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Koss KPH30i
Type Semi-open, on-ear headphone
URL http://www.koss.com
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By Joe Cwik
At CanJam @ RMAF 2017, I asked the guys at the Koss exhibit what was new in the collection of gear they were showing this year. They quickly highlighted the Koss KPH30i. So, I took a few moments to give it a listen.
Now, I have a soft spot for good value, and if I find something that works for me, I stick with it until I have to change. Ask @jude about the last bags I got my hands on for everyday use and travel -- I'm using a very weathered TIMBUK2 messenger bag, and a incase camera bag that many Head-Fi'ers have seen on my back at any given CanJam event.
What I'm trying to say is, I find what works for me, and when I do, I really don't change. I'm all about usability. When I got home from RMAF, I went to koss.com and promptly ordered the KPH30i. What I love about this on-ear is that it's got a pop of style, it's lightweight, and it works great out of my iPhone 6 Plus, my MacBook Pro, or even a dedicated DAC/amp like the Sennheiser HDV 820. (Yes, I plug into anything that passes by my desk. It's fun to experiment with combos.)
The KPH30i has been my go-to for everyday use since it arrived for use at my desk, listening to a collection of my favorite tracks for the work day or my favorite podcasts. Its sound signature to me has a nice bass lift that many consumers (and myself) will enjoy. It does seem to get overpowered and muddy with tracks like USS' "Yin Yang" when turned up, but it makes it through well enough for my satisfaction. It also meets my requirements for my musical preferences with piano and acoustic guitar that I can enjoy all of my favorite tracks without issue.
With regard to fit, the on-ear surface area is great for my larger ears, and I'm getting full coverage without any discomfort, even after listening for multiple hours. I tend to forget I'm wearing them, as I don't feel it clamps hard at all. It does have some slight shifting if I'm doing the guy-with-short-hair-attempting-to-awkwardly-headbang thing, but it stays on my head well enough that I don't think it needs any more clamping force.
While I tend to use my Sennheiser Presence for phone calls, tests with using the KPH30i's mic in an office environment will handle a call as necessary. Outside, we found it sensitive to outside noise, such as wind. The single button remote works great with my iPhone. It has a satisfying click, although I personally would have preferred a little more texture to the button, as reaching for it blind has me hunting for the button itself. But again, that's a personal preference thing.
For only $30, I think the KPH30i is a great piece of gear in the realm of budget-fi, and if you're looking for an on-ear in this price range, I'd suggest you give it a listen.
Sony MDR-1ADAC
Type Closed, full-size, around-the-ear headphone (with built-in DAC and amplifier
Price $399.99 USD
URL http://www.sony.com
By Jude Mansilla
At first glance the Sony MDR-1ADAC looks like the popular MDR-1R and its update, the MDR-1A. But upon closer look, this headphone is unique in that it is a hybrid active/passive design with a built-in DAC/headphone amp. In passive mode, the headphone is connected with a detachable dual-sided 3.5mm mini connector to any smartphone, dap, or other portable device. In active mode, the MDR-1ADAC is digitally connected with either Lightning (Apple), Micro-USB (Android), or proprietary Sony Cables (Walkman). The package includes said cables to enable the right connection out of the box, as well as a handy carrying pouch.
These headphones are included in Sony's Hi-Res range and have 40mm drivers with ALCP (Aluminum Liquid Crystal Polymer) diaphragms and S-Master HX digital amplification circuitry which was developed for high resolution audio playback. The soft urethane cushions fit completely around my (average size) ears and are deep enough to where my ears do not touch the drivers. Comfort is excellent and the headphones isolate very well.
To get started, the built-in 3.7V lithium-ion battery needs to be recharged with the micro-USB cable and provides up to 7.5 hours of battery life. On the left ear cup, there is a power switch to activate the built-in circuit and a green LED confirms that the unit is active and ready to use. The volume control is on the right side is easily adjustable with the right thumb.
I've always been a fan of the Sony's unique ability to deliver high quality headphones that provide punchy sound, warmth and non-fatiguing clarity and the MDR-1ADAC is no exception. The headphone is just simply fun to listen to and using the built-in circuitry versus running straight out of my iPhone 6 provided a better sound stage depth and was overall smoother and more articulate.
At $399.99, the Sony-MDR-1ADAC is highly recommended for those looking for a great portable option to digitally connect to their smartphones/tablets without the extra fuss of additional DAC/amp/cables to worry about.
Bowers & Wilkins P5 Series 2
Type Closed, on-ear headphone
Price $299 USD
URL http://www.bowers-wilkins.com
The Bowers & Wilkins P5 was, in my opinion, one of the most market-defining headphones not made by Beats. It was the first headphone from Bowers & Wilkins--a decades-old, storied loudspeaker manufacturer--released at a time when many experienced headphone manufacturers were thinking the only way to answer Beats was to mimic them. Bowers & Wilkins wasn't among them.
Obviously, nobody would expect B&W to enter the headphone market with a plasticky headphone, and they didn't. In fact, they did very much the opposite--with their P5, the owners' hands only touched metal or leather; and its styling was as gorgeous as it was unique. It even felt premium--even mechanically, everything about the P5 was buttery smooth and durably built. Five years after its debut, the Bowers & Wilkins P5 remains, in my opinion, one of the most satisfying headphones to touch and hold.
Sonically, the P5 was a very good portable headphone--competent, pleasant, but missing something, especially up top. Perhaps playing it a little too safe for their first headphone, Bowers & Wilkins opted for a very safe sound signature, and perhaps went a bit overboard with the smoothness. The original P5 was a headphone that, to my ears, lacks presence up top, sounding at times sparkle-free, even when the music called for more shimmer. For a time, I was willing to accept some amount of sonic tradeoff, for all the P5's other positive traits. In the nearly five years since, though, the competition has ramped up substantially. Bowers & Wilkins knew this, and so this year they updated the P5 substantially, introducing the Bowers & Wilkins P5 Series 2.
With an all-new driver design--that I understand to inspired by the drivers in Bower & Wilkins' flagship P7--the P5 Series 2 is, to my ears, improving on the original P5 in just about every area it was needed, without losing what made it the P5. In other words, if you loved the P5, I think you're going to love the P5 Series 2.
To start, the bass is still rich and pronounced, but control and detail have improved in the lower registers. Midrange clarity has also taken a jump forward, reminding me of a lens coming into focus--it wasn't something I was as much wishing for as treble presence, but now that it's here, I'm very happy to hear it.
Now let's talk about treble, as this constituted the biggest unchecked checkbox for me with the original. In my 2011 review of the P5, I said:
Treble performance is where I think the P5 faces its biggest sonic criticism from me, with enough treble softness and roll-off to heighten the warmth of the P5's overall presentation, especially combined with the P5's smoothness everywhere else. Even through the clamor of public transportation, treble detail can often be heard and appreciated, and it is here, with the P5's upper registers, that the P5 falls the most sonically short. If I had my druthers, I wouldn't ask the Bowers & Wilkins engineers to abandon their aforesaid aversion to exaggerated treble--but I would enjoy enough of a boost in the upper registers (compared to where it is now) to get me to something I'd describe as a more neutral treble presentation. More detail up top would help to carve out a greater sense of detail in what is, again, a generally very safe (probably too safe), smooth, and pleasant overall sonic presentation.
I am excited to report that the P5 Series 2 now checks that box. Treble extension has been improved noticeably, and entirely to good effect. There's an assuredness now to the P5 Series 2's upper registers that was definitely not there in the original P5, and it was executed in this new version without creating any demons--no stridence, no sibilance, no offensive treble nasties of any sort.
In terms of soundstage, I'd call the new version essentially equal to the original. I don't find it in anyway constricting, but it's not going to convince you it's an open headphone either. Even though the P5 Series 2's soundstage isn't airy, the image it projects is coherent and precise for what I'd expect from a compact, closed, supra-aural (on-the-ear) headphone.
To be clear, though, this is not a neutral, flat sounding headphone. It is still a richer-than-neutral sound signature, but this model is significantly more detailed than the P5 before it. In terms of overall performance, the P5 Series 2 is closer now to Bowers & Wilkins flagship P7 than it is to its P5 predecessor.
p>As for its styling, Bowers & Wilkins wisely chose to keep changes to a minimum. The only very noticeable change is that the silver brushed metal earcup faceplates are now black brushed metal earcup faceplates. I haven't decided yet which look I prefer, but, either way, this headphone is still one of the most beautiful headphones ever made, in my opinion; and, like its predecessor, it's still one of the best looking headphones on the head that I've ever seen.
At $299.99, the Bowers & Wilkins P5 Series 2 is not just an easy recommendation for me to make, it is an emphatic one--especially if you're in the market for a super-compact on-the-go premium headphone.
Focal Spirit Classic and Spirit Professional
Price $399 and $349 USD, respectively
URL http://www.focal.com
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In writing up the Focal Spirit One, I mentioned that I'd like to see Focal move more upmarket with their headphones, given that they're best known for their ultra-expensive (and ultra-respected) loudspeakers. Well, since the last guide update, they've started making their moves, with two new headphones: the Focal Spirit Classic and the Focal Spirit Professional.
The $399 Focal Spirit Classic is the current flagship, intended as a headphone intended more for home or office use than it is for on-the-go use. As evidence of this, it comes with two cables, one of which is 13 feet long!
Also, with its larger headband, larger earcups and non-fold-flat design, it's clearly not intended to be as mobile as the Focal Spirit One. The Focal Spirit Classic also takes on a more mature appearance, with its "Hot Chocolate" brown color (that's what they call it), in varying shades from the earcups to the pads and headband. It's a gorgeous headphone.
Though its earcups are larger, the Spirit Classic's earpads aren't that much larger than the Spirit One's. Filled with memory foam, though, they're definitely more comfortable. The headband is also more comfortable than the Spirit One's, with broader, better padding.
As for how it compares to its more portable sibling, the Spirit Classic is a move to a more detailed, more complete soundscape, with richer tonality, and better imaging. There's a lushness to the Spirit Classic's tone that makes voices and most instruments come alive. It's warmer than neutral, never rough or strident, but still with glistening detail when appropriate.
We discussed the Focal Spirit Classic on Head-Fi TV earlier this year.
The Focal Spirit Professional is Focal's first studio monitor headphone, and is the most neutral headphone from Focal so far. Actually, to my ears, it's one of the more neutral closed over-ears on the market right now, period. For this reason, I predict it'll soon have a very strong following in the Head-Fi community.
Though I perceive its tonal balance to be rather flat, there's enough going on in its presentation to sound rich with detail, if not in tone--and, again, I think this is what a lot of Head-Fi'ers are looking for. I love this headphone for this reason, and have a hard time deciding which of the two newest Focals I prefer (and so am glad we have both here now).
Whereas the Ultimate Ears In-Ear Reference Monitor is my neutral reference in-ear--one of my sonic palate cleansers--the Focal Spirit Professional is earning a place as one of my over-ear neutral references.
The Focal Spirit Professional's form factor is sort of a mix between the Focal Spirit Classic (with a similar headband), and the Focal Spirit Classic (in terms of its earcup size and memory foam earpads). One very cool thing about the Focal Spirit Professional is the speckled black finish they gave it--it's supposed to an ultra-tough finish to stand up to the rigors of professional use. It's hard to capture its coolness in photographs, but trust me, in person it's very cool and unique.
For a company that also makes $180,000 loudspeakers, I'm hoping to see Focal continue to explore still higher-performance, no-holds-barred headphones going forward. For now, though, I'm pleased with the Focal Spirit Classic and Spirit Professional as upmarket moves by Focal in the headphone world.
" If you're looking for something with a neutral presentation for work, these are it; if you're simply looking for something to take you bouncing into Graceland, these will most certainly do that too. "
— AustinValentine ,
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HiFiMAN HE-6 and EF-6
Type Open, around-the-ear, planar magnetic headphones (HE-6) and Class A headphone amplifier and preamplifier (EF-6)
Price Around $1,299 and $1,599 USD, respectively
URL http://www.hifiman.com
The last several years has seen the fierce reemergence of planar magnetic driver technology. And one of the two companies currently pushing the envelope in planar magnetic driver design is HiFiMAN. In the past, the HiFiMAN HE-6 almost didn't make it into this guide, not because it isn't one of the best headphones in the world (to my ears, it certainly is), but because it can be so difficult to drive well. The problem is that not just any headphone amplifier will do--the HE-6 needs power, and lots of it. In 2013, I recommended its use with the Ray Samuels Audio DarkStar (around $3500), a pairing I still highly recommend if you have the budget for it. Even if you do have the scratch, though, make sure to also give serious consideration to the HiFiMAN EF-6 Class A headphone amp and preamp, which is less than half the price of the DarkStar.
The EF-6 was built and voiced with the HE-6 in mind, and, like the DarkStar, the EF-6 drives the HE-6 so adeptly that the HE-6 loses none of the detail (especially in the treble) that makes it so special, but also gains body noticeably everywhere else. When the HE-6 is driven well, it is an absolute force of nature, ultra-detailed yet smooth--utterly world class. I've also used the EF-6 to drive many other headphones, including ones by Sennheiser, Audeze, beyerdynamic, Denon and Fostex, and it has done wonderfully with all of those.
I haven't yet had the chance to compare the DarkStar and EF-6 side by side, but will do so when I can. Even so, I can say with complete confidence that the HE-6/EF-6 combo is a staggeringly good combo at the combined price of around $2900--one of the best headphone/amp combos I've ever heard.
" The HE-6 have incredibly transparency, and a very wide-bandwidth delivery that is remarkably even and smooth. "
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What is a reasonable price to ask for a pair of Denon D5000 headphones from a few years ago with less than 2 hours listening time ... probably less than 1 hour? They are still in the box with the original tie wraps holding the cable together in a loop. All accessories that should be there are there. I use my D2000's and saved these for a "rainy day " that just never came. What's the market like for them?
BusaRider, Jul 7, 2019
Useful guide, thanks. Please continue adding too.
Qute Beats, May 1, 2019
Thank you for your info, hope you will keep updated the list
narco dacunzolo, Jan 2, 2018
Please mention the review dates for the headphones for better context.
surja, Dec 12, 2017
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The Longest Journey () is a magical realist point-and-click adventure video game developed by Norwegian studio Funcom for Microsoft Windows and released in 1999.

The game was a commercial success, with sales in excess of 500,000 units by 2004, and was acclaimed by critics. An iOS version was released on October 28, 2014.

Gameplay
The Longest Journey is a point-and-click adventure game where the player interacts with objects on the screen to solve puzzles and advance the story. The game features expansive recorded dialogue, most of which is non-essential to completing the game but contributes to the setting.

Plot

The game takes place in the parallel universes of magic-dominated Arcadia and industrial Stark. The protagonist, April Ryan, is an 18-year-old art student living in Stark, identified as a 'Shifter' capable of movement between these worlds, and tasked with restoring their essential Balance.

The story begins in Stark, where a sleeping April unintentionally shifts to Arcadia and meets the 'White Dragon', who identifies her as the heroine of the coming story. Upon learning this, April is attacked by a dark 'Chaos Vortex' and awakens in Stark, where she dismisses her experience as a nightmare. The character 'Cortez' later surprises her by revealing his knowledge.

When surreal activity begins affecting her friends, April meets again with Cortez, who transports her to the Arcadian city Marcuria. There she meets Tobias Grensret, Vestrum of the Sentinel; learns Alltongue, the common language in Arcadia; and hears from Tobias that the Balance protecting both worlds is dissolving after the dereliction of its Guardian, and must be restored by the appearance of another.

To return to Stark, April visits Brian Westhouse, a friend of Cortez, who assists her return; Cortez then tells her of the organization known as the Vanguard or Church of Voltec. The next day, April consults Warren Hughes, a homeless boy who agrees to help April if she erases his criminal record and locates his missing sister, in doing which April finds a data cube on the Church of Voltec. Hughes then refers her to a hacker named Burns Flipper, who reveals that the wealthy magnate Jacob McAllen is head of the Vanguard, assisted by Gordon Halloway, a former candidate for Guardianship divided by the Vanguard into Chaos (in Arcadia) and Logic (in Stark), and gives her a false identification by which to infiltrate the Vanguard through its front company MTI.

Meeting Cortez and Father Raul in a Catholic cathedral, April is told that Arcadia is on the brink of war. Later in Arcadia, April meets the innkeeper, Benrime Salmin, and the clairvoyant Abnaxus, ambassador of the Venar, who identifies the coming danger. In the morning, April learns of four magical species, each of whom has prophecies of a savior who will restore the Balance, only to finally break it – and determines to visit one such species, the winged Alatian of the island Alais, having gained sea-travel by rescuing a talking bird that she names Crow. Before departing, she learns that she must defeat an alchemist named Roper Klacks, in order to free the ships' wind that he holds captive.

At Roper Klacks' Tower, April challenges Klacks to use his magic against her calculator, and wins. Immediately before her departure to Alais, Tobias gives April the Talisman representing the Balance. En route, April kills the monster known as 'Gribbler' while rescuing one of her captive Banda, whose species later give her the name 'April Bandu-embata' as a mark of gratitude and grant her part of the disc necessary to restore the Balance.

On the voyage to Alais, a 'Chaos Storm' attacks the ship, and April sabotages the ship's compass to restore its course. When the ship's captain seizes her Talisman, April attempts to retrieve it, and in so doing sinks the ship, whereupon the crew abandon her on a raft. She is taken prisoner by the Maerum, a Mermaid-like species related to the Alatian, but currently their enemies. In revealing their common ancestry, April fulfills a prophecy of the 'Waterstiller', a foretold savior of the Maerum.

After fulfilling the second prophecy by killing a 'Snapjaw', she is conveyed to fulfill the third by re-uniting the Maerum with the Alatians. After a series of tasks and in meeting with the Alatians' leader, April fulfills their prophecy by flying without wings, and convinces the Alatian to make peace with the Maerum.

In a coastal sea cave, the Teller's guard and the Maerum Queen bring stones which combine to form the second part of the Balance's disc; whereupon the Maerum convey April, at her own request, to the Blue Dragon, who gives April one of the disc's Jewels and takes her to a ship inhabited by the Dark People, who give April the third piece of the disc, and an astral map locating the Guardian's Realm.

At the Marcurian Harbor, April is attacked by the Chaos and returns to the Cathedral in Stark. There, Father Raul reveals that he is also a Sentinel Minstrum of Stark, and that Cortez is missing. On returning to her lodgings, April is caught by Gordon Halloway. She is rescued by another character, Lady Alvane, who teaches April to shift at will, and sends April to Abnaxus to receive the disc's final piece. April then returns to the White Dragon, who reveals herself as April's mother and dies, and a new White Dragon emerges from her egg.

Returned to Stark, April gives Flipper the star map to decipher, infiltrates MTI, and is captured by antagonist McAllen. Unable to escape, she surrenders her two jewels and the disc, and is then imprisoned. Upon escaping in pursuit of her object, she is trapped again; but rescued by Cortez. McAllen then reveals that he and Cortez are two Dragons (called 'Draic Kin', in-universe) meant to protect Stark, but at odds after McAllen's decision to re-unite the two worlds despite the risk of Chaos. The two then appear to die in combat. Retrieving the disc and the four jewels, April returns to Flipper, whom she finds dying after the seizure of her deciphered map by Gordon Halloway, and gains a copy from him, which she uses to locate the Guardian's Realm near the space station 'Morning Star'.

At the station, April frees Adrian, the derelict Guardian, and escapes with Halloway in pursuit. On her way to the Guardians' Tower, she imprisons the Chaos Vortex in her Talisman and later summons Crow, who helps her complete the necessary trials. Inside the tower, April re-unites Halloway with the Chaos Vortex to restore his candidacy as Guardian and returns to Stark and Arcadia.

In the Epilogue, the scene returns to Lady Alvane's home, where she has narrated the entire story to two youths, and where she reveals that the two worlds re-united under Gordon Halloway. Upon their departure, an aged and graying Crow enters, asking the tale of the "warrior princess" who won the war of the Balance, and she corrects his impression; a possible reference to the sequel, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.

Development
The title of the game is a reference to the quote by the Swedish diplomat Dag Hammarskjöld: "The longest journey is the journey inward, for he who has chosen his destiny has started upon his quest for the source of his being." Other inspirations for the game included Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, Neil Gaiman's The Sandman and The Books of Magic, Hellblazer, Swamp Thing, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Joss Whedon's writing in general.

The Longest Journey was developed by a small internal team at Funcom led by Ragnar Tørnquist. It was their first original project. Funcom put few restrictions on the developers except the budget (approx. $2–3 million) and the deadline. Since the team had to develop the game engine and most of the required tools from scratch, they struggled to release the game on time. For most of 1999, the team had to work overtime and during weekends to ultimately meet the deadline. In the original Norwegian release, April Ryan was voiced by the journalist Synnøve Svabø.

First published by IQ Media Nordic in Norway in 1999, it was later localized for and released in France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Canada, Spain, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Poland, Czech Republic, Russia, and the United States. The game was originally written and recorded in English, though most of the localizations were released before the English version. In October 2011, it was announced that The Longest Journey was being ported to iOS, with the article mainly focusing on the iPhone.

Release and sales
Before its release, The Longest Journey received positive preview coverage and was heavily promoted in Norway. Dagbladet described the title as "the first big Norwegian computer game." Its target demographics were outside the industry's norm: Ragnar Tørnquist reported that Funcom wanted to capture "a more adult audience in addition to the usual teenage buyers". The game's high budget meant that 150,000 sales were necessary to break even. However, Norway's market for games was small. According to Herman Berg of Digi.no, it was rare for a game's Norwegian sales to reach 10,000 units. The Longest Journeys domestic sales goal was 15,000 units, while its global lifetime goal was 300,000 units. Funcom shipped 15,000 copies of The Longest Journey to Norwegian retailers in the game's first month and a half on shelves, and publisher IQ Media noted that sell-through and store re-orders were high through late December. Sell-in had reached 10,000 units in Sweden by that time. Based on the available data, IQ's Nickolay Nickelsen noted that it "looks as if half of the players are actually girls."

According to Tørnquist, The Longest Journey experienced "solid sales across Europe" before its release in the United States. The game sold 15,000 units in Norway by May 2000, while overall European sales totaled 100,000 units by September 2000. It launched in Germany with a shipment of 40,000 units to retailers; Chris Kellner of DTP Entertainment, which handled the game's German localization, reported its lifetime sales between 10,000 and 50,000 copies in that market. In Spain, the game sold 50,000 copies after roughly one year, a commercial hit for the country. Its English release was purposely delayed to prevent imports from cannibalizing local sales across Europe.

The Longest Journey struggled to find a North American publisher. According to market research firm PC Data, North American sales of The Longest Journey reached 12,495 retail units by the end of 2000, of which 10,873 were sold in December. By January 2001, global sales of The Longest Journey totaled almost 200,000 units. PC Data reported an additional 40,160 retail sales of The Longest Journey in North America during the first six months of 2001. By that June, the game's worldwide sales had climbed to 250,000 copies, of which the United States accounted for 90,000. PC Data's estimate for the title's North American sales for January–December 2001 was 71,962 retail units, followed by another 12,044 in the first six months of 2002. By July 2002, global sales of the game had reached 450,000 copies, according to Funcom. A new shipment was released in North America that month, as its earlier printing had sold out. Ragnar Tørnquist noted in 2003 that he was "very satisfied" with The Longest Journeys sales in North America, and explained, "There was such strong word of mouth, and so many great reviews, that we managed to get TLJ into most big stores and out to the players regardless of marketing."

In May 2003, Marek Bronstring of Adventure Gamers wrote that The Longest Journey "sold half a million copies worldwide and it's still selling, making it one of the most successful adventure games in recent years." The following year, IGN reported that its sales had surpassed 500,000 units. The site's Richard Aihoshi summarized The Longest Journey as "a critical and commercial success". In 2019, Tørnquist recalled that "at least 50 per cent" of The Longest Journeys players were female, a fact that he believed increased its commercial success.

Reception

The Longest Journey was acclaimed by critics. It was praised for its female protagonist April Ryan, who is considered one of the most memorable female characters in the history of adventure games, and also for its enigmatic, complex storyline and high production values, but was criticized for some of its more obscure puzzles. It received a score of 88.00% on GameRankings and 91/100 on Metacritic. GameSpot called it "one of the best adventure games in years" and applauded the "complex and interesting story" although found the ending lacking as "the epilogue does little to wrap everything up". IGN said the game "actually reinvents how stories can be told in the medium" and noticed the mature content, including "harsh subject matter, and some big time swearing". Some of the puzzles were described as "inane", but on the whole the game "hones the genre into its tightest, sharpest form yet". The US edition of PC Gamer praised the "mature and magical" story, the "sumptuous" graphics, and the game's puzzles. The only criticism levied by the magazine was that some parts of the game might be "too edgy" for younger players.

Eric Bratcher reviewed the PC version of the game for Next Generation, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "This is a potential epic that seems to have taken tranquilizers. It's still worthwhile, but it's also a little slow, a little dull, and sometimes just doesn't make sense."

The Longest Journey was named the best computer adventure game of 2000 by Computer Gaming World, The Electric Playground, GameSpot, IGN and PC Gamer US, and was nominated in the category by CNET Gamecenter and Computer Games Magazine. It also won IGN's "Best Game No One Played" and GameSpot's "Best Story" awards. Computer Gaming Worlds editors praised the game for offering "a mature, literate, and compelling story featuring a strong female heroine who, for once, is not exploited for her looks."

In 2011, Adventure Gamers named The Longest Journey the second-best adventure game ever released.

Sequels
A sequel to The Longest Journey began production in early 2003. The game, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, was released in April 2006. The developers view Dreamfall: The Longest Journey as more of a spin-off than a direct sequel to the first game, as it revolves around a new protagonist, with a new storyline.

The next installment of the series, Dreamfall Chapters, was crowd-funded on Kickstarter and was released episodically. Its first episode was released in October 2014. The last episode shipped in June 2016.

The direct sequel to The Longest Journey, entitled The Longest Journey Home, was revealed in 2013 and is to be produced after Dreamfall Chapters. By 2016, the release of TLJHome is still under a question. Ragnar Tornquist stated that even though he wants to produce the game, there are many reasons why it may never happen.

See also
Runaway: A Road Adventure
Syberia
Escape from Monkey Island

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Brighton & Hove Albion's Shane Duffy celebrates scoring his side's first goal. Photograph: Dave Thompson/PA Wire.
Crystal Palace ended their eight-match winless streak with a dominant 2-0 victory at Selhurst Park on Saturday as Burnley's torrid campaign took another turn for the worse.
James McArthur scored Palace's first goal from open play at home this season before Andros Townsend secured the win with a fine goal 12 minutes from time.
Sean Dyche's side, now with just a single point from their last six outings, may have finished seventh last season, but the Clarets are a team devoid of confidence and, on the evidence of their display here, relegation would appear a distinct possibility.
Their woes should take nothing away from Palace, who built on their deserved point at Old Trafford last weekend with a win that provides Roy Hodgson's side breathing space from the bottom three.
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James Maddison's sensational goal inspired Leicester to sink 10-man Watford. The midfielder's first-half volley, finishing off a flowing break, sealed a 2-0 win for the hosts at the King Power Stadium.
It capped a turnaround for Maddison after he was sent off for diving in last weekend's 1-1 draw at Brighton. Jamie Vardy's early penalty put the Foxes in control and, with Isaac Success and Andre Gray wasting Watford's best chances, the Hornets were well beaten - having Etienne Capoue sent off late on.
Striker Javier Hernandez made the most of a rare start for West Ham United by scoring two clinical goals which helped the east London side to a 3-0 win at Newcastle.
Arnautovic superbly headed down a lofted West Ham clearance from their own half into Hernandez's stride and the 30-year old made no mistake as he drove the ball past Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka inside the near post.
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Could use some help trying to work out an estimate of Peercoins long term inflation rate from POS. Assuming long term all minting is from POS, I'd guess about 80% of Peercoins will be used for minting. So 0.8% - % destroyed in transactions. Any thoughts on final figure?
www.peerchain.net is a good resource to use.
To start the conversation, where are you getting the "80%" number from?
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Every day, ~2110^6 coindays will be created and ~150 PoS-Block will be found. If all coins would be used to mint, the total consumed coindays per block would be ~2110^6/150=~140,000. But if you are looking into the ledger, you find that PoS blocks are found with 6000- 60,000 coindays. So there are maybe only 20% of the total coin-supply is on stake.
Maybe the percentage gets bigger if we enable minting while cold storage.
If there is not enough participation in minting only solution would be to raise interest rate to more then 1% or to have some floating (smart) interest rate.
Minting with cold storage would lead to centralization and would kill peercoin security, that's probably why Sunny King didn't implement it.
Yes I think the minting participation is really big problem. I have a relatively small ammount of Peercoins minting 24/7, but found two blocks in a row two times (one time even within 2 minutes).
Please explain that, I don´t see why minting without unlocking the wallet should lead to centralization. In my opinion minting should be always enabled as soon as you start you wallet.
[quote="MUTO, post:6, topic:2042"]Yes I think the minting participation is really big problem. I have a relatively small ammount of Peercoins minting 24/7, but found two blocks in a row two times (one time even within 2 minutes).
I'll try to explain it short and clear.
Minting with cold storage would mean that you are able to mint a block without using your private key in that process.
If that is possible then people would let third parties to mint blocks instead of them just because of convenience.
Those third parties would mint for a lot of holders and they would be centralized points able to create long secret chains and double-spend frequently.
Can I re-emphasize 'long term'. Lets say 15 years time. I'm assuming if Peercoin succeeds it will be worth a lot more by then, so incentive to mint will be higher. 80% was my guess. Really meaning 'most', as obv some wont be due to laziness, spending, transferring etc.
Any guesses as to what the average inflation will be in 15 years time?
Only Proof-of-Work Mining causes real Inflation in Peercoin, minting doesn't, as long as you participate in minting.
Minting ROI is 1% for all holders, so the new coins get distributed proportionally.
Imagine the United Kingdom would join the Eurozone. 1 British Pound is worth a little bit more than 1 Euro.
So every holder of British Pounds would have a little "more" money once they have Euros instead of British Pounds.
In Peercoin, you only suffer inflation from minting if you do not participate.
So the whole calculation that you want to do is pointless I would say.
The interesting part of your question is how many % of peercoin-holders are minting, because that is important for the network stability. And that has already been answered.
[quote="petar87, post:7, topic:2042"]1. Minting with cold storage would mean that you are able to mint a block without using your private key in that process.
2. If that is possible then people would let third parties to mint blocks instead of them just because of convenience.
People will put their money in banks, instead of under the mattress, as long as banks promise to safe guard the money, because putting money under the mattress is not safe. So minting without the private keys could result in less PPCs in the bank.
[quote="Ben, post:2, topic:2042"]To start the conversation, where are you getting the "80%" number from?
Any guesses as to what the average inflation will be in 15 years time?[/quote]if we assume no inflation from the PoS minting, than only the PoW mining counts. So to answer the inflation question we would only need the current PoW data and a prediction of the mining in the next 15 years. I guess we need to work with a few assumptions for the prediction as there are at least two dependencies, the value of PPC and the mining capacity which influence the difficulty and with that determine how many coins will be mined in a given period. Anyone for an educated guess based on the actual data (see link below).
So it was about 7.5% mid January this year and decreasing.
[quote="Ötzi, post:10, topic:2042"]Only Proof-of-Work Mining causes real Inflation in Peercoin, minting doesn't, as long as you participate in minting.
I think it's an important question. Coins are being destroyed in transactions. Consider an equilibrium where all bitcoins have been mined and Peercoin is 100% PoS. If you participate in minting, the inflation cancels out and your holdings gain value from the deflation of coins being destroyed. This is a selling point. If Peercoin and Bitcoin held value equally, a Peercoin minter would do better in the long run.
[quote="hanzie, post:9, topic:2042"][quote="Ben, post:2, topic:2042"]To start the conversation, where are you getting the "80%" number from?
Interesting. I was assuming PoW would be gone in 15 years. I think saying [PoS minting ~= Transaction destruction] seems to be a good enough estimate. It's a bit quick and dirty, but makes explaining things easier and it seems reasonable.
PoW will never* be removed from Peercoin; it may reach an equilibrium where the reward is slightly above the cost of a transaction, but it's an integral part of the protocol.
"Never" in this case means it is not currently designed into the protocol to be automatically phased out. I cannot anticipate if there will be hard-forks in the future due to code changes, but I find it unlikely as PoW mining makes up a portion of the network's stability and security, just like PoS minting does.
[quote="Ben, post:15, topic:2042"]PoW will never* be removed from Peercoin; it may reach an equilibrium where the reward is slightly above the cost of a transaction, but it's an integral part of the protocol.
I'd guess this puts the actual inflation ~1%. If so, with minting you'd expect your holdings to hold value. It's a shame as if we could say definitively that Peercoin will inflate at <1%, then with minting you'd expect your holdings to gain value. Which would be a nice selling point.
Deflation by transaction fees is not included, currently it is negligible, but could be higher.
If price goes up, hashing rate will probably increase much more than in my model. In that case, the inflation will approach to 1% even quicker.
Unless PPC gets abandoned, the infation should definitely not be higher than the curves plotted. It could be, however, smaller.
and y'[t]/y[t] is plotted. y = 21 276 534, k = 817 019.


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The Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of Fame celebrated five new members on Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Vail Marriott.
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With fall colors sprawling across the Centennial State, Colorado's snowsports industry gathered Saturday in Vail to celebrate the Colorado Snowsports Museum Hall of Fame Induction Gala.
The Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame has more than 200 members, and some of them were in attendance at the Vail Marriott to welcome five new members.
Though a celebration of members of the snowsports community, the annual gala raises funds for the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Museum and Hall of Fame, which recently underwent a $2.6 million renovation and boasts some really interesting features on display.
"A museum's not just about stuff," said Susie Tjossem, who has spent 42 years in the ski industry including taking over as executive director of the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Museum in 2007. "Its purpose is to tell stories, like the ones here tonight. It houses their legacy forever."
Presented at the upgraded museum is an interactive display of Colorado ski resorts, those currently operating and those that have closed down over the years. On Sunday, the Class of 2018's Hall of Fame exhibit was scheduled to be unveiled.
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As with any Colorado skiing history, the 10th Mountain Division was front and center of the annual gala.
"It's humbling to be in your presence," a current 10th Mountain Division general told those in attendance who originally fought in World War II with the 10th Mountain Division, including Sandy Treat and Dick Over.
The Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame Induction Gala is one of the most important celebrations of the state's snowsports industry and is a unique opportunity to mix and mingle with the men and women who helped shape the Colorado ski and snowboard industry. Here's a look at the five newest members of the Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame.
LONNY VANATTA
Coming out of Steamboat Springs, Lonny Vanatta is known as a once-in-a-generational talent that made a legacy decision in 1978.
Buddy Werner was going to the Olympics when Vanatta was learning to ski race, but by age 18, Vanatta himself was named to the U.S. Ski Team.
However, ski racing in the mid-1970s was unsettled by politics and Vanatta was not invited back to the U.S. Ski Team. Considering retirement, college and other directions, electing to compete on the World Pro Ski Tour would come to define him.
With many European ski racers being jettisoned by their national federations, Bob Beattie's World Pro Skiing experiment emerged as a success, featuring dozens of established ski stars, ages 30 and older. The Pro Tour was able to pay athletes and was a fun, sometimes wild, world of ski racing.
Following his retirement from the tour in 1984, Vanatta coached the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club for 17 years before forming Vanatta Outfitters.
CHRIS ANTHONY
Vail professional skier Chris Anthony is a renaissance man and a University of Colorado graduate.
During the course of his career, Anthony has spent more than 28 years traveling as a member of the Warren Miller film team as both an athlete and host, freelanced for several publications, co-authored a guidebook, commissioned and wrote a screenplay and hosted and produced several TV and film projects, including the 10th Mountain Division documentary "Climb to Glory."
In 2013, he created a nonprofit foundation to honor his desire to impact youth. The Chris Anthony Youth Initiative Project introduces youth to skiing and the great outdoors while providing a unique angle to approaching academics.
His passion has led to thousands of volunteer hours for nonprofit organizations and more than $1 million raised on their behalf.
BRAD GHENT
The sport of skiing in Colorado has been the beneficiary of Brad Ghent's lifelong dedication, and during his speech at the gala, it was a family affair.
Ghent started as a successful junior racer who would walk on to the University of Colorado Ski Team — earing a spot on the Buff's NCAA Championships teams all four years in Boulder in the mid-1970s.
He went on to serve as the director of the regional elite race series, head coach of the Winter Park Race Team and then getting into the U.S. Ski Team as a development coach for the women. He worked his way up to head women's alpine coach, leading his team to four World Championship podium appearances in 1985.
Having built a successful rental car business in Fort Collins, Ghent moved his family to Vail in 1991.
MOE MOSLEY
Skiing is an ageless sport, in part thanks to Jerry "Moe" Mosley and the creation of the Over the Hill Gang, born at Copper Mountain in 1976.
In his speech at the gala, Mosley kept the room laughing with his sense of humor and passion for skiing.
With Bill Magill and Tom Stein, the vision was simple: keep ski enthusiasts older than 50 from dropping out of the sport. In 1986, Copper Mountain purchased the rights to the Over the Hill Gang, making it a division of the Copper Ski School, as the program's membership grew to more than 700 skiers, with a waiting list of 500 enthusiastic senior skiers.
The Over the Hill Gang was more than just a ski program and included year-round social gatherings to maintain camaraderie.
No single individual did more to stimulate, encourage, endorse and participate in the Over the Hill Gang than Mosley. For 40 years, Mosley has been a continual supporter for senior skiers.
BOB DART
For 37 years, Bob Dart was Winter Park's North Star.
In nearly four decades as a Winter Park employee, he has served as a member of the race crew, snowmaker, competition center director and, finally, director of mountain maintenance and lift maintenance.
Through his work with the Winter Park Competition Center, he became immersed in the U.S. Ski Association, becoming a highly respected voice in the world of ski competition.
In 2001, Dart served as the FIS Technical Delegate for the 2005 Alpine World Ski Championships in Bormio, Italy, as well as the 2011 Hahnenkamm World Cup downhill in Kitzbuhel, Austria, among other assignments.
While his work with USSA took him all over the world, Winter Park was always home.
Dart passed away in November of 2015 while working on the mountain he loved.
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Match Preview: Swansea City vs Wigan Athletic
The Premier League returns, and good I miss my weekly douse of football. I don't think we can really call international football very glamorous compared to our usual domestic game. With that in mind, this weekend Wigan play another great passing team, one which was the original plan of our own Roberto Martinez.
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The Man to Watch: Michu
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There is of course a lot of history between Martinez and Swansea, but to sum it up in a nut shell. The fans down in south Wales don't like him anymore, not even after he laid the ground work for their rise up from League one and into the Premier League and surpassing their great rivals Cardiff at the same time.
Here they are, and under their current management, Swansea couldn't have had a better start winning their first two games with relative ease, beating QPR and West Ham United, 0-5 and 0-3 respectively. Yet since those two wins, the Swans have only managed two draws, last time around coming from two goals behind against Reading to draw 2-2.
So now they are out to get points on the board and start climbing up the table again. They haven't played bad the Swans, they are a sharp side filled with good technical players and quick wide men. What they are now missing, are the two men who have left in the summer.
Losing Scott Sinclair and Joe Allen, at first may not have seemed that bad. Yes they were two talented players, but they had players to replace them, and the signing of Michu was more than making up for there absence. However they now lack the Premier League experience, and are starting to suffer from second season syndrome.
We were there ourselves (Wigan) it is a long and painful process, and at times you feel like you are about to climb out of danger, before you get sucked back in.
Swansea though have a man who can do the job.
Miguel Perez Cuesta aka Michu signed for the Swans from Rayo Vallencano, after a successful season with the Spanish side scoring 15 goals in 37 games. The player was linked with Wigan yet there was no concrete interest from ourselves. How I wish we had been.
So far the season the player has scored 6 goals in a variety of different roles. He is the kind of player we thought we had signed in Jordi Gomez. Quick on the ball with the eye for a pass and shot on goal, all wrapped up for the price of £2 million. A good deal for Swansea and he could be one of the buys of the season.
Closer to home, Wigan have their own bargain buy in Arouna Kone, who alongside Franco Di Santo are scaring defenses. The two players were amazing against Everton ripping them to shreds with ease and creating chances especially in the first half. Kone hopefully can continue his form this weekend.
The other key area this coming weekend will be our defense. It is use to be caught out by faster players, and with no Alcaraz return, could we be vulnerable?
Gary Caldwell and Maynor Figueroa both put in two great shifts for their respective international sides, and if they can mimic those performances then the Latics defense will be a lot stronger this time round, mixing that with an ever improving Ivan Ramis.
At the end of the day the game will come come down to one thing, and one thing only. Which side can keep hold of the ball the most and play their style of football. If Wigan can be on top form and play their expansive open style and out class Swansea then the three points shall be ours.


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Exhibition in Košice / Labyrinth. Works from the CoCA...
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Joachim Elzmann
When: 11.11.2018–13.01.2019
Opening: 11 November (Sunday), at 6.30 PM
Curators: Marek Żydowicz, Michael Haas
The exhibition is part of the exposition titled Painting still alive.
Exhibition Production: Wojciech Ruminski
At the exhibition of Joachim Elzmann's work, we will present a few cycles of paintings and spatial forms – sculptures and reliefs – which were created in the aftermath of the artist's visual impressions from his everyday walks and journeys around the city. Elzmann uses electronic devices to record fragments of the reality he finds interesting. The recorded content is then freely processed in the artist's imagination and thus becomes an inspiration for creating abstract forms.
Elzmann's works are created mostly as a result of his playing with the material. The artist uses simple materials of low value, mainly cardboard, but also wood, wire, styrofoam or plaster; sometimes he prepares a bronze cast of the works created with simple materials, but he paints his work anew so that the final result reflects the physical features of the original material rather than bronze. The materials used and most of all the way of using them refer to the 1920s, when first collages were created. The main reference is the art of Kurt Schwitters. That artist's spirit can be traced in Elzmann's playful combinations of collage and assemblage, in the pleasure he finds in experimenting and discovering new meanings; the motif of playfulness refers not only to the process of creation, though – in the past, the artist used games and game accessories, such as playing cards or Mikado sticks, to build his installations.
The motif of game and play, and more precisely, the playing field, will also be visible in the works presented in Toruń, e.g. in such pieces as: Restautomat I and II or Vierrest.
Another motif we will find in the works presented at the exhibition is the structural element that orders the structure of open collage and assemblage, visible in such pieces as Rotund, Tower, Church. The works refer to the same period in the history of art as the collages, and the inspiration behind them are the masterpieces by Tatlin, El Lissitzky, Nikolaus Pevsner or Naum Gabo. The works also feature cities as their central element – this motif can be found in the sculptures, bas-reliefs, collages, assemblages and paintings. The inspiration is often indicated in the titles of the works, e.g.: Venice, Düsseldorf, Image of the city / Berlin. These are not specific portrayals of the cities, though, nor are they illustrations of their characteristic features. It is more about loose associations, about the mood and atmosphere of the paintings that create a balance between the artistic material, the process of creation and any possible subject matter. Elzmann outlines a broad scope of urban structures and expands the notion of the genuine essence of a city. His paintings both reflect architectural and urban structures, and present human civilisation in a simple manner, with all the variety of its origins, characters and ideas. The artist looks not only at a city as a whole, but also at individual objects and building types, which have specific functions in urban social networks, e.g.: Hospital, Church, Rotund, Tower.
Elzmann's art combines sculpture, bas-relief, collage, painting and drawing, it merges construction with deconstruction, and history with direct coexistence of art. This is how his work is again evocative of Kurt Szchwitters, who perceived art and everyday life as inextricably entwined elements that centred in the heart of play and art rather than two opposites.
At the exhibition we will have an opportunity to see 45 works: paintings created with the use of mixed techniques, sculptures and installations. The presented works were created in 2007–2018, so they reflect the artist's latest accomplishments.
The text above is based on the text by Reinhard Spieler In the playing field of art and life, which will form part of the exhibition catalogue.
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University of Sydney appoints Andrew Baxter as Adjunct Professor
The teaching of marketing related subjects at a tertiary level could become irrelevant unless Australian Universities engage with the sector as it goes through a period of rapid technology driven change, according to a leading marketing industry expert.
Andrew Baxter, who headed the communications agencies Ogilvy and Publicis here in Australia, made the observation after being appointed as an adjunct Professor of Marketing by the University of Sydney Business School.
"Marketing has changed enormously over the past 10 years and now more than ever, universities need to understand industry best practice in order to remain relevant," Professor Baxter said. "Students need to learn the latest techniques from the sector itself."
In his new role, Professor Baxter, will work to establish a dialogue between the Business School and the multi-billion dollar marketing industry.
"Technology has transformed the industry in recent years with a shift in focus away from traditional media and towards highly targeted digital platforms," said the head of the Business School's marketing discipline, Professor Vince Mitchell.
"It is essential that we engage the best talent available if our students are to be job ready when they graduate and join the workforce," Professor Mitchell said as he announced Professor Baxter's appointment.
During his career, Professor Baxter has advised some of Australia's largest companies and worked across brands in the retail, packaged goods, sports and entertainment, automotive, banking and finance, gaming, tourism and travel, fast food, oil and mining, fashion, health, education and government sectors.
He is internationally recognized for his experience in branding, marketing and digital transformation, data, communications and customer experience.
Professor Baxter is currently a senior advisor to KPMG's entrepreneurial Customer, Brand and Marketing Advisory business, a Non-Executive Director of Australian Pork and a regular columnist for The Australian newspaper.
In the not-for-profit sector, he has held significant board and chair roles at the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the NBL, Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation, The Song Room, and Deakin Business School.
While engaging industry for the benefit of students, Professor Mitchell also believes that Professor Baxter will be able to lift the profile of the Business School and encourage the marketing sector to take greater advantage of the School's research capabilities.
"Industry has been successfully utilizing the University's significant research capabilities in the likes of medicine and science for many years, but the Business School's research skills haven't been tapped into at the same level by the marketing industry", Professor Mitchell said.
"This appointment will help us to future proof out students by blending the very best of what the industry and academia have to offer," Professor Mitchell concluded. Our aim is to give our students the best possible chance of capitalizing on an ever-changing world."
Source: http://sydney.edu.au/business/news/2018/business-school-appoints-top-marketing-expert-to-remain-ahead-of-rapidly-changing-industry
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Miss Universe Philippines 2020 Rabiya Mateo extremely happy to be back home
By Celso De Guzman Caparas
Miss Universe Philippines 2020 Rabiya Mateo was welcomed home by the Miss Universe Philippines Organization after an unforgettable and fruitful 80-day journey in the US during the Homecomg Presscon held on July 14.
She competed last May 16 at the Miss Universe 2020 pageant held in Hollywood, Florida where she landed in the Top 20.
Immediately after the competition, Mateo embarked on a travel experience visiting Filipino communities in thirteen cities across the US.
The Miss Universe Philippines Organization went to great lengths in ensuring Mateo's safety throughout her travels and strictly adhering to all of the quarantine requirements.
The phenomenal queen is extremely happy to be back home with a renewed spirit, a fulfilled heart and an even greater appreciation for Filipino pride.
Since her coronation, she has continued to become an inspiration to so many Filipinos here and abroad.
Her phenomenal efforts and effect on people have become the starting point of this year's theme.
Miss Universe Philippines National Director, Shamcey Supsup Lee, announced the theme for the 2021 edition at the event.
She said, "I am very happy to announce that this year's theme for the MUPh 2021 Pageant, our theme will be …. "INSPIRE YOU."
Photos by Celso De Guzman Caparas
A Miss Universe Philippines is a phenomenal woman because she has the ability to inspire others.
This year, the three pillars are Roots, Transformations and Charity.
Inspired by your Roots. The MUPh Associated Partners Program ensures that as many cities
and provinces throughout our country are well represented. Join us as we take a deep dive into the interesting and moving parts of our culture revealed through the eyes of our contestants.
Inspiring Transformations. With the world-renowned experience of the key members of the Miss Universe Philippines board in bringing out the best in a Filipina, the goal is for them to find their unique best self that should also move other people to seek their best selves.
Lastly, inspiring charity. It doesn't matter whether it is big or small. Doing something good that can be sustainable should also inspire other people to do the same.
The Miss Universe Philippines 2021 screening format was also announced at the event.
It is a fresh dynamic approach responsive to today's needs.
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beginning, the delegates do not have to be in Manila and incur lots of unnecessary travel
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From the hundreds of applicants, the Top 100 Delegates will be revealed on July 19, 2021.
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following weeks.
Through online voting, the MUPh App and the judges, the field will be narrowed to to a Top 75 and then a Top 50.
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Ultimately, a Top 30 will be chosen and announced on August 31, 2021.
Also present at the live press conference held at the Hilton Manila, Resorts World Manila were MUPh Creative Director Jonas Gaffud and MUPh Design Council Head Albert Andrada.
The event was hosted by MUPh Director of Communications Voltaire Tayag.
Sponsors at the event were Frontrow, Cetaphil, Creamsilk, Dr. Coco and Gary Dacanay Weddings and Events.
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I've spent 10 hours with Diablo 4 and I'm sold - it's been worth the wait Anon 12/8/2022, 06:15:46 No.26 HideFilter NameFilter SubjectModerateWatchPlaylist
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I had my doubts. I had questions circling in my head since I first played Diablo 4 at BlizzCon 2019 - was it really that long ago? - and I've had questions about the need for a big new Diablo at all. But after 10 hours with it from the beginning of the game, I can see what kind of shape it's taking, and I like it. I like the tone, I like the mechanics, I like the world. There are some things I can't see but overall this is, plainly, the next generation of Diablo.
Curiously, it's the world that really stays with me most about it. Perhaps this shouldn't be a surprise given that an open-world is one of the big new things about Diablo 4, and at every PR-beat, Blizzard has told us how much it wants the world to feel dark, like the earlier Diablo games. Diablo 3 had a more cartoon edge to it, a kind of Warcrafty tinge.
And it's true, Diablo 4 does feel darker, not in a literal lighting sense, but in a moodier sense. It's grim and unsettling. It's dour and desaturated. It's a fantasy world that's always raining and windy - a grey-hued world of mud and weather-beaten people. A harsh world of harsh realities. I can't think of a better comparison than Game of Thrones in the North in this regard: an unflinching place where people don't smile much. It feels like that.
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ну чо, посмотрим какое поделие у них выйдет в этот раз
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The Hurricane Reserve thrashed and fights River for the top
Post author:Peggy McColl
Post category:Sports
Hurricane has a project and shows it. Not only in the First Division with Diego Dabove at the helm, trying to qualify for an international cup by 2023, but also in the Lower Divisions. It is noticeable in the youths that are coming up: Juan Gauto (currently playing in the La Alcudia tournament with Javier Mascherano's Sub 20), Santiago Moya, Patricio Pizarro, Enzo Luna and many more names. And the base of all these fruits is in the Reserve.
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The Globo team, directed by Claudio Cabrera, is being one of the best in the division. In fact, this Thursday overcame Aldosivi and beat him 4-1 at La Quemita with a brace of Valentín Sánchez (he is already training with the First Division), Santiago Luján and Leonel Pérez. And that's not all :cWith the three points he reached 23 units in the table, just one behind River. The Quemero puts up a fight.
The Hurricane Reserve beat Aldosivi 4-1 and is one of the tournament's entertainers (Hurricane Press).
Those of Cabrera celebrate the win against Aldosivi (Hurricane Press)
But this is not all. But they come with an impressive streak: this was the fifth game they won in a row. They beat Unión 4-2, 3-1 against Godoy Cruz, 1-0 against Vélez and beat Gimnasia 3-2. And to continue adding to the sweet moment It is the second highest scoring team in the competition.
All this, week after week, under the watchful eye of Diego Dabove, who was present this Thursday watching the victory against Tiburón. That he does not stop seeing players to upload and that, In this last match, he loaned out several players such as Agustín Curruhinca, Mateo Bajamich and Moya.
As always, Dabove watches the Reserve matches (Hurricane Press)
What is coming to the Globe in Reserve
On the next date, day 13 of the Reserve tournament, Claudio Cabrera's Hurricane will have to visit Sarmiento on Wednesday. The rival is the worst in the tournament: he is last with eight points.
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It's OK to worry, or maybe not to. – JESSICAHUGOINSPIRE.
The future is hidden, no one can accurately predict tomorrow's outcomes. But we believe that it is certainly a good one. So as humans, we sometimes worry about things. Many things. We worry about our jobs, kids, friends or even parents. We worry about gaining or loosing weight, being more or less attractive, getting older, infact some people no longer celebrate their birthdays. They dread the fact that they aren't getting any younger. We worry just about everything. Things that matter, things that don't.
Let me tell you something, it is really OK to worry!!! So long as there's something real to worry about. If your goals/challenges are big enough, they'd definitely get you thinking. But if there isn't something real or substantial to worry about, and you are, you're only helping those wrinkles become more prominent.
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If you are worried about your weight, eat less, exercise more, or maybe see a health professional. If you're worried about getting old, don't worry. It will happen anyways. You see what I mean? it's OK to worry, or maybe not. If you're going to worry, worry usefully. But to worry needlessly? Oh come on…isn't that a waste of time?
However, there are constructive steps we can take to reduce/eliminate our worries, when we are actually 'worrying'.
• Take control of your mind: Since everything starts from the mind, take charge of it. Different thoughts will run through your mind all day, be mindful of the helpful ones. Those ones that will help the situation not worsen it. Eliminate the toxic ones. If you can take charge of your mind, you can conquer anything.
• Take your 'me' time to reflect, resolve and brainstorm: Your 'me' time is your quiet times. When you meditate, reflect, resolve and think! As you do so, you'll be illuminated with more ideas & various methods to help the situation.
• Trust yourself and your journey: We do not have control over everything. Some we do, some we don't. Trust yourself to be able to change the things you can. If you believe you can, you can. Trust your journey and trust the process.
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Worrying may be a sign you aren't really doing something. If you are, be hopeful and be positive and STOP WORRYING!! If you're worrying pointlessly, but why? Please stop.
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We all worry to some degree. What is important to one, isn't always to another. Helping those that are worrying around us is a good step in the right direction.
It is ok to accept the reality that there's actually a problem & that's the cause of the worry. Don't live in denial. But then the cause of the worry should be real/substantial not imaginary. And then try to create a solution. Faith without work is dead. If you're doing something, then shift focus to the positive side, be hopeful and stop worrying. Worry will zap u of your joy & make you see the glass as half empty.
Worrying is a waste of time – logically and practically … either u have a solution or u don't…that shud give way to the worrying part…and indeed the first point-u need to be mindful and aware.
Don't worry, be happy! 🙂 Worrying is just a waste of time! Stop worrying and start doing!
If your worries can change something, it's ok to worry. But if you worry about unchangeable things, it's not ok to worry – you should just accept them.
This is such a great read. I am a worrier by nature, but sometimes I have to stop and remember that stressing about the small things gets me nowhere.
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Being worried for the right thing is always okay and keeps you enthusiastic towards your work.
you can improve your skills too but stress is not the right thing at all. nice post. 🙂 loved it !
'If you're going to worry, worry usefully'. Word.
A crystal clear reflection of human behavior and their worries, delivering a powerful message.
Hello Jassica, informative steps you have provided to stay happy and stressfree.
Very informative steps you provide to stay happy and stress free.
Cheers for this post. I really need this atm because there are so many things in my life that I'm always worrying about. Some of these things are also negative and can't be fixed cuz I don't control "their" lives.
Anyways, been doing meditation as often as I can and it's getting better I guess.


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Are you dreaming of a motorcycle trip to South America? We know what places are worth visiting and why
Before you set off on a motorcycle trip to America, you should know what places are worth visiting and why. So, we present our totally subjective, and ridiculously short MotoBirds ranking. Every avid motorcyclist should visit these places in South America, at least once in their life.
Ushuaia – the end of the world
Ushuaia is a city in Argentina, located in Tierra del Fuego. Situated on the Beagle Channel on one side and surrounded by the sharp peaks of Cinco Hermanos and Monte Olivia on the other. Ushuaia is the southernmost city in the world. Further South, there is only Antarctica and the geographic South Pole. It is therefore not surprising that this is from Ushuaia that 90% of expeditions to the South Pole set off.
The first European to reach Tierra del Fuego was Ferdinand Magellan, in 1520. Tierra Del Fuego has nothing to do with fire water – or booze! It comes from large fires lit by the indigenous peoples around which social life focused at the time. The Ushuaia name in the local language means "the bay at the end".
Ushuaia, inaccessible and isolated from the rest of the country, made it an ideal location for a penal colony. The first was established in 1920. Several prisoners managed to escape in the first years of its operation. The prison was eventually closed in 1947 to prevent further escapes. The building and history of this place, however, turned out to be a magnet for adventure seekers, and the prison even became a tourist attraction. The town gradually grew to a population of approximately 70,000.
It is also worth mentioning that the very first national park established in Argentina in 1960 is also located here. It is the Tierra del Fuego National Park, where you can admire rugged landscapes, high mountains, glacial lakes and crystal-clear waterfalls.
Salar de Uyuni – salt flats
It is one of only places on Earth that is visible to the naked eye from the Moon! The huge, white plain covers an area of over 10,500 km², located in the Bolivian Andes. The Salar de Uyuni is the highest and most extensive salt desert in the world. The salt and other minerals give it its unique color. In addition, the backdrop of high mountains and volcanoes reaching 5,000 meters above sea level, makes the entire area truly exceptional.
The salt layer is hundreds of meters thick and is formed from billions of tons of semi-liquid saline brine. About 20 tons of salt are mined here each year. In this salt desert, there is also the Incahuasi Island (fish island), where you can see cacti, coral reef remains as well as fossils. The Eduardo Avaroa Nature Reserve South of the Salar is known for its unique colored lagunas, hot springs and geysers.
The salt flats are a remnant of a dried out salt lake, and are located at an altitude of 3,653 meters above sea level. During the rainy season, from December to March, a thin layer of water forms above the salt, turning it into a gigantic mirror. The sky and the horizon melt into each other and all sense of perspective is lost. Nothing is limited here, not even the sky.
Ruta de las Lagunas – for those looking for riding challenges!
Ruta de las Lagunas on the Bolivian Andes Plateau of Altiplato is a route through a string of colored lagoons inhabited by thousands of flamingos, and surrounded by snow-capped multi-colored volcanoes. This is not a tour for the faint hearted. The heavier the motorcycle, the more difficult it is to make it, due to deep sand, corrugations and altitude. The weather can also be unpredictable, with fierce storms. If you have reservations about riding in sand, we're ready to bet you will be a sand riding expert after completing this route.
This area is a National Park with a delicate ecosystem. You must keep the admission ticket, because there are checkpoints on the route. Before setting off on these tracks, it would be helpful to get acclimatized to the altitude. Some trails in the western portion of the Laguna Route will take you above 5,000m. It's certainly not an easy route, but absolutely one of our all-time favorites!
Atacama Desert and the Panamericana – open space and incredible night skies
The driest place on Earth is located in the northern part of Chile. We are talking about the Atacama Desert, which stretches over 1000 km along the Pacific. You will not see lush vegetation while following the famous and also the longest road in the world: the Panamericana highway. Nothing green survives, except for lichens that can draw water straight from the fog. The Panamerica Highway crosses 15 countries, and its branches reach another three.
When visiting the Atacama Desert, you have to be prepared for extreme temperature swings. Although it is quite a cool desert, in summer the average temperature is 18 degrees only. At noon the thermometers can creep up to 50 degrees Celsius. At sunset, in just an hour, the temperature can drop by as much as 40 degrees.
Despite such extreme conditions and locations where the last rains were recorded more than four hundred years ago, humans have inhabited these areas for over 2,500 years. The locals have learned how to obtain drinking water from fog using specially designed so-called harps. These are wooden frames with a spider net of stretched strings causing water to condense.
It is also here that astronomers like to observe the skies due to the record number of cloudless nights and absence of light pollution. Some scenes for the James Bond movie "Quantum of Solance" were filmed here. And by the way… some skeptics believe that the scenes of the Americans landing on the moon could have been filmed in the Atacama. The cult Dakar Rally also used to pass this way. Retracing the Dakar has been one of our great rides in the area! So whatever your kick, it's worth seeing!
Mano del Desierto in Chile – world famous sculpture
It is a 12-meter high sculpture of a hand emerging from the Atacama Desert, about 100 km from Antogafasta. The sculpture was created by Chilean artist Mario Irarrázabala in 1992. The hand looks as if it were being pulled out by someone buried in the desert looking for help. The sculpture quickly became one of the landmarks of Chile.
Sadly, being in the driest desert on earth at 1,000m above sea level has not protected it from vandals. The sculpture had to be restored twice already to remove graffiti.
The other sculpture created by the same artist was created 10 years earlier on a Uruguayan beach. It was intended to serve as a warning against the dangers of the treacherous ocean waters. Unfortunately, vandals also found their way to it…
Possibly you already knew what places are worth visiting and why?
We showed you great places worth visiting. We also hope that we also showed you why you should see them. The MotoBirds team has been to all of them. Traveling there certainly changed our view of the world. Maybe it'll do the same for you?
Yes, we know, these are places where tourists come. Without bragging about it, the side effect of planning trips locally is that we have our tricks to avoid the crowds. Usually effective. Yes, we have experience in traveling on motorcycles and do not hesitate to use it on our organized trips, not only to America.
On the other hand, we also understand those who prefer to go as lone-riders, answering to themselves only. However, it is still impossible to cross the Ocean with a motorcycle on your back. We can help by shipping your ride over to Chile. We even have proprietary cages, and if packing motorcycles for shippping were an Olympic discipline, we' like to think we'd get a medal. Find out more here.
Do you feel MotoBirds could be of help? Take a look at the main page and decide whether you'd like to give us a try by joining one of our tours, or by shipping your bike!