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Burberry London
Carbone de Balmain
Boss Bottled
Bvlgari Black
Bvlgari Aqua
Le Male
L'Instant De Guerlain
D&G The One
Rochas Man
Michael Kors (vintage)
Versace Eau Fraich
Light Blue
Lacome Hypnose
Dior Homme Sport
Chanel Bleu
Chanel Plat. Egoiste
Chanel Allure homme sport
YSL Libre
Very Sexy for men
Cool Water
JV Artisan
Mugler Cologne
Gucci pour homme 2
Any recommendations?
Burberry London
Carbone de Balmain
If you like Allure Homme Sport you should love Allure Homme.
If you like Cool Water you'll probably love Green Irish Tweed
I'd wear any of your frags, even Allure Homme Sport, Spicebomb, Very Sexy and Boss Bottled occasionally.
Although I'd draw the line at Cool Water, if I'm honest.
Pretty good. You might want to add Dior Homme Intense and Aventus.
Nice wardrobe, but you need some stanky fragrance in your collection....
Muscs Koublai Khan
Ysl kouros
My Top 10
1. Amouage Homage Attar
2. Serge Lutens - Muscs Koublai Khan
4. Serge Lutens - Ambre Sultan
5. Chanel Egoiste
6. 24 Gold by Scentstory
7. Amouage Epic Man
8. Amouage Jubilation XXV
9. Bond No. 9 New York Oud
10. Serge Lutens - Chergui
"A beautiful fragrance to the nose is like good jazz music to the ears, great food to the mouth, and Megan Fox and Jessica Alba to the eyes..."
solid collection. could benefit from dior homme though.
Encre Noire
Pure Malt
Gucci Pour Homme II
Current top 10 (No order):
1. Pure Havane
2. Menthe Fraiche
3. Tobacco Vanille
4. L'Air Du Desert Marocain
5. Green Irish Tweed
6. Fahrenheit
7. Musc Ravageur
8. Tonka Imperial
9. Gucci Pour Homme II
10. Dior Homme Intense
Cartier Declaration
Pure Malt
Pure Havane
Chanel Allure Homme Edition Blanche
You seem to side with designer so I'll suggest a few of those:
Allure Homme Edition Blanche
Dior Homme
L'eau d'Issey Summer Edition
Pure Malt
and to really branch out Encre Noire
Current favorites_____Black Tourmaline_____Gucci Pour Homme II_____Memoir Man_____Tuscan Leather______Montale Aoud and Pine_____Sel Marin_____Invasion Barbare_____Tonka Imperial____Dior Homme Intense_____L'Humaniste____Santal 33_____Bois d'Argent_____Nio_____MFK Oud_____Lumiere Noire_____Bois d'Encens_____Cuir Ottoman
Gucci Pour Homme I
Rive Gauche Pour Homme
You may also want to consider adding a Vetiver.. like Givenchy Vetyver, or Versace Black Jeans
Encre Noire is also nice but that's more risky. I personally do not like it on me.
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I would say Chanel Egoiste would look quite well in your collection. From your collection i have 7/8
was thinking about D&G pour homme, l'homme, or roadster/roadster sport/ or declaration? thoughts on those...
l'homme - one of my favorites
declaration - gets a lot of compliments
roadster sport - tried it but didn't find it anything special
what about roadster vs declaration?
They're different in that I would wear roadster sport in the summer/spring and declaration in the fall/winter. I would say that I think Declaration is an 'original' fragrance that I don't find too others being similar to, while roadster sport had a familiar scent, at least to me.what about roadster vs declaration?
I can't rate your recommendations because you didn't present any.
Nice collection.
I'd add D&G pour homme, A Lab on Fire L'Anonym, and Fahrenheit to it.
Wanted to get Acqua di Parma or Frederic Malle...what do you guys recommend and find to be the better scent and house?
Subjective! I like one or two Aqua Di Parmas, just as I like one or two FM's.
They are both very different, check them out.
Aquas more traditional mediteranean grooming scents, quite classical, FM imo is more niche/unique, striving to be different and edgey.
If you appreciate lots of things you really shouldnt narrow yourself to one or the other unless you have smelt some of both.
P.S, i didnt quite answer your question. I am very fond of the original ADP Colonia, its a real quality cologne imo, maybe a bit to subtle and powdery for some mens tastes though, but the newer versions tend to take the same theme into a more woody, spicy, darker, Autumn/winter direction. Im not fond of the mediteranean scents, there quite sweet/aquatic/fruity, and not to my own personal tastes, but im sure they have something for everyone.
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You need a nice, masculine "powerhouse" frag, bro. But only if you're man enough, of course.
Look into VanCleef & Arpels PH, Quorum, or maybe Bogart PH
Find a sample and see what you think, and if you find its a little to fresh and light for you, then look into the Assoluta or Essenzia spin offs, you will find one you love that suits you guaranteed.
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whats are your thoughts on the following...ppl that have these plz opinions
D&G pour homme
prada-luna rosa/infusion/amber pour homme
issey-don't care for the strong floral note i get, but very interested in the summer edition
true religion drifter
D&G - Pour Homme -Vintage is quite good. Current formulation is an absolute disaster.
Creed - GIT Shares a lot with Cool Water, but more rounded/better materials/better smelling. Classic, but not that exciting IMO.
Creed - Avetus Hyped out of control in the fragcom but, has a solid base, and gets compliments. Bad quality control. Good but not great. Worth buying, but only at a discount IMHO.
PR - 1 Million The definition of a loud, gaudy attention seeker. Offensive to all five senses.
Cartier - Roadster and Declaration Only smelled these once, and neither struck me, but they both have their fans
Issey - Eh.
Never smelled 212 or Drifter.
do you guys find 'The Dreamer' similar to Issey Miyake? (mabe just I think b/c the floral note) whats the better frag, in your opinion?
Awesome collection
Chanel Plat. Egoiste
L'Instant De Guerlain
Check out D&G classic..
smell good, feel good
yeah Chanel PE is the newest addition...one of my favorites already!!
whats are your thoughts on the following...ppl that have these plz opinions
D&G pour homme (current formulation) 4 out of 10
Creed-GIT 8 out of 10
Aventus 5 out of 10
1Million 3 out of 10
Cartier-roadster 4 or 5 out of 10
Declaration 4 out of 10 (I can't get past the high level of cumin/cardamom in this one that comes off as BO on me)
prada amber 5 out of 10
issey 1 out of 10
212 3 to 4 out of 10
I don't own any of these except GIT (though I did own 212 before giving it away), but of those I have sampled on skin I have put my ratings beside each one... Needless to say I am not a fan of most, and those "old smelly man scents" you dismissed earlier smell better than all of them IMO (with the possible exception of GIT which I love).
Current Top Favorites:
1) Portrait of a Lady original formula (EdP Frédéric Malle)
2) Giorgio for Men vintage/V.I.P. for Men (Giorgio Beverly Hills)
3) Dia Man vintage edt (Amouage)
4) Anat Fritz Original Formula and Classical (Anat Fritz) - tie
4) Lalfeorosa (O'driù) - tie
6) Les Nombres d'Or Vetyver (Mona di Orio)
7) Captain vintage (Molyneux)
8) Tzora (Anat Fritz)
9) Javanese Patchouli (Zegna) - tie
9) Monsieur de Givenchy vintage (Givenchy) - tie
9) Coeur de Vetiver Sacré (L'Artisan) - tie
9) Polo vintage (Ralph Lauren) - tie
9) Patou pour Homme Privé (Jean Patou) - tie
9) Oud Shamash (The Different Company) - tie


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On Wed, August 25, 2010 8:36 am, Dennis Melentyev wrote:[snip]
> Hi Justin,
> The listing of Avalon's i368/2.7/stable/All:
> http://avalon.dragonflybsd.org/packages/i386/DragonFly-2.7/stable/All/
> Seems to be a little bit short...My bad; I saw the build had concluded but the null mount where it's copied
> Is it still in progress? Or am I waiting in a wrong place?
over (since that build happens on that same machine) wasn't set up. I'm
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"Using the police has a chilling effect on people's constitutional rights," said Councilwoman Sheri Myers, as she stepped out of City Hall and into a mild December evening.
Myers, and Councilman John Jerralds, took issue with new Council President Sam Hall's quick trigger finger when it comes to cutting off public comment. Earlier in the week, Hall had several members of the public escorted from a Committee of the Whole meeting after he found their speech to be unpalatable or drifting off a given topic.
Monk was addressing Hall's earlier actions when the council president gave the go ahead for police officers to remove him.
"I thought it was embarrassing what happened at the Monday meeting," Monk had told the council. "If someone wants to connect the dots about the poverty they have and a loan that's being taken out, they have a right to connect those dots."
At the earlier meeting, Hall had a woman removed after she began a compare-and-contrast exercise regarding a $5 million loan the city is seeking to fund its natural gas ventures with a proposed ordinance that sought to outlaw sleeping on city property and using items—ranging from tents to pieces of newspaper—to keep warm.
"To throw someone out, that's a shame, that's embarrassing," Monk told Hall, arguing that people should have the opportunity to address their government officials about any given matter during the three-minute public comment periods. "—weather they connect dots to Hitler, to George Wallace, to Barney."
Hall then told Monk his time was up.
"I have a minute and 12 seconds," Monk corrected him.
"I'm ruling you out of order," Hall said.
Monk protested, saying he still had time on the clock. His previous argument—lobbying for people's right to speak during the meeting—had suddenly become much more three-dimensional.
"I'm not leaving this podium," Monk said, standing motionless as Police Chief Chip Simmons and another officer surrounded him. "I have 59 seconds left."
After a tense moment—during which Myers and Jerralds walked out—Monk turned and left the gallery. Outside City Hall, he laid blame squarely at Hall's feet.
"This has never happened until he's been the council president," he said. "Since he's been the president of the council, all free speech has been limited."
Monk expressed optimism that such a pattern could change.
"It will change," he said. "Because this is America, because people have a right that is far bigger than this city."


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Discussion in 'Steelhead' started by Panhandle, Apr 18, 2007.
I'd be up for the Klick or other SW Washington water. I grew up in Portland, so I'd prefer new water. Suprisingly, I haven't fished a bunch of thise SW rivers. Junes a good time.
June's probably a very poor time for the Klickitat; it'll be high and turbid with spring runoff. Late Sept. and Oct the glaciers begin to cool, and the Klick begins to clear, and the steelheading is prime. June is probably the best month on the EF Lewis, as it has no snow pack and becomes real low in July. July is the peak return summer run month for most SW WA rivers that have flow holding up throughout the summer. June is best only on those that practically dry up in July and August. The Kalama is good in July and August, as is the Cowlitz and NF Lewis (which doesn't seem to be much of a fly stream).
Strategically, you'd probably do best to pick your preferred time, and then hit a river that peaks at that time.
Salmo g.
Thanks for the info. May and June have always been best months for Willamette skamanias.
You guys make me doubt fishing for steelies is such a good thing. If that spoils trout for me, then ignorance is bliss.
Trout do not go anywhere, there is no debate of whether they are "in", or not, only the debate if you can catch them or not. Plus, steelhead and pretty much all anadromous fish have a hard enough life as it is, so i figure I wont bother them. But if I did, I surely would not ever grace their presence with an indicator... I would rather catch a 12" trout on a streamer or dry fly that catch a 40" steelhead indicator nymphing any day of the week. I respect the guys who fish dries, streamers, and wets for steelhead immensely, although I do not really share the motive to do that type of fishing right now... And i do bass fish as well.
That is because you are a steelhead bum, not a trout bum! I have tried all the steelheading, and it does not interest me like trout fishing does, bottom line.
Fussy bunch! I like trout in the winter when the rivers are all blown out and don't mind catching the occassionaly 20+ incher. However, there is nothing like stealhead. I catch them all summer long in the area but I hate that half-hour drive to get there - it's sooo long I have fished a few of the SWerners and didn't get a tug or hook-up but there is some nice looking waters down there. The Cow seems to be overrun but apparently some folks like that. My two cents.
Quote of the year. ARE YOU FUCKING NUTZ DUDE? Common...
Let's not forget about the Sky opening week of summer and it's 3 salt hatchery brutes. I've caught em at 14, 15, 17, 17 pounds from June 2 to June 9th in different years. I caught one on my buddy Chris West's brand new spey rod showing him how to cast. That went over real well. It went over even better when I bonked that baby and carried it into the Avid Angler in a plastic bag and slapped it on the counter. I thought people were going to faint. Good times. They are chrome, hot, aggressive and big. I've been told that only a couple hundred of them come back and some years you can't get at them, (especially when you live in Hawaii bawling: ) but that is an option.
Amen brother! I've caught steelies, and I still prefer to chase the trout. 14' spey rod!? why not use a telephone pole. I'll take a 24" trout on a 5wt. thank you very much.
Dan, those statements make me believe you have never steehead fished, or at least caught one on the swing. Saying that you would rather fish for trout than steelhead is like saying, "I just want to snuggle, is that alright?"
"You know how i know you're ...?" - 40 year old virgin
Have ya ever caught one? and i dont mean a hatchery rasied pond monkey on the snoqualmie but one with a legit adipose fin and maybe some sea lice?
Oh man! This is a slippery slope.....I am going to duck and cover......:hmmm:
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When British foreign secretary David Miliband travelled to Washington, DC early last month to meet with the Obama administration, he was greeted by a rather vague expression of friendship from the new US secretary of state. "It is often said the United States and Britain have enjoyed a special relationship," Clinton told him. "It is certainly special in my mind."
What exactly was Clinton suggesting? That under her tenure the US-UK alliance would be prioritised as it had been in the past? Or was she hedging her bets, affirming the specialness of the relationship in her mind, but implying that this view was not shared by the president or by other members of the US foreign policy establishment?
Statements like Clinton's have set policy-watchers in England on edge. While the US and Britain have long enjoyed a preternaturally intimate bond, some in the UK worry this could change under Obama. His snubbing of the British last summer by choosing Berlin – not London – as his platform to address Europe and the world, and his recent decision to send back a bust of Churchill loaned to the White House after 9/11, have been taken as signs that Obama is not as positively predisposed to the United Kingdom as his predecessors.
But these worries are largely misplaced.
The fact that Gordon Brown is the first EU leader to meet with the president, having narrowly beaten out Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel for this vaunted diplomatic distinction, speaks to the enduring importance America ascribes to its relationship with Britain.
First and foremost on Brown's and Obama's agenda this week is the resuscitation of the global economy, and on this issue they largely see eye-to-eye. During his visit, Brown is likely to discuss EU efforts to reform international finance – a topic to be treated in detail at next month's G20 summit in London – and his vision for a "global new deal". While the US may prove reluctant to sign on to some of his ambitious global regulatory schemes, Brown should be able to evoke a gesture of support from Obama this week. And on the environment, Obama's recent indication that the US will lead efforts to craft a new global treaty on climate change will surely be greeted warmly by Whitehall.
There is, however, one item on the agenda for Brown's trip that could potentially come in-between the two new friends: Afghanistan.
While the president recently ordered 17,000 more US troops to be sent to combat the resurgent Taliban, and has called upon Nato allies to do similarly, Brown has been reluctant to follow suit. Britain did agree last month to send 300 additional specialist soldiers to the Afghan theatre, but it is unlikely to commit many more. And 10 Downing has made it clear that it will not redeploy its troops currently serving in Basra to Afghanistan following withdrawal from Iraq.
Obama has been right thus far not to condemn Brown's intransigence. The UK troop contingent in Afghanistan, currently at 8,300, is by far the largest European force in the country. And when compared to the total size of the English infantry, only 21,700, this figure is staggering. The UK simply cannot afford to commit any more soldiers without stretching its infantry dangerously thin.
This leaves the US in a bind: Of its Nato allies, England has shouldered the lion's share of responsibility in Afghanistan, but it cannot commit significantly more resources. And of the Nato powers that still can afford to give more, few appear willing – with the notable exception of Italy – to do so. Should Obama push his most committed partner for more, or should he acknowledge that the UK is – in the words of defence secretary John Hutton – already "playing above [its] weight" in Afghanistan, and focus instead on winning over the US's less tractable Nato allies?
By most accounts, Obama is likely to pursue the latter approach. But this does not mean, as some have rashly suggested, that the US can no longer rely on British military support, or that the US-UK security alliance has begun to crack. England will remain America's most serious partner in Afghanistan, and the two countries will continue to share intelligence at a very high level.
Even if, however, the president does call upon the prime minister to commit more troops to Afghanistan, and Brown refuses to march lockstep with Obama as Blair did with Bush, this would not spell the end of their friendship. US-UK relations have always been healthiest when 10 Downing St felt comfortable saying "no" to the White House when pressured to act against its interests. An England secure in its autonomy will remain a steadfast partner of the US simply given the overwhelming convergence of each country's interests and political values. And America, even under the cosmopolitan Obama, will not stray far from its oldest and closest ally.
Doomsayers on each side of the Atlantic should not fret. With the long history of co-operation between the two states, it will take much more than the UK's inability to commit more troops to Central Asia to rent them asunder.


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Strand Releasing announced that it has acquired all US rights to Fatih Akin's "The Edge of Heaven," Germany's entry for this year's Academy Awards. "Heaven" won the Prix du Scenario Award at this past Cannes Film Festival, and its Akin's fifth feature, following the success of "Head-On." "We're thrilled to have Fatih's latest, and am happy to continue our relationship with such a talented filmmaker," said Jon Gerrans of Strand. "'Head-On' remains one of our most highly acclaimed titles in our library." [Peter Knegt]
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You should expect your educational history to be verified more than once, as well as to encounter other forms of prejudicial resistance. If you're a new worker, you can even expect some of your colleagues to talk behind your back or challenge the validity of your degree in the social aspect of your relationships.
You can overcome all the difficulties
For most people out there, an online degree is the only possible way they can attain a higher education certificate. It's close to impossible to simultaneously manage a traditional form of schooling anda job. And we're not considering having to support a family. You must be confident about the fact that your online degree has just as much value as a traditional one, besides the fact that it holds the same accreditation. This means that both types of schooling abide by the same regulations and have the same standards.
Finally, you can emphasize the fact that, most of the time, online education is a resort for individuals that do not have the option of attending college full time. The amount of discipline and commitment necessary to manage your family, keep a job and pass your exams at the same time exceeds the comfort of only having to attend courses.
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When the documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters was released in 2007, it pulled back the curtain on a subculture that few knew existed: an insular community of gamers that lived to set video game world records.
The members of this community were holdovers and nostalgia seekers from the arcade golden age of the late '70s and '80s, when video games were still curiosities to the mainstream public. And the most notorious player from this era was Billy Mitchell, a hot sauce salesman with a bad mullet and a smug attitude (or so the documentary characterized him). He was also a world record holder—the first person to attain a perfect game on Pac-Man—and up until the mid '00s Mitchell was the (nearly unchallenged, save by one player named Tim Sczerby) Donkey Kong arcade champion, his best run totaling 939,900 points.
But then—as the beloved film documented—lovable hard luck case and high school math teacher Steve Wiebe broke the world record. It was an epic tale of nepotism, betrayal, and self-worth that pitted an arrogant, insulated king (Mitchell) against an overmatched, conspired-against underdog (Wiebe). There were even loyal subjects of Mitchell—Hands of the King like Brian Kuh—who apparently disliked Wiebe on principle, and according to the documentary, rooted for him to fail.
Like all great documentaries about niche subjects, The King of Kong touched on broader, more expansive topics beyond the immediate subject matter. One of the main themes was the power of the solitary individual. Wiebe's pursuit of the world record was a lonely one. He practiced and played mostly alone in his garage; any public attempt for the world record was special and noteworthy. And in their limited interaction, Mitchell and Wiebe were cagey and guarded toward one another. They weren't sharing strategies or swapping tricks; their single-minded competitiveness made them natural enemies.
In the post-King of Kong world of competitive retro gaming, however, the apparently cutthroat nature of the competition has slowly been replaced by something more vibrant and—surprisingly—friendly.
Harvard graduate and plastic surgeon Hank Chien had a completely different, more positive experience. Inspired by watching The King of Kong, Chien first started playing the game on his home computer before graduating to a real arcade machine at Brooklyn's Barcade. It was through Barcade that he met up with a player named Ben "The Crusher" Falls, who got him even more involved with the online community. He bought a personal arcade machine and practiced on it at home for hours at a time.
Then, on Feb. 26, 2010, the moment of truth arrived: a snowstorm hit New York, giving the doctor all the time he needed to play Donkey Kong. He broke Wiebe's arcade world record for the first time, with a score of 1,061,700.
"A lot of the reason why I stuck with Donkey Kong and broke the world record is because I met some great people during the process," Chien told me. "There was teamwork; everyone was doing the best that they could, and everyone was helping each other."
"I think that culture developed after the documentary," said Chien. "It inspired a new generation of players who were more collaborative with each other."
'It inspired a new generation of players who were more collaborative with each other.'
Halfway through the year, Chien lost the record back to Mitchell, who then traded it back to Wiebe; Chien took it back again at the beginning of 2011, and he continued, through late 2012, to beat his own score and push the world record higher. He eventually topped out with a personal high score of 1,138,600 points.
Today, Chien still plays in the "Kong Offs," the public competitions where the best players compete against each other to achieve the highest scores. He is not, however, currently training for a world record. All told, Chien held onto the arcade record for close to four years before losing it to a competitor named Robbie Lakeman in 2014.
Lakeman began his own Donkey Kong journey in 2012. He and several of his friends would go to Funspot Arcade in Laconia, N.H.—the same arcade where segments of The King of Kong were filmed—to play on Sundays. What started as an innocent bar bet became a journey that would eventually lead to Lakeman's own world record.
It took a lot of dedication. When Lakeman first started angling for the record, he went to Funspot approximately two to three times a week for up to six hours at a time. On more extreme days, he could play for up to ten hours. Lakeman was taking online courses for his Master's degree at the time, and he would sometimes bring his laptop with him to the play sessions.
He had to assert himself to get play time. The Donkey Kong arcade machine was very popular; everyone who saw The King of Kong wanted to play on the machine where the Mitchell-versus-Wiebe drama took place. Lakeman remembers one kid who actively rooted against him just so he could have a turn.
Even though the online community existed when Chien was in his prime, it was tiddlywinks compared to the organized depth of knowledge that exists today. Lakeman is an active member of an online Donkey Kong community called donkeykongforum.com, and he enjoys the friendly, group-oriented nature of the current crop of competitors. They motivate each other to increasingly higher levels of success; posters will start new threads about basic and advanced strategies, and people who know how to read the code of the game will post about their latest findings.
"We're all friends," Lakeman told me. "It's such a small, niche community, so everybody knows who everybody else is, and there are new players coming in all the time. We all hang out when we have the chance. We have the 'Kong Offs' every year, and that's our big party."
In many ways, this is the antithesis to the insular community that Mitchell, Wiebe and their contemporaries portrayed in the film. Today there are lots of forums where you can log on and get involved. Members hoard no secrets—the pride comes not from being superior or knowing something that no one else does, but from contributing to the growing knowledge of the collective. It's a decidedly Millennial trend—to reach the apex together and celebrate group victories, rather than vying with peers for exclusively personal glory.
This trend isn't limited to Donkey Kong. The way we approach all strategy games as a society has changed. Take chess, for example: hundreds of books, collecting centuries of advanced strategies, are available to anyone who seeks them out. When you combine that with computers that can calculate millions of moves and scenarios, it removes some of the psychology present in purely spontaneous play. American grandmaster Bobby Fischer, for example, was well known to have hated the predictability of the opening moves of any game of chess. And when IBM's Deep Blue defeated grandmaster Garry Kasparov in the late '90s, it represented a limit to human ingenuity.
Even sports like basketball are largely influenced by statistical calculation; traditionalists bemoan the use of "offensive efficiency" that has turned the NBA into a shooter's league that emphasizes the 3-point shot over old school fundamentals. The traditional, post-up center is becoming a thing of the past thanks to straight up math.
In the race for the Donkey Kong world record, neither Mitchell nor Wiebe is in the top ten any longer, and at least for the foreseeable future, it's unlikely that either will be again. That's no slur upon either one's skill or ability—it's a simple fact, because neither has been a full beneficiary of the online community's collaborative knowledge-gathering. Have they remained up to date, every day, on the latest findings of the dedicated programmers who scour the game's motherboard to find every minor exploitable detail in the code? Have they spent time poring over the latest findings from statisticians who are attempting to find the game's theoretical ceiling? And most importantly, has either player put in the man hours necessary for a record breaking score?
"[By not being part of the online community], you're putting yourself at a huge disadvantage," Lakeman said. "Not only is there a lot of knowledge that you're missing out on, but you're also missing out on the opportunity to observe people. A lot of us stream our gameplay on Twitch, and you can always learn by watching other people play. It's a faster learning curve if you get more involved."
"They've kind of moved on," Lakeman continued. "I don't think Steve [Wiebe] has an interest in going for the record. He might want to get a new high score for himself. But I don't think either of them really have a desire to go and raise the bar. They're satisfied with what they've accomplished."
Steve Wiebe freely admits that his record setting days are in the past. Donkey Kong, by his estimation, is a younger man's game.
"I've been doing this [competitive Donkey Kong] for 25 years," Wiebe told me. "People forget that. In 20 years, if [current world record holder] Wes Copeland is still playing ten hours in his garage, there's probably something wrong with his life. This is the time to do it, when you're young and fresh, and the game is new to you. Your priorities in life change."
"It's a lot of hard work and long hours," he continued. "[Breaking the world record] is a commitment, and you can't just casually go after it. If I was going for a world record, I would be playing every day. You have to increase your chances by the volume of play."
Wiebe still competes at the annual Kong Offs, but he failed to qualify for the brackets on his last attempt. He hopes to do better at the next one; he's not currently playing the game regularly, but he said he'll start preparing a few weeks beforehand. Wiebe does not rule out a future world record attempt, but only after the current hubbub dies down and the record isn't constantly switching hands like it is now.
"Maybe I'll go after it when I'm 75 years old," he said with a laugh.
And the notorious Billy Mitchell, once the greatest arcade video game player in the world, has also found other projects to occupy his time. At one time he thought that once his kids got older he would have more time to pursue gaming. But instead the opposite happened: Mitchell is busier than ever. He still has his Rickey's World Famous restaurant and hot sauce business, but he also spends a lot of time with his family, attending every one of his high school son's football games—something he takes great pride in.
"I wouldn't miss my son's football game for my father's funeral," Mitchell told me. "And if that makes me bad, then I'm a rotten bastard. I wouldn't miss it for nothing. I worked with my son all these years, and I cherish every moment. He's seventeen years old…how much more time do I have before he flies out of the nest?"
Perhaps one day, Mitchell mused, when the kids are out of the house, he might find his way back to the arcade. But his competitive Donkey Kong days, at least for now, are behind him. Mitchell still competes in and hosts the annual Kong Offs, but that's the extent of his involvement in the community today. Lakeman and Copeland—the two current contenders—play on a different level than everyone else, according to Mitchell.
'The greatest challenge [Wes and Robbie] have is how their lives are going to change, and what they can dedicate to the hobby of competitive gaming'
"The time and attention that they're putting into the game right now, without a doubt, is far greater and more dedicated than what I'm doing," Mitchell said. "The situation with Robbie Lakeman and Wes Copeland—and their scores—is so far out of hand, I'm floating the idea…that we just cancel the Kong Off, and have those two guys just win by default. It'll save us a lot of work and a lot of trouble. Other people are simply not paying the price that they are paying."
"The greatest challenge [Wes and Robbie] have is how their lives are going to change, and what they can dedicate to the hobby of competitive gaming," Mitchell added.
As for the documentary that started it all, Mitchell claims to have never watched the film, allowing him to remain emotionally detached. He also tries to stay off social media, which he believes is too negative, by and large. Distancing, according to Mitchell, allows him to remain emotionally healthy; he has a tight circle of close friends and very few casual ones.
And though Mitchell now has a wry sense of humor about The King of Kong, that wasn't always the case. No one ever sees himself as the villain in his own story, but the documentary unabashedly portrayed Mitchell as one. That's the unique power of a film that is classified as nonfiction; it has a lasting ring of truth to it, regardless of what's actually true. Clearly, the filmmakers and Mitchell disagree on the facts, and Mitchell was hurt by the public's resulting perception of him.
"It was a learning curve, and at first, I was totally dismayed, because if [the filmmakers] wanted to create something that was historical, then why didn't they?" Mitchell said. "Why did they change things? But as time went on, I understood."
"When you say to yourself, 'It wasn't a documentary, it was a film,'" Mitchell continued, "then you can put all that negativity aside and say, 'This is an entertaining film,' and you're OK with it. You sort of learn how to roll with it, and I certainly have."
There is a theoretical highest score in Donkey Kong that would only be reachable through perfect, inhuman play. Arcade gamer and record referee Robert Mruczek placed that ceiling at approximately 1.3 million points in 2008. Wes Copeland, the current top contender next to Lakeman, attained a score of 1,190,000 points this past January. Like Lakeman and Chien before him, Copeland started playing Donkey Kong as a solo pursuit; an arcade opened up near where he lived in Arkansas. And when he discovered the larger online community, he also found it to be welcoming.
"I don't think I would be where I am on the leaderboard without the community," Copeland told me. "Robbie [Lakeman] and I are rivals, but there's nothing that I would keep to myself and say, 'Oh, I hope he doesn't find this out.' We're not really worried about stuff like that. Whereas back in the 80's, there was this culture of secrecy that really played into the animosity and rivalry that was Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe."
Copeland is respectful and reverent of the players that came before him.
"Robbie and I—everyone in the top 10—climbed the steps of this [world record] mountain, but Billy and Steve chiseled the steps into that mountain," Copeland said. "I absolutely believe that if Billy and Steve were aware of the strategies, tactics, and techniques that we know today, they would still be in the top 10 today. Each new generation of players perfects what came before it. Billy and Steve were innovators. We just refined their innovations."
As players get closer and closer to the theoretical ceiling, there's less and less of a margin for improvement. There may be no more groundbreaking strategies to uncover—gamers like Lakeman and Copeland are squeezing blood out of a turnip, wringing every last possible point out of every level until they can progress no further.
"Every [elite] player knows how to get the world record," Chien mused. "It's just a matter of execution."
It's ironic—a novice uses a lot of luck, and very little skill, to get as far as he can in a game like Donkey Kong. An expert player uses an abundant amount of skill to obtain a elite score in the 1 million point range. But once a player reaches that elite level and is trying to break the world record, it comes full circle, once again, to luck; Donkey Kong is not 100% predictable, even to the most dedicated and expert players. One can roughly calculate the behavior of the barrels that Donkey Kong throws, but there is randomness programmed into the game, which affects the final score; no game is exactly the same as the previous or the next.
Copeland has a play style that is defined by careful, deliberate actions. He leans on what he knows, and what he can predict, pattern-wise, with a fair degree of certainty. Lakeman, on the other hand, is more "aggressive"—more apt to take a risk for the possibility of scoring more points. Copeland achieved the world record in January of this year, 2016, but it was only a matter of time and probability before a more reckless player like Lakeman pushed the record even higher.
It happened on April 11, 2016. In the wee hours of the morning, Lakeman posted a new arcade world record score: 1,190,200 points, only 200 points higher than Copeland's previous, record breaking game above. Lakeman attributed the narrow victory to his "go for broke" style.
"I died twice very early in the [world record] game, which gave me a reason to play more aggressively than usual," Lakeman said. "If the game ended early, I could always start over; that's how I look at the game now when I play."
"It's better for me to be aggressive early on so I can ease off towards the end and still have enough points," he continued. "It all came down to smashing one extra barrel on the [final] screen. If I didn't smash it, I would have lost to Wes by 100 points instead."
Copeland, to his credit, seemed resolved to retake the arcade record once again. When reached for comment, he engaged in some friendly, good-old-fashioned saber-rattling.
"I will [practice and play] like no force ever seen on the face of this earth," he told me. "It was a lot harder for him to get [the record] than it will be for me to take it back."
He wasn't kidding. On April 19, 2016, just a little after midnight ET, Copeland retook the world record, again, with a score of 1,195,100. And it may well switch hands again before this story is published.
The race to be the undisputed King of Kong continues.
Wing-Man Wong has written about video games and popular culture since 2013, and has been published in multiple online and print publications. Follow him on Twitter to learn more.


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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- All it takes is one person to make a difference in your community.
This Saturday, October 22 marks this year's 'Make A Difference Day.' The day is the largest single-day of volunteering in the country.
The fourth Saturday in October is set aside every year for Make A Difference Day.
No matter who you are or where you're from, Make A Difference Day gives you the chance and power to do something that improves the lives of others.
WFMY News 2 invites you to do something this Saturday and inspire/encourage others.
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In Metal Gear Solid V's conception of the 1984 in which it's set, a private military force called the Diamond Dogs run around saving child soldiers and dismantling nuclear-equipped superweapons. They work mostly in secret, but the rest of the world has definitely heard of the legendary soldier Big Boss and his scrappy bunch of (generally) do-gooders.
In all likelihood, that version of 1984 wouldn't have The A-Team, a show about a nice group of mercenaries who drive around in a cool van. It would have a TV show called The D-Dogs and it would probably inspire a lot of kids to learn to do those goofy Revolver Ocelot pistol tricks.
YouTube filmmaker Nick Hawryluk peered into this alternate universe and brought back the awesomeness for us to share. Now we just need alternate universe Hollywood to make the movie adaptation with Richard Dean Anderson, Dirk Benedict, Tom Selleck and Lynda Carter.
Via Polygon.


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Not that any of us actually gamble on the Super Bowl, but there are some interesting proposition bets lining up for next Sunday's Super Bowl XLIV between the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts.
Of course there's the standard batting line, which currently favors the Colts by 6 points. And there's an over-under of 56 1/2 points for the combined score of the two teams.
But you can always find a lot of side action on a Super Bowl and this week's game is no different. Here are some of the more interesting prop bets offered by bodog.com. Strictly for amusement purposes, of course …
What will the TV Nielsen Rating be?
Over/Under 42.5
How long will it take Carrie Underwood to sing the National Anthem?
Over/Under 1 minute 42 seconds
Which Super Bowl commercial will have a higher rating on USA Today's annual Ad Meter?
Anheuser-Busch / Budweiser 2/3
Doritos 9/4
Coca-Cola 13/2
Go Daddy.com 8/1
Career Builder 8/1
Family First 12/1
Other 5/2
How many current NFL Players will be arrested during Super Bowl Week?
Over/Under 0.5
What color will the Gatorade be that is dumped on the head coach of the winning team?
Yellow 1/1
Clear/Water 7/5
Orange 4/1
Lime Green 5/1
Red 12/1
Blue 12/1
Who will the Super Bowl MVP thank first?
God 4/5
Teammates 8/5
Does not thank anyone 4/1
Family 11/2
Coach 10/1
How many times will CBS show Archie Manning live on TV during the game (from opening kickoff to final whistle)?
Over/Under 2.5
How many times will CBS show Eli Manning live on TV during the game?
Over/Under 2.5
How many times will CBS show Kim Kardashian live on TV during the game?
Over/Under 2.5
How many times will CBS show Tony Dungy on TV during the game?
Over/Under 1.5
How many times will CBS show Bourbon Street on TV during the game?
Over/Under 2
How many times will CBS announcers fully mention Hurricane Katrina during the game?Over/Under 3
Which CBS show will get the most promo's during the game?
Undercover Boss 1/1
CSI Miami 7/2
Big Bang Theory 10/1
How I Met Your Mother 10/1
Two and a Half Men 14/1
How many times will Pete Townshend do his legendary windmill move during the halftime show?
Over/Under 5
If any member of the Who smashes their guitar during halftime, what does the guitar hit first?
Floor 2/3
Speaker 2/1
Microphone 3/1
Drummer 100/1
Fan 100/1
Longest touchdown in the game
Over/Under 51.5 yards
Longest field goal in the game
Over/Under 44.5 yards
Odds to win 2010 Super Bowl XLIV MVP
Peyton Manning (IND) 2/3
Drew Brees (NO) 9/4
Pierre Thomas (NO) 10/1
Reggie Bush (NO) 10/1
Joseph Addai (IND) 10/1
Reggie Wayne (IND) 10/1
Dallas Clark (IND) 12/1
Marques Colston (NO) 12/1
Pierre Garcon (IND) 14/1
Mike Bell (NO) 20/1
Devery Henderson (NO) 20/1
Jeremy Shockey (NO) 20/1
Austin Collie (IND) 20/1
Donald Brown (IND) 25/1
Robert Meachem (NO) 25/1
Darren Sharper (NO) 28/1
Dwight Freeney (IND) 30/1
Robert Mathis (IND) 40/1
Jonathan Vilma (NO) 40/1
Will Smith (NO) 50/1
Lance Moore (NO) 50/1
David Thomas (NO) 50/1
Antoine Bethea (IND) 50/1
Gary Brackett (IND) 50/1
Clint Session (IND) 50/1
Garrett Hartley (NO) 75/1
Matt Stover (IND) 75/1
Total Passing Yards – Drew Brees
Over/Under 300.5
Total Passing Yards – Peyton Manning
Over/Under 300.5
Player to score the first TD
Joseph Addai (IND) 11/2
Dallas Clark (IND) 6/1
Reggie Wayne (IND) 13/2
Pierre Thomas (NO) 15/2
Marques Colston (NO) 8/1
Reggie Bush (NO) 17/2
Robert Meachem (NO) 10/1
Austin Collie (IND) 10/1
Lynell Hamilton (NO) 12/1
Jeremy Shockey (NO) 12/1
Pierre Garcon (IND) 12/1
David Thomas (NO) 15/1
Donald Brown (IND) 15/1
Mike Bell (NO) 15/1
Devery Henderson (NO) 15/1
Lance Moore (NO) 20/1
Drew Brees (NO) 25/1
Peyton Manning (IND) 30/1
No TD scored in the game 150/1
Who will record the most receiving yards?
Reggie Wayne (IND) 5/2
Marques Colston (NO) 3/1
Dallas Clark (IND) 7/2
Pierre Garcon (IND) 4/1
Devery Henderson (NO) 7/1
Reggie Bush (NO) 8/1
Robert Meachem (NO) 15/2
Pierre Thomas (NO) 10/1
Austin Collie (IND) 10/1
Joseph Addai (IND) 12/1
Lance Moore (NO) 15/1
Jeremy Shockey (NO) 18/1


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Always a cut upon, and thinking creatively out of the box, CBS daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful is taking their fan event on the road from only being in its traditional spot of Los Angeles!
The series announced that it has scheduled a Pop-Up Fan Event in New York City on September 14th with already confirmed stars to include: Thorsten Kaye (Ridge), Linsey Godfrey (Caroline) and John McCook (Eric) with additional names to be announced soon.
The fan event will be held from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the New York Marriott Marquis, the producers of The Bold and the Beautiful are hosting an official "Pop-up" Fan Event to celebrate its 29th Season on CBS Daytime.
Tickets to this exclusive Fan Event are $195, which will include a Live B&B Viewing Party, a Buffet Reception Lunch, B&B Gift Bag, Photo Opportunities, Set Tour & Memorabilia Giveaways and a very special "Interactive Experience" to coincide with B&B's Premiere Episode (details to be revealed at the event).
Tickets will be sold on a first come, first served basis and are extremely limited. This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity so make sure you purchase your tickets soon! Click here to purchase you BOLD tickets to the event, east coasters!
What do you think of the idea of "Pop Up Fan Events?" Would you like to see more of them in the future in different parts of the country? Will you be checking out the B&B stars in NYC? Let us know!


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On a recent trip to London, I was reminded of my fond affection for Devonshire Tea, essentially a scone served with jam and cream. In fact, my desire for a daily scone fix made me brave enough to venture into a café on my lonesome most afternoons, just so I could sit down to a proper cup of tea with a plate of warm scones. There is nothing more restorative if you have been on your feet all day, visiting museums and shopping on the High Street 🙂
One such lovely establishment serving scones (although not proper Devonshire Tea) was the Patisserie Valerie in Covent Garden, a branch of what seems to be a patisserie/café chain store in the UK, although each one I came across seemed quite charming and unique, not necessarily catering to the masses. I found them to be welcoming enough to enter and sit by myself, sipping a warming cup of coffee or tea with something sweet on the side while I attempted, with travel guide books and street maps spread out around me, to plan my next place of visit. Stay tuned for an upcoming, although brief, travel post on London …
Scones are rather easy to make at home, although they seem to be rather easy to stuff up as well. I had tried various recipes which produced tasteless, rock-hard buns before coming across a recipe in Nigella Lawson's How to be a Domestic Goddess for Lily's Scones. Somehow, these scones worked perfectly for me the first time I made them, and I haven't looked at another recipe since. I quite often make them plain, but you could easily add a handful or more of raisins for a fruit scone, or even some grated cheddar or Gruyère for a savoury scone.
The scones are best eaten right away, or at least on the day of baking. But I find that if you individually wrap them in clingfilm, they still taste quite fresh one or two days later. This recipe also halves well to produce a smaller batch of scones.
I have been using this particular recipe for about 10 years, so if you have a favourite scone recipe which you would like to share, I would love to hear from you!
Recipe adapted from How to be a Domestic Goddess by Nigella Lawson
500 g (1 lb 2 oz) plain flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
4 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
50 g (2 oz) unsalted butter, cold and cut into cubes
25 g (1 oz) lard or vegetable shortening (or simply use butter)
300 ml full cream milk
1 egg, beaten (for the egg-wash)
And to serve the scones, I think you really do need a red jam of sorts, and nothing can beat a seasonal strawberry jam. I was looking for a no-fuss strawberry jam recipe and came across one in Bake by Rachel Allen. The recipe seemed a little unusual at first, in that it requires you to first warm the sugar in the oven before adding it to the cooked fruit. I suppose this is to help keep everything at a consistent temperature and perhaps speed up the cooking process. My first batch was so delicious that it was devoured in a few weeks, prompting me to make a second and third batch over the summer, which have since also disappeared. Whilst the season for strawberries is pretty much over, I might try to squeeze in one more batch whilst strawberries are still reasonably priced, and especially to provide a bit of colour in the winter months coming ahead.
I've used fresh strawberries in this recipe, but you could also use frozen strawberries. And for a raspberry jam, simply use the same quantity of raspberries but omit the lemon juice.
Strawberry Jam
Recipe adapted from Bake by Rachel Allen
Makes approximately 4 x 375 g (13 oz) jars
1 kg (2 lb 4 oz) granulated sugar
1 kg (2 lb 4 oz) fresh and ripe strawberries, hulled
juice of 2 lemons


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What started as a summer job in 1983 will end this year, as longtime Stanislaus County Fair concessions manager Dick Swan will retire following the 2012 fair.
"It's just time," Swan said. "It's time."
Swan stumbled into working at the fair, almost by accident.
Then a teacher in Livingston, he was grousing about the office complaining about teaching summer school. A school secretary overheard the conversation, handed him the phone number to the Stanislaus County Fair, and told him to stop complaining.
Swan was hired as special events director that summer, one of many posts he held before becoming concessions manager.
As his role at the fair grew, Swan's wife grew tired of her absentee husband in the summer months. So, in 1995, Carole Swan decided to work alongside her husband, joining the fair in credentialing before eventually becoming the assistant concessions manager. Carole Swan, too, will retire following this fair.
Today, the Swans work side-by-side, using their shared vision to further the aims of the fair.
"It's a great job," Swan said. "I laugh a lot and I have a great time."
With his retirement, Swan said he hopes someone else can have as much fun as he has had for the past 29 years, enjoying the rich history of the fair and beautiful fairgrounds it inhabits. Even as other fairs have struggled with declining state funding, the Stanislaus County Fair has continued to thrive.
"We could fill our booths twice, maybe two and a half times over," Swan said. "This fair enjoys a reputation of being a fair of quality, and we always have more people who want to exhibit here than we have spaces."
Swan said he's always worked to give a fair shake to all his concessionaires – an opportunity to make some money, present a good product, and be treated with respect. It's paid off over the years; even when the State Fair rescheduled to the same dates as the Stanislaus County Fair, not a single vendor opted to leave.
This year, the fair will welcome three new food vendors – a crepe vendor, a chocolate-dipped food seller, and a pasta shop. But Swan recommends attendees stick to the basics.
"Nobody can go to a fair without eating a corndog," Swan said. "I think it's enshrined in the Constitution somewhere."
Swan and his wife expect to spend much of retirement in their Calaveras County cabin. But the fair still runs through Swan's blood; he expects to use some of his leisure time to visit world-famous fairs like the Calvary Stampede and the Iowa State Fair.
For now, Swan is enjoying his last fair, preparing for the impending arrival of scores of concessionaires – some of whom Swan's known for years. As people begin to unload and set up, Swan says it's like a high school reunion every year.
And as the week draws to a close, and vendors go their separate ways, it's never farewell, Swan said. Not even this year, as Swan prepares to step away for the last time.
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Originally posted by Kolohe:Originally posted by ninergold:
I like a lot of what you suggested. I really like Lutui and LaBoy, coming as under the radar free agents.
I also think Snyder has to stick, just from sheer versatility. Same with Wragge. Those guys are valuable.
Hudson, Evans, Battle...I think they're not adding much. But I can't see taking a safety that high. I'm thinking an OL and the front 7 of the defense could use some help.
They also can't add another developmental QB. Those guys won't get enough reps to grow.
Adam Snyder, has given up the most sacks in the league (according to a thread in 9ertalk), I was just going by that. And as I've said in my comments, his pass-blocking problems follow him in the Pre-Season, which was a reason for his release.
Tony Wragge, Hes been serviceable, true, but its just one of those things where we need to TRY and upgrade at his position. He may or may not go anywhere, but in my Mocks case it was a numbers thing. And as you can see Cody Wallace is finally getting a shot.
Sean Canfield, well like I said, Alex Smith and/or Shaun Hill may not be back in 2011. Why not have another QB waiting in the wings. I'm not sold on Nate Davis by any means. Besides its not like we haven't kept 4 QB's before.
Dude you don't need to explain any of those. Snyder on profootballfocus is rated as one of the 10 worst OTs in the league, has given up the most sacks from the position, and doesn't do a good job run blocking either. Wragge I might keep because he's a solid player and actually more reliable than Baas or Chilo. Canfield I like a lot, not a 1st rounder where we're going to get an impact player which is good, and he's a pretty accurate QB.


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Cape Town - Parliament could soon introduce fines of R500 a day for missing work for MPs who go absent without leave for more than a fortnight, the office of the ANC chief whip said on Wednesday.
"The proposals are a way of acting on the constitutional provision prescribing the period for which an MP can be absent," said Moloto Mothapo, spokesperson for the office of the ANC chief whip.
The rules of Parliament state that MPs need leave from the legislature if they are going to be absent for more than 15 consecutive days while the National Assembly is in session.
"This takes it further by dealing with absenteeism from (portfolio) committees and proposing minimum and maximum penalties," Mothapo said.
He said the proposed rules amendment had been approved by the chief whips' forum and handed to all political parties as a draft discussion document for consideration. It was expected to serve before the rules committee "soon".
The document proposes that if a lawmaker is absent for 15 consecutive sitting days of the National Assembly without leave "an amount of R500 will be deducted from that member's salary for each day in excess of the 15 days".
It proposes that an MP who is absent for 30 or 60 consecutive sitting days without leave, should lose his or her seat.
With regard to committee meetings, it is suggested that if members are absent without leave or good reason, such as attendance of another committee, they will lose their seats on the committee.
A tightening of the rules, with penalties for absenteeism, has been in the pipeline since 2003, but the document suggests that implementation is hindered by a lack of enthusiasm from political parties.
It calls for input from parties on the system they use to grant leave to their members and said new rules could not be finalised and implemented without this information.
"All parties have been requested to provide the guidelines that they are using in granting leave but only two responses have been received."
Mothapo confirmed that the proposals have been "coming and going for years" and said there was now renewed intent to have them adopted.
This follows the budget speech of Speaker Max Sisulu last month in which he lamented that "empty benches either by backbenchers or members of the executive of all parties erode the image and integrity of this institution and betray the trust that people placed in us".
In recent months, Parliament has repeatedly been unable to adopt legislation because there were too few MPs present in the National Assembly for the necessary quorum to pass the laws.
What a joke! If you are absent without leave for a week, you can by law be fired.
At R500 per day, it's a bargain to be fined - the MP's earn much more than that! Paid holidays!!!
Fully Agree. No deterrant here at all. All they have to do is go to work, sorry, be at work, once every two weeks and they still earn a minimum of R65,000 per month. Isn't it time a "clean-up" squad started taking out all these wankers? All they do is steal us blind, pollute the air and waste precious resources. Time to get rid of them.
Winnie is going to be pisssed off!!!!
Her bum has not seen the inside of parliament for a month opf Sundays!
Two weeks off work then a rap on the knuckles.......F.M.DUCK.
In bygone days , two days off work with no doc.note = no pay,/ more than that = suspention / thereafter expulsion.
Be absent for 14 days, rock up to work for 1 day - play farmville all day, be absent for another 14 days, rock up to work for 1 day - play farmville all day... etc etc.
Even if they attend they still sleep.The only thing they know is to sabotage others and support unreasonable proposals from their party.Deadwoods
Totally agree. The fine should be DOUBLE what they earn per day and not less than what they are being paid. There is no will to pull them in line!!!
For 14 days! fire these buggers who are using our money to holiday during work.
This is beyond a joke!!
What reasoning is there to excuse them from being at work for so long with this little tap on the wrist???
"In recent months, Parliament has repeatedly been unable to adopt legislation because there were too few MPs present in the National Assembly for the necessary quorum to pass the laws."
It boggles the mind that this is the best they can come up with - and still they can't make up their minds about it! No wonder our country is in such a pathetic state.
Parliament = a VACANT LOT!
@Max Sisulu. Hey, we never thought you had integrity anyway. So don't worry about the backbenches that were empty...
Banana Republic
Jip, and we now don't have to wonder why our country is in such deep $hit. The government did not turn up for work.
The government is run by cabinet ministers and their respective departments not MP's, they are representitives of the voters. That applies to all MP's black, white, DA, ACDP FF etc.
Paragraph 7 in this report is corrected to read as follows:
"It proposes that an MP who is absent for 30 or 60 consecutive squatting days without leave, should lose his or her head"
OK Mikus, not much intelligence behind that bark.
We need a GUY FAUWKES
"....empty benches either by backbenchers or members of the executive of all parties erode the image and integrity of this institution and betray the trust that people placed in us".
Yeah.... LIKE HELL!
This must be a joke. How can one be absent from work for more than one day, without facing some sort of disciplinary action?
These people are wasting our time and our money. It is time the Parliamentary rule book and the list of privileges be put out to public scrutiny.
And R500.00 per day, which they laugh off! Many people don't even earn R500 a day, working 100 times harder and doing more for SA than these parasitic louts.
There will have to be some sort of revolution.
Some people don't earn R500 in a week!
Sorry for you Azizi.... my 'domestic'earns 16 Euro's an hour!
She comes in for 3 hours a day, 3 days of the week!
Creeky sorry you are an expat you must be missing all the negativaty in your life.
SA govt-good at making laws, not too good at following and enforcing them!
So this means that the people my tax-money employs don't turn up for work even as long as a month or more? Call me a racist, but I know the members guilty of this offense is NOT white! It is not in our DNA and Ethics structure. I promise you, if an MP missed three meetings in a row in the Old regime, he or she would be in serious trouble..even fired.
USSA did you eventually pass out???
Not in our DNA? The man rewrites science. I love a spot of morning insanity, thanks USSA.
If you cannot comment using some measure or intelligence, please refrain from commenting. The truth remains the truth. It was a general statement of truth - no rocket science here, just truth. I have to assume you think that white MP's also stay away from work for week? You must be daft.
Maybe white MP's do stay away for a week @USSA but then again maybe it is because they are working in their respective constituencies, so somehow that has to measured as well.
@USSA. You're not a racist. You're a realist.
Its common practice to have to show medical certificates for being absent from work for 2 or more days... So how about it being 2 days.... and 10k / day ;)
It has to be at least 2 weeks, because it will take the rest of the incompetent clowns that long to realise they are missing.
Oh, they'll find ways out.
Whekking in my constituency.
Sick leave.
Sleeping at all kinds of conferences abroad.
BTW who will pay Winnie's fines?
Has she ever been in parliament?
This constituency work is the biggest con. These lazy fools don't have constituancies. In the UK, every member has a constituancy and has to do surgeries once a week and still attend parliament everyday. Our politicians wouldn't know WORK if it hit them in the face!
Impose the fines - it will raise billions.........
For whom, people on the gravy train?
A quick bribe will get rid of that R500 in a second.
What has South Africa come to?!?! God help us all.
Just to have a Merc serviced costs you +-R600.00 per hour... Are they serving THAT much less?
No wonder we are in a shambles! This is the work etiquette that is being prescribed by our leaders!!! Heaven help this country!!!!!!
I've got a better idea: take their car allowance away.
Only R500 a day? They earn over R10000 a day, so this fine is mere pin-money.
Actually, Blip, these layabouts earn nothing. They may get paid R10k per day, but believe me, they earn nothing.
..because to earn implies doing something for the compensation. They do nothing, nothing, nothing, except, of course, steal.
This applies to all MP's not only ANC, who are not the only culprits, and the system of fines is used in the British Parliament and US Congress. Part of their job is to work within their constituency's and this is used as an excuse for not showing. @witboy it has nothing to do with banana's.
With pleasure.
Yadda Yadda Yadda...Blah Blah Blah...Wakka Wakka Wakka, thats all these silly sods ever do, talk...talk...talk. Hmmm, the will let you them away with spending thousands of taxpayer money on trips around the world, kick-butt parties, flash cars and the occasional infrastructure contract, but hell, try not pitching for a parlimentry session...NOT ACCEPTABLE, BLASPHEMY, IRRESPONSIBLE, DISRESPECTFUL...I will show you. you naughty politician, PAY R500 NOW, or else...you have to be joking, they will only claim it back from petty cash the next day, along with their R50,000.00 slip for the use of scantily clad maidens draped in sushi at the last offical engegement...pull the other one!
Have a bad night???
It is "Had (not have) a bad night?" moron.
Sorry I should 'have' said 'Did you HAD a bad night.
The document proposing that if a lawmaker is absent for 15 consecutive sitting days of the National Assembly without leave "an amount of R500 will be deducted from that member's salary for each day in excess of the 15 days" is not good enough. They should forgo salary and be faced with a competency evaluation and if they fail that, they must be removed from office.
Good point. I can go with that.
Why not fire the useless MP's? Haven't they stole enough taxpayer money.
Because just like cutting the head of the Hydra, you immediately get two more in it's place
in the world of the capatalist opressor, if i do not call in by 9 am on the first day of absenteeism, to advise of why I am absent, I get dismissed. two days or more of absenteeism immediately triggers a doctors letter. No, i am not a factory worker but a FD and these rules apply to me and the hundreds of staff in out team. these gray train passengers get two be absent for two weeks before any consequences - NICE! i am not surpirised why goverment is falling apart. 2030 = Zimbabwe.
Get rid of these filthy lazy rubbish things
Braam you have the same problem as F-F-F-Floyd
You have my vote there. let us start a political party called the "Actually Working Government Party" and run against the Africanised National Criminalised Party
Azizi, you're having a field day on this post! Got nothing better to do?
About bloody time. These people will never need to strike, as so many of them hardly attend sessions. The wrong dishonourable fat Winnie being the greatest of these. Pull the lazy buggers up short.
And what about a fine for sleeping on the job also? You are also "absent" then. If you take money and not doing your job---it is stealing. The person who is paying them knowing they are stealing is then an accomplice.
Let's play a little voting game:
Here are your two categories:
1) A friend to all people promotes peace and harmony
2) An enemy to all people promotes hate and violence
Please fit the following into one of the above categories:
- Malema
- Floyd Shivambu
- Mandela
- Zuma
- Helen Zille
- Cosatu
- Whites
- Blacks
- Coloureds
- Indians
- Dingaan
- Piet Retief
So what did you vote? Why? Did you base it on facts or emotion?
They should be disciplined for not turning up as per teh employment law like everyone else. Bases on the article an MP only needs to attend work 24 times a year to avoid any penalties. great, where can I sign up to be overpaid, lazy, ignorant and enrich myself and get paid holidays under the pretence of trade missions etc.
They must be suspended and fired in accordance with the law.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA - WTF Guys -
OOOOOOO R500 a day - that will teach them. FFS are you serious?
They should make me the whip - I will get this nonsense sorted out quick quick. You will see these guys RUN to work - or never come back
fined after 2 weeks?........it should be the same as any other job. 2 days off then you better have a drs note otherwise it's leave without pay. The leaders of this country need to lead by EXAMPLE.....
News24's English isn't much better than yours, and that takes some doing.
Is it the 1st of April?
So you can go absent for up to 14 days, before you will be fined.
So If I don't show up for 10 days come back for say 4 I can then take another ten day holiday. And all for a salary that is more than what a doctor or lawyer or highest skill worker would earn, and I get to drive a half a million rand car and spend 250 000 a year on travel and 5 star accommodation.
Right that PHD and that BSC were a waste of time and money, I should become an MP immediately does not require any real qualification.
Well, it might not be much, fining delegates not present, R500-00, but it is a move in the right direction, that of accountability, and should rather be seen in that light, rather than trash it.
Really. Shame. If I am away from work for 2 days I need a medical certificate.
"...has been in the pipeline since 2003". I notice the DA didn't bother making a song and dance about this issue.
Unbelievable! No wonder there is so much government mismanagement and lack of service delivery. So technically these MP's, who prefer to be addressed as "the Honourable...", could stay away from work without leave for 14 days, come back for one and then go away again for another 14 without any action against them? Or how about stay away for 14 days, then put in leave for the 15th day and then stay away again for another 14 days before coming back. And be paid for it??? Think about it.
That is fa-king wonderful!
R500 After 14 days That is a slap in face of the poor and tax payer. Who have to work hard for there money
Fat cats earning mega Rands will not feel the pain. It is a sympton of the disregard for work ethic in this country
500 my ass,they earn more than they should, yet they dont even attend parliament.


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