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Doc Savage: Skull Island
Will Murray, cover illustration by Joe DeVito
Doc Savage vs. King Kong!
Eighty years ago in February, 1933 the Street & Smith company released the
first issue of
Doc Savage Magazine
, introducing one of the most popular and influential pulp superheroes ever to hit the American scene. Doc Savage was the greatest adventurer and scientist of his era, and while his magazine ended in 1949, he influenced the creators of Superman, Batman, Star Trek, The Man from UNCLE and the Marvel Universe—to name only a few.
While that first issue of
Doc Savage
was fresh on Depression newsstands, RKO Radio Pictures released one of the most important fantasy films of all time. Everyone knows the story of how King Kong was discovered on Skull Island and hauled back to New York in chains, only to perish tragically atop the world's tallest skyscraper, the Empire State Building.
As it happened, that was where Doc Savage had his world headquarters. For decades, fans have wondered: Where was Doc the day Kong fell?
On the eightieth anniversary of these fictional giants, Altus Press is proud to release the first authorized clash between The Man of Bronze and the Eighth Wonder of the World—
Doc Savage: Skull Island
. Written by Will Murray in collaboration with Joe DeVito, creator of
KONG: King of Skull Island,
Doc Savage: Skull Island
is a new pulp epic.
The story opens when Doc returns from his secret retreat in the North
Pole to discover the cold corpse of Kong lying on his doorstep.
"I know this creature," Doc tells his dumbfounded men.
Tasked to dispose of the remains, the Man of Bronze then relates the untold story of his epic encounter with Kong back in 1920, after Doc returns from service in World War I, long before Kong became known to the civilized world as "King" Kong.
Doc Savage: Skull Island
is a multi-generational story in which Doc and his father—the man who placed him in the hands of scientists who made him into a superman—sail to the Indian Ocean in search of Doc's grandfather, the legendary Stormalong Savage, whose famous clipper ship has been discovered floating, deserted, her masts snapped by some incredible force.
The quest for Stormalong Savage leads to the fog-shrouded Indian Ocean
and—Skull Island! There, Doc Savage faces his first great test as he encounters its prehistoric dangers and tangles with the towering, unstoppable Kong.
"When Joe DeVito brought this idea to me," says Will Murray, "I knew it had to be written with reverence for both of these immortal characters. So I used the locale of Skull Island to tell a larger story, an untold origin for Doc Savage. It all started back on Skull Island…."
"Pulling off the first ever face-off between Doc Savage and King Kong
was both challenging and exhilarating," adds DeVito. "Will's unique take on the tale
scatters the primordial mists surrounding Skull Island long enough to reveal secrets of both classic characters hidden since their creation."
Doc Savage: Skull Island
has already been hailed as "The Doc Savage novel that Doc fans have been waiting on for 80 years!"
Doc Savage: Skull Island
will be released in March, as the fifth entry in Altus Press' popular Wild Adventures of Doc Savage series.
A review by Jim Beard
If you're like me, you probably wondered what exactly we'd be getting in the new Doc Savage novel, SKULL ISLAND, it being both a Doc story featuring King Kong and a way to celebrate the 80th anniversaries of both legendary creations. Well, after reading the book, I'm happy to report that author Will Murray's put some definite heart and soul into it and crafted what is now my most favorite of the recent "Wild Adventures of Doc Savage" series of novels.
But, that said, it's different from just about any other Doc book you've ever read, something we're clued in on by the "Will Murray" byline and the absence of the traditional "Kenneth Robeson" house name.
For me, the story was literally one that I didn't want to put down; it's that engaging. It begins at the end, right after Kong's infamous nosedive off the Empire State Building, which leads directly to Doc's involvement – or, rather, his telling of a tale to his aides of when he first met the giant simian. Yes, the great majority of the novel is a flashback to Doc Savage's early days and therein is found its fascinating core. In essence, what we have here is the heretofore Secret Origin of Doc Savage.
Doc and his father – yes, you read that right; his father – head off on a quest for Doc's grandfather, Stormalong Savage, which takes them into strange waters and exotic climes…and ultimately Skull Island. There they run afoul of enemies of many different stripes and discover wonders beyond their imagining. And a humongous ape-like "god-beast" called Kong.
Murray's defining of the relationship here between Clark Senior and Clark Junior is practically worth the price of admission alone. This is a young Doc, fresh out of World War I and not exactly the bronze hero of the pulp adventures we know so well, and it's with that admission that I can see some potential backlash with diehard Doc fans. This is a Doc who has not quite found his mission in life yet, nor honed all his skills and formed his famous tenets – most especially the rule against killing. This Doc kills and kills in often savage ways, which at points drenches the narrative in a bloodbath that may even disturb some readers. But, and it's important to point this out, there's a method behind Murray's seeming madness – it all leads to something and something significant, namely the forging of the Doc Savage of the famous pulp adventures. And Murray does this all with style and careful thought and exciting imagery and action.
One of the things I loved about this novel is its use of language, precisely that which flies back and forth between elder and younger Savage in many bouts of witty verbal "fencing." Will Murray has obviously crafted all his Doc books with care, but in SKULL ISLAND I believe I saw even more attention to detail, to dialogue, to atmosphere and to adventure. The story moves right along, only slightly bogging down a bit past its mid-section, and really defines the term "page turner." Murray gives this one his best and finest and the book benefits from that in ways too numerous to list.
As I said before, this is a story of origins. Here we learn the origin of Doc's trilling, of his disdain of guns and his inexhaustible search for knowledge, even the origin of the Hidalgo Trading Co. hanger. We also discover more information on the Savage family then we've ever had revealed to us before and hints of not only some of Doc's other early adventures – did you know he was on the Titanic? – but also those of his father and grandfather, both famous explorers in their own right. Heck, we even hear about Doc's uncle, another adventurer in the family. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the author is suggesting here that readers might care to hear more of these adventures, as separate works.
But, again, it's the relationship between father and son that really stands out in the novel, one that careens between dysfunctional and loving, and it's that which will stay with me for some time to come. In fact, knowing the fate of Clark Savage Senior in 1933's MAN OF BRONZE will perhaps add another layer of pathos to your reading of SKULL ISLAND.
And, oh yes, King Kong is here, too. You will discover much more about his origins, also, as well as Skull Island's original inhabitants. And that's all fascinating as well. Dinosaur fans will especially have reason to love this book. Kong and his environs are not given short shrift in the slightest; the King looms over this book with all the weight and gravity he deserves.
In all, I'm a richer pulp fan for having read SKULL ISLAND. Will Murray takes our expectations and delivers upon them while still striking off on his own path, assembling a story that will please both Savage and Kong aficionados and remind us all just how cool pulp can be. There's heart and soul here, like I said, and I for one can't quite see how Murray will manage to top this one….but I know he will, somehow.
Get this book and settle in for a trip to the South Seas and beyond, Savage style.
About the Series
Doc Savage was the most successful pulp adventure hero of his time. From 1933 to 1949, Lester Dent and other writers penned 182 original exploits of the Man of Bronze and his iron-fisted friends, writing as Kenneth Robeson.
Scientist. Surgeon. Strongman. Superman. Doc Savage was a man without equals. He operated on a global stage, fighting supercrime, discovering lost cities, stopping wars, and uplifting a troubled mankind during the depths of the Great Depression.
Now, in these difficult times, Doc returns in a new series of untold exploits conceived by his originator and brought to life by Lester Dent's natural successor, Will Murray.
The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage is no updating or reimagining of a classic character. This is the authentic Man of Bronze in his own era, taking on new challenges and conquering a new generation of foes and fans.
Doc Savage is back. For real.
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Last Halloween I was on the road (I may actually have recently arrived) to my parents' place in South Carolina. I'd received word that Dad was comatose. He'd aspirated when hospital staff had tried to remove a breathing tube. Dad in the hospital was, strangely, nothing new, but this time was different. This time Mom simply said, "I think you need to come home."
That was all it took. I drove up to my brother's apartment and we made the 10 1/2 hour drive south that night. I saw the sun start to rise just as we made it to the hospital.
My sisters and I split Thanksgiving duties a few weeks later. By that time Dad was conscious, though not completely lucid, and his lungs were failing. He'd developed pneumonia (in the hospital, ironically enough). Several cousins and my Uncle (Dad's last surviving sibling) had made it into town by then. I remember I'd watch my Uncle - Dad's older brother by a decade - and marvel at how healthy he seemed comparatively. Uncle could walk on his own. He remembered conversations we'd had in the past. Hell, he even went to Arby's on occasion (culinary options around hospitals in Seneca, SC are a bit limited).
Dad had been struggling for a while now. I'd call on Valentine's Day, Father's Day, his birthday. He'd usually ask the same string of questions: How's Tony? Is he at work? How's your research going? (At which point I'd have to remind him that my research had wrapped up some time ago.) Every year I'd call on Dad and Mom's anniversary, which happens to be the same day as my birthday, knowing that Dad would always end the call with the same phrase: "You're by far my favorite anniversary present."
I said goodbye to Dad a few times while I was home and told him I loved him every time I left the hospital to head to the house for food, sleep or a shower. Dad's speech was impaired (the tube down his throat had caused minor damage by pressing down on his vocal chords), but he always said "I love you, too" each time.
When we first took out his breathing tube (a decision that took weeks to make as we weren't sure he'd survive without it), I had the chance to speak with him privately. I took his hand- one that always seemed so big to me when I was a kid but was now shrunken and swollen from lying in bed for weeks- and told him I'd always be his little girl. I remember stroking his fingernails. My sisters and I had filed them earlier because we'd hated how broken they had looked. (Dad was the epitome of a sharp-dressed man.)
The day after Thanksgiving my sisters humored me by going to Kohl's at midnight for Black Friday shopping. Sometimes you just need a little normality, as it were.
Later that day, after speaking with multiple doctors, Mom made the decision to move Dad into hospice. I still can't imagine how hard that decision was for her. She and Dad had been married for over 40 years - she shared a longer life with him than any of us.
Hospice was weird. It's this place that seems like a home but comes with hospital beds and care provision. It's a combination of relief and resignation. When someone says, "We need to make the best of a bad situation," hospice is what immediately comes to my mind.
Still, I lack the diction to describe my gratitude for the hospice in Seneca. Where we could barely fit our immediate family into Dad's room at the hospital (in fact, hospital regulations said that we weren't allowed to all be there at once - a family of 6 is too large, it seems), there was room to spare in his hospice space. Where doctors at the hospital seemed unwilling to provide us with complete objective information (and had failed to read Dad's entire medical file and living will), the staff at hospice were forthcoming, held no punches, yet supportive and empathetic.
This came in handy when Dad passed away quietly two days later. (Not so much when one of the hospice nurses asked when I was due, which stung a bit as I've yet to be pregnant.) We had a memorial mass a few days later, and a formal military service when Dad was interred at Arlington National Cemetery in March.
Today it's Father's Day. I have no phone call to place, no preset script of questions to answer. Instead, my brother and I are going to make another drive, and visit Dad at Arlington. I'll come home and spend some time with BHE and his father (and mother) instead.
And, yeah, it kind of sucks. But then I'll see little things that remind me of Dad at random moments: the Navy officers and cadets in uniform walking around the city (Dad was a retired Captain and pilot), the handkerchiefs I kept and use whenever I'm caught without a tissue (Dad used to pull one out like some kind of magic trick whenever I needed one as a kid), pulling on a pair of socks as the first line of defense against an oncoming virus (Dad asked me if I was wearing socks each time I mentioned I was sick during our phone calls. Every. Time.). I'll see these things and it will sting a little, but then I remember how lucky I was to have my Dad in my life, and what an amazing human being he was.
And then I smile.
Happy Father's Day, Daddy.
Love Always,
Your little girl in perpetuity,

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Wed, 31 October 2007
Computer security expert David Perry from Trend Micro offers a bunch of techie advice. Very useful. Then, flag folding joins the culture war...unbelievable. An Iowa kindergarten teacher says a picture of a kid with a dead pheasant promotes violence. Sends picture home. Sigh. And Iowa is putting sales tax on Halloween pumpkins. Don't worry, if you plan to eat them you can get an exemption form. If you didn't know that in time, you can still get a rebate. And Ron Paul made the Tonight Show. Paulists loved it. You may have downed way too much Halloween candy when..... Big Smile
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Guest Post: Eric Mendelsohn on "Have We Forgotten What We Really Need To Talk About?"/
We spend so much time trying to find a way to make it this indie film thing work, to get good work seen and appreciated, to have a sustainable working model that might afford one to have a reasonable middle-class existence creating quality work (is that too much to ask?), we sometimes forget about why we are doing it. Today's guest post is courtesy of Eric Mendelsohn, whose Sundance Best Director Award winning 3 BACKYARDS opened this weekend. What have we lost in our effort to survive and build together a better world for truly ambitious work?
Ted Hope was kind enough to ask me to write something for his site to accompany the release of my film, 3 BACKYARDS. I hesitated for a number of reasons. For one, I am uneasy about filmmakers spouting about the state of this or that in print. But more to the point, I actually think I was uncomfortable revealing a truthful representation of my relationship to independent film as well as to the type of conversation that regularly dominates film websites, film festival panels, etc. But, expanding upon and incorporating a piece I had written for the Sundance website, I decided that as long as I wrote honestly and strictly from my own perspective, there might be some validity in doing so.
There is only one part of the term 'independent cinema' that has ever held any interest for me. That is cinema. For years now, I believe the art form I love has been the subject of a highjacking of sorts; the conversation has been-- reductively, tediously, mind-numbingly-- about 'indie-film' when it should have been about film.
I didn't grew up with the term "independent film." When I was a kid, indiscriminately watching everything that appeared on TV via "The 4:30 Movie", "The MIllion Dollar Movie" and "Chiller Theater", there was no such thing as indie film as we now know it. In fact, like many people my age, I was illiterate about film in a way that isn't even conceivable today. I happily watched pan-and-scan films and thought the camera movements were part of some coherent Hollywood style. When TV stations scrunched up the opening credits of epics to fit television screens, I thought it was a way of telling the audience that an elegant, important film was about to begin. I watched great films and schlock, 1940's melodramas and foreign arthouse classics, all on the same tiny black and white TV, lying on the carpeting in my mother's dining room.
And so, when I began to differentiate those films that had a hand guiding the visuals from those that just seemed to photograph whatever the actors said, I never discriminated against the film's origins. I saw that guiding hand in films like The Magnificent Ambersons and Psycho, for sure, but I also saw it in The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom and the originalSuperman. I saw that the same guiding hand could organize and orchestrate images in the manner of classical music, like in David Lean's Oliver Twist, or fracture and destroy them like in Nicholas Roeg's Performance. Sometimes, I would wait for a film to come on television just because one shot excited me. The Little Foxes had only one moment that caught my attention as a kid—when Bette Davis, foregrounded and unable to move, refuses to help her dying husband, who is staggering through the background trying to get his medication. There is a single shot in a film called The Mummy's Ghost, where the limping Egyptian creature carries a woman up a railroad trestle— in a long-shot, executed in terrible day-for-night—that I find existentially terrifying. I recall lying on my belly, stunned into silence, as Jean Cocteau's Beauty and The Beast opened itself up to me on the TV and it felt like an unreal portal had been revealed in the walls of the house.
I didn't care or even know about the aura that surrounded moviemaking. Instead, I had fallen in love with the silent, persuasive visual strategy called directing.
And so, it was with a sense of real, personal disappointment that, when I began going to festivals with my first half-hour film, Through an Open Window, I found the conversation surrounding filmmaking had been reduced to coy, 'aw shucks' back-stories about how each film got made. The very first question I was asked after my film, Judy Berlin, premiered at Sundance--- while the actors sat in the audience and just after the credit music had stopped- was about the budget. I wanted to talk about shots. I wanted to talk about Fellini, from whom I'd certainly stolen my own little heroine, played by a pre-Sopranos Edie Falco. I wanted to talk about those weird, sometimes-clunky, Frank Perry films that had partially influenced the film. I certainly wanted to talk about Jacques Demy whose films mythologized the coastal towns of France in a way that was to give me license to set my films in the towns of Long Island. But the era of the low-budget indie film had arrived and all anybody wanted to know about was how low the budget was, did I have a great backstory about the film getting made. Though I refused to answer the question in deference to the entire creative team in attendance, I have been guilty since then about playing into the feverish desire for bone-headed, scrappy-fimmaker stories and the vogue for cutesy "Look Ma, no budget!" anecdotes.
The only thing that rivals our society's fetish with the enormous budget of Hollywood movies (when did we start to know or care about Monday morning grosses?) is the independent world's fetishizing of our own low budgets ("made for twelve dollars in green stamps and recycled bottles!.") The insidious danger in having diverted the conversation to either the back-story or the budget is that neither is good for film. The films I love of the Italian Neo-Realists and of the French New Wave were made under enormous financial constraints and deprivations, but that is not eventually where their greatness lies. Instead, it is their uncompromising artistic rigor and the startling inventiveness of their writing and directing that we still celebrate and are in awe of today. I don't think that Ted Hope's "The budget IS the aesthetic" was intended to focus us slavishly upon the budget nor the aura of cool that surrounds NOT having great sets, professional actors or neat-o equipment. It was intended to encourage filmmakers to utilize what was before them as the Neo-Realists had done with real locations and open air shooting. The budget is NOT the aesthetic. The only guiding principle in a work of art is internal to that work of art or artist.
The responsibility for the creation of better films is the filmmaker's. Film is an art form as well as a commercial endeavor but its practitioners must be artists, craftspeople and creators first, before they are multi-platform, social media, soap-box, agenda-laden, guerilla this, viral that, trans media, new model, off-Hollywood, micro, mini, anythings. We have an obligation both to the filmmakers of the past in whose steps we follow and to the filmmakers of the future who are looking for guidance to redirect the conversation to one that is worthy of the art form.
I am a professor of film at Columbia University's graduate film program. I mention this because it is there at Columbia, in the classrooms where student work is gone over shot by shot, in the edit suites where three frames are added and then one removed, and in the hallways where there is always a conversation going on about the plot of a current film that I see the most hopeful expression of where independent film, and film in general, might be going. It is, however, what isn't being said in those rooms where I find the most meaning.
The conversation no longer seems to be enslaved to the kind of shrill, militant, indie-for-indie's sake battle cry. My students are interested in shots, in edits, in stories, in characters. In short, they are interested in movies.
-- Eric Mendelsohn


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Peyton Manning lost to the Ravens in heartbreaking fashion on Saturday night, but he still stayed around for an hour and a half after the game to congratulate Ray Lewis.
Peter King of SI has details of the meeting in his column this morning:
- They talked for four minutes.
- Lewis had the flu all week and was coughing before Manning showed up.
- Manning was with his wife Ashley and their 21-month-old son Marshall.
- Manning's wife told Lewis, "I'm not very happy, but I'm happy for you."
Lewis and Manning are both 37, and they're two of the most influential players at their respective positions in NFL history.
This will be be their last meeting ever as opponents (via @csteele32):


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Lisa Lowton necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 277 diseños de 38 diseñadores freelance.
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A UK based family business specialising in 'accents' for the home. Our rich design concepts are all about country living. Inspirational ideas are borne out into initial drawings which are then taken through to fabrication, resulting in uniquely designed, bespoke and limited edition home interior pieces including soft furnishings. We also offer a customer specific design service (based on customer brief/requirements). Throughout the process, our over-arching high quality standards from inspiration to completion is our strength.
The company name should suggest that the customer is buying home accents, boasting country elegance and charm - warm, tasteful, built to last. We do not necessarily want a picture of a box used in the logo (but don't rule it out). We are however more about describing the country box as being a representation of the business dwelling (a cottage in the country) where the inspiration and design takes place, through to fabrication, then onto distribution. We are located on the England/Wales border in the heart of the Shropshire countryside. The product is viable for any demographic but must engender to customers our strong sense of quality. No comedic or caricature representations please - clean lines, classic design that just says 'quality'.
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Halkbank perseveres against Fenerbahce to win Teledunya Super Cup for men
Turkey, April 14, 2014. Halkbank Ankara, runner-up of the 2014 CEV
DenizBank Volleyball Champions League - Men, added another honour to a great
season by winning Turkey's Teledunya Super Cup.
The match started with both sides trading runs and Halkbank was on the lucky side at the first technical time-out at 8-7. With some good serving from Matey Kaziyski, Halkbank jumped to a 14-10 lead. However, Fenerbahce Grundig did not give up and narrowed the gap to 17-16 and then tied the score at 19-19 with some good serving from Ivan Miljkovic, even taking the lead at 21-19. Halkbank gathered up to level the score at 22-22 once more and then won the first set by 26-24.
In the second set Fenerbahce Grundig was 13-10 ahead and coach Radostin Stoytchev took his first time-out. But things did not work out for Halkbank when at 21-15 Fenerbahce Grundig was 6 points ahead of Halkbank, taking the second set 25-17 balancing the score 1-1.
Fenerbahce Grundig had a good start to the third set, taking an 8-6 lead, extending it to 16-13. The team from Istanbul kept its motivation and with the perfect spikes of Felipe Fonteles won the third set 25-21.
In the fourth set of the match Halkbank was 8-6 ahead. With some good offensive efforts by Fonteles and Miljkovic, Fenerbahce Grundig managed to tie the score at 13-13, but that was not enough. Halkbank replied with Osmany Juantorena's flawless performance at the end to win the set by 25-21, moving the match to a tie-breaker.
Halkbank had a fast start in the fifth set and jumped to a 9-3 lead before winning 15-9 and triumphing with Turkey's national cup.
Halkbank's Osmany Juantorena was chosen MVP of the Final Four.
All Final Four results:
11 April 2014, Friday
Fenerbahce Grundig Istanbul vs
Maliye Milli Piyango Ankara 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-20)
12 April 2014, Saturday
Maliye Milli Piyango Ankara vs
Halkbank Ankara 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-21)
13 April 2014, Sunday
Istanbul BBSK vs Maliye Milli
Piyango Ankara 3-2 (22-25, 30-28, 20-25, 25-18, 15-10)


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An Italian archaeologist and four Yemenis kidnapped on June 16th by armed tribesmen have been released unharmed, police said Tuesday.
"The hostages have been freed safe and sound following tribal mediation and thanks to pressure exercised by the authorities," a police official told AFP.
Earlier on Tuesday, Italy's ANSA news agency quoted the family of Alberto Alessio as saying he would soon return to the Yemeni capital Sanaa, before returning to his family in Turin in northern Italy.
Alessio -- the latest victim of a wave of kidnappings of foreigners to plague Yemen -- and his Yemeni companions were snatched Friday in the lawless eastern province of Marib.
They were taken to the mountainous region of Sirwah, some 140 kilometers (85 miles) north of Sanaa, where the Yemeni army had surrounded them.
The Italian foreign ministry said, however, that the kidnappers had released their hostages around 5:00am (0200 GMT) not far from where they were originally snatched.
The ministry gave no details of the negotiations, which secured Alessio's release.
The kidnappers had issued a list of demands through tribal mediators, including compensation for 1996 floods, royalties from a pipeline, which runs through oil-rich Marib, a school and roads to be built, and a ransom.
The police did not specify whether any of the kidnappers' demands had been met.
Alessio, vice-president of Turin's Bricherasio Palace foundation, arrived in Yemen on June 14th to arrange for an exhibition on ancient Yemen, currently being staged in Rome, to move on to Turin.
Yemen's unruly tribes have abducted more than 200 foreigners, mostly Westerners, since the early 1990s. They are normally used as bargaining chips in disputes with the Sanaa government or foreign oil companies.
Almost all hostage-takings have been resolved without bloodshed and the kidnap victims are generally well treated, but an exception was the seizure of group of Western tourists in December 1998 by Islamic militants.
Four tourists died in a botched rescue operation.
The latest kidnapping came just a week after a Norwegian diplomat on tour through Yemen was killed in a shootout between kidnappers and police on the outskirts of Sanaa -- SANAA (AFP)
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Last year, James Bond returned to videogames in both GoldenEye 007 for the Wii and Blood Stone for the PS3 and 360. In a change from the standard outcome when a franchise hits multiple platforms, the Wii game was the one that was more polished and more fun to play. Even more surprising is the fact that GoldenEye 007 was a perfectly satisfactory follow-up to its namesake and by far one of the best FPS experiences on the Wii.
Of course, even before GoldenEye 007 came out, people were crying foul that it was a Wii exclusive, mostly because people like to cry fowl whenever they get the chance. All those fowl criers can stop now that the game has come to both the PS3 and the 360 in glorious hi-def with a new engine, extra content, and a more robust online component.
Is it worth picking up if you've played the Wii version? Or if you didn't, is it worth picking up in a holiday market crowded with other shooters?
GoldenEye 007: Reloaded (PlayStation 3 [reviewed], Xbox 360)
Developer: Eurocom
Publisher: Activision
Released: November 1, 2011
This review is going to feel a little bit like a DLC review; in all honesty, the single-player aspect of this game is exactly the same except for the graphical improvements and new hidden medallions to collect. The new stuff, the MI6 challenge mode and multiplayer content, could easily be considered robust DLC if they were delivered digitally post release. That explained, if you really want to read a full review on the single-player, just head on over to my original Wii review because most of what is in there still stands. This is the exact same game reworked for more powerful systems.
There are, obviously, some changes in the single-player experience. This isn't just a straight port with "upgraded" graphics that don't actually look any better, but the same game based on a much more powerful game engine. While I thought the game looked perfectly fine on the Wii, and I'm no graphics whore, I must say that playing through the exact same only much prettier levels is not something I'm going to complain about. The new engine and more powerful platforms not only make the graphics more "hi-defier," but also make the levels feel more alive. Details like rain, water effects, and improved lighting just make levels pop in ways they couldn't on the Wii. In fact, the night club section I raved about in the Wii's review looks absolutely fantastic thanks to the fact that the engine can handle more things on screen at once. So when the entire scene slows down and the debris starts flying like in a John Woo action scene, it looks really, really good.
Compared to the Wii, that is. Graphically, the game is no slump, but it isn't stand-out either. As I said, this isn't a Wii game polished up, but that doesn't mean it's one of the best looking games out now. The graphics are definitely middle of the road overall, and while they look fine, you won't be blown away by anything. This is especially apparent in the textures, which don't seem to have gotten as much love as the lighting and other aspects.
Now, on to the new part. The major addition to the game is the MI6 Ops mode, which is basically a bunch of challenges for the player to try to complete in the fastest time they can. There are three types of challenges (and an extra one that unlocks): stealth, defense, and elimination. All of them take place in slightly varied sections of single-player levels or in multiplayer levels. The modes are all pretty much exactly what they sound like. "Stealth" involves getting through levels without alerting any guards. "Defense" tasks the player with downloading information from three computer terminals while waves of enemies attack; each terminal takes three minutes to download from while enemies flood in at set time intervals during. Finally, "elimination" has the player attempting to kill every bad guy in the level as quickly as possible. By completing challenges fast enough or on high enough difficulties, you're awarded with a higher score which gets you more stars which in turn unlock more challenge levels.
It's pretty standard stuff as far as challenge modes go, but what sets it apart from most others is in how adjustable the challenges are. Instead of simply having easy, medium, and hard settings, difficulty is set by a plethora of variables the player can adjust before jumping into the challenge. You can pretty much adjust everything from enemy damage to rag doll physics. Bump up the enemies strength and you'll get more points as you start the level off. Remove your radar capabilities and your score will go up. Increase your own life and your starting score will go down. Implement paintball mode and... well, nothing happens, but it's way more fun. Thus, to get the best score, you have to balance out challenge and time. Make it too hard and you won't be able to complete it in any decent amount of time, too easy and you won't start off with a high enough score.
In theory, it's a great idea, but from my play, it seemed like completion time outweighed challenge points by too much. Thus, beating the game on a really difficult collection of settings wasn't as good as speeding through it on an easier setting. There's no way of really knowing this ahead of time since it's unclear how the time scores work; believe me, it's incredibly annoying to redo a level over and over on a difficult settings just to have it not pay off in as many stars as you thought it would. I suppose the online leaderboards help to assuage this annoyance since you're competing against others, but I'd rather have a better idea of what I'm going to score ahead of time.
MI6 Ops isn't the only new stuff in the game. Multiplayer has not only gotten a graphical overhaul, but also four new maps and a plethora of new game modes have been added. Some we've seen before, like Elimination where players progress through a pre-set series of guns each time they take someone out, but with a Bond twist since slappers melee is the final weapon. Others are a bit fresher, like Data Miner, where one player has to download data while he fights off all the others, and every kill he makes increases his download speed. I have to say the online multiplayer is quite fun, and thanks to the fact that more of the random multiplayer options are present in this version, it feels a whole lot more old-school GoldenEye when you're online.
Of course, all of the random fun settings (paintball, golden gun, etc.) are back in multiplayer in this version, but Eurocom has also included some other random stuff, like a mode where Jaws' metal teeth can deflect bullets or Dr. No's metal arms prevent him from taking damage from shots to the arm. The game also features more Bond villains to choose from, including Tee Hee, Max Zorin, Auric Goldfinger, Dr. Kananga, and Hugo Drax (exclusive to the PS3). All these definitely make the game a bit more fun, but again, they can't be considered much more than DLC to an already complete game.
I should note that the PS3 version has full Move support (in fact, there's a special edition that comes with that big gun thing and all the Move accouterments) and, well, it works. I played most of the game with a standard controller since I don't own a Move and had to borrow one. Just like the Wii, though, the Move controls function and are fun to play with. So yeah, Move works.
The question then becomes (if you haven't already played the game on the Wii) why would you pick this up over the plethora of other FPS out there that are admittedly better in almost every aspect. Do me a favor and walk over to your game collection to check the back of all your FPSes for how many players can play at once on one console. I'll put good money that the majority of your FPSes don't allow you and three other friends to sit around in the same room and shoot each other. Four-player split screen just doesn't show up on the PS3 and 360 anymore, but it's here in GoldenEye 007: Reloaded; just like the Wii version, it's plain fun to play with your friends in the room. Yes, the same flaws exist in the rest of the game, but with the ability to split your screen into four equal parts and shoot your friends in the same room being such a rarity on both systems these days, I would argue that Reloaded sets itself apart from the pack in a major way by actually having what should be a standard feature.
With Reloaded, you're basically getting GoldenEye 007 plus a bit more. This leaves me in a bit of a quandary when scoring the game. Technically, it should get a higher score than its Wii counterpart since its graphics are better, it has more content, and its online is more robust. However, I can't say that any of this actually makes the game any better, it just makes for more of it. More of an 8.5 is still an 8.5.
What it comes down to is that, if you own this on the Wii, I can't really see that big a reason to pick up this version. If you don't own it, however, this will be a great acquisition to actually get some split screen action on your hi-def console while also getting a really solid game at the same time. I understand it's the holiday season and there are a plethora of other games to pick up, but if you come across GoldenEye 007: Reloaded a little down the road when the influx of games has passed, and if the price has dropped a bit, you (and your friends who can finally play videogames with you when they come over) won't regret it one bit.
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Impressive effort with a few noticeable problems holding it back. Won't astound everyone, but is worth your time and cash.
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'I love it!' and other gift lies
By Wendy Donahue
Chicago Tribune
A strained "I love it!" may perpetuate the cycle.
Kerry Patterson, co-author of the best-seller "Crucial Conversations" (McGraw-Hill), said the subject of gift-giving is one such conversation, particularly within families Following is an edited transcript of our conversation.
Q: How do you weigh your affection for the giver against how violently you hate their gift they give you?
A: It sometimes is an issue of consequence trade-off. Is it more important that I have the right gift or make them feel good? But the issue becomes moot the better we get at speaking up without harming the relationship. The first thing is, I express my appreciation for the fact they gave the gift. I'm not faking anything there. A generic, "I really, I can't believe you would do this for me" will do. My mother would knit me these outrageous sweaters, the kind you would take to an ugly sweater party. You know how much work went into that? In that case, you can talk about the things you do enjoy about the gift, the fact they made it.
Q: What about when mom or your spouse wants to see you wearing the gift?
A: When it comes to the sweater, I wore it when my mom came by. That's not the end of the world. The next crossroads comes when it's intolerable to do so, if a spouse says, "Why don't you wear this out to dinner?" Focus the response on yourself, as in, "You know, I'm kind of quirky about what I wear. I would probably prefer this in blue, and if you don't mind, I'll swap it out." You let them know it's you, not their choice. You don't then swap the sweater for a trip to Hawaii.
Q: Our family does a gift drawing each Christmas. This year, one relative gave a charming seastar chip-and-dip set and got a Ouija board in return. Funny, but it doesn't seem quite fair.
A: In ongoing familial relationships, if you haven't had a discussion as a family (about gift protocols), you've missed an opportunity to say, "I know we're all good at finding things that people want, but there are going to be times when we miss. It would make a lot of sense if we include a receipt." You have to agree together it's not an insult. Always choose positive language. It's all done out of love and respect. Swapping is part of our culture. We have the discussion once as a family, rather than having to apologize and backpedal time after time.
Q: What if Gramps gives you a subscription to a conservative publication but you're liberal? Do you say it keeps getting lost in the mail?
A: Humor can go a long way -- "I see what you're trying to do here!" -- or say "Thanks, this gives me a chance to see the other side, but don't expect me to read it cover to cover!" If you have humor in your toolbox, use it.
Q: What about when a spouse gets in a gift rut?
A: This happened with my wife. She said, "You've been giving me this sterling silver. I have all I could ever wear. I'd like to move it in this direction if I could." I found that very helpful. ... I wasn't embarrassed. This whole, "I can't speak to them," it's making a sucker's choice -- that either I'm going to insult or live with the consequence. How about, "I'm going to speak and not hurt their feelings. I'll be caring and informative and grateful for what they've done."
We've written whole books on this. People are frightened to speak for fear of offending. People move to silence because they think bad things will happen. Then they hold it, and then it moves from silence to violence because we haven't learned to speak our mind honestly without offending. These conversations, they are crucial in every form of our life.
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Mazen Fahme necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 111 diseños de 29 diseñadores freelance.
White Flame Strategy
We are an exciting new marketing and strategy agency. Companies outsource their entire marketing departments to us. For many companies, they do not know how to take their brand and company further. We are a team of professionals who live and breath our clients' brand and strategic goals. We indentify areas of growth, and find innovative ways of improving their business.
The meaning behind "White Flame" is very important. Flames are usually hot, yellow, red and fiery. White flame is a way to say that 'we see things differently'. Think "green sky", "blue grass" etc. We improve situations, and make things exciting. Also, White Flame can be seen as something that makes the path clear, i.e. a light, candle, torch.
Our company is based in Australia, and our intention is to go global. We want people to think that we are a massive global brand.
Our target is the corporate world. Think Marketing managers, directors, business developers and managers. These people are very concerned with marketing, and are looking for someone to help. An exciting logo needs to bring their attention. Don't forget, we are a marketing company, so our logo will be very critiqued and thus must look good.
The logo needs to incorporate the main words "White Flame" and the word "Strategy" much smaller as a sub heading.
We are looking for a creative and innovative icon/logo that we can potentially use for other things i.e. "White Flame Systems", "White Flame People"
Be as creative as you like. We envisage some sort of 'flame' interpretation, but if you feel you can do something better, please dont hesitate.
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In an internal memo obtained by IGN, a senior EA Sports executive says the label will soon open a third studio in Texas, and addresses the departures of key developers from its flagship Madden NFL product.
Daryl Holt, EA Sports' chief operating officer, informs employees that he will be visiting Austin, Texas, "this week" to scout potential locations for a new studio. The studio is part of "aggressive plans for expansion" and Holt indicates it will be involved in EA Sports' new focus on adding persistent online game experiences to its products.
Holt noted the departures of key figures from EA Tiburon, where Madden NFL is made, and said that in their wake comes "a renewed focus on retention". Of course, it also means "new opportunities for our people at all levels".
Kotaku contacted EA Sports for comment; a message left with a spokesman was not immediately returned.
EA Sports has two studios, EA Tiburon in Maitland, Florida, and EA Canada, Electronic Arts' oldest studio, in Burnaby, BC. The label also operates a testing facility in Louisiana.


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The Second International Workshop on the role of Semantic Web in Provenance Management
(Co-located with the 9th International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC-2010)
Previous Workshop
- SWPM 2009 at ISWC 2009
- 1 Updates
- 2 Proceedings
- 3 Program
- 4 Objectives
- 5 Relevance and Timeliness
- 6 Audience
- 7 Workshop Format
- 8 Organization
- 9 Submissions of Papers
- Author presentations and slides from Keynote by Prof. McGuinness are available in Program section!
- A discussion among the participants, in response to the question: "What is the most important item of provenance standardization for you and your community"?
- The workshop proceedings has been published by the CEUR Workshop Proceedings
The SWPM2010 proceedings has been published by CEUR Workshop Proceedings and are available online at SWPM2010 Workshop Proceedings
- 8.30am Registration
- 8.45am - 9.00am Introduction Presentation (pdf)
- 9.00am - 10.00am Keynote Address
- Prof. Deborah McGuinness: Emerging Trends in Provenance
- 10.00am - 10.30am Break
- 10.30am - 12.00noon Session I
- Presentation 1 (10:30am - 11:00am): Annotation algebras for RDFS, Peter Buneman and Egor V. Kostylev
- Presentation 2 (11:00am - 11:30am): Calculating the Trust of Event Descriptions using Provenance, Davide Ceolin, Paul Groth and Willem Robert van Hage
- Presentation 3 (11:30am - 12:00noon): Prov4J: A Semantic Web Framework for Generic Provenance Management, Andre Freitas, Arnaud Legendre, Sean O'Riain and Edward Curry
- 12 - 1.30pm Lunch
- 1.30pm - 3:00pm Session II
- Presentation 4 (1:30pm - 2:00pm): Semantic Provenance Registration and Discovery using Geospatial Catalogue Service, Peng Yue, Jianya Gong, Liping Di, Lianlian He and Yaxing Wei
- Presentation 5 (2:00pm - 2:30pm): Towards Interoperable Metadata Provenance, Kai Eckert, Magnus Pfeffer and Johanna Voelker
- Presentation 6 (2:30pm - 3:00pm): Semantic Representation of Provenance in Wikipedia, Fabrizio Orlandi, Pierre-Antoine Champin and Alexandre Passant
- 3:00pm - 3.30pm Break
- 3.30pm - 5:00pm Session III
- Presentation 7 (3:30pm - 4:00pm): Provenance of Microarray Experiments for a Better Understanding of Experiment Results, Helena Deus, Jun Zhao, Satya Sahoo, Matthias Samwald, Eric Prud'hommeaux, Michael Miller, M.Scott Marshall and Kei-Hoi Cheung
- Presentation 8 (4:00pm - 4:15pm): Presentation on the W3C Provenance Incubator Group
- 4:15pm - 5:00pm Open House
The growing eScience infrastructure is enabling scientists to generate scientific data on an industrial scale. Similarly, using the Web as the platform, the Linked Open Data (LOD) initiative has created a vast amount of information that can be leveraged by Semantic Web application in a variety of real world scenarios. The importance of managing various forms of metadata has long been recognized as critical in the Semantic Web. In this workshop we focus specifically on metadata that describes the origins of the data. The term provenance from the French word "provenir", meaning "to come from", describes the lineage or origins of a data entity. Provenance metadata is essential to correctly interpret the results of a process execution, to validate data processing tools, to verify the quality of data, and to associate measures of trust to the data. The primary objective of this workshop is two-fold, (1) to explore the role of Semantic Web in addressing some of the critical challenges facing provenance management and (2) the role of provenance in real world Semantic Web applications. Specifically,
- Efficiently capturing and propagating provenance information as data is processed, fragmented and recombined across multiple applications on a Web scale, for example in the LOD cloud.
- A common representation model or vocabulary for provenance for processing and analysis by both agents and humans.
- Interoperability of provenance information generated in distributed environments.
- Tools leveraging the Semantic Web for visualization of provenance information.
Relevance and Timeliness
The scale at which data across different domains (e.g. biomedical informatics, astronomy, oceanography and etc) is created along with the rapidly increasing LOD cloud mandates the processing and analysis of provenance metadata in a scalable way. The proof layer in the Semantic Web layer cake, corresponding to provenance information, has been identified as an important component for the implementation of "trust mechanisms" and effective information extraction from the Web. The Semantic provenance notion brought together the elements of the Semantic Web and provenance metadata useful in context of real world Semantic Web applications.
Several workshops each addressing different aspects of provenance have been held, such as Provenance in Databases, Provenance in Scientific Workflows, and the biannual International Provenance and Annotations Workshop (IPAW) (2006 through 2010), but none of these workshops have specifically addressed the role of Semantic Web in provenance management. Further, the large number of participants representing a variety of domains in the ongoing W3C Provenance Incubator Group makes this workshop timely and relevant. The special issues of the Journal of Web Semantics and the IEEE Internet Computing on provenance strongly emphasize the importance of provenance management for computer science researchers.
Previous SWPM Workshop: The first SWPM workshop was successfully organized at ISWC 2009 with a large number of participants representing a variety of disciplines and institutions.
The workshop anticipates the participation of researchers in academia, industry, and government involved in both provenance management and Semantic Web. Given the focus of this workshop on provenance management in real world Semantic Web scientific applications we expect active participation of domain scientists and Web technologists also. Finally, the workshop aims to raise awareness among provenance researchers about Semantic Web and correspondingly highlight provenance management as a rich problem domain for Semantic Web researchers. The last edition of the workshop attracted 25-30 persons and we expect similar number of participants this year also.
Workshop Format
Invited Talk
Prof. Deborah McGuinness
Tetherless World Constellation, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Paper Presentations
The workshop solicits the submission of original research papers dealing with analytical, theoretical, and practical aspects of provenance management using Semantic Web. Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to:
- Representation models for provenance, provenance ontologies
- Provenance analysis (reasoning, knowledge discovery, user-defined rules)
- Annotation of scientific data using provenance ontologies
- Role of provenance in social networks, social media and Web 2.0 (mashups)
- Interoperability and propagation of provenance across applications
- Large scale storage and efficient querying of provenance
- Provenance infrastructure for eScience, business, and Web applications
- Role of provenance in scientific data management
Duration of the Workshop
The workshop is scheduled to be a full-day meeting.
- Amit Sheth
- Amit Sheth is an educator, researcher, and entrepreneur. He is the LexisNexis Ohio Eminent Scholar for Advanced Data Management and Analysis and the director of Kno.e.sis Center at the Wright State University. He has some of the best cited papers (h-index 58) in information integration, workflow management, Semantic Web and semantic web services, and his research interests includes semantics-empowered sensor and social computing on the Web. His research has led to two companies and many deployed systems and applications. http://knoesis.org/amit
- Juliana Freire
- Juliana Freire is an Associate Professor at the School of Computing at the University of Utah. Before, she was member of technical staff at the Database Systems Research Department at Bell Laboratories (Lucent Technologies) and an Assistant Professor at OGI/OHSU. An important theme is Professor Freire's work is the development of data management technology to address new problems introduced by emerging applications, including the Web and scientific applications. Her recent research has focused on two main topics: scientific data management and Web mining. Within scientific data management, she is best known for her work in provenance and scientific workflows, and for being a co-creator of VisTrails. http://www.cs.utah.edu/~juliana/
Organizing Committee/PC Co-Chairs
- Satya S. Sahoo, Kno.e.sis Center, Wright State University
- Satya Sahoo is a researcher and doctoral student at the Kno.e.sis Center, Wright State University. His research interests include semantic provenance, knowledge representation, and information integration in biomedical and sensor domains. He has defined a formal logic-based provenance management framework for scientific data (part of the NIH-funded project Semantic PSE for T.cruzi).
- Further details are at: http://cci.case.edu/cci/index.php/Satya_Sahoo, Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Jun Zhao, University of Oxford
- Jun Zhao is an EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the Life Science Interface in the University of Oxford. Dr Zhao has computer science research background in a diversity of research areas spanning from bioinformatics workflows, e-Science, provenance, trust of data, semantic web, to integration of biological data resources. She has recently applied her research experience in workflow provenance management to the provenance of Linked Data and provenance-based information quality assessment. She is leading the provenance activities in the UK data.gov.uk project and the provenance requirements to the next generation RDF in the W3C Provenance Incubator Group. She also coordinates the provenance activities between W3C HCLSIG and the W3C Provenance Incubator Group. She has organized a number of local and international workshops in related topic.
- Further details are at: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~zool0770/. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Paolo Missier, University of Manchester, UK
- Paolo Missier joined the School of Computer Science, University of Manchester as a doctoral student in 2004 and then as a Research Fellow since 2008. His recent research interests are in data and information quality, process automation and workflow technology and its implications for data and metadata management. Prior to joining academia, Paolo was a Research Scientist at Bellcore (Telcordia), NJ, USA and then an independent consultant for the Italian Public Administration, an independent researcher on national Italian and EU projects, as well as an adjunct Professor in Databases in Milano, Italy.
- Further details are available at: http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~pmissier/, Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Jose Manuel Gómez-Pérez
- Dr. Jose Manuel Gómez-Pérez is R&D Director at Intelligent Software Components (iSOCO) S.A. Among other positions, he has previously worked as Sr. Research Fellow at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and Research Manager at iSOCO, and has consulted for companies like British Telecom. Jose Manuel has written around thirty articles in scholarly and applied publications at prestigious conferences, journals, and books. He serves on the editorial boards and program committees of several scientific publications. Jose Manuel received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, where he was awarded with the Juan de la Cierva grant for Postdoctoral Research.
- Further details are available at: Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Program Committee
- Alexander Passant, DERI, NUI Galway
- Beth Plale, Indiana University
- Chris Bizer, Freie Universität Berlin
- Christine Runnegar, Internet Society (ISOC)
- Deborah McGuinness, RPI
- GQ Zhang, Case Western Reserve University
- Ilkay Altintas, San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD
- Irini Fundulaki, ICS Foundation for Research and Technology, Greece
- James Cheney, University of Edinburgh
- James Myers, NCSA
- Kei Cheung, Yale University
- Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan, Kno.e.sis Center, Wright State University
- Nirmal Mukhi, IBM Research
- Olaf Hartig, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
- Olivier Bodenreider, National Library of Medicine, NIH
- Paul Groth, VU University, Netherlands
- Paulo Pinheiro da Silva, University of Texas at El Paso
- Roger Barga, Microsoft Research
- Sam Coppens, Ghent University
- Sarah Cohen-Boulakia, Universite Paris-Sud
- Simon Miles, King's College London
- Sudha Ram, Arizona State University
- Yolanda Gil, Information Sciences Institute, USC
- Yogesh Simmhan, Microsoft Research
Submissions of Papers
Submissions and reviewing will be handled using the EasyChair reviewing system. Submitted papers will be refereed by at least three members the Program Committee. Accepted papers will be published as CEUR Workshop Proceedings and also made available to attendees on an electronic media (either CD or USB stick).
All submissions should be maximum 6 pages long (in IEEE format http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/pubservices/confpub/AuthorTools/conferenceTemplates.html) in PDF format.
Please submit your paper using the EasyChair site at: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=swpm2010
Important Dates
- Submissions due: September 04, 2010 23:59 (11:59pm) Hawaii time (closed)
- Notification: September 24, 2010
- Camera ready papers due: October 15, 2010
- Workshop Date: November 7, 2010, Shanghai International Convention Center, 2727 Riverside Avenue, Pudong Shanghai, China


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So far I have made bacon and cheese scrolls, blueberry muffins (but I added a few white choc chips), cupcakes and today's piece de resistance, chocolate brownies (no nuts).
It has been a big commitment for me. I don't rate myself as a baker. It isn't really my style. I like to free-range in the kitchen; rarely using a recipe. But baking is different to cooking. All that precise measuring. Lists of necessary ingredients (I lack the
And it is a whole different set of implements too. Sister A once made a cake for Nugget's birthday in my kitchen*. When it was my birthday five weeks later, she bought me a new set of measuring cups, mixing bowls, wooden spoons etc. Mum bought me a set of electric beaters. I detected a theme.
I must admit that having the 'right' equipment does make a difference. It makes baking easier. Achievable.
I am starting to feel a little more accomplished with this precision cooking business, although I still don't know what to do with the kids when they want to 'help'. They are getting a bit tired of tipping flour into the sifter or into the mixing bowl!. Next thing I will be buying myself one of those flashy Mixmasters!
* That is not the only cake Sister A has baked for my children. She whipped up the twins' three year old cake pictured above too.


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Scary Fast: The Fastest Cars on Sale Today
Halloween is almost here, so we've decided to spook you by listing some of today's fastest cars that offer scary performance. Each model includes a huge engine, enormous power and a top speed -- or 0-to-60 miles per hour time -- that would surely freak you out if you were sitting in the driver's seat.
Bentley Continental GT Speed
Most drivers would be satisfied with a standard Bentley Continental GT, which uses a twin-turbo V8 that makes 500 horsepower and 487 lb-ft of torque. Those who want even more can get a 12-cylinder version that produces a monstrous 567 hp and 516 lb-ft. But for those who just can't get enough, there's the GT Speed. The Speed offers a whopping 616 hp and 590 lb-ft, which is delivered to the ground through an 8-speed automatic and all-wheel drive. The result? Zero-to-60 mph in just 4 seconds, on its way to a top speed of 202 mph. Find a Bentley Continental for sale
Bugatti Veyron Super Sport
The Bugatti Veyron is a car of superlatives. Fastest. Quickest accelerating. Most expensive. And now it's all of those things and then some. The reason is that the Veyron Super Sport, which came out for 2012, has replaced the standard Veyron in Bugatti's lineup. Instead of $1.6 million, it costs $2.2 million. Instead of 1,000 hp, it has 1,200 hp. But the scary part isn't the cost or the power, it's the sheer performance. Think 0-to-60 mph in just over two seconds and a 267.856 mph top speed -- enough to earn the title of "world's fastest production car." Find a Bugatti Veyron for sale
Chevrolet Camaro Z/28
The Camaro Z/28 isn't among the fastest cars you can buy -- and it's not the most powerful. But with a 7.0-liter V8 and a track-focused chassis, it certainly has the goods to scare most passengers -- or drivers. Performance was the goal of the Z/28, and it certainly delivers, boasting 426 hp and a 0-to-60 mph time of somewhere around four seconds. And if that doesn't scare you, try this: The Z/28 is so obsessively track-focused that drivers can order one without air conditioning to save weight. Find a Chevrolet Camaro for sale
Chevrolet Corvette
The all-new Chevrolet Corvette is one of the most exciting cars expected to debut this year. Razor-sharp styling, a handsome new interior and a wide range of options all help its cause, but most drivers will only be concerned about what's under the skin. That's fine, because Chevrolet has strapped in a 6.2-liter V8 that makes 455 hp and 460 lb-ft of torque. The result is a 0-to-60 mph time of just 3.8 seconds, as well as a top speed that can reach almost 200 miles per hour. Those numbers are enough to make nearly anyone close his eyes and hold on tight. Find a Chevrolet Corvette for sale
Ferrari 458 Italia
This year marks the 458 Italia's third in production, which means the Italian exotic's gorgeous styling is starting to look familiar. But the performance is still mind-blowing, thanks to a mid-engine setup, a wide track and a wildly low center of gravity. Of course, the engine also plays a role: Despite weighing less than a Ford Fusion, the 458 Italia offers a 562-hp 4.5-liter V8 mated to a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission. The result is a mind-blowing 3.3-second 0-to-60 mph time and a top speed of more than 200 mph. Find a Ferrari 458 Italia for sale
Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8
The only SUV on our list is here for a reason: It's insanely fast. On the outside, the SRT-8 gives only a few clues that it's anything more than a traditional Grand Cherokee. Bigger wheels. A subtle body kit. Enlarged exhausts. But under the skin, it couldn't be more different from the popular SUV. The reason is that it uses a 6.4-liter V8 that boasts 470 hp and 465 lb-ft of torque. The result is 0-to-60 mph in around five seconds for a vehicle that looks like it belongs at soccer practice rather than on a racetrack. Find a Jeep Grand Cherokee for sale
Lamborghini Aventador
We think the Aventador's appearance is enough to scare you. It's wide, low and flat -- and its angular styling makes it look like it's doing 200 mph even when it's standing still. But if you're not spooked by the flagship Lambo's look, try these numbers: 690 hp, 0-to-60 mph in 2.9 seconds and a top speed of 217 mph. Riding shotgun in an Aventador isn't for the faint of heart. Find a Lamborghini Aventador for sale
Nissan GT-R
Nissan's high-performance GT-R doesn't want to be driven slowly. While the sports car's 545 hp may not compare to some rivals, it's performance that counts -- and the GT-R certainly performs. Track times are enough to take down rivals that cost twice as much, while 0-to-60-mph runs have been timed at less than three seconds. That's Bugatti Veyron territory. And how does the GT-R do it? With an impressive launch control system, a dual-clutch transmission and some of the best engineering in the business. Find a Nissan GT-R for sale
Porsche 911 Turbo S
The Porsche 911 Turbo S may not look scary, but it's what the Turbo S offers under the skin that counts. Pull back the classic Porsche styling and you'll reveal an advanced all-wheel-drive system that manages to maximize acceleration and handling. The result is that passengers will stay glued to their seats with their eyes wide open as the Turbo S rockets to 60 mph in less than three seconds, on its way to a top speed of around 200 mph. Find a Porsche 911 for sale
Shelby GT500
To many people, it's "just a Mustang." But if you ride in a GT500, you'll quickly learn it's a lot more than that. For one thing, it has monstrous power. While a typical Mustang is no slouch, the GT500 boasts 662 hp -- more than almost any car on our list. Performance is also exceptional, with 0-to-60 mph coming in 3.3 seconds and a maximum speed than tops 200 mph. Add old-school muscle-car traits such as a live rear axle and a 6-speed stick and we dare you to go for a ride in a GT500 without the occasional scream of terror. Find a Ford Mustang for sale
SRT Viper
The latest Viper continues the tradition set by early models: lots of power and lots of fun. To the first point, think 640 hp out of a monstrous 8.4-liter V10 -- the largest engine offered in a production car today. To the second, imagine a 6-speed manual transmission, a 206-mph top speed and a chassis tuned for hard driving at the absolute limit. We call it fun. You might call it sheer terror. Find a SRT Viper for sale


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The RV industry's "retail scorekeeper,' Tom Walworth of Statistical Surveys Inc., will lead a panel discussion examining the current economic factors affecting the RV industry during the Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA) International Convention/Expo Oct. 6-9 in Las Vegas.
The panel of industry experts will include Mark Beecher, Bank of the West senior vice president for sales and marketing, and Derald Bontrager, president and COO of Jayco Inc. Panelists will focus on the mindset of today's RV traveler and what products they will buy, how these trends will impact the market, and how dealers can better position their dealerships for success.
The panel discussion, titled "RV Market Rebound, Are You Prepared?" is set for Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 2:30 p.m. Another high-profile panelist will be announced in the next few weeks, according to a press release.
"We are fortunate to have three of the most knowledgeable people in the RV industry join us for what will be an interesting and informative session as we prepare for the recovery that we know is coming," said Rick Horsey, RVDA Education Foundation chairman.
This is one of the workshops that are planned for the RV Dealers International Convention/Expo featuring the RV Learning Center, which will be held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
For more information and to register, visit the convention section of www.rvda.org and follow the RV Learning Center and convention on Facebook and Linkedin