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Well, my husband's birthday was yesterday. I wanted to make him something special. We had attended the race in Bristol TN. He loves Nascar by the way, we both do, but he's a little more of a fanatic than I am. LOL. I found some Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Fabric at Walmart on sale for $3.00 a yard so I bought it all. LOL. YOu can never be so sure they will have it again later on...This was the end result of the night I stayed up until 2 am snipping (the longest part of the quit was the snipping..well worth it though)...I couldn't start working on it until he left for work at 8pm. So as soon as he left, I started cutting, sorting, sewing, and snipping.
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I've finally morphed my hunter's UI into something I'm willing to share.
My hunter UI is similar to my druid UI and I use most of the same addons. The biggest difference is what the focus of my screen is. On my druid, the focus is Grid. On my hunter my focus is my ability bars, my own unit frame and my target's unit frame.
As a raiding hunter, the things I need know are:
- When my abilities are available to use
- When stuff procs (trinkets, armor bonuses)
- The position and health of mobs
- The duration of my DoTs and debuffs on my target
- When the boss is using a special ability
- My threat level
- When a mob is enraged or casting an interruptable spell
Other things I like to know:
- The status of the rest of my raid group (health, dead, debuffed, out of range)
- Who has aggro
- How much damage I'm doing
The abilities I need to have extremely fast access to:
- Umm…all of them. Main damage abilities, traps, pet abilities, aspects, life-saving abilities, misdirect, tranq shot, cooldowns. I have lots of buttons to press.
Here's an action shot of my UI (click for full-size version):
Here's a brief rundown of the addons I use:
Action Bars
Dominos, OmniCC, ButtonRange (not shown)
- I use Dominos to place my actions bars at the bottom middle of my screen, so my eyes don't have to track too far between my character and my abilities. I also set the size to 85% so they take up less room. I use faded action bars for my menu options, bags and buttons that are not used in combat (mounts, mage food).
- OmniCC adds countdown timers to my abilities that are on cooldown (see on Chimera and Aimed Shot above)
- ButtonRange turns your ability butttons red when your target is out of range.
- OPie creates radial menus for different ability types which are brought up by pressing the keybinding you assign to them.
- I use OPie for Aspects, Traps, Pet Maintenance and Trade Skills – things I want fast access to, but do not need to see at all times.
- I use Xperl for self, pet, target, target of target and focus frames.
- For my target's frame I make sure to check the options: Enable Buffs and Big Buffs so I can clearly see my own debuffs on the boss, along with timers for how long they will last (seen on Serpent Sting and Piercing Shots above). I use this in place of any additional DoT timers.
- I like to know what's going on with the whole raid group. I use Grid to see debuffs, health, range, aggro and incoming heals.
- As the name suggests, these name plates are much tidier than the default ones. They also look much nicer when stacked.
Combat Text and Notifications
- This one is self-explanatory. The only modification I make is to move the timers close to my target frame so they're easy to see.
- Seeing 30k Kill Shots pop up on my screen always puts a smile on my face. I remove my pet's damage as well as energy gains to cut down on the amount of spam from this mod.
- Most of my Power Auras were taken from the great set posted at The Huntsmen's Lodge. I copied the strings then modified the icons, colours and sounds to my liking. I use PowerAuras to notify me when:
- Armor/trinket bonuses proc (with timers)
- Kill Shot is ready
- Hunter's Mark missing from my target
- Serpent Sting is missing from my target
- Rapid Fire is up (with timer)
- I'm low on mana (not shown here)
- My pet is low on health (not shown here)
Other Good Stuff
- I use Clique for two things: Misdirect and Master's Call. With Clique all I have to do is use the appropriate mouse button over the tank's unit frame in order to cast an MD. I never have to change my target and I don't need to worry about focus macros.
- Aggro bad.
- Hunters at the top of the damage meter, good.
- Gives the minimap a nice frame and hides all buttons until you mouse-over it.
- Prat cleans up the chat frame. It enables me to move the text input box, so there is no longer a gap between the bottom of the chat frame and the bottom of my screen. It also lets me get rid of the scroll arrows and Social button.


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Mutiny on the Highway
Rain began to fall as I watched the bus which had just abandoned me disappear down
the road. It seemed to be just one more fiasco in a week filled with misadventure.
I had spent that summer in 1967 working at two jobs. I took a second job, not
out of economic necessity, but due to my romantic spirit. I was in love for the
first time in my life. Unfortunately, the object of my affections lived 600 miles
away, and my need to earn money for college left me with little time or resources
to visit her. By working evenings in addition to my day job, I had earned enough to visit my Guinevere.
Although convinced of my maturity as a 20 year old, I was still largely callow and inexperienced
in the ways of life and love. In many ways, that vacation was a right of passage
for me. It was my first trip of any distance apart from my family, the first
vacation I financed by myself, and included my first ride on a jet. The visit with
my girlfriend began well enough, but soured quickly after she informed me she had
fallen in love with another young man and was engaged to be married. She hadn't
informed me of her engagement in advance of my visit because she felt she should
tell me in person. Grudgingly, I accepted the futility of trying to sustain a long
distance romance.
Crestfallen, I attempted to salvage what I could of my vacation by preceding with
the second romanticized objective of the trip, a visit to Padre Island on the Texas
coast. On my prior visits there I had experienced something magical that invigorated
my spirit. I arrived on the island early in the morning, and spent the day
blissfully catching sea trout and brightly colored pompano. All was well until
evening came. In my fanciful mind's eye, I had idealized the island as a tropical
paradise where my only need would be enough money for bait and food. Equipment, such
as a tent, sleeping bag, and rainwear seemed superfluous. I would simply lie down
among the dunes at night and go peacefully to sleep, lulled by a gentle tropical
breeze. I quickly paid the price for my youthful naivete. Immediately after lying
down upon the sand to sleep, I was attacked en masse by hordes of mosquitoes and
hungry sand fleas. I tried to ignore the maddening insects, but after a brief
struggle, I decided to try sleeping on the pier. That plan was also quickly foiled
when a monsoon blew in. Rain fell in torrents without letup for six hours, and I
spent the night sleepless, cold, and soaked to the skin. Though the clouds quickly
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my nose began to blister in the scorching sun as I spent another day half-heartedly
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So now, as I stood by the roadside 200 miles from home, I was becoming rain-soaked
for the second time in less than 36 hours. In the interim since departing my
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fathom what had gone wrong with the vacation for which I had worked so diligently.
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"Ticket please," said the driver when he came to my seat. I informed that I had
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"I'm sorry sir," he replied, "but it's company policy that you must have a validated
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and stubbornly opted to get off the bus.
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store. Resolving to at least try to stay as dry as possible, I preceded to the store
to buy a raincoat. I found a selection of rainwear so severely limited, I deliberated
for some time before reluctantly choosing a trench coat that was four sizes too small.
I returned to the roadside to begin hitchhiking, feeling like a buffoon in the
raincoat that lacked five inches of reaching my wrists. Before anyone stopped to give
me a ride, I noticed a bus approaching from the opposite direction. To my surprise, it
turned around and came to a stop beside me.
"The crew mutinied," said the driver after opening the door. "Get in!"
"Excuse me?" I replied, not comprehending, as I climbed aboard the bus.
"The passengers," he answered, "they made me come back for you. Don't tell anyone
about this! It could cost me my job."
Bewildered, I moved to the first seat and sat down beside a silver haired woman who
offered me a lace hanky to dry the rain that dripped from my wet head. The remainder
of the trip was pleasant and uneventful. My heart was warmed by the thought that a
group of strangers had intervened on my behalf. I learned from my companion that one
person had gone so far as to offer to buy a ticket for me. The driver had declined
the offer, returning for me despite his company's policy.
On those occasions I recall the comic opera events of that August of 45 years ago,
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It's that time of year again—college football bowl game time. The TicketCity Bowl in Dallas, the Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl in Nashville…
What the hell do these names have to do with football?
And what sort of brand value comes from simply slapping your name on an event?
TicketCity doesn't even sell tickets to the Bowl game they sponsor. (Thanks, SportsPickle!)
Only a few game sponsorships make sense, like Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl. Anyone can see the relationships there.
Who cares if there's a relationship? Well, that relationship makes the brand easier to remember. And isn't that the point?
These brands could all learn from Mountain Dew.
A while ago, I heard Mountain Dew was coming out with new flavors again—something that hasn't gone too well for them in the past. This time, they let Dew-drinking fans decide. And the new one, as they say, "chosen for the people, by the people," was White Out.
A week ago, I tuned in to the Winter Dew Tour on NBC. The snowboard halfpipe competition was airing live from Breckenridge, Colorado. I could barely tell which snowboarders were in the pipe because of the heavy snow falling. It was a literal white out.
The camera zoomed in to the starting area and there it was, the most perfect brand placement ever. A barrel cooler of Mountain Dew White Out…in white out conditions. What a way to promote the product!
Dew definitely knows its target audience.
Other brands should be more like Dew and put more thought behind choosing events that make the most sense. Yes, sometimes the decision might be based on the amount of reach and visibility. And that's ok, as long as the audience the event is most visible to is your target audience.
As for the college bowls, brands would get more bang for their buck if they sponsored events that made sense. Like instead of Allstate, maybe UPS could sponsor the Sugar Bowl and name it the Brown Sugar Bowl.
Well, I was going to say Domino, but it's kind of not their target audience. And hey, how much fun could UPS have with that? Maybe someone can forward this blog to them??
Or, do you have any better ideas?
Have you seen Mountain Dew's "Waves" commercial yet? I love the creativity, and it's what inspired me to talk about Dew this week. And tune in to the Winter Dew Tour. There are two events left. (Above photo of snowboarder JJ Thomas is from the official Dew Tour site.)


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I'll breeze right past the fact that the heaviest mail day of my career as a newspaper columnist came when I announced the end of that career. What I want to think about instead is something that is enormously flattering and still a little mysterious.
The dominant theme of the letter writers was that they appreciate my attempt at balance and fairness and, most of all, thoughtfulness. Listen to one letter I've just opened from a "white, more-or-less conservative Republican":
"You may well imagine that we will at some times differ. But it is because of your clear and cogent explanations of your viewpoints that I am able to understand why some people hold opinions and values different from my own, and how their experiences have produced what seems to them reasonable beliefs.
"Because you do this, and do not simply rant at me ... I can appreciate and understand and respect those ideas, even when I do not agree with them. And it does happen, rather often actually, that you convince me that I don't know what I am talking about and that yours is the correct understanding."
Well, wow!
Scores of readers have told me - not always as eloquently as this - that they like reading my work because I come across as someone they can talk to, even in disagreement, and that they appreciate my rejection of the forced conclusion or (usually) the cheap shot at those who disagree.
And I find myself actually liking the person they describe, while also remembering that I once enjoyed delivering the hard zinger. What happened? Did I grow up? Did age mellow me out? Have I lost a certain zest for combat?
It may have started when I found myself liking less and less the sharp exchanges between political combatants. Remember when James J. Kilpatrick and Shana Alexander used to go at it on "60 Minutes"? I loved it for a time, then found it less and less helpful. So decades before the open warfare that now passes as political debate on cable TV, I was already tiring of commentators who were content to preach only to their choirs.
But something else was happening at the same time. I was becoming more and more convinced that the sharp debates and exaggerated differences were exacerbating the political division I find so dangerous in America, and I was also starting to imagine - conceit? - that talking about issues might actually make a positive difference, might move us an inch or two nearer common ground.
Perhaps it was then that I found myself trying to write in such a way that people who didn't agree with me might at least hear me. Then I found that they were talking back to me in similarly civil tones. And it felt good.
It reminded me of something a wise divinity professor once said. If you are having an argument with some "enemy," he advised, try to reword his position in a way that would make it at least palatable to you. Then invite him to do the same thing with your position. You won't appreciate the dispute-melting magic in that until you try it a few times.
The trouble, of course, is that such an approach is unlikely to produce winners and losers, and we've come to think that producing winners and losers is the essence not just of politics but also of life.
It isn't. Making this country work for everybody is, and it would be a good thing if all of us - journalists emphatically included - remembered that.
What has made this a little easier for me is a discovery I've mentioned before: that in virtually every public controversy, most thoughtful people secretly believe both sides. I know I do. But the fact that I am unalterably both pro-life and pro-choice keeps me from savaging thoughtful advocates of either view.
(I still retain my license to savage anyone who insists on putting horror masks on people whose opinions they don't like.)
Can it be that trying to see the other guy's side simply takes too much of our time and energy? Sometimes I suspect that the desire to savage rather than convince an opponent stems from the nagging suspicion that just maybe we are on the wrong side of the logic. I mean, if you are convinced that your position is the correct one, why wouldn't you want to examine it and explain it in a way that might win a convert or two? Isn't that what this column-writing business is supposed to be about?


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Bank of America ( BAC - Get Report)has been ordered to unseal by January 8 certain documents it had sought to keep under wraps in a legal dispute with insurer MBIA ( MBI - Get Report), according to a decision Thursday by New York State Supreme Court Judge Eileen Bransten. MBIA is suing Bank of America over mortgages placed into bonds it sold by Countrywide in the years leading up to the subprime mortgage crisis. MBIA insured the bonds, but wants Bank of America to assume liability for them because MBIA claims they contain false representations. Many analysts expect Bank of America to eventually settle the case for $2 billion to $3 billion, but the bank has been stalling, trying to run out the clock on cash-strapped MBIA. The more than three year old case has provided countless pages of documents, including financial records, internal company emails, and testimony from senior Bank of America and Countrywide executives, including Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan and former Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo. One massive trove of documents released Nov. 19 and 20 added up to more than 16,5000 pages, according to BTIG analyst Mark Palmer. The documents at issue in Thursday's decision by Judge Bransten fall into 11 different categories, covering everything from witnesses' home addresses to Countrywide's current financial information, to capital contributions from Bank of America to Countrywide to non-public information concerning the amount of Countrywide's litigation costs and reserves. Bloomberg L.P. has joined MBIA in opposing Bank of America's motion to keep the documents out of public view. Judge Bransten granted many of Bank of America's requests to keep documents under seal, but MBIA shares still gained 11.67% Friday. BTIG's Palmer, who is bullish on MBIA shares, sees the Judge's order as a positive for the bond insurer. "We have said for some time that a settlement in the MBIA-Bank of America legal battle likely would not occur until BofA reaches the point at which it is experiencing real pain by not settling. The decision by Justice Bransten to unseal certain documents that BofA would prefer to remain private - including information about the structure of a prior BofA settlement, as well as details about the process through which it funneled capital to Countrywide - moves the bank a couple of steps closer to its pain threshold, in our view," Palmer wrote via email.
The analyst also argues oral arguments related to the question of whether Bank of America is liable for the actions of Countrywide, which it acquired in 2008 are "a potential inflection point in the case." Those arguments are set to begin on Jan. 9. An MBIA spokesman declined to comment and spokespeople for Bank of America did not respond to a request for comment. -- Written by Dan Freed in New York. Follow @dan_freed


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Nokia Lumia 920 full review
Nokia Lumia 920 review
The design of the Nokia Lumia 920 smartphone is so similar to its predecessor, the Nokia Lumia 900, that you'd be forgiven for confusing the two. It still has the rounded shapely curves, but there are a few subtle differences. While 900 was once the biggest Windows Phonewe'd seen, it's now been trumped. See Windows 8 review.
Nokia has increased the screen size to a nominal 4.5in, and it now measures 71 x 130mm - about the same size as the Samsung Galaxy S3 and HTC One X. Nokia advertises a thickness of 10.7mm but we measured the Lumia 920 at 12mm at its thickest point. More of an issue for us is a relatively brick-like weight of 185g. Some people like the reassurance of a weighty device but this is pushing it. See also: Lumia 820 review.
At this size, the 920 does feel quite unwieldy, but we did, eventually, get used to the sheer size of it. Pick up almost any other smartphone, and you're reminded of just how cumbersome it is. Those set on a more manageable Windows phone may want to look at the Lumia 820, or the HTC 8X and HTC Windows Phone 8S, for smaller alternatives.
Our review model came in white, and in this reviewer's opinion is the nicest white phone ever. The white chassis frames the screen perfectly while the black buttons and dark silver camera surround finish things off nicely. The Lumia 920 is also available in black, red or yellow.
We were slightly disappointed that Nokia has swapped the nice matt finish of the Lumia 900 and Nokia Lumia 800for a glossy coating. While this doesn't look worse, just different, it does make the handset much more slippery – worryingly so if you're wearing woolly gloves. See also: Group test: what's the best Windows phone?
Nokia Lumia 920: Build quality
The Lumia 920 feels every bit a high-quality and well-made piece of kit when you pick it up. The handset feels strong, albeit still a little plastic to the touch, with its one-piece polycarbonate body which sits neatly flush to the Corning Gorilla Glass front.
The uni-body design means there's no removable rear cover - and therefore no access to the battery. The only moving part is the top loading micro-SIM card tray which feels distinctly cheap and plastic. The three side-mounted buttons feel nice thanks to a smooth action.
Nokia Lumia 920: Hardware
Processor and memory
For a high-end smartphone we expect a decent array of hardware and the Lumia 920 delivers it. Inside the shiny exterior is a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 1.5GHz dual-core processor and 1GB of memory. This may seem under par compared to some recent Android smartphones boasting quad-core processors and 2GB of RAM, but it's sufficient to run Microsoft's mobile OS well.
Windows Phone 8 does not have much support from software developers, a theme recognised in our test centre. Unfortunately the benchmarking apps we typically use to test Android and iOS devices aren't available for Windows Phone 8.
We were able to run the SunSpider JavaScript test which vindicated Microsoft's claim that Internet Explorer 10 is fast. We recorded an average of 922ms, almost as quick as the iPhone 5's tally of 903ms.
From a user perspective Windows Phone 8 feels just as slick as it was in 7.5 Mango form. Navigation around the system happens effortlessly without lag although menus and lists tend to judder somewhat if you scroll slowly. A select few apps, however, such as Nokia Maps and Cinemagraph take a few seconds to load.
Although Windows Phone 8 now supports removable microSD cards, Nokia has decided not to bother with this feature. Luckily the only 920 offered has 32GB of built-in storage to for apps, music, video and other content.
If this doesn't sound like enough there's also cloud storage, accessed via the pre-loaded SkyDrive app. This gives you 7GB of online space for free, with more space available to rent. A useful feature with SkyDrive on the Lumia 920 is the automatic upload of content - photos and also a backup of settings, apps, Internet Explorer favourites and text messages; all rather like Apple's free iCloud service.
Considering the large physical size of the Lumia 920, it's slightly odd that it only has a 4.5in screen. Despite this being smaller than the Android competition, we were extremely impressed with the PureView HD+ display – it's one of the top features of this smartphone.
Nokia has gone for the maximum resolution supported by Windows Phone 8, which is 768 x 1280 pixels. This gives the Lumia 920 an impressive pixel density of 332ppi (even higher than the iPhone's 326ppi) so everything looks pin sharp.
The screen boasts excellent contrast and eye-popping colours. The touchscreen is very responsive, so much so that you can sometimes use it with non-smartphone gloves. The only issue with this is a potential disastrous combination: woolly gloves and the slippery gloss finish of the body.
The Lumia 920 includes a range of connectivity options. Physical ports consist of just a headphone jack and microUSB port, but there's much more on the wireless side of things. There is, as you would expect, Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n with channel bonding) and Bluetooth (3.0).
The 920 has an NFC (near-field communications) chip, DLNA (digital living network alliance) certification, but most exciting is Qi wireless charging. The Lumia 920 is said to support LTE 4G services in the UK too, although we weren't able to see how well.
Nokia Lumia 920: Software
The Lumia 920 runs Microsoft's new mobile operating system – Windows Phone 8. If you're using Windows 8 you'll recognise the brightly coloured tiled interface. The two operating systems now share the same structure but Windows Phone 8 doesn't have all of Windows 8's features. For example there's no charms bar and you can't use a gesture to switch between apps.
Windows Phone 8 interface
The most prominent feature of the software is the new Start Screen made up of 'live tiles'. You can fit more on the screen compared to version 7.5 Mango because most tiles can be one of three sizes. The bigger you make a tile, the more information it can display. The Start Screen is highly customisable by rearranging and resizing tiles however you want them.
Further customisation comes in the form of colour themes. These set the colour of the tiles on the Start Screen. There are, however, only 20 themes and certain tiles, like Games and Office, remain a fixed colour. The Start Screen can look brilliant but you can also end up with quite an ugly mix of colours.
A swipe away from the Start Screen is the vertical list of installed applications. Beyond this you're stuck with the way Microsoft has laid the OS out. There are beautiful animations which escort you round the OS but it's not an especially intuitive mobile operating systems to navigate.
It can be easy to get lost in the system - the back button and recent apps don't always take you where you expect. It's worth trying out before you commit to see if you can get on with it.
Xbox SmartGlass is a cool app for those with an Xbox. It provides a 'second screen' experience where you can control the console from the handset and interact with certain games during play. Since Window Phone 8 is Microsoft's mobile OS it's no surprise that there's integration with Office too. Rather than a lengthy rundown of Windows Phone 8 we'll focus on the new features and those exclusive to the Lumia 920. (see also: Windows Phone 8 review.)
Within the People Hub (your contacts) there's a new feature called Rooms. This provides you with an area to share private content including messages, calendars and photos with whomever you chose. This could come in handy in various situations but only makes sense if your friends have a Windows Phone 8 device.
You can still invite non-Windows Phone users but the process is much more complicated and requires the user to open a Microsoft account and log into Windows Live to see certain content.
Those with children will find the Kid's Corner feature a boon. This essentially puts the device into a separate and customisable mode specifically for kids. You choose what your child can do on the phone without having to worry about them wiping it or accessing inappropriate content.
Exclusive Nokia apps
To set the Lumia 920 apart from the competition, such as the HTC 8X, Nokia has a range of exclusive apps and features. Aside from photography ones, which we'll come to in the next section, there's things like Nokia Music. This is a free non-subscription music streaming service with no adverts which we're told offers 20+ million tracks and offline caching.
Nokia City Lens provides local attraction information in a fun, somewhat gimmicky, augmented reality view via the camera app. Open the app, pan around the spot where you're standing and it will tell you what shops, hotels, restaurants and attractions you're looking at.
Nokia Drive provides turn-by-turn navigation and while Nokia Maps is present and now supports offline mapping, this feature will come pre-loaded on every Windows Phone 8 device.
While there are plenty of pre-loaded apps, the selection on offer in the Windows Store is sub-par to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. At the time of writing key big name apps missing from the Store include Spotify, BBC iPlayer, Instagram and games like Bad Piggies and Temple Run.
A lack of apps like the iPlayer might not be so bad if Widows Phone 8 had Adobe Flash support - but it doesn't. Consequently, you can't simply open Internet Explorer 10 and view Flash-based content like video.
Microsoft is confident things will get better, stating that soon there will be 46 out of the top 50 apps available in the Store. The problem is there's no guarantee and future 'top apps' will most likely be launched on iOS and Android first so you'll need to be patient.
Nokia Lumia 920: Cameras
We weren't entirely convinced by the camera on the Lumia 900 but Nokia is touting the 920's as the best thing since sliced bread. There's a dedicated camera button which is a good start, meaning you can launch the camera app quickly and easily when you need it and avoids having to hit an onscreen shutter button.
On the most part we found still photos from the 8.7Mp PureView rear facing camera with its Carl Zeiss lens very good. Colour balance, saturation and exposure were all of a good standard but some photos weren't quite as sharp as we'd hoped. We also found a lot of noise reduction leading to a loss of detail.
The most outstanding feature of the 920's camera is its optical image stabilisation. It's the first smartphone to have a floating lens which means video footage, which can be recorded in full-HD, is extremely smooth.
Nokia says the camera is excellent in low light conditions and we certainly found this to be the case. Where most phones would struggle to cope we managed to get usable, but not remarkable, results. There's a built-in flash for those moments where it's just too dark.
The front facing 1.2Mp camera also provides a good quality image although there is some obviously graining.
If you like having a laugh with your camera then Cinemagraph is a fun and creative, if a bit gimmicky, app. It essentially takes a short video clip and allows you to choose which parts you want to animate. For example, we took a Cinemagraph of someone flipping a coin and only animated the shadow of their hand and the coin falling on the floor.
Another bundled camera app is Smart Shoot. It takes five photos in quick succession and automatically picks the best one, or you can choose yourself. What's more impressive is the ability to erase sections you don't want - like someone walking into the shot unexpectedly. If the photo is of an individual or a group of people you can choose the best face for each person from the five photos taken, helping you to eliminate things like frowns and shut eyes etc.
Creative Studio allows you to do some nifty editing on any of your photos. You can make adjustments like colour balance and brightness or make fixes such as cropping, rotating and red eye removal.
Cinemagraph, Smart Shoot and Creative Studio are all exclusive Nokia apps which you won't find on rival Windows Phone 8 handsets.
Nokia Lumia 920: Battery life
Nokia has fitted the Lumia 920 with an above-average sized 7.4Wh battery pack. As we mentioned earlier, this is non-removable. The Motorola Razr i, which has the same capacity battery, lasted us two days so we were hoping for a similar result from the Lumia 920. Unfortunately the 920 didn't last as long.
We got comfortably through a full day of use with the Lumia 920 and at the end of the day we had nearly 25 percent of the battery remaining. While this is typical of today's Android handsets, we were expecting more.
Luckily the wireless charging feature should help you to easily keep the Lumia 920 topped up. A Nokia wireless charging dock will set you back around £40 so keep one on your bedside table or at work and you shouldn't find yourself running out of battery.
Nokia Lumia 920: Specs
- Snapdragon 4 processor
- 8Mp camera
- Windows Phone 8
- wireless charging
- 4.5-inch curved display, 1280x768 pixel resolution
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For more than a decade, DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. has defined itself on the big screen.
This week, the Glendale studio will take a "Shrek"-size leap toward reinventing itself on the small screen.
On Christmas Eve, DreamWorks Animation unveils its first original series for Netflix Inc. — "Turbo FAST," a spinoff of the company's summer movie about a team of racing snails.
"Turbo FAST" is the first of 300 hours of animation programming that DreamWorks is creating as part of a landmark deal with the streaming television service.
The agreement marks the largest push into original kids' programming for Netflix and also is the first time that DreamWorks Animation's characters will be introduced into the television market as a branded collection of shows.
DreamWorks, creator of the "Shrek," "Kung Fu Panda" and "Madagascar" movies, already produces TV specials and series based on its movies for Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon and is eager to expand its television production as part of a strategy to become less reliant on the fortunes of animated feature films.
But the pact with Netflix of Los Gatos, Calif., takes its foray into TV to a new level. Over the next three years, DreamWorks will produce a dozen series based on characters from its movies, as well as those from its recently acquired Classic Media library, which includes "Rocky and Bullwinkle," "Lassie," "Casper the Friendly Ghost," and "Mr. Peabody and Sherman."
For DreamWorks, Netflix provides a new way to reach family audiences across a global Internet service that is changing television viewing habits.
"It's an enormous order," said Margie Cohn, head of television for DreamWorks Animation. "It really takes DreamWorks from being a movie company to being a branded family entertainment company. Instead of having just one or two engagements with DreamWorks Animation every year, you now have a daily engagement."
Housed in an office building near the Glendale headquarters, the TV unit — dubbed Animation Central —employs 75 people and will add 225 more by the end of March to handle the growing volume of work, Cohn said.
For Netflix, the partnership allows the service best known for critically acclaimed adult fare like "House of Cards," "Arrested Development" and "Orange Is the New Black" to expand its family entertainment offerings.
Kids' shows such as "Mako Mermaids" have proved to be popular on Netflix, which needs fresh content in part because it did not renew a deal it had with Viacom Inc. for reruns of shows from its popular kids' cable channel Nickelodeon.
"Animated content reaches kids at a variety of ages, and the kids' offering is very important to us because it's a way to increase the value of our service," said Cindy Holland, vice president of original content for Netflix.
DreamWorks Animation will receive licensing fees from Netflix, which is paying for the programming.
Television represents a small share of DreamWorks' overall revenue — only about $100 million annually. And even with the Netflix deal, about 70% of the studio's business will remain tied to the box office, said Doug Creutz, a senior media and entertainment industry analyst with Cowen and Co.
"It's not a radical change to their business model, but it does give them some stability," Creutz said. "Their TV business has not been enormously profitable. This improves the profitability of that business significantly. "
Branching into television also allows DreamWorks to be less reliant on the ups and downs of the box office. Although DreamWorks typically generates big profits on its movies, there have been some notable misfires.
The studio took an $87-million write-down this year on its holiday movie "Rise of the Guardians." And after scoring a hit with the caveman comedy "The Croods," DreamWorks followed up in July with an unexpectedly weak debut for "Turbo," which Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg blamed on market overcrowding.
The poor performance at the box office did not affect the Netflix deal or the Turbo series. Work on the TV spinoff began well before the release of the film.
"The franchise has global awareness and we felt it would be of benefit to our subscribers," Holland said.
Instead of releasing the entire 26-episode series at one time, as is its typical practice, Netflix will debut five episodes at a time around holiday periods when kids' viewing is at its peak, Holland said.
Working with Los Angeles production company Titmouse, DreamWorks is producing three seasons of "Turbo," along with at least four other shows that will debut by early 2015.
The "Turbo FAST" series continues the adventures of the snail stunt team with an ensemble cast. Reid Scott ("Veep") lends his voice to the title character (voiced by Ryan Reynolds in the movie), and comedian Ken Jeong reprises his role from the film as manicurist-turned-home-shopping-icon Kim Ly.
Also coming exclusively to Netflix in the U.S. and Latin America next year will be DreamWorks Animation feature films, beginning with "The Croods," followed by "Turbo" and the big-screen adaptation of "Mr. Peabody & Sherman," which will debut in March.


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|View Poll Results: Your Favorite Gundam Series is?
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|Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
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|Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
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Before i begin, i would like to list down the Gundam series in which i have not watched yet
MSG 0080 - War in a Pocket
Gundam Savior
the SD gundams and
the middle chunk of ZZ
Having said this, i will now begin my break down of my fav Gundam series (at the same time, trying not to be bias)
#1 Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (series = great, Movies = AWESOME)
When i first watched Zeta Gundam, it gave me the impression that it was going to be more serious compared to MSG. The intro with the orchastrated music set the mood right there. As i continued to watch, it captured me even further when i saw that the original cast of MSG were playing a "SUPPORTING ROLE" to move the story onwards for the main character Camille.
Having said all this, the story was great. I enjoyed the revolutionary theme of the whole series a lot. The battles were intense and grand. I would also like to say that i'm a sucker towards transforming Mecha.
Zeta, Asshimar, Gathebly, Pysco, dam i love those designs, and also the transforming concept
#2 Turn A Gundam (Tomino was Happy)
What can i say, this is Tomino's best work. It was great. I'd love to put this series as #1, but i'm sorry, zeta's mecha designs won me over. =P
The story was excellent, i like the whole idea of all the Gundam series being a continium of one big timeline.
As we all know, Tomino thought that this would be the last Gundam series to be ever made. Also he wanted to prove to BANDAI that Gundam is enjoyed by its story, rather than the Mecha design, hence we have the CRAZY MUSTACHED GUNDAM!!!
Music was the best, especially the ending theme song Dianne.
And personnally speaking, i felt that the final battle for Turn A Gundam was a perfect battle. What I mean by this is that it is how a battle between 2 rivals should end.
#3 Mobile Suit Gundam
Admiration. Inspiring. Revolutionary. Respect. These are the words that come into mind when i think of the original gundam.
If you know how to appreciate classics, you will know what i'm talking about.
Another point i need to point out, u can never get enough of Amuro's tactics, and his crazy moves using the obsolete RX-78
#4 Chars Counterattack
What can i say, i've watched all the previous encounters of Char and Amuro, and this movie finally tells you what happens to them. My reasoning to why people would actually hate this movie is because they don't know the previous story in which these 2 long time rivals have had.
The mechs and their fights are great, too bad we don't get to see the Hi Nu and the Nightengale in action. (Those were intended to be Amuro and Char's MS for their final climatic battle)
The ending was also great. Its good to see Amuro die while saving the world, rather than seeing him die of old age.
#5 8th MS Team
Getting tired of typing, so i'll keep this short, ACE PILOTS ARE REALLY ACES
The battles in this series are the best ground based battles that i've seen. Beautifully drawn, story was a bit cheesy at times, but i still enjoyed it.
#6 MS Igloo
ZAKUS AREN"T USELESS. I was very relieved to see Sunrise releash this out during the middle of the GSD run. Finally real fights with competant pilots on both sides fighting for the case of their military institution. Another thing is the way they're telling parts of the story that were never explained during MSG. IE - Char getting his title "The Red Comit - Akai Sai Shing"
#7 Gundam X
Gundam X is #7 on my list because of the characters. I just can't get enough of Wittz and Jamil. Dam those guys are crazy looking.
The story was ok, but would have been better if it was allowed to extend further with a couple more episodes.
#8 Victory Gundam (Tomino was sad - i think it was due to some women issues)
Dam, when u have a director who happens to be pissed, and at the same time making a Gundam series, u get Victory Gundam.
I found myself watching just to see who survives through the whole mess.
#9 Gundam F91
I watched this when i was young, it was one of the most craziest things i've ever watched. Although the story was skim, the action was tense.
#10 Gundam Seed
For a 50% plagerized story, and character concept, i got drawn into this series cause of the battles that took place. The battles were great, rivals were equally matched with super mobile suits and skill.
Mecha designs were more aerodynamic, so thats kinda nice.
Hey, i have to say, i kinda liked the character Kira in this series. I didn't really like all his crying though, that made him look like a girl, but aside from that, Kira was likable back then.
#11 ZZ Gundam
Sorry to all the ZZ fans, but ZZ was too kidish for me. The mechs and battles were crazy though. THE FAZZ and true FUNNEL SPAMMING, dam gotta love those.
#12 0083 Stardust Memories
I don;t know why i put this at #12, but i know why it ain't in the top 10. I guess it didn't have as big as an impact as the other ones had on me.
The story good, mech designs were insane. Hmmm, i guess i wasn't really hyped when watching this series.
Well, i can say that the Dendrobium can pawn the Meteor anyday.
There is no way the Meteor can dodge all the micro missiles the Dendrobium can unleash.
#13 G Gundam = FUNNY
I watched this in Hong Kong. I was young, and it was pretty funny watching this super robot trashing other gundams with only his hand.
Well, i can't complain about the final episode where u got to see a sleek and silver Raine .
But ya, nothing really memorable, and i just found it funny =P
#14 Gundam Wing + Movie
Designs were great, but YOU JUST KEPT RERUNNING YOUR SCENES. I got frustrated alot when i saw the same Heavy Arms spamming, or the same DeathScythe slash like 5 times in the same episode.
Last Place = Gundam Seed Destiny
I have to say, i was very hyped to hear they were making a new GS series. The beginning towards GSD was great. The whole Athrun piloting the Zaku just showed that the kid didn't need a Gundam to pawn.
Shinn in my mind was trying to be the new "Camille". I didn't mind, but just as long as if it worked. Unfortunately it didn't.
Shinn was so unfortunate to get dropped from being a main character to being a grunt. That was just sad.
The story was horrible, i found myself asking my friends to just give me a short summary of what happened near the end of the series so i could save myself time from watching something that disgraces the name of Gundam.
Ya, another thing i need to point out, if it wasn't for GSD, i wouldn't be a Kira Hater.
Yes, i hate Kira for what his character did in GSD. If Kira played as a supporting character for Shinn ( a mentor like Athrun ) I would enjoy the fact of watching Kira in a 3rd Gundam series.
But now, I JUST HATE KIRA.
Ya, everything in this series was already found in the previous series out there.
I guess the designers kinda gave up cause they found that the story was just so utterly horrible.
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I'm sure a lot of the other serious minded Gundam fans (read: not hardcore CE fanboys) feel the same way too, so don't feel too down, brightman.
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I don't think that I would ever describe characters as boring and bland, but I do feel that a lot of Zeta's characters could have been more interesting. Quattro, Camille and Amuro were handled pretty well, and I have no real complaints there (actually, I have one, but it's not really relevant here). Fa and Bright were OK, but they could have been given a little more to do. Yazan, Sarah and Rosamia were amusing to watch, and same for Jerid's girlfriends (saves having to look the names up). Basically all of the other characters of note could use some work.
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is there a new gundam announced yet?
need a new gundam series to watch
didnt really zera and zeta zeta or first gundam as much as seed.
liked turn a gundam and seed the best.
only ones ive seen tho. oh and one of ovas was quite good forgot which one it was I watched tho - there was a women with short blond hair in it I think.
They were fighting in the forests and there was some huge ass gundam flying about that they tried to stop at a cliff.
Edit: nm found it :P
All i remember really Wouldnt mind knowing what one that was or any good gundams.... oh i hated gundam wing.
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Man vs Wild Bear Grylls Guatemala. Watch starting minute 3:04
Bear Grylls "After a night out, it is important to replace your energy, and one of the best things in the jungle for that are plams. The hearts of most palms around the world are edible, you just need to cut away the tough outer leafs. Carbs gives you slow release of energy, just what you need for jungle survival."
During my last hiking trip in Gunung Yong Yap I came across many young palm trees. They easily grow where there is light, either near water sources or where the canopy of trees are thinner.
I have to remember how the leaves look like though. Colour, texture, shape, growth, etc. It can get very confusing because there are plenty of species of palms that look a like and I won't know if I am eating the correct palm tree. In Man Vs Wild, Bear mentioned that most of the palms trunk can be eaten. That is good to know because I thought I will always need to look out for only this type of palm.
One thing that Bear did not mention is that you can also have the palm without killing the plant. If you do not have a knife with you, look for the palm shoots (looks like a long huge green pointy chopstick stuck in the center of the palm) and pull them off. You can eat the bottom white part of it. (Too bad the picture I have is too blur)
The young shoots of the palm does not taste bitter. They actually taste quite refreshing like pears minus the juiciness and sweetness. The texture was slightly crunchy. Not bad.
Palm trees, a health and free snack when you are hiking in the jungle. HAHA!
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They say there's no such thing as bad publicity, but recently this blog, was mentioned by Huffington Post contributor Peg Aloi, in Tough Girls: Do They Still Exist?
Apparently there's a dearth of tough "gals" out there and women are simply "girly" again. And "the blogosphere proves it!"
Peg writes;
Maybe it's the "new" (crappy) economy, or our fear of the imminent zombie-vampire-Tea Partier apocalypse, or the realization that teaching our kids self-reliance instead of whiny entitlement really is the best approach to parenting, but there's so much emphasis on, well, ultra-femme domestic activity these days. This weird retro world of cooking, heirloom tomatoes and Jane Austen is starting to feel a bit smug and smothering. Where's the fun?
My blog's mentioned under the auspices of "heirloom tomatoes" and whether this is "fun"?
Well readers, being the "tough girl" that I am, I couldn't leave well enough alone. Here's my retort to this brassy little article;
Thank you for mentioning my blog under the auspices of "Heirloom Tomatoes" (www.candowomen.wordpress.com) in seeking to answer the question of whether tough girls still do exist?
Funny, I've never thought of myself as particularly "girly" or indeed "anti-feminist", although I do love to cook. And in answer to your question as whether I may personally qualify as tough? Before you or your readers judge me, perhaps I should include a link to my other blog; the one where I blog about my life as a women in her early forties dealing with metastatic breast cancer (see http://cancerculturenow.blogspot.com/2011/01/can-do-spirit.html)
Your post reminds me that both my blogs have been sadly neglected of late due to all the "fun" my illness has been serving up to me, leaving with very little time, ability or gumption to pursue the things I really like to do. Like being a tough bad-ass breast cancer activist blogger, as well as someone who enjoys a bloody good heirloom tomato.
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This week's episode of NWA-TNA was a classic showing of what is right and wrong with TNA. The show started off with Jeff Jarrett, centered around Jeff Jarrett, and had way too much Jeff Jarrett. On the other hand, AJ Styles and Frankie Kazarian put on a stellar 20+ minute X-division main event that reminded me of the reasons why I watch these shows. In addition, it was the PPV debut of the new six-sided ring, which brought up the question, how would the wrestlers fare in this new, different environment? The answer proved to be "pretty darn well."
Kid Kash is going to come down to my trailer park and kick the door down if I steal cable. We have to support Dallas� 12 kids, afterall.
Ask yourself, what should the video package be about? Hyping tonights X-Division belt? The new ring? Impact? Nope, it�s Jarrett. Big shock. Raven is sitting in an empty arena, awaiting a response to his challenge to Sabu to meet him for a Empty Arena Match tonight!
The Red Carpet is rolled down to the ring and a band plays the NWA theme before the three time NWA Champion and current King of the Mountain� the Immortal� The Legend� the Absolute, be all and end all... Mr. Jeff Jarrett.
No, I am not kidding, that was the actual interest. Tenay says it was "In this very building and ring Jeff Jarrett won the NWA title." Um, Mike, you do see the six sides to the ring, as opposed to last week's four sides right? Tenay and West talk about Jarrett�s ego as he heads to the ring. Hostile crowd chants something but it can�t be heard over the trumpets. Jarrett rambles about being King of the Mountain before calling out Vince Russo. The more things change the more they stay the same. Russo puts a crown on Jarrett�s head and then gets into an argument about how TNA�s success is a team effort. "When you look at that TNA logo you see my blood, sweat and tears. There�s hasn�t been no team about this, this has been about me. I�ve sweated gallons of blood (?) climbed ladders, fallen off pedestals..." Russo replies "Don�t tell me that AJ Styles had nothing to do with it, AMW had nothing to do with it, Three Live Kru had nothing to do with it." One of those things is not like the others. It is now 15 minutes into the show, the action never stops in TNA. Jarrett tries to make Russo bow to him but 3LK breaks up the party. Awh, Killings and Konnan are wearing matching outfits. Killings throws down the challenge to Jarrett tonight for a Triple Jeopardy match. No clue what that is but I am sure it will be more over-stipulated crap.
Scott Hudson is with Elix Skipper, announcing that Skipper and "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels won a poll to pick a contender for America�s Most Wanted�s tag titles on the nwatna.com website in a landslide. That isn�t a surprise, as the series of matches last year between Daniels/Skipper and AMW was awesome, culminating in a MOTY candidate in a steel cage. The bad news is that Daniels legitimately injured his shoulder last week in Japan during the Best of the Super Juniors tournament and will be out of action a month to six weeks. So it�s up to the NYC to take the belts, as Trinity is so kind to point out. Swinger reminds us that he (along with Simon "Pat Kenny" Diamond) beat AMW for the tag belts.
Video recap of AMW beating Kid Kash & Dallas on Impact to win the belts.
Match 1: NWA Tag Titles � AMW vs. NYC.
More than twenty minutes in and we finally get our first match. I wonder what the tag title win means for Harris� push near the top? Things start off fast with James Storm and Glen Gilberti on the outside and Swinger and Harris inside. A Lou Thesz press takes down Swinger and he and rolls outside. Harris backdrops Storm over the top into a plancha on both challengers. Harris and Swinger end up in the ring and Harris goes shoulder-first into the post, re-injuring the exact same shoulder Raven hurt to take him out of the steel cage match against Jeff Jarrett two months ago. NYC immediately go to work on the arm, slamming it repeatedly into the post and working on it with armbars and legdrops. Harris tries a lariat and hurts the arm, and Glenn hits a DDT on it. Harris continues to fight through the pain, finally hitting a flying clothesline. Glen tries to prevent a tag to Harris hits a clothesline with the good arm and both men make the tag. The cowboy is on fire with punches and a big powerslam on Swinger, neckbreaker on Glen and a couple of hard kicks take down Swinger again for a two count. Chaos continues as Harris takes Swinger down with a full nelson slam. The numbers game is too much for Storm as Gilberti sets up an elbow but runs into a kick. Trinity climbs up but Desire shoves her off the top rope. Spear by Harris gets the three.
Winners: And Still NWA Tag Champions � America�s Most Wanted.
Desire and Trinity brawl through the crowd, with Trinity getting the worst of it, until NYC save her and put her on a table. Trinity climbs to the balcony to fly but Kenny and Siaki make the save. Kash and Dallas say that they aren�t going after the tag titles, because the K.I.D. is being held down. Everyone is going to find out how easy it is to get some gold.
Raven is waiting in the "remote location" for Sabu. Sabu is in the locker room, looking at a picture of his uncle and trainer, the Original Sheik.
Match 2: Michael Shane vs. Chris Sabin.
This match stems from the X-Division match on Impact. Lots of history between Sabin and Shane, so this promises to be good. The two lock up and do some basic counter wrestling to start. Shane Douglas is apparently now a broadcaster, and Tenay requests he try and find out what is going on with Raven and Sabu. Chops abound before Sabin locks Shane in a headlock. Traci Brooks looks on and motivates Shane. Sabin rolls out of the corner and snaps off a 'rana, before leaping to the corner and flying to the floor. Douglas is in the small screen as Shane punches Sabin. Sabin flips into the ring, gets sent right back out, tries to take a page out of Shane�s cousin Shawn Michaels� book by skinning the cat, and gets dropkicked in the face for his troubles. Shane goes to work with kneelifts and a clothesline for a two. Shane goes up and misses a senton. Sabin drops him with a running enziguri, getting two. Reversals by Shane and Sabin, Sabin hits the ropes and Traci trips him. Sabin respondes with a kiss, blocks a superkick, tries for the Future shock but Traci stops it. Shane shoves Sabin into Traci and superkicks him for the three. Really good match but too short.
Winner: Michael Shane.
Shane�s former mentor, Shane Douglas comes to talk to Raven in the "Remote Location." Raven says "It�s good you finally realize I retired you a long time ago and are now you have your funny little interviewer threads," before commenting how odd it is that Sabu and Raven have never gone at it one on one. The reason? "Sabu is terrified of me." If Sabu accepts the challenge, Raven will retire. "Welcome to the Terrordome, quote the Raven, nevermore."
Highlights of the four participants in the "Gut Check."
Sonjay Dutt talks to Sabu. But Sabu doesn�t talk! I am confused. David Young is interviewed about the gut check match and how he has to fight to keep his spot, because he is 0 and 53. He promises to win, and D-Ray staggers in asking about where the ring is. I do not like D-Ray at all.
Match 3: Gut Check Match: David Young vs. D-Ray 3000 vs. Sharkboy vs. Sonjay Dutt.
Shark and Sonjay kick it off and circle before locking up, Sonay hits the ropes and gets armdragged. Shark tags D-Ray and Sonjay takes him down with a headscissors. Young comes in and works over D-Ray, who has beaten him twice before. Small package by Ray gets a two count, as does a bodypress. Sharky tags in, hits Ray, and tags Sonjay. In a slightly less spectacular but still cool moment, the 8-man tag between Team-Canada and Team NWA last month is recreated when Sharkboy sunset-flip powerbombs D-Ray while Ray superplexes Sonjay. Sharkboy gets a two count. He and Ray climb up and jump, with Shark dropkicking Ray in midair. Dutt hits Shark with Ultimo Dragons backflip DDT and then rana�s Young into the ring. Deep Sea Driver by Sharkboy, who walks into a Young spinebuster. D-Ray breaks it up and eats one of his own for a two. Sonjay with a roll up on Young to make it 0 and 54.
Winner: Sonjay Dutt.
Scott Hudson interviews 3LK who explain the rules for the Triple Jeopardy Match� sort of. BG James sings Karen Carpenter�
6-Man Tag Match: Team Canada vs. Jerry Lynn, Hector Garza & Heavy Metal.
You can�t help but enjoy hearing "Oh Canada" played weekly on TNA. NWA can�t go wrong by signing more Canadian talent. Big brawl to start things off before Roode and Lynn go at it. Lynn chases D�Amore out of the ring, allowing for Team Canada to take over against Garza. The AAA guys have an advantage as the 6-sided ring originated in Mexico. In typical WCW fashion, Tenay and West talk about the main event rather then the action in the ring. Team Canada tries to whip the AAAs into each other but they leapfrog and nail the Canadians. Dual planchas by Metal and Garza on opposite sides of the rings. A very winded D�Amore staggers back to the ring but Lynn grabs him from behind and tosses him into the ring. Scott bails again allowing Roode to blindside Lynn. Tenay breaks down the 6-sided ring and the fact that there is only 12 feet between corners instead of 18 as Team Canada continues to work over Lynn. Lynn reverses the Canadian Destroyer Piledriver and both men make tags. Team XXX go after Roode and Young, sending Eric outside. A spinebuster on Roode by Metal as Garza moonsaults from the corner to the outside on Young. Canadabomb by Roode blocked into a northern lights for a two count. Lynn blocks a piledriver and slingshots Williams out of the ring. He goes after D�Amore but Petey cuts him off, D�Amore again uses the hockey stick on Metal, Roode fails his first attempt at the powerbomb but finally gets him up and plants him for the three count.
Winners; Team Canada.
Ok, I get that Team Canada are evil sneaky heels but does EVERY win have to result from that damn stick? Lynn attacks D�Amore and sets up the piledriver but Petey makes the save.
More airtime for Jeff Jarrett to come, but first what happened between Sonjay Dutt and Raven! Dutt has a message from Sabu, saying there will be no match because Raven knows about the promise. Raven responds with a message of his own, a slap across the face then hits Raven with a garbage can. Raven hits a low blow, beats up on Dutt and DDTs him. Out come the handcuffs and he locks him to the ropes and then makes the oh so politically correct statement "I forgot your turban, Sonjay!" and put a coleander on his head. Sabu comes to the "Remote location" to help his fellow Bombay native.
Now Jarrett, who has to face Three Live Kru in three different matches� kill me now. Of course, it�s non title. A strap match, a trailer park match, and ghetto justice. And you thought "King of the Mountain" was complicated.
Triple Jeopardy match: Jeff Jarrett vs. 3LK.
Match A) Jeff Jarrett vs. "Future WWE Commentator" Konnan � Barrio Strap Match.
Whip your opponent ten times and you win the match. Konnan right off the bat is up three nothing, but Jarrett evens it up after a clothjesline. A whip off the ropes and the sommersault clothesline followed by a sloppy X-factor. 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 send Jarrett to the floor. Konnan follows him and gets sent face first into the steps and gets up to 7. Jarrett reaches into his shorts and pulls out something small and white� oh it�s a bag of powder. A blinded Konnan can only lie there as he is whipped 8, 9 and 10� and 11, 12 and 13� and a choke. That sneaky Jarrett is such a cheater!
Winner: Jeff Jarrett.
Match B) Jeff Jarrett vs. B-Jizzle. Trailer Park Trash Match
Anything you can bring from the trailer park you can use. I bet this match ends with a guitar shot, but since that isn�t a trailer park item the win doesn�t count. BG James beats on Jarret early on but Jeff comes back with more fighty stuff. It�s a falls count anywhere match. Mensa? Is watching from the stage as James tosses weapons into the ring. The garbage can is used a bit as a I get more and more bored. Jarrett ends up on top of the announce table, and punches Jarrett off it. Jeff sidesteps a leap, James hits the barricade, and then gets stroked into it for win # 2.
Match C) Jeff Jarrett vs. The Truth Ron Killings. Ghetto Justice Match
Heavy D gets Jarrett into the ring as The Truth (the truth is he is the only talented member) hits the ring with a guitar. Jarrett immediately goes after him but Ron is a house a fire with a flying forearm and a powerslam. Truth ducks, flips and jives around Jarrett�s offense and gets a two count after a leg lariat. He goes up top by Jarrett crotches him and the oh so original garbage can again comes into play. West is wearing Black tonight, for the record, and looks almost normal. The trash can lid takes down Killings. Jarrett misses a back elbow but locks in a sleeperhold. Killing sends him to the ropes, misses a side kick and gets sleepered again. Killings fights out and both guys are down. Truth blocks punches and hits rights of his own followed by a sit out spinebuster. A suplex into a sit-out slam and Truth prepares to put the champ away. Jeff sidesteps a second rope axe-kick and grabs the guitar. Jarrett blasts the referee with it, Killings rolls up Jarrett and a second referee counts the pin.
Winner: Ron "The Truth" Killings
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Apparently SEAN WALTMAN IS BACK IN TNA!!!!... wait that�s not why the crowd is chanting "1 2 3?" I guess not, they are mocking Double-J for being pinned.
Hype time. Next week, Team NWA vs. Team Canada in a Flag Match, The New York Connection vs. Pat Kenny & Sonny Siaki in an ultimate humiliation match. AMW defend against Monty Brown and Abyss. Now lets relive Impact in Orlando!!!!! We no get that up here in Canada. Haven�t had enough Jarrett? Have no fear, he�s grabs the mike and says that he will be there in Orlando on Friday. Also, are you down with the Brown? Cuz D-Lo is coming back soon.
"Mr. TNA" AJ Styles chats with Scott Hudson about getting the belt. Highlight video of the main event of Impact, which Styles won with a Styles clash on Michael Shane. Styles says "It�s my choice to come back to where there is no limits, where AJ Styles was born." Kazarian replies "This is a new X-Division, and I am still cooler then AJ Styles."
X-Division Championship: Frankie Kazarian vs. AJ Styles.
The last time these two faced, Styles nearly killed Frankie with the styles clash when Frankie didn�t land face first. It was a move that made many on the SLAM! staff cringe. It�s a huge change for Frankie to prove himself against one of the greatest of the X-Division. Styles is announced as "The only Two Time triple crown winner." The crowd absolutely loves Styles, btw. Apparently, he is just "Kazarian" now, like "Goldberg" or "Cher."
Lock up and they end up in the corner. Styles makes Kazarian know that he is there and they circle again. Styles with a go behind takedown into a facelock, reversed into a armbar. Styles gets to his knees and grabs the ropes, Kazarian doesn�t break so Styles shoves him across the ring. Tenay brings up that you can springboard from any angle in the six-sided ring. More back and forth arm worky goodness. Styles backflips out of a armbar, legsweeps and gets a two count, and a double kip-up and the two circle again. Styles kicks him in the leg twice, hobbling the champion. A shoulderblock and Styles hits the ropes and runs up Kazarian�s back and head, humiliating him. Things start to pick up with some leapfrogs by Styles but the champ slides to the floor to break up the momentum. Styles flips him into the ring into a Styles clash attempt, Kazarian grabs the ropes but AJ powerbombs him. A back elbow by Kazarian, who hits the ropes and runs into a Styles dropkick. Kazarian with a legsweep, hits the ropes and Styles does the kip up 'rana, sending Frankie outside. Styles tries a plancha, Frankie slides into the ring and hits a slingshot DDT onto the apron! OUCH! That gets a two count.
Kazarian gets the advantage for the first time with a snap suplex and right hands. Styles with a sunset flip into a powerbomb attempt reversed into a nastry neckbreaker by Kazarian. A slam sets up a springboard legdrop and Styles rolls outside. Frankie works AJ over outside and rolls him in, but AJ comes back with punches, chops, and a stinger splash. A second one misses and Kazarian dropkicks AJ out of his boots. Frankie with a snapmare and reverse chinlock. Outside Kazarian hammers away at Styles and sends him chest first into the apron. Every time Styles tries something Kazarian counters. Kazarian tries to slingshot in but gets hung up on the top ropes. They battle for the advantage at the buckles, Styles SUPLERPEXES KAZARIAN TO THE FLOOR!!! Holy you know what! AJ was on the apron but Kazarian was on the buckles, so I guess technically it wasn�t a superplex but still... wow. Both men finally crawl into the ring and trade forearms, till AJ hits a flurry of them and a suplex neckbreaker for a two count. Kazarian tries for the fave of the future, Styles reverses out and hits a backflip kick. Styles clash set up and West recalls the bad Clash as Kazarian reverses into a victory roll that looks like a three but is apparently only a two. A stiff superkick gets a two on AJ. Kazarian goes up top for the 'rana, Styles blocks, sets up the Styles Clash off the top, Kazarian fights out, Wave of the Future only gets a two count! Kazarian adds insult to injury setting up the Styles clash of his own, AJ fights out and hits the discus clothesline. He doesn�t have it in him to cover. Styles heads up top but Kazarian kicks him and climbs up for the wave of the future, Styles shoves him down to the mat. Spiral Tap barely hits Kazarian, and Frankie gets his shoulder up at two, but the bell rings. Referee Mike Posey hands Styles the belt and Styles is announced champion. The crowd didn�t react at all to the finish because it was obvious Kazarian got his shoulder up.
Winner: And NEW X-Division Champion AJ Styles.
Dallas attacks AJ, who fights out and heads up the ramp only to get blindsided by Kid Kash. The new Two Dudes with Attitudes (Thanks Jaya) work over Styles and Kash walks around with the X-belt.
Two years ago when TNA started, Jeff Jarrett was feuding with Ron Killings over the NWA title, AJ Styles was the cornerstone of the X-Division and America�s Most Wanted were the hottest tag team. Fast forward and Jarrett is feuding with Killings� Styles is in the X-division� and AMW are the tag champs. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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The Capitol Park neighborhood offers residents closer proximity to downtown (perfect for professionals wanting to avoid the commute), but retains its unique character of urban energy sans the big city attitude. It's an incredibly walk-able area and a bike lover's haven with convenient light rail access to boot. But with so many culinary, cultural, and small-town delights, it's hard to find a reason to venture far from Capitol Park. The Crocker Museum, the American River Parkway, and the Sacramento Antique Faire are all essentially within walking distance.
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The German composer Hans Werner Henze has died at the age of 86.
Henze's work for the Royal Opera House included, most famously, the score for Frederick Ashton's ballet Ondine. He composed the opera We Come to the River (1976) for The Royal Opera, and his opera Boulevard Solitude (1952) was performed by The Royal Opera in 2000 to enthusiastic reviews. In 1980 David Syrus, Head of Music for the Royal Opera House, conducted the British premiere of Henze's children's opera Pollicino at the Royal Opera House.
Henze was one of the most influential and prolific composers of the late 20th century. He composed 24 operas, ten symphonies, choral music, a wide range of chamber music and songs, music theatre works including the vaudeville La Cubana and a dozen ballet scores. Henze was first inspired to compose for ballet when Sadler's Wells Ballet visited Hamburg in 1948. He saw and was much impressed by Ashton's Scènes de Ballet, and wrote to the choreographer to express his admiration and to introduce himself. The two men would later collaborate on the ballet Ondine, at the recommendation of British composer William Walton. Ondine has become a core work in The Royal Ballet's repertory.
Hans Werner Henze was born in Germany in 1926, and showed a strong interest in music from an early age. His strong interest in left-wing politics developed during his unhappy childhood in Nazi Germany, when he was forced to enrol in the Hitler Youth. His musical studies were interrupted by World War II, when he was conscripted and was briefly a British prisoner-of-war. He resumed his studies with composer Wolfgang Fortner and in 1946 became a music assistant at the State Theatre in Konstanz, where he wrote his first opera, Das Wundertheater. In 1950 he moved to work at the Hesse State Theatre, Wiesbaden. Unhappy in Germany, where as a gay man he lived under the threat of arrest, he moved to Italy in 1953, eventually settling in Marino, near Rome, with his partner Fausto Moroni. By the time of his move to Italy he was represented by leading music publisher Schott and was establishing an international reputation.
As a young man, Henze embraced the 12-note compositional style developed first by Schoenberg; following his move to Italy his musical style became more vocally and tonally orientated, though he returned to 12-note composition for various works during his career. His many musical inspirations during the course of his career included neoclassicism, jazz, folksong, renaissance Italian music (including Monteverdi), the music of Mozart, experimental musical techniques, world music (including traditional Cuban music) and, in some later works, popular music. He drew inspiration from a broad spectrum of poets and writers in both his instrumental and dramatic works (including Greek tragedy, Cervantes, Goethe and Dostoevsky). W.H. Auden was librettist for three of his operas.
Henze was supportive and encouraging to young composers and performers. In 1976 he founded the Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte, an annual summer school in Montepulciano, to promote new music, and in 1988 he established the Munich Biennale, an opera festival for new opera and music theatre works. Composers championed by Henze included British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage, whose first opera Greek had its premiere at the 1988 Munich Biennale.
Henze continued to compose in his last years; his Elogium Musicum, a piece for choir and orchestra written in memory of his long-term partner Fausto Moroni, had its premiere in 2008.