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Events in Austria in 2018 for Embassies
The exhibition Beyond Myself. Self-portrait in the time of social media, also featuring photographs by Nika Oblak, Primož Novak, and Tomaž Tomažin, curated by Dejan Sluga and Metka Zupanič, organised by Photon Gallery and supported by Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at Photon Gallery in Vienna, Austria
6 December to 16 December 2018
Marko Lipuš and Tanja Prušnik present their works at a group exhibition Opening the Gaze, supported by Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at Kro Art Contemporary in Vienna, Austria
A concert by Slowind, presenting new compositions by Nina Šenk and Vinko Globokar, and Vito Žuraj, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at ORF RadioKulturhaus in Vienna, Austria
Plečnik, the City and Me, a public discussion featuring also Tina Gregorič (Dekleva Gregorič Arhitekti) and Boris Podrecca, supported by Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at Depot in Vienna, Austria
22 November 2018 to 5 March 2019
An exhibition by a sculptor, designer, and architect Peter Marolt and painter Agata Pavlovec in the series A Window onto our Neighbour, organised by the Union of Slovene Fine Arts Associations (ZDSLU) at Consulate General of the Republic of Slovenia Klagenfurt in Klagenfurt/Celovec, Austria
5 November to 11 November 2018
The Slovenian Literary Week, including the presentation of the German translation of the comic book Die Mexicaner by Zoran Smiljanić and Marijan Pušavec (UMco); the presentation of the book about Alma M. Karlin, accompanied by a discussion with biographer Jerneja Jezernik and translator Amalija Maček and a photo showing; the presentation of the German translation of Jernej der Knecht und sein Recht by Žiga X Kosmač and Igor Šinkovec; the presentation of the children's book by Manica Musil; literary readings with Gabriela Babnik, Lidija Dimkovska, Florjan Lipuš, Brane Mozetič, Meta Osredkar, and Goran Vojnović and minority authors Marko Kravos and Jani Oswald; and the screening of Amir Muratović's film Ivan Cankar in Vienna, organised and supported by the Slovenian Book Agency and the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at the Buch Wien Book Fair at Halle D/Stand B11, Round the city in Vienna, Austria
5 November to 6 November 2018
World Day of Ivan Cankar, including the screening of Amir Muratović's film Cankar and lectures by Alojzija Zupan Sosič (Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana) and Damjan Huber, Mateja Lutar, and Mojca Nidorfer Šiškovič (all Centre for Slovene as a Second and Foreign Language), supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at the World Festival of Ivan Cankar at Institute for Slavic Studies of the University of Vienna in Vienna, Austria
The screening of Newsreel 63 - The Train of Shadows by Nika Autor, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at the Viennale at Metro (Historischer Saal) in Vienna, Austria
The theatre performance Emma by ZIZ Collective, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at Spektakel in Vienna, Austria
23 October to 24 October 2018
Slovenian literary encounters, featuring a lecture on Slavko Grum by Darja Peperko Golob (Miran Jarc Library, Novo mesto) and kamishibai performances based on Slovenian literary tales and a workshop by Breda Kočevar (Črnomelj Library) and Tatjana Grabrijan, organised by Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), Miran Jarc Library, Novo mesto, Slovenian Institute in Vienna, and Austrian Centre for Ethnic Groups, at Austrian Centre for Ethnic Groups, Slovenian Institute in Vienna in Vienna, Austria
28 September to 10 October 2018
The exhibition of projects developed for the Cultural Centre of European Space Technologies (KSEVT) by the AA nanotourism Visiting School in cooperation with the Biennial of Design (BIO), presented by Jakob Travnik, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at the Vienna Design Week at Festival Headquarters in Vienna, Austria
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27 September to 28 September 2018
Futurski, Haiku Garden and Bowrain via INES#talent, Innovation Network of European Showcases, in cooperation with the MENT Ljubljana Festival, Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture and SIGIC, Slovene Music Information Centre, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at the Waves Vienna Music Festival & Conference at WUK in Vienna, Austria
P74 Centre and Gallery presents Uroš Potočnik and Laibach Kunst, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at the Vienna Contemporary Art Fair at Marx Halle (Stand E05) in Vienna, Austria
Valerie Wolf Gang and Nataša Berk present their works, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at the Parallel Vienna Art Fair at Lassallestrasse 1 in Vienna, Austria
The international group exhibition within the Cycle 13.0 Far Away So Close - Art/History, featuring artists Tina Dobrajc, Srečo Dragan, Vesna Drnovšek and Nataša Segulin, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at Lilienfeld Abbey in Lilienfeld, Austria
Laibach perform their Sound of Music concert and Ivan Novak (Laibach) in conversation with the festival's curators, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at the Steirischer Herbst at HPostgarage Café, Kasematten Open Air in Graz, Austria
Slovene Chamber Orchestra Vienna, conducted by Jera Petriček Hrastnik, performs two compositions by Nina Šenk, followed by artist talk with composer Nina Šenk, supported by Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna, Austria
WebChain, a series of assemblages by Eva Petrič, featuring the presentation of the monograph WEBbing, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at Galerie ARCC.art in Vienna, Austria
Valerie Wolf Gang is presenting her installation in the framework of an artists-in-residence programme, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at Austrian Federal Chancellery in Vienna, Austria
30 August to 19 September 2018
The international group exhibition Tartini Meets Vivaldi, showcasing works by Slovenian and Austrian artists, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at Schloss Gloggnitz in Gloggnitz, Austria
24 August to 9 September 2018
Aleksij Kobal, Gani Llalloshi, and Tanja Vujinović showcasing their works at the international group exhibition Floating Islands Flying People, curated by Vasja Nagy, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at Haus der Kunst in Baden, Austria
3 August to 12 August 2018
Aleksij Kobal, Gani Llalloshi, and Tanja Vujinović showcasing their works at the international group exhibition Floating Islands Flying People, curated by Vasja Nagy, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at Gemeinedamt Yspertal in Yspertal, Austria
Doors to Paradise, a performance by Petra Kapš (OR poesis), supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at the Common Past Common Future Performance Festival Vienna at Gallery Schleifmühlgasse 12-14 in Vienna, Austria
29 June to 13 October 2018
Everything We Do Today Will be Heroic in The Future, an exhibition by Jasmina Cibic, featuring a performative lecture and screening by the artist, supported by Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at Significant Other in Vienna, Austria
28 June to 10 August 2018
The exhibition Forbidden Whispers. Laibach and North Korea, also featuring photographs by Matjaž Tančič, organised by Photon Gallery and supported by Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at Photon Gallery in Vienna, Austria
21 June to 22 June 2018
Concerts by accordionist Žan Trabas and violinist Floris Willem and Trio Liberté (Tjaša Klanac, Sara Čano, Jure Bergant) on World Music Day, organised by EUNIC Austria, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at Balassi Institut, Villa Trebisch in Vienna, Austria
An exhibition by a painter Darko Slavec and a sculptor Eva Peterson Lenassi in the series A Window onto our Neighbour, organised by the Union of Slovene Fine Arts Associations (ZDSLU) at Consulate General of the Republic of Slovenia Klagenfurt in Klagenfurt/Celovec, Austria
The exhibition Legacy Stories - Succession After Yugoslavia, prepared by the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia in cooperation with Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia) and the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic Archives, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at National Archives of Austria in Vienna, Austria
The exhibition Upside Down by Mateja Kavčič and Johanna Finckh, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at Cro Art contemporary in Vienna, Austria
Readings and dicussions with Tone Škrjanec, Gregor Podlogar, and Kaja Teržan, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at Alte Schmiede Kunstverein in Vienna, Austria
The panel discussion On News at the closing of the exhibition The News Belongs to Us by Nika Autor, featuring speakers Zdenka Badovinac (Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana plus Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova), Ciril Oberstar (ZRC Publishing, Dialogi Journal, Ekran, Magazine for Film and Television), and Andrej Šprah (Slovenian Cinematheque, Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT)), moderated by the exhibition's curator Andreja Hribernik, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at ARCC.art Gallery in Vienna, Austria more
A concert by the Kombinat Choir, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at the Festival of Alternative Choirs (FAC) at Ernst Kirchweger Haus in Vienna, Austria
Performance by Drop Dead Contemporary Clown Arts Association, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at Theater Olé in Vienna, Austria
3 May to 19 May 2018
My Wall is not Your Wall - Your Wall is not My Wall, an exhibition by Petra Kapš (OR poesis) and Vanja Mervič, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at Gallery Schleifmühlgasse 12-14 in Vienna, Austria
28 April to 27 May 2018
Aleksij Kobal, Gani Llalloshi, and Tanja Vujinović showcasing their works at the international group exhibition Floating Islands Flying People, curated by Vasja Nagy, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at Dorfmuseum Roiten in Rappottenstein, Austria
27 April to 29 April 2018
The screenings of documentary films The Family by Rok Biček (Cvinger Film) and Playing Men by Matjaž Ivanišin (Nosorogi), supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna) and the Slovenian Film Centre, at the Crossing Europe Festival Linz in Linz, Austria
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Facing Gaia, an exhibition by Roman Uranjek and Radenko Milak, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at Christine König Galerie in Vienna, Austria
The exhibition The News Belongs to Us by Nika Autor, curated by Andreja Hribernik and produced by Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana plus Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at ARCC.art Gallery in Vienna, Austria
A bilingual reading of the poetry by Cvetka Lipuš at Poliversale 2018, organised in cooperation with the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at Alte-Schmiede in Vienna, Austria
13 April to 6 August 2018
Poetry of Silence, an exhibition of works by Zoran Mušič, featuring loans from Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana plus Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova and National Gallery of Slovenia, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at Leopold Museum in Vienna, Austria
Slovenian Film Centre presents 7 feature films, 5 short films, and selected Slovenian actors, directors, and producers, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna), at the LET'S CEE Film Festival at Actor's Studio Wien, Artis International, Urania in Vienna, Austria
14 March to 8 June 2018
An exhibition by Bogdan Čobal and Matejka Bellè, curated by Olga Butinar Čeh, organised by the Union of Slovene Fine Arts Associations (ZDSLU), supported by the Consulate General of the Republic of Slovenia Klagenfurt, at General Consulate in Klagenfurt/Celovec, Austria
6 March to 26 March 2018
An exhibition of works by Alenka Vidrgar and Igor Banfi, organised by the Union of Slovene Fine Arts Associations (ZDSLU) in cooperation with the the Consulate General of the Republic of Slovenia Klagenfurt at BV Galerie in Klagenfurt/Celovec, Austria
14 February to 16 February 2018
The Austrian première of Something's in the Air by Janez Janša, Boštjan Narat, Irena Preda, and Irena Tomažin, produced by Maska Institute, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) and Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna, at Tanzquartier Wien in Vienna, Austria
A reading and discussion with writer and poet Franjo Frančič, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) and Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna, at Literaturhaus Wien in Vienna, Austria
8 February to 17 March 2018
Father's Tale, an exhibition of works by Borut Peterlin, organised by Photon Gallery and supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna, at Photon Gallery in Vienna, Austria
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Perfect Dark: 20 Years Later
Rich Stanton
Image: Rare
Total Recall Total RecallTotal Recall is a look back at the history of video games through their characters, franchises, developers and trends.
Twenty years on from release I must acknowledge that, for a classic multiplayer game, Perfect Dark now suffers from a fairly major fault. It's nigh-on unplayable. Those sleek offices and twisting tunnels have morphed into poorly textured geometric mazes. The explosions and effects, brilliant in memory, are muted. Most of all, the always-suspect framerate is now a convicted murderer.
None of these reasons justify a return. But what Perfect Dark does have, beyond even GoldenEye and most other FPS-es, is imagination. This is an ideas game, as concerned with its own genre's existence and limits as it is with targets. If Rare had revolutionized what a console FPS could be, Perfect Dark was its belated manifesto.
Sequels, even spiritual sequels, have governing rules, neatly encapsulated by Cliff Bleszinski's "bigger, better, more badass" tubthumping for Gears of War 2. Perfect Dark can do excess, but let's shoot the elephant in the room first: GoldenEye. There remains a misconception that Rare couldn't continue with the Bond license, but the developer in fact rejected the opportunity to make the tie-in to Tomorrow Never Dies, perhaps feeling that a return to 007's world would offer little more than a retread of the Kalashnikovs, missile sites and gadgets it had already perfected. The ideas had married perfectly, but a second Hollywood tie-in would see diminishing creative returns.
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The lack of a license brought freedom and yet, in this context, choosing to make an FPS with a secret agent may not seem the most original move. Rare couldn't abandon the espionage angle that dovetailed with its design talents: double-helix levels with spiraling objectives, enemy positions perfect for the stealthy, patient player, and the glorious gadgets. Perfect Dark's grimy hi-tech vision of the future showed the cinematic influence here is Blade Runner, shiny office buildings rising out of dirty streets. There are complexes to infiltrate, computers to hack, hoverbikes to ride, then the lady herself: Bond in a catsuit, apparently voiced by Mary Poppins.
"Cute, very cute," she quips when looking at a crate bomb. "I was ready half an hour ago, it's you that's making us late," goes another as she enters in an evening gown. These banal lines are typical of a heroine who combines Pierce Brosnan and Julie Andrews yet still lacks charm. This extends to the supporting cast, most of whom can be found in the Carrington Institute, a brilliantly realized hub for the game that later doubles up as one of the finest singleplayer levels. Wandering around its rooms means meeting a succession of extremely camp British types who coo things such as "Welcome to hacker central." The writing isn't inspirational, with Joanna Dark not so much a character in search of an author as a cipher in search of a magazine cover.
The game's biggest misfire is the attempt to inject personality via a comedy sidekick: Elvis, an alien with a fondness for sticking his bulbous cranium into your firing line. Everyone who has played this game hates Elvis, mainly for that reason (if he dies you fail missions and HE DIES SO MUCH BECAUSE HE'S AN IDIOT). Perfect Dark is otherwise po-faced, a microcosm of the duality at this game's heart. There's order, in the form of the game's story and mission structure, and the chaos of its interactions and weapon sets.
Fuck you Elvis.
So ignore the Carrington Institute and dataDyne, the groany story, and the whole thing's ponderously portentous name and typeface. Perfect Dark, as a game, is hilarious. It's about drugging big-headed aliens until they can't see, then strapping mines to their eyes. Setting elaborate traps with laptop guns and proximity mines, getting into slap fights and using n-bombs to make opponents run into walls.
This all comes from one of the best-ever FPS weapon sets and, oddly enough, its lack of balance. Restraint here would have made Perfect Dark a tighter, more focused experience, helped with its severe framerate issues, and removed almost all of the fun. Instead it overreaches itself with game-breaking tools just to show that it can. It gives you a gun that can shoot through walls, then adds an X-ray sight and auto-targeting as standard (Farsight). The Psychosis Gun converts enemies to your cause. Assault rifles can shoot but also turn into proximity mines (Dragon) or be switched sideways and become grenade launchers (Superdragon). The laptop gun is all about an SMG of sleek chrome and efficiency, perfectly exemplified when you toss it away and it begins acting as a sentry gun. The RCP-90 is the most powerful automatic weapon in the game, but that's not enough so let's add a cloaking device.
Proximity mines, as with GoldenEye, are the framerate killers. Any multiplayer game featuring them degenerates into a race to see who can plant most, quickest – though this time around they at least have a threat detector built in to help out.
Some weapons are there just for the hell of it, like the nerve grenade that turns four-player splitscreen into a black-and-blue smeary mess, or the perfect recreations of GoldenEye guns (with names like PP9i and Klo1313). The Drugspy is the best espionage gadget, letting you float around before shooting tranquillizers with a 'pfft' into the soft flesh of a guard's neck. Brilliantly, they get curious about the hovering object before blowing it away, letting you set up very easy knockouts.
It's not just about function, either. This is an FPS for gun fetishists: in place of GoldenEye's 'dipping' reload animations, Perfect Dark is the visual equivalent of tonguing the barrel. The Cyclone, a svelte curve of metal, whirrs, and clunks with each new magazine – the chocolate-orange slabs of ammo feed through its belt, are ruthlessly stripped of their bullets, and fall to the ground empty. There are tremors as a thick clip is slammed into the base of an RCP-90. Alien weapons suck in opalescent blobs with a '60s Dr. Who sound effect, bolts clack into place on anything automatic, and the humble throwing knife has to be casually tossed in the air and caught with a flourish before use.
Even the bots are in on it. Perfect Dark calls them 'sims' and gives them 'personalities'. The Preysim looks for recently spawned and weak players. Vengesim blindly hunts the last person to kill it. Judgesim maintains balance by killing the current leader. These have obvious applications, but there are others designed to simply shake things up a bit. The Peacesim abhors violence, and runs around the level trying to collect weapons and ammo before players can get to them. It won't attack, but get too close and it'll disarm you. The Fistsim just runs around whacking players – which with the overzealous dizzying effect is very annoying. And the Rocketsim just likes explosions, regardless of its own life.
Like the weapons, these sims were designed for possibilities rather than balance, for play rather than work. For combinations. It's a miracle that this gallimaufry works at all, never mind that it was one of the greatest four-player FPS games of its time. Almost as an afterthought, the Combat Simulator includes challenges that can be tackled solo or with friends. Usually some kind of objective-based assignment against a sim or team of sims, over 30 missions this mode somehow creeps from embarrassingly easy to not-in-this-lifetime-pal difficulty.
Multiplayer also includes some insanely time-demanding achievements, which for the top (level one) rank require you to, among other things, kill 18,000 (splitscreen) opponents, win 900 accuracy medals (maximum of one per game), travel 9,000 kilometers in-game (that's around 5,600 miles), and play for a total time of 12 days and 12 hours. Like so much of Perfect Dark, it's partly a joke and partly hubris. But it's also pretty damn prescient about where competitive shooters were going, and had the temerity to get it the right first time. Someone important at Infinity Ward had played the hell out of this long before the first Modern Warfare's design document.
Most of the ideas and innovations of Perfect Dark are in multiplayer, but there are also gems in the underrated singleplayer campaign. Developing on one of Goldeneye's excellent principles, difficulty levels present different types of challenge rather than the standard upping of enemy AI, numbers, and hitpoints. Play on the easiest, Agent, and you'll face a relatively sedate experience with one or two objectives. But as the difficulty increases locations become circuitous with more objectives and new set-pieces to trigger: the first level, set in the dataDyne skyscraper, introduces an attack helicopter on Secret Agent, hovering outside and carpeting the lobbies with minigun bullets.
A familiar assortment of nonsense and brilliance can be found in the various cheats and Easter eggs. In Chicago, you need to tempt a guard out of a bathroom to find a block of cheese stuck down a toilet bowl. There's a block of cheese in every other level of the game, too, for no particular reason. Cassandra De Vries, one of the game's comedy villains, wears a necklace that reads '18M0ZYM8ND185', a curious bastardization of 'I Am Ozymandias', and acts like it. The cheats, unlocked with timed level runs, run the usual gamut: a Big Head (DK) mode, Small Jo mode, Heads Only mode, and Marquis of Queensbury rules. But there are some crackers, such as Perfect Darkness. This blacks out the level, but gives you night-vision goggles – perfect for some user-controlled rockets...
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Even the way people played together is thrown up in the air. In 2000 a shooter that offered a co-operative campaign mode was unusual, if not exceptional. But what about a counter-operative mode, where one player tries to complete the level while another takes control of the enemies in their path?
As with so many other of Perfect Dark's big ideas, it falls just short of greatness, but is good enough that your imagination can fill-in the gaps. And as with any brave innovation, there are happy flaws in the counter-operative mode that the baddies can exploit to infuriate the goody-two-shoes. Shooting guns from your fellow soldiers' hands will make them whip out their firearm and immediately begin seeking Joanna. Get four or five to attack with you on any difficulty and it's all over bar the gloating.
There's real character in Perfect Dark, but it's nothing to do with its heroine. Walking through levels, you'll see little scripted sequences with people being shot, arguing, or simply relaxing. Playing with friends, you'll devise deathtraps of outstanding ingenuity, before being sniped through the wall from 300 meters away. Ian Fleming himself could have been behind the gentlemanly twinkle in the repurposing of the Facility level as Felicity. And when we really get down to brass tacks, how many games have Shigeru Miyamoto running around and hiding the weapons?
Perfect Dark may not be all that much fun to play in 2020, but its currency of ideas and provocation, many of which still haven't been picked up by the genre, remain sound. Who knows what, if anything, is in store for Joanna Dark. More re-releases, perhaps another tie-in novel. Endless retrospectives like this. But Perfect Dark never needed to worry about the future anyway. It's already written most of it.
This article was originally published in Edge magazine: you can subscribe now at a hefty discount.
Prof. Bananas Goldsteinberg
I contend to this day that Perfect Dark was the superior game over GoldenEye in every way. Nostalgia be damned. I spent actual years playing this game. Everything about it was pure bliss. Too bad about Perfect Dark Zero.

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Q: How come the AI makes like 3000 gold per turn on warlord? I have 3 times as much in total score, but my GNP is much lower than that of two other civs. How is it possible to make that much money without having the largest population? I am in the renaissance era btw and one of the civs is aiming for a diplomatic victory. This is just ridiculous...

A: The AI gets bonuses and the player gets handicaps based on the difficulty level. The AI gets a lot of bonuses which make things cheaper.
There's a handy table here, on the Civ Fanatics forums, of the exact figures. As an example, on the highest difficulty, their units cost 50% less (though on Warlord their unit costs are 100%)

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Get 'em, Girls! Male Middle School Intruder Gets Tackled by 3 Female Teachers
Miguel Daez | May 27, 2022
Three teachers held down an intruder who entered Inglewood Elementary School in Nashville, Tennessee on May 11 until police arrived.
Rachel Davis, a kindergarten teacher, said she saw the man, Onreka Gray, hop the school fence around 10:00 am when her kids were returning to class from recess, according to WSMV4 News.
That's when the man bolted toward the kids.
"I was trying to explain to him, 'Sir, you cannot come in this door. This is not the front door. You're not allowed in this building,'" Davis recalled. "And eventually, he wanted to get in so bad that he was lunging towards the kids."
Davis tried blocking him then called for help.
"We struggled for a while, and he made it inside the building," Davis said.
That's when brave Davis tackled Gray. He fell on top of her, and Davis broke her elbow in the fall. Other teachers ran to assist her.
Nikki Thomas, the school's secretary, joined Davis in the fight with some quick maneuvers.
Related: Texas Department of Public Safety Spokesman on School Shooting
"I got him in a headlock, put his arm behind his back, and put my legs across him so he wouldn't get free," Thomas said.
School bookkeeper Shay Patton also helped restrain Gray. Together, the three women held the intruder down for 10 minutes until police arrived.
"These children feel like my children and just that strong desire that I was going to do anything I could do to make sure they were safe," said Davis, describing her reaction as intensely instinctive.
"We didn't even think about weapons," Patton said. "He could have had anything. I didn't even think about that until hours later. I was like…Not only did we protect them, but we could have endangered our own lives...We did endanger our own lives."
The three teachers said they have no idea what Gray's intent was when entering the building.
"I don't know what he was trying to do, but I'm grateful that he barely got into the door, and that was it," said Patton.
All three women sustained injuries, including a broken elbow, in sacrificing to keep the school children safe.
Thomas thinks the event really showcases the school's motto, "Together We Grow."
"We are stronger together," Thomas said. "I'm thankful for the procedure in place for lockdown. Everybody acted immediately, and that also kept the kids safe."
For local coverage of this story, watch below:
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CNN is claiming "there's no evidence" the Texas elementary school shooter "was deranged." pic.twitter.com/ZUaAgLWeEL
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Schawk Announces Significant Increase in Earnings for Fourth Quarter
DES PLAINES, Ill., Feb. 20-- Schawk, Inc., North America's leading provider of digital imaging graphics services to the consumer products industry, reported that it had 2001 fourth quarter earnings of $0.11 per share, fully diluted, a significant increase compared to $0.01 per share, fully diluted, in the prior year fourth quarter. Full year earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2001 were $0.37 per share, fully diluted, compared with $0.50 per share, fully diluted, in the prior year. Schawk reported net income of $2.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2001 compared with $0.3 million in the prior year fourth quarter. Net sales for the quarter were $45.6 million compared with $48.3 million in fourth quarter 2000. For the year ended December 31, 2001, net income was $8.0 million as compared with $10.6 million in the prior year. Net sales for the year ended December 31, 2001 were $186.2 million compared with $206.5 million for the prior year. David A. Schawk, president and chief executive officer commented: "The restructuring efforts we have made the past two years are beginning to have a positive impact on earnings per share. Despite a drop in overall sales in the fourth quarter, the packaging prepress business showed signs of strength. However, promotional and advertising agency business, which represents nearly 30% of the Company's business, continued to be soft. Advertising pages continue to be down due to the recession and there is no clear indication as to when this part of the business will improve. "Our earnings per share in the fourth quarter reflect some of the benefits of our restructuring efforts. As a result, although we experienced less revenue, we were able to deliver better earnings than in the prior year fourth quarter. During the fourth quarter, we continued productivity and service- based initiatives to give the company and its clients long-term benefits in speed, responsiveness and efficiency. We continue to work on strategies to reduce costs and leverage our strengths. These strategies may involve further restructuring charges in 2002.'' Fourth Quarter Results Revenues were down 5.5% in the 2001 fourth quarter as compared with the prior year fourth quarter. One point of the sales drop relates to print sales in Canada that were discontinued at the end of 2000. The print sales were at lower margins and not strategic. The company's blended gross margin was 40.4% in the fourth quarter of 2001 versus 38.1% in the prior year fourth quarter. The cost reduction programs and restructurings that the company implemented over the past two years are helping the company improve its gross margin, despite a drop in revenues. The cost reductions were permanent in nature, including staffing reductions and plant closings. Operating income increased $2.7 million to $5.0 million. A $2.2 million decrease in restructuring charges was the biggest contributor to the higher operating income in the fourth quarter of 2001. Operating margins before restructuring charges increased two points to 11.3% from 9.3% in the prior year fourth quarter on the same basis. The increase in operating income and margins before restructuring charges was primarily due to lower costs as a result of the restructurings as previously discussed. Interest expense of $839,000 in the fourth quarter of 2001 was $673,000, or 44.5% less than the prior year fourth quarter interest expense of $1.5 million. The decrease in interest expense was from a combination of lower interest rates and lower average debt balances versus the prior year fourth quarter. Year End Review Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2001, were $186.2 million, a 9.8% decline from the comparable prior year period.Most of the decrease occurred in the first six months of 2001 as the company's clients reduced spending on branding, marketing and advertising in reaction to the slowing economy in 2001. In addition, $4.1 million, or two points, of the decrease in sales related to discontinuing non-strategic print sales in Canada. The company achieved the same gross margin percentage of 40.3% in 2001 as in 2000 on less sales as a result of cost reduction efforts. Operating income was $17.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, a decrease of $5.6 million from the prior year. Before restructuring charges, the operating margin was 9.9% in the current year as compared with 12.6% for the prior year on the same basis. The decrease in operating income and margins was primarily due to lower sales in the first half of the year and the negative impact of start-up operations throughout 2001. Income taxes were at an effective rate of 40.5% for the year ended December 31, 2001, as compared with 41.8% in the comparable prior year period. Net income was $8.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, as compared with $10.6 million for the prior year. The lower revenues and operating income from a combination of a slow down in the economy and the impact of additional costs of start-ups were the main reasons for the decrease in net income. The company was able to reduce debt significantly at the end of 2001 and in the first month of 2002. Our debt totaled $66.7 million at the end of the third quarter and as of the date of this press release it has been reduced $12 million to $54.7 million. Lower capital expenditures in the fourth quarter and improved earnings helped to drive the debt down to its lowest level in two-and-a-half years. The lower debt level and low interest rates contributed to higher earnings in the fourth quarter versus the prior year fourth quarter. "As we have discussed previously, we continue to incur start-up losses at certain operations, including InterchangeDigital, because we believe that these investments have the potential to generate significant value in the future,'' said Mr. Schawk. "Although these investments negatively impact short term results, we continue to focus on what we need to do to keep Schawk as the leading provider of digital imaging graphics services and consulting services, not only for today but for tomorrow.'' Mr. Schawk concluded: "We are encouraged by the continued improvement quarter over quarter. Our focus on improving gross margins and operating income by taking costs out of our operations has begun to show up in improved results. We believe that these actions position us to more efficiently provide our unparalleled array of services to clients while improving value to our shareholders as the overall economy improves. Schawk, Inc., headquartered in suburban Chicago, is a leading supplier of digitized high-resolution color imaging, database management and on-site facility management, as well as related prepress and digital archiving and distribution services. Schawk provides advanced technology services for the food, beverage and consumer products packaging, advertising and promotional markets.


listens, and downloads were through the roof and I suspect that the topic and my guest were the reason. I had the wonderful fortune and privilege to interview Carborendum from our very own network as we discussed making the Prepper movement more mainstream.
Last week our intrepid Imperial President, Barack Obama, weighed in on the ongoing cases before the Supreme Court concerning the fate of Obamacare. As you probably know, the Supreme Court heard several challenges to the controversial law last week. The most noteworthy challenge raised the question of constitutionality of the law's individual mandate. This mandate is arguably the most important, and onerous, part of the law, as it would, for the first time, give the government the power to FORCE YOU, the citizen, to buy a consumer product to retain your rights. In essence, it makes you pay to continue to be a law abiding citizen and this is not a tax, folks. It forces you to pay private interests for the right to exist as a free US citizen. If this mandate is allowed to stand, this historic abuse of the interstate commerce clause can be used to manipulate and control virtually any aspect of your life that the government chooses to intrude upon.
To have the president, who altogether channels the worst of FDR at the best of times, issue a warning shot across the Supreme Court's bow, with FOREIGN DIGNITARIES IN ATTENDANCE, NO LESS, demonstrates Obama's crassness. This move to defend his indefensible law is as obvious of a power play against the federal judiciary as any statements made by FDR about fighting old men in robes or packing the courts with his own progressive judges.
In a hypocritical move to make a uni-partisan agenda into a bi-partisan issue, the crassness of this man is unbelievable. When he railed against judicial activism and tried to use Clintonian tactics, I would submit that this man's base shallowness was fully revealed. It is my hope the Supreme Court will rise to occasion and make right what could possibly be the most egregious and onerous law that has been passed in over a century. Let us join together, this coming election to censure this man and to remove him, and those of his ilk in both parties, from power.
Ending my commentary segment, I introduced Carborendum to the audience who quickly won them over with his obvious intellect and articulate and poised responses. We explored whether or not Prepping was a growing socio-political movement and whether or not it could take a page from the Libertarian movement, through a copycat of their Free State Project. We discussed the obvious links between libertarianism and prepping, as well as, acknowledged the democratic and inclusive nature of much of the community, politically speaking.
We generated plenty of chat room discussion on the paranoia and other aspects of the fringes of prepping that alienate us from mainstream society and give the media and government ammunition with which to vilify us. We had a lively discussion with several callers as we looked at some societal obstacles to our becoming mainstream. As always, the callers and chatters taught me more than I could ever impart to them.
We had a trivia game and one knowledgeable listener came away with a free copy of the newly released book Bug-Out Vehicles. I also announced a new promotional contest for The Prepper's Poitin Hour and In Time of Disaster that will begin on April 27. I invite to check the show out and chat with me online or on-air every Monday night at my new time at 9pm Eastern/8pm Central. You can follow me, Chris Watson, on Twitter or like the show on Facebook. You can download the show for posterity from the archives at prepperbroadcasting.com or at the show link here on the APN portal. I hope to see you all next week! Slainte!!


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Valérie Quennessen (3 de diciembre de 1957 - 19 de marzo de 1989) fue una actriz francesa especialmente conocida por su participación en la película Summer Lovers y Conan el bárbaro.

Biografía
Valérie Quennessen nació en Boulogne-Billancourt y dedicó parte de su niñez en seguir su sueño en convertirse en una acróbata. Rápidamente llegó al nivel de competencia y recibió un premio. En su adolescencia, había renunciado a la acrobacia y comenzó con clases de actuación, no por querer entrar al mundo de negocios, sino para ayudarla a vencer su ansiedad social.

Hizo su primera aparición en el cine en dos películas francesas, Le Petit Marcel y Le Plein de super. En 1979, tuvo un papel en la película estadounidense French Postcards, junto a Miles Chapin, Debra Winger y Mandy Patinkin. Siguió en Conan the Barbarian con Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Sería en su próxima película Summer Lovers, con Daryl Hannah y Peter Gallagher que fue el pico de su carrera.

Después de Summer Lovers, Valérie se retiró poco a poco de la actuación, eligiendo concentrarse en criar a su familia. Ella y François Manceaux tuvieron dos hijos.  En 1989, murió en un accidente de tránsito a los 31 años de edad.

Vida personal
Estuvo casada con François Manceaux con quien tuvo sus dos hijos, Elsa Manceaux y Antoine Manceaux    François tuvo un papel como actor de reparto junto a Válerie en la película Summer Lovers donde ambos actuaban de arqueólogos.  Se dice que durante la filmación de esta película Valérie descubrió realmente varias piezas de arqueología en el yacimiento de Acrotiri cercano a la Playa Roja en Santorini.

Su hija Elsa es una artista plástica nacida en Francia en 1985 y radicada en la ciudad de México desde 2012, que ha expuesto sus trabajos en numerosas galerías de arte a nivel internacional.  Elsa realizó sus estudios en la Gerrit Rietveld Academie en Ámsterdam y posteriormente asistió al programa de postgrado SOMA en México durante los años 2015 y 2016.  Por su parte Antoine Manceaux el primogénito de los hijos de Valérie nacido también en Francia en 1982 se dedica a la producción y edición de cortos y videos.

Filmografía
 Le Petit Marcel (Jacques Fansten, 1976) como una telefonista.
 Le Plein de super (Alain Cavalier, 1976) como Marie.
 La nuova colonia (Anne Delbée, TV, 1978) como Mita.
 La Tortue sur le dos (Luc Béraud, 1978) como una Nietzsche estudiente.
 Brigade des mineurs: "Tête de rivière" (Guy Lessertisseur, TV, 1978) como Doris.
 On efface tout (Pascal Vidal, 1978).
 Martin et Léa (Alain Cavalier, 1979) como Cléo.
 French Postcards (Willard Huyck, 1979) como Toni.
 Les Uns et les Autres (Claude Lelouch, 1981)
 Les Uns et les Autres (TV, 1981)
 Pause-Café (Serge Leroy, TV, 1981) como una secretaria.
 Silas (Sigi Rothemund, TV, 1981) como Melinda, lavandera.
 Conan the Barbarian (John Milius, 1982) como Princesa Yasimina.
 Summer Lovers (Randal Kleiser, 1982) como Lina.
 We Cannes (François Manceaux, 1982) como Janine.
 La petite commission (Jean-Paul Salomé, 1984) como Sor Clarisse.
 Quartier sud (Mathias Ledoux, TV, 1984) como Rebecca.
 Mode in France (William Klein, TV, 1985) como un top model.
 Haute tension: "Eaux troubles" (Alain Bonnot, TV, 1989) como Judith.

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Actrices de París
Actores judíos
Actrices de cine de Francia
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Posts Tagged 'William Regal'
Breaking news- William Regal WILL BE ACTIVELY COMPETING at WLW Night of Superstars on Oct 22nd!!
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October 22nd, 2011 will be another exciting night of wrestling put on by World League Wrestling! Harley Race, founder and CEO, has arranged for another professional wrestling show to return to Eldon, Missouri and this show will be unlike any other!
Each year, World League Wrestling and the Harley Race Wrestling Academy conducts an annual wrestling camp that hundreds of wrestlers have attended over the years. This camp is the only one of its kind due to the amount of media that it receives as well as the instructors who attend the camp itself.
In years past, instructors have included John Laurinaitis, Ricky Steamboat, Tom Pritchard, Takashi Suguira, Go Shiozaki, Takeshi Morishima, KENTA, Naomichi Marufuji, Kenta Kobashi, Ty Bailey, and many more.
This year's camp will feature Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, William Regal, Kevin Von Erich, and Harley Race along with representatives from Pro-Wrestling NOAH Ken Hirayama and Ryu Nakata.
After the week long instructional camp put on by these 4 legends in professional wrestling, World League Wrestling will be running a show on Saturday October 22nd. The show will take place at the Eldon High School gymnasium located at 101 South Pine Street in Eldon, MO.
The entire card has yet to be determined; however one match has been announced. Former WWE superstar Trevor Murdock and "Wild" Wade Chism will square off against "All That" Matt Murphy and "Superstar" Steve. These four competitors have been with WLW for years and have had spectacular matches against one another. This tag team feud will return one more time on October 22nd.
If the matches itself aren't enough reason to attend the show, fans have the opportunity to meet the legends themselves. William Regal, Ricky Steamboat, Kevin Von Erich, and Harley Race will all be in attendance for the event at the Eldon High School gymnasium. Kevin Von Erich RARELY makes independent wrestling appearances due to his retirement. He has guaranteed that he will at the event in Eldon on Oct. 22nd and is looking forward to meeting the fans. With Regal and Steamboat both under W.W.E. contracts, they cannot make appearances like they will be doing on Oct. 22nd. But due to Harley's outstanding working relationship with W.W.E., they are coming to Eldon to attend the "Night of the Superstars". Along with the two legends attending, the 2008 King of the Ring and multi-time W.W.E champion William Regal WILL BE ACTIVELY COMPETING that night. This is unheard of, but again, due to Race's exceptional relationship with W.W.E., Regal is able to compete that night.
To buy tickets for the event, please contact one of the following ticket outlets:
Eldon Family Fitness – 573-392-9997
Whittles Pub & Grub – 573-392-5900
J.J. Twigs Pizza & Pub/Risky's Sports Bar – 573-392-9911
World League Wrestling offices – 573-392-4100 or email wlwtickets@earthlink.net
October 22nd doors open at 6:00pm, with show starting at 7:00pm.
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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: "Superstar" Steve, Eldon Family Fitness, Go Shiozaki, Harley Race, J.J. Twigs Pizza & Pub/Risky's Sports Bar, John Laurinaitis, Ken Hirayama, Kenta, Kenta Kobashi, Kevin Von Erich, Matt Murphy, Naomichi Marufuji, Pro Wrestling NOAH, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, Ricky Steamboat, Ryu Nakata, Takashi Suguira, Takeshi Morishima, Tom Pritchard, Trevor Murdock, Ty Bailey, Whittles Pub & Grub, Wild" Wade Chism, William Regal, World League Wrestling, WWE | 1 Comment »
Golden Circle: "Just Because"by Greg Anthony
Posted by flairwhoooooo on August 14, 2010
3 -Time WWE Tag Team Champions Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch
We were all hit with a bombshell yesterday. Lance Cade has passed away. I'ld first like send my sympathies to his friends and family that dealing with tough time first hand. I just met Trevor Murdoch a fews months back and can only imagine how he feels about this tragedy. Over the last decade, us as a wrestling community have had more than our fair share of death. This one seems to hit really close to home for me. Lance was 29 years old, the same as am I. Lance and I made our debuts not far from each other. I pretty much saw his entire career. Just because they say "only the good die young", doesn't make it right.
We had just started working a regular basis and we went to a Memphis Championship Wrestling show at a fair somewhere and that was the first time I had seen Lance live. He was tagging with Tracy Smothers as the team TNT(Tennessee-N-Texas). Long blonde hair, slender frame but still a big guy. Reminding me, and everyone else, of Barry Windham. MCW's television once featured a blood bath between Lance and William Regal, a match I went out of my way to see.
The whole Shawn Michaels Wrestling Academy bunch that came out in '99 had very high hopes. Lance, Spanky and Brian Danielson have all had much success. Of the three, I always found myself wanting to see more of Lance. I wanted him to be in something he could really sink his teeth in to and give us that memorable moment that would live forever and catipult Lance into a bigger role. I got my wish when he pinned Shawn Michaels live on Monday Night Raw in a tag match. Soon after though he was released for a mistake he made outside of the ring.
Another name added to list of "too soon" in pro wrestling. Lance will be missed, in the ring by his fans and at home by his friends and family. Everyone take time to remember the important things in life. Which changes from person to person. Whatever makes us better, happy people can only be a good thing. I think the world was a better, happier place with Lance in it and it saddens me that we never got the opportunity to meet or maybe even lock horns in the squared circle. I promise.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: Barry Windham, Brian Danielson, Greg Anthony, Lance Cade, Memphis Championship Wrestling, Monday Night Raw, Shawn Michaels, Spanky, Tennessee- N- Texas, TNT, Tracy Smothers, Trevor Murdoch, William Regal | Leave a Comment »
Combat Tested, Mother Approved
Posted by Admin on October 9, 2008
Combat Tested, Mother Approved!
MWR vs WWE vs TNA?
by Josh Ray (MWR Owner/Editor)
inadvertent.nerd@gmail.com
A day or two ago I began thinking to myself about the vice grip that World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has on professional wrestling here in the United States. Sometimes it gets frustrating for me to see talented, believable wrestlers left out of the mainstream simply because they aren't the son or daughter of a former pro wrestler or aren't a clone of Randy Orton. I understand that WWE is doing smart business, but smart business can sometimes be the undoing of the business, too.
In addition to the glass ceiling that keeps many wrestlers from reaching full potential, the exit door can be very unforgiving, too. WWE owns the wrestlers' names in many cases, or changes the names so that when the wrestler returns to the independent scene his name value and drawing power is greatly diminshed. If a wrestler is an independent contractor, they should be able to retain the name when they no longer compete in WWE. It's actually really sad that WWE conducts business that way.
Total Nonstop Action (TNA) has started conducting business in this way to a lesser degree. I completely understand not letting the wrestlers compete on the independent scene while they work for the respective company, provided they are being adaquetly paid. However, once they are done they should be allowed to retain the name of the character that they have bled and sweat in order to get over.
I'm off on a tangent, I know, but it all leads (sort of) to the point I wanted to make in this post. MWR. WWE. TNA. A face off.
Now I'm not talking about some fantasy rehash of the Monday Night Wars. I'm merely speculating on some of the great matchups that could be over the years if there was more of a 1990's way of doing things.
Here are ten that I've been thinking of the most:
10. Phoenix Twins vs Motor City Machine Guns vs London & Kendrick.
This match would have all the ingredients of a great, fast-paced tag team bout. Personally, I wouldn't have a favorite in this. Whoever won would be completely fine with me.
9. Northstar Express vs Ted DiBiase Jr & Cody Rhodes.
What could be better than two guys from the WWE who think they are "Priceless" squaring off against one of the most accomplished tag teams in the Midwest? I'd love to see the mind games being played between both teams as each tried to gain an advantage.
8. "Future" Donovan Ruddick vs John Cena.
John Cena is the symbol of success in professional wrestling in the modern era. Personally, I feel like "The Future" symbol of success, Donovan Ruddick, would be up to the task and would make this a very interesting match.
7. Dingo vs Kurt Angle.
The NWA Missouri Champ has proven time and time again that he can adapt to any style to bring pro wrestling fans the absolute best. If Kurt Angle was healthy, this match would be match of the year candidate.
6. Mark Sterling vs William Regal.
Sterling has mentioned in the past that he's a student of the Regal school of wrestling thought. Personally, I can see it. Sterling vs Regal would be hard-hitting and vicious, with old school ring psychology that makes me more than happy.
5. Michael Strider vs Fit Finlay.
I've seen Strider have some great brawls but with all due respect to each and every opponent he had in all of them, this would be the best. Finlay is nearing 50 years old and can still go like nobody else. There is no doubt in my mind that this one would be a classic.
4. Jeremy Wyatt vs Samoa Joe.
They don't get any tougher than "The Rebel" Jeremy Wyatt. Samoa Joe could put his toughness to the test, but it would leave a great taste in the mouth of wrestling fans with no prior exposure to one of the MWR coverage area's greatest talents.
3. CM Punk vs AJ Styles vs Tyler Cook.
Mark my words: Tyler Cook will be in WWE or TNA before all is said and done. My faith in this guy as a wrestler would be rewarded if this match was allowed to take place. AJ Styles and CM Punk are no strangers to the indy scene, and their styles would work well with Cook. In addition, Cook has the fitness level to make this match a 30 minute match… or more. The anticipation would nearly kill the audience, and I wouldn't be surprised to here Tyler Cook's name announced as the victor.
2. 3-way Rumble (elimination rules):
Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Lance Cade, Chris Jericho & Edge
"Superstar" Steve, Trevor Murdoch, Wade Chism, Dangerous Derek & Haku
Christian Cage, Sting, Booker T, Christopher Daniels & Eric Young
This match is purely a crazy thought on my part. What if we took 5 of WWE's top guys and matched them up with a team of Harley's top guys over the years? What if we then added a team from TNA consisting of three top veterans and two of there most successful originals? There are so many stories that could be told in an elimination styled brawl. This one here is probably the least likely to happen, but also one of the most intriguing.
1. Derek Stone & Mason Hunter vs Cryme Tyme.
Most people do not understand how much of a huge fan I am of the Derek Stone/Mason Hunter tag team. I've watched a lot of their work and have always enjoyed the antics in the ring and the continuity they had as a tag team. The dynamic of pitting them against thugs who like money and steal things… awesome!
These are just some of the matches I can think of off the top of my head. Hit me up at inadvertent.nerd@gmail.com and let me know some of the matches you'd like to see. I'll put your name and the match you chose in my next installment of "Combat Tested, Mother Approved!"
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: AJ Styles, Booker T, Chris Jericho, Christian Cage, Christopher Daniels, CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, Cryme Tyme, Dangerous Derek, Derek Stone, Dingo, Donovan Ruddick, Edge, Eric Young, Fit Finlay, Haku, jeremy wyatt, John Cena, Kurt Angle, Lance Cade, London & Kendrick, mark sterling, Mason Hunter, michael strider, Motor City Machine Guns, Northstar Express, Phoenix Twins, Randy Orton, Samoa Joe, Shawn Michaels, Sting, Ted DiBiase Jr, Total Nonstop Action, Trevor Murdoch, Triple H, tyler cook, Wade Chism, William Regal, WWE | Leave a Comment »


What did you think of the workbook activities we did at the beginning in Keynote?
The workbook activities that my class and I did enhanced my learning for sketch notes.
What did you learn from the workbook activities?
I learned a lot about font, banners, lines and shapes by using the workbook activities and using the Apple Pencils.
What were your strengths in your sketch notes, what was something you could improve on next time?
My strengths in sketch notes were making my categories organized, and I did well with different fonts and banners. I can improve my sketch note by adding animations to my topics.


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Constant Contact Drafts
Constant Contact have been in the e-mail marketing game because 1995. Throughout that time, they've handled to become one of one of the most pre-owned e-mail devices worldwide, after Mailchimp.
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Cons and also pros
Is Constant Contact the appropriate newsletter solution for you?
Constant Contact is fairly distinct in this regard, being just one of the few e-mail advertising and marketing devices to allow you to take care of event registrations, tickets, as well as invitations . Keep in mind that this feature comes with its very own costs: 5.4% + $0.80 for every ticket marketed or purchase conducted.
Not recommended if:
You require advanced automation:
Remarkably, for the costs it charges, Constant Contact doesn't offer one of the most sophisticated automations. While they do offer activated projects, autoresponders and deserted cart projects (for Shopify just), you'll find that various other much more affordable tools offer similar levels of automation– MailerLite as well as Sendinblue.
Generally it's simple to navigate, though a little bit dull-looking. You can reach a lot of locations within a couple of clicks, though as they've added extra performance, some points have ended up being a little surprise, for instance, automations.
The editor is fast, yet light on attributes, specifically in the designing division. Apart from that it's easy to deal with.
This is extremely fundamental, only enabling you to insert simple greetings or get in touch with information. There is no if/then/else reasoning available.
Timeless, autoresponders, basic automations, repeating newsletters, A/B screening, event enrollments, surveys, vouchers and polls .
Selection and also Flexibility of Template Designs
Not negative. You can also begin from scrape, and also use a useful attribute called 'Brand your e-mail' to auto-generate a template based on your internet site's colors and also logo design.
They provide autoresponders as well as deserted cart campaigns for Shopify and also WooCommerce. It additionally creates pre-defined contact sections based upon your customers' interactions with your online store (e.g. repeat, lapsed as well as prospective consumers). Automations based upon get in touch with triggers (e.g. email opens, clicks) are also offered. It's worth keeping in mind that the automations aren't one of the most versatile, as you can not truly integrate problems and also activities as you can in numerous various other tools.
You can create sectors from call activity, checklist membership, call information, tags, or ecommerce activity. You can additionally produce a sector from your call insights and tag contacts based upon get in touch with field criteria.
Enrollment Forms/ Opt-in & Opt-out- Process
There is next to no modification with the form, and also it simply supplies a description box, standard area choices (which you can't contribute to) and after that a checklist, or lists, that people can inspect to be included in.
As you can see in our deliverability examinations, Constant Contact does not carry out as well severely, reaching one of the most prominent e-mail service providers (AOL, Gmail, Yahoo, as well as Outlook) most of the moment.
In enhancement to conventional open as well as click reports, spam, bounce as well as unsubscribe prices are likewise available. You additionally obtain click heat maps, and some useful overview reports such as open and also click fads, opens by device, % of get in touches with engaged, and a lot of successful subject line.
Here's where it obtains a bit hairy. The tool as well as the website are only available in English. You can pick to alter some of the non-editable e-mail sections (e.g. footer and privacy plan message) to among 10 languages available, primarily European. Assistance and also the data base is offered in 4 languages. A little complicated, however at least there's some effort to support multilingual users as well as target markets.
Spam testing isn't available, nevertheless, there is a attribute to examine the email for errors (missing web links, placeholder text that hasn't been upgraded, etc). There's likewise a tool that allows you to sneak peek how e-mails will seek specific recipients, although this didn't seem to function when we examined it out. 'Inbox Preview' by Litmus is readily available as an add-on service, although at $10/month for just 5 examinations, it's a little high.
Bounce Management
Soft bounces are placed on momentary hold for 15 days, and after that resent. They are moved into a suspended bounce category if it takes place once again. They have a ' advised for elimination' filter readily available to watch these, but do not eliminate them immediately.
Import/export offered although it's not as uncomplicated as maybe– you need to initially allow advanced e-mail permissions under Account Settings.
Storage space offered for pictures and also data
All plans feature endless storage.
SPF and also DKIM are supported.
Different levels of account access
The Account Owner can additionally appoint functions to be either an Account Manager or a Campaign Creator.
Constant Contact use a substantial quantity of assimilations as well as applications , practically 400.
This is only offered by means of their form builder, and also it's very standard. Instead, we would certainly recommend these complimentary landing web page builders.
There are several channels of assistance, including real-time chat, phone support, a understanding base and community-based support. I located that the conversation and phone support weren't constantly readily available, which was a little irritating.
For a standard email device, Constant Contact ticks a lot of packages. The primary problem below, however, is that they're asking a costs rate for a sub-premium product.
As Constant Contact themselves repeat with their website, they are a tool for local business. And also, therefore, it's worth examining them on these terms. As stated above, they definitely have enough of the essentials covered to please most small companies, and if it were as easy as that then we would certainly advise them more very.
The issue, nowadays, is that there are a lot of other e-mail devices providing a lot more than Constant Contact, and also for a whole lot much less money. This consists of not just features, however also customer experience. For the amount you pay with Constant Contact, you could find yourself making use of much extra powerful tools such as ActiveCampaign and GetResponse.
As well as with current enhancements to automations and also reporting, and the addition of new features like a web site builder, it does look like they're making an initiative to boost the product. Their absence of advanced attributes makes it hard to recommend them over others at this price point.
There you have it: the next time you see Constant Contact as the number 1 ranked solution anywhere around the internet, I would boldly declare that there might be other rate of interests at play there.
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ActiveCampaign has one of one of the most advanced automation systems we've ever before attempted, and it can not be contrasted to Constant Contact's simplified technique (it just features autoresponders). They additionally provide durable reports as well as evaluation tools. In addition to that, they are even less expensive than Constant Contact.
Sendinblue is one of the least expensive all-in-one email advertising devices on the marketplace. It's available in 6 languages and also includes sophisticated automation choices and also a built-in CRM.
GetResponse is a solid choice. It includes numerous sophisticated features (e.g. a webinar tool), has exceptional automations and also supplies among the very best spam as well as style screening tools we've ever made use of. That's why Constant Contact falls short when compared to GetResponse.
We have a detailed guide with the most effective choices to Constant Contact, check it out below. You can likewise try out our Smart Finder to see which newsletter service is best matched to you.
Mailchimp beats Constant Contact by far. Take a look at our Mailchimp vs Constant Contact contrast if you 'd such as to obtain right into the details.
Constant Contact, in partnership with SharpSpring, supplies an all-in-one CRM platform. At $399/month, you would certainly be a lot better off taking a look at any of these CRMs for little businesses, which will certainly be far a lot more economical. There are even a lot of excellent complimentary CRMs to choose from.
Just how can I cancel my Constant Contact subscription?
Frustratingly, you'll require to call Constant Contact within service hrs Eastern time in order to cancel your account. Here is the number for the US and also Canada: 855-229-5506.
Constant Contact is a legitimate email advertising and marketing software application for small businesses. It safely stores your consumer information as well as supplies a protected means to handle your subscribers.
Constant Contact deliverability – is it any kind of great?
Constant Contact's deliverability prices are continually great in our bi-annual deliverability tests.
In spite of these fancy numbers as well as functions, rate of interest in Constant Contact appears to be on the decline, at least according to Google Trends. As Constant Contact themselves repeat with their website, they are a tool for little services. The problem, these days, is that there are lots of various other email tools providing even a lot more than Constant Contact, and for a whole lot much less cash. For the quantity you pay with Constant Contact, you could discover on your own making use of much a lot more powerful tools such as ActiveCampaign as well as GetResponse.
ActiveCampaign has one of the most innovative automation systems we've ever attempted, and it can't be contrasted to Constant Contact's simplified strategy (it only features autoresponders).
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The material from these two papers form part of this preprint (which may contain inessential errors).
(10) The number of symmetric colorings of the dihedral group Dp, with J. Phakathi and Y. Zelenyuk, Appl. Math. Inf. Sci. 10, (2016) no. 6, 2373-2376.
(9 + 14) Dirichlet space of multiply-connected domains with Weil-Petersson class boundaries, with E. Schippers and W. Staubach, arxiv:1309.4337.
The preprint contains the material from (9) and part of the material from (14).
(7+8) A Hilbert manifold structure on the refined Teichmüller space of bordered Riemann surfaces, arXiv:1207.0973.
The material from these two papers forms this preprint (which may contain inessential errors). The notation in the published versions has been updated to reflect the usage in (11) and (12).
(1) Schiffer variation in Teichmüller space, determinant lines bundles and modular functors. 1--163, PhD Thesis, Oct 2003, Rutgers University, NJ, USA.


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UT alumnus and Berlin dancer bring autobiographical film "Meet Me in Montenegro" to Austin
Danielle Lopez
With their recent film "Meet Me In Montenegro," UT alumnus Alex Holdridge and Linnea Saasen have done what most couples can only dream of — they've recreated their love story.
Five years ago, when Holdridge was a budding filmmaker, he traveled to Europe in hopes of producing a new movie. One night, during his visit to Berlin, he met Saasen, a dancer headed for art school, and the two fell deeply in love. That same evening, they made a spur of the moment decision to board a train and head for the Balkans.
"When you meet and fall madly in love and you're traveling, you have this crazy connection," Holdridge said. "Everything you own is on your back but you're with somebody, and it seems totally emotionally unstable, but it feels good."
During their stop in Croatia, Holdridge's film fell through and Saasen received a rejection notice from her art school.
Left with no commitments, the pair continued to travel and began writing "MMIM," a semi-autobiographical feature-length film that draws from their first night together. Now available for rent on iTunes and on demand, "MMIM" will begin playing in Austin theaters over the next few weeks.
"It's a nice little mix [of us]," Holdridge said. "It is a fiction film, but it's so close to home it became blurry. Things became more true to life as it went along."
Made over the course of four years and in five countries, the film follows the tumultuous love story of Anderson and Lina, who make a promise to meet one another in the country Montenegro — a place Holdridge calls "heaven."
In addition to co-directing, writing and editing "MMIM," Holdridge and Saasen acted the parts of the two main characters. They said portraying themselves was difficult, but, with limited funds and intensive traveling, it was their most practical option.
"Emotionally, it's terrifying," Holdridge said. "Because it isn't you — it's a version of you that you're working in a story. Sometimes you're more of an asshole or sometimes you're more this or that than you would be in real life."
Interspersed with Holdridge's narration and home footage of his and Saasen's travels, the film also observes another couple, Stephen and Friederike. Played by Rupert Friend and Jennifer Ulrich, the pair avoid discussing their dying relationship by going to a sex club.
"They're people that haven't been dealing with their real issues," Saasen said. "They instead focus on their sexual boundaries."
In one scene, Holdridge's character forces himself to jump off a cliff into a body of water. He said the film's purpose reflects just that — a leap of faith.
"We were tackling having the confidence to experiment and try something that may end in failure but embracing it anyway," Holdridge said.
The film first premiered in September 2014 at the Toronto International Film Festival. Since then, Holdridge and Saasen have screened it all across Europe. On July 28, the couple held a special screening in Austin at the Violet Crown Cinema.
"I love [Austin], it's in my fucking blood — it's like a glove that fits your soul to a T," Holdridge said. "This was the best because you're not just showing to random people, you're showing it to your friends, colleagues so I was really nervous. But it was really fun."
Although Holdridge and Saasen said they would never take on as many roles in future projects, they are already working toward their next film. Saasen said she hopes "MMIM" encourages audiences to live their lives fully.
"It sounds silly, but go follow your dreams and if you want to do something you're scared of doing, go ahead," Saasen said. "And with love, I hope they know that it's ok to be vulnerable and to open up. I hope ['MMIM'] is inspiring."


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Harbor dredging and sand deposit through pipes to beaches continues. The project completion date has been pushed to Sept. 14. File photo by Promise Yee
Completion date for harbor dredging pushed to mid-September
Community Featured Oceanside Oceanside Featured
by Promise Yee August 24, 2016 0124
OCEANSIDE — Annual harbor dredging operations, which clear built up sand out of the harbor entrance and deposit it onto city beaches, continue to see delays.
Dredging, which is usually completed by Memorial Day, did not start until June 6. Since operations began CJW Construction has seen challenges of high seas, holiday closures and smaller 16-inch pipe that has a limited work capacity.
City officials have called several face-to-face meetings with the Army Corps of Engineers, which oversees the federal project, in order to address progress, safety concerns and beachfront homeowner complaints about equipment storage.
Army Corps continues to provide the city with weekly updates on work, which has been slow going.
Additional equipment was brought in July to help handle adverse weather conditions.
Last week a section of dredge pipe, which was previously patched, was spotted floating above the water with a leak, and was cut and soldered to make it secure.
While operations were up and running from Aug. 11 to Aug. 17, 35,000 cubic yards of sand was dredged, which is 8,500 cubic yards more than the previous week.
Sand deposits onto beaches continue to be monitored to ensure quality, operations flow and safety of beachgoers. Beach operations are now 100 yards north of the pier and will continue to move south.
"We're looking at extending it (beach pipeline) in the next couple of days," Greg Fuderer, Army Corps senior public affairs specialist, said.
Since operations began in June, there have been 31 days of active work as of Aug. 18.
Dredging is expected to shut down this week due to predicted high seas and again on Labor Day weekend, due to planned beach activities and larger crowds.
Work continues during windows of calm seas. On Aug. 18 dredging was underway while the crew kept an eye on weather conditions.
"Seas are anticipated to pick up today through Sunday, high seas are expected from 4 to 7 feet, which exceeds the range operations can dredge," Fuderer said.
The estimate of sand dredged to date is 126,700 cubic yards of the contracted 260,000 cubic yards.
The updated completion date, first set for Aug. 2, is now Sept. 14.
Fuderer said Army Corps is already thinking about next year's dredging operations, and how to head off problems experienced this year.
He added once operations are completed, there will be a clearer idea the of contractors' overall performance, and issues and difficulties which need to be addressed.
The yearly dredging project is conducted to maintain federal channels within Oceanside Harbor at a safe navigation depth for vessels that use the channels.
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Disney confirms 'Shang-Chi' sequel, Destin Daniel Cretton returning to direct
By Dandi Galvez Published Dec 08, 2021 5:31 pm
It looks like we'll be seeing more of MCU superhero Shang-Chi in the future—or at the very least, get to see the film's director flex his creative muscles on Disney Plus and other streaming platforms.
Disney confirmed that box office hit Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is getting a sequel, with Destin Daniel Cretton returning to direct and write the script.
Destin Daniel Cretton. YouTube/Marvel
According to a Variety report, Cretton will also be developing a series for Disney Plus. The streamer did not give any details, but according to Deadline, the Shang-Chi director received a straight-to-series order from Disney Branded Television/20th Television for action-comedy American Born Chinese,a 2006 graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang.
These developments happened at the same time Cretton signed an exclusive multi-year deal with Marvel Studios and Hulu's Onyx Collective, allowing him to develop television projects for Disney Plus and the Onyx Collective, as well as other platforms.
A lot was riding on the success of Shang-Chi,being Disney's first feature MCU film with an Asian lead and mostly Asian cast. The film stars Simu Liu, Awkwafina, and legendary Asian cinema icons Michelle Yeoh and Tony Leung.
Shang-Chi went on to earn $224.5 million in the US box office. Worldwide, the film made $431.9 million so far, making it the eigth highest grossing film ever.
Liu, who played Shang-Chi, tweeted out the sequel news with a tounge-in-cheek post to all the haters, "Flopped so hard we got a sequel!!"
Flopped so hard we got a sequel!! https://t.co/69yPeuX2ma
— Simu Liu (刘思慕) (@SimuLiu) December 6, 2021
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said in a statement, "Destin is an amazing collaborator who brought a unique perspective and skill to Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. We had a fantastic time working together on the film and he has so many intriguing ideas for stories to bring to life on Disney Plus, so we're thrilled to expand our relationship with him and can't wait to get started."
Tara Duncan, president of Freeform and Hulu's Onyx Collective, also said in a statement, "Destin is a powerhouse storyteller with impeccable taste in material. As we continue to expand our roster, Destin's unique voice will help usher in an exciting slate of content for our global audience."
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Raymond Bernier
Title: Raymond Bernier
Subject: Montmorency (provincial electoral district), Quebec provincial election, 2008/Montmorency, Alain Therrien, Jean Rousselle, Marc Tanguay
Collection: 1952 Births, French Quebecers, Living People, Mayors of Places in Quebec, Politicians from Quebec City, Quebec Liberal Party Mnas, Université Laval Alumni
MNA for Montmorency
Michelyne St-Laurent
Hubert Benoît
Jean-François Simard
(1952-11-06) November 6, 1952
Raymond Bernier (born November 6, 1952 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was first elected to represent the riding of Montmorency in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2003 provincial election, but was defeated in the 2007 provincial election by Hubert Benoît of the Action démocratique du Québec. He was subsequently re-elected in the 2008 provincial election. He is a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.
Bernier obtained a college degree in administrative sciences from the Cégep de Limoilou and a bachelor's degree in the same field at the Université Laval
Bernier worker for three years as financial management agent before working at the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité au travail (CSST) and the Ministries of Revenue and Transportation as well as for the Secretary of the Treasury Board.
He was also a councilor and substitute mayor for the municipality of Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures in central for eight years. In addition to his election wins in 2003 and 2008, he was defeated as a Liberal candidate in La Peltrie in 1994. After his 2007 defeat he worked as Chief Cabinet for Minister Monique Gagnon-Tremblay.
Current members of the National Assembly of Quebec
Quebec Liberal Party
Couillard
Arcand
Billette
F. Blais
Blanchette
Chagnon
Charbonneau
Charlebois
Chevarie
Coiteux
Daoust
H. David
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Drolet
A. Fortin
L. Fortin
M. Gaudreault
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Heurtel
Iracà
Leitão
Lessard
Ménard
Merlini
Montpetit
Ouellette
F. Ouimet
P. Paradis
Poëti
Proulx
Rotiroti
Rousselle
C. Simard
S. Simard
Sklavounos
St-Pierre
Thériault
Vallée
Parti Québécois
Péladeau
Bergeron
Bérubé
Cloutier
Cousineau
Drainville
S. Gaudreault
Hivon
Kotto
Lamarre
Lisée
Maltais
Ouellet
Pagé
Rochon
Sylvain Roy
Therrien
Traversy
Coalition Avenir Québec
Legault
Bonnardel
Caire
Charette
D'Amours
Jolin-Barrette
Laframboise
Lamontagne
Lavallée
F. Paradis
Roberge
N. Roy
Spénard
Québec solidaire
F. David
Khadir
Massé
Sylvie Roy
Vacancies: 5
French Quebecers
Mayors of places in Quebec
Politicians from Quebec City
Quebec Liberal Party MNAs
Université Laval alumni
Montreal, Quebec City, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador, Montérégie
National Assembly of Quebec
Quebec Liberal Party, Parti Québécois, Coalition Avenir Québec, Quebec general election, 2014, Quebec
Ontario, Quebec City, Quebec, Ottawa, Aboriginal peoples in Canada
Montmorency (provincial electoral district)
Quebec Liberal Party, Parti Québécois, Conservative Party of Quebec (historical), Union Nationale (Quebec), Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
Alain Therrien
National Assembly of Quebec, Canada, Parti Québécois, Sanguinet (electoral district), Incumbent
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Marc Tanguay
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