally fair, unfortunately). The family drama she watches from beyond plods with clichés, produces a few unintentional laughs, and then drags into monotony. These scenes are emotionally stunted, and have very little narrative bearing on the film's plot. To stop the film for ten minutes to re-introduce the wacky grandmother is absolute narrative suicide. All this fat, good looking though it may be, smothers a perfectly tense, though somewhat generic supernatural thriller within its folds. Anytime the material goes back into dark places the film comes back to life, and gasps for air like a drowning victim. This team's brand of listless, episodic storytelling worked very well for something as jam packed with plot and characters as The Lord of the Rings, but this particular story is not served by so many tonal dips, and trips off the beaten path.
Without ever having read it, I'm guessing that the major problem with adapting Alice Sebold's novel to film in the first place is a super-saturated glut of ghost and crime fiction on film and TV markets. To set their film apart as a worthy of following up to a mostly impressive filmography Jackson, and co-writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens were clearly compelled to include too many of the novel's essential ingredients. The last thing I suspect the team wanted to do was make a simple thriller, but these unique facets just don't mesh on film, and the presence of any successful work just makes the fumbles all the more aggravating. At the risk of sounding like a total misogynist, I think the duelling adolescent boy and girl elements worked incredibly well for The Lord of the Rings, and Fran Walsh's work on Braindead certainly added something sweet to what could've been a one note joke, but The Lovely Bones feels like a constant push and pull between masculine and feminine elements that don't get along. I see images of Jackson is throwing spiders in Walsh and Boyens' hair, then running away cackling like a child. The excesses of King Kong have perhaps taught us that Jackson shouldn't be left entirely alone in the sandbox, especially not with a seemingly never ending budget, and stream of artists and technicians under his control.
Perhaps a return to a smaller and more feminine production like Heavenly Creatures was the right move in theory, and most of the behind the scenes story seems to support Fran Walsh sharing less of the load on that particular production, but The Lovely Bones rather scientifically proves Jackson should've either regressed back to his Meet the Feebles and Braindead days, or touched on something entirely different than anything else in his career (which would be pretty difficult, considering his career). If I had my way Jackson would've followed Sam Raimi's lead. Spider-Man 3 and King Kong are comparable examples of genre filmmakers working with bloated productions, and Raimi followed his blockbuster mess with a return to his slap-stick horror roots, roots that clearly inspired a young Peter Jackson (though Raimi's been around longer and made more films, the two careers are actually very comparable in terms of genre skipping, and growth). Drag Me To Hell may not have set the box office on fire, but it's possibly the best cinematic return to roots in more than a decade, and has opened himself up to a mighty wide plate of post- Spider-Man possibilities. Where does this box office flop leave Jackson? With apparently no one happy buy Stanley Tucci, who did get a reasonably deserved Oscar nomination for his trouble.
Not surprisingly The Lovely Bones is a very pretty movie, and I do wish I would've reacted to the press release quickly enough to get myself a Blu-ray copy for review. Given the limits of standard definition this is a relatively perfect disc, but my reviewer's eyes have really adjusted to the abilities of high definition, in newer films especially. The basic real world pallet is very warm, and occasionally fuzzy, like a literal visual translation of nostalgia, and these scenes are relatively clean and free of compression issues. The wide shots aren't perfect, but medium shots and close-ups are DVD perfect. The poppy colour elements are occasionally a bit noisy and bleedy, but are mostly satisfactory in terms of hue quality. It's during the film's most abstract and surreal limbo vistas that I began to really wish I was dealing with a 1080p transfer. These wide shots simply aren't as rich in detail as I'm sure they were intended, and fuzzy compression artefacts blow-out the image. Black levels are very impressive, and edge-enhancement is only a rare issue during some of the most naturally lit deep focus shots.
The Lovely Bones fits nicely in Jackson's opus in terms of expressive sound design. This film, like Heavenly Creatures, pushes the design well past the realms of realism, but only skirts the line of true excess. The real world scenes aren't quite as over-the-top as the ghost world scenes, but certainly feature more impact and needle point representation of important elements. The ghost world is more expressively strange, and features more unrestrained ambient movement in the stereo and surround channels. Highlights include the scene where Susie realizes she's been killed, which is awash with ambient rumble and scream, and the montage around the 1:15 mark, which mixes the sounds of sharpening blades, cracking wood, and flipping pictures. The Dolby Digital 5.1 track is clearly compressed in terms of volume (I really had to crank the system), and the LFE is a little warbly. Musically The Lovely Bones is unlike anything Jackson's ever done, except the callow vocal moments, which sound a lot like the worst bits of Howard Shore's otherwise fantastic Lord of the Rings score. Brian Eno really surprises in adding '60s style guitar solos during some of the more exciting moments. The score is just as hit and miss as the film, but it's certainly more interesting than the rest of the product.
The DVD I'm reviewing is the bare-bones release, so there are no extras to speak of.
I was prepared to not like The Lovely Bones, and generally think the bulk of the critics were a little too harsh, but there's no mistaking that the film is not up to Peter Jackson's standards. There is a reasonably successful little supernatural thriller somewhere in this soup of goofy digital collages, and redundant melodrama, and it's a shame. Somewhere in the back of my mind I'm reminded that King Kong was Jackson's dream project. The lack of polish despite four years of production scares me into the possibility that the man is 'done' as a filmmaker. I suppose if we assume he continues producing films as interesting as District 9 for the next couple decades a disappearance from direction is acceptable, but it would be a huge loss if the man that brought great films as varying as Braindead, Heavenly Creatures and Lord of the Rings disappeared from the more hands-on duties. It would be even sadder if The Lovely Bones was his swan song.
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insurrbution Member Join Date: August 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 59
Agreed, this movie didn't "suck" but could have been better. Esp if it was actually made & released back when Ryan Gosling was attached.
mc_serenity Member Join Date: December 2006 Location: United States Posts: 824
Gabe is this a disc where nothing is included? By nothing I mean no trailers and ads that play when the disc is inserted, I know the DVD doesn't include any special features.
horrorfan25 Member Join Date: November 2007 Location: United States Posts: 1,080
Great review Gabe. Although I'm surprised you aren't reviewing the Blu-ray release of The Lovely Bones. The Lovely Bones is one of those movies that are MADE for HD set ups, just like Avatar.
David Blackwell Senior Member Join Date: February 2004 Location: United States Posts: 2,835
I may see this movie, but the trailer lives me feeling mixed
Finklestein Member Join Date: January 2010 Location: United States Posts: 44
The think this was about a good a film as we could expect considering the source material, which simply works much better as a book. The acting and production values were all top gear, but after an hour or so my wife and I were laughing at the absurdity of it all (particularly at the 'reuniting' with the boyfriend part). The CGI for Tucci's last scene was hilariously rendered as well, they definitely phoned that one in (apparently it was quickly added after a poor audience reaction). Still, if there had to be a film made of this book, I think Jackson did the best anyone could.
triply Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: India Posts: 330
I agree that this was Jackson's weakest effort. But, with the critical lashing it got, you'd think this was Battlefield Earth or Manos. It actually was fine watching it once, but this may be the only Jackson film I won't pick up in a hurry.
I hope he is back in his element with Tintin. He should have made The Hobbit, rather than giving it to Del Toro. But I guess we are a little unlucky in that respect. Now, how many eyes will Smaug have?
I hope he is back in his element with Tintin. He should have made The Hobbit, rather than giving it to Del Toro. But I guess we are a little unlucky in that respect. Now, how many eyes will Smaug have?
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Release Date: 20th April 2010
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
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Director: Peter Jackson
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Stanley Tucci, Susan Sarandon
Genre: Drama
Length: 136 minutes
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Total time: 35 minutes, plus marinating time for the steaks
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2 (1-pound) rib-eye steaks, about 1 inch thick
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1 minced clove garlic
1/2 cup caramelized onions
1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh rosemary
2 tablespoons sherry vinegar
1. Heat the oven to 400 degrees. In a small bowl, stir together the balsamic vinegar and the garlic. Salt the steaks with one-half teaspoon salt on each side and then brush lightly with the balsamic vinegar mixture. Set aside for at least 30 minutes.
2. In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, heat the caramelized onions with the rosemary, stirring occasionally until warmed.
3. Heat a cast-iron skillet or griddle pan over medium-high heat until it is very hot (a drop of water should skitter across the surface). Brush both sides of the steak once more with the vinegar mixture and then sear in the cast-iron pan until well-browned on both sides (about 3 minutes each). Sear the sides as well. Once the steaks are browned, put the pan in the oven and cook, turning once, until the steaks are medium-rare (about 125 degrees), 10 to 12 minutes total cooking time.
4. Remove the steaks from the oven and transfer them to a carving board. Rest them for 5 minutes to let the juices re-distribute through the meat. While the steaks are resting, add the sherry vinegar to the onions and season to taste with more salt or vinegar if necessary.
5. When the steaks are ready, spread a very thin layer of the caramelized onion marmalade over top, and then carve the steaks and serve them with the remaining marmalade on the side.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hispanics born abroad have a much lower stroke risk than their counterparts born, or largely raised, in the U.S., and lower than non-Hispanic U.S. whites, new research shows.
The study's lead author says the findings suggest that stroke risks are shaped early in life, and that a stroke is a "lifelong" disease.
"In other words, to succeed in preventing stroke, we need to examine how the roots of stroke risk are established in childhood," said J. Robin Moon, a researcher at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Mass, in an email.
Moon and her colleagues, who published their findings in the journal Stroke, looked at a national database of Americans over 50 years old, and compared information on more than 14,000 non-Hispanic whites and about 1,500 Hispanics who had not experienced a stroke before 1998.
The researchers followed those people over the next 10 years.
They found that at age 60, about five out of 1,000 non-Hispanic white men had suffered a stroke. That number increased to eight in 1,000 for U.S.-born Hispanic men, or those who had immigrated to the U.S. before age seven. But the figure for foreign-born Hispanic men was just four out of 1,000.
Among women at 60 years old, the numbers were nearly identical. Five out of 1,000 white women had suffered a stroke. The number was seven out of 1,000 for U.S.-born Hispanic women and four out of 1,000 for foreign-born Hispanic women.
When the researchers adjusted for socioeconomic factors, the risk difference between U.S.-born Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites disappeared.
But even after adjustment for various factors, foreign-born Hispanics had 42 percent lower stroke risk than non-Hispanic whites with similar socioeconomic backgrounds.
Though the researchers do not know exactly why the difference is so stark, there are a few popular theories.
One is that the healthiest citizens of one country will immigrate to another. A second theory is that immigrants may return to their birth country to spend their old age and eventually die, which would influence death rates.
However, the researchers said another explanation could be that there may be factors that lead U.S.-born Hispanics to have an increased risk for disease, including segregation and poverty.
The study did have some limitations, including the fact that strokes were self-reported by the participants or their families, and the definition of a stroke can mean different things to different people.
Dr. Mitchell Elkind, an associate professor of neurology and epidemiology at Columbia University in New York, said it would have also been nice to see information on which countries the foreign-born Hispanics came from, but he said this type of research is important.
"If we could figure out why people from other cultures — in particular among Hispanic cultures — are at a lower risk, there might be a way to replicate their activities here in the U.S.," said Elkind, who was not involved in the new research.
However, the new study's authors have observed a similar pattern of divergence among non-Hispanic Americans, all born in the U.S.
Maria Glymour, one of the new study's authors, has analyzed data focused on the southeastern U.S., also known as the "stroke belt" — where the stroke death rate is about 50 percent higher than in the rest of the country.
"One thing that is interesting in the region is that people born in the stroke belt tend to maintain their increased risk if they move away," said Glymour, an assistant professor at the Harvard School of Public Health.
But while a person cannot change where they were born, Elkind said there are some things they can do to reduce their risk of a stroke.
He said people should see their physician regularly, make sure their blood pressure is not elevated and watch their diet for — among other things — too much salt and red meat.
According to the American Stroke Association, about 795,000 people in the U.S. suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year, and more than 137,000 die from one.
SOURCE: bit.ly/xYLDsp Stroke, online February 21, 2012.