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I don't think blue skin equals Gar, so I would say no.
I'm thinking that Tuvar might be a Gar like Keldor's mother. What do you think?
I don't think blue skin equals Gar, so I would say no.
Swedish. Definitely Swedish.
I think not.. People tend to forget that Keldor is half human so the Gar might look very different from him..
Perhaps they are more like Syclone.
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what if he is skeletor's mother????? just kidding, he is swedish!
IMO he is not a Gar.
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As far as I"m concerned, all blue characters in MOTU are Gars, or can be traced back to the Gars in some fashion or another.
So yes, Tuvar is a Gar.
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I don't think Tuvar is even originally from Eternia. I also think Gar's are just blue humans. So I voted 'no'.
in my opinion tuvar and baddra are like a mutants.
Baby chicks don't have arms and legs, and humans don't have wings. And BTW, not all humans are "flesh colored".
Same as above, Gars don't have 8 legs. It's already been established that Webstor is an Arachna. That's a totally different race.So Webstor is traceable back to Gars as he is blue?
Not at all... None of the Blue Skinned people (with the exception of Webstor, in case that needs to be re-iterated) have varying characteristics.You've got crazy logic!!! @___@ ha ha!
They all have sharp ears and blue skin. Why couldn't Tuvar be a Gar?
Where is Tuvar from if not from Eternia?
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I thought it was clear by now, Tuvar is 1/4 Gar, 1/4 "Human" and Half Swedish, cause Skeletor is his time traveling father.
I think he's got some Blue heeler in him
I was being flippant. Baby chicks have legs. Technically wings are arms and all humans are flesh coloured. You're just assuming I meant they were pinkish.
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And yes Tuvar has a distinct varying characterteristic. 3 ridges on top of his head!As far as I"m concerned, all blue characters in MOTU are Gars, or can be traced back to the Gars in some fashion or another.
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I don't think he's a Gar. As others have said, he has too many different characteristics to be one. The first is of course the huge fangs, then we have the bone-ridges on his head, and finally his eyes are red and feral-looking.
He almost looks a bit like a Nosferatu or something!
If he is any type of Gar, then he must be hideously deformed, perhaps some type of were-gar or Vampire-Gar or whatever.
I'd say it's like Cronis, he may be blue, but he's from somewhere else entirely.
Perhaps 1/2 Gar, half something else? Keldor also had pointed teeth/fangs, not to the point of Tuvar, but that could also be the Human in Keldor limited the fangs, or the other 1/2 of Tuvar increasing the fang characteristic. That would also account for the ridges on the head. In the commentary for the first episode of the MYP He-Man series they make a special not of Keldor's pointed teeth and call it a Gar characteristic. I think Tuvar definitely has some Gar characteristics and don't think it's too far fetched to think he has some Gar in his blood.
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Tuvar is almost like a monster just like Baddra


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Steamboat Springs Steamboat Springs ended a 10-year draught against Palisade when Joey Marias broke a 19-19 game open by running in a 48-yard touchdown with just two minutes left on the clock.
And, it was quarterback Tanner Barr who made sure the Sailors won 26-19 when he read the defensive pass coverage to intercept a Bulldogs' ball at around the 1:50 mark.
Barr's interception allowed the Sailors to hold onto the ball and run out the clock in what Sailors coach Mark Drake said was one of the best homecoming games at Gardner Field.
Coming off the field, Sailors wiped away tears after their fourth-quarter upset over the undefeated, No.4 ranked 3A school in the state. Not only was it 10 years since the 5-0 Sailors had won against the Bulldogs, but it followed last year's 36-33 emotional loss to Palisade at the Bulldogs' homecoming.
"It just has to be one of the greatest homecoming games I have ever been involved in," Drake said. "I am just so happy for the kids. They work so hard. It would have been a shame for them not to win the ball game."
Though the Sailors out gained the Bulldogs 405 to 341 in total yardage, it took until the last two minutes of the game for the Sailors to secure the win.
Two costly turnovers, missed extra points and a safety by the Bulldogs' defense had the Sailors down 16-12 heading into the fourth quarter.
But it was Marias who added the fourth-quarter spark when he broke through the line to take the ball into the end zone on a 60-yard run at the 10:15 mark in the fourth quarter. That put the Sailors up 19-16.
For the next seven minutes, the Bulldogs moved the ball down field. At the Sailors' 12-yard line, Gaspar Perricone stopped the Bulldogs' Travis Bounds short of a first down which forced the Bulldogs into field goal position on fourth down. Their field goal was good to tie the game at 19-19 with just 2:29 left on the clock.
On the punt return, Cory Beck brought the ball up to the Sailors' 38-yard line and Barr followed by holding onto the ball in the next play for another 14 yards, putting the ball at the 48-yard line.
Once again, Marias broke through the line, traveled up the left side and out ran a Bulldogs defender to secure the 26-19 victory.
But with less than two minutes left in the game, the Bulldogs made their way back up the field in search of another touchdown.
A pass from Palisade's quarterback Josh Roseberry to Jesse Campos, along with a Sailors' penalty, moved the team up 42 yards in just 11 seconds.
At the 47-yard line, Roseberry threw again to Campos who was deep in Sailors' territory, but Barr read the play, moved back and intercepted the ball to give the Sailors possession for the last minute.
"We worked on that play in practice," Barr said. "I dropped back, read the ball and made the interception. I was just going through the motions."
The Sailors unleashed their offensive power on the ground, rushing for 367 yards with Marias, Barr and newly positioned Pat McMahon running for over 100 yards each.
But it was the offensive line that stepped up, Drake said. Scott Middleton, Mike Radford, Steve Mahosky, Zach Forcum, Perricone and Joe Liefer, Drake said, made big contributions to the offense.
"All of those guys did well, they blocked for each other and played together as team," Drake said.
On defense, the Sailors kept the Bulldogs to a field goal after the first quarter. After a halftime lead of 14-12, the Bulldogs scored a safety in the third-quarter, sacking Barr.
"We held them in the second half," Radford said. "By the second quarter we adjusted to their offense and were able to shut them down."
The Sailors' defense did have a break when the Bulldogs' leading rusher Chad Kelley left the game late in the second quarter from a knee injury.
McMahon put the Sailors on the board first when he took the ball in for a 54-yard run. Filling in for Tim Higbee, who is out with a concussion, McMahon took over as fullback during Wednesday's practice.
The Sailors trudged off the field Friday night, wiping tears away in front of a packed homecoming crowd.
Meanwhile, about 42 miles west of Steamboat, the Rifle Bears were finishing up shop on the Moffat County Bulldogs.
Led by quarterback Ryan Whittington, the Bears amassed 337 yards in the first half of a 39-14 victory. They jumped out to an 18-0 lead when Whittington launched a 71-yard bomb to Jason Enewold for a touchdown.
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Tacoma - Seattle, Washington United States |
City | Tacoma, Washington |
Branding | CW 11 |
Slogan | Dare To Defy |
Channels | Digital: 11 (VHF) Virtual: 11 (PSIP) |
Translators | (see article) |
Affiliations | |
Owner | CBS Corporation (The CW Television Stations, Inc.) |
First air date | March 1, 1953 |
Call letters' meaning | King County Seattle Tacoma Washington |
Sister station(s) | KMPS-FM, KFNQ, KJAQ, KZOK-FM |
Former callsigns | KTNT-TV (1953–1974) |
Former channel number(s) |
Former affiliations |
Transmitter power | 100 kW |
Height | 275.7 m (905 ft) |
Facility ID | 23428 |
Transmitter coordinates | 47°36′56″N 122°18′29″W / 47.61556°N 122.30806°WCoordinates: 47°36′56″N 122°18′29″W / 47.61556°N 122.30806°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
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Website | cwseattle |
KSTW, channel 11, is a CW owned-and-operated station television station licensed to Tacoma, Washington, United States. The station is owned by the CBS Television Stations subsidiary of CBS Corporation, and has its studios and transmitter located separately in Seattle.
KSTW is available on cable television to Canadian customers in Southwestern British Columbia on numerous cable providers such as TELUS Optik TV and Shaw Cable in Victoria, Vancouver, Penticton and Kelowna.
Early history[edit]
The construction permit for the station was issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on December 10, 1952. Chief Engineer Max Bice immediately ordered equipment through General Electric, and the equipment was delivered within 45 days. The antenna was in Milan, Italy and it was shipped by rail car to Tacoma.[citation needed] The transmitter arrived in Tacoma from Syracuse, New York on February 9, 1953. It was installed on the next day, and work progressed rapidly. The original studios and transmitter house were located at South 11th Street and Grant Avenue. The station tested with a 30,000-watt signal and received reports of reception from up to 150 miles away.
The station began broadcasting March 1, 1953 out of Tacoma as KTNT-TV, named after its founder, the Tacoma News Tribune. At the time, it was a primary CBS affiliate and sister station to KTNT radio (AM 1400, now KITZ, and FM 97.3, now KIRO-FM). During the late 1950s, the station was briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network.[1] On February 21, 1954, KTNT received permission from the FCC to increase the transmitter's power to 316,000 watts, and to move the transmitter to a new 1,000 foot tower near View Park, Washington just south of Harper on the Fragaria Access Road. Parts of the old transmitting equipment were loaned to Portland, Oregon's KGW-TV, due to the damage from the Columbus Day Storm of 1962.
In February 1958, KIRO-TV (channel 7) took to the air as the Seattle-Tacoma market's exclusive CBS affiliate.[2] After being informed by CBS that its affiliation would be discontinued, KTNT-TV filed an antitrust lawsuit against CBS and KIRO-TV, on claims the network had a pre-existing agreement to affiliate with KIRO-TV when and if it ever went on the air.[3] CBS agreed to settle the suit in 1960 by taking on both KIRO-TV and KTNT-TV as primary affiliates.[4] This arrangement lasted until September 1962, when channel 7 became the sole CBS station for western Washington.[5] Channel 11 was left to once again become an independent station, the second in the market after KTVW (channel 13, now KCPQ).
During the late 1960s, the station also occasionally carried NBC primetime programs preempted by Seattle SuperSonics games on KING-TV (channel 5). For one month, in May 1967, the station was also an affiliate of the United Network (also known as the Overmyer Network), a short-lived attempt to create a fourth commercial television network nationally. During the decade, KTNT also presented movies under the "Nightmare!" banner in the early 1960s on Saturday nights, airing around 10:30 p.m. before sign-off.
New ownership[edit]
Due to new newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership restrictions enacted by the FCC in the early 1970s, the Tacoma News Tribune's ownership of the KTNT stations were under threat of potential FCC divestiture. As a result, KTNT-TV was sold to the WKY Television System, forerunner of Gaylord Broadcasting, in 1974;[6][7] the new ownership changed the station's call letters to KSTW (standing for Seattle-Tacoma, Washington).[8] With the new ownership came a new slogan, "Good Lookin' 11", as well as a new logo--a stylized "circle 11" with the circle modified to accommodate the 11. Later in the decade, KSTW became a regional superstation. At its height, it was available on nearly every cable system in Washington, as well as parts of Oregon and Idaho and much of British Columbia. The station also carried many daytime CBS programs preempted by KIRO-TV (including game shows such as The Joker's Wild and The Price Is Right) during the 1970s.
During the late 1980s, KSTW branded on-air as "KSTWashington" and like they did in the 1960s and 1970s, it ran the traditional fare of cartoons, off-network sitcoms, westerns, old movies, and a local 10 p.m. newscast. It was also the over-the-air home of the Seattle Mariners and SuperSonics. Although it was one of the strongest independent stations in the country, it passed on the Fox affiliation when that network launched in 1986; that affiliation was picked up by KCPQ. This was mainly because most of the smaller markets in KSTW's cable footprint had enough stations to provide a local Fox affiliate, making the prospect of KSTW as a multi-market Fox affiliate unattractive to Gaylord.
In 1993, Gaylord agreed to affiliate KSTW, and its sister stations KTVT in Fort Worth, WVTV in Milwaukee and KHTV in Houston, with the new WB Television Network, at that time projected to launch late in the summer of 1994.[9] However, delays in the network's launch led to Gaylord suing to void the affiliation agreements in July 1994, which was followed a month later by a breach of contract countersuit by The WB.[10] In the meantime, CBS found itself without an affiliate in Dallas-Fort Worth when its longtime affiliate there, KDFW, switched to Fox. CBS approached Gaylord for an affiliation with KTVT. Gaylord agreed, on condition that KSTW be included as part of the deal.[11] CBS agreed, partly because at the time, KSTW was the only non-Big Three station in Seattle with a functioning news department.
As a result, CBS returned to channel 11 on March 13, 1995, in what was to have been a ten-year affiliation agreement.[12] (Some CBS shows that were preempted by KIRO – such as The Bold and the Beautiful – had already been shown on KSTW starting in the fall of 1994, which was already occurring with KTVT). The WB ultimately signed with KTZZ-TV (channel 22, now KZJO) weeks before its eventual January 1995 launch.[13] With the CBS affiliation, KSTW was dropped from cable systems in areas of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, due to the presence of Spokane's KREM-TV. Even as a CBS affiliate, KSTW still ran a number of off-network sitcoms, and initially only programmed two half-hour newscasts, at 6 and 11 p.m.[14] Although it carried an 11 p.m. newscast throughout its run with the network, daytime newscasts aired in various timeslots during KSTW's third tenure with CBS, eventually settling at 6 a.m., 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. KSTW used the same "11" logo and on-air branding as its Dallas sister station KTVT during this time.
The station was put up for sale in October 1996, with Gaylord stating in its earnings report that "its financial results have not met expectations."[15] On January 20, 1997, Gaylord announced that KSTW would be purchased by Cox Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, for $160 million.[16] The deal was finalized on May 30, 1997 (Gaylord held on to KTVT until 1999, when it was sold to CBS outright). Cox had plans to expand the news department at KSTW and make it more competitive with the other stations in the market.[17] However, rival KIRO-TV had been put up for sale just weeks before KSTW, as the Belo Corporation's merger with the Providence Journal Company gave it ownership of KING-TV.[15]
Paramount Stations Group, meanwhile, was in the process of selling off the non-UPN stations it had inherited from Viacom, including KMOV in St. Louis - Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries launched UPN in January 1995, the same month The WB went on the air. As a result, on February 20, 1997, a three-way swap was arranged, in which Paramount/Viacom would swap KMOV to Belo for KIRO-TV, which would then be dealt to Cox in exchange for KSTW and $70 million – a deal that came as a shock to KSTW employees. The two Seattle stations retained their respective syndicated programming, but swapped network affiliations once again, with KSTW becoming a UPN owned-and-operated station, and KIRO returning to CBS.[17] The deal was finalized on June 2, 1997;[18]
From January 1995 until March 1995, UPN programming was carried in Seattle via KIRO-TV on a secondary basis. KSTW began to air UPN programming on June 30, 1997 along with sitcoms, movies, cartoons, a few first-run syndicated shows, and the return of the 10 p.m. newscast it had prior to the CBS switch.[19] The station canceled the 10 p.m. newscast in December 1998.[20] Viacom acquired CBS (its former parent) in 2000, bringing CBS and KSTW under common ownership, and making KSTW and the aforementioned KTVT sister stations once again. The cartoons on KSTW had disappeared (as a result of UPN ending the Disney's One Too block in August 2003), and more first-run syndicated talk and reality shows moved to KSTW.
On January 24, 2006, Time Warner and KSTW parent CBS Corporation (which split from Viacom the previous month) announced they would shut down The WB and UPN, and launch The CW Television Network, which would largely feature programming from both networks; KSTW was announced as the Seattle station for the new network;[21] the station rebranded as "CW 11" on August 11. KSTW became a CW owned-and-operated station when the network launched on September 18, 2006. Tribune Company-owned WB station KTWB-TV (later KMYQ, now KZJO) became an affiliate of MyNetworkTV.
In November, 2006, after cost cutting measures were put in place by CBS, it was announced that KSTW would become a "'hosting station"', with master control located at the facilities of the company's San Francisco duopoly of KPIX and KBCW.[22]
Digital television[edit]
Digital channels[edit]
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Channel[23] | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming |
11.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KSTW-HD | Main KSTW programming / The CW |
11.2 | 480i | 4:3 | KSTW-SD | Decades |
Analog-to-digital conversion[edit]
KSTW shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 11, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television.[24][25] The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 36 to VHF channel 11.[26]
Syndicated programs seen on KSTW include Seinfeld, Mike and Molly, The People's Court, and Family Feud.
The station was the on-air home for the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics in the early 1970s, and again from the early 1990s until 1999. It also aired Seattle Mariners games for most of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. The station also carried TVS' World Football League telecasts in 1974. The station also carried the NASL Seattle Sounders from 1974 to 1981 and the MISL Tacoma Stars from 1984 to 1986.
Children's programming[edit]
From 1954 to 1974, KTNT's local children's programs featured a personable host named "Brakeman Bill" McLain. From 1988 to 1994, the station carried Ranger Charlie's Kids Club, the last children's show in the region to be filmed before a live audience. The show featured a forest ranger accompanied by a puppet raccoon named Rosco; the show won an Emmy Award.[8] Looney Tunes and Woody Woodpecker cartoons were incorporated into the show.
KTNT offered local newscasts throughout most of its history. Its news department began when the station signed on in 1953 as a CBS affiliate. In 1976, KSTW moved its 11 p.m. newscast to a primetime slot at 10 p.m. In May 1990, the station debuted an 11:30 a.m. newscast, which was ended on July 23, 1991 due to low ratings.[27] After KSTW rejoined CBS in March 1995, the station made extensive changes to its news schedule: the 10 p.m. newscast moved back to 11 p.m., and newscasts were added in various other timeslots: besides the 11 p.m. news, it initially only ran one other half-hour newscast, at 6 p.m.[14] On July 31, 1995, the station debuted an hour-long 6 a.m. newscast; in early August, the 6 p.m. newscast was dropped due to low ratings in favor of an hour-long 5 p.m. newscast (the CBS Evening News, which originally aired at 5:30, then moved to the 6 p.m. timeslot Seattle stations have traditionally scheduled the network newscasts).[28]
Both newscasts were removed on March 11, 1996 in favor of newscasts at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. emphasizing health and consumer features.[29] During this time, KSTW was among the first stations to use the 11 at 11 branding on its 11 p.m. newscast (as did Gaylord's station in Dallas–Fort Worth, KTVT, using a modified 11 on 11 branding on its 10 p.m. newscast); this format included the top stories and a weather forecast in an 11-minute first segment, with the next segment serving as an in-depth "Northwest News Extra" report.[14] After being sold to Paramount Stations Group, the station's 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. newscasts were immediately cut, and on June 9, 1997 the 11 p.m. newscast (the only newscast to have remained largely unchanged from March 1995) expanded to an hour (pushing The Late Show with David Letterman to midnight) in preparation for its return to the 10 p.m. timeslot.[30] The late evening newscast reverted to the 10 p.m. timeslot after the switch to UPN on June 30.[30]
KSTW's news department was shut down on December 5, 1998, as a result of cost-cutting measures mandated by then-parent company Viacom; the move came after the company cancelled newscasts on its UPN stations in Tampa-St. Petersburg and Boston.[20] News returned to the station in March 2003, as it began to carry a 10 p.m. newscast produced by KIRO-TV under a news share agreement.[31] The newscast was dropped on December 19, 2003,[31] but returned on June 28, 2004,[32] before being cancelled again in June 2005; the timeslot has since been filled with syndicated programming.
KSTW has, since dropping traditional newscasts, aired two specially-focused news programs on Sunday mornings: the business-focused program, South Sound Business Report (produced by Business Examiner and also broadcast by Tacoma PBS member station KBTC-TV), as well as Northwest Indian News (produced by local cable channel KANU TV-99), which focuses on the Native Americans in the Northwest. In 2013, KSTW debuted a public affairs program on Sunday mornings called The Impact.
In March 2015, the calls and channel number for KSTW were co-opted by the CW to create a fictional representation of the station with a news department for the pilot episode and further episodes of the Seattle-set iZombie, though not with "CW 11" branding (though retaining the station's callsign font), and a completely different image from that of the real KSTW.
KSTW no longer has any over-the-air translator transmitters. KSTW's last remaining translator transmitter, analog translator K62FS (channel 62) in Port Townsend, was permanently shut down on December 29, 2011. The FCC required that all television transmitters occupying channels 52 to 69 to vacate those channels by December 31, 2011.[33] KSTW had already applied to change the broadcast channel and to broadcast in digital so as to use channel 51; however, on August 21, 2011 the FCC issued a freeze on processing applications to use channel 51.[34] According to an online posting by KSTW, there are no other channels on which this translator can broadcast in digital resulting in the permanent shutdown of the transmitter.[35] KSTW also had low power translators serving certain areas of Seattle, all which were discontinued.
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- ^ "For the record." Broadcasting, March 25, 1974, pg. 82
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- ^ "KSTW In Middle In Network Battles". The Seattle Times. Knight-Ridder News Service. August 27, 1994. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ^ Taylor, Chuck (September 13, 1994). "CBS Dropping KIRO-TV, May Pick Up KSTW -- Industrywide Shake-Up Finally Hits Seattle Area". The Seattle Times. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ^ "In Seattle, suddenly, 'For sale' signs pop up." - Electronic Media (Jon Lafayette), 10/21/1996
- ^ Taylor, Chuck (January 4, 1995). "KTZZ To Join New WB Television Network". The Seattle Times. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ^ a b c Taylor, Chuck (March 3, 1995). "The CBS Switch -- KSTW Gears Up -- With A Big-Time Makeover, Channel 11 Gets Set To Be The New CBS Affiliate". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ^ a b Taylor, Chuck (October 16, 1996). "KSTW Joins KIRO-TV On Sale Block -- Parent Unhappy With CBS Affiliate's Results". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ^ Seven, Richard (January 21, 1997). "CBS Link Likely To Stay With KSTW -- Buyer Experienced In Broadcast News". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ^ a b Taylor, Chuck (February 21, 1997). "Deals Shuffle 3 TV Stations -- KIRO, KSTW To Get New Owners, Networks; KING Still NBC". The Seattle Times. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
- ^ Taylor, Chuck (June 3, 1997). "Seattle TV: In Transition". The Seattle Times. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
- ^ Taylor, Chuck (June 29, 1997). "The CBS Switch Is On - Again -- Change Is Nothing New For Seattle Television". The Seattle Times. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
- ^ a b Mcfadden, Kay (December 2, 1998). "KSTW-TV's Evening News Team Gets The Ax". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ^ UPN and WB to Combine, Forming New TV Network, The New York Times, January 24, 2006.
- ^ http://m.seattlepi.com/entertainment/tv/article/Longtime-Seattle-station-KSTW-s-reorganization-1219418.php
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- ^ "What digital TV delay means to North Olympic Peninsula viewers". Retrieved February 24, 2010.
- ^ List of Digital Full-Power Stations
- ^ CDBS Print
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- ^ Taylor, Chuck (June 8, 1995). "Porter Out As KSTW Anchor". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ^ Taylor, Chuck (March 10, 1996). "A Year After CBS' Move, Changes Can Be Seen In Local News". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ^ a b Taylor, Chuck (May 23, 1997). "KSTW Intrigue Includes Letterman At Midnight". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ^ a b "KSTW drops 10 p.m. KIRO newscast". Puget Sound Business Journal. December 3, 2003. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
- ^ "KIRO to resume its news partnership with KSTW". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. June 25, 2004. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
- ^ Document Rules for Digital LPTV, TV Translator, and Class A Television Stations
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- ^ Ch.62 Analog Translator Shutdown
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Sunday, October 14, 2012
Twenty-Two Years Of ZZ Marriage
Circumstances used to demand the ZZ marriage from everybody. You couldn't run around assembling and disassembling your affairs all over the landscape over and over. You placed your bets and you took your chances and you stuck to it. Sometimes the chances were pretty slim. You always stayed until closing even if your chips were gone in the first five minutes.
I've got a ZZ marriage. It is not required any more. No one would much bat an eye socially or otherwise if we parted. There is no disapprobation, even on purely practical grounds, to keep us together.
I do not understand my wife, and have no desire to. I am not a vivisectionist of her personality. The patient always dies in that situation, after all. I am not explaining my situation here; I am simply observing it. I can tell you that I have an enormously defective personality, and she don't seem to care. I don't know why that is, either.
Poor people, dumb people, sick people, interesting or dull people, all sorts of people, no matter how straitened their circumstances, no matter how hard-hammered by life they were, got a chance to do something sublime in their life. For many, it is the only really transcendent thing they will ever be allowed to attempt; opportunities to win a Congressional Medal of Honor or a Pulitzer Prize or something aren't just lying around, never mind the actual article.
I've had an interesting life so far, I guess. It's not over yet. I could tell you wild tales, many of them true. Nothing compares to my ZZ marriage. It's made all the more piquant by the fact that no one is making us do it.
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- julie said...
A very happy anniversary to you and the Mrs., Sipp. This was a nice antidote to some depressing article I was foolish enough to read this morning about, well, the rise of those who utterly fail at the one thing that ought to be sublime, while searching for what inevitably turns out to be a shabby, empty substitute. Thanks for that, and may you continue to have your something sublime for all of your years.
On a completely unrelated note, an old post of yours came up on Neatorama this morning. Thought you'd like to know. - 11:05 AM
- Glynn said...
Happy anniversary, Greg. I think you got it perfectly here.
- vanderleun said...
The patience of the ever-lovely Mrs. Sipp never ceases to amaze.
- ChiefTestPilot said...
There are only three comparability requirements for a successful and lasting unity of a man and a women:
It has worked for me and my first wife who parted this world after 33 years of sharing.
I have been married to my current wife for over 22 years.
Remember the reality of you relationship in your current ZZ relationship. You are and will always be a work in progress. Deal with that reality and you will be eternally happy.
Chieftestpilot - 3:56 PM
Oh, another fan of gay marriage, I see. What do you have against miserable marriage?
- SippicanCottage said...
Hi Julie- Thanks. And thanks to Neatorama. Who can resist an obscure picture of MM?
Hi Glynn- Many thanks.
Gerard said that because he knows both me and my wife.
Chief Test Pilot- One of the great pleasures of mixing writing with making furniture is that I am able to correspond with people who normally would be anonymous to me. You and I are friends now, and friends are hard to come by in this world. Hell, you and I both had to settle for inviting people like Gerard over to our respective houses for want of better company. Luckily he always brings charming companions.
Hi anon- "Take my wife, please" was a joke. It isn't funny if the audience thinks you mean it.
I met Henny Youngman in an airport once. He was in line in front of me. When confronted by a public person, most people go into fan mode, whether they're fans or not. It's just a form of familiarity. If you saw someone you didn't like very much in high school, thirty years later in a far-flung place, you'd greet them like a celebrity because a familiar person in an unlikely place is apt to produce that reaction.
Anyway, the line wasn't going anywhere, and we were all tired and footsore, and people began to actually confer with each other in the line about their common enemy -- the airline -- and Henny turned to grumble to me, and since I was confronted out of the blue with this familiar person, it must have registered in my eyes, though I said nothing.
There was a little pause, and Henny said, "That's right; I'm me." - 9:21 AM
Congrats to you and the Mrs. Sippi. Keep your eyes on the road and your hands on the wheel, and don't mind the Heir & The Spare (as Dave Barry would say, a good name for a band) in the back seat.
Kinda like CTP, first wife 18.25 years to the day, got the kids raised, and now 4+ years into #2. It ain't all good, but mostly, and can't expect more than that, and shouldn't ask. - 11:58 AM
To my detriment, I never could figure out marriage, beyond gazing wistfully at those who did. I did participate in a few connubial trainwrecks.
Another thing I can't figure out is what "ZZ" means in this context. Help? - 10:51 PM
- SippicanCottage said...
Hi Sam
Rob- Study the photos. - 10:54 PM
- Peter Hoh said...
I guess it's better to have a ZZ marriage than a Y-O-Y marriage.
- SippicanCottage said...
Hi Peter- Many thanks!


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Friday, November 06, 2009
Post Mortem Post
A bit grim, but I'm drawing up plans for some scheduled posts in case of my untimely demise. I suppose this was partly inspired by the late Theresa Duncan's Wit of the Staircase (one of my favorite blogs, ex post facto). She had 2 scheduled posts that published after her suicide. One was a ghost story by Dick Cavett and the other a T.S. Eliot poem.
Perhaps she scheduled them long ago, as the last post on new year's eve was entitled, "New Beginning." Or... maybe she wrote them right before, to communicate to us from the afterlife. Either way, it's other worldly and totally enchanting, no?
I must be careful, because I wouldn't want my virtual legacy to accidentally be a poop post, me calling someone a tardcunt, or something crass like that. However, it could very well be a NASA/Jak&Jil post because I do tend to schedule those ahead of time in batches.
Oh god, the pressure and the logistics! I'd have to move post dates if I survive. Maybe they can be scheduled to appear on my birthday? But how would you know if I passed? I'm not a high profile person. Hrmmm. Perhaps I could have R post an obituary for me. But what if we died together? I'd need a back up poster. Blurgh. This is turning into a clusterfuck.
I've always been strangly obsessed/paranoid with the trail of cyber junk I'm leaving behind. What will happen to this blog? My other blogs? My various email accounts? My photo storage accounts? My Twitter?
Recently, I've been trying to streamline my web presence. So far I've already killed: myspace, facebook, buzznet, deviant art, friendster, orkut (remember that FAIL?). Still on the kill list: livejournal (eep! I'm sentimental), various half empty photobuckets, and on and on.
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Here's the latest on the Jason Alexander, cyclist colliding news from this morning. The 14-year-old teen was on his way to school when he was struck by the actor's vehicle in L.A. Get the rest of the details plus photos and video below.
When you hear of a car and bicycle colliding, you immediately think the worse. Luckily, there were no serious injuries for Jason Alexander, cyclist or anyone else for that matter.
The 14-year-old boy was headed to school when the collision took place. He ran into the Seinfeld actor's car near Wilshire Boulevard and June Street and then fell from his bike. Paramedics were called to the site of the accident and the boy was slightly injured with some bruises and bumps. As a precaution, the teen's parents wanted him taken to a local hospital to be checked out.
Police are investigating the accident, but the actor was not cited. Speed, drugs or alcohol had no influence on the crash, and it is said that Jason was very cooperative with authorities.
Alexander's rep spoke with TMZ and said:
"Jason stayed with the cyclist until the paramedics and police arrived and all indications are that the injury was minor."
I'm just wondering…what would George Costanza have done in this situation? Panic, no doubt, eh?
Thank goodness this was an accident that did not turn tragic. You hear too many horror stories of kids riding their bikes to school only to get hit by a vehicle and they end up getting seriously injured.
So to recap, no serious injuries to Jason Alexander, cyclist or anyone else in this accident from this morning. Alexander was not at fault either.
Meanwhile, you can see some photos plus a classic Seinfeld video below. Man I really miss that show!
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Lot 4511: A Chinese blue and white square salt cellar, modelled after a Eu
Art and Antiques, Jewellery, Watches, Silver - Day 3
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Description: A Chinese blue and white square salt cellar, modelled after a European prototype, the splayed foot decorated with various floral panels and the bowl with an elegant lady and a boy. Kangxi period (1662-1722). Hoogte 5 cm.


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Liberals like to talk about how conservatives have become more and more hostile toward science over time. The fact is: it is science that has become more and more hostile toward conservatives over time!
The above graph demonstrates conclusively that ever since the birth of Jesus, science has had an increasing liberal bias! Indeed, if you exclude the anomalous freak occurrence of the radical liberal Aristotle in 384 B.C., science has basically had an increasing liberal bias throughout all of history!
An explanation and analysis of the graph is provided below. The "liberal bias score" was determined using an 11-point balanced Likert scale evaluation of each scientific theory by a convenient sample of survey participants (N=1). But none of that is important because let's face it, nobody ever pays attention to the methodology of scientific studies: they just look at the pretty graphs.
625 B.C | Thales of Miletus says that the earth floats on water.Analysis: This statement is consistent with the Bible, which states that originally there were the "waters of the deep" and that the earth, i.e. land, was created in that water. Thus, we give this theory an overall rating of "conservative." | Score:
-3 (conservative) |
460 B.C | Democritus claims that all matter is made up of atoms.Analysis: Atoms are never mentioned in the Bible, so this claim is slightly suspect. Plus, the person's name is "Democritus" which automatically suggests liberal bias. However, the theory itself is not especially liberal or conservative. Thus we give this theory an overall rating of only "slightly liberal". | Score:
1 (slightly liberal) |
384 B.C. | Aristotle claims that all events have a natural cause, and although there must have been an original "un-moved mover" (God) it (sic) no longer participates or willfully influences the world.Analysis: This is clearly heretical and filled with godless liberal nonsense. It denies the possibility of a personal God granting miracles or punishing gays or doing any of the other things that God obviously does. Moreover, Aristotle wrote political essays about how the government should help citizens to have happy lives, which means he was also a socialist who was against personal responsibility. Obviously a radical liberal lunatic. | Score:
5 (extremely liberal) |
287 B.C. | Archimedes discovers mathematical laws that govern the volumes of shapes and the properties of simple tools like levers.Analysis: There is nothing especially conservative or liberal about these mathematical relationships. On the one hand, it is important to observe and understand the laws that God has commanded the universe to work by. On the other hand, it might have been better if Archimedes had made the point that God can over-ride these rules at any time. As a result, we give these discoveries an overall rating of neutral. | Score:
0 (neutral) |
161 A.D. | Galen analyzes animal bodies in order to develop theories about human anatomy.Analysis: Galen was a strong proponent of using observation in order to develop medical theories, but also understood the importance of using logic, intuition, instinct, and beliefs in the development of scientific theories. Plus, he refused to violate the dignity of corpses and instead experimented on animal corpses. He is therefore one of the earliest examples of an anti-Animal Rights activist, and so we give him an overall rating of conservative. | Score:
-3 (conservative) |
354 A.D. | Saint Augustine explains that although beings have constantly changed since creation, one species cannot change into another.Analysis: This brilliant insight cannot be stressed enough, even in current scientific debate. Evolutionists like to claim that because things change, one species automatically must change into another. Augustine argued against that over a thousand years before Darwin was even born! He therefore deserves credit for being extremely conservative. | Score:
-5 (extremely conservative) |
525 A.D. | Dionysius Exiguus discovers that all years should be counted starting with the year of Jesus's birth and should be identified as "the year of our Lord" (Anno Domini, or A.D.).Analysis: Obviously this is one of the great scientific discoveries of all of history, and is completely consistent with conservative values. Liberals who are trying to destroy our culture want to replace this label with "C.E." | Score:
-5 (extremely conservative) |
1473 A.D. | Copernicus claims that the sun, not the earth, is the center of the universe.Analysis: This is an attempt to minimize the importance of man, God's highest creation, and reduce us to "just some part" of a larger universe. Although not totally liberal on its own, this theory is setting the stage to erode conservative values. Therefore, this theory gets a score of "slightly liberal". | Score:
1 (slightly liberal) |
1564 A.D. | Galileo claims that scientific theories must be validated by experiments.Analysis: This was clearly the beginning of the end, when it comes to science. Prior to this, scientists turned to scripture, morality, and intuition to help them to decide what theories were correct. Galileo thought that experiments mattered more than scripture or faith. Obviously a liberal theory. | Score:
3 (liberal) |
1642 A.D. | Newton describes three laws of motion.Analysis: These laws are neither liberal nor conservative. Although they are not explicitly mentioned in the Bible, the Bible does talk about God's Laws and it's reasonable to suppose that these laws of motion might be exactly what God intended. The overall score of these laws is therefore neutral. | Score:
0 (neutral) |
1791 A.D. | Faraday introduces the notion of magnetic "force fields".Analysis: The very idea that there are unseen forces that are not made up of matter, but are not the direct will of God, is downright pagan sorcery and magic. Introducing the idea of a "field" into physics is basically the same as saying "Devil powers" but using a less intimidating name. Obviously a liberal theory. | Score:
3 (liberal) |
1809 A.D. | Darwin comes up with the idea of evolution.Analysis: This one really requires no discussion, right? | Score:
5 (extremely liberal) |
1916 A.D. | Einstein's theory of relativity.Analysis: There are a number of problems with relativity, not the least of which being that it involves "relativism" which states that things depend on your point of view. This is a dangerous idea that can lead to moral decay. | Score:
3 (liberal) |
1925 A.D. | Heisenberg claims that positions and velocities are uncertain and are not even concretely defined unless they are observed by people.Analysis: The whole idea that the state of the universe depends on what people observe? What about what God observes? God knows the position AND velocity of every single atom! To deny the omniscience of God is the utmost of liberal atheist arrogance! | Score:
4 (very liberal) |
1936 A.D. | Alan Turing comes up with the conceptual basis for the programmable computer.Analysis: Turing was a homosexual. Obviously anything he creates is very liberal. | Score:
5 (extremely liberal) |
1945 A.D. | Schroedinger publishes "What is life?" putting forth theories about chemistry, structure and replication.Analysis: This discussion of life does not allow any role for the soul and attempts to completely reduce all life to just chemicals like the stuff you find in a bucket at a factory. ARE YOU JUST CHEMICALS? Of course not. Liberal nonsense. | Score:
4 (very liberal) |
1965 A.D. | Discoveries by Penzias and Wilson lead to the broad acceptance of the "Big Bang" theory.Analysis: The "Big Bang Theory" is not described in tbe bible, and is very clearly an attempt to remove God from any discussion of the origins of the universe. But can the "big bang" explain life? No. And where did the "big bang" come from? Obviously a flawed atheist theory meant to undermine conservative values. | Score:
4 (very liberal) |
1997 A.D. | Wilmut and Campbell clone a sheep.Analysis: Once again arrogant scientist are trying to infringe upon the domain of life and creation, which by all rights should only be the proper activity of God. This is immoral and contrary to good conservative values. | Score:
5 (extremely liberal) |


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Landeskunde-Projekt über Bau, Beschaffenheit und Öffnung der Berliner Mauer
Participants are asked to do a presentation on a German-speaking city (covered in course materials)
Talking about German Christmas traditions
Identifying historic events in recent German history
Participants are asked to reflect upon post war events of 20th century Germany
Participants are asked to express their opinions on the German re-unification process, using standard phrases and expressions
Participants describe what they know about the unified Germany in the 21st century
Practising introducing oneself and others.
This activity uses the same introductory whiteboard slides as L203Unit1Act1a (to familiarize students with Elluminate) but additionally includes some PowerPoints to trigger conversations about German-speaking countries. It is aimed at groups who have already met face-to-face and don't need another tutorial introducing themselves.
This map can be used for an ice breaker activity, in which students are asked to name and talk briefly about places in German-speaking countries which they know. Describing the landscape of their chosen place leads into Th. 1, Teil 1.


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a journal of finding good food and restaurants i love to eat in Taipei when I'm not in Los Angeles. looking forward to hearing from other food lovers about where your favorite places to eat are, so i can try them next!
Monday, April 18, 2011
mexican: i recommend TACO2GO
No. 10, Lane 76, XinSheng S. Rd, Sec. 3
(02) 2368-3209
MRT: Gongguan
website: Taco2GoTWfacebook page
hours: 11AM - 3PM; 5PM - 9PM
Kid friendliness: only 4 outdoor stool seats; can take food 2go
Visit reviewed: 4/3/2011
Let's not forget what city we're in, but somehow Taipei has seen the opening of three new Mexican joints the past six months (Taco2Go, Macho Tacos, Mayan Grill), revamping of one opened last year (Oola), but the closing of four others (El Gallo, La Casita, Yuma Southwestern Grill, Taco Bar). The math is complicated, but the taste test is easy.
Hot, cheesy and cheap- that's a good start for my bite of burrito right?
In a blink and you'd miss it location tucked along the alleys near Tai Yi Milk King, Taco2Go is the perfect name for this colorful, five month old hole in the wall. If you thought Macho Tacos was small, you haven't seen Taco2Go yet. There's only four barstool seats so if it's crowded or raining, you should get your food to go. Thanks to readers Ginny and Mei for the heads up that I should give it try.
The tacos, burritos and quesadillas (with ground beef or chicken) are impressively under NT$100, while the nachos are NT$129. The quesadilla is NT$50- seriously, how can you beat that? The couple that runs this tiny kitchen moved back from the states and the spirit of Taco2Go seems very friendly and wanting to please. After a drought of good Mexican food in Taipei, I find it amusing that there's suddenly a new wave of entrepreneurs want to take that on, but I'm pleasantly surprised. Keep it coming!
I watched as my burrito was quickly made with spoonfuls of pre-made rice and refried beans. Setting it on the panini grill made it nice and hot, and melted the cheese which glued everything together. The ground beef seems spiced with taco seasoning and tasted like something I might have made at home- but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It's not going to the most authentic thing I've ever eaten, but it's probably just as good as what I could quickly make for myself (unless I was craving enchiladas and guacamole- for that, I'd have to get in the kitchen).
The more I ate it, the more I liked it and it reminded me of when I ate my panini-grilled shawarma in Toronto, walking and devouring. The size was good for the price and taste was good enough to make me curious about the nachos. I'll have to go back again. A bonus is that I'll save room for a big bowl of shaved ice afterwards, with Tai Yi just a few lanes over.
Are you just as surprised as I am by the new Mexican food wave? Don't forget to tell them where you heard about Taco2Go if you go check it out and write back and tell me how you liked it.
15 comments:
- hamper said...
looks delicious! I like your review and I haven't even tried it yet. :)
- Johnny said...
the first pic looked like a 燒餅 crossed with a panini.
Hi hungry girl and greetings from Finland!
First I'd like to thank you for this funny (and tasty!) blog. I'm coming to Taiwan/Taipei in the beginning of June (for the first time in my life) and it's nice to see what kind of food Taipei is offering to me :)
I have a question for you. What would be the first restaurant where you'd take your (European) guest to have a nice meal? :)
Thank you! :)
-Sanna/Finland - 4/18/2011 3:41 PM
- joanh said...
hamper: i think you'd like it! let me know what you think if you do.
johnny: haha, well it's just a grilled burrito, so yep sort of like a panini
sanna: thanks for your comment! are you looking for Asian or Western food? I usually take friends to places like Sumie Japanese, Shinyeh 101 or Din Tai Fung if you are looking for a nice Asian meal. For nice Western meals, you can try Saveurs, Flavors, Abu or No. 168 Prime Steakhouse. Hope that helps a little and hope to hear from you again. - 4/19/2011 1:42 AM
- Marian said...
I enjoyed reading your post, a great tour to my imagination. The way you wrote this review made me feel as if I was there myself savoring the food that you described in the place that you went to. The one in the picture looks so delicious (I suddenly felt a pang of hunger), and I know it is really delicious. Very informative post about the food and the place to go.
Thank you for answering :) I was just curious what would be your choice, though I don't know any of those places :D (okay, I read about Shinyeh 101 few days ago)
-Sanna/Finland - 4/19/2011 8:10 PM
- joanh said...
hi Sanna! you can google those places or search through my blog in the top left hand white box for the addresses/posts about those places!
Well when you wrote they use ground beef in their burrito it true Mexican style food. Living in CA. gotten spoil Mexican food.
Carnita I prefer in my burrito or taco
Eric - 4/22/2011 1:15 AM
- Kung Food Panda said...
I think Taiwan should open a Taco Bell or something :)
With that said, the prices look good and as you said, it's close to TaiYi - 4/25/2011 6:07 PM
- E. said...
so well yeah.....this is NOT really Mexican....it's more LA pseudo-Mexican fast food.
Emilio - 4/30/2011 4:16 PM
The food at TACO2GO was good. The 25 min wait was not so good; our order was 2 soft tacos and 1 burrito. Not sure we will go back. Thanks for posting great review Hungry Girl!
- LaxinTaiwan said...
I certainly enjoy hitting Taco2Go occasionally, but find that the portions are entirely too small (and have the same problem with Macho Taco). I lose any savings I might have made by ordering one set of tacos or burritos with an an additional side order of another two tacos/burritos. I wish that they were a bit more generous with the filling. (I should add here that I'm a petite woman)
I find that the ground beef is nicely seasoned and the flavors go well together in the tacos, but the burritos are still a bit too Cali for my taste (as I'm from Houston). I ordered the Limonada yesterday, and it was wonderful; unfortunately, I can't say the same for the pico de gallo which lacked flavor and was made nearly entirely of mealy bits of chopped tomato.
Overall, it's a decent place to get a Mexican fix, but could improve. - 2/25/2012 6:37 PM
Just ate there today. It was the best "Mexican" food in Taipei that I've had so far. They really did a good job on the food. It was quick and the people who worked there we nice. The inside is pretty small, but there's enough room to eat. I will for sure be going there more. Thanx for posting about it!
I tried to eat there on 6/28 and was so sad to find it closed. After looking at their facebook page, I found out that they closed as of May 2014. So sad, I was really looking foeward to a quesadilla!
Agreed with previous comment: It is Closed now :/


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5) The Whispered World (PC) – One of two graphic adventures that make my list this year, The Whispered World may be imperfect, but its lack of recognition is entirely undue. Combining beautifully hand-drawn pre-rendered backgrounds with a sometimes cute, sometimes dark setting and story, this game provides an artistic and soulful experience in a year of disappointingly commercial games. The story may seem a bit melodramatic and hackneyed in its conclusion, and several puzzles require logic too murky to appreciate, but overall the game offers enough charisma to please point and click connoisseurs.
4) Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey (DS) – A solid, if not progressive addition to the SMT universe, with an intriguing science fiction and very-SMTish story and addictive gameplay. Strange Journey may not seem like game of the year material, but it kept me playing for hours, something other RPGs this year struggled to do. Maybe it was the battle system, maybe it was the exploration, or maybe it was just to see what kind of crazy demon designs the artists could come up with next.
3) Prof. Layton and the Unwound Future (DS) – The best Professor Layton title yet, and the end of a loose trilogy. While the great gameplay hardly changes in this iteration, Professor Layton gets emotional when he tangles with the future, and I could hardly see the fantastic conclusion through the tears welling in my eyes.
2) Nier (360 / PS3) – Nier will forever stand testament to the addled nature of video game journalism. Nier is unique and poetic and a risky endeavor for its developers that ultimately didn't pay off well. At least there are those few who understand what Japanese RPGs should be like.
1) Mass Effect 2 (360 / PC) – When a player can no longer set aside personal feelings for a game and don an objective lens, it can be due either to the player's fanatical zealous failings, or the game's ability to get personal. Mass Effect 2 got under my skin, slowly built stress and suspense, and delivered one of the most tense and nerve-wracking experiences in video game history. This is one middle entry in a trilogy that will not be forgotten. Absolutely no competition for RPG – and game – of the year.
Most Disappointing RPG of the Year: Almost everything else – The few games that excel this year seem even better when compared to not only dreck like Fragile Dreams and Sands of Destruction, but to the immense disappointments littered throughout the year. Alpha Protocol taught us that Obsidian Entertainment has lost its collective mind. Valkyria Chronicles II ruined a great thing with lazy design and quantity over quality. Dragon Quest IX cannot compare to its predecessor in any way, mostly due to the unnecessary multi-player element and the compromises that brings. Even Fallout: New Vegas robbed the franchise of much of its brilliance. Next year seems to hold great promises. Let's hope developers can keep them this time.
Most Noxious RPG of the Year: Final Fantasy XIII (PS3 / 360) – One scene toward the end of Final Fantasy XIII provides a microcosm of the game's unseemly, overwrought, garish, and ghastly style. There is a race, and racing hover cars, and a speech, and girls kissing to the crowd, and then there are eidolons, which turn into things that can race, and come equipped with ridiculous wannabe-heroes with annoying, apostrophe-ridden titles. This scene represents everything that is incorrect about Final Fantasy XIII. Except the stilted combat and dreadful pacing, of course. This sort of struggle to be hip so completely fails, and these absurd and hilarious displays of excess can be laughed at throughout in this year's most noxious RPG.
Mass Effect: Andromeda Sunday, Mar. 26 • 10am PDT/1pm EDT
Shining Force Every Tuesday • 11am PDT/2pm EDT
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So a while back, I asked you what races and organizations you'd want to see show up in the next expansion. But while races and organizations bring a lot of flavor and purpose to an expansion, there's nothing like a good charismatic figure to really stir things up. Be it Garrosh or Varian, Bolvar or Brann Bronzebeard, the figures of the Wrath of the Lich King expansion have certainly done a lot to inform the story and drive discussion and debate in lore.
With that in mind, I've been thinking of who I'd like to see take a starring role in a future expansion. Turalyon and Alleria are definitely the biggest stars I can think of who have yet to make an appearance. I'd love to see them come back through a portal from whatever world they're on, with all the drama that would bring. Does Turalyon still hold a grudge against the orcs for the death of Lothar? What will Alleria think of the Blood Elves and of what her sisters have been up to?
Breakfast Topic: Who do you want to see in the Expansion?
Of course, there's the minor characters too. Grand Admiral Jes-Tereth is probably one of my favorite storyless NPCs. I'd love to see her in action, commanding Stormwind's fleet or fighting back, say, a massive invasion of Naga. I don't know why I adore her so much. Perhaps I just like a woman in uniform. Either way, I want to see her step on stage.
By the same token, I'd actually rather like to see Lieutenant General Andorov, or Lieutenant General Burlychest, as my raid affectionately called him, make a return. A big muscular dude with no shirt and two axes wading into an unstoppable army of bug men while yelling manly things at the top of his lungs is basically what fantasy fiction is all about, and it's a shame that this guy is a one-off character. If you keep him affiliated with the Cenarion Circle, it's a perfect opportunity to have him fighting the Nightmare of the Emerald Dream, or you could make him a member of the Alliance's 7th Legion and have him at the front lines of nearly any major lore battle, with his chest glistening manfully and his axes singing.
What about you? Whether it's an old NPC who hasn't gotten much attention lately, a character from the books or d20 system that hasn't shown up in ages, who would you like to see that the spotlight in the continuing story of World of Warcraft?


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Thursday, August 12, 1999 Suzanne Martinson, Post-Gazette Food Editor
Is that a whiff of autumn in the air?
Before we know it, the dog days of August will turn into the fabulous foods of fall.
In Pennsylvania, fall means football and football means tailgate food.
If you have a favorite tailgate dish or menu that you'd like to share with PG readers, we'd love to hear from you. On Sept. 23, PG Food will print some of our favorite recipes -- and yours -- before the home opener with the Seattle Seahawks that Sunday.
We're not limiting our tailgate fare to the pros, of course. Recipes suitable for games at Pitt and Penn State -- any college where the tailgate drops when lunch is served -- are also welcome. We're equal opportunity eaters. In addition, we imagine some of you have special tailgate-before-the-tube specialty dishes as well.
Look for all the best stuff on Sept. 23. Three ways to get the recipes to us:
Mail to Kitchen Mailbox, c/o Arlene Burnett, Post-Gazette Food Department, 34 Blvd. of the Allies, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.
E-mail to Nancy Anderson, email@example.com.
Fax c/o Suzanne Martinson, food editor, 412-263-1313.
Please include your name, neighborhood and daytime phone number. Questions? Call Suzanne Martinson, 412-263-1760. We hope to hear from you. In order to allow time for recipe testing and tasting, we'd appreciate having all recipes and menus no later than Aug. 31.


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Is the Ryan experiment at center over?
No longer looking a bit lost and unsure of himself, Bobby Ryan was back on left wing Friday night and looked far more comfortable with new linemates Saku Koivu and Teemu Selanne in the Ducks' 4-2 exhibition loss to Vancouver.
None of them factored in the scoring but the trio clicked often and generated enough chances to think that this unit could be the second line when they begin the season next week in Detroit. Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said he hasn't given up on playing Ryan at center but Selanne gave the new look his approval.
"I really like it," Selanne said. "I'm not the coach. I don't make any decisions but I think Bobby looks so much more comfortable on the wing. The guy has never really played center and to step on and play in the NHL, it's almost impossible to succeed right away.
"It's a long process if you want to be a center in this league. Especially if you haven't had that experience before."
Carlyle said he moved Ryan back to wing because he felt there was no improvement being made and wanted to put him and others back where they were more comfortable.
"We just felt that the best game that he played was the first game against Phoenix at that position as an individual," Carlyle said. "We didn't really see the growth that we thought would develop in the games. And we made a decision.
"It's not that it's shelved forever. We think that Bobby has the capabilities to play there. At this point [with] the way our team performed in L.A. wasn't anywhere near acceptable, we're going to put people back in their normal positions."
But Carlyle also used his postgame meeting with the media to chide Ryan and Selanne, saying that the unit played well on "some shifts."
"I still think that Bobby Ryan and Teemu have more," he said. "I thought Saku Koivu played hard. And I think Bobby Ryan and Teemu have another level to get to. I'd like to see a little more stop-and-go hockey versus the circling."
The three still managed to combine for seven of the Ducks' 25 shots. They were also a combined minus-5 against the Canucks.
"We had a lot of good chances and we could have easily scored three or four goals," Selanne said. "That's what really makes me happy."
-- Another area that needs serious work is the penalty kill, which allowed two goals in the four chances they had to erase the disadvantage. The Ducks have given up seven power-play goals in the last two preseason games and 10 in their six contests.
"We've made some changes as far as what we're trying to do in killing penalties and we're using everybody now," Carlyle said. "The biggest thing in the penalty killing is you've got to start with the puck more.
"We had a good night in the faceoff circle. But I specifically remember the power plays and they started with the puck more than we did."
Goaltender Jonas Hiller concurred, saying it is a critical area that they need to tighten up.
"I don't think everybody knows what each one wants to do," said Hiller, who was sharp otherwise in making 27 saves. "We're giving up too many goals there. I definitely think special teams is going to be one of the big things this year. Definitely it's where we can improve."
-- Cam Fowler played his best game yet as he displayed his ability to skate and make plays under pressure in nearly 23 minutes of ice time.
"I thought [he] played another strong game," Carlyle said. "He showed his skills and his ability to skate the puck. He's got a sense of knowing where people are. You can see that he's a talented young player.
"He knows where everybody is on the ice. That's one of his skills."
Said Selanne: "Lately I've seen 18, 19-year-old kids come and they can step on right way and play in the NHL. That's unbelievable. ... I don't think I'd be ready at 18 to come in and play like that."
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OTTAWA — The latest global report card on Canada's economy is cautionary and firm: Weaker growth could mean budget-balancing efforts and higher lending rates will need to be put on hold.
The outlook for Canada's economy has weakened significantly in the past few months, falling further behind the United States and still below many other industrialized nations.
"The main challenge for Canada's policy-makers is to support growth in the short term, while reducing the vulnerabilities that may arise from external shocks and domestic imbalances," the International Monetary Fund said in its World Economic Outlook on Tuesday.
"High household debt and continued moderation of the housing sector will restrain domestic demand."
Canada's growth will ease to 1.5% this year from 1.8% in 2012. In 2014, however, the economy could see a 2.4% pickup, the Washington-based global lender said.
Even so, we are now playing catch-up with the United States, our main source of trade revenue, whose economy the IMF predicts will advance 1.9% in 2013 and 3% next year.
We will need to rely on that stronger growth south of the border to lift this country's performance.
The IMF said risks to its Canadian forecast are "tilted to the downside," given the still-fragile fiscal situation in the U.S., along with ongoing financial and debt woes in Europe. Weaker prices for Canadian commodities also pose a threat to growth, it said.
The IMF said fiscal consolidation is needed to absorb future shocks to the economy. But the government should be prepared to provide additional spending to promote growth and social programs when needed.
This runs counter to the Conservative government's austerity focus — a policy of program spending cuts and a promise to balance the federal budget by 2015.
"I believe the IMF has seen the light, to some extent, that austerity — especially in Europe — had become self-defeating in some countries that were trying to consolidate fiscal finances much too rapidly and it was seen to be counter-productive," said Douglas Porter, chief economist at BMO Capital Markets.
If Canada is to pick up its pace of growth, though, the economy will require a seismic shift away from its dependence on households.
With consumer debt at record-high levels and the housing market showing signs of cooling, Canada will need to rely more on business investment and stronger exports to pull the economy out of its post-recession slowdown.
Many companies have been hesitant to expand their markets in an uncertain global economy, and that —along with weak domestic demand — has hampered plans by the Bank of Canada to raise its trendsetting interest rate, which has been at just 1% since September 2010.
In its report, the IMF also looked at the central bank's current monetary policy, saying it was "appropriately accommodative," but added that "the monetary tightening cycle should be delayed until growth strengthens again."
Bank governor Mark Carney is widely expected to again delay a move on rates Wednesday, when policy-makers also issue their latest economic outlook in the closely watched quarterly Monetary Policy Report.
"To me, the only question is whether they totally toss overboard the tightening basis," Mr. Porter said. "I would give about a 30% chance that they do . . . and just go completely neutral."
Meanwhile, in its report, the IMF said Canada's output this year will lag the 8% growth the fund expects from China, as well as the 3.4% advance forecast for Russia. Mexico is seen growing at pace of 3.4% in 2013, while Brazil could notch up 3% expansion. For South Africa, growth should reach 2.8% this year and 3.3% in 2014.
On the downside, the IMF expects the 17-nation eurozone — including France, Italy and Spain — to continue with the negative growth, going from 0.6% retrenchment last year to a decline of 0.3% in 2013 before taking a 1.1% positive turn next year. While Germany is part of the group, the IMF is forecasting growth there of 0.6% this year and 1.5% in 2014.