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I purchased this furniture at an estate sale for $300.00 and would like to know the value for insurance purpose. As you can tell by pictures we live on a lake and the theme of furniture is perfect for our downstairs sun room.
There is a tag on the bottom of the coffee table that says it was manufactured in March 1953 in Austin, Texas by Economy Furniture Company. I did find out that Economy Furniture Company mass produced the Wagon Wheel Furniture, this furniture has maple Gun Stock on the sides of each piece of furniture instead of the wagon wheel.
There is a sofa that is about 8' long with storage underneath and folds out into a bed. I was also told by the family who owned the furniture that the material on the sofa is original. Both chairs are Naugahyde and have flying ducks stitched on the back of each chair. The yellow chair is a rocker and the green one is standard. Coffee table has some varnish wear as do the arms on the chairs and sofa, very minor. Table and all furniture is very sturdy and in excellent condition with the exception of 1 small tear on the side of the bottom on green chair. Rocker had been used a lot and is not real firm when sitting in it.
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"I think the only thing that's happening now that I'm trying to figure out is, 'how long does this golden period last?'"
So ends the first chapter of Chef Gabrielle Hamilton's memoir, Blood, Bones and Butter. It is full of vivid, vibrant descriptions: of the grotesque and the beautiful, of bloodlines and beginnings and ends. The chef/owner of acclaimed Prune got her degree in fiction writing after years of bouncing between hard kitchen jobs that had started at a radically early age. At her tiny, pink-hued restaurant she now serves up complex, satisfying dishes with little fuss, a counterpoint to both the mass meals she used to create for catering companies and the pomp of the New York restaurant scene she had grown weary of watching.
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In 1995 you left New York City to go back to school. What so broke you from food that you walked away? It's funny because I was never passionately involved in food—it was just the way that I made my living for so long. I was turning 30, and by that time I had already been an earner for 15 years and was starting to feel like I was not going to ever be able to live a life of my own choosing. So I guess I started to have a little mid-life crisis and thought, "I've gotta see if I'm made of anything else."
Why writing? I had always written and always wanted to be a writer, so that was the passion that had been abandoned and triaged to making a living my whole life. That was the itch that had to be scratched.
Did you expect not to work in food again? That was the fantasy entertained; "I'm leaving this shit, I'm out!"
What called you back? Well, it turns out that being without a deadline or a contract is an incredibly idle and self-destructive state of mind for me. I crave and rely on the structure and the confines of a very busy schedule that is automatically generated by working in a restaurant. It turns out that I like both and do better at both things when I have both jobs to do. So I got back into a kitchen just to make a living for a minute.
Did you aspire to your own restaurant at that point? I was walking on the block one day and the guy that owns the building pointed out this restaurant. It had sat here for two years, so there were cockroaches and rat shit and the coolers were left with meat and fish. Somehow the electricity had been left on but the Freon had run out so you walked into the walk-in to this blast of warm, putrid air. And somehow I was like, "it's pretty charming, I think this is a fixer-upper". This space in particular just kinda got me right away.
What kind of restaurant did you see yourself creating? I was doing negative cooking, if that makes sense, cooking against high-end catering. That food is touched so many times by so many different sets of hands, it's repulsive. A real motivator for the food here was, "you, Cook, are gonna prepare, cook and put it on a plate. You and your one pair of hands, and it's gonna go right to the customer." It was to be food from people who know what they're doing for people who know what they're doing. Cooks eat here. I love that cooks eat here all the time. It's very gratifying.
You've made remarks that you don't like to talk about food to an endless point... I love food. I love to eat it, I love to cook it, and I'm happy to talk about it for a minute. But my life is not organized around food as a central theme or activity or fetish.
But the way you describe food and your experiences around it is so vivid. I do love food. But food for me in that book is just the setting; it's the background. If I'd been a cop for a living I'd probably have written about guns and, I don't know, handcuffs.
What did writing the book do for you? I have wanted to write a book my whole life, so that's one potential regret dogged. Emotionally, I like very much the way organizing it helped to make a certain narrative sense out of my own life. It's not that I was unknown to myself—I'm a pretty introspective human. But still it put some organization to a long meandering path that I hadn't understood prior.
With all this attention, how do you stay true to your priorities and filter out all of the opinions and labels coming at you? I feel like I sorted that kinda thing out many years ago. So these changes have been fun and exciting. I think the only thing that's happening now that I'm trying to figure out is, "how long does this golden period last?" Right now the crew is excellent. The chef de cuisine, Ned Baldwin, has changed my life, radically. He's allowed me to be out of the restaurant, and he makes more delicious food than I ever could. My gratitude to him is enormous. As soon as he goes to open his new restaurant I'm fucked.
You've had to deal with plenty of labels as a lot of women who are in the top of their field often are. Do you have a game plan to handle that? I just do my job. I define for myself what my work is, what's important to me, and who I am; I tend to really ignore everything—positive or negative—assigned to me. It's an incredible distraction and drain to get caught up in other people's subjective take on you. Having said that I think it's very important to have frank conversations with yourself. You need to check in with people around you, your society, your world, to see if you're on the mark and you have to accept some hard truths about yourself. You have to listen to the harsh voices.
You said that life is rolling along well right now. What's the best part? I'm pretty much in control of how I spend my day, and I like not having a routine. Today could be a cooking day, tomorrow's a writing day, the day after that speaking at a cooking event, and the day after that staying home and actually knowing my children and seeing what they're about. I'm 46 and I've been doing this a long time. It's very nice to be in control of how I spend my time...for the moment...until Ned leaves.
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The CESEW responded after one pupil complained that pupils were being encouraged to sign the Coalition for Marriage's petition against Government plans to legalise same-sex marriage.
In a statement they said: "The letter is a positive affirmation of marriage, as is the Coalition for Marriage's online petition. As the letter says, Catholics believe that 'marriage is a high and noble vocation'.
"We reject the suggestion that Catholic schools have acted illegally. The Equality Act 2010 applies to all schools and we are fully supportive of the Act. It is central to Catholic teaching that all individuals should be treated with respect and dignity."
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Richard Verrochi did not have high hopes for the jazz concert.
As the 62-year-old sat alone in the lobby of the Hotel Indigo last September, he saw a man sit down at the keyboard with an oxygen tank.
"I texted my wife and said I think this is going to be a bust," Verrochi said. "Twenty minutes later I texted her back and said I saw the best keyboard player I've ever heard in my life."
Now Verrochi and his wife are regulars to almost all of the Jazz Club of Sarasota's live events.
The Jazz Club of Sarasota aims to keep the genre relevant in the 21st century through weekly concerts, annual festivals and a plethora of other jazz-centric events.
Dave Walrath, president of the club, said many younger people do not understand the soul of the genre.
"The best way I've heard it put is that jazz isn't a what, it's a who," Walrath said. "It all depends on who's playing."
And during the past 30 years, a slew of different musicians have put their own spin on classic jazz songs played around the Suncoast.
The club was founded in 1980 by Hal Davis, who used to be jazz legend Benny Goodman's publicist.
Though Davis died in the late 1980s, the club's membership remains strong with more than 650 dues-paying members.
Ann McAndrew, who has been a member of the club for 15 years, said the current club numbers are a far cry from the nearly 2,000 members the organization had in the mid-1990s.
"A lot of them have died," the 82-year-old said. "Some of them moved away, too."
Since she joined the group, McAndrew said she has been on four jazz cruises and has attended hundreds of concerts.
She said the talented musicians keep her and her friends coming back for more.
"If you want to see raw talent at its finest, then you must come to a jazz sit-in," said McAndrew's friend Dolly Delvecchio.
The Jazz Club of Sarasota hosts weekly sit-in performances at the Ocean Blues bar near Sarasota Memorial Hospital.
A sit-in is a type of performance in which guest musicians can sign up to play a couple of songs with the club's "Core Trio"(Jerry Eckert, keyboard; Dave Hubbell, bass; Lenny Balistreri, drums).
Concertgoers never know who or what they will end up seeing, whether it's a skilled trombonist, a passionate saxophone player or a keyboardist with an oxygen tank.
Instead of incorporating the somewhat hectic sounds of progressive and modern jazz into live performances, the club focuses almost exclusively on big-band jazz from the 1920s to the 1950s.
Lenny Balistreri, who has played drums with the jazz club for about five years, said when big-band jazz is played correctly, it's one of the most beautiful sounds in the world.
"It's pure expression," said Balistreri, who has been playing jazz drums for about 50 years. "People who like jazz tend to be a better class of musicians because they recognize that it's more difficult to play."
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Kelly Kite, R-Minden, is being challenged by Republicans Jim Wheeler of Gardnerville and Gary Schmidt of Dayton in Assembly District 39. Perennial candidate Independent American David Schumann is also seeking the seat.
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Doug Johnson rounded out the slate of sitting commissioners when he filed on Friday. Commissioners Greg Lynn and Michael A. Olson filed on Monday.
Karen Chessell, Cindy Trigg and Teri Jamin have all filed for re-election to school board. Only incumbent Randy Green has yet to file for his area 4 seat.
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How much of a Gardener are you? Ok, weird question I know. I myself am not much of a gardener, I don't know much about growing plants, last year I tried growing one in my room but due to the lack of an instruction booklet, I wasn't very good. Not to mention my failures in the past trying to grow and look after Bonsai Trees. I am just generally bad at it; but how about you, what are you like? As I probably do not know who you are; you may have to just tell me in the comments, but if you are a talented gardener there are some kinds of plants you may want to avoid growing. Obviously there is such a thing as a Triffid; in which case you may want to give that one a miss. Though growing a Triffid is probably not all that a bad idea compared to growing a Biollante. Not there is anything bad in that either if you are talented enough to grow a Biollante; it's just probably not a very good idea.
Released in 1989 by Toho, directed by Kazuki Omori and produced by Shogo Tomiyama; Godzilla vs Biollante is the 17th film in the Godzilla series and the second film in the Heisei series following directly on from The Return of Godzilla released in 1984. This time around Godzilla returns to attack the good friendly people of Japan once again, this time however having his own body caught up in a large scientific conspiracy which ultimately leads onto the creation of a brand new and terrifying monster known as Biollante. This film is something of a one-off departure in the series as it refrains from the tried and tested but simple formula of Giant Monsters just fighting each other, and goes in to explore man's desire to create and prolong life and what the consequences of such actions can be.
Tokyo is in ruins in the wake of Godzilla's attack in 1984. The city is near completely destroyed as crews commence the clean-up operation. On the site, a piece of Godzilla's skin is discovered and stolen by a group of soldiers, who in turn are killed by an assassin known only as SSS9 (Brien Uhl). The assassin takes the skin sample to the Republic of Saradia, to deliver them to the institute of Science and Technology, whom the President wants to try and turn the country's vast desert into greenery and end the Republic's dependence on foreign imports. Dr. Genshiro Shiragami (Kôji Takahashi) and his daughter Erika (Yasuko Sawaguchi) are enlisted to work on the project, but the labs are bombed, and Erika is killed in the resulting explosion. 5 Years pass by; and the Volcano known as Mount Mihara begins to spew lava but not yet erupt. Young Psychic Miki Saegusa (Megumi Odaka) and head of the ESP Institute Asuka Okochi (Yoshiko Tanaka) work with young children who all one night have a dream of Godzilla returning. Lieutenant Goro Gondo (Tôru Minegishi) and Scientist Kazuhito Kirishima (Kunihiko Mitamura) head up a project to turn some Godzilla cells into Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria, or 'ANEB'; in the hope of having a weapon to fight Godzilla with should he return. Gondo and Kazuhito try to get Dr. Shiragami's help who has since returned to Japan. He agrees only if he could have access to some of the Godzilla Cells before they begin work. One night, Shiragami merges cells of a rose with Erika's DNA in it, with the Godzilla Cells. With other bio companies and the Republic of Saradia still wanting access to the cells, the bio company known as Bio-Major send two agents to Japan to steal them back, while SSS9 follows them. The three agents break into Shiragami's lab and get into a fire fight, until suddenly, a giant vine attacks them, killing one of them before the other 2 agents flee the scene. Gondo and Kazuhito arrive to find out what happened and question Shiragami's work there.
At Lake Ashinoko across from the Lab, a Giant plant emerges which Shiragami calls Biollante. He explains that the creature is made up from the Godzilla Cells, a Rose, and Erika's Soul. Gondo and Kazuhito meanwhile receive word from the government that Bio Terrorists have placed explosives at the top of Mount Mihara, and will detonate them, thus releasing Godzilla unless the Godzilla cells are turned over to them. Kazuhito and Gondo head to the meeting point, but both them and the Bio-Major agents are interrupted by SSS9 who shoots the Bio Major agent and steals the Cells. Gondo and Kazuhito try to flick the switch to disarm the explosives, but the timer runs out, and Godzilla is freed. The army is called out, and the newly built Super-X2 is deployed to attack Godzilla directed by Major Sho Kuroki (Masanobu Takashima), but the attack is mostly a failure. Godzilla instinctively heads for Biollante, sensing something like him, and he quickly dispatches the creature. The military set up a plan to counter Godzilla, but accidently set up in a location opposite to where Godzilla decided to go. On his approach to Tsuruga, Miki; using her psychic powers gets up and close to him, successfully diverting him to Osaka instead. Another plan is launched to attack Godzilla with the ANEB. Gondo and his men deploy themselves inside Osaka's Business district, while Major Sho leads the Super X2 in another confrontation. The attack is something of a success with some ANEB even getting inside Godzilla's mouth, but Gondo is killed in the attack.
Several hours pass by but Godzilla appears to be unaffected from the attack. Acknowledging that Godzilla might be a cold-blooded creature, Kazuhito decides that they should try to increase Godzilla's temperature. Another attack plan is put in place to raise Godzilla's body heat by using the M6000 T.C. System, a weaponised open air microwave like weapon. The plan doesn't really appear to work, however suddenly; Biollante returns in a new form much larger than Godzilla and attacks him once again. After a prolonged battle, Godzilla is able to use his Deathray on Biollante once more, but then exhausted falls on the floor near the ocean. Biollante disintegrates and spores fly into space. Shiragami, watching the scene and having seen an image of Erika in the spores is shot dead by SSS9. Kazuhito chases after him, and after a small fight, SSS9 dies after stepping onto one of the microwave emitters from the M6000 T.C. System. Theorizing that everything is now OK, and that the ANEB has worked, Godzilla awakens, the sea water having cooled his body temperature down and then returns to the ocean.
Godzilla vs Biollante does standout more than most Godzilla films when it comes to its narrative output as it tries to be different by sending more of a message out than simply putting monsters in a city sized wrestling ring. It's a pity that such writing craftsman ship was sort of abandoned after Biollante because this films narrative makes the foundations for a classic piece of science fiction; in a literal form at least. The film begins with a reminder of what happened in the previous film and immediately turns to show the remaining devastation. It acts like not just a reminder but a tie-in and a clever opening as it uses this setting to begin what becomes one of the key plots; that of the Godzilla cells. This use of the opening though, allows the film to work and act as more of a direct sequel than just an ordinary singular sequel or spin-off. To this end we get a film that creates and carries on the themes and ideas it creates. It makes me think of the aftermath of the 911 attacks and the memorials built to remember what happened. In this case though (and about 12 years before the 911 attacks) we see how buildings destroyed and even imprinted by Godzilla are kept and turned into their own memorials. These scenes are very brief, but the idea and attention to detail in a fictional setting (especially after 911) is impressive and incredibly believable to say the least. This though acts as more of an introductory narrative to get the film started and set up the past for audience members. The real narrative begins during the post opening title credits as it starts the process of describing the benefits of the Godzilla Cells and then it evolves from there as to what they can do and how valuable they are.
Another narrative that is explored briefly is that of detecting Godzilla's return and the departments involved. From here we get two viewpoints. One of the ESP institute, and that of a small department run by Gondo. These two pretty much work in tandem from the word go. This leads to a couple of funny scenes, well one scene and an idea. The scene takes place when the psychic children have a dream, and when asked to draw what was in the dream, it's sort of a laugh out loud moment when they all hold up pictures prominently featuring an image of Godzilla in them. The build up to the scene is the suggestion that something has gone wrong, but the delivery is excellent, especially when the pictures reveal what the issue is, and the idea that all the children draw the same thing. The other scene (well, more like an idea) is that of a government department run by Gondo whose sole responsibility is the handling and planning of affairs including the preparation of defences in case Godzilla returns. For some (or at least me), it would be something of a dream job, but for Gondo however, it is more of a burden (or maybe even some form of punishment), as given the department's sole purpose relies on Godzilla actually being around; it's more boring than exciting as Godzilla is currently buried in a volcano, nor is a current threat. A further narrative asset on to this comes in the form of the Godzilla Warning system which helps drive the plot forward to Godzilla's eventual rampage. The idea though of such a department's existence is rather clever and fun and one am surprised that doesn't come up more often. It's sort of like: imagine a country like the UK, or USA, or Russia, China, or any other country's ministry of defence having a small office run by no more than 2 or 3 blokes whose sole responsibility it is to watch and plan for attacks from Giant Monsters, despite the grand highly likely possibility that it will never happen……….but then it does.
These strong starting points help to deliver early on a very in-depth idea based plot; but where you find strengths, you are bound to find weaknesses. As the plot develops, there is constant mention of the country of Saradia. This works in tandem with the conspiracy and secret agent story about a terrorist Bio group who are the ones in the end who release Godzilla. That scene in the end is pretty fun and suggests more of an imagination from them in comparison to others in film. I mean what's more creative than threatening a country with a Giant Monster? But the ever-increasing mentions of Saradia, plus the mingling with its agents (who sound more Greek than Middle Eastern if that was supposed to be the idea) is just silly. It does not really provide anything or benefit the film except for a minor piece of backstory. In the end, it simply provides a reason for the SSS9 agent to keep running around; who is somewhat of a good thing, I think. The thing is, this story gets a little tangled up within itself, and always finds a way to divert itself. It's supposed to be about the ethics of biology and science, and how rare/valuable biological material can be used to great effect when used properly, but also how dangerous it can be when used wrongly, and the consequences of such actions. The main one being (or at least should be) Biollante. The Problem Biollante has is that despite being in the title, she is seen very little of. It's similar to the argument 'suggesting' the lack of Godzilla in the 2014 film (although I disagree). In this case however I find the issue is that despite being on even terms with Godzilla in the film's title; Biollante is not shown that often to really warrant her name in the title. In fairness though, her appearance is early on enough to really include her, but after a few short-lived scenes and a fight with Godzilla, she disappears for nearly an hour. From that point on it becomes more of a film about a nation's attempts to defend itself from a fire breathing atomic tyrant. I'm not saying that is a bad thing necessarily. In fact given the lack of such content in comparison to other films in the series; this is a real standout: but it's not what it's supposed to be about! Eventually Biollante does return, but only engages Godzilla for less than 10 minutes, before disappearing and showing a rose in space; but what does this even mean? It's pretty similar to both Godzilla vs Destoroyah and Godzilla vs Megaguirus in that both films, despite once again featuring in the title; both monsters are pretty much side-lined for an entirely different and possibly irrelevant plot and just become mentions: although this is not so much the case for Destoroyah as he has much greater part than the instances involving Biollante and Megaguirus. In the case of Biollante it feels more like there could have been more for and of her (in this film).
A point I feel brings us on quite nicely to talking about the film's cast. Now I will attempt to do this bit quickly as I have still a lot more to talk about (not to mention a 100 metre tall lizard). The cast of characters is quite a nice build of memorable characters whether they be tertiary, secondary or primary, with all of them playing an interesting but still memorable parts, but of course you have some who are not as big as others. These are not necessarily bad or good, more like they have more a part compared to others, when you want them to have more of a part than others. Biollante does mark something of a start in the series for some tertiary characters who would become a mainstay for the series for many years to come, such as one Japanese Military official played by Koichi Ueda. These kinds of parts are usually tertiary, and even if portraying different characters in later films, they begin to get really recognisable due to the amount of times they are cast in small or even larger parts. Some of these occasions they can become rather annoying, but once in a while, they can do something better, sometimes perfectly. There are also other instances as well of characters from other films, mainly later in the series that turn up, and you instantly recognise them, as them. In this case we have one of the Super X2 pilots (Kosuke Toyohara) who would later appear in the lead human role in the film following on from this one (Godzilla vs King Ghidorah). Alongside him in the Super X2 role (sort of off the point topic I know), there is another character (Kyôka Suzuki), this time not a pilot, but featured well in the dynamic of the two roles being shown. Ok, they're not shown in great depth compared to all the other characters, but they're still memorable to the point they deserve a mention. There is also the case of a cameo appearance from Demon Kakka in a small role, but I had not heard of him until I had watched this film a few times, noticed him in a 10 second scene, and then looked him up. It's a nice representation on modern culture of the time, but also a nice funny moment, especially given his appearance and what he says just after Godzilla is released. Now onto the primary cast. Kazuhito does have the sort of lead human role, but I find him rather bland and boring. Alright it's not a great shout out to a strong cast, but I just have no feeling toward him or his character, and just feel like he is just in the way. On a similar case you have a character like Major Sho. He is presented like a sort of rogue or cool military commander, I just feel it doesn't work. He has his moments and becomes something of a secondary hero saving Katsuhiro's life at the end, plus his moments directing a counterattack are ok, plus the other moments where he is in more a professional capacity but still military, they are ok. I just don't think he really delivers anything to benefit the film, he is less in the way than Katsuhiro, but I don't get him.
Next to them you then get leader characters, leaders and more mature characters like Gondo and Shiragami. Shiragami for instance plays something of a tragic version of Doctor Frankenstein. He creates a monster, but for a tragic reason, which then just causes more problems. It's the sort of situation that is understandable, but goes against ethics. The character that loses someone, wants to bring them back and put things right, but does not have the skills. Is then given an opportunity but the end result is not what he really wanted, and chaos lets loose. He then becomes something of a standing assistant for the rest of the film, which is something of a shame, but he delivers it really strong, and in the end becomes the tragic sacrifice presenting something, presenting an idea. Maybe as to say as it started with him, it had to end with him, or that he succeeds in keeping his daughters soul, spirit alive, but he dies to accomplish it. I don't really know, I am just guessing here, but something along those lines maybe. Despite his tragedy though, he is a nice enjoyable character and less of a scientific character that you usually get in monster films. Not of someone to explain what is going on, but maybe more like Serizawa from the 1954 film, someone who creates, does something else, but that something is questionable. On an opposite but equally enjoyable side we have someone like Gondo. Now I have already said a lot so I'll (try to) keep it brief. He is a more witty character than a serious one in comparison to someone like Shiragami. He is in charge of a division of which he is the sole employee, he finds a way out and gets involved in a more important task with Katsuhiro and becomes a very respected and well thought about character. This level of development plus his level of character and on-screen time make his death more of a powerful one. It's not just some character dying; it's one you've come to care about. When he does die though, he goes in a great scene going near head to head with Godzilla, not many people can say they have done that.
Asuka meanwhile who plays the female love interest to him is far more interesting and has real scene dynamic with all characters involved plus delivers power; providing reason to being in the scene. She is more of a leader than a supporter, and the film's strongest form of human reasoning, even if she spends the third act as more of a questioner than an answerer. Her scenes with Miki (speaking of which) are a bonus. This is the first time Miki is seen in the film series, a character who would become the only mainstay of the Heisei series from this point on, and one of the longest running characters in the whole film series to date. This time around though, we finally get an introduction. Ok, I say finally, that is mostly due to how long it took fort me to see this film, due to release issues, but that time has passed so let's move on. Now, she has reason and purpose rather than being someone included with no backstory until discovered, now she has been introduced. Miki this time is a very young girl, still touching teenage-hood, but her strength is already on show. She is mostly an informer to the situation and mostly works on a co-dynamic role assisting Asuka. There is actually more of Miki I feel in this film than others. Not in number of appearances, but more in who she is and what she can do. She plays more of an interesting part than being a background assist. It just feels like this was a film designed more for her character her role, and the others just included her, and it feels like something of a shame now, because it works.
Right, I think that's enough people talk, let's talk MONSTERS! This film is one of those even rarer occurrences in recent films to feature new stuff, and in this case, we have a New Monster. Biollante (Masashi Takegumi) is very different to other Monsters, not saying that all monsters are the same. I meant more as in while all the others have something of a clean crisp look; Biollante is more of an abomination. Yes she is a plant, and begins looking like a giant rose with giant leaves and vines. Then transforms into something very large, even larger than Godzilla. Something with a huge crocodile like mouth and lots of sharp teeth (although those same teeth can be seen to appear in rose form, with is also very scary but still grotesque). Biollante is a scary creature, but her sweet cries, almost wisp sounds produce something else, suggesting something trapped inside the body of a monster. Suggesting possibly that Erika does live inside, but is crying for what has become of her, that she is no longer who she was. Biollante as a design is fantastic, and the concepts regarding her appearance and abilities including details such as spores, or the bodily moving mass despite the lack of Legs really produces a sight to behold. Here we have a creature that is more than a match for Godzilla, but not necessarily one you can use all the time. Biollante could make a return, but would require a well thought out plot like this to happen. For now at least, we have an incredible new monster on show, presented in a horrifyingly near realistic interpretation that will continue to scare and spook all those who want to give it a go, until we see her again.
Which brings us nicely round to Godzilla. Yet another appearance for Godzilla (Kenpachirô Satsuma), but as that is who the films are about I suppose we can allow it. Godzilla is back in a similar role to those he had when he left in the 1970's. Remembering of course that the previous film was more about him on the loose than fighting another monster, here he is back to fight monsters. This time though he is once again a (please excuse my language) 'Badass Villain'. He is no longer out to save the world, but as the frightening force of nature who symbolises the destructive might of Nuclear Weapons on the world who made them, and as mother nature's Punisher come to, well, punish. Yes, he is back and not happy. Setting up his role in the previous film and mentioning the previous film's events, Godzilla of course starts off more as an idea, a non-existent threat, one who is there; but is not coming. This idea builds until his release from volcanic imprisonment. From there it is back to the city crushing, fire breathing leviathan we have all come to love so much. He maybe a baddy but we do love him in our own quirky way (right?). This time around though he has other quirky little bits we have not seen him do before, like get up close and personal with some characters, even to sneaking up on people like Gondo. Before he would never do something like that, just ignore it, but now, he is doing new scary things. His appearance has some issues I think, from an angle and to the sides he looks pretty good, like he used too, but now even more terrifying, but from the front, it sort of reminds me of King Kong vs Godzilla, where a direct front view looks rather flat, and like an entirely different monster. Apart from that though, it's him. I don't exactly know what to say other than to point out cool new traits in him that stands out more from what there are normally about him; I mentioned his look too, but other than that it's the Godzilla we all love (again?).
Visually Striking! That is how I can best use to describe how this film is presented. The film contains a lot of visually striking moments, more than any other of the series films to date. Such scenes range from important narrative to just general background shots. Mount Mihara for instance features a lot early on in the film as that is where Godzilla is currently residing. Most of this coverage though is in the form of volcanic activity, but one sweet moment lies early on when Asuka and Kazuhito are talking in the foreground, and the active volcano of Mt. Mihara can be seen in the distance, a ring of red at the top, and the sound of the activity in the distance. I like that shot. But it's not all reserved for Mount Mihara however.
Other shots of spectacular note include the beautiful business centre of Osaka just before it gets pulverized, the area outside and inside Tower 2, the platform Miki stands on as well as when Godzilla is within reach, Godzilla's lifeless carcass near the road, Godzilla sneaking up on Gondo, the many showcasing's of digital battlefield mapping, the stormy weather near the film's conclusion, the final battle seen on the hill-side, the military manoeuvres, the ruined remains of Tokyo after Godzilla's rampage from the previous film and not forgetting of course, Godzilla's glorious return from the Volcano he was put into, walking out in his own time to preserve the majesty of his reappearance. You see, I can talk about Special Effects, describing the uses of miniature sets and suits, but as we have already come to know these things, how am I supposed to rehash these every time and retain interest. On this occasion you see however, that it's not the effects that stand out most here, but the visually striking shots of the world that becomes the battleground here, and those remain with me most than most things about this film. It is such a well-used piece of filmmaking, and those kinds of things should not be wasted by the audience, nor be forgotten in an analytic review.
It's not just the imagery that's memorable either, as the soundtrack can say one or two things about that. Composed this time round by Koichi Sugiyama with his one and only entry into the Godzilla series; where he produces something that could be thought of as a black sheep to the soundtrack collection. Sugiyama produces a soundtrack that is a mix of the wonderful to the bizarre, the strange to the ridiculous, and the unique to the downright silly but overall has this relatively light feel to them. There is hardly a dark or heavy tune in there with the one main exception being the opening credits which is more of the original Dark Godzilla theme combined early on with this sort of repeating drum snare or even rasp that just captures your attention even before you see the head of the film's lead Antagonist.
There is a feel of super hero type stuff in this soundtrack with those feelings coming out at times such as when the Super X2 comes out to play or when the countdown to Godzilla's return comes to light. This piece in certain however also contains something of a possible trademark to his work on this film as it sort of diverts, changing feel and tune in a different direction. Yes this moment does sound a bit silly and a bit caper-y, but does ramp up the tension (although when it does change note it sounds very similar to the soundtrack for Airplane). Yes the soundtrack does have its silly points such as the Saradia theme tune, but generally, most of the soundtrack is rather fun and light and enjoyable to its overall core. Two pieces though that really stand out more than most are two points where the music is different, not just generally, but completely in comparison to the rest of the soundtrack. The first of these is the Bio Wars tune of which there are 2 versions. This I feel is like the filmmakers trying to include a sort of ultra-new wave Bond theme at a time when the Bond series was on Hiatus. It feels really sort of future spy like, I don't know how best to describe that other than "listen to the guitar." It's a nice fun piece which adds a level of mystery and conspiracy, especially to scenes when including SSS9 in the middle and end.
The other occasion though has nothing to do with the composer. Much like the inclusion of a popular figure like Demon Kakka earlier on, the film tries to add a piece of popular music briefly. It adds a level of confusion as to what is going on, as it is used during one of the moments when you see through Godzilla's eyes like you do in Jaws when he comes to the surface. It cuts in and plays. It's different and rather fun, before getting cut off completely to feature a local rock concert being put on hold because of Godzilla being close by. It's a nice fun little tune from Yuki Saito called Into A Dream. It's similar I find to the inclusion of Claude Francois's Stop Au Nom De L'amour in X-Men: Days of Future Past as it enriches the film that little bit more in atmosphere, if only very briefly.
Godzilla vs Biollante is a very different film to the rest of the films in a series that is currently 30 strong (31 in July). It's different in its presentation. It has great narratives relatively unexplored to this point and since. It features visually striking shots of what an Amazing country Japan is (one of which I still want and need to visit). It incorporates interesting characters, not forgetting terrific performances from both Godzilla and a brand new monster. It hosts a soundtrack that is relatively light, but also spectacularly fun to listen to. It is a very different film indeed; one made with such careful attention and craftsmanship and in the end produces one of the series most stand out and enjoyable films. While it may not be the strongest, most standout or best film in the series (depending on who you ask); what this film does provide is just a stellar excellence and an exceptional experience.


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Along a forsaken road through the forgotten and lonely lands of Arnor, there sits a small village, if a village it could be called. It lay just east of Fornost, and one of its only three buildings is an inn.
Its old, Ash door was closed tightly against the cold wind and the horizontal rian it carried, the harsh drops splattering angrily against the glass of the lit windows. Inside the inn there sat only a few quiet figures; a young girl, a young man, and a couple of young boys, perhaps twelve years old.
"The night is far from kind, and hope traveler be on the road in it, but if they find their way here, at least it will be warm" Mirien was talking to herself more than anyone as she piled another log on the blazing fire that illuminated the front room of the old inn. It had been her father's inn, and his father before him, passing many along that lonely road.
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Now, a long hard year later, Mirien was healthy and healed and the ancient inn was restored to life by their hard work and now ready for business. The two stable boys fidgeted by the door, both slightly bored. There was a banging in the kitchen and some bickering amongst the kitchen ladies, but all was well, all was ready.


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And … so? The Free Beacon gets a genuine scoop with its blockbuster report from Alana Goodman, one which paints Hillary Clinton in a not-terribly-favorable light. Even her friends and political allies found her ambition a bit off-putting, it seems. Then again, those qualities haven't exactly been a state secret since, oh, HillaryCare:
The papers of Diane Blair, a political science professor Hillary Clinton described as her "closest friend" before Blair's death in 2000, record years of candid conversations with the Clintons on issues ranging from single-payer health care to Monica Lewinsky.
The archive includes correspondence, diaries, interviews, strategy memos, and contemporaneous accounts of conversations with the Clintons ranging from the mid-1970s to the turn of the millennium.
Diane Blair's husband, Jim Blair, a former chief counsel at Tyson Foods Inc. who was at the center of "Cattlegate," a 1994 controversy involving the unusually large returns Hillary Clinton made while trading cattle futures contracts in the 1970s, donated his wife's papers to the University of Arkansas Special Collections library in Fayetteville after her death.
The full contents of the archive, which before 2010 was closed to the public, have not previously been reported on and shed new light on Clinton's three decades in public life. The records paint a complex portrait of Hillary Clinton, revealing her to be a loyal friend, devoted mother, and a cutthroat strategist who relished revenge against her adversaries and complained in private that nobody in the White House was "tough and mean enough."
For those looking for nuggets of embarrassment gold from the Clinton Era, this is pay dirt. But it's really limited to that era, which ended more than thirteen years ago, an era for many that seems oddly positive in comparison to reality today. Other than an insistence on single-payer as the ultimate solution for health-care reform — which was also hardly a secret at the time — very little of this will have much relation to the current political atmosphere. One has to wonder whether Clinton nostalgia might overwhelm any meager demerits this trove earns Hillary, given the contrast in economics between the two periods.
Or perhaps Paul Begala is right, and no one will much care what kind of an operative Hillary was fourteen years ago:
Politics about the future, not the past; about voters' lives, not politicians'. Thus the personal attacks on Clintons will fail. @ChrisCuomo
— Paul Begala (@PaulBegala) February 10, 2014
That's not entirely true, but it's at least true in relation to the long-ago behavior of Hillary Clinton. Besides, why spend a lot of time focusing on her time as First Lady, when we have the still-relevant example of her incompetence as Secretary of State? She started off her four-year run as America's top diplomat by sucking up to Russia with a reset button that blamed all of the problems between the two countries on George W. Bush, only to continuously get upstaged and outplayed by Vladimir Putin. Hillary ended it with the disaster in Libya, culminating in the sacking of our diplomatic facility in Benghazi and the loss of a US Ambassador and three other Americans, all without any effective response whatsoever.
The problem with Hillary isn't her cut-throated approach to politics. It's that she's incompetent. We're better off focusing on that more recent and vivid history than in revisiting the nostalgic past of the Democratic Party.


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Xtendwave Selects TowerJazz for the Manufacture of Next Generation WWVB Atomic Timekeeping Signal Receiver Products
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Non-networked clock-enabled devices sold in US every year estimated at 200M units
Nov 19, 2012, 09:00 ET
MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel and DALLAS, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TowerJazz (Nasdaq: TSEM), the global specialty foundry leader, and Xtendwave, a fabless semiconductor company focused on the development of physical-layer communication technologies, today announced the selection of TowerJazz to provide foundry support for Xtendwave's EverSet® radio controlled clock receiver products. EverSet® products will be capable of receiving the new WWVB atomic-timekeeping broadcast developed by Xtendwave under a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract with the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a government organization responsible for the transmission of the WWVB time signal. Xtendwave has designed radio receivers capable of receiving the WWVB signal with a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) much lower than present designs. WWVB is the station that radio-controlled ("atomic") clocks in the U.S. use for synchronization.
The new standard is currently being tested for potential broadcast across North America by NIST from its facility in Fort Collins, Colorado. Xtendwave's EverSet® technology will provide orders-of-magnitude improvement in reception compared to existing products based on the current broadcast format. Xtendwave's design will be manufactured using TowerJazz's TS18SL process in its Fab 2. EverSet® ICs will be used in clocks, watches, small appliances, automobiles, utility meters, personal electronics and more, a market estimated at a total of about 200 million non-networked clock-enabled devices sold in the U.S. each year.
Xtendwave's EverSet® receiver technology provides manufacturers of clocks, watches, and other products with a cost-effective chip that can receive and decode the new WWVB broadcast and offers reliable timekeeping and ubiquitous reception across North America. The CMOS implementation of EverSet® requires minimal external component count and also allows it to be integrated as an IP core into existing CMOS system-on-chip (SoC) solutions.
"By using TowerJazz's CMOS technology, Xtendwave can offer a high-performance, cost-effective receiver IC for the new WWVB broadcast standard," said Ilan Rabinovich, Vice President of Customer Support and General Manager of CMOS Business Unit.
"We are very pleased to work with TowerJazz on our next generation atomic timekeeping signal products, as we believe their process offers great flexibility along with cost effectiveness," said Dennis I. Robbins, President of Xtendwave. "We are thrilled to be at the forefront of technology for the next generation of WWVB atomic timekeeping as we continue to proactively address this growing market."
About Xtendwave
Xtendwave, based in Dallas, Texas, is a fabless semiconductor company focused on the development of physical-layer communication technologies. These are based on both analog and digital signal processing methods, strategically targeted at enabling improved performance over various media through increased data rates, greater distances, and higher quality-of-service. Xtendwave is currently engaged with customers in both the precise timekeeping industries and telecommunications industries. Xtendwave has strong collaborative relationships with leading universities, and is the recipient of numerous SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) awards from the U.S. government. Visit: www.xtendwave.com.
About TowerJazz
Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (NASDAQ: TSEM, TASE: TSEM), its fully owned U.S. subsidiary Jazz Semiconductor Ltd., and its fully owned Japanese subsidiary TowerJazz Japan, Ltd., operate collectively under the brand name TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader. TowerJazz manufactures integrated circuits with geometries ranging from 1.0 to 0.13-micron, offering a broad range of customizable process technologies including: SiGe, BiCMOS, Mixed-Signal and RFCMOS, CMOS Image Sensor, Power Management (BCD), and Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) as well as CMOS and MEMS capabilities. TowerJazz also offers a world-class design enablement platform that complements its sophisticated technology and enables a quick and accurate design cycle. In addition, TowerJazz provides Technology Optimization Process Services (TOPS) to IDMs as well as fabless companies that need to expand capacity, or progress from an R&D line to a production line. To provide multi-fab sourcing, TowerJazz maintains two manufacturing facilities in Israel, one in the U.S., and one in Japan with additional capacity available in China through manufacturing partnerships. For more information, please visit www.towerjazz.com.
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This press release includes forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results may vary from those projected or implied by such forward-looking statements. A complete discussion of risks and uncertainties that may affect the accuracy of forward-looking statements included in this press release or which may otherwise affect TowerJazz's business is included under the heading "Risk Factors" in Tower's most recent filings on Forms 20-F, F-3, F-4 and 6-K, as were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and the Israel Securities Authority and Jazz's most recent filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, as were filed with the SEC, respectively. Tower and Jazz do not intend to update, and expressly disclaim any obligation to update, the information contained in this release.
TowerJazz Media Contact: Lauri Julian | +1 949 435 8181 | [email protected]
TowerJazz Investor Relations Contact: Noit Levi | +972-4-604-7066 | [email protected]
Xtendwave Contact: [email protected]
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Overheating devices have plagued Apple for a few years now. But two stories today have highlighted the issue: a lawsuit in federal court concerning overheating iPads and the Japanese government's demand for an official iPod nano overheating explanation.
The iPad complaint was filed last Friday in California and seeks class-action status and unspecified damages, claiming that the device "overheats so quickly under common weather conditions".
The Japan order, issued by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, mandates that Apple explain the cause of various overheating incidents that have occurred there over the last several years. According to ministry official Seiji Shimagami:
We've been asking they outline the preventive actions that have been taken for two years, but we question whether enough has been done so we took official action.
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Review: China Glaze Fortune Teller
October 19, 2009 by kuuipo1207
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Hola dudes and dudettes! How are you all on this fine Monday morning? I, myself, am doing rather well and am wanting to share the joy…but the sharing will come later. For now, let me introduce you to the most beautiful Halloween nail polish that has ever existed. Okay, maybe I am exaggerating just a bit since I've only started collecting nail polishes since late last year, but all the same, this color is truly GORGEOUS and has Halloween written all over it!
China Glaze Fortune Teller. Could this color be any more perfect for Halloween? It consists of a semi-sheer black base color with coppery-orange glitter. The glitter is actually all sorts of sizes and has both round and hexagonal shapes. I can officially say that this nail polish rocks my socks.
The only downfall to this color is that it is a Sally Beauty Supply exclusive, meaning you can only get it at Sally Beauty Supply. Sadly, when I was first attempting to get my hands on this, they were out of stock online. Now, when you try to search for it, the website won't even register as having it at all. Luckily, my local Sally's finally got their shipment in and I happened to walk in on the right day! Yay!
It only took me two good coats to get complete opacity of the black. Because of the glitter, the polish tends to dry with a bit of texture and can fill rough and bumpy. But to get a nice, smooth finish, just add a coat or two of a good top coat and you're set. Now gaze in the awesomeness of this color.
On to the sharing part of this blog (other than this lovely review, haha). Have you tried searching all over but can't seem to get your hands on your very own Fortune Teller? Want a chance to get it for free? Want a chance to get a great top coat and base coat as well? Well guess what? You're in luck. I nabbed an extra Fortune Teller polish and figured I'd do a give away along with my favorite top and base coats from Seche Vite.
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Cheese and mushroom casserole with chicken
This casserole is simple and delicious, and makes a perfect snack during a picnic (bento anyone?)—you should use it as a basic idea for a casserole, since the pasta sauce is the stable and the most important piece of the meal. It's also a very tweak-able recipe! :-)
Chocolate spread
Is there anything nicer on a Saturday breakfast than a delicious crisp bread roll with some rich, deep chocolate-flavored spread? I invented this recipe after playing with butterscotch, and it makes a superb sweet, yet bitter, aromatic spread. And the best part is that you can make it in no-time on your own whenever you want!
Sushi-like rolls
Can you imagine, there was the time I didn't want to eat sushi, because of the raw fish?! Well, that's true, shame on me. Lots of shame. On me. Agreed...
Knowing that, I decided to make a recipe for sushi-like rolls, that look and taste close to sushi, but... are not raw! Nothing in this recipe is raw, and that also means that you can keep them safe longer at the room temperature, place in your bento, take for a picnic or just offer them as a healthy snack for people didn't discover yet the ingenuity of Japanese cuisine! ;-)
German Zimtsterne (cinnamon almond cookies)
I always wanted to make these, and finally got the guts — oh boy, I wasn't really prepared for the amount of nitty-gritty with making these. I started with original German recipe that called for 500g of almonds, but that ended up being 2 full baking sheets and lots of sneaky snacking between steps ;-) But the result is good, and these cookies are worth the effort.
Plain muffins
Nothing says "hello autumn" like a batch of fresh muffins or cupcakes! :-) With this simple recipe, you gonna whip them up in no time, and they will be a perfect base for more fancy muffins with fruit (I love muffins with dried plum bits), chocolate chip muffins, caramel-stuffed ones or double-or-triple-chocolate ;-) Or savory ones: paprika, tomato, herbs, sunflower seeds, etc. It all starts with this recipe.


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Racing games generally aren't a one size fits all genre. There are many different forms, from open-world racing, realistic racing, and adrenaline junkies seeking a rush. There is no question which one of the three that Need for Speed Rivals falls under. While I'm not a hardcore follower of the Need for Speed franchise, it was not difficult to get into the latest installment of the franchise from Ghost Games and Electronic Arts. There is a lot to cover, so buckle up and try not to have your face come off during the review.
Need for Speed Rivals isn't anything massively groundbreaking in the franchise's history, considering that this game is quite similar to its predecessor, Hot Pursuit. The premises are very similar and the goals are straightforward: Race with your collection of vehicles and achieve various goals and unlockables along the way, finding the right vehicle for all of your speeding needs, but the beauty of this game is taking the premise from Hot Pursuit and cranking it far past "11" on the meter. Players cycle back and forth between being a racer or a cop, with each trip out having different sets of goals. Hot Pursuit did a very good job of this, but Rivals has perfected the art, simply because this game does not let anyone rest while out in the open world.
The world itself is an island that is set up with plenty of tight turns, straightaways, and various areas to race through, giving players a wonderful change-up both in scenery and difficulty level. It becomes obvious quite quickly to players that certain tracks need cars that may not be as fast as others, but are better for tight cornering. Figuring this portion of the game out is really the first couple of hours after the tutorial. The cars that players unlock along the way will vary in speed, acceleration, cornering, handling, and so on. Of course, every car can be upgraded with money earned along the way by successfully achieving victories in races, time trials, and other goals that will be set by the game itself. The challenge, of course, is not to completely wreck the vehicle or get busted by the police, or else those goals can be wiped out and the player has to go back and do them all over again.
The collection of vehicles between racers and police cars is fairly extensive, though the racer collection does trump the police cars in terms of numbers. Players start out with a Porsche and have to work up from there, saving up all of their coin to unlock their dream car. It isn't that simple, though, as every car not only needs enough money to purchase it along with the accessories to unlock them, but ranks must be achieved to unlock the best of the best. Lists of achievements will allow gains in rank, and the ranks do not cross over with one another, meaning that a rank gained on the racer side will not be gained on the police side.
Racers will have plenty of opportunity to pick up side coins and achievements by simply doing head-to-head racing. Approaching another racer will pop up with a possible challenge. Hitting the RB button will initiate the race and it starts automatically, even if the racer the player controls is far behind. There's no stopping and starting from that position: Catch up or be left behind. While this is going on, heat levels will continue to increase on the player's car. The more police cars evaded, the higher the heat level, meaning that even if the player is not in a race, a cop can and will attempt to bust the player. This is where Need for Speed Rivals truly shines: Hitting heat levels of 2, 3, 4, and so on, will result in what seems to be a non-stop chase. Adding into the equation that a player can start up a race during this, and the result is an adrenaline rush that keeps a player on the edge of their seat.
While racers are attempting to pick up their achievements racing one another, police achievements are possibly more fulfilling in that they will always tie in to wrecking as many racers as possible and busting them. The challenge on the police side is not only wrecking these cars, but making sure that the police car stays intact as well. This can be a heck of a challenge while going 120 miles an hour and attempting to drift around a corner to keep up. As expected, playing as a police car is not quite the same as playing as a racer. Taking a break is much easier than as a racer, considering that the police car is doing the chasing, not vice versa. Racers want to stay away as much as possible, so the challenge lies in listening to the dispatcher on the radio and trying to pick up where the racers are at.
The biggest downside to Rivals is how repetitive some of the tracks can get. Early on, a racer really needs to stay on the easier tracks to build up their early level cars, which certainly helps in the log run in assuring that those next level tracks will be met with cars that can handle tighter turns at higher speeds. Those early tracks can be played numerous times without even realizing it, so it certainly can get a little stale early on, but that's canceled out the moment a player has ten police cars chasing after them while the player frantically tries to escape, elude, or find a safehouse before the car gets wrecked, which, believe me when I tell you that police cars will literally do anything to knock a player off the road at the highest heat levels.
The soundtrack for Rivals is a nice collection of various Indie and overseas bands. This isn't a mainstream radio station that gets played during the time racing, that is for sure. Of course, it never hurts to load up a personal soundtrack if the taste in music doesn't suit you, but that's all on the gamer.
Graphically, here's where it can seem like the Xbox 360 players got a little bit of the shaft. When compared side by side, it is painfully obvious that the Xbox One version of this title had a lot of time put into the beauty of the vehicles and how crisp everything looks. The 360 version, quite quickly, looks outdated, though it isn't like the game itself is terrible with these graphics. After several years of this generation, though, it has become clear the true reason why the generation is advancing.
All in all, Need for Speed Rivals does exactly what a racing game in an open world should do: Provide a player with plenty of racing options, vehicles to collect, and hazards to avoid. Yes, the game does get repetitive with the world being somewhat limited and how many tracks based on difficulty level there are, but the best part is that the game simply does not let you rest. It makes a player keep going, for as long as the player needs to, until they are either wrecked or escape. There is nothing wrong with this formula, and the game certainly is fun, but more depth needs to be added to it to make a good game great.
Need for Speed Rivals is a repetitive adrenaline rush, both good and bad, in the fact that the game will torture you with constant cop chases, but with constantly repeating tracks. Even with this, the game is still fun and is a great pick-up for those who need that fix for open world racing.
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Morris Sausage Dog Clips
Morris the glittery sausage dog is so dashing in his pink bow tie, he makes the smartest addition to any hair style. He is secured to a salon style clip covered in pale grosgrain ribbon.
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Corporate Identity Guidelines
Our corporate identity embodies and communicates all those attributes that characterise the unique positioning of DCU. The recent revision of our corporate identity guidelines therefore represents an indispensable investment in DCU's future, and like any investment it requires careful management to protect it and to allow it to grow in value.
These corporate identity guidelines have been prepared to ensure that all elements of our corporate identity are used in a consistent, considered and effective manner.
During the development of these guidelines, specific attention was paid to creating a brand matrix system that would accommodate the changing nature of DCU, as new research initiatives, campus companies etc. come on board. All elements of this new brand identity have been approved by the DCU Executive, and are therefore the required format for use going forward by all schools, faculties, units, research centres and campus companies within the university.
Please note, the Public Affairs and Media Relations Office should be contacted in the first instance when any further new initiatives are set up on campus, so that we can advise accordingly regarding the correct templates to be used for stationery etc., publications, web pages etc.
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