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Watch a Shirtless Zac Efron Jump Off a Cliff With Bear Grylls [VIDEO]by Thomas Chau | PopCrush
Last May, 'Neighbors' co-star Seth Rogen joked that Zac Efron took every opportunity he could to go shirtless for the movie, which undoubtedly was music to the ears of Efron fans everywhere.
Luckily for those fans, they'll be able to see his shirtless body once again in NBC's 'Running Wild with Bear Grylls,' only this time, he will be facing nature's toughest elements as opposed to Rogen's ridicule.
Efron is one of a handful of celebrities — including Ben Stiller, Channing Tatum and Deion Sanders — who joined Grylls on adventures into the wild, far away from the luxuries and comforts of Hollywood. Their 48-hour journeys are documented in each episode.
In this clip released by NBC, we see Efron and Grylls overlooking a cliff next to a waterfall, with Grylls suggesting that they lower themselves down using a rope.
"I can't believe how high this is," a nervous Efron observes.
"I got a great way to make us committed to this," Grylls says as he throws their backpacks into the water. 'We started together, we're going to finish together."
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'Running Wild with Bear Grylls' premieres Monday, July 28 on NBC.
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Return to Telegraph Avenue
This off-beat reporter, his heart on the South side, has been lured away on the mayoral campaign and measure S, leaving other measures to press releases, and our editor-in-chief's tightly reasoned endorsements.
We have had to base our speculations on the outcomes of the mayor's race and measure S on hearsay, or less.
But something we could sink our teeth into, something palpable...that we will only get from Telegraph Avenue.
Sunday was a golden day by the Bay, not seen since the San Andreas fault fractured, Oct. 17, 1989, disrupting the third world series game, between Oakland and San Francisco. Sunday both teams were playing, the Giants at home, as
the Blue Angels streaked over Crissy Field.
The Chron headlined: "S.F. crowds mostly behave as city adds parades, cruise ship, 49ers game to weekend mix."
Crowds were behaved on Telegraph Avenue, too, and street tramps, as they call themselves, were keeping a low profile. I talked to a kid named Blue, who was really blue, crouched on a stool. He said that he was depressed because he couldn't find a good place to sleep.
"What will you do if sitting is banned?" I asked.
"Stand up, I suppose; or lean somewhere," said Blue, languorously.
I stopped off at Remy's, near People's Park to to see if I could see the Niners kickoff .
Remy's is the successor to Mario's a legendary Mexican restaurant in Berkeley for half a century. His former employers at Raleigh's have apparently given him permission to advertise at the burned out Sequoia Apartments fire site, a barren void--constant reminder of what the neighborhood lost.
I made a note to look for Patches, a Telegraph street vendor selling screwy patches, who was recently photographed in his psychedelic sixties schlock-shop glasses, peering out from the Daily Cal's pages with two sparkling wheels that looked like bloody eyeballs--an alarming shot.
After watching part of the Niner's game, at Pappy's, distracted by the baseball playoffs. I headed for a meeting of students at Maximus Martinez Commons, one of the fanciest dorms in the country, who agreed to meet with People's Park activists.
Throughout the nearly two years construction on the up-scale digs, construction cranes crawled the park's air-space, somehow looming larger and more threateningly, shrunk wrapped in black--the bad guy, a symbol of the university's always present threat to the continued existence of the park.
Now dorm students were reaching out to the park, as park activists like Mike Delecour, Nathan Pitts, and Michael Diehl reached back.
The door to the dorm's lobby was locked, and the lobby deserted.
Heading back to the Ave, I saw Mike Delacour heading for the meeting. That made two who couldn't get in, but we slipped in when a student left. He held the door for us. Out of respect for our ages? We're a century and a half years old--150, in rounded off numbers.
Soon we were talking to the students, who were there to learn about the park through a new film purported to have material additional to "Berkeley in the Sixties."
Delacour was the park's progenitor, according to Seth Rosenfeld's latest book--"Subversives: The FBI's War on Student Radicals, and Reagan's Rise to Power."
Delacour is now in the books as the guy with the idea for the park, a vacant lot used for a temporary parking plot. Later, Delacour told me that when the police "wired the park" (blocked students with wire barriers), his car was incarcerated for days.
In1969, Delacour could drive to the People's Park riots and find a convenient parking space in what became People's Park, he told me.
On the way to the Med, I bumped into a Planet reader who asked, "why hasn't the Planet covered Patches." According to our reader, Patches has been the number one topic of Ave. scuttlebutt. after being arrested for selling marijuana at his patch stand.
Patches, a well-known street vendor (22 years) selling screwy patches, was recently featured in his psychedelic sixties schlock-shop glasses, peering out from the Daily Cal's pages with two sparkling wheels that looked like bloody eyeballs--an alarming photograph that might have been painted by Dali, or photographed by Man Ray.
Street vendors are unlikely dope peddlers, and Patches has a cop friend or two.
He says he helps cops keep order on the Ave, often ratting-out hard drug dealers, he claims.
According to the Daily Cal, the Berkeley character, 52, is fondly remembered by alumnae from decades ago--as a drug dealer, operating under the cops noses.
This time, cops had no choice but to bust the flamboyant street personality, after two students complained that Patches was selling marijuana, according to the Daily Cal, and Patches himself.
Recently released from Santa Rita County Jail after a mere two days ("I cooperated," he said,) Patches was back at his usual spot.
Thirty student comments on the Daily Cal story bragged they had M.O.'d the alleged dealer years ago.
An avenue observer tells me, this is far from the first he's been cited for marijuana sales at his stand.
The Daily Cal called him Robert Meister, but the name doesn't fit.
When I approached Patches, he unleashed a vituperative volley of invective, confusing me, he said, with an undergraduate reporter for the Daily Cal, at 73. "it's a student paper," I pointed out.
And he didn't have his fire-wheel glasses blinding him, either.
He recalled that I had the week before bought two pistol-packing momma patches for my grandkids.
Eventually Patches calmed down somewhat and told me his story, erupting in a diatribe against the police, the students, the daily Cal, and the cruel way of things.
"I'm the good guy," he moaned.
While railing, often wildly, at students, and the "libelous charges," in the Daily Cal, Patches said he might sue the Daily Cal. He showed me a D.C. reporter's card, saying, "she put her phone number on it."
"I didn't sell drugs," he said, "I just gave away some cookies, and cookies aren't marijuana," he said, but "I'll have to check on that."
The police called the cookies "concentrated cannabis," according to the Daily Cal. The police reportedly found large quantities of marijuana at his stand, a charge Patches heatedly denies.
Also found, reportedly, were three pounds of marijuana, and more than $10,000 in cash at Patches' home in Richmond.
The beleaguered vendor vowed to take his case before a jury. He's done it before, he said. "They'll never convict me," he boasted.
Perhaps he'll mesmerize the jury with his psychedelic eye-wear.
The Planet's "Voice of the South side," returns to the scene of former adventures on the
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Madbury necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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VALDOSTA, Ga. --
"We had a lot of fun doing this," event coordinator Bobby Bennett said. "Shad Dean and the gang at South Georgia Motorsports Park worked their fingers to the bone providing a great place for the professionals to test. I am honored to have Torco's CompetitionPlus.com aligned with such a professional group."
Shad Dean, track manager, was impressed with the success of the event in its initial hosting of the event.
"It turned out great," Dean said. "I have a feeling this year is going to be even larger. When racers arrived last year, they immediately came up to me and let me know it looked like a national event. That was our goal. We were determined to make this a positive experience for every team that attended."
The traditional format returns for 2007 with professional and top alcohol teams receiving free testing in exchange for participation in a special "Chicago Style" Shootout on Saturday.
The event will be open to any NHRA, IHRA or ADRL teams that wish to participate.
This event is held the weekend before NHRA Gainesville and two weeks before IHRA San Antonio.
Pre-entry for the event will open on Thursday, December 21, 2006.
Defending "Chicago Style" Shootout champions are Allen Johnson (NHRA Pro Stock), Chip Ellis (NHRA PSB), Mick Snyder (TAFC), Josh Hernandez (Pro Modified), Steve Spiess (IHRA Pro Stock), Pat Musi (Pro Street).


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I was wondering if it was possible to extend the De Rham theorem to differetiable spaces, as defined for instance in this paper of Chen. If it has been done, could anyone come up with a good reference ?
Alternatively, I could use a reference proving the "classical" De Rham theorem, by using explicitely the chain map $$ \alpha \mapsto \left[ \sigma \mapsto \int_\Delta \sigma^*\alpha \right] $$ so that I can extend the proof to differentiable spaces.
[edit] Seeing many of the aswers, there seem to be either another "de Rham theorem" or another way of seeing differential forms, so let me clarify: What I mean by "de Rham theorem" is the fact that the cohomology of differential forms is isomorphic to e.g. the singular cohomology, when describibg smooth manifolds. Now perhaps the answers given treated that, but it's not apparent to me, so perhaps one could elaborate on the link ?


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NEWS- Oh, well: County okays church in gas leak area
There are hundreds of petroleum spills in this area– just put in a FOIA request to the Department of Environmental Quality for an eye-opening list of businesses, residences, and schools.
But not all spills are created equal. DEQ calls them LUSTs– leaking underground storage tanks– and while most are pretty benign, some aren't.
A Stone-Robinson Elementary School parent remembers going to the water fountain at a PTO meeting back in the 1980s, taking a drink, and announcing, "This water tastes like gasoline." Another parent, Kathleen Klumpp, says she could smell petroleum before the water touched her lips.
A new well was drilled– and that one was contaminated. A third well was drilled, and in 1992, Albemarle County agreed to move the school onto the municipal water system– a move the growth-cautious county is always reluctant to allow in the rural areas.
Just down Route 250 from Stone-Robinson is another biggie on the petroleum spill list: GoCo Bulk Oil facility. That, too, joined Stone-Robinson on the water line, and no remediation was done, according to Albemarle County. Other LUST sites in the area include Luck Stone, which was remediated, Shadwell Food Mart, S.W. Williamson, VDOT Residency Shop, and Clifton Inn.
DEQ's Todd Pitsenberger pulls no punches: "There's known contamination in the area," he says.
Nonetheless, Albemarle's Planning Commission approved a special use permit October 9 for the First Church of the Nazarene to build a new church on U.S. 250 east at the intersection of Rt. 22 at the edge of historic Edgehill Farm. Until alerted by a citizen, county staff, when it recommended approval of the permit, was unaware of possible contamination.
Tamara Ambler, Albemarle's natural resources manager, says there's no requirement for the county to be aware of possible hazardous spills when it approves a special use permit. "So things like this get missed," she says.
Here's how the process is supposed to work: when a special use permit is applied for, the site plan and application go to the Health Department. "Their role is to review it," explains county spokeswoman Lee Catlin. "This includes checking it against the underground storage list DEQ maintains. We're checking to see why that did not happen in this case."
Over in the Health Department, which has dominion over all well permits, environmental health manager Jeff McDaniel says his staff did look at the First Nazarene site plan. "When we're requested to evaluate a site plan, we look to see if there are any issues," he says.
But according to McDaniel, state code calls for the Health Department to become involved only at the building permit stage. That's when the Health Department would alert the well-driller of the contaminants oozing in nearby soils.
"At this point we haven't gotten a request for a well or septic," says McDaniel. "At the time of application for a permit, we'd tell them about sites in the area."
One person not surprised that the future church site is surrounded by petroleum leaks is First Church of the Nazarene Pastor Bill Willis.
"It's a non-issue," says Willis. He's reassured that the GoCo and Stone Robinson contamination files are closed with the DEQ– although such closure does not mean that the leaks were remediated.
"We knew there had been a spill years ago across the street," says Willis. "We knew it had nothing to do with our property." He says the church land is on higher ground, and he's been told the contamination is unlikely to migrate.
Two wells are already on the property, which had been a farm. "We're going to test the wells," says Willis. "We're not going to buy land where we can't get clean water."
The property owner is exactly where DEQ's Pitsenberger puts responsibility for making sure groundwater isn't contaminated, because there isn't any requirement for anyone else to test it. "It's due diligence to determine if the water is at risk," Pitsenberger says.
Albemarle County did pass an ordinance in 2005 requiring that wells be drilled before building permits are issued. That same year, it passed an emergency ordinance that any well within 2,000 feet of known contamination– in that case, the massive 1,700-foot Trading Post plume in the Red Hill area– get tested before a building permit is issued.
The church originally was going to have a daycare center at the Rt. 250 site, but removed that from the special use permit request, much to the relief of Pat Napoleon, a former Cismont resident. "I think it's a mistake to bring that church in there across from the [Luck Stone] quarry," she says.
And if the water is contaminated, "I do object to them hooking onto county water," she says.
Napoleon used to be a teacher at Stone-Robinson, and remembers when the school's water tasted like eau de petroleum in the mid-'80s.
She also worries about the air quality at the school from the blasting at Luck Stone, and whether school children are breathing asbestos and silica dust. "The teachers have a lot of coughs," says Napoleon, who adds that her own breathing problems stopped when she retired three years ago.
Klumpp, a former parent at the school and a respiratory therapist, also noticed the dust that can cover the school. "I close off my vents when I drive in that area," she says.
Stone-Robinson principal Ashby Kindler says she's had no calls from parents concerned about the quarry dust in her seven years at the school. "Staff on occasion has talked about the dust on the cars," she says. And according to Kindler, a DEQ staffer told her that for the site to be considered hazardous, there had to be continued exposure to the dust over eight hours. The staffer reported that the quarry posed no significant risk to the school.
She calls Luck Stone "a really good neighbor," and says the company tries to schedule blasting after 2:15pm.
"We do extensive monitoring in Charlottesville and all our operations," says Doug Palmore, director of risk management at Luck Stone. "We have never identified an issue that would pose a risk."
Palmore says the levels of asbestos in the dust are so small– 100 times less than the regulatory limit– that the dust can be considered "asbestos free," says Palmore. And Charlottesville has an usually low amount of silica, he says. "The activities we do don't create very small particles," he says, referring to the ones that cause silicosis.
"If we do a good job controlling the dust, which we do, then there are not exposure issues," Palmore adds.
Ron Phillips is air quality manager at DEQ, and he says no state testing has been done at the school, nor has he ever heard any concerns about air safety at Stone-Robinson. "If there is that concern, we could probably initiate a study," he says.
For Napoleon, those assurances aren't enough. "I witnessed quarry workers wearing protective gear," she says. "There was none for the kids."
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Just don't drink the Holy Water. Problem solved.
The county is assuming all the risk here because if there is contamination, it will be put in the position of having to hook the church up to public water.
I think the church is a good use. You generally don't bathe or drink much water at church.
Churches are used for housing in times of disaster, in which case exposure would be minimal and bottled water can be consumed.
Or, as Imbrie points out, hook it to public water.
"They aren't making any more land," so we have to deal with what's available.
Petroleum all in all is far from the worst possible contaminant.


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LONGMONT — Four people were taken into custody by the Colorado State Patrol after a brief chase Tuesday night near Longmont.
Trooper Nate Reid of the CSP said that a Honda Civic out of New Mexico had been reported on a traffic complaint; when troopers attempted to pull the car over at around 7:13 p.m., he said, the vehicle fled.
Patrol officers forced the car to spin out near Colo. Highway 66 and Pace Street at around 7:23 p.m. At that point, Reid said, the driver tried to run. Longmont police helped set up a perimeter at Colo. 66, Pace Street, Alpine Street and 17th Avenue before everyone was reported in custody at 8:14 p.m.
Reid said a female passenger in the Civic was taken to a hospital as a precaution, but that none of the four — three men and a woman — was injured in the incident.
No further information was immediately available from the patrol. Tickets and charges had not yet been decided on Tuesday, Reid said.
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Previously on Pretty Little Liars, Emily Fields' girlfriend Alison DiLaurentis was murdered and buried in her backyard and then discovered by her new girlfriend Maya St. Germain who moved into Ali's house and was then also murdered in the backyard. Because Ali's backyard wasn't just any old backyard. Everyone was always in that yard all the time, brandishing hockey sticks and passing out drunk and getting extorted and hollering into the phone and wearing matching outfits with Ali and making sex tapes and rubbing her DNA all over their sweaters and bracelets and digging holes to bury shovels and digging more holes to bury the shovels that dug the holes that buried the shovels. But what was weird was that even though Ali was super dead, she kept showing up places. The hospital to visit Hanna. Aria and Spencer's bedrooms to steal stuff out of their bags and closets. An abandoned barn to make out with Emily. And sometimes she sent some text messages: "Hey, girl. Miss you." "I'm still here and I know everything." But, like, she was for real dead. So dead. I mean, yeah, her ghost seemed to be aging a little bit, getting older, being taller, looking 17 instead of 15. But that's probably just a thing ghosts do, right? Because Ali was most certainly not alive.
The Liars are enjoying quite a brunch spread at the Hastings' breakfast bar while waiting for Spencer to make her post-Radley presence known. Hanna is more than slightly worried that Spencer's psyche may have been broken in a permanent way, and if it hasn't snapped yet, it probably will when they tell her about the other dead body the park rangers found in the woods, mutilated beyond identification, except for a torso tattoo declaring the corpse's independence from incest. Emily is like, "Even if the most we can hope for is half-capacity Spencer, I'll take it. It's exhausting keeping you lot alive by myself."
Spencer flits down the stairs dressed like and talking like and wearing make up like and even assuming the posture of her most WASPy self. It's terrifying. It's like Radley reset her to pilot episode Spencer. Hells bells, she even quotes her pilot self: "You know how I feel about hope. It breeds eternal misery." She invites the Liars to the asylum graduation party her parents are throwing in her honor, and of course they accept, because they will do anything for her, which she knows, which is why she stares out the window and breathes, "I'm counting on it."
In A's murdermobile, SpencAr does some hacking while wearing the gloves and the hoodie and listening to Satan on the radio and the whole A deal. Mona comes home and kicks off her combat boots, makes a pot of coffee, shares a mug with her companion. SpencAr pulls up a topographic map of the the place where her asylum graduation party is being held: Thornhill Lodge, which is conveniently situated near Thornhill landing strip, for any parents who are flying to or from Out of Town immediately before or after the celebration. Mona says "they" like SpencAr's plan, and that she will receive her reward on Friday.
At school, the Liars look past a babysitting job flyer and into the cafeteria where Mona is enjoying some delicious snacks and conversation with the Academic Decathlon team. Spencer goes, "So, speaking of babysitting, was Malcolm ever able to identify the perp that stole him from ninja school and lavished him with delicious treats at the carnival? It must have been a gentle soul to have kidnapped him in such a way. A gentle soul with brass balls. I'd say the person in question wanted to get caught, showing her face in the daylight like that." Aria says they can't use Malcom as A-bait (BORING!) but after she walks away, Hanna says that yes, actually, they can (YAY!).
Let me tell you something about the state of Pennsylvania: They are crazy about the sport of swimming. Just absolutely crazy. Take for an example the presence of Shana Costumeshop at Rosewood High before homeroom. She is there in her Red Devil's swim team warm-up because there's a big meet this afternoon and her coach didn't want to give the Sharks a home pool advantage. Shana up-downs Spencer with her eyeballs and then practically has to steady herself against some lockers, because: "Forgive me for staring, but I have a thing for unhinged women. I thought I'd hit the jackpot with Paige McCullers over the summer, but then I found this other girl who even made eating cherries looks insane, but now, Spencer Hastings, you are standing here in front of me with crackpot madness radiating off you in waves. I can practically smell the institution on you. I am going to say the word 'wet' about 20 times, OK?" The Liars bid Shana adieu and Hanna starts whining immediately about how Shana never flirts with her, even though it is a proven fact that lesbians want to give her their pinkdrinks.
Ezra is at school for like his tenth interview in the substitute teacher hiring process. He and Aria walk down the hallway, side-by-side, pretending to check their phones and whatever while talking out of the sides of their mouths about how he didn't get the job.


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It's time for the waiting game. Apparently the first sock kits for the 2010 Rockin Sock Club are hitting the streets!
Tina gave us this wonderful song as our 2010 theme and I can't get the song or the kit out of my head! All I can think about is what time the mail will arrive!
But in my techonoligical advanced state since I got my new phone, I feel obliged to share my other new favorite discovery.
Check out Pandora radio. You put a song or artist in and a cool collection of songs , commercial free, keep you busy! While you wait! Spinning. Knitting. Or stalking.
Maybe you are more savvy than me and have been a fan for a while. If so, why didn't you tell me?


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Wyndham City is full of life, colour and flavour
Are you heading Victoria's way soon? Maybe you you're about to explore the Great Ocean Road? Perhaps a local Melbournian looking for a different destination in the nearby vicinity, or just someone that likes to explore places that aren't the obvious?
There is a little pocket of goodness that doesn't get the attention I believe it deserves. I am talking about Wyndham City. The City of Wyndham sits about 30 minutes to the South West of Melbourne city and is home to Werribee, Point Cook, Laverton, Little River and Williams Landing, to name a few.
It covers an area of around 550 square kilometres and has 30 kilometres of coastline that looks over Port Phillip Bay. It is also currently the third fastest growing local government area in the state of Victoria. But hey I'm not about to give you a geography lesson, I want to reveal to you some of the reasons why you and your family would have a fantastic time here.
Whether it be for a couple of days passing through or better still a pre-planned holiday that will be filled with terrific experiences. I'm telling you now, you will truly be surprised at what the City of Wyndham has up its sleeve.
Let's start with one of the best zoos I have visited in the country. When you are in the area, it's not a matter of should you go; you must go. There is plenty to like about Werribee Zoo, like the fact that is a zoo that has committed to the recovery of 21 threatened native species and also being part of a bigger picture internationally in doing its bit in helping deal with threats to the world's wildlife.
The zoo itself has over 350 animals from 57 different species all housed in relaxed and aesthetically pleasing surrounds, all easy to navigate. When visiting the animals, there is not much separating you from them – you feel like you could reach out and give them a pat! Well, most of them anyway; you won't catch me trying to give the lions a cuddle anytime soon and watch the hippos don't surprise you! From Addax to Zebra and all the animals in between, you and the kids will be loving them all sick.
The highlight for me without a doubt was the 'Off Road Safari' adventure. Now if you have ever wanted to get a feel of what a real African safari might be like, but just haven't managed to save the dollars for a trip to Africa, then this is definitely for you. I have been lucky enough to experience the real deal with my travel show and I have to say its is pretty close to what you would experience – but on a smaller scale of course. It cost a few extra bucks on top of the zoo entry fee, but it is so worth it. A big open plain with waterholes and grasslands inhabited by giraffe, antelope, zebra and magnificent rhino which I could not take my eyes off. Being up close and personal and having the luxury of just watching them interact without distraction was simply amazing. Especially watching the only male in the crash trying to make 'friends' with the girls….to no avail I might add!
During the winter months there are a heap of free events for the kids and storytelling Sundays have also been a huge hit, so check out the website above for more details. All this and plenty more to entertain and ignite the imagination are at Werribee Zoo.
For an experience that is definitely far removed from the animal kingdom, you may want to visit the RAAF Museum down at Point Cook. Now you don't have to be a war plane buff to enjoy this piece of Australian aviation record. I like the Boss, Bruce Springsteen's "War, what is it good for" philosophy, but regardless of that, this is the birthplace of the Australian Flying Corps and the RAAF for that matter, so it holds a special place in our history. Besides there are actually some really cool feats of engineering brilliance on display! In other words, plenty of awesome planes to check out. Also, if you want to see some of these beauties in action make sure you visit on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday at 1pm, because that's when you will see a Sopwith Pup, Tiger Moth or a DC3 Bird Dog doing its routine. The names alone had me interested, and it was a great experience seeing a little yesteryear in the skies over Wyndham. This is an all ages affair for sure.
When it comes to looking after those foodie cravings there is plenty on offer no doubt, and it ranges for those after a quick fix and those lovers of a delightful dining experience.
Now it's not like me to send you to a shopping centre for a feed, but for those in category one (the quick fix) this place will have you spoilt for choice. Pacific Werribee not only has all your shopping needs covered, and if you like to peruse then you will be busy. However, the Urban Diner entertainment quarter is what will excite the hungry. Open 7 days, it has over fifteen options for you to procrastinate over and if you have young kids in tow well I would say it's a great choice. The Groove Train got my attention and the food was of a high quality with terrific service and didn't strip the budget bare.
For those with a discerning palate then I highly recommend lunching at the closest winery to Melbourne in Shadow Fax and dinner at the amazing Josephs Restaurant and Bar at Werribee Mansion Hotel – but more on these two options next week.
If you are after a relaxed café style lunch or are planning to do a little self-containment on your getaway then I suggest you pop into see the lovely Julie Skewis at Wyndham Cache, where you have the option of delighting in their tasty treats in house, or just grabbing something to go. And I love their motto, The hidden treasures of life's pleasures because this place is full of just that. Vegies straight from the farm. Delectable Deli pleasures and all sorts of condiments and home-made jams. They also have some local artworks and assorted gift wares on offer. Definitely worth a visit.
As I sign off for now I must drop a mention in for a couple of free attractions that might grab your attention when in the region and let's be honest everyone loves a freebie!
So, in no specific order, check out these two highlights. Explore B-24 Liberator Restoration Australia where you will see the only surviving B-24 Liberator in the Southern Hemisphere. Campbell's Cove Boathouses are a little of Wyndham heritage on show and for those with an interest in quirky history, I think you will be engaged. It remains to be seen how long these waterfront eclectic treasures will remain.
Finally, Wyndham Harbour is worth a look. A relatively new development and one that has quite a lot on offer. The only safe harbour between Geelong and Williamstown it is often home to many free public events.
Come on down and give Wyndham City a little love, I hope you will be as nicely surprised, as was I!
Check out what's on offer right here www.experiencewyndham.com.au
Scott McRae is the host of Channel Ten's A Taste of Travel. Visit www.scottmcrae.com.au, www.atasteoftravel.com.au


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K3b 0.12 New Features Guide
Among users of the K3b CD and DVD burning application there has been quite some confusion with the new audio project so I wrote a little overview of the new features and changes in version 0.12. Check out the K3b 0.12 New Feature Guide to get an idea of how much more there is under the hood in the new version.
Simple single-sessions?
"The Data project has not been improved as much as the audio project but there are some small things that are worth mentioning.
Aha. Well, I don't need multisessions. I need to handle singlesessions cleanly. But that isn't possible!
K3b stores file lists file for file instead of those directories that have been added manually to the data project! That's nonsense.
Second, if I want to backup my home dir, that isn't possible because of two reasons: I cannot easily add hidden files and it takes hours to process 180.000 files or so...
Third and last, the file comparison after writing the disc does not work with umlauts etc.
Just a few hints from someone who does not only backup two files on a DVD at a time :-)))
By Mark at Thu, 2005/07/28 - 5:00am
Re: Simple single-sessions?
And why don't you think clean session handling is possible? you still have the non-auto modes, don't you?
And what about these file lists. I can't follow you.
of course you can easily add hidden files. where is the problem
for a backup with k3b creating a tar archive is way better than burning the files directly.
And I know the thing with the umlauts.
By Sebastian Trueg at Thu, 2005/07/28 - 5:00am
Re: Simple single-sessions?
There's a thing with Umlauts? No probs here (suse 9.3), even kanji and arabic works. rr of course, i have no use for juliet.
By Andy at Thu, 2005/07/28 - 5:00am
Re: Simple single-sessions?
It only happens if you are running an utf-8 environment and it only makes verification fail. But for the verification issue I know a fix. Well, not really a fix but a different verification approach which I will implement soon.
By Sebastian Trueg at Thu, 2005/07/28 - 5:00am
Re: Simple single-sessions?
To be honest, for a regular backup, it's much better to learn how to use the various command-line utilities for cd burning, and then script your way through.
Stick to the CLI when you need non-interactive, repetitive jobs; that's what computers do best :)
By giacomo at Thu, 2005/07/28 - 5:00am
Re: Simple single-sessions?
there are also several graphical backup programs...
Re: Simple single-sessions?
I think Mark means this:
If I add a directory to a data cd project k3b looks itself into this directory and adds every single file to the project. It stores every information about the added directory, escpecially the content, at the time I choose the directory. That's really nonsense.
k3b should instead take the user much more verbatim: add this directory should mean: add this directory. Exclude that file or directory should mean: exclude this file. Or directory.
So the next time I want to make a backup of my data I just have to load the k3b project and burn my new backup disc. Then I don't miss any files added since I created the project. Or missing files don't prevent me from successfully burn my new disc.
I remember that using another burning application it does so, but I don't know which application it was. Maybe 'arson'?
To look in every single directory makes only sense if I want to compute the needed disc space. I see no single reason to save the information about directory contents into the project. Only disadvantages.
Ansonsten liebe Grüße, k3b ist eine feine Sache und wäre der Brüller ohne diesen schweren und nicht nachvollziehbaren Schnitzer.
By Tim Gollnik at Sun, 2005/07/31 - 5:00am
Re: Simple single-sessions?
This is not nonsense at all! What makes you think K3b's data project is a backup project??? It is not!
By Sebastian Trueg at Sun, 2005/07/31 - 5:00am
Re: Simple single-sessions?
When backuping your home dir, tar archives play much better than adding the files directly to the CD. However, sometimes you want to burn a bunch of files and have online access to them. For example, a clippart, your mp3 collection. And, of course, burning to a DVD, what opens up the possibility of up to 4.4 GB (DL media is yet too expensive) of data and thousands of small files.
So, I do agree with Mark about having a option to store directories instead of files in the project. That would make burning my DVDs a much smoother experience. May be an option, in the cd or dvd project, to automatically recursivelly add files within a directory when a directory is added? The default behaviour would be enabled (mimicking the current behaviour), so that only users that really needs to create high volume projects, like my MP3 archive or Mark's backup, would need to disable it (using a checkbox in the project property, for example).
By Marco Aurélio at Tue, 2005/08/02 - 5:00am
version 1.0?
Are there any plans to stop adding features, fix up remaining bugs and to release something stamped with 1.0 on it?
K3B is a great piece of software. I'm just wondering what the plans are here...
By Simon Edwards at Thu, 2005/07/28 - 5:00am
Re: version 1.0?
well, that's not so easy. k3b still has some issues that prevents it from being 1.0.
By Sebastian Trueg at Thu, 2005/07/28 - 5:00am
Re: version 1.0?
What are the "issues" that prevent it from being 1.0? As far as I can tell it is easily the best CD burning application out there.
By brockers at Thu, 2005/07/28 - 5:00am
k3b is GREAT
keep up the good work... k3b is great!
By Andre at Thu, 2005/07/28 - 5:00am
Re: k3b is GREAT
Have to 2nd that motion!
By am at Thu, 2005/07/28 - 5:00am
Re: k3b is GREAT
Yeah... usually all that developers get for their hard work are complaints.
By Anonymous at Thu, 2005/07/28 - 5:00am
Re: k3b is GREAT
Ah, that feels good. Thanks a lot. :)
By Sebastian Trueg at Thu, 2005/07/28 - 5:00am
Re: k3b is GREAT
Yup, it's one of those apps that I bring up once in a while (I burn stuff quite rarely) and never have any problems with. It's always very simple to get what I want done and I never have to sit and wonder how something is done. Easily one of the best Linux apps.
By chakie at Fri, 2005/07/29 - 5:00am
Re: k3b is GREAT
It really rocks, looks great, it does all I need, in a nice way!
A pity it's so hard to find women with the same qualities... ;-)
By ac at Fri, 2005/07/29 - 5:00am
Re: k3b is GREAT
oh, yes, it's a willing piece of software AND it's easy to handle :-)) Thanks for writing it!
By MH at Fri, 2005/07/29 - 5:00am
DVD structure problems??
I have a weird problem, not sure what it is.
So, I took a disc at random and confirmed that it does play in the Apex.
Considering that I have confirmed that discs I burned a few months ago play just fine and discs that I burn now will not play, I can only assume that k3b is not doing something the right way.. I've never had any problems with the Apex, it's about 18 months old and has always played anything I stuck in it. It still does, as long as it's stuff I burned few months ago..
I am using Suse 9.3 Pro, kernel "18.104.22.168-20a-default", Sony DRU-540a,
By rogue at Thu, 2005/07/28 - 5:00am
Re: DVD structure problems??
Some of the more recent DVD players have issues with DVD-Rs. The newer, expensive ones tend to be really picky about the disks (for me they play part way then the image starts getting corrupted and sometimes crashes the player).
By Corbin at Thu, 2005/07/28 - 5:00am
Little annoyance
The only problem with the last k3b, was that I and my wife searched for several minutes where the big BURN button was.
By Ookaze at Thu, 2005/07/28 - 5:00am
Re: Little annoyance
every toolbar in KDE can have textlabels, if you want them... rmb on the toolbar and you'll see :D
and this is an universal KDE tip: something annoys you or you think it could be better? try a right mouse click on it. often you'll see config options to solve your problem!
Re: Little annoyance
And what do I see? Did you actually try it?
By testerus at Thu, 2005/07/28 - 5:00am
Re: Little annoyance
Re: Little annoyance
not this one. it's not a standard kde toolbar but something I hacked together since the toolbar did not fit my needs. But I changed the burn button to always include the text as before.
By Sebastian Trueg at Thu, 2005/07/28 - 5:00am
Re: Little annoyance
That is really a good thing.
By Ookaze at Fri, 2005/07/29 - 5:00am
k3b and Mandrake
slightly off-topic.
By Ask at Thu, 2005/07/28 - 5:00am
Can't add file/folders in k3b project
Why is that k3b is only for the drag and drop people? The file-browser in k3b should show 'Add to project' or 'Add to compilation' in the Right-Click menu.
It's inconvenient to drag and drop, It would be cool to have a "RMB menu" to add files/folder in the file browser in k3b. thanks sebastian for your creation - k3b :).
By Asif Ali Rizwaan at Fri, 2005/07/29 - 5:00am
Re: Can't add file/folders in k3b project
there was a possibility in 3b but since kde 3.anything it is broken since kdelibs changed the way the ontext menu in the file browser is created. Now I cannot easily extend it. :(
By Sebastian Trueg at Fri, 2005/07/29 - 5:00am
mkisofs != growisofs?
I'm running Debian Linux 2.6.8, K3B 0.12.2, growisofs 5.21, mkisofs 2.1. When
To see where the difference arises, I created an ISO image of the file
Is this a known issue? Is there some compatibility parameter to pass into growisofs?
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Final Fantasy VII Remake Pushed Even Further From Possibility
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Final Fantasy VII Remake Pushed Even Further From Possibility
Square Enix is now saying that a remake of Final Fantasy VII would take a middle-aged man's entire life to complete.
Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase wants to make it clear that a remake of Final Fantasy VII would take a really, really long time. Remember back when he said it would take fourteen years of development time? Now, he's more than doubled that figure.
Speaking at a roundtable discussion held for the launch of Final Fantasy XIII in Korea, Kitase wasn't surprised at all by the topic of Final Fantasy VII. "We've gotten this question a lot from many countries," he said while laughing. He seems to be a little sick of it.
On the Final Fantasy VII remake this time, Kitase said: "To make FFXIII at this level of quality, it took us 3 to 4 years. If we were to make FFVII in the same style of FFXIII, it would take 10 times as long." Forget fourteen years, a current generation Final Fantasy VII would take forty years to put together! That's older than someone's dad.
Does Square Enix just want to stop the questions about the possibility for a Final Fantasy VII remake, or do these comments make sense? You've got to figure the company can reuse some assets from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children to help the process along or something. I get that Final Fantasy VII was a monumental RPG, especially due to all the cursing, but a forty-year development time is wacky beans.
Source: Andriasang
Why does everyone act like FF7 is such a big deal? If they remade it, it would be the same game. I'd much rather have them work on another The World Ends With You than a remake of yet another FF game.
Completely agreed. That or a new franchise, rather than a remake.
Also, why would FF7 take so long to remake? All the set pieces are already there, heck they're using upgraded models of the characters in the Kingdom Hearts series already. Not to mention the models from Advent Children...
I call bullshit.
What? How does that even make sense? They have the script. They have the game design, they have the music, they have all the concept art... honestly, it'd take less than two years tops. What a load of shite.
Yeah, no, there's no way a FFVII remake would take forty years. I think they're just getting tired of hearing that question, in which case maybe they shouldn't have made that PS3 tech demo.
EDIT: Wait, he didn't actually say forty years, he just said, "it would take ten times as long." That would imply forty years, yeah, but that sounds more like an off-hand, hyperbolic, casual comment than anything.
They probably just want to get everyone off of their guard so they can surprise release it sometime next year or something. Normally I'd take something like this at face value, but they keep talking about it for some reason. There comes a point when saying "it's not gonna happen" will suffice instead of going off on a diatribe about lengthy development times and other bullshit. It just seems like hype to me.
I know he just doesn't want to remake it which I agree with. To hell with the awful game that is FFVII. Let's focus on more important things like Agito XIII, Versus XIII and XIV.
I reckon they're saying this to take some heat off the developers for now, then possibly release the bombshell in 5 years that it is in development. I remember when they said FFXIII might not be made, or at least a slim possibility. (At least I think it was 13)
Likewise. There is no way in hell it would take that long. They are exaggerating greatly. The story and flow of events have already been established, and they could rip most of the system from the original FF7. I know there's a mantra of "Estimate how long the development will take and then add 50-100% to that to get the actual time" but that's ridiculous.
This shows just how much SE have fallen from their peak - now they're apparently too incompetent to even re-create their past glory in a reasonable time frame, let alone make something new...
Sony managed to beef up the first 2 God of War games just fine.
Hell they don't need to completely remake the thing, just, well do what they did with God of War 1 and 2. Upgrade the graphics, add some trophies, and bam, you got millions upon millions of copies sold.
I really doubt that 40 year development time. I think he's just sick of people asking him about it.
True, i think their trying to do what bungie did with recon armor, save it for a bad time finacially, or maybe attach it to a less likely to work on its own project, I mean you have a trump card like that and you could save a company.
Now as much as I really don't care whether they did remake it or not...
40 years?
The fact that realistically it'd just be making a game that looks like FFXIII with VII's story (which already exists) tacked onto it.
I mean, they have character models from Advent Children, just dumb them down enough to work on a console, and give them different outfits.
They have allotted Voice actors from Advent Children, so they wouldn't have to go through an audition process for the core cast.
The World map, I'll admit would be a hassle, but seriously, people have been used to fades-to-black or loading screens whenever they enter a town for years now, there are very few games that provide truly open world experiences of
But really, come on, They're making an airship mechanic for Versus...
('Cos I won't be happy if it's another case of chose location, 'fly' there instantly, load screen to the ground bullshit again...)
But yeah, I'll acknowledge that it'd take a long time to make, most graphically high-end games do now days, but 40 years seems like it's overshooting it for the sake of shutting people up...
Oh come on, that has got to be complete hyperbole, and even if it is they need to stop wasting time and make it already, especially if it's going to take that long (sarcasm).
Completely legitimate arguments on whether or not VII was the crowning jewel of JRPGs or was simply great for it's time aside, remaking that game would practically be a license for Square to print money. After all, a hell of a lot of fans seem to want it.
14 years was hard to believe, 40 just sounds impossible. It sounds like there making things up.
My thoughts exactly. Plus, I'm a firm believer in that it would have just ended up being the same game, only with a prettier look to it.
This statement makes you THE MOST EPIC PERSON I have seen on the escapist and I agree with it 999% A sequel to The World Ends With You is what we need to see roll out of SE's production line, hell the creator's original idea was that the game would span every continent and take place in major cities like New York, Greece, Egypt, Sydney, and so on, but in the end they decided to stick with the area around them, so I would love to see The World Ends With You Too (a possible assumed title with some real usage on the net)
Why are we talking about this? Why not remake a good game? More importantly, why not make a new good game instead of remaking old ones?
You've got a very good point there. A trump card could save a company during a bad time quite easily.
On the other hand, if they'd played it at the height of their popularity, they could avoid getting into a bad position quite easily.
A little farfetched this comment is but maybe by making this little commments shows his disinterest in making the damn thing and he wants to just stop the people from asking for this remake over and over and over again.
sounds more like a " stop asking " move to me -.- 40 years, for a game ... who they trying to fool.
They better get started then.
As a Final Fantasy fan I'm sick of this garbage from Square-Enix. I bet they can do it but are not confident enough about the sales because of the taste of the modern gamer. Plus with Yoichi Wada's love of western games it's probably being pushed aside for more games that would appeal more to the average gamer. Also I think it could be done in a shorter time if they pull all their resourses onto the project, probably 5 years but they wouldn't be able to make any other games. I think the biggest problem they'll have is the fact that they would build it from the ground up instead of reskining Final Fantasy VII, that's what we want! Screw making Final Fantasy XIII with Final Fantasy VII's story, we want the same game with prettier graphics and it would take a shorter time to develop if it's just a reskin job.
Regardless I think if they're not going to make it they wouldn't keep talking about it. Seems as soon as we start to forget the last comment from them they issue a new one. To be honest I'd rather they hurry up with Kingdom Hearts 3 to finally finish that series off. Also I'd like Square-Enix to stop ruinning their games like Front Mission Evolved, if I wanted to play Armored Core I'd buy Armored Core I want Front Mission for tactical RPGs.
I think the whole "remake FF7" issue is ridiculous. Don't get me wrong... I absolutely love the game and I would very much like to see it revamped, I just think it's ridiculous because either the fans won't let the issue drop and yet neither will the developers. They keep giving people hints and teasers and keep bringing it up CONSTANTLY.
And I totally call bullshit on the 14 year development time. With enough money and manpower they could get it done within two years I am willing to bet.
Well yes, if you have only one random guy do all the artwork, programming, vocals and design, yes it'll take 40 years. This is why you use a development *team*
I honestly think a flat-out "STFU" would have been more respectful than this line of shit Square is feeding their customers.
Seriously, Final Fantasy VII was... decent for it's time. Remaking it brings nothing new to gaming in general.
After everything past 9, this sort of makes sense. They would have to make it pretty AND good. Which they seem incapable of doing after seeing what the ps2 could do and crapping themselves
I think it was more of a "Fuck off, we're not doing it you fanboy pricks!"
So basically what they're saying is "Final Fantasy Seven is such a complex game it would take 4 years, as opposed to our yearly releases of games, showing just how far we have fallen from our former quality and how little we care."
13 shouldn't have been made (given what we got). But yeah this is obviously them just whining to get us to stop asking for it. They have all the set pieces in place and if the "development time" being as long as it would be is due to the games length.. they don't need to make if FF13 quality. Yes, FF13 was stunning, but if it takes them 4 years to make a 30 hour long hallway, cut down on the graphics and make something that's actually compelling to play.
There's an extremely high probability that he meant it as a figure of speech, not a mathematical analysis, considering what you wrote.
yeah it makes no sense, the tech has caught up to the ps3's capabilities, they have the story/characters/graphics/everything already there, why would it take so long?
if there was a remake, cool, i'd def. get it, but if not, i guess it wont bug me really, im just curious as to why it would honestly take that long? they have EVERYTHING there, and i loved the materia system, so idk what they'd really need to change that would take that long.
Actually, they don't. To remake FFVII, or any game, sure, you have source material, but you don't have the exact music to reuse; like, take Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen. They didn't use the same exact music from back in the day, that would have been ugly, using 8-bit music on a 16-bit remake. What did they do? Arrange it on modern hardware for the system. Flash back to modern day. FFVII had, well, some ugly-sounding music (to me, even by standards back then). Nowadays, we expect games to have an orchestral score, especially games like Final Fantasy. Subtract Nobuo Uematsu from the modern day possibility of an FFVII remake since he is at Mistwalker Studios now. Not only do we not have the inability to use the original music in its exact form, but we do not have the original composer to work with it. SE would need to get the right to arrange Uematsu's work. If they can't, then bam, we get an original soundtrack in the remake of FFVII.
Back on topic, hyperbole much? You can update level designs, yes, but still, it doesn't seem like it'd take more than, what, four years with current generation technology?
I think the real problem here is that there is that huge divide of generation of gamers. Those that have grown up with games since they were young and are now well adjusted adults that understand the the video game industry is a business. And then there is the FF7 generation where while they are mostly grown up they are so obsessed with their "first" big game(not actually their first but most hyped for the console generation when it was Playstation and N64 as the big two competitors) that they wish for that specific story and characters to grow and don't want characters like Cloud, Aries and Tifa to die but be immortal for all time.
This gigantic divide of gamers are those that know that franchises and stories die and it is best to move on and then there are those that are used to see that specific game getting the spin-off treatment over and over and over again. There to my knowledge has been a total of three spin-off games, the PS2 game with Vincent, the PSP game with Zack and the FFVII movie. So that generation who has been used to being loud because that was the current largest inception of gamers when video games were starting to be accepted as pop-culture and not the "nerd" hobby that it was known for.
The result is the fanbase that is nothing more than grown children used to getting what they want and a company that knows that in order to grow it needs to reach and create new games and new audiences while it wants to preserve that nostalgia and be conservative to treat the game and its reputation as a gem and icon to the video game industry's history.
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