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Horrorfest '07: Crazy Eights (US - DVD R1)
Gabe supposes plain horror movies are better than plain terrible horror movies...
Six childhood friends are brought together when one of their own dies. While settling their friend's final estate they happen across a treasure map that leads to a time capsule set in an abandoned barn. In the capsule is the skeleton of a child. In their panic they're lost on the roads around the barn, then find themselves trapped in a creepy and condemned orphanage.
Last year's Horrorfest was quite weak overall, but I did enjoy the simple thrills of Grave Dancers, which took the dead childhood friend bringing adults back together theme of The Big Chill and added a few some supernatural chills. Similar themes of childhood trauma bringing about adulthood horrors have also been explored ad nauseum by Stephen King over the years. I'm not sure if the creators of Crazy Eights took King or The Big Chill into account (or both) when making the film, but the results are a sort of mutant child of the two.
Co-writer/director James K. Jones has more visual flare than most of the Horrorfest directors. He and his DP manage some impressive light-play, they make some nice style choices, like camera stock, focus, and subtle angle changes that haven't been done do death in modern horror (though there's a hint of wannabe Asian flavour). The story unfolds rather gracefully, despite its oft-told and predictable nature. The atmosphere is thick and eerie, but the scares rarely stick, and the suspense doesn't really agitate. The film winds up in a sort of unfortunate middle ground between classy and glossy Hollywood thriller, and pure B-movie schlock. I doubt anyone will come away from the film upset by its quality, but I can't see anyone on either side of film fandom coming away satisfied.
Crazy Eights opens with the fastest top credits I think I've ever seen in my life. They look like the end credits to a television show, and are lined by a few (unfairly) has-been names—Dina Meyer, Traci Lords (hey, she was pretty good in Blade), Gabrielle Anwar, George Newbern and Frank Whaley. When presented with a list of names like this one can only assume one of two things: that these people are going to do their best to push their way onto the B-list, or they're really hard up for cash and are going to skate by on their way to the pay check. The good news is for the most part these once-names give it their best; the bad news is that it really isn't enough. The characters aren't enjoyable to be around, and their plight isn't exactly memorable.
Crazy Eights is a very soft film. The camera's focus often seems to verge on total fuzziness, and the colours are quite dim. I'm reasonably sure this look is with purpose as it lends a melancholy air to the delicate editing and camera movement. Flashbacks are sharper, with higher contrast and brighter colours, but both styles used are more or less effectively shadowy. The DVD's details are inconsistent, though usually it's easy enough to see what's happening on screen during even the darkest sequences. I noticed a few flickers of print damage, and some compression artefacts around some high contrast edges, but overall noise is minimal and grain is fine.
Lake Dead excluded, the one constant in all the Horrorfest DVDs has been an impressive Dolby Digital audio track. Crazy Eights is no exception. The film's score is a little heavy handed, almost mawkishly melancholy at times and overall a little too loud on the track. Surround channels are mostly devoted to the music and the abstract sound effects that accompany the score. The direction of the off-screen sound effects doesn't always match the direction of the on-screen action, but the allocation is clean. Dialogue is clear and even, without any hiss or obvious post-production work.
Again, zippo here but The Eye and Horrorfest trailers and the Miss Horrorfest webisodes.
Crazy Eights is a nominally satisfying adults dealing with childhood trauma thriller. It's long on style and sports a decent cast, but is short on scares. It's briskly paced and looks good for an STV feature (which it basically is). No big surprises, assuming you've seen enough J-Horror flicks, read the opening titles, and can do simple math (the movie is called Crazy Eights, one friend is dead and six remain…). This is pretty much the exact middle of the road, and this brings an end to my look at the 2007 After Dark Horrorfest. Overall this was a better year then last, but just barely.
Review by Gabriel Powers
horrorfan25 Member Join Date: November 2007 Location: United States Posts: 1,080
The critics were saying that the horror fest sucked. But they did recommend Borderland.
MovieNerd777 Member Join Date: June 2006 Location: United States Posts: 75
Borderland sucked man...Crazy Eights was weird...but i liked it, when i get a chance I need to watch the dvd, which I already bought...
Fabricio De Zuasnabar Member Join Date: July 2005 Location: United States Posts: 1,350
'BORDERLAND' was OK
'UNEARTHED' was awful
'TOOTH AND NAIL' was descent
'UNEARTHED' was awful
'TOOTH AND NAIL' was descent
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Disc Details
Release Date: 18th March 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, single layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: None
Extras: Trailers, Miss Horrorfest Wbisodes
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: James Koya Jones
Cast: Gabrielle Anwar, Traci Lords, George Newbern, Frank Whaley, Dina Meyer
Genre: Horror
Length: 80 minutes
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It was a record breaking snow event for the month of October in New Hampshire. The previous record for the entire month of October was 3-inches. A nearby town received the highest snowfall in the state- 27.5 inches! We were without power (and cable) for three full days. Our power came back on just last night. This was our first experience using our whole-house, automatic-on generator, affectionately called "Gen." Gen has been thanked profusely over the past several days. I'm thinking she is my new BFF!
We are so grateful to have sustained no damage- we didn't even have a limb down on our property, but were shocked to see the massive damage in our town and neighboring towns below us- huge trees snapped off in the center. We believe that our higher elevation received more wind and helped to blow the snow off of the leaves on our maples, thus protecting them from the wet, heavy snow sitting on the canopy and causing breakage.
Same shot off of the front porch after Dan cleared Ella a path out to the shoveled off "patch" that he made for her to do her business;)
The driveway. Notice the one tree that hasn't even begun to turn colors- still green.
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Doberman Pinscher
The Dobermann to most of the world (German pronunciation: [ˈdoːbɐman ˈpɪnʃɐ]), or Doberman Pinscher as it is known in the United States and Canada, is a medium-large breed of domestic dog originally developed around 1890 by Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann, a tax collector from Germany. The Dobermann has a long muzzle and stands on its toes (not the pads) and is not usually heavy-footed. Ideally, they have an even and graceful gait. Traditionally, the ears are cropped and posted and the tail is docked. However, in some countries it is illegal to do so. Dobermanns have markings on the chest, paws/legs, muzzle, above the eyes, and underneath the tail.
Dobermanns are well known as intelligent, alert and tenaciously loyal companions and guard dogs. Personality varies a great deal between each individual, but if taken care of and trained properly they tend to be loving and devoted companions. The Dobermann is driven, strong and sometimes stubborn. Owning one requires commitment and care, but if trained well, they can be wonderful family dogs. With a consistent approach they can be easy to train and will learn very quickly. If properly trained, they can be excellent with children.
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Okay, seriously, I don't think this post should be here, but I cannot find another section to match the problem.
Whenever I boot up WindowsXP, after I get past the login screen, the desktop appears, and the little services start running, etc etc. Here the problem. There's this annoyingly long pause during which I cannot run any appz, or anything.. sure, when I click 'Start', the menu appears, and right-clicking in the desktop area brings up the menu, but I can't do anything with the menus.
After about, 50-70 seconds, a windows explorer window pops up, the link is E:\Windows\something (don't remember what). After this thing appears, everything runs smoothly. How exactly do I get rid of this window opening everytime I boot, and what else is the problem. Why the pause? If this isn't enough info, please let me know... I'll provide whatever I can.
Oh, and in the second login I've created ( User ) for XP, the same problem occurs. I've checked the startup.ini, and tinkered a bit with msconfig, but came up with nothing. Maybe thats cos I don't really know what I'm looking for. Help me out people.


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A forward-thinking Spiritualist church in Doncaster has become the very first in the region to be approved to carry out same sex marriage ceremonies.
It comes following the radical changes in the law which allows gay and lesbian couples to legally marry.
The congregation at Catherine Street National Progressive Spiritualists Church in Doncaster is celebrating as, after fully supporting the legal changes since they were first proposed, it was named as the first church across any denomination in the town to be registered to carry out the ceremony.
Minister Judith Seaman, Deputy Vice President – Spiritual at The Spiritualists National Union (SNU), said: "The SNU is fully supportive of the new legislation around same sex marriages.
"One of our seven founding principles is the 'Brotherhood of Man' – the idea that we are all equal and true brotherhood throughout the world will bring equality, security and peace.
"We are encouraging all Spiritualist churches across the UK to apply for same sex marriage registration and we are delighted that same sex couples are now able to celebrate their love in the same way heterosexual couples can."
The first same sex marriage ceremony is already booked at the Doncaster church and will see Louise Carver and Nicola Hobson make the ultimate commitment to each other in front of friends and family early next year.
Louise said: "We are both delighted that we are able to marry in our church with a congregation that means so much to us and also to be married by someone who has helped us through so much."
June English, President and Minister at Doncaster Progressive Spiritualist Church, comments: "We are extremely proud to be the first church in Doncaster to be registered as legally able to carry out marriage ceremonies for the same sex couples wishing to make that commitment in our congregation.
"Our congregation has been fully behind the legal changes from the offset and as we are also the first Spiritualist church across the UK to be approved, it really reaffirms our commitment to this important change in the law."


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Discussion in 'HOWTO-Related Questions' started by nzimas, Jul 2, 2012.
I have followed this howto meticulously, but the Sefver API still reverts to CGI/FastCGI, not FPM.
And to make matters slightly more interesting, ever simnce I have enabled the Unix socket, /etc/init.d/php5-fpm start won't initialise PHP-FPM.
No error message given either.
Are there any errors in the PHP-FPM error log?
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Hi Falko,
Things are gettung more interesting.
After reinstalling everything from the ground up, eventually I have managed to enable php-fpm.
However, upon switching to unix socket mode, Lighttpd throws the following error:
I must add that I had to touch /tmp/php5-fpm.sock because it was not automatically created by neither lighttpd nor php-fpm.
Aghh... my extremely poor sight playing tricks on me. Copied isten = /tmp/php5-fpm.sock instaed of listen = /tmp/php5-fpm.sock
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The first thing that comes to mind when thinking about September 11, 2001 is: "Where were you? What were you doing at that time?".
New York City changed on that day 10 years ago and the world will never be the same. Our hearts go out the families who lost loved ones on that tragic day and we will always remember the brave firefighters who gave their lives to protect others.
We we'd like to honor New York with what we know best – food.
The cuisine of NYC compromises the cuisines of various ethnic groups. Really it's the most diverse city and you can find all foods represented there. You name it – Mexican, Jewish, Irish, Italian, Greek, Indian, Caribbean… We could go on and on. What we found most fascinating was the list of food identified with New York City origins:
Manhattan clam chowder – okay that's not kosher
New York- style cheesecake
New York- style pizza
Strip steak
Italian ice
Egg benedict
Ice cream cone
Lobster Newberg- not kosher either :-)
Delmonico steak
Black and white cookie
What are your favorite New York City foods?
I am not sure it is only a New York City Food. However, from my childhood, I connect Manhattan and winter nights with roasted chestnuts! During the winter months, there are stands selling chestnuts which is wrapped in cone shaped paper. Absolutely, delicious!
Definitely pastrami.
i can smell the baked pretzels at the corner food stands...
Potato knishes, boiled ears of corn & hot dogs on the beach at Coney Island or the Rockaways.
pretzels. Only thing is it's not kosher, so I just keep dreaming.


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Norma,I thought that you would be interested in this recent PMQ Think Tank thread in which a member asked about how to handle a bulk mass of high hydration (75%) dough: http://thinktank.pmq.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=13987&sid=7fa34750be0dedc6c7d41c12e4717d4e/. I saw the member's post before Tom Lehmann addressed it but wondered how I would have answered it, or how you might have answered it. I came to the conclusion, as Tom did, that it would be difficult to bulk ferment a 75% hydration dough and be able to do the division and scaling the next day into individual dough balls the next day, even though cold and more amenable to handing than a freshly made dough. It would be a fairly messy and sticky job. At least in your case, wiith the use of rest periods and double kneading, the job is manageable. I also wondered whether the poster was a member of this forum also and possibly became enamored of high-hydration pan style doughs based on what members have done on this forum. As it turns out, he is a member of this forum but his last appearance was back in 2008. Peter
I was interested in that recent article on PMQ Think Thank. I also think it would be difficult to bulk ferment a 75% dough and be able to then do the division and scaling the next day into individual dough balls. I know dough is better to work with when it is cold, but I can only imagine what a messy and sticky job that might be. Maybe the poster doesnt know about how a intensive mix, rest period and another intensive mix might help him get a much more manageable dough with a higher hydration.
I wonder if the poster tried a higher hydration dough on this forum in a pan back in 2008. Sounds like he might be trying to make a Detroit style pizza, but he might be trying another style in a pan.
Norma,Even with the intensive mixing and rest period, the biochemical activity that takes place in a dough with a high hydration proceeds quickly, and the dough may be prone to gluten damage during fermentation by the action of enzymes (including protease enzymes) and, as a result, the dough may revert back to being sticky and messy to handle by the time the next day rolls around. If a lot of yeast is also used, the dough can be well fermented by the next day, adding to difficulties handling the dough. It might be possible to put the dough back into the mixer bowl and subject it to some more mixing and rest to be able to better handle the dough. In such a case, the initial knead and rest from the day before might be made brief so as not to overwork the dough. Or maybe the two two kneading and rest procedures can be flipped around. The poster had only a handful of posts, none of which was directed to a dough formulation. As a pizza professional, almost all of his posts related to business matters.Peter
I also wanted to mention that I have been using some kind of cheap olive oil from Aldi to oil these dough balls and also my NY style dough balls in the last few weeks. I cant explain what might be any difference from this cheap Aldi olive oil from any other oil, but the both dough balls behave a lot better for me when using the cheap olive oil. My NY style dough balls even open up easier than ever. Another mystery.
It's hard to imagine that olive oil would be functionally better than some other oil but I will defer to you on that. As far as the Aldi olive oil is concerned, it's cheapness doesn't necessarily mean that it is inferior. As I understand it, their products are of good quality and a good value also, at least from the prices I have seen in their flyers.Peter
Aldi is BIG in Germany....I never underestimate their products and am always trying out their stuff to compare against products I currently use. Over the years I have found many items at Aldi's to be better than what I had been using.
Bob,I didn't know Aldi is big in Germany. Good to hear you also try out Aldi products and compare them against other products you currently use. Great to hear you have found many items at Aldi's that are actually better then what you have been using.Norma
Oh yes..over there the Aldi stores layout are huge! Positioned in the center of the stores is a very classy(yet low cost)extravagant cafe(a mini food court actually)with fresh baked goods, pizza, roasted meat sandwiches, cheeses,beer bar, etc., etc. Real nice hang out for the men folk while the ladies do their shopping. Oddly enough, their corporate headquarters is located in a Chicago suburb.
My local Aldi store sure isn't like that.Norma
Norma,Also, you might be interested in knowing that the Buddy's thread just recently went over the 100,000 page view mark. That is a major milestone.Peter
Britt,I think that Norma's goal is to keep increasing the hydration of the dough to the point where the crust has the consistency and lightness of cotton candy (with which Norma already has expertise) and is mainly air, carbon dioxide, water and a trace of flour . The profit margins for that combination are bound to be much better than what Buddy's gets. As of the moment, about 42% of the weight of one of Norma's clone dough balls is water. Peter
So Norma is Pizza Queen?
Thanks! The 48-hr ferment does add some character to the crust, making it more delicate and a bit tastier. The dough is 70% hydration, KASL, 0.35% IDY, 1.5% sea salt. A one-minute mix with the paddle on speed 1 (Kitchen Aide), a five-minute rest, then a one-minute knead with the dough hook on speed 2.
ALDI is a German company (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldi). "ALDI" comes from ALbrecht DIscount.For all you trivia buffs out there.Gene
ALDI is a German company (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldi). "ALDI" comes from ALbrecht DIscount.For all you trivia buffs out there.Gene


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Google's Attempt To Bully Microsoft Back With Patents Not Going Too Well
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And yet, Motorola Mobility pushed on against Microsoft... and it's not going well. On Friday, a judge knocked the damages down to next to nothing, basically siding with Microsoft. Microsoft had argued that if there were any infringement, the amount owed should be about $1.2 million. Motorola Mobility had argued for... $4 billion. The judge came down at just $1.8 million.
I recognize, of course, that the whole reason that Google bought Motorola Mobility was to get access to these patents. And, on top of that, Microsoft did strike first here. However, Motorola Mobility had hit back quite strongly, and even once Google was in control, it seemed to have little interest in pulling back. The whole thing makes Google look a bit hypocritical, and it certainly hasn't helped the company win any of these legal battles.


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Istek schools in Turkey Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Istek schools in Turkey Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Turkey View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message ghostJoined: 30 Jan 2003Posts: 1692Location: Saudi Arabia Posted: Fri May 09, 2003 3:28 pm Post subject: Istek schools in Turkey The Istek schools expect their teachers to come to Istanbul on August 1st to receive orientation around Istanbul, etc...they then start work on August 21 in preparation for the new school year. The teachers have to prepare yearly plans, get books etc..The school actually opens in the 2nd week of September. The usual holidays apply, with teachers being allowed 3 days off at Christmas. There is a two week holiday in February, and the usual religious holidays. Have any of the readers on this forum worked with ISTEK in the past? Any comments on the early arrival of the teachers, and the preparation expected? Back to top richard ameJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 319Location: Republic of Turkey Posted: Tue May 13, 2003 7:25 am Post subject: that muppets asking those questions again Hey ghost what is it with you how many different places do you expect to work at in the space of one year*Why don't you just try one place and suck it and see and then come back and tell us all about it ,thats if any one is still interested . Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15323 Posted: Mon May 19, 2003 11:17 am Post subject: suck it and see Come on Richard, you do not expect "ghost" to actually do something in real life, do you ? Do you seriously expect him to get on a plane and take up a real job ? Having cyberfantasies and asking endless questions is much easier. Back to top richard ameJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 319Location: Republic of Turkey Posted: Tue May 20, 2003 7:00 am Post subject: ghost train !! yeah Scott you're right I forgot ,sorry, after his last sessıon with El Gordo I thought he may have had time to come to some kind of decision about something, my mistake . Back to top ghostJoined: 30 Jan 2003Posts: 1692Location: Saudi Arabia Posted: Tue May 20, 2003 2:21 pm Post subject: Action taken Wrong, and wrong again. Flight tickets have been bought, and a Turkish language course registered and paid for. So you guys get a kick out of persecuting innocent TEFLERS on the net....pretty sad.... Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15323 Posted: Tue May 20, 2003 2:26 pm Post subject: timewasters No one likes timewasters. Back to top ghostJoined: 30 Jan 2003Posts: 1692Location: Saudi Arabia Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 2:51 pm Post subject: response And no one likes people who make up things about others which are untrue and unsubstantiated. You could get into trouble for that. Back to top pipkinJoined: 17 Jan 2003Posts: 5 Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 3:37 am Post subject: woos Back to top salieroJoined: 02 Dec 2003Posts: 6Location: Australia Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 5:21 am Post subject: Please see Please see the response I made on the other thread dealing with these schools. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Turkey All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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There are many different things that motivate us to do what we do. For some it's money, many it's fame and a lot of us do things just to get girls. Chris Dunbar of Kennewick, Washington might have had those same factors pushing him when putting together his previous four cars (a 500-hp Honda Civic, JDM Acura Integra GS-R, Ford Focus SVT, BMW 5-Series). This time around, however, Dunbar had a very meaningful reason when starting to get hardcore into the build of his 2006 Subaru WRX – his late father.
When his father passed away, Chris wanted to dedicate the three-year build to the man who inspired him and helped make his car one of the most competitive show cars nationwide. Like many of us, the car started off as a daily driver back in his college days and, again, like many of us, he couldn't leave the car stock for very long as his college apartment started filling up with aftermarket parts like an '80s sketch comedy. After his father passed away, Chris' goal for his WRX was to transform it into something both Dunbars would be proud of. And, since they had always talked about going to the biggest automotive event in the U.S. (SEMA) together, it was important for the car to be SEMA-worthy. Nothing would deter him.
They say that looks can be deceiving, but there's nothing about Dunbar's WRX that gives off a hint of subtlety starting with the eye catching ZR1-Jetstream candy blue custom paint job by Mobworks. He went with a Zerosports body kit that consists of front and rear bumpers and side skirts, but couldn't leave it at that. For those of us that have faced the frustration of trying to jack up a lowered car with a body kit, Dunbar and co. were able to solve the problem vis a vis an AP/Brando-built air jack system.
Seibon carbon fiber wide fenders give the WRX an even more aggressive look than the car has been known to have. On top of those Dunbar used custom Carbon Kartlon over-flares to pretty much ensure he will never be able to park his beauty in a normal-sized parking spot. To enhance the already-dazzling looks of the WRX and lighten-up the chassis as well, more carbon fiber pieces found their way on the car, including the hood, trunk and roof. A custom aluminum rear under spoiler and Zerosports splitter help keep the car planted at high speed.
Vlado Jancev of V's Performance went ahead and gave the car an engine bay and trunk shave, leaving the car looking smoother than Scarlet Johansson's legs. But, only true enthusiasts would notice the attention-to-detail Dunbar has put into his car like the '05 taillights, JDM headlights and the Syms windshield wiper blades.
While the stock WRX boxer motor is strong, it was definitely in need of some reinforcement to withstand the 535 hp and 400 lb-ft of torque Dunbar intended to put to the wheels. A Cosworth long block stuffed with the company's billet crankshaft, connecting rods and pistons made the bottom end more than secure for the excess boost it needed to handle from the Full Race GT4088R turbo. Cosworth also got its hands on the top end with a port and polish job as well as a set of 278/280 cams while petrol delivery is handled via a Walbro fuel pump, Corsa Veloce billet fuel rails and massive 2,200 cc Injector Dynamics fuel injectors.
For additional intake flow, a big bore throttle body and intake manifold open up the passageways to the head so the final mixture can be completely atomized inside the combustion chambers. Any engine with this type of work done to it will accumulate and intense amount of heat, so Process West has fabricated a V-mount setup to provide equal cooling distribution to both the intercooler and radiator. On the exit route, the exhaust gases make their way out through a Full Race turbo manifold and custom four-inch exhaust with a Burns Ti muffler. Even with the engine just sitting at idle, surely this combination is enough to wake up the neighbors from three counties over. Tuner Tim Bailey managed to spin the dyno rollers to 490 hp on just a break-in map. Beyond just the scope of creating horsepower, V's Performance and Pacific Import Auto have both done extensive amounts of work to the engine bay to make it look nothing like the clunky mess of its former self.
Though Dunbar' WRX collects trophies like Jay-Z collects platinum albums, it's more than just a show car and is more-than-equipped to handle the roughest track conditions. The Stance GR+ Pro adjustable suspension was just the beginning; Whiteline adjustable front and rear sway bars keep the 18-inch 24K gold HRE 590R wheels and ultra-wide 315/30R18 Falken 615K tires planted to the asphalt. And, with 600 hp propelling his WRX, Dunbar was in need of something that could stop the 3,000 pounds of mass at any instant. As such, Movit billet six-piston brake calipers take care of the clamping up front with four-piston units doing it in the rear. Extra stopping power comes from massive 15-inch two-piece drilled and slotted brake rotors, custom braided lines and ceramic pads.
With all the work done to improve performance and aesthetics, many might overlook the interior of their cars, but not Dunbar. BLK-Diamond went to town with custom-flocked and Alcantara wraps around everything.
Takata harnesses keep driver and passenger in the two Bride Carbon Vorga II seats while a chromoly steel roll cage surrounds the occupants in case there are any mishaps on the street or track. A Rallytech carbon fiber parcel shelf, rear firewall and rear seat delete are the final touches.
But, Dunbar still had enough left in the six figures he spent on this build to squeeze in a teeth-rattling audio system with Digital Designs subs and speakers. A Sony XAV70BT DVD head unit and rear view mirror monitor can keep things pretty entertaining depending on what flick he has popped in. We'd opt for something from the Vivid Entertainment classic collection or the One Tree Hill series if you're into that type of weird stuff.
Through his countless efforts and struggles, Dunbar has constructed a car both father and son would feel proud about. It hasn't been as easy as people might think because Chris had to coordinate travel between Seattle and Los Angeles almost every other week in an effort to hit every show in 2012. The year prior wasn't as impactful as he had hoped. But, it's because a majority of the year was spent revamping the WRX. That said, this thing has taken home trophies from all the major shows such as Hot Import Nights, SPOCOM, Nisei Week Showoff and Motion. Along the way, Dunbar has made new friends and strengthened ties with his car clubs Team Sunworks and TW Competition.
Any way you look at it, this is one bad WRX. And, by bad we mean good. Really good! As many do, Dunbar credits his friends for making all this happen. And, while he doesn't plan on stopping just yet, the car might be up for sale by the time this goes to print (just in case there are any readers interested in continuing the legacy of this WRX). What lies ahead for Chris' next project? We hear he's eyeing a pearl white 2012 Nissan GT-R. To be honest, from the history of his project cars, this one could end up being very scary. Scary in a good way.
Vehicle: 2006 Subaru WRX TR
Owner: Chris Dunbar
Location: Kennewick, WA. USA
Engine: EJ257 2.65L Turbo
Estimated Max Horsepower: 535 whp
Estimated Max Torque: 400 lb-ft
Top Speed: 195 mph
Curb Weight: 2,960 lb
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Cosworth (long block, port and polish, big bore race heads, 278/280 camshafts, billet crankshaft, connecting rods, piston rings, gaskets, pistons)
Full Race Twin Scroll GT4088R turbocharger
Process West (V-Mount intercooler, custom bored throttle body, intake manifold)
FUKU Works/Samco hoses
TiAL (blow-off valve, wastegate)
Amsoil air filter
Aeromotive fuel pressure regulator
Walbro fuel pump
Corsa Veloce billet fuel rails
Injector Dynamics 2,200 cc fuel injectors
NGK Iridium spark plugs
ARP socket caps
Full Race (custom four-inch exhaust, twin-scroll headers, up-pipe, down-pipe)
Burns Ti muffler
Carbonetic (carbon twin-plate clutch, flywheel)
DSS Stage 5 front and rear axles
ACPT carbon fiber drive shaft
Cusco (one-way front LSD, 1.5-way rear LSD)
Andrewtech custom transmission with billet shift forks and carbon syncros
Stance GR+ three-way TrackSpec suspension
Whiteline (bushings, sway bars)
Prodrive billet strut bar
JDM STi control arms
HRE 590R (24K gold) wheels – 18x12 (f/r)
Falken 615K tires – 315/30 R18 (f/r)
Movit (six-piston billet front calipers, four-piston billet rear calipers, 15-inch two-piece rotors (f/r), custom braided lines)
Amsoil brake fluid
Zero Sports (front bumper, rear bumper, grilles, splitter)
Seibon carbon fiber wide fenders
Custom over flares
2005 taillights
MOBWORKS custom ZR-1 Jetstream Candy Blue paint
Dunbar Designs custom flocking dash
Key!s suede steering wheel
Zero Sports (shift boot, emergency brake boot)
Prosport gauges (boost, EGT, oil pressure, voltage, water temperature)
Takata harnesses
Carbon fiber WRC floor pans
Bride Carbon Vorga II racing seats
Custom chromoly certified cage
Carbon fiber rear seat delete
Custom Alcantara wrapped interior
Sony (XAV70BT head unit, LCD rear view mirror monitor and camera)
Digital Designs (SS5 five-channel amplifier, 1508SC 15-inch subwoofers (x3), component sets (x4)
Optima Yellow Top battery
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Only if you like to make a point. Google is not and never planed to make money with Android through hardware sales. Its there services which bring money in. And those devices that access Google Play have there services installed (the full package). Chinese manufacture not using Google services and so not Google Play are not counted. Same with western offers cause its irrelevant for Google's services, there income source, there business strategy.
Under this light counting activations of devices using there services is the most accurate thing for them since a sold device says nothing about there services being used.
What you may additional do is to count sold Motorolla device units extra since that's where Google does indeed hardware. But then Moto was a long-term strategy decision and we not saw yet there first new device wave.
Counting Nexus units is stupid. Google doesn't make the hardware or gets a dime from it. Nexus devices are just like any other devices where there services are pre-installed and used. Difference is that Google can push updates to them. How that benefits there service-income through network-effects isn't known, hard to guess or even measure. I think it's more a strategy decision to drive there ecosystem forward then a direct service-benefit.
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text: Finally, hirsute World Series heroes David Ortiz and Shane Victorino are clean shaven. The bearded Bosox, joined by Boston cop Steve Horgan, shed their shaggy facial hair Monday morning at Gillette's world headquarters in South Boston. The "shave off" was partly promotional and partly charitable, with Gillette donating $100,000 to The One Fund, created for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. "Oh, my goodness," Victorino said when he glimpsed his soft-as-a-baby's-bottom face in the mirror. "It's like I'm 12." Horgan, who was in the Sox bullpen and raised his arms triumphantly after Big Papi hit a dramatic eighth-inning grand slam in Game 2 of the ALCS, delighted the crowd Monday by raising his arms just as he did that night at Fenway. Also getting a shave was Michael Grant, a bearded Sox fan from Leicester, who was chosen from Gillette's Facebook and Twitter accounts.


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Sharon, Israel's bulldozer in politics, dies at 85
Sunday, January 12, 2014
JERUSALEM -- It was vintage Ariel Sharon: His hefty body bobbing behind a wall of security men, the ex-general led a march onto a Jerusalem holy site, staking a bold claim to a shrine that has been in contention from the dawn of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
What followed was a Palestinian uprising that put Mideast peace efforts into deep-freeze.
Five years later, Sharon, who died Saturday at 85, was again barreling headlong into controversy, bulldozing ahead with his plan to pull Israel out of the Gaza Strip and uproot all 8,500 Jewish settlers living there without regard to threats to his life from Jewish extremists.
The withdrawal and the barrier he was building between Israel and the West Bank permanently changed the face of the conflict and marked the final legacy of a man who shaped Israel as much as any other leader. He was a farmer-turned-soldier, a soldier-turned-politician, a politician-turned-statesman -- a hard-charging Israeli who built Jewish settlements on war-won land, but didn't shy away from destroying them when he deemed them no longer useful.
Sharon died eight years after a debilitating stroke put him into a coma. His body was to lie in state at the parliament today before he is laid to rest at his ranch in southern Israel on Monday, Israeli media reported. Vice President Joe Biden will lead the U.S.
Sharon suffered his stroke in January 2006 and fell into a coma. Over the past week and a half, doctors reported a sharp decline in his condition as various bodily organs, including his kidneys, failed. On
Saturday, Dr. Shlomo Noy of the Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv said "his heart weakened and he peacefully departed" with relatives by his bedside.
His death was greeted with the same strong feelings he evoked in life. Israelis called him a war hero. His enemies called him a war criminal.
President Barack Obama remembered Sharon as "a leader who dedicated his life to the state of Israel." Former President George W. Bush, who was in the White House during Sharon's tenure, called him a "warrior for the ages and a partner in seeking security for the Holy Land and a better, peaceful Middle East."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a rival and harsh critic of Sharon, said: "His memory will be enshrined forever in the heart of the nation." President Shimon Peres, a longtime friend and rival, said "he was an outstanding man and an exceptional commander who moved his people and loved them and the people loved him."
Palestinians' nemesis
The Palestinians, who loathed Sharon as their most bitter enemy, distributed candy, prayed for divine punishment and said they regretted he was never held accountable for his actions, including a massacre in the Lebanese refugee camps of Sabra and Chatilla by Christian militiamen allied with Israel during the 1982 invasion that was largely his brainchild.
"He wanted to erase the Palestinian people from the map ... He wanted to kill us, but at the end of the day, Sharon is dead and the Palestinian people are alive," said Tawfik Tirawi, who served as Palestinian intelligence chief when Sharon was prime minister.
The man Israel knew simply by his nickname "Arik" fought in most of Israel's wars. He detested Yasser Arafat, his lifelong adversary, as an "obstacle to peace" and was in turn detested in the Arab world.
Sharon had a life of surprises, none bigger than his election as prime minister in his twilight years, when he spent his first term crushing a Palestinian uprising and his second withdrawing from Gaza. The pullout in 2005 freed 1.3 million Palestinians from Israeli military rule and left his successors the vague outline of his proposal for a final peace settlement with Israel's Arab foes.
Sharon opted for separating Israel from the Palestinians, whose birthrate was outpacing that of his own country. He gave up Gaza, with its 21 Jewish settlements, and four West Bank settlements, the first such Israeli pullback since it captured the territories in the 1967 Mideast war.
He also began building a barrier of fences, walls, razor wire and trenches to separate Israel from the West Bank. The withdrawal and the barrier, which left large West Bank settlement blocs on Israel's side, led many to suspect his real intention was to sidestep negotiations with the Palestinians and make it easier to hold onto what really mattered to him -- chunks of the West Bank, with its biblical Jewish resonance and value as a buffer against attack from the east.
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Sharon was born to Russian immigrant parents on Feb. 26, 1928, in the farming community of Kfar Malal, near Tel Aviv. He commanded an infantry platoon during the 1948 Mideast war over Israel's creation.
Leading a ragtag band of soldiers, some Holocaust survivors, Sharon stormed the Jordanian Arab Legion stronghold at Latroun, a key spot on the road to Jerusalem, in the 1948 war that followed Israel's creation. He was badly wounded in the leg and belly, and bled for hours while surrounded by enemy soldiers.
In 1953, he commanded Unit 101, a force formed to carry out reprisals for Arab attacks. After the slaying of an Israeli woman and her two children, his troops blew up more than 40 houses in Qibya, a West Bank village then ruled by Jordan, killing 69 Arabs. Sharon later said he thought the houses were empty.
After Israel's 1956 invasion of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, Sharon was rebuked for engaging in what commanders regarded as an unnecessary battle. Some 30 Israeli soldiers died.
The accolades mounted as well. Sharon received praise for his command of an armored division during the 1967 Mideast War, in which Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula.
His finest hour in uniform, as he described it, came in the 1973 Mideast war. Yanked out of retirement by an army desperate for leadership, he commanded 27,000 Israelis in a daring drive across Egypt's Suez Canal that helped turn the tide of the war. A picture of a boyish-faced, 45-year-old Sharon, bloody bandage wrapped around his head, remains one of the most enduring images of the war.
In 1982 he engineered the invasion of Lebanon. It was portrayed as a quick, limited strike to drive Palestinian fighters from Israel's northern border. Later it emerged that Sharon had a larger plan: to install a pro-Israel regime in Lebanon -- a design that typified boldness to his friends and dangerous megalomania to his critics. The conflict quickly escalated, and Israel remained in Lebanon for the next 18 years.
That September, the Israeli military, controlling parts of Beirut, allowed members of the Phalanges, a Lebanese Christian militia allied with Israel, to enter the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Chatilla in Beirut to root out "terrorists." The militiamen systematically slaughtered hundreds of civilians, including women and children. The massacres sparked mass protests in Israel and abroad. An Israeli commission rejected Sharon's contention that he didn't know what was coming, saying: "It is impossible to justify the minister of defense's disregard of the danger of a massacre."
He was fired as defense minister.
In his autobiography, Sharon said he was outraged by the findings. "It was a stigmatization I rejected utterly," he wrote.
Sharon gradually rehabilitated himself, serving in parliament and using various Cabinet posts to build dozens of settlements in the West Bank and Gaza despite international protests.
As foreign minister in 1998, Sharon called on Jewish settlers to grab as much land as possible. Sharon's demonstrative visit to the Temple Mount, or Haram as-Sharif, soon followed. Palestinian riots escalated into a full-fledged uprising that would claim more than 3,000 Palestinian and 1,000 Israeli lives.
In February 2001, with the fighting continuing and peace talks collapsing, Israelis grew deeply disillusioned and inclined to lay all the blame on Arafat. They elected Sharon prime minister in a landslide.
Fighting continued throughout Sharon's first term and he was re-elected in 2003 to a second term.
In late 2003, he unveiled his "unilateral disengagement" plan -- withdrawing from territory he no longer deemed essential to Israel's security -- without an agreement with the Palestinians.
He also confined Arafat to his West Bank headquarters in his final years before allowing the longtime Palestinian leader to fly to France in late 2004 shortly before his death.
Speaking Saturday, Olmert said Sharon's legacy was far more complicated than critics say.
"Arik was not a warmonger. When it was necessary to fight, he stood at the forefront of the divisions in the most sensitive and painful places, but he was a smart and realistic person and understood well that there is a limit in our ability to conduct wars," he said.
Sharon was widowed twice -- he married the sister of his first wife after she died in an auto accident -- and had two sons, Gilad and Omri. A third son died in 1967 in a firearms accident.
Associated Press writers Ian Deitch in Jerusalem and Ibrahim Barzak in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, contributed to this report.


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This is my first post here.
I am glad to join this comunity and will be posting more as our project progresses.
I am currently working on a short film with a small group of people. I am mainly in charge of technical portion of the project . Majority of my tool set is open source since were running a small and financially modest production.
This question is largely for myself but I am sure others will benefit from it as well.
Using the open source software as replacements for their comercial counterparts, what issues have you run in to in your production pipeline and what workarounds have you used?
This is mainly directed at people who have blender as part of their pipeline for comercial projects or indipendant short films.
However if you use Blender for game art creation you shouldnt hesitate to share .
For example, the plate footage we shot was good but it had a slight shake that was to distracting for the footage to be used for a nice scenic pan.
The only way to fix this was through premiere or finalcut. However by searching online i found Virtual dub that has a verry nice deshake filter (which I highly recomend) amongst other cool features. In fact i found out it was on par with the similar filter in final cut.
Mentioning the OS your using would be worth while as well.
I am running under Vista 64 Bit.
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Bill O'Reilly is rarely less than forthright in his views. The Fox news pundit claimed on his show this week that 'a lot of the Bible is allegorical,' adding that the New Testament Gospels contradict themselves.
According to WND, O'Reilly made his comments during his interview with 'Touched by an Angel' star Roma Downey, the Derry-born Irish actress, and her husband Mark Burnett, the executive producers of The Bible miniseries which begins on the History Channel on Sunday.
Downey, who portrays Jesus' mother Mary in the series, made it clear she had complete faith in Holy Scripture.
'Bringing the Bible to the screen came with a huge responsibility and one we took very seriously,' Downey said. 'We had a great team of scholars and theologians helping us, making sure that we told these stories accurately and truthfully. I've been a believer my whole life, and that was very, very important to us.
'Something else that we wanted to do was to make it really, really cool. You know, we have teenagers at home and it's hard to get them to read anything, and one of the goals here was to get this generation interested and excited about Scripture, and I think we've been able to achieve that.'
O'Reilly took a surprising line then, asking Downey: 'When you say you're a believer, do you believe in the Bible literally? I mean you believe that Adam and Eve were out there, and the snake and the apple and all of that business?'
Downey didn't blink: 'I do indeed. I believe the truth of the Bible. That's what I was taught, and it's been a wonderful, wonderful faith for me my whole life. I grew up in Ireland. Earliest memories, my father reading the Bible to me sitting on his knee. And this was something that I had wanted to do and it's wonderful to be able to work together with my husband on the TV series. The good news is we're still speaking to each other.'
O'Reilly, whose latest book, "Killing Jesus," examines the multiple and often contradictory biblical accounts of his life, then asked Burnett (producer of shows such as The Voice, Survivor and The Apprentice) for his views.
'Look, a lot of the Bible is allegorical, and we know that in creationism and things like that,' O'Reilly claimed. 'So what you're doing here, I assume, is just telling the story the way that the prophets put forth, without any commentary in it. Is that correct?'
'That's exactly correct,' Burnett replied. 'Right down the middle, telling the Bible as written. As fact. Five hours Old Testament, five hours New Testament.'
O'Reilly followed up by asking, 'Are you telling people that they should believe in Adam and Eve? That they should believe in Noah's Ark? Jonah and the whale? Are you telling people that this is the way to go?'
'People will believe what they want to believe,' said Burnett. 'The worst thing would be to try to preach to people and tell them how to feel about these stories. People will love these stories.'
Downey added: 'We worked from the position that the Bible was a true story. We haven't taken a position on that except to bring the stories to life meaningfully. We have filmed the passion of Jesus, we've taken it right through resurrection, the conversion of Paul and through to Revelation, and that episode will be on Easter Sunday evening.'
O'Reilly didn't explicitly outline which contradictions he alleges exist in the New Testament, but he did predict some critics would attack 'The Bible' miniseries for its apparent literalism.
Meanwhile O'Reilly and fellow Fox News pundit Sean Hannity both saw enormous drops in the all important age 25 to 54 audience demographic from the same point in 2012. Hannity's audience fell by a whopping 35 percent from 2012, and O'Reilly's reportedly fell 26 percent. In 2012 there was a major focus on the election issues.


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POUGHKEEPSIE, NY—Vassar & New York Stage and Film announce casting highlights for the 27th annual Powerhouse Theater season (June 24-July 31, 2011) and the schedule for Readings Festival 1 (June 24-26).
Some of the noted actors joining the Powerhouse season include:
- Mario Cantone (Laugh Whore, Sex and the City, Assassins) as Craig Russell in Margaret and Craig by David Solomon, directed by Sheryl Kaller (July 1-3);
- Tony® Award winner Michael Cerveris (Sweeney Todd, Assassins, In the Next Room: or the Vibrator Play), Michael Esper (American Idiot, The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide), and Tony® Award winner Harriet Harris (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Desperate Housewives, Fringe) in The Nightingale, by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik, directed by Moises Kauffman (July 8-10);
- Drama Desk Award winner Santino Fontana (Billy Elliot, Sunday in the Park with George), Cristin Milioti (That Face, Coram Boy), and David Costabile (Caroline or Change, Henry V, Titanic) in February House by Gabriel Kahane and Seth Bockley, directed by Davis McCallum (July 14-16);
- Emmy® and Golden Globe® nominee Rob Morrow (Northern Exposure, Quiz Show, The Exonerated, Numb3rs) in Handball, by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, directed by Candido Tirado (July 15-17);
- Rebecca Naomi Jones (American Idiot, Passing Strange), Daniel Oreskes (Billy Elliot: The Musical, Aida, Electra), and Austin Lysy (Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The American Plan) in A Maze, by Rob Handel, directed by Sam Buntrock (July 20-31);
- Obie winner de'Adre Aziza (Passing Strange), Linda Hart (Catch Me If You Can, Hairspray), and Jarrod Spector (Jersey Boys) in Piece of My Heart, by Bert Berns, Daniel Goldfarb, Brett Berns, and Cassandra Berns, directed by Leigh Silverman (July 29-31); and
- Laila Robins (Heartbreak House, Frozen) and Samantha Mathis (33 Variations, The Man Who Had All the Luck) in Joanna Murray-Smith's Day One, A Hotel Room, Evening in Readings Festival 1 (June 24-26).
(Note that complete casting will be announced at a later date.)
Readings Festival 1 will open the Powerhouse Theater season on Friday, June 24, and will feature new plays by Mattie Brickman, Daniel MacIvor, Joanna Murray-Smith, Ben Snyder, and Matt Witten. All readings are free and open to the public, however full subscribers will receive the opportunity for priority reservations that open today, Friday, June 17. Reservations will open to the general public on Tuesday, June 21. Seating is extremely limited and reservations are required. For further information or to make a reservation, call the Powerhouse Theater Box Office at (845) 437-5599.
The schedule for Readings Festival 1 (June 24-26) will be:
- Friday, June 24 at 8:00pm
Day One, A Hotel Room, Evening
By Joanna Murray-Smith
Directed by Mark Rucker
- Saturday, June 25 at 4:00pm
Rivers of January
By Ben Snyder
Directed by Leah Gardiner
- Saturday, June 25 at 8:00pm
Rising Returns
Written and directed by Daniel MacIvor
- Sunday, June 26 at 2:00pm
By Matt Witten
Directed by Lisa Peterson
- Sunday, June 26 at 5:00pm
Playground: The Hallie Flanagan Project
By Mattie Brickman
Directed by Jen Wineman
Seating in the Susan Stein Shiva Theater is general admission, and there is no assigned seating. Theater opens 15 minutes before curtain. There is no late seating. The Shiva is intimate and all seat locations are excellent.
Powerhouse Theater's Café on the Quad will open on Friday, June 24, and this year the Cafe will feature Mediterranean favorites from Gigi's Hudson Valley. Relax and have a bite before the shows the Café, located by the Marcel Breuer-designed Ferry House on the Frances Daly Fergusson Quadrangle. Artists and audiences will mingle and enjoy Powerhouse's festival atmosphere, pre-performance, on Friday and Saturdays throughout the season. The Café offers a space to gather, relax, and savor Mediterranean fare prepared with seasonal ingredients highlighting the bounty of the farms, gardens, and food artisans of the Hudson Valley, wine, and beer, presented by Gigi's Hudson Valley. (Friday and Saturdays, June 24-July 30.) In addition, Tree City Coffee will serve as concessionaire at all performances. For more information and menus, see the website http://powerhouse.vassar.edu/visit or call (845) 437-7645.
Powerhouse Theater is the result of a unique collaboration between New York Stage and Film and Vassar College, the program consists of an eight-week residency on the Vassar campus (124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY) during which more than 250 professional artists and 40-50 apprentices live and work together to create new theater works. Award-winning writers, directors, and actors all converge in Poughkeepsie, New York, for six weeks each summer to create exciting new work in an intimate setting.
Each summer New York Stage and Film (Johanna Pfaelzer, Artistic Director; Mark Linn-Baker, Max Mayer, Leslie Urdang, Producing Directors) and Vassar College (Ed Cheetham, Producing Director) have offered discerning audiences a chance to see new works, which have included the the multi-award-winning Doubt (2004); the re-imagined classic On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (2010), to be presented on Broadway this fall; the groundbreaking Broadway musical American Idiot (2009); and A Steady Rain (2006), produced on Broadway in 2009 with Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig.
Subscriptions to the 2011 Powerhouse Theater season and single tickets are available both online at powerhouse.vassar.edu and through the Powerhouse Theater box office on the Vassar campus: (845) 437.5599 // (845) 437.7235; firstname.lastname@example.com; Vassar College, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY.


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Some say I'm the Reverse
Join Date: Jul 2006
Seriously, the one good Cecilia-centered story I've seen (official) was the special short that came with the DVDs. The girl really deserves some more character development (even if she's a bloody whiny Pom)...
|2012-10-07, 05:34
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Some say I'm the Reverse
Join Date: Jul 2006
This is actually why--even though Charu is still my favorite--I ended up writing a fic about Lingyin. There's got to be some sort of conflict going on to put the story into motion. Without it, it'd be all smooth, charming, and outright dull. Any conflict with regards to Charlotte would be all external (The Dunois family et al), while with most of the other girls it's conflict borne entirely out of their personalities.
|2012-10-07, 05:43
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That one guy
Join Date: Nov 2011
That's true.
What I just really hate about what Izuru did with Charl is that hidden yandere. It's like... I don't know how to handle this box.
That and the rabid fans who'll tear you limb from limb if you so much as hint at an imperfection in Charl.
|2012-10-07, 06:57
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~ Your Smile ~
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: 346Pro
Age: 32
Cecilia appearing in Vandam is her pre-canon state, and I tried my best to portray what a young woman, slightly unnerved by her useless father and fresh out of working with Capt Price the SAS, is like when she ups and does her job without distraction. I did make her somewhat more friendly to "Charles", but that's just to line up with her later reaction within canon. I kept it as ambiguous as I could.
The Cecilia arc within SHOOTiNG ST@RS will come in Season 2, after I've derailed canon with the climax battle involving Rachel and the ghosts of her past. I haven't thought exactly what would happen, but after having her muck around as a smuck, I'm going to get Maximillan beat some sense into her. Or maybe have her befriended by Karon.
Either way, I feel that she's a character waiting to develop, and is worth attention herself.
But once we're done with the giant Dunois arc, Char will be back to her F/Zero Saber-like depiction when she first appears in Vandam.
Canon derailment never felt so satisfying.
|2012-10-07, 08:23
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That one guy
Join Date: Nov 2011
*pulls at rifle bolt*
And don't you go around spreading such blasphemy.
I guess using Cecilia so much just made her likable. Especially my design of her second shift. It's possibly my favorite design thus far. Second comes Charlotte's second shift design.
|2012-10-07, 10:34
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Awe of She
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Orlando
Sooo, just got around to reading 'Soaring of the One-Eyed Dragon' ... I saw it before but I stopped when I realized that Ichika was suppose to be THE Masamune Date from Basara. The realization overloaded my RAM and I had to wait for an upgrade to continue reading.
Really, it's such a bad x-over but it works! It's the novelty of it, I'm sure. The sheer GAR of Basara seems to adequately make up for the distinct LACK thereof in IS. I am fond of the power duo of the Orimuras and all the fighting references. It's obvious the author has done a fair bit of research and put a lot of work into it.
Of course I liked it, its filled to the brim with Orimura-plications.
|2012-10-07, 10:37
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Just another Idiot
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Delusion world
> She is not good at close combat (neither was her IS specialized in that area).
> Blue Tear IS specialized in taking down multiple Enemies....
> Official IS battle is usually a head-on (no place to hide) one-on-one battle.
>She can't move while using her bits (in another word: sitting duck in a head-on battle)
> which means it is rather difficult for her and her IS to shine in those areas.
> Not to mention, she got a rival in Madoka who uses superior IS than her....
Also she is technically the weakest member of Ichika's Harem because She (almost) lost a battle to a beginner who just started using IS and don't even know the rules and can't be bother to read the thick manual.
That is why I usually let Cecilia do the curbstomping...
There is a saying: too much good thing is bad.
(Gar-Archer kind of balance his Gar-ness out by being...... a very good house-husband when he is not fighting stuff)
Too much Gar will lead to testosterone poisoning which is bad.... Testosterone happened to be one of the many reason why males generally have shorter lifespan than female.
Also in IS setting, it kind of make males look bad.
It's like saying: Males are only good at violence and can't do anything else without resorting to fighting.
but... then again, who cares. Five second of Glory is better than nothing right?
|2012-10-07, 22:02
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I am no one
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
I'll be damned but amongst the main harem, Charlotte is the last one for me.
Why? Well, dunno, exactly, but more or less I'm with Hawke. Charlotte is, simply a good as she is in early V2, if I rule out her yandere tendency. I don't think I need to add more spotlight than necessary, but as the result, she LOSES spotligth percentage altogether.
Yay for Draft of first part...
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I am no one
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
I can understand, Tales of Abyss and Monster Hunter also pull me off my computer
Also, Ichika's callsign is not a squad name (and he is not a squad leader either), the one is indeed, 1 = Ichi
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|2012-10-08, 04:18
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Some say I'm the Reverse
Join Date: Jul 2006
Zero, just a question? Have you read any books by Stephen Coonts? I think your description of air combat needs a bit of work. It's a little...wooden. Air combat is very tight and terse--a pilot isn't just flying his plane and shooting--he also has to watch his altitude, his teammates, et al.
No, seriously. Pick up some of the early books by Stephen Coonts (Flight of the Intruder, Final Flight, The Minotaur). Coonts was an A6 Intruder pilot in Vietnam and was a flight instructor---EG one of the best people to refer to when describing combat air piloting and expresisng that into words.
Air combat - Stephen Coonts (Flight of the Intruder)
Infantry/Tank Warfare - Harold Coyle (Team Yankee)
Special Operations - Richard "Dick" Marcinko (Rogue Warrior series)
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Now that the launch is over, the downloads and updates have long been acquired, and launch titles have been beaten. Wiiuonly.com's "King of Video Games" takes a look back at his first 60 days with Nintendo's newest console.
the rumoured specs of the ps4 is about 12 times the power of the wii u so far so the title of this article shouldnt really be about the first 2 months of the wii u but a eulogy for the wii u.
there arent any games in sight worth talking about for wii u and if you consult a nes fanatic about the wii u all theyll say like nintendo atomotons is " WAIT TILL ZELDA, MARIO, METROID, SMASH BROTHERS " or some other tired franchise is out. nothing is wrong with the franchises but they are always way behind in tech and such simplified in graphics, controls and all sorts for kids and casuals.
im a nintendo fan not a fanatic. im a fan of what was once nintendo but the "yes sir nintendo" fanatics ruined nintendo. they are the ones that would play with a wiimote and say its the best controls of all time but it makes gameplay worse and sluggish or simplified controls. the same people that would say, "power doesnt matter, its all about the games" not realizing that limiting power in systems wont allow for experiences like heavy rain , uncharted or games that realistic environments are needed to evoke certain emotions and such. with a powerful system, you can do realistic games and also less graphical advance games.
fanatics are also doing their rounds already like a propaganda machine. talking about how they cant tell the difference between 720 and 1080p and 1080p is all that is needed so 4k is rubbish. people hear 4k and its like being engulfed in fire because its something wii u and others cant do or focus on and 4k is something being pushed a lot by sony. there will be 4k tvs this year that cost about 5 grand and more consumer friendly by next year.
weak systems like wii u are rubbish when the ps3 and xbox are more powerful. playing bf 3 where every now and then i need to look down to press 3 or 4 to switch between propane, rocket or defibrillator and medical supplies is a pain and representative of lookin down to touch the screen of the wii u pad. i just have to learn how to position my hand better on the keyboard but its no so with wii u where you are forced to do so with a lot of games. people talk about the second screen for wii u like its a positive when its a negative. wii u is rubbish
i cant wait for ps4.
thank you n4g for welcoming me back with open hatred and love. i appreciate you all, fanatics and friends.
I love my u.Its a matter of time b4 the games start rolling in.I own every console and THEY AE FUN NOT POWERFUL.IF YOU WANT POWER GET A PC BECAUSE CONSOLES ARE NOT POWERFUL THIS GEN OR THE NEXT but they are very fun.All you people bashing U are in for a big surprise when PS4 and 720 come out.I will be buying both but for fun and games not power.And again i'm not bashing any console but the word powerful and console dont go together.
Don't hate on Akuma dudes funny without even trying.. most of his post I do agree on especially "there arent any games in sight worth talking about for wii u and if you consult a nes fanatic about the wii u all theyll say like nintendo atomotons is " WAIT TILL ZELDA, MARIO, METROID, SMASH BROTHERS " or some other tired franchise is out." I mean really I've been gaming since the nes and every year Nintendo recycles all their franchises. They have so many good games from the nes and snes they could bring back... But they mainly just focus on those titles mentioned. Like take some damn risks already nintendo, where's the open world pokemon? Where's the Earthbound sequels etc etc etc. Throw in some realistic art style in the games too... There isn't no point of having a hd console if your not going to push it.
lol 12 times more powerful by whose definition..who is going to be making games for that system...get a life silly fanboy...sony is already in last place this generation and losing money left and right especially with that doa psvita....another system costin 500 dollars or more and we can wave goodbye to sony, it will be their last generation.


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Originally Posted by kmalinsky555: I want to get to 20000 views by 1:00...
Good luck on your plays, but that is the lamest thing! Keep F5ing and you might do it. Pretty pathetic goal
—Bears are 4-1 ATS in their last five games.
—Bears are 4-1 ATS in their last five games playing on a Sunday following a Monday night game.
—Bears are 9-4-1 ATS in their last 14 road games vs. teams with losing home records.
—Bears are 6-2 ATS in their last eight games following a SU win.
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