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Parker: Lennon has never played better
Tottenham midfielder Scott Parker believes his team-mate Aaron Lennon is in the finest form of his career.
After a relatively inconsistent few years, Lennon has found a new lease of life since the arrival of Andre Villas-Boas and has been hugely productive of late.
The winger scored the winner in his side's 2-1 victory at Sunderland before then setting up Emmanuel Adebayor's strike in the 3-1 win at home to Reading, in front of a watching England boss Roy Hodgson.
And Parker, who is currently on the comeback trail at Spurs since recovering from a long-term injury, believes Lennon is "unplayable" at the moment.
"Is this the best he's ever played? Yes, I think that's fair. Over the last four or five weeks he's been unplayable really," Parker said. "He was at a different level [against Reading], not just because of his raw pace and his threat on and around the ball, but his work-rate was something very special.
"I couldn't think of anything worse if I was a full-back than having him running at me - and I'm sure every full-back out there has the same feeling. He deserves a special mention, he has been brilliant.
"You can see that he's been working hard on his final ball, with the amount of times he gets to that by-line - and he set up the goal yesterday. He probably could have set up another couple if they had fallen for the right people. He has certainly added that to his game, which is pleasing.
"Everyone knows what qualities we have out wide, and [Gareth] Bale and Azza (Lennon) have been at the top of that. I think Gareth is a fantastic player and sometimes he gets all the headlines, but Azza has been key to that as well."

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Parents claims PE program violates separation of church, state
After a week of national media exposure that brought condemnation, accusations and some old-fashioned name calling, Escondido attorney Dean Broyles half-jokingly said he feels like the most hated man in the country.
The "vicious and nasty" comments began after he filed a lawsuit against the Encinitas Union School District.
Broyles is president and chief counsel of the nonprofit National Center for Law & Policy, which focuses on issues of religious freedom. He argues in the suit that the district is violating laws protecting the separation of church and state because its
The litigation may seem frivolous to some, especially in coastal North County, where Christians and people of other faiths commonly frequent yoga studios and see the practice as secular exercise. But Encinitas also is home to conservatives who over the years have objected to a perceived gay agenda and the teaching of "The Catcher in the Rye" in their schools.
The lawsuit, which Broyles said may be the first of its kind in the United States, also spotlights an ongoing debate about whether yoga is appropriate for Christians or, as at least one theologian has called it, "the work of the devil."
Broyles contends that the yoga curriculum is based on a spiritual practice, and that district officials don't offer viable alternatives for students who want to opt out. The district's leaders counter that they have stripped away anything that could be interpreted as religious, down to the names of the yoga poses.
"A lot of criticism we get is, 'What do you have against a little sweating and stretching?'" Broyles said. "The answer is, 'Absolutely nothing.' I'm not even against people doing yoga. I'm against the government teaching Ashtanga Yoga."
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The district is funding the program with a three-year, $533,000 grant from the K.P. Jois Foundation, which also is paying for a related study about the benefits of yoga among children.
The foundation was named in honor of Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois, who developed and popularized Ashtanga Yoga. Jois Foundation board member Tim Miller, director of the Ashtanga Yoga studio in Carlsbad, said the group worked with the school district to create a curriculum suitable for children.
"The overall intention is to provide kids with tools that will allow them to live healthier, happier and more productive lives," he said.
Miller described Ashtanga as a dynamic version of yoga, characterized by the integration of breath and movement.
"Due to the active nature of the practice, it is considered to be very suitable for young people because it provides a good physical workout. But it also brings calmness and clarity to the mind," he said.
The district's curriculum refers to such benefits, stating that it helps students "connect more deeply with their inner selves and develop an understanding with the natural world that surrounds them." It also said that "yoga brings the inner spirit of each child to the surface."
Broyles said that wording proves the curriculum goes too far.
"Why in P.E. class are they concerned with connecting with inner selves?" he said. "It's a spiritual statement."
Miller views the curriculum as secular.
"The Jois Foundation has gone to great lengths to remove anything potentially controversial in the practice," he said. "There is no chanting, no reference to spirit or God, no use of the traditional Sanskrit names of the postures and no attempt to indoctrinate the children into any particular beliefs."
Over the years, some Christians have stressed that yoga in any form is inconsistent with their religion's foundational teachings.
Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, advocated that point in his 2010 article "The Subtle Body — Should Christians Practice Yoga?" He wrote that yoga is used to train the body to achieve consciousness of the divine, and that Christians who practice it either deny or don't see how it contradicts with their own faith.
"Christians are called to look to Christ for all that we need and to obey Christ through obeying his Word," he wrote. "We are not called to escape the consciousness of this world by achieving an elevated state of consciousness, but to follow Christ in the way of faithfulness."
Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle and co-author of the best-selling book "Real Marriage," has called yoga demonic and argued that it is by definition a worship act to spirits other than the God of the Bible.
Broyles' lawsuit includes a declaration by Candy Gunther Brown, a professor in the religious studies department at
Brown also said she defines religion not just by theistic beliefs, but also bodily practices perceived as bringing people a heightened spiritual awareness.
The district's claim that the physical moves of yoga can be isolated from their spiritual purpose does not make sense, she wrote, because body and spirit are not separable categories in the practice.
The partnership between the district and the K.P. Jois Foundation is not the first to attempt to establish a secularized form of yoga for public schools.
In 2002, Tara Guber of Aspen, Colo., asked her local school district to introduce a yoga program. When some parents objected because of the practice's religious roots, she created a curriculum that replaced traditional Sanskrit terms with kid-friendly names. She now markets the curriculum to many districts as Yoga Ed.
In Oklahoma, Laurette Willis has founded PraiseMoves, a "Christian alternative to yoga" using exercises that strongly resemble yoga but are accompanied by scripture readings. The program caters to people who are tired of workouts that are challenging physically but "leave you uncomfortable spiritually," a video on Willis' website states.
She also has created PowerMoves, a spinoff program for public schools that replaces scripture passages with character-building quotes appearing on a video screen while children do yoga-like exercises.
With the many layers involved in the yoga-Christianity debate, from the purpose of yoga to the definition of religion itself, Broyles said he is trying to stay focused on the facts and the law.
He expressed frustration about "knee-jerk opinions" from people observing the case. Among the larger misconceptions, he said, is that he's pursuing the district for money. "They should see the car I drive," he said about the livelihood he makes from his pro-bono work.
Broyles said he is following a lifelong passion.
"The whole reason I went to law school was to do religious freedom work," said Broyles, who spent eight years growing up in Austria and Germany, where his father was a pastor and missionary. "I've just always believed religious freedom is fundamental to our nation."
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2013 Food & Entertaining Trends
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Happy New Year! 2013 promises to be another great year for foodies and foodie wanna-be's. The International Fancy Food Show is next week and I thought you'd enjoy a sneak peek at this year's buzz and how it translates into your home entertaining lifestyle. 2013 Food Trends: 1. A combination of Sweet and Savory flavors […] [more]
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For every NFL player who can't overcome the demons of addiction, there are many who do. Most we never know about, because their confidentiality rights under the league's treatment and testing programs was respected.
For Tyrann Mathieu, his issues with marijuana are well-documented, and his ability to stay clean through a rookie season that ended with the despair of a torn ACL is impressive. But he bottomed out after being kicked out of LSU due to marijuana issues. He now concedes that, while behind bars two years ago, he considered ending it all.
"I'm sitting in that jail cell thinking, 'I don't know if I want to go back out there and face the music,'" the Cardinals safety said Wednesday, via Craig Morgan of FOX Sports Arizona. "I didn't know how I was going to commit suicide in the cell, but that was the direction my life was heading. . . .
"Believe it or not, my cellmates were encouraging me, telling me I was a good football player, telling me I don't need to be thinking about this," Mathieu said. "That's probably why I really didn't do it, but there was an actual moment where I was thinking about, and I'll never forget that feeling."
The topic arose because Mathieu tweeted recently that he has "tried committing suicide." He has since removed the message.
He now hopes to find a way to help others who need help, the way he needed it.
"I want to start a foundation called Second Chance," Mathieu said. "I was given a second chance, so I want to reach out to different groups of people. It would be nice to give that opportunity to others. . . . People go through a lot of things. They can be every-day personal things, not just suicide. I just want to reach out and use this platform for something positive and be an inspiration to people who want to see me as an inspiration."
Mathieu could use some periodic inspiration of his own as he tries to stay away from marijuana.
"It's a long process, and it's going to continue to be a long process," Mathieu said. "I just try to come to work every day and stay on top of my rehab — just continue to push myself. I don't try to get too down about it; I don't try to get too excited when my knee is feeling good. I just take it as it comes."
We wish him the best as he continues to deal with these issues, and we hope that other players wrestling with the disease of addiction receive the treatment they need and, in time, a mechanism through the NFL that won't ultimately prevent them from having the support, the structure, and the income that flow from being employed.


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"An engaging mystery, and a sizzling debut."– Kirkus Reviews
In Allan's debut thriller, a priest aims to find the people responsible for his brother's murder, whatever the cost.
An explosion at a political rally kills a popular presidential candidate, a Muslim reformist and a lawyer who had Senate aspirations. However, authorities are baffled as to which person was the intended target of the terror attack. The lawyer's twin brother, Luke Miller, a Catholic priest raised in a Jewish household, becomes a media celebrity in the aftermath of the tragedy, and he spends much of his day dodging paparazzi. The press's fascination is understandable; after all, Luke wears his brother's clothes, drives his brother's car and goes out in public with his brother's widow. He decides to look into the bombing on his own, even though his investigation may ultimately put other people's lives in jeopardy. Allan's novel is a blistering tale with all the right ingredients for a mystery—for example, Luke's prodding reveals more questions, such as why Luke's brother had been carrying a gun. But the author's multifaceted characters are what give the book distinction. Luke is a bracingly ambiguous character, prone to violent retorts and wracked with guilt over the fact that he and his brother had not been on the best of terms. The novel also addresses Luke's ties to the cloth, as his need for retribution makes him question his faith. The story is full of complex relationships; for example, Luke is indisputably attracted to both his sister-in-law Deborah, and the Muslim reformist's sister Jami. Luke encounters many dead ends and red herrings, but they always feel like steps closer to a solution rather than throwaway pieces of a puzzle. The book's stellar ending addresses a lingering uncertainty and leaves much for readers to ponder.
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SANTA CLAUS WILL BE IN DOWNTOWN JASPER: FRIDAY - November 23 - at the Fire Station - Noon to 1:00 pm. Santa will participate in the "Santa Come to Town Parade" then will sit in His Special House from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. SANTA'S SCHEDULE: Sat. Nov. 24: Noon-3:00 Sun. Nov. 25: Noon-3:00 Fri. Nov. […]Find out more »


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Renovating a home after purchase
If you are ready to make major improvements to your recently purchased home, here are a few tips to remember.
Patience and planning
Planning a renovation properly takes time, real estate resource MainStreet notes, and rushing can cause regrets later on.
Homeowners in a hurry are less likely to take the time to speak to different contractors and carefully examine what they want. Homeowners who take the time research a contractor and map out their project often save money and have a better understanding of how the project will turn out.
Being patient and not devoting an oversized amount of time to a project also allows you to not lose focus on everything else in your lives.
Homebuyers also often see a home differently after living in it for even a short time. Maybe you are not using the space as you expected.
Personal experience may show that some rooms are colder at night, or warmer during some parts of the day, or have other characteristics that are difficult to anticipate.
Alternatively, rooms may accommodate furniture and decorations very well in their current shape, and changing the home might not be worthwhile.
The idea is to get comfortable with how you live first before making renovations that may not work down the road.


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As the European debt crisis deepens, many ordinary citizens have felt the impact of deep cuts to government benefits combined with cuts in public- and even the private-sector wages. But crisis-hit Europe is also home to many ultra-wealthy individuals whose personal fortunes are on the rise.
While Spain may soon require a full bailout, one of its citizens recently became the wealthiest person in the euro zone with a personal fortune of $40.2 billion, according to Wealth-X, a provider of intelligence on ultra-high net worth (UHNW) individuals. Four more of Europe's richest are French, with combined fortunes of $72.7 billion.
It is unsurprising that calls to tax the euro zone's wealthiest members are gaining traction. New French president Francois Hollande is doubling taxes for those with assets valued above 4 million euros ($4.9 million) and in Germany a new plan is being floated calling for a "forced loan" program, in which the wealthy lend money to their governments, to be paid back over time.
Click ahead to find out who are the ten richest people in the euro zone and how they made their money.
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Is it an Island oasis? Floating sky mansion? It could be both because this SAOTA-designed South African home looks like some combination thereof.
There's nothing you can't like about floor to ceiling windows, infinity pool, and incredible panoramic views of Camps Bay and Lion's Head. Think about how incredible those sunsets must be. For equal distribution of beautiful views, the bedrooms are all facing west toward the bay. And to cap it off, every living area has access to the patio, and there's even a fully independent basement to accomodate guests. Think we can stay this weekend?


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At The Naughty Dogge, the head trainer, Monique Anstee has been obedience training dogs for 25 years, and has worked with every breed and every problem. She is located in Victoria, BC, on the West Shore.
Monique is a competitor with national rankings in obedience on her Irish Terrier, Italian Greyhound, her Pitbull, and her Belgian Shepherd. Monique was also the first Canadian to represent Canada in International Obedience at Crufts.
Her motto is to train dogs kindly, but more importantly, effectively. Her clients love her for her honesty. She has been called a drill-sergeant by some because she will not allow people to be disrespectful or unfair to their dogs - she will advocate for your dog. And all training is premised on the belief that we teach rules in order to give freedom. No dog should behave like a robot, or have his temperament squashed, while learning rules. They need to learn to be free and happy, then listen when asked.
Monique frequently appears on the C-Fax Radio, and also has been on the A Channel with her dogs, in addition to the Shaw Channel: she is considered an expert in her field by many. Monique appeared on Cesar Milan and did an obedience demonstration with Basil, in addition to being the teacher of other trainers when it comes to behaviour problems in dogs.
Monique is the author of the book, "As A Dog Thinketh", published in December 2017.
The Naughty Dogge has a variety of group classes to meet your needs. Check out our Training page for details.
We do not take registrations via e-mail. We need to talk to you, to make sure that we will be meeting all of your needs in the class that you have chosen.
Please phone us at 250.590.2664 during office hours.
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UNH hosts two-day college fair featuring over 230 colleges and universities
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — The University of New Hampshire is hosting a two-day college fair featuring more than 230 colleges and universities.
University officials say the fair starting Thursday is an opportunity for prospective students and their parents to speak with representatives from colleges throughout New England. Representatives from state and federal education funding sources also are on hand.
The fair runs from 7-9 p.m. Thursday and from 9-11 a.m. Friday at the Field House in Durham.
University officials say they expect more than 2,000 students to attend.
State universities from the six New England states will be represented as well as small liberal arts colleges. Boston University, Northeastern and Maine Maritime Academy also will have representatives at the fair.


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Yes, another challenge, and with it another contest. The contest part is kind of... well, a non-issue for me, I guess. But the challenge? Way cool! Candy making is something that has always seemed beyond me. Sure I have tried in the past, but not with the expectation of it being "real" candy, just a treat for me. But with the recipes provided by our fabulous hosts, I knew I would at least have fun trying! While the challenge was hosted by a chocolate company, there were plenty of non-chocolate options to choose from, also. Here at the four candies I completed this month.
Peanut butter fudge:
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These were good. I made my ganache with dark chocolate and soy milk. The ganache never set as firmly as I would have liked, but I think that is because of the milk - using cream, as is usually done, would have added more fat and depth. I then added pretzels to it, for crunch and yumminess. As for tempering chocolate... I will call what I did "pseudo-tempering." I don't have a chocolate thermometer, and the candy thermometer simply does not go low enough to be accurate. My chocolate shells had the right snap to them, but not the shine of a proper temper. I definitely want to do this again, with peanuts... And probably with candy molds so they will be a bit of a more manageable size!
I did attempt one more candy - rock candy. But that is one that requires days to grow. And it hasn't been enough days, so I don't think it has finished growing... Hopefully you'll see that one some other time...
Lisa and Mandy, thank you so much for this fun challenge. It was great to learn along with my fellow Daring Bakers, and to see the amazing and creative candies everyone made! Take a look for yourself, but try not to drool on your keyboard!


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – First-year Tennessee Tech golf coach
Polk Brown didn't waste any time in finding rising young
talent to help bolster the Golden Eagle rosters. Brown announced
the recent signing of five Tennessee newcomers – two for the
women's team and three on the men's – who will
join the Tech programs in 2012-13.
The women's newcomers are Allison Geer from Doyle and Megan Williamson from Murfreesboro. Newcomers joining the men's squad will be Adam Cunningham of Cookeville, Bryce Kendrick of Powell and Mitchell Thomas from Farragut.
Allison Geer is the daughter of Terry and Andrea Geer who is wrapping up her prep career this year at White County High School. An Honors student, Geer will enroll in nursing.
"From the moment I got this job, I have heard nothing but
awesome things about Allison," Brown said. "I'm
pumped that she will be one of two girls to usher in my first class
on the women's side. She is a local product, and from
the conversations I've had with her, I can tell that she is
willing to do whatever it takes to help take this team to the next
level. There is no doubt she will bring a fire to the team
during her tenure here."
Geer has been a standout for four seasons at White County under head coach Eric Mitchell. A three-time District 6AAA Player of the Year, she has made back-to-back appearances in the TSSAA state tournament.
Megan Williamson is the daughter of Todd and Jodi
Williams, and a four-year leader for coach Seth Burt on the
Blackman High School team. Another Honors student, she will study
journalism with a focus on sports broadcasting.
"Megan is very solid. When I saw her play back in October, her fundamentals and demeanor on the course are what really stood out to me," Brown said. "She will need these throughout her time here at TTU. I think that she is going be a great addition to our team, and I look forward to seeing what she brings to the table come next Fall."
A two-time all-district selection, Williamson was named a Daily News Journal Athlete of the Week. She qualified for the TSSAA state tournament each of the past three years, and earned a Top 25 finish every time. She placed 25th as a sophomore, and climbed to 12th as a junior and 13th as a senior.
Adam Cunningham is a familiar name in Cookeville area golf. The son of Glenn and Lorna Cunningham, he was a four-year letterman for Cookeville High School golf coach Larry Pitts and also lettered twice for the Cavaliers in tennis. He will major in accounting.
"I am thrilled to have a local player come play for me in
what will be my first recruiting class," Brown said.
"Adam is a fine young man with tremendous work ethic.
His desire and passion for the game is something I believe
will filter into the rest of my team for many years to come. There
is no doubt he is going to be successful both on and off the
Cunningham emerged as one of the top high school players in the state during the past two seasons, earning the Tennessee Male Golfer of the Year award in 2010 while also receiving All-State honors when he placed second in the state tournament. He was the district Player of the Year as a junior and shared the same award as a senior.
In June, he was took first place in the 87th annual School Days Tournament.
Bryce Kendrick is the son of David and Elizabeth Kendrick and a senior at Grace Christian Academy in Knoxville. An Honor student, he was four-year captain and letterman on the golf team for coaches Johnny Cox and his father, David Kendrick, receiving MVP honors all four seasons. He also lettered four years on the GCA basketball team.
"Bryce was someone who flew underneath the radar for this class, and I'm so thankful to have been able to get him to come Tech and represent our golf program," Brown said. "I think he will bring a tremendous enthusiasm to our team with excellent work ethic as well. He has continually improved each year since taking up the game, and I expect that trend will continue as he embarks on his career here at TTU."
Kendrick is a three-time all-region player who also earned all-state honors as a senior. He placed second in the TSSAA state tournament with a 36-hole total of four-under par. In the 2011 Prep Xtra Masters he earned a fourth place finish.
Mitchell Thomas is the son of Cary and Libby Thomas and a four-year leader on the golf team at Farragut High School under coach Jonathan Cox. An Honor student, he will study medical technology.
"Mitchell comes from a town (Farragut) that has produced many excellent golfers," Brown said. "I have no doubt the same will hold true in his case. I believe he will be a tremendous asset to our squad during his time here. He has a genuine love of the game, he will be an outstanding teammate for the rest of the guys who will be here next year. I look forward to what his future brings here at Tech."
Thomas is a three-time member of the All-Prep Xtra team and was the 2011 Region 2 medalist. He helped his team capture four consecutive district and region championships, as well as state titles in 2008 and 2009. He has four Junior Tournament wins, multiple top five finished, and has qualified for the Tennessee State Amateur and the State Junior Tournament.


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Solving an important problem is generally the credo of most entrepreneurs. However, the solutions can take a variety of forms: core technology (e.g., a new database); business model (e.g., peer-to-peer lending); or service (e.g., next-gen mobile optimized retail banking). Certain businesses give rise to differentiated intellectual property which is sometimes patentable and often salable. Others leverage business models and processes which themselves might not be patentable but which create valuable data assets. But sometimes start-ups give rise to neither, and are hoping for advertising, e-commerce or lead generation revenues to fuel profitable businesses - if they work - at scale. These dynamics beg the following question:
Does creating intrinsic value matter in technology start-ups, or are operating cash flows all that really count to a (hopefully) fast-growing early stage business?
By "intrinsic value" I'm referring to the worth of a business if it were to cease operating, with buyers offered the chance to purchase all or part of its assets. In barest terms, if you were to turn off the lights, is the company worth anything? Given a founding team whose mission is to disrupt a large market or to create a new market, it is unlikely that the notion of intrinsic value comes up in casual conversation. But in the cold light of day, the chances of achieving parabolic growth and creating billions in enterprise value is pretty low. But what if a business that was taking a big swing was designed such that it had lots of exit options at different stages arising from the creation and compounding of intrinsic value?
In early days the value might largely be attributable to team, a tight-knit group of world-class engineers who have shipped beautiful software together. Later on it might be team plus an analytical framework for extracting insights from certain kinds of data relevant to the problem being solved, a framework that might be applicable to a range of potential acquirers' problems. And eventually the business at scale might result in a hard-to-replicate data asset that can be leveraged and used as a channel for other types of commerce. This step-wise accretion of value can provide founders with a much wider range of exit options than simply focusing on the "flow" (dependent upon transaction volume) rather than the "stock" (asset value realizable in a liquidation).
Don't get me wrong, as an investor most excited by teams driven to build large and truly disruptive businesses over time I'm in this thing for the long haul. But I have the benefit of diversification. Founders don't. What I'm suggesting is that there is no reason why founders can't be a little more thoughtful about the process of creating asset value rather than less tangible measures of success. Going for the big win and creating asset value along the way are by no means mutually exclusive. But attention to this particular detail can be the difference between a nice, unspectacular but life-altering outcome and a goose-egg. You make the choice.
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Working for the Man: Inspiring and Subversive Projects for Residents of Cubicle Land
Perigee Book, 2007 - 233 Seiten
A book for the subversive worker lurking in every cubicle-from the creator and author of 52 Projects.
For anyone frustrated with the soul-killing monotony of a nine-to-five job, this quirky collection helps beat the office blues, inspire creativity in seemingly dead-end situations, and preserve a bit of integrity in a conformist corporate culture. Learn how to:
- Survive long, boring meetings with breath-holding contests
- Plot out a "sick day" calendar to maximize time off
- Write your novel on company time
- Create the most pro-worker cubicle to instill a false sense of your total commitment
- Anonymously send your boss a Happy Secretary's Day bouquet
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The producers of the Academy Awards have good news for those watching at home: They're trying to cut out the boring parts.
Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron say they watched 40 years of past ceremonies to finds ways to keep the show moving at a brisk pace. They say they are looking to nip and tuck unnecessary moments that can turn the show into a marathon.
At an annual lunch honoring Oscar nominees, Zadan and Meron said they identified time-consuming segments that might run only 15 or 30 seconds but which collectively can bog down the show. In some years, the Oscars have run to a ponderous four hours or more.
"You start adding up those 30 seconds, and you have an accumulation of time that you can use for entertainment. So that's what we're doing. We're learning a lot about the things that we don't need in the show," Zadan said. "The main goal is to honor the nominees and the winners. And then beside that, there's a lot of pregnant pauses that you get in the show. ... We've scooped out a lot of those pauses and created more time for performance and entertainment."
Zadan and Meron said they have moments planned that should appeal to all ages and interests, including performances by Adele, Norah Jones and Barbra Streisand and a tribute to the James Bond franchise.
They also are working closely with Oscar host Seth MacFarlane, the creator of "Family Guy" and last summer's comedy hit "Ted" who is known for edgy, potty-mouthed humor. The producers said they're not worried that they will need an emergency switch to censor MacFarlane.
"There's no oversized red button" to bleep the broadcast if MacFarlane goes too far, Meron said. "Seth is Seth, and we love him."
Among those attending the Oscar lunch were acting nominees Denzel Washington, Sally Field, Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Naomi Watts, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro.
Also on hand was Ben Affleck, who missed out on acting and directing nominations for his CIA thriller "Argo" but does share a best-picture nomination as a producer on the film.
Affleck said he's thrilled with the awards attention the film has gotten and that he is not sweating his snub as director.
Since he got left out of the directing field on Oscar nominations morning, "Argo" has gone one to dominate other Hollywood awards, including the top prize for Affleck at Saturday's Directors Guild of America honors. "Argo" now has established itself as the Oscar favorite among the nine best-picture contenders, a rarity since films hardly ever win the main award if they are not nominated for best director.
"I just feel so incredibly honored to be nominated as a producer for this movie. To be here at the big party," said Affleck, who shared a screenplay Oscar with Matt Damon for 1997's "Good Will Hunting" but had not been nominated again until this season.
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About 160 nominees attended the lunch, an annual rite leading up to Hollywood's big night. The 85th annual Oscars air live Feb. 24 on ABC.


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SAO PAULO — European football leaders told FIFA President Sepp Blatter on Tuesday he should leave office next year.
Blatter faced a hostile UEFA membership which bucked the trend of overwhelming support from FIFA's other five continents, who urged the 78-year-old Swiss this week to run for a fifth presidential term next year — despite a slew of scandals and negative headlines under his leadership.
UEFA executive committee member Michael van Praag and English Football Association President Greg Dyke directly challenged Blatter not to stand again during a closed-door meeting of Europe's 54 football nations — described by one delegate as "a grilling."
"People link FIFA to corruption and bribery and all kinds of old boy's networks," Van Praag told reporters later.
"FIFA has an executive president and that means you are responsible," the Netherlands federation president said he told Blatter. "People tend not to take you very seriously anymore."
Van Praag insisted it was not a personal attack and deflected questions on whether he could be proposed by UEFA as a candidate against Blatter.
UEFA members reminded Blatter he promised them in March 2011 that his current four-year term would be his last.
UEFA board members lined up later to list grievances with Blatter, including his handling of Qatar 2022 World Cup issues and criticism of European media for reporting allegations of corruption at FIFA.
In meetings with Asian and African delegates on Monday, Blatter blamed European media and suggested racism was a factor in their reporting of that controversy.
"Greg Dyke pointed out it was unacceptable what he said yesterday," German football president Wolfgang Niersbach said.
Niersbach dismissed speculation he might be proposed by UEFA as a candidate against Blatter next year.
UEFA President Michel Platini, long seen as Blatter's likely successor, is expected to decide in September if he will challenge his former mentor.


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Its been an astounding twelve years since Oscar winning director Jim Cameron brought the world a feature film, the gigantic box office hit, "Titanic".
Now Cameron is back with his highly anticipated sci-fi fantasy film, "Avatar", the highly secretive project that was unveiled at Comic Con. This is a movie in which Cameron literally created the technology and the cameras to bring this to life, making it one of the most technologically advanced films to come out of Hollywood in decades.
Cameron was relaxed and open about the process, yet giving very little away, as we chatted prior to his Hall H presentation.
Question: Is that a bold move, to think of something you yet?
Cameron: And it was done on purpose. Because I was – you know, I had founded a visual effects company with the idea of – I didn't really want to be, necessarily, a service company for other filmmakers, although of course that's how you pay for all the infrastructure – I wanted us to push out in front, and do really cool stuff, and create – use the new technology to create CG characters. And I partnered with Stan Winston, because he wanted to do the same thing. He was even putting in CG work stations at his Creature Shop – that's how prescient he was about where this was all going.
So, this was in '91, '92. So we formed a company. But then we got side-tracked into all this kind of 2D composite stuff. And I'm using 2D, 3D in the computer sense, not in the stereo presentation sense. And – you know, we did True Lies, and Apollo 13, Titanic, stuff that was not pushing creature development, character development at all. So I said, " All right. I'm going to write something so that right after Titanic, we go into really pushing the envelope."
So, the idea was to create something that couldn't be done at the moment it was written, by design. But I screwed up. Cuz I didn't go one level out. I went, like, four levels out, you know? And my guys shouted me down. Whereas on The Abyss, with the water weenie character – you know, we'd gone kind of one level beyond, or maybe a level and a half. And the same thing with Terminator 2. You know, the liquid metal dude, we could just barely do that. Or we could imagine doing it.
So, it's all a question of timing. A really good metaphor for this is surfing. I don't surf, but I get the principle. And the principle is, you don't make the wave. It's too much energy. You can't do it. But what you can do is, you can serve the wave. You can harness energy that's happening anyway. And so the timing on Avatar was critical.
But I kind of dread having an idea we can't do right now. No, the nice thing is that the infrastructure that we've created, and that other stuff created to support this big project, now makes it possible for us to do anything. So, next time out I don't see focusing so much on the technology, as focusing on process and pipeline, making it kind of more manageable. I mean, I'd like to shrink four years into two years. And that'd be a huge challenge.
Question: Twelve years after Titanic, I guess there's this huge amount of pressure for this movie. There's a lot of buzz about it. Do you feel that pressure, or do you sort of ignore it?
Cameron: Well, you can't ignore it. I think you've got to acknowledge it. You've got to know that there's a big expectation. I think – you know, first of all, Titanic and Avatar are chalk and cheese. They're just two totally different movies. So right there, you can't really compare them to each other. I suppose you can compare their box office performance, I guess.
Titanic was, I think, an anomaly, in the sense that it somehow keyed into global emotion is such a way that made a ridiculous amount of money. You can't even try to compete – I don't think I try to compete with myself on that. But with Avatar, I was looking for something that was challenging enough to be interesting. To – because I knew it would be a big, complex project – to hold my interest, as opposed to doing the deep ocean expeditions, which I loved. I mean, you know.
You guys who cover the movie beat, let's say, or the pop culture beat – to you, I disappeared. To me, I didn't disappear. I was just doing the shit that I really wanted to do. You know? And I could afford to do it, after Titanic. And I did six deep ocean expeditions in that time. And it turns out in retrospect to look kind of like a master plan. Because learning how to build the 3D technology, learning how to work with 3D – over that time, we did a tremendous amount of 3D shooting, some of it in very rough conditions.
So in a funny way, when I started the live-action shoot on Avatar, I knew exactly what to do. In fact, it was almost easy by comparison. I had six days of prep in New Zealand before we started shooting this movie. Six days. Normally, you'd prep for 60 or 90 days, in situ. I had six days. And the reason was, because first of all, all the sets were already designed virtually in advance, and built from plans. And I was working on a virtue volume here in LA, in virtual sets that were being built for real in New Zealand. So I walked in six days before, and I said, " Okay. I've already, in a sense, done all these shots. I know the camera goes there, camera goes there, lights go out there."
Question: You scouted the sets and rehearsed on the sets virtually.
Cameron: Scattered and rehearsed on the sets virtually, before we got there. So I was – in a way, the documentary films, in 3D, had prepped me for the live action shoots so well, that we just started. It was just very smooth. And I had a good, proven team as a result of that. So in a way, I was building muscle to do this film. And, you know, Stan Winston said something very interesting when I first showed him the 3D footage. Not from Avatar, but right before that, from the documentaries. I said, " Yeah, and I'm thinking about doing a 3D film. I'll do something small to start out with, and build up." He said, " No, no, no. You do your biggest and your best idea." He said, " You do your Star Wars in this." And Stan could be like that. He just was so crazily intuitive. You know, he just – boom, right to the idea. I thought, " He's right."
Question: Those experiences, and just your exploration of this world, has really informed how you've designed Pandora. I mean, your diving experiences.
Cameron: I saw a lot of stuff at the bottom of the ocean that influenced the designs. You know?
Question: Like what?
Cameron: Well, you know, bio-luminescence. Not only in the deep ocean dives, but just diving around in a coral reef. The colors, the patterns. You know, sometimes something'll exist this big, that we made much larger. And there's a lot of stuff, obviously, in the film, beyond what you saw in 24 minutes. We didn't pick these scenes because they were necessarily the most beautiful, or the best action in the film. We picked them because they were the ones that, when strung together, told enough of the story that you got a good sort of footing in the world, but didn't do any big spoilers for the end.
Question: With the preparation that you made, and with all the design that you did beforehand, is it the kind of movie that you actually had a sequence that was most challenging for you to achieve, or did you kind of cut that out, because you had pre-planned so much?
Cameron: No, we didn't cut anything out because we couldn't do it, but there was one scene that did take us two years to figure out how to shoot. That's the action finale, so I can't tell you what it is, but it involved characters in four different scales all interacting with each other, all played by live performers. It was crazy, how hard it was. But – you know, at least we knew it was the finale of the film, so it was worth our effort. And it's a corker.
Question: You started [UNINTEL] 14 years. And then you have all these bells and whistles working at the same time. Are you ever afraid [UNINTEL]?
Cameron: Yeah, there's a danger of that. But I think the hardest part of this job, no matter who it is sitting here, is to maintain a fresh eye. And this is true on any film. Because every film – you know, you plan it, you write it, you storyboard it, you shoot it, you cut it, mix it, do the music – you've seen at 1000 times by the time you're making your final editorial decisions. If you take anything for granted, that the audience understands something that they can't possibly, because you've taken out the information they need – you're doomed. And, by the way, you can become inured to the beauty of a moment, and cut it too short.
So, I think that this is just something you learn. You know, it's like anything. You just learn it as you go along. You learn how to be objective about your own stuff, to see it with fresh eyes. There's a big thing about seeing in the movie. The Na'Vi use a term, " gamay," which means, I see you. But they're not saying " I see you," they're saying, " I see into you. I understand you." So, they equate seeing with understanding. And the movie is very much about seeing, through the eyes of others.
As a filmmaker, you've got to be very, very in control of your own perceptual lens, and not lose sight of that. Because the audience doesn't have the benefit of all this. You know, especially if it's a brand new thing like this, and not something from a franchise like Star Wars or anything. Where there, you're kind of riffing against past moves. Here, you're building it up from scratch. It's a hard thing. But I think your question was also about, " Oh, you've got all this technology, and green screen and CG and all that. Do you lose touch with the humanity?"
But everything that – a lot of what we spent our time developing was a technology that was transparent to me, as a filmmaker – was filmmaker-centric, so I could actually have tools that made it more intuitive. In the way that on the documentaries, I just had that camera there, and I'd just run over and shoot it. You know? Or, if I felt something was happening over there, I'd turn. Like that. Our virtual tools allowed me to do that, in the CG world. With that kind of real-time, instinctive quality. And for the actors, also, to make it transparent to them, so it was just about performance. They weren't – the irony is, the technology made the technology go away. You know? And so what you get – I mean, did you feel that the characters had an emotional authenticity, in the clips that you saw? That's what we went for.
Question: Did this reinvigorate your love of filmmaking?
Cameron: Yeah, I think so, because I think that there are so many possibilities now. You know – I mean, I've always had fun pushing the envelope, kind of by design. " Let's get out there. Let's get in front." Maybe it's my insecurity as a filmmaker, that I want to have all this stuff to show people and dazzle them, and all that. But it's good. It's a win-win deal, you know? Because I get turned on by the challenge of that, and the audiences get turned on by the results.
Question: And we won't be waiting another ten years for the next Jim Cameron movie?
Cameron: No. I thought about that, you know? I was kind of assuming that that question would come up. And the answer is, I really, really loved doing the expedition stuff. But it took me seven or eight years to build real street cred in that world. You know? Because I'm dealing with people that are completely outside the Hollywood community, in space exploration, in ocean exploration, at an institutional level. These are science guys. You know, I'm out on expeditions, I'm helping them pull tube worms out of a sampling basket. You know, it takes a while for them to respect that not only do you understand what they do, but you can actually contribute to their world, in terms of the technology, and so on. So, it took time to build that up, but I don't have to do it now. I know already those people. And I can go on an expedition – not tomorrow, but in January I can. And so, I don't have to be away as long. So I'm thinking it's kind of movie, expedition, movie, expedition, instead of movie, expedition, expedition, expedition, expedition, expedition, movie.
Question: Your previous work has a little darkness to it.
Cameron: Thank you.
Question: Has the joy and the happiness in Avatar and your expedition stuff, filtered into this world? Does it have that same darkness of your other films, or do you think it'll be in some way more hopeful?
Cameron: Nah, I'm still the same twisted fucker I was back when I wrote Terminator and there's a lot of dark stuff in this film. I mean, you get pummeled. When you get into it deeper – I mean, it's a real emotional rollercoaster. And, you know, you've got to earn the happiness in this movie. And I think that's what makes a movie really work. Makes it really fire on all eight cylinders. So far, everybody's talking about the world and the critters and the design and all that stuff, which is cool. But there's a story. And it's – you know, it'll wring you out. I mean, Sigourney just saw the movie for the first time a couple days ago. She was crying for 15 minutes at the end of the film.
Question: In 2D, she saw it.
Cameron: In 2D, yeah. I don't think the 2D, 3D, really affects the narrative power of the story. That has to exist as its own thing. And I think every film has to have a certain amount of darkness to appreciate the light. But I think the curious thing about this film especially, and one of the reasons that I was attracted to it, is it has real beauty in the film, by design. I mean, we wanted to balance the intensity and the terror, and kind of the – you know, the darkness, with the moments of just transporting beauty. And I think a lot of films – most films, I would say, especially in the science fiction genre, don't try to do that. They should, and occasionally they succeed. But to me, it was about doing both.
Question: Your action sequences still hold up, even going back to the original Terminator. What do you think it is about your style that makes that evergreen, and maybe some of the stuff you see now could be bigger, but – you know, who cares?
Cameron: Well, you don't care. It's stakes. You have to understand the stakes for the people in the situation. That's why a down and dirty car chase in Terminator still carries weight. Because you care about the people…there's also a freneticism in action that sort of crept it about the time the Avid and non-linear editing became the major tool of choice, and people could change the cut and keep refining it, and chopping shorter and shorter and shorter, and getting really familiar with the cut.
I think something happens to filmmakers, which is that they watch their own action sequences so many times that they actually learn where the next image – where the subject coming in in the next image is. So they're already looking there. But the audience doesn't do that. So, I actually watch all my action sequences bilaterally transposed. Flopped. When I get it all cut the way I think it's supposed to work, I'll watch it backwards. I don't mean backwards in temporal order, I mean in a mirror, right? I'll watch a movie in a mirror.
So my instinct to look where the next thing's happening gets short-circuited. It's actually – you realize how dependent you've become on your own watching process. But it goes back to that thing I was talking about before, which is – you've got to be able to watch your own stuff with fresh eyes, to anticipate the audience's reaction. I think it's an art, and I think it's a discipline.
Question: You touched on something – exactly what I wanted to know. As you've been going through this percolating process, did you ever get any surprises that you didn't anticipate?
Cameron: Yeah. Well, here's a big surprise. We screened for our friends and family, 20, 30 people that were kind of unfamiliar with the specifics, although they knew we were making the film. None of them noticed that the avatars have four fingers, and the Na'Vi have three fingers. Or five and four, if you want to include a thumb as a finger. And they got through the whole movie and never noticed it. I don't even think it's really that important, but it's one of those little things that you sort of take for granted that people are going tonotice, that they didn't even notice. So, yeah, you do have to pay attention to what an audience says. I'll be curious to see what the feedback is coming out of today's screening, because we've got 6000 virgin pairs of eyes, that are – you know, a lot of people are going to go on-line, they're going totally about it. And we'll monitor that traffic. And I think there's something that can be learned.
Question: Just on Twitter alone.
Cameron: Yeah, I haven't gotten any of the direct feedback yet. But, you know, we'll definitely check that out. And I think that that can be valuable to the film. Because we want the film to be the best possible version it can be, obviously.
Question: Will you produce the game?
Question: Are you beginning a franchise here, do you think? Would you consider this as part of a franchise?
Cameron: I think so. You know, I mean, I think we have to get the time it takes to make one of these movies down. But that can be the next technical challenge, right? I mean, I think we know how to do it. Now, we've got to learn how to do it as a faster, easier pipeline. But you've got to remember, we had to create every damn thing you saw. Next time around, Jake exists, the interior exists, the forest exists. Things that we can now take for granted, and then build on that and go beyond it. And there'll be other worlds in the subsequent films. If we make money on this, there'll be another one. It's pretty much that simple.
Question: Almost as famous as the James Cameron film is the James Cameron special edition. Is what we see in theaters going to be the final say?
Cameron: Probably, in the sense that the scenes that get taken out will never get finished up to a photo real level. So, we can stick 'em in a DVD. They'll be interesting. But they'll exist at what we call a template level, which looks more like an '80s video game version of the scene. Very, very accurate. It's the performances, and so on. But the finished look isn't there. And there won't be the money to finish them. So, it's not like taking out footage that you thought, you know?
Question: Could you have done all this in the performance capture? And why did you choose to do part of it in live action?
Cameron: Well, it never occurred to me to not do the stuff that we could do live action as live action. I think people misuse the CG stuff. If I can have an actor walk in the room and say a line, I'm going todo that. I think you can appreciate, from what you saw, that that stuff couldn't have been done that way. And could I have put somebody in blue makeup and added a CG character to them? Maybe, but they wouldn't look like that.


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More news from a UK daily national tabloid newspaper which makes some bold claims for its readers gleaned from suggested Internet rumors, leaks and its own sources.
People post anything.
The thing is, The Sun has millions of non gaming savvy readers who will take their claims as gospel.
@bunt - Definitely.
A lot of this is old rumors, and conjecture and nothing that has actually been substantiated.
Also Xbox June release, really doubt it.
Indeed the amount of crappy football rumours people take as truth I hear is insane.. I would love to See PS4 in June and hell its possible but its doubtful. It would really annoy the crap out of MS though if they did.. It may explain why GTA was delayed as they could have told Rockstar its launching in June so rockstar delayed to game to make a PS4 version. Imagine if GTA was an exclusive (nex gen) to ps4? That would be huge for Sony and releasing early would possibly net that.
New Xbox likely to launch in June 2013 - Fake
Will have film quality graphics - like real life? I don´t think so
i imagine they will be close to film quality graphics. theres already a few PS3 exclusives that are comparable to film quality as it is. god of war and killzone for example
I always said 2015-2020 would be the year of graphics that take a huge leap.
LOL there is nothing "film quality" about God of War or Killzone. They have very good graphics and that's it. Be serious.
Wait a minute 10x more powerfull? I thought the PS3 was already had supercomputer power, does this mean its a quantum calculation now? Lol, whatever, Im tired of bs numbers with poor results.
Quantum computers should take over right around the time transistors gates hit low single digit atom counts, sometime around the year 2025. But they may never become consumer products, as the process of transmitting quantum data requires "teleportation" due to the fragility of quantum bits(qbits, which are know to be destroyed after each operation), and some of the components are physically rare(something like diamond, crystal, etc. would be required).
As a quick example of the exponential power of qbits, a terabyte of data is 2^43 0/1 values, while 500 qbits is 2^500 "complex" values. They can be analogized to vector calculus, while today's computers would comparatively be addition and subtraction by 1.
The PS3 certainly is no supercomputer, but it was quite a powerful console when it came out, and it still holds up well today. But today's high end PC's (which are also not supercomputers) trounce the PS3.
But anyway, I'm eager to see what Sony reveals about PS4 later this month.
Supercomputer is a moving target. Your dumb phone is probably an advanced supercomputer compared to the first supercomputer in the 1960s.
Why do the English over sensationalized everything?
The media that is.
British, not english.. the UK isn't just england.
One crappy tabloid rag does not represent an entire country.
British journalism is a mixed bag like most other countries and, proudly, some of the most unbiased of any country.
Obviously it doesn't represent a whole country and I know the difference between England & Great Britain alright.
You need to get out more...
This is no different than Famitsu saying "check back for a scoop on a popular game fans want next week." Typically these are followed up by some lame game no one cares about, a game we never heard about and won't care about or in some cases a genuine scoop.
The Sun is a very despised paper in the UK. They are known to lie and create stories to sell papers. And it is a paper owned and run by American Rupet Murdoch.
He is dual nationality Australia/American.
I just googled and found out he lost his Australian citizenship when he aquired his American citizenship in 1985.
Definately lol. Those 'journalists' just collected every rumor that is on the internet, no matter how dumb it is. But hey, it's The Sun, so nothing much to expect from them anyway, but for us who are informed it's funny, but the regular reader might even believe it.
If they were to truly release in June, that would be a very interesting move. I would really like to see how it sells, right after the E3 hype. But alas, this will not happen.
perfectly sums up the article and title.
Love how he definitely just googled PS4 images and took the first two he found.
720 release date JUNE?? lol so much flamebait the SUN must be sooooooo bright
they will post anything for hits.
So is my laptop I paid £399 for and so are the graphics !
Yea OK !!!!!!
Isn't the Wiiu like 300. Ps4 will probably launch at like 450.
Read again. It's in pounds, not dollars. Don't think the PS4 will be $700...
That was regarding it being 10 times the power not price!
Release in June..
Utter madness.
Madness you say?
Probably not what you meant :)
Anyway launching in June does have some advantages. By launching so early they can take advantage of the current slowing in Wii U sales. They will hope to capture some of those that may have gone for a Wii U. And of course they would be out before the Xbox.next so they would get a jump on Microsoft.
But I don't expect it in June, most likely September or October.
Doesn't make sense. But maybe they'll do it just to be out "first". Big business will pick up for or around the holidays. You can't build headway by releasing that early. And both specs will be available by then. People will make up their mind and probably wait the couple of month. And, nobody buys consoles in summer...
Ju, I'm not sure you're right. It could make sense. A June release is right around E3. The 360S released around that time and did big sales. A new console with a lot of new games would get people in the stores. Hardcore gamers don't check the month before they buy.
If you had a tiered release schedule like the Sony rumors it really makes sense. The US and Japan in June and Europe by the Holiday season. Though for Microsoft, you don't have to worry about Japan. Sell direct to the US military personnel. But this way you also take care of the hardcore early and leave the Holiday for mainstream purchases. This gets the consoles in the hands of your base with less worry of "this year's hot items" purchasers in the way. June is a very good release time. Add that Summer job money and extra free time and it's ideal.
On the power thing. People seem to forget the advances in GPU's and CPU since 2004-5. This is 2013. GPU's definitely 10 times the power. And with HSA and programming built around it CPUs won't be far behind that. So 10 times makes perfect sense. Look at benchmarks for a R520(ATI card 360 GPU based on) and compare it to a Southern Islands card. Southern Islands is more than ten times the power.
I don't see a June release happening. E3 is June 11-13, which means Sony would have to either announce a launch date for that on the 20th along with a plethora of games, and then hype it up at E3 while units may just sit on the shelf and retailers scramble to get ready. It is possible, just not probable.
I remember the Saturn launch where Sega just came out one day and said "you can now buy it in stores" only a few months after announcing it, and several months before their original launch date. It was disastrous for them. If the PS3 launch is announced on the 20th, then it wouldn't be that bad, but June is only 4 months away, and it's only 1 month after their big release of The Last of Us. Still may be possible if PS4 is completely BC, but highly unlikely.
OTOH, I wasn't expecting the teaser a couple days ago, so who knows.
what a shitty times, i think now even i can be a journalist.
Yes, if you put in the "effort", you could b_one.
News, News, read all about it!!! Playstation 4 11x times faster than Xbox 360 - unfolding lies behind cramgaming.com article!!!
What about it Conzul is it good?
If XBOX is launching in June, they are pretty late in advertising and hyping things. And I can't see any console predating the market before GTA5 release date (not that I care about it, but the industry does).
I'm pretty sure that if GTA5 is going to be a next gen game then the consoles will need to be available to buy. Otherwise it will be a next gen console game that cant be played because theres no hardware to play it on.
if there is anext gen release they will obviouslyjust up the texture quality which would be easy, just like altering in game settings on PC.
It's not always that simple Flying. Even a texture swap would require a complete retesting of the game. Anything released in June would have to be going gold within the next 2 months, particularly for a title that will sell big.
Also if the architecture is vastly different than the PS3, which is already being assumed, then there is a lot of programming involved, unless they have some parity with the 360/720 version. Too many unknowns to make an accurate guess.
If GTA5 was always intended to be a next gen title though things could be different. I find this may be possible given that the news for GTA seems to be rather sparse for such a big title.
next gen GTA5 would be a mega-bomb if it was released on launch though, and would really help drive console sales. It is one of those few games that really is a system seller.
But if there is a next gen version why not be the only system on the market for it. You would clean up with the hardcore for June, July and August. GTA5 brings you a boost in September. Then the holiday season carries you the rest of the year. June actually makes perfect sense. Your main audience in the Summer would be the hardcore gamers and we all know that they will know it's out there. And they won't have to worry about housewives and their Christmas list yet. Plus the software market is slow but people will still have money.
I know the Summer has always been considered bad. But that's because people have accepted it as being that way. But I also know that me and a lot of people I know have always complained about the lack of software during the Summer. Summer is a perfect time if you are first and definitely if you are the only one.
I like that thinking. I don't believe the actual hardware matters which time of year it's released. Those first few months are usually made up of the ones that will buy it no matter what. I always hated the software drought of summer, and wish more publishers would take advantage of it, particularly with niche and new IP's. Get sales in the summer and then for the holidays seems logical to me, although I'm sure release practices are pretty well backed up with statistical data over the past 30 years.
I think it's backed up by data because of the lack of any data to contradict it. In the US, I believe retail makes 40% of it's sales during the holiday season. But thinks like new phones and tablets aren't released during the holiday season. And they make major sales. The 360S was released right after E3 and sales rose substantially. Same for every new PS3. I believe people think you need to wait for the holiday because no one has tried anything else.
There are alway shortages at the beginning of most new consoles because of the holiday release schedule. Why not eliminate that. You'd still get the Christmas sales and will have a bigger install base for those holiday releases. Plus a Summer release means Europe doesn't have to wait with no Christmas sales to worry about.
Also, in reference to your comment above. Back when the Dreamcast was launched, Gaming was a far smaller entertainment product. Not it is the main entertainment product. I'm sure gaming is a well over 60 billion now. Back then I wonder if it was even ten billion. Even the mainstream press follows gaming. They don't train their reporters on it. But they follow it.
True the lack of data may be because few big games release in the Summer, and most try to cram it in in Q1 or holiday sales...hell just look at the next 2 months, it has a bigger release schedule than this holiday had...possibly due to trying to get out before the PS4. It's sort of a self fulfilling prophecy int his regard. Really big IP's can sell at any time, but most publishers still go for that holiday season to capitalize on sales, like say Assassins Creed.
This wasn't really always the case though. In the PS2 days you generally saw a pretty solid line up all year long, which did dip a bit in the summer, but not the trickle like we've seen this gen.
I'm all for a summer release, and have money saved up already for my next system. However if there won't be any games to go with it then I'd rather they wait.
In reference to above(The Saturn), yeah Sega screwed that up royally. It did release in the summer as I recall. The bigger problem they had wasn't the size of the market, as people were interested in the system, but rather the fact they just said "it's now available" without enough units being shipped out to retail. Some stores didn't even have them and it pissed off retailers. On top of that many developers weren't ready to ship their games with the launch, which left a very limited supply of games available, and developers were pissed because they wanted those launch sales that come with new systems. Obviously this kind of thing wouldn't be the case with the PS4, as it was a lesson learned back in the day.
If Sony says on the 20th, it'll release this Summer, the consumer, retailers, publishers(who likely already know), and developers will be ready for it.
The belief seems to be that Microsoft will release this Summer. But I wouldn't be surprised to see them both do it. Sony stated sometime ago that they wouldn't be the last to the market this time so they could release this Summer too.
As far as software goes. I think the Xbox will be very similar in a lot of ways to the 360. I think it will use Power7 cores, not Steamroller. But they will be modified for HSA. Or they might be using a combination of both. I believe they will have two APUs, while the PS4 will have one and a discrete GPU.
MS seems to want the ability to do more than one function at a time. An APU with a Power7 CPU and a AMD GPU for full BC and to assist the other APU where needed. The other would be a full HSA Steamroller core AMD APU. That would still be two GPUs, but it would also be a lot more CPU power. That makes sense if the rumors of 3gbs of RAM are for the OS.
If all of the features like Kinect,voice(Skype), messaging and networking are handled by one APU( a light load for a 4 core Power7 CPU) the majority of that GPU and the other entire eight core Steamroller APU would be used to handle strictly the game itself. And I don't think the cost would be that different from using a discrete GPU like the PS4 rumors.
Remember the rumors of a two APU Xbox that had both used for the same process but seemingly for two different things. I think that could be off-loading all functions but the game itself to the other APU.
Plus While the rumors are that the PS4 is slightly more powerful, I believe the Xbox will have an advantage. AMD doesn't have full HSA parts yet. I believe Microsoft might be closer to that than they are. Though the first full HSA APU could be in the PS4. AMD released the first Unified Shader GPU in the 360 months before it hit discrete GPUs. It could do that with HSA on the PS4. But an article I read years ago about a conference with CPU engineers from various companies makes me think MS might be ahead of AMD. The lead AMD engineer commented that they were following the MS roadmap on what became their Fusion line.
The chip in the 360S was the first APU or CGPU as MS called it. And it had to be dumbed down to keep it compatible with the 360s already in the wild. So I think MS has some surprises that AMD doesn't even know about. Plus they release C++ AMP a year or so ago. I believe that was to get programmers ready for HSA and to work the bugs out of the tools for the next Xbox. But. it's all speculation.
10x more lmao
The Nvidia GTX680 is 15x more powerful thancurrent consoles so I cant see why the xbox 720 and PS4 cant be 10x more powerful.
And 690 is 24 times as powerful as the Xenos.
That doesnt make 10 times sound so much especially since ps3 is 40 times more powerful than ps2, and the gap between is 5-6 years and not 7+ years.
Damn... well I hope they give us beefy specs.
Something a couple notches below GTX 690(or 790 if coming later) should be possible though, not sayin thats going to happen, but the RSX and Xenos happened to be about as beefy as they come and one can only hope right?
PS3 = approximately 400Gflops (GPU + CPU)
GTX680 = 3000Gflops
So GTX680 is about 7.5x more powerful than ps4 in papers.
AMD Kabini Dual core APU features GCN comparable to AMD 7700 series and Jaguar cores.
AMD 7750 = 921.6 Gigaflops
2 x 921.6 = 1843 Gigaflops
8 core CPU with Dual core pairs of Jaguar cores in PS4.
4 x 921.6 = 3686 Gigaflops or 3.69 Tflops
hmm...Divided by 355 = 10.384 times as powerful as Xbox 360.
Number of chips so far = 4 if truely 4 Dual core APUs. If not could be some other arrangement, but hey its not impossible.
And that's not taking into account HSA abilities of the new hardware. And tools more geared toward multi-core and HSA programming. Most people forget that multi-core was very new when the current consoles were released. And HSA was still just a goal believed to ready further down the line. Closer to 2020.
As said by Nvidia; for twice the graphics you need ten times the power. So that part isn't unlikely, a release in June however...
Breaking news!!!!
My uncle who works at Sony said he knows a guy that knows a kid that said the ps4 and ps5 will launch tomorrow and the controller will have a 46 inch touchscreen and cost $1mil !!!
Seriously I think anyone will write a "article" on a popular topic these days just to gets hits regardless how logical it sounds or not.
And most theories come straight out of the author's ass.
The logical thing would be to just simply wait till the 20th and let Sony announce it themselves instead of writing baseless rumors to stir ppl up.
Lol 46 inch touch screen.. Haha just imagine that. Some dude with his arms stretched out holding on to this massive controller, touching it in stuff. Hahaha your funny
people please dont believe this, the daily newspaper the guy is on about is the sun, and they always chat a load of dog shit
I admire your beard. It looks very strong for a newborn.
This article is cute. The Sun thinks it knows what it's talking about.
I'll wait for the real info from Sony.
Most Sun readers would assume that the technology found in the PS4 to produce the graphics it will is a result of years of research done on the bodies of the aliens recovered in Roswell New Mexico in 1947...
In reality... it was really based on the technology from their homeworld...
I can sort of believe the PS4 part but why would Microsoft miss the holiday sales. This is fake.
Lol. ...that was just too funny. I am reading down all the stats / specs for the PS4 rumors and its all in line with what we've heard then boom "xbox launching June 2013". Its like 99% Sony and oh yeah this xbox rumor too.
Exactly lol the Xbox fanboys are so jealous right now cause everyone's talking about the ps4 and Sony and nothing about Xbox.
So now were gunna start seeing fake articles and rumors from jealous Xbox fans since they have nothing to look forward to at the moment since Microsoft isn't saying anything yet.
Don't worry Xbox fans, plenty more halo and gears and forza is coming LOL


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- NOTE: This topic has been moved from User_talk:RWSmith ⇒ Talk:NOVA Awards. —RWSmith (Bureaucrat), 17:47, July 21, 2012 (EDT)
I'm fighting my way through the new Nova Awards article. There is a lot if information. I think, that when I'm finished, the article may need to be split into separate articles for Cub, Scout, and Venturer just to make it more readable. Jay 15:54, July 21, 2012 (EDT)
- No problem, Jay. You (we, et al) can easily make the initial data entries into one "big" article, which we can just as easily split up, later. Frankly, that's my usual course (preference), too. I mean, yeah, 'there's more than one way to skin a cat'; but, to me, it just seems easier that way. —RWSmith (Bureaucrat), 17:47, July 21, 2012 (EDT)
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- Right off the top of my head... the page splits could, kinda-sorta, maybe, look something like this:
- NOVA Awards ← This page should contain an overview of the program and serve as the "Portal" to the sub-pages.
- NOVA Awards/Cub Scouts
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- NOVA Awards/Boy Scouts
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I started a navbox for this page. I also see this being broke out into different pages, maybe like the Hornaday award is? Jzweiac 00:13, July 24, 2012 (EDT)
I'll leave the split to someone else. There are a couple things to note. First, the Supernova Activity Topics for Boy Scouts and Venturers are identical. Also, the Venturers have Venturer STEM Explorations that have the same names as the Boy Scout Merit Badges (see the "Venturer STEM Exploration" paragraph in the Venturer section for details). Jay 17:06, July 22, 2012 (EDT)


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There's a terrible secret lurking alongside the smiling faces of clowns and acrobats at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus. Asian elephants are beaten with sharp metal bullhooks, confined in chains and hauled around the country for most of their lives. Three of Ringling's young elephants have died in recent years.
As Feld Entertainment, the circus's wealthy parent company, tries to distract audiences from the abuse and publicize its so-called compassion for elephants through deceiving campaigns, we persist in our lawsuit against Ringling for mistreating Asian elephants - a violation of the Endangered Species Act.
The lawsuit, filed in 2000, currently remains in the discovery phase, during which the parties attempt to collect information from each other for use in the trial. While we have gained access to critical materials, such as video footage of the drowning of a baby elephant and another elephant giving birth on a concrete floor while chained by three legs, Feld Entertainment attempts to drag on the lawsuit by withholding documents to which we are entitled.
In mid-September, Ringling and its attorneys were ordered to appear in federal court to show why the circus should not be held in contempt for refusing to turn over complete medical records concerning its performing elephants. Although the plaintiffs had requested all veterinary records related to the circus's elephants, Ringling only produced a brief compilation of some of the animals' records in response - later claiming it somehow overlooked more than 2,000 pages of medical records stored "off-site" by its veterinarian.
We expect a trial for our lawsuit will be held sometime next year. Meanwhile, our legal bills continue to rise. The Animal Protection Institute has just joined our effort, and while this will help reduce our expenses, we are by far the smallest organization fighting Ringling - yet we have continued to share costs associated with the lawsuit equally with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Fund for Animals.
Between performances, Ringling elephants are confined by chains around their legs.(Photo courtesy of Elephant Alliance)
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In celebrity annals, few things are more attention-grabbing – or degrading – than working out an abusive relationship in public.
On Rihanna's seventh studio album, "Unapologetic" (Def Jam), the singer one-ups the exploitation industry by dueting with her former boyfriend and abuser, Chris Brown, to declare that their tempestuous romance is "Nobody's Business." Initial reaction: This dysfunctional couple has turned the track into a sick marketing ploy. You can even dance to it! The production casts the song in strings, piano and a four-on-the-floor kick drum, a canny merger of Chicago stepping music and golden-age house.
But there's no escaping that Brown battered Rihanna in an ugly lover's spat in 2009. He pleaded guilty to felony assault and received probation. Both artists resumed their careers under a microscope, their every word parsed for hints about their relationship.
Neither performer went away, even for a brief time. Brown maintained a largely business-as-usual distance on albums that continued to sell, and Rihanna churned out annual, even more commercially successful albums and tours. The 2009 "Rated R" album found her by turns defiant, haunted and vulnerable, as personal an album as she has ever made. Subsequent releases found her burrowing deeper into effervescent dance pop, with songs that promised ecstasy on the dancefloor or in the bedroom as escape from the world outside.
With "Unapologetic," Rihanna turns contemplative again, enlisting an army of production gurus, song massagers and hitmakers, from dance maven David Guetta to ace R&B; songwriter The Dream. As an artist who has sold more than 25 million albums, Rihanna now makes music by corporate committee. Yet nearly every song feels like it's telling her story, painting a larger picture than just the haphazard collection of singles that was "Loud" (2010) and "Talk That Talk" (2011).
Rihanna hasn't entirely abandoned hooky, uptempo pop anthems. "Unapologetic" continues her embrace of cutting-edge, Skrillex-era dance rhythms, the squelching synthesizers and wobbly bass lines of dubstep. "Phresh off the Runway," "Jump" and "Pour it Up" celebrate live-for-the-moment hedonism. But in the context of an album dominated by ballads and at least superficially introspective lyrics, they feel like respites, a chance to get "Numb," as one song title declares.
The latter features a disappointing rap cameo from Eminem, who obsesses about his duet partner's anatomy. Maybe it's intended as comic relief, because much of "Unapologetic" is a tough listen, ostensibly a pop album from one of the biggest pop stars of our time that's dark and emotionally complex. Despite what Rihanna claims on "Nobody's Business," many of the songs portray a narrator who is troubled, anxiety-ridden, lost. It's likely no coincidence that "Unapologetic" next slides into what is the album's emotional centerpiece, "Love Without Tragedy/Mother Mary." Over a vast, open space of vaporous keyboards and distant factory clang, the narrator sings about a turning point in her life: "Who knew the course of this one drive/Injured us fatally/You took the best years of my life/I took the best years of your life."
Talk about a mixed message. Even Rihanna sounds confused. Glancing references to that "one drive" and that night ripple through the album, like an echo that will never fade. The characters in these songs linger in a limbo of mixed emotions, emotionally attracted to a lover and yet uneasy about the next step. In the stripped-bare piano ballad "Stay," Rihanna sings, "Funny, you're the broken one/But I'm the only one who needed saving."
Fans of celebrity subtext could wallow for months in the hints and allusions. Those who abhor exploitive marketing may be drawn to the songs like a bad car crash. How much of this is Rihanna and how much of it is just a soap-opera steroid, a way to pump up sales? That the question even has to be asked is disturbing.


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Britney Spears Shows Off Double Sideboob in Gorgeous 'Work B—h' Cover Art [PHOTO]
Whoa! We are blown away by how absolutely gorgeous Britney Spears looks, showing off double sideboob on the cover artwork for her new single 'Work B---h,' which drops on Monday, Sept. 16.
In this uh-mazing pic, Brit and her sexy self are perched in front of a dressing room mirror, as we admire her visage, wearing a Las Vegas showgirl-like costume, which makes us think that maybe she is ready to tackle that long-rumored Sin City residency. The blue ostrich-feather shrug and the shaggy, layered blonde hair frame her from the neck up, but we're focused on the neck down and that deep V of her bodysuit.
It's a four-alarm fire pic! We also love that pout. Meow!
Brit tweeted: "4 days people! Go call the Po-Lice! Go call the Governor! #WorkB."
Um, yeah! Call any authority that will listen, but we are already under arrest. We'd break any law in existence if Brit asked us to.
She looks the best she has in years. We're going to work like we're her, you know, b---hes.


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A Church of the End Times founder charged with resisting arrest and violating a restraining order opted not take a sentence a judge was set to impose as part of a plea agreement in Central District Court yesterday.
Dennis H. Stanley, 36, who last known address is listed as 41 Murphy�s Way, Uxbridge, did not want to accept Judge Paul F. LoConto�s sentence of 90 days in jail for the resisting arrest charge. The sentence would have included one year of probation for violation of a restraining order charges.
Mr. Stanley, a founder of the Church of the End Times in Uxbridge, has been held without bail for more than 40 days since allegedly violating a restraining order filed by his wife, Beth Ellen Stanley, in October. Mr. Stanley was looking for some type of suspended sentence with probation.
The judge offered the sentence after the prosecutor and defense attorney said a possible plea could be reached.
The couple are going through divorce proceeding. Mr. Stanley is accused of violating the restraining order by being within 100 yards of his estranged wife and refusing to accept the abuse prevention order from police on Oct. 1.
The case will be brought again to court on Jan. 10 for trial. Mr. Stanley is eligible to be bailed out Dec. 31, when his bail revocation ends. He would have to post $2,000 bail.