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Protester Interrupts Trump's Speech – He Smirks, Turns To Crowd, Then Drops Bomb On Media
The Conservative Jew
Don't you just love it when Trump is Trump?
The Daily Caller is reporting that at a rally in Florida, Trump smiled and stopped speaking while law enforcement officers escorted four people out of his event for Ron Desantis for causing a disturbance during the president's speech.
As the people were being escorted out of the building the crowd grew loud. They shouted and booed, while law enforcement escorted four women towards the exit, as Trump did the famous "outta here" hand motion.
But what's perhaps even better is what the president said after the crowd settled down, "Aw, that's too bad. That's too bad, That's too bad! One person, one person and tomorrow the headlines will be 'massive protest.'"
The president was speaking at a rally in Tampa Bay, Florida on behalf of Republican Ron DeSantis, who is running to be the next governor of Florida. His primary opponent is Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam. And it's turned out to be quite the race.
Watch Trump's classic reaction to the removal of the protesters.
Here is more on the Republican primary race for governor in Florida via The Tampa Bay Times:
"In any normal election year, Adam Putnam would be a shoo-in to be the next Florida governor.
The pride of Bartow has been courting and charming conservative activists across the state for years. He can fire up crowds big and small with red-meat partisan speeches; he's sharp and deeply informed about Florida issues; and, most importantly, he is blowing away fundraising records.
His Republican rival, Ron DeSantis? Prospective supporters and congressional colleagues are at least as likely to describe him as smug as they are to describe him as charming. He can struggle to hold a big crowd's attention when speaking. He is new to Florida issues, and his money raising has underwhelmed a lot of Republicans who expected more.
As of last week, DeSantis, 39, has raised $9.07 million, spent $874,000 and has $8.2 million in his campaign account and separate political committee. Putnam, 43, has raised $29.4 million since he started preparing to run for governor in 2015, spent $13.3 million and has $16.2 million on hand.
In state where it can cost more than $1.5 million a week to run TV ads and neither candidate is well known, having considerably more money can be crucial.
But this is the Donald Trump era, when career politicians are especially suspect. Putnam has never run a campaign at this level, and his central campaign theme — "Florida First" — is hollow. What candidate for Florida governor is not going to put Florida first?
Putnam was barely old enough to buy a beer when he had his last remotely tough campaign, becoming at 22 the youngest member ever elected to the Florida House. He escaped serious challengers in election after election as he moved from the state House, through 10 years in Congress, and eight years as agriculture commissioner.
All the while, Putnam relied mainly on the same stable of political advisers to guide his campaigns. Until recently, those advisers were largely steering his gubernatorial campaign, though he finally brought in a campaign manager two months ago (Brett Prater), and has replaced his longtime TV ad maker.
That hasn't stopped self-inflicted wounds.
Dubbing himself a "proud NRA sellout" probably won't hurt Putnam in the primary, but could in the general election, if he makes it that far. His campaign scheduling a fundraiser last month at the home of an Orlando supporter who had been all over the news years ago for shooting two pet huskies — and then dismissing it as nothing compared to DeSantis receiving financial support from a prominent Democratic donor — was downright moronic.
Still, Putnam is clearly outworking DeSantis on the campaign trail, holding meet and greets, and well-attended rallies. Drawing hundreds of people to events even in the most rural counties counts for something.
"Adam is the only candidate who has shared specific ideas and policies. He is running a Florida-based, grassroots-driven campaign. Our opponent is dialing-it-in from Washington and is running for his third job in three years," said Ward Baker, a senior adviser on the Putnam campaign.
Thanks to DeSantis' almost nightly appearances on Fox News — TV exposure to Republican voters worth millions of dollars — recent public and private polls have consistently shown the two-term congressman and agriculture commissioner tied or DeSantis slightly ahead."
Although Putnam has a lot more money we can rest assured that whoever ends up winning the primaries will be better than anything the Democrats will have to offer.
But Donald Trump is an ace in the party now. Whoever he endorses ends up winning. Because he's the first GOP president in my lifetime to actually keep his promises he has an approval rating of over 90% amongst Republicans and we can be pretty sure his approval amongst Democrats is also high but the media doesn't want to tell us. After all, who doesn't want an awesome economy as we are having now and the fact that America is once again "First" and foremost in the world? No more leading from behind!
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Reporter Asks How Many Black Americans Work At WH – Sanders Flips The Script BIG Time
Amanda Shea
Since the second that Donald Trump was declared as our next president, liberals have not stopped complaining about the outcome, even after more than a year with him in the White House. The despicable display reached the height of annoyance during every ego-stroking awards ceremony since President Trump was elected. All have turned into a Trump-trashing session for pissed of celebrities to get far too much off their chest about our unapologetic leader.
However, not everyone in Hollywood shares the same opinion as the most outspoken offender, Meryl Streep, as Kurt Russell just showed her and all of Trump's other famous foes that it's time to shut up about our president.
If you haven't heard much from Russell lately, it's because he falls into the rare category of celebrities who isn't crying over Hillary Clinton's loss and doesn't feel that he needs to make his political opinions known. He's simply doing what he's paid well to do and wishes others in the biz would too. Since they continue to throw tantrums and trash Trump on a public stage, Russell reached his breaking point and finally fired back hard.
Should President Trump shut the border down now with no more warnings about it or delay?
— Amanda Shea (@TheAmandaShea) November 26, 2018
"This is a business that's heavily promulgated by people who have a politically liberal bent," Russell began in his blistering beratement of these overpaid crybabies after what Streep said at the Golden Globes. "I don't begrudge them that. I'm a libertarian; frankly, I think my liberalness goes far beyond theirs in a lot of ways," he added, as reported by the American Lookout. "But yeah, we think differently, and maybe that's cut me out of some things. I don't care," he said before dropping a brutal announcement on these Streep and her lemmings that left them burning.
Explaining that they're not empowered in this business by their disgraceful attitudes against our leaders, the badass actor said they better be prepared to put their money where their nasty mouths are since they could be out of work. "People know I get along great with all kinds of directors, all kinds of actors. And I tell you, you hire me, I will show up, 24/7, and I will give you 100%. I will help you fix whatever problems come up. You hire me, I'm your boy. It's just, it's all about the work. And when that's done, I am done."
Kurt has said recently that "the last thing I like to watch is entertainers or actors get political," which he just proved by clearly pointing out that nobody cares what celebrities have to say about politics, and that their obnoxious behavior only shows how unemployable they are. They need to just stick to what they are overpaid to do and leave the rest to the adults in charge.
BREAKING: Hundreds Of Raging Migrants Just Stormed US Border Checkpoint (VIDEOS)
(FOX NEWS) Images and videos posted on social media Sunday afternoon appeared to show hundreds of migrants from the leading Central American caravan rushing the border at the point of entry in San Ysidro, Calif., in a major test for both U.S. border authorities and Mexican officials.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have suspended northbound and southbound vehicle and pedestrian crossings at the San Ysidro port of entry, officials told Fox News. It was not immediately clear if any members of the caravan made it past the point of entry into the United States.
Fox News had confirmed early Sunday through an organizer for Pueblo Sin Fronteras, the group helping organize the leading Central American migrant caravan, that members of the caravan were planning to attempt to cross the point of entry at San Ysidro, Calif., on Sunday afternoon.
In anticipation of the planned effort, U.S. border officials said they had deployed additional personnel to the San Ysidro port of entry on Sunday, including Air and Marine agents.
Hundreds try to storm the border. Expect significant US response #tijuana pic.twitter.com/0T50XUnXtY
— emma murphy (@emmamurphyitv) November 25, 2018
The developments come as Mexico's incoming government denied reports Saturday that it had struck a deal with the White House to keep asylum-seekers in the country while their claims move through U.S. immigration courts. President Trump, for his part, again threatened to close the entire southern border if no deal could be reached between the two counties.
Migrants with children now scrambling up railway siding trying to reach us border thru mountain pic.twitter.com/ZeEZ0NApIx
On Saturday, the first episode of caravan-related violence directed at U.S. authorities was reported by U.S. Border Patrol in Arizona, as a 31-year-old Honduran man who apparently split off from the caravan threw rocks at agents and a helicopter after setting a tree on fire.
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The prospective deal between the U.S. and Mexico was seen as a way to dissuade thousands of Central American migrants from seeking asylum in the U.S., a process that can take years. The legal bar for claiming asylum is high and generally requires applicants to show a specific risk of persecution based on factors such as race, nationality, politics or religion.
Trump administration officials have characterized the vast majority of asylum claims as fraudulent or legally insufficient, and have taken steps to reduce the backlog of asylum claims that they say are often used by migrants to gain entry into the U.S. and disappear into the country as their claims are adjudicated.
"There is no agreement of any sort between the incoming Mexican government and the U.S. government," future Interior Minister Olga Sanchez said in a statement.
Hours earlier, The Washington Post quoted her as saying that the incoming administration of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador had agreed to allow migrants to stay in Mexico as a "short-term solution" while the U.S. considered their applications for asylum. Lopez Obrador will take office on Dec. 1.
The Washington Post reported Saturday that the Trump administration has won support from the Mexican president-elect's team for a plan dubbed "Remain in Mexico."
The newspaper also quoted Sanchez as saying: "For now, we have agreed to this policy of Remain in Mexico." Sanchez did not explain in the statement why The Washington Post had quoted her as saying there had been an agreement.
Early Sunday, Trump wrote on Twitter that it would be "very SMART" for Mexico to "stop the Caravans long before they get to our Southern Border" to avoid future logistics challenges at the border.
There were signs last week that the Mexican government has received that message. Mexican immigration agents on Wednesday detained almost all of the Central American migrants on a fourth caravan that recently entered Mexico seeking to reach the U.S., with Mexico's National Immigration Institute saying 213 migrants were detained and taken to a processing center. Those found to lack proper documents may face repatriation to their home countries.
Other administration officials sounded notes of optimism despite the apparent confusion on how to handle the migrants.
"President Trump has developed a strong relationship with the incoming [Lopez] Obrador administration, and we look forward to working with them on a wide range of issues," White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said over the weekend.
Approximately 5,000 Central American migrants have arrived in recent days to Tijuana, just south of California, after making their way through Mexico via caravan. But agents at the San Diego port of entry process fewer than 100 claims per day.
On Friday, the mayor of Tijuana declared a humanitarian crisis in his border city of 1.6 million people, saying he was asking the United Nations for aid to deal with the approximately 5,000 Central American migrants, most of whom were camped out inside a sports complex.
The comments by Mayor Juan Manuel Gastelum came as city officials and volunteers worked together to assist the 4,976 men, women and children who had arrived after more than a month on the road.
Hundreds of Tijuana residents have protested their arrival, complaining that recent caravans forced their way into Mexico from Guatemala.
Trump threatened Thursday, and again on Saturday, to shut down the border crossing entirely if his administration determines that Mexico has lost "control" of the situation in Tijuana.
Stephanie Leutert, director of the Mexico Security Initiative at the University of Texas at Austin, described the Remain in Mexico plan as a strategy to take away the ability of migrants to live and work in the U.S. while cases are processed.
"The hope is that asylum seekers will not want to live in [Mexico] for months/years and won't come," Leutert wrote on Twitter.
She added: "The big question is why would Mexico agree to this? … Mexico has its own migratory enforcement interests and the various caravans have been a huge headache."
U.S. officials have said for months that they were working with Mexico on possible proposals. One variation, called "Safe Third," would have denied asylum claims on the grounds that asylum seekers had found haven in Mexico. President Enrique Pena Nieto offered thousands of Central Americans asylum on Oct. 26 if they agreed to remain in southern Mexico. Close to 3,000 migrants took Mexico up on the offer.
Sanchez said Saturday that the next government does not plan for Mexico to become a "Safe Third" country.
Migrants at the Southern Border will not be allowed into the United States until their claims are individually approved in court. We only will allow those who come into our Country legally. Other than that our very strong policy is Catch and Detain. No "Releasing" into the U.S…
Julieta Vences, a congresswoman with Lopez Obrador's Morena party who is also president of Mexico's congressional migrant affairs commission, told the AP that incoming Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard has been discussing with U.S. officials how to handle a deluge of asylum claims at the border.
"They're going to have to open the borders (for the migrants) to put in the request," Vences said. "They will also give us dates, on what terms they will receive the (asylum) requests and in the case that they are not beneficiaries of this status, they will have to return here," Vences said.
She said Mexico needs to examine how to accommodate the migrants without angering locals.


She is SIX and you still can't do ponytails?? Jeez!
Not the baseball cap again. Come on Petrr step up your game!!
Ahh, starting the baseball cap tradition on the next generation, eh, Peter?
Personally, I have horror memories of my dad doing my hair, so I think the cap was a wise choice!
its'a cute look. good job.
My dad simply sent me over to the neighbours to get my hair brushed.
geez unc. get it together. a girl can't rock a baseball cap ALL the time.
How do you not pinch those cheeks???


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Five Minutes With... Sophia Webster
By Katie Berrington 20 February 2017
As she shows her latest collection at London Fashion Week in an Ice Queen-themed presentation, Sophia Webster tells us what advice she'd offer her younger self, which Hollywood actress she'd like to play her in a film biopic, and reveals her guiltiest pleasures.
What is the one thing you wish you could tell your 16-year-old self?
Always trust your instinct. If it doesn't feel right don't do it.
What are you most proud of?
Winning the BFC Vogue Fashion Fund was really amazing. I felt very proud that night of what my husband, Bobby, and I had achieved and of the business we have built doing things our own way.
What is the most-read book on your shelf?
Probably one of my daughter Bibi's books at the moment! I bought her the full Little Miss collection for Christmas, she loves those at bedtime.
I'm a trash TV queen, from TOWIE to Ex on the Beach to Real Housewives of Cheshire. I binge watch them late at night when I can't sleep.
Who would play you in the film biopic of your life?
Kate Hudson.
Read more: The Wonderful World Of Sophia Webster
What is your most treasured item in your wardrobe and when did you get it?
My husband got me a gold bee necklace from Alex Monroe after I had our daughter Bibi Blossom.
Which three films could you watch over and over again?
Clueless, Coming to America and The Little Mermaid.
If you could raid anyone's wardrobe who would it be?
I think Anna Dello Russo - I love the way she styles my shoes with her eclectic wardrobe. She goes all out, I love that.
What song or album would be the soundtrack to your life and why?
So Good on Destiny's Child's The Writing's on the Wall is my anthem of life.
Read more: WATCH: The BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund Awards Winner Webster
Where is your favourite place in the world and what makes it so special?
Brazil holds a really special place in my heart. I have been with the same factory there since the beginning and they have become like my family. It is such an inspiring country, from the colours to the people and music.
What are the three things that you would save from your house in a fire?
My wedding ring which was my late nanny Peggy's, my Pro Marker pen collection and my sketches from when I was at college.
If you could invite four people living or dead - to dinner, who would they be and what would you serve?
Grace Jones, Aaliyah, Amy Winehouse and Gwen Stefani. I would serve a Sunday roast... who doesn't love a Yorkshire pudding?!
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How Many Users Have Already Locked Up $20K to Join Ethereum 2.0?
Data visualization by Connor Higgins
Ethereum is moving from a proof-of-work blockchain, where computing power determines rewards, to a proof-of-stake platform (dubbed Ethereum 2.0), where anyone who locks up their ETH can be chosen to validate blocks.
This is not only more energy efficient and scalable, but it should also allow the network to be more decentralized, and as such, more secure.
The move will happen in stages, with a proof-of-stake mainnet living alongside the current Ethereum network for a while. The first step to launching this mainnet was to accumulate enough ETH (524,288 Ether, or $316 million) in this deposit contract which was launched on November 4.
Stakeholders who deposit exactly 32 ETH (worth around $19,000 at the time of writing) to the contract will become validators on Ethereum 2.0 and earn rewards on the network by processing transactions and creating new blocks.
They will be able to withdraw their tokens only at the onset of phase 1.5, which is expected to launch somewhere between the end of 2021 and beginning of 2022.
The uncertainty around the timeline seemed to scare people off.
At first, there was a lot of talk in the community that the contract would not reach its target sum by Dec. 1, thereby delaying the first phase of Ethereum 2.0. This would mean having your 32 ETH locked up for an indefinite period of time — which not many people want to risk.
The graph above clearly reflects that uncertainty at the beginning of November. But as the total locked up started to ramp up, so did the momentum and number of stakeholders willing to join.
10,000 new validators joined the network after the launch of Ethereum 2.0 was confirmed for December 1st.
Prior to Nov. 20, around 3,425 investors had deposited 32 ETH into the contract. On Nov. 24, that number tripled to 9,660 users. Today, there are around 26,826 users who have locked up their money for the next two years at least.
The considerable influx of new validators coming in on Nov. 24 happened right after the deposit contract reached its minimum amount for launching mainnet.
The fact that Ethereum also saw its price rise nearly 10% over a 24-hour period on Nov. 23, surpassing $600 for the first time in two years, must have inspired confidence in the project and a desire to be in on it.
Indeed, users who are able to lock up the $20K are expected to make a nice return on their investment, with roughly 20% in annualized rewards.


Thatcher's children return to Avebury 5 years and 265 years on.
It's almost exactly five years this weekend since the "Near Avebury Metal Detecting Rally", a crass and vulgar grabfest dedicated to "self" and a denial of the existence of "society". 480 people lined up along two fields at Winterbourne Bassett and rushed forward on a signal ("like the start of the Grand National" crowed the organiser in the press) to grab what they could of our history. Which in this case was very rich, from Palaeolithic scatters onwards, as might be expected in this world-famous area under the scarp of the Marlborough Downs, overlooked by The Ridgeway, a White Horse, 2 Iron Age forts and countless bronze age barrows and visited but not harmed by John Aubrey, William Stukeley and scores of famous archaeologists since.
"The Near Avebury Rally" : detectorists cars below the White Horse.
The usual claims underlay the event – that it was "disturbed plough soil" so no harm could arise – a demonstrably false mantra that PAS consistently avoids correcting. And we know that "Don't worry, we all report to the PAS" was actually said to the elderly landowner. And as one said in our hearing "Anyway, it's legal, innit?" It sure is. It's not right of course as the rest of the world knows, but in Britain you can't get locked up for it so that's that.
PAS didn't attend (it's unclear whether by accident or embarrassment but who can blame them – no professional would want it on their CV!) Of course, if they and detectorists are to be believed it didn't matter as most detectorists heroically record their finds anyway. If you believe the PAS records for those two fields show a commensurate huge spike in numbers we suggest you become a supporter of unregulated metal detecting – or even Minister of Culture! If on the other hand you believe that absence of records means absence of recorders whatever chatter may be put forward you'll be less than happy to think of all that Wiltshire history being carried away without trace to Bootle, Bognor and Brussels.
So, now that five years have passed……we should ask whether anything in Britain has changed since that toe curling, populist display of cultural philistinism. Is our national behaviour less at odds with opinion abroad? After all, everyone was assured at the time that things would change. Both detectorists and PAS explained over and over that all that was needed was patience. Everyone needed to stop complaining about the damage, jump on the train to Liaisonville (as PAS put it) and trust PAS to offer detectorists understanding and education and outreach and liaison – and some more understanding – and definitely no criticism – as a result of which, very soon, more and more and more of them would see the light and become "responsible" rational citizens that recognised that their interests were as nothing compared with the interests of society and would start to regulate their own behaviour accordingly. In other words, they'd start to act like other people.
Well, for a start, this weekend there are not one but two metal detecting rallies in North Wiltshire – one of them a little way north of Avebury literally within a stone's throw of the two fields that were used for that 2005 rally. So self interest still completely outranks communal interest, five years later.
However, at least the five years has brought the publication of a Code of Responsible Detecting. That's a big step innit (as they say!) Trouble is, although it's centrepiece is the assertion that to be responsible you have to report all your finds to PAS, PAS's own statistics clearly indicate most detectorists still don't – despite PAS regularly re-jigging the basis of calculation to make things look better than they are. No change there then – after five years most detectorists are still not responsible as defined, they are still knowledge thieves, plain and simple.
Also, some Guidance on Rallies has been published. Now that IS progress, because the Establishment has finally admitted publicly we were right that rallies are extremely damaging (or "troubling" as they put it!) . The problem is, the guidance doesn't say what it should – don't hold rallies, they are vandalism writ large – it merely offers some obvious suggestions that no-one with a conscience wouldn't be doing already. Worse, some less-than-archaeology-friendly rally organisers are using guidance compliance as a marketing ploy. Crude bellicosity towards archaeologists and an endless succession of adverts for scores of rallies effectively saying "meet at the layby on the A1 and we'll pilot you to the unpublished venue" hardly instills confidence in such rallies does it? Ah, but each rally is Advice Compliant, innit? Yep.
One other thing that has certainly happened over the past five years is that PAS staff have spent 1800 days outreaching, educating and persuading detectorists so some of that must have rubbed off. Or has it? This very day, a few minutes drive from the place where the Near Avebury detecting disaster took place the Colchester detecting society is holding the Foxham Rally – which is depressing enough since it shows no progress has been made, but worse, they are holding it on pasture that has remained undisturbed for 100 years, this being in direct defiance of both the Code of Responsible Detecting and the Guidance on Rallies. Why? Because they haven't heard it's not acceptable? Hardly. The hapless taxpayer has spent millions of pounds and more than a decade trying to get that message through their skulls. Presumably then, simply because they want to and they can.
Not that any of them are likely to do advanced heritage irony or even irony but if the attendees happened to look around Berwick Bassett on their way to one of their "fun weekends" (as one of the rallies is being marketed) they might well see traces of stones that Caleb Bailey smashed and removed from the Avebury stone circle to make stone cottages in the 1740's – because he wanted to and he could and he fancied a fun weekend.
And that, it seems to us, illustrates the profound flaw in the "persuasion, education and liaison strategy" that Britain alone has adopted. It might not have been obvious at the start but it certainly is now. Like Caleb Bailey you can inform the majority of detectorists what's right till you're blue in the face, but you can't get them to do what's right if they find it more self-fulfilling to do what's wrong. There's no reason to take our word for it though, look at the PAS statistics or ask detectorists themselves. Both will confirm we are correct.
So is that it? Nothing has really changed over the past five years? PAS still liaising, most detectorists still helping themselves and North Wiltshire still subject to a self-serving pestilence? Pretty much. Except for one thing. Detectorists have used the extra five years provided by the liaison policy to lift another 1.44 million artefacts from the record, mostly without reporting them. How many is that? Well think of Wembley's pitch. It wouldn't be big enough to lay them all out. Britain is utterly barmy say know-nowt amateurs.
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Nighthawking: much ado about the wrong thing.
I used to be a metal detectorist but haven't been for a number of years owing to work pressures and came across this site by accident.
I have read with interest the bulk of this article but have to admit stopped half way through as the message is quite clear that the writer(s) are not in favour of metal detecting and those who participate in the hobby. And -it is a hobby for countless responsible people, including many professionals, not a source of income – anyone looking to make any money from detecting confines their searches to beaches hoping to find modern jewellery and small change – not the chance find of a valuable ancient artifact.
But to the point being made about ancient artifacts being taken from the ground, even if only 10% are recorded properly ( and my experience is that this figure is much higher ) surely that is better than never finding them at all and allowing them to rot in the ground from farming chemicals, plough damage etc. The chance of an archaeologist finding them is negligible, even if they were digging in the right place without specialist probes it is likely to be thrown on the spoil heap without ever being spotted.
Most finds are in a very poor condition and typically have absolutely no value other than historical interest. Another point to make would be, if we believe the comment from the "Time Team " crew is that pottery is more informative on a site than any metal finds – detectors don't find these items and they remain undisturbed.
A comment on Night Hawks – these are not metal detectorists – they are Thieves using detectors as a tool. Just as an armed criminal is not a shooting enthusiast and it is too convenient to lable responsible dectorists with this tag to reinforce anti- detecting arguements.
I would not be naive enough to say that some detectorists don't abuse their privilages but as in the case of terrorism/extremism of any sort you can't bame a whole nation or religion for a minority of wrong doers.
I would repeat my earlier comment to the writer(s) have a go at detecting, if you can find somewhere to go, and see just how succesful you are and then make a balanced judgement on your criticism.
One final comment, most detectorist try the hobby can't find anywhere to dig or lose interest within a few weeks. Those who do stay in the hobby tend to join a local club who all promote good practice in the field including PAS liaison.
That is just ridiculous. You are quoting what all the clubs say not what they do. Perhaps you are sincere in your beliefs but that doesn't make your beliefs true nor does it make it right that thousands of landowners are treated to that same fiction every week. The truth is this: every club is affiliated to the NCMD / FID and their Codes of Practice but neither of those Codes of Practice require recording of finds or adherence to the official Code of Practice for Responsible Detecting. By no stretch of any imagination can it be pretended that clubs are sincere in saying they promote good practice.
It is bad enough that thousands of detectorists mislead thousands of farmers on this matter without a conservation organisation such as this helping the process and we don't intend to. Check the facts for yourself. We're not wicked we're simply correct, as you will discover.
I would be interested to know on what data you are making your statements about the conduct of metal detectorists and club activities which are a national scale. What research have you undertaken, how many clubs have you visited and how many detectorists have you interviewed 1%, 10% ?
To state that my comments are demonstrably untrue does not unfortunately make your reply correct – please take the time to prove me wrong I am always genuinely open to constructive criticism – you have taken a lot of time and trouble to put this site together and I am sure that a few more words for my education can only be beneficial.
Also I don't fully understand your last paragraph regarding " we don't intend to " and " we're not wicked " it may be that their are previous postings that I haven't read that would put this into context? Perhaps you would elaborate on this point.
As I stated I am not naive to believe everyone is a good egg but my first hand experience suggests that the vast majority are .
For your information and to add to your database I have been on digs with our local archaelogical society and witnessed them smash through archaeological layers to get to whats beneath without proper recording, I have witnessed the pocketing of finds for private collections by the so called professionals- what about the plundering of sites by Antiquarian archaeologists in this country and abroad, where are the bulk of the finds from in British Museum -perhaps it's you who are naive?
I have seen finds reported in accordance with the Treasure Act and seen farmers benefit by may thousands of pounds – they were not mislead ?
Remember, it is the Treasure Act that promoted payment for finds they wish to retain not the finder and why is it that no publicity is given to those often valuable finds gladly donated to the Nation free of charge.
I would also be interested as to why you are so passionate about your anti detecting stance and does this extend to field walking finds ? Perhaps you could enlighten me as to where your origins lie in this matter in that I do not have a full history of this site and I can then make a more informed decision on your reply.
You were provided with it in the clearest and most definitive conceivable way and were asked to confirm it for yourself. You have evidently not done so which speaks volumes about your motivation here so finis.
You need to get a life! get out from behind your computer and find yourself a hobby. Maybe buy a metal detector, you never know, you might actually enjoy yourself!
thanks for the info! I'm going! Should be a great day.
You have the reading skills of a …. ummm… metal detectorist. It was seven and a half years ago!


Veneer refers to wood materials that have the form of thin sheets of wood, the thickness of which varies between 0.5-3.0 mm. The veneer is usually glued to wood panels or fiberboard, thus giving the material a more aesthetic and attractive look.
Scheme of laying and marking veneer.
Natural. Such material has an appearance of thin sheets of natural color and structure. The main task in the production of such material is to preserve the naturalness of the tree. The advantages of natural veneer is its environmental friendliness, the preservation of the unique structure of the tree, attractive appearance. Products finished with material are similar to products from solid wood, but they are much lower, and the weight of the structure is less.
Color. In the manufacture of colored veneer its surface is stained, processed with stain. As a result, the material has a wide range of colors.
Fine-line. This type of material is obtained as a result of the reconstruction of peeled veneer obtained from soft woods. Initially, blocks are formed, from which veneer of various structures, patterns and colors of natural wood is subsequently made. This method allows you to simulate valuable wood in the manufacture of material from cheaper wood. As a result, the veneer has a more aesthetic look, and costs less.
Veneer has found application in the manufacture of various structures and products. The most popular material for finishing doors, furniture, for the manufacture of plywood. It is also quite often used in the manufacture of the body of guitars, during decorative works. In addition, veneer is widely used in tuning cars for interior trim.
It is worth noting that some manufacturers save on high-quality glue and varnish, using poor quality compounds. All this significantly affects the environmental cleanliness of the product.
As mentioned above, veneers are divided into three types according to the manufacturing method. Let us consider these methods of material production in more detail.
Peeling method. In this case, specially prepared wood is used, which, when rotated, removes the top layer using a special machine. In the production of veneer using the peeling method, soft and hard rocks are used. With this treatment, the top layer is cut spirally. As a result, large sheets of veneer are obtained, however, their pattern is not very clear and bright. Therefore, peeled veneer often stick on plywood.
Planing method. With this method, the top layer of wood is cut in the transverse or longitudinal direction. Veneer of this type is made only from hardwood. The result is a sheet of material of fairly high density with a bright and beautiful pattern. Therefore, sliced veneer is used in the manufacture of furniture and doors.
Cutting method. In this case, the veneer is obtained by sawing off sheets of minimum thickness from the prepared log. The material obtained by this method is the most expensive, since the production produces a large amount of waste.
In the production of veneer it is important to pay attention to the quality of the wood itself. The tree should have a smooth trunk with a minimum number of knots and branches. The prepared log is examined by a specialist and is determined by him on one or another method of treatment.
You can make the veneer with your own hands at home.
Of course, for this you need to have a special tool and have at least some skill in working with wood.
For the manufacture of sawn veneer, you will need a blank in the form of a bar. The surface of the workpiece is drawn in vertical stripes with a pitch of no more than 12 mm. After that, the timber is fixed in the workbench and sawn into marks using a jigsaw.
Sliced veneer is initially manufactured similarly to sawn, but then the surface is machined with a mechanical or electric plane. It is better, of course, to choose an electric planer, since they ensure the best quality of processing. At the same time, it is necessary to work extremely carefully so that the thickness of all veneer sheets is the same.
For the production of peeled veneer, we will need a billet with a round section. Therefore, you will need a grinding machine to produce a cylindrical billet or a finished log. Further manufacturing technology veneer similar to the above processes. The only difference is that you get a large sheet of material.
Further processing of the obtained veneer depends on the personal preferences of the owner. To obtain the desired effect is grinding, processing paint and protective compounds.


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Рам Потинени (, ; род. 15 мая 1988 года) — индийский актёр, снимающийся в кино на телугу. В 2007 году был награждён Filmfare Awards South за лучший дебют.

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Рам родился 15 мая 1988 года в семье Муралимохана Потинени и его жены Падмашри. У него также есть сестра Мадхусмита. Его дядя Сараванти Равикишор — кинопродюсер. Мальчик с детства хотел стать актёром, и, чтобы подготовиться к съёмкам, посещал различные курсы, изучая актёрское мастерство, танцы, верховую езду, жонглирование и т.д.
В 12 лет он сыграл в короткометражном тамильском фильме ID.

Полноценный дебют актёра в кино состоялся вместе с Илеаной де Круз в фильме «Девдас» (2006). Режиссёр фильма сначала хотел снять в главной роли известное лицо, но после того, как два популярных актёра ему отказали, решил взять новичка. Идея пригласить на роль Рама пришла, когда он увидел фотографии мальчика на компьютере его дяди. Будущему герою фильма на тот момент было 16 лет.
Картина стала первым коммерчески успешным фильмом года.
Критики похвалили молодого актёра, отметив, что он хорошо работает перед камерой,
а киносообщество премировало его статуэткой Filmfare Awards South за лучший дебют.

Год спустя, когда Рам сдавал выпускные экзамены, вышел его второй фильм Jagadam, снятый Сукумаром и не имевший особого успеха кассе. Однако отзывы были хорошие, Адитья Вардхан из Rediff.com написал, что актёр проделал хорошую работу, доказав что он не очередная звезда-однодневка.
«Всегда готов» с Женелией де Соуза режиссёра Срину Вайтлы и продюсера Равикишора Потинени, вышедший в 2008 году, стал первым большим хитом в карьере Рама. Критики похвалили его актёрское мастерство, особенно его комическую составляющую.
Актёр был также номинирован на Filmfare Awards South за лучшую мужскую роль.

В начале 2009 года Рам появился в боевике  Maska в паре с Хансикой Мотвани. Во время производства фильма он получил несколько незначительных травм и завершал съёмки с больным коленом. После выхода картина уже за первую неделю собрала 10 крор. Критики дали игре актёра положительную оценку, отдельно похвалив танцевальное мастерство.
Другим фильмом этого года стал  режиссёра  с Каджал Агарвал и 23 детьми-актёрами. Картина не была успешна в прокате, но принесла Раму положительные отзывы.
Его единственным фильмом в следующем году стал Rama Rama Krishna Krishna. Радхика Раджамани из Rediff.com написала о его роли в фильме: «Он дерзкий, легкомысленный, но самоуверенный. Он потрясающ в танцах и выполняет несколько безрассудных трюков».

Ещё одним большим хитом в его карьере стал фильм  (2011), в котором Рам вновь работал с Хансикой. Картина хорошо показала себя в кассе, прийдясь по вкусу и молодёжи, и семейной аудитории.
Сунита Чаудхари из The Hindu назвала Рама главной силой фильма, однако добавив, что Раму необходимо изменить свой стиль, чтобы избавиться от привкуса однообразия.
А Суреш Кавираяни в своём отзыве для The Times of India заметил, что «его живая игра и забавная подача диалогов оживляет экран».
В следующем году на экраны вышла романтическая мелодрама Endukante... Premanta!  с Таманной Бхатия. Она провалилась в прокате и получила смешанные отзывы критиков, однако отмечающих прекрасную игру главных героев.

Начало 2013 года ознаменовалось выходом комедийного боевика  , где Рам снялся вместе с  и Пракашем Раджем. Картик Пасупате из The Times of India оценил выступление актёра как «характерно буйное»,
а Вишнуприя Бхандарам из The Hindu назвала его героя «квинтэссенцией всезнайки и мастера на все руки», добавив, что актёру достались все остроты и «пробивные» диалоги.
В этом же году в прокат вышла Masala, ремейк болливудской комедии . Другие роли в фильме сыграли ,  и . В отзывах к фильму говорилось, что Рам исключительно хорош во всех комедийных сценах и прекрасно справляется с изображением персонажа нетрадиционной ориентации.

После того как три его последних фильма плохо себя показали, Рама не было видно на большом экране в течение года.
Наконец, в мае 2015 вышел его следующий фильм Pandaga Chesko с  и . Картина показала среднюю кассу. Суреш Кавираяни в отзыве для Deccan Chronicle отметил, что актёр «хорошо смотрится как представитель индийской диаспоры и прекрасно справляется с передачей характера».
Одновременно со съёмками Pandaga Chesko Рам снимался ещё в двух картинах: Sivam и Hari Katha.
Sivam, вышедший на экраны в октябре 2015 года, получил негативные отзывы критиков, назвавших его длинным и скучным, Рама — единственным, ради чего фильм стоит смотреть.

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The most enjoyable part were the private tours that were given by educated tour guides. The several tours that were booked exceeded our expectations.
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At Academy of the Holy Family softball practices, the girls like to speed up the pitching machine — faster than what they normally see in the Constitution State Conference — for an extra challenge.
FRANKLIN — At Academy of the Holy Family softball practices, the girls like to speed up the pitching machine — faster than what they normally see in the Constitution State Conference — for an extra challenge.
Not even that could prepare them for Wheeler senior Summer Cipriani, who not only pitched at a speed the Eagles weren't accustomed to, but also was the first left-hander Holy Family had seen all season.
The Eagles had some success early, but once Cipriani settled in and Wheeler's bats got going Tuesday, 10th-seeded Holy Family didn't have much of a chance, falling, 16-2, to 23rd-seeded Wheeler in the first round of CIAC Class S state tournament at Volunteer Field in Giddings Park.
Cipriani allowed Holy Family's second hitter, Amy Roberts (two hits), to single in the first and clean-up hitter Sarah Majewski brought Roberts home with another single. But Cipriani buckled down from that point forward, striking out the next five hitters and allowing one hit the rest of the way.
The senior finished with 13 strikeouts.
Cipriani didn't receive much help from her offense in the opening three frames. Six of Wheeler's first nine batters reached on walks, but key defensive plays from the Eagles kept the Lions off the scoreboard. With two outs and the bases loaded in the first, Jess Morgan scorched a line drive down the third base line around the shoe laces of Roberts, but she reached down and made a backhanded catch to get out of the jam.
The second and third innings had similar endings as Wheeler stranded six runners altogether and trailed, 2-0.
Wheeler assistant coach Kaitlin Banks gathered the girls before they batted in the fourth to try and settle the team.
The move paid off as Maddie Porter singled, Raven Houck doubled and Cipriani walked to load the bases for Kylie Baker (3-for-4 three RBIs), who changed the complexion of the game with one swing. Baker lifted the ball over the left fielder to the fence, scoring all three runs and giving the Lions a 4-2 advantage.
Wheeler (10-9) added one more run in the fifth before piling on eight runs in the sixth and three more in the seventh.
Wheeler has little rest time as it takes on seventh-seeded Old Saybrook at 4 p.m. today. Cawley said his team can't afford the start it had Tuesday.
Holy Family's season is over with a final record of 13-7. The Eagles placed second in the CSC East division in the regular season despite having a school of just 40 students. The entire roster is expected back next season.


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'Westworld' Easter Eggs You Might Have Missed
By Sean Fitz-Gerald
Published on 11/7/2016 at 9:09 PM
This post contains spoilers through the sixth episode of Westworld, "The Adversary." Head to Westworld World, our show hub, for recaps, theories, and deep dives.
Westworld pulls from a treasure trove of influences, including Michael Crichton (especially his original Westworld and Jurassic Park), open-world video games (in particular Red Dead Redemption), classic art and literature (Shakespeare, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), philosophy (shout-out to Julian Jaynes' writings on the bicameral mind), and religion (so many biblical references) -- many of which get special shout-outs on screen and in dialogue.
"As a reformed gamer, I was fascinated in how any popular game is instantly scoured for mistakes or Easter eggs," series co-creator Jonathan Nolan told Entertainment Weekly in October. "That programmers quickly realized mistakes could be deployed as Easter eggs for the hardcore gamers who quickly work their way through the main narrative." We happily rewatched every episode of the show multiple times to find hidden references, in-jokes, and homages; our favorites are listed below.
Delos globe
Sub-level B83 is home to a rusting globe bearing the word Delos, the mysterious corporation that runs Western World, Medieval World, and Roman World in Crichton's 1973 original, and that plays a similar role here.
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BioShock's Sander Cohen
An eagle-eyed fan spied a bust that resembles Fort Frolic's kooky artist during Ford and Bernard's Episode 3 tête-à-tête. Nolan hasn't addressed this one, but he has conceded that BioShock was one of the games that inspired him and his wife.
Vitruvian Man
Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man is all over the place. Namely, the opening credits.
Logan & William vs. John & Peter
The naïve Westworld newb William (played by Jimmi Simpson, above right) and his douche-y park-veteran pal Logan (Ben Barnes, left) nicely parallel the protagonist duo found in Crichton's 1973 movie: rookie guest Peter Martin (Richard Benjamin) and jerky veteran John Blane (James Brolin). If this parallel is valid, Logan better watch out.
Robo-rattlesnake
In the movie, a rattlesnake bites John Blane, but HBO's slithering automaton is no threat to Ford, who's just like, "Nah, dude."
Not-so-human hands
Ford says this of his decommissioned drinking buddy Old Bill: "[The early models] repeated themselves, broke down constantly -- a simple handshake would give them away." In Crichton's Westworld, robots could be identified by looking at their hands and their giveaway flaw: easily discernible ridges.
In Episode 5, Delos repairman Felix (Leonardo Nam) attempts to revive a damaged robot bird, offering a phrase of encouragement that should sound familiar: "Come on, little one." Jurassic Park and Westworld have another (admittedly less overt!) thing in common: tragic engineers named Arnold who died on the job.
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Apocalyptic characters and names
The characters in Westworld are less than subtle, especially when it comes to symbolism. There's Teddy Flood (Dolores' suitor, played by James Marsden), who might make you recall the purge story behind Noah's ark; Hector (Rodrigo Santoro), whose last name is a modified spelling of eschaton, or the end of the world; and Wyatt (Sorin Brouwers), Teddy's nemesis in the new narrative, who's described as a "pestilence" -- i.e., a fatal epidemic, and one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse found in the New Testament's Book of Revelation. Eerie!
The Gunslinger
Ed Harris' Man in Black is already a nod to Yul Brynner's Westworld menace, but the show's best and most blatant Easter egg to date arrives in Episode 6. As Bernard heads down to B82, a restricted and retired floor of the Mesa Hub, he shines a flashlight on what appears to be the infamous Gunslinger lurking like someone who wants to photobomb a picture that's never going to be taken.
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You are strongly encouraged to arrive 30 minutes before your booking time due to the necessary paperwork and payment that is required.
After this, there is a 5 minute self drive to the Quad Bike Staging Area where the adventure begins.
Be sure to get there early.
You don't want to cut into yours or other peoples valuable riding time.
How long do we get for the ride?
Our tours are 1 and 1.30 hour tours and we do our best to make sure that our clients get as much riding times as possible.
Granted, riding time can be affected by clients not showing up on time and we are not shy at leaving them behind if this is the case!
So please don't be late.
Every tour commences with a 10 minute bike familiarisation and safety briefing.
This is important when considering that some riders may have never been on a quad bike before.
Our experienced guides have designed tours to ensure that we cater to all riding levels of expertise. So don't be worried if you have someone in the line that chooses to ride a little more cautiously than you.
Our guides will create two lines of riders. One for the more cautious and one for the more experienced and daring.
All in all, regardless of the tour that you've chosen and the type of riders joining you, we always offer heaps of riding time.
What type of bikes do your use and how big are they?
SDA tested a number of popular brands including Honda's, Polaris and Suzuki's. We settled on the (automatic) Artic Cat's and Kymco MXU 400cc (both air and oil cooled).
Our bikes are extremely user friendly and well balanced for use on the Sand Dunes. They provide plenty of power and comfort to do all that we need to do as part of the touring experience that we offer.
If your a 'first timer' don't be worried as we cater to the riding experience and ability of everyone. The bike have an automatic thumb throttle action, you'll be riding the dunes like an expert at no time.
We also have smaller 90cc Artic Cats which are ideal for the children aged from 7 - 12 years. Again, automatic thumb throttle and kids get their own tour guide and steadier route to ride on. This keeps them completely safe at all times. As long as they follow the rules that is.
Do you have credit card and EFTPOS facilities?
Absolutely. We accept VISA, MasterCard, Debit card and Union Pay as well as cash.
At the moment, we don't apply any surcharge either (subject to change without notice though).
How do I book direct with SDA?
There are several ways to Book or Contact us for your Quad Bike Experience.
Choose one of the options below and our helpful and friendly staff will be happy to answer any questions that you may have, and book you in at a time suitable for you.
If your IT savvy use our online booking instead.
Please call us on +61 (0)2 4033 8808 and we can assist you with any enquiry or booking that you desire.
While we accept walk-in's, we certainly don't want you to be disappointed.
Booking in advance secures your adventure and avoids the confusion and frustration of turning up and not getting out on the dunes.
When pre-booking, we ask for a non-refundable 50% deposit as first payment and the remaining amount to be paid on arrival.
If for any reason you can't make it and give us a full 24hrs notice, we'll hold onto a credit in your name, for the amount of your deposit, ready for you to take advantage of at a later time!
Now that's customer service for ya!
Please, when you make your booking, be sure to have all your affairs in order to get along and enjoy your adventure!
We're happy to try and change your tour time if your running late. We are also happy to hold a credit in your name if you give us a full 24 hours notice that you cannot make it.
But, there is not much we can do for people who simply change their mind at the last minute, sorry.
No refund for a no show!
If your tour leaves without you, we are unable to issue you a refund.
But we will make every effort to accommodate you on a later tour for that day!
So please be sure of your tour time and get all affairs in order to get along and enjoy your adventure.
We sell gift cards for the 1 hour quad bike, 1.5 hour Aboriginal Culture and 1.5 hour Hummer 4WD Tours.
Please call the office (02) 4033 8808 if you would like to purchase a gift card or have any questions.
Our tours are conducted on our private lands and we are not insured for people seeking to ride their own bikes.
You can however conditionally register your bike with the RTA and purchase a Beach Permit to ride your own ATV in the Recreational Vehicle Area.
Saying that, they don't have Dunes like we do, down the Southern End! You've gotta try us to believe us.
What is the youngest age to ride the quad bike?
Its no secret that our Bikes are BIG!
And at 400cc, we're confident that there are the biggest around as far as controlled tours are concerned.
Saying that, manufacturer's warranty states no younger than 16 years can ride. But were insured for riders that we determine are capable of handling our tours and these great bikes.
Ages 12 years old and up are a general rule of thumb we go by.
If your child is considered too small, we guarantee they'll have just as much fun being doubled by one of our experienced guides, while riding alongside and around you!
We'll also give them a test ride if they're keen, to prove to us they can do it.
You may need it as identification when you complete the Indemnity Form but other than that, we're riding on private property so it's all covered.
As a result, we are very flexible in our delivery to ensure that everyone gets to experience the dunes in some shape and form.
Depending on the clients concern, SDA guides always work with the client an offer them every opportunity to ride the bike themselves.
To do this, we have developed a procedure whereby, clients ride the smaller training track to provide then with an opportunity to develop confidence, and/or demonstrated that they can handle the bike (noting that safety comes first).
Our guides provide a personal induction and 'one on one' time with the client and following the client's brief riding demonstration, our guides will make an educated assessment on their ability.
If for any reason, the Guide (or the client) determines that they are unable to ride the vehicle alone, then the following is offered to you.
This is the more popular option and has occurred on numerous occasions with people always walking away from the experience completely satisfied. For example our guide will have some fun on the bike doing manoeuvres that you wouldn't have been able to do.
On a rare occasion we have had to double more than one person per tour. For example 3 guides could equal 3 clients being doubled.
Provide you with a 4WD or Hummer Tour. On most occasions, people will take up the offer of a 4WD or Hummer Tour. People are pleased to learn that they are not penalised due to a fear or inability to ride.
Come hail or shine, we operate all year round (in fact its more fun in the wet).
Tours may be cancelled in extreme weather (lightning).
Saying that, if we cancel and you can't make another time, we'll offer you a full refund! No games.
Everyone receives a bike familiarisation and clear instructions before you set off on your adventure.
The track is designed to allow clients to hone their our skills before heading up the magnificent dunes.
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Ubisoft Forums > For Honor > General Discussion > Do you guys think For Honor will be the next Evolve and Titanfall?
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Fatal-Feit
And would that upset you? When I say Evolve and Titanfall, I mean a new and original IP that's MP focused, got people very hyped and excited, but ultimately fell short of content on launch. i.e lackluster campaign, minimal customization, shortage of maps, etc
Charging $60 with lack of content on launch seems to be the Achilles' heel of most modern video games that try to step out of the comfort zone, and the predictable abundance of DLCs leaves a disgusting aftertaste for the consumers. Taking risks are something most video game companies are very afraid of and with the case of For Honor, being developed by Ubisoft and all, I can definitely see this happening. There so are many ways it go wrong. Microtransactions that gives players a boost during matches, a 3rd of the maps and heroes being locked away in the (most likely) $25-30 Season Pass, you get the point.
Personally, while the pro-consumer in me should be devastated by the idea, I'm honestly already prepped for this in mind and is still looking forward to the game. The core concept is just too awesome to let go due to shady business practices.
[EDIT] OH GAWD, THIS IS NOT ME TELLING UBISOFT TO **** ON US. I WILL STILL RAIN HELL ON THEM IF THIS HAPPENS.
Mr_Shade
Lets try getting rid of the '*'s please ;)
Frane89
I never were really interested in Evolve, but when I heard about it the first time, it sounded interesting mainly because it was a new idea.
After playing Evolve beta, I learned that it's not my type of game and that was that.
Titanfall looked awesome, I was pretty hyped about it.
Then I got to play the beta and it was fun. For about 20 minutes. Then it got boring and I went back to Battlefield.
It just didn't feel good to play. It had bad sound design. The card system was just confusing. The "minions" had bad AI. Guns felt weak. It was overall an unsatisfying experience.
I know this could happen with For Honor too. It can happen with any game.
I hope it won't.
CG_HouseVincent
I have faith in Ubisoft's direction with this game. They have passionate people and a great game already in pre-alpha. We still have a long time before the game's release and in that time we have much more development to come. Multiplayer already looks great and all they have to do is add customization, more game modes, and the clean the UI. Keep in mind that these are things we already know are coming... Imagine what we don't know.
Warphorntek
Sure there is chance it ll end up like that , but we must hope that they learned something and wont throw next such incredible game into shadow of none. Cmon if you ll care about your game enough evryone is going keep play it because of new stuff. I know you are locked by your ideas how it should looks like but there are tons of thigs which players wish to see in game and if there are no ideas, inspire from others and make it as you want it to looks like.
Dienekes12
It's definitely possible, what gives me hope is that the people involved seemed very passionate about their pet project, and that e3 showed a very fun and playable game that they then declared was still in a pre-Alpha stage. To me this means they're taking the effort to try to avoid making a fail on launch, or a buggy mess of a game. But, anything could happen. We just gotta hope, and use this forum to provide constructive criticism as best we can.
SerWarhammer
NO! this game can't be the next Evolve or Titanfall..... This will be a game that will form a new kind of gameplay. a genre where players can face off in realistic close combat where they will decide how to hit and where to hit the enemy. a genre that in the future will take players to clash in battles ever larger and ever more complex. I, in this game, I see a future masterpiece. tell me I'm crazy but I see a future of 24 vs 24 players who face each other in close combat in great battles using this combat system ..... IN AN OPEN WORLD! :eek:
Kenji_Hattori
I never played Titan fall, never looked interesting to me. I still play Evolve, and i love Evolve. What happend with Evolve, is tons of people got angry at the Day one cosmetic DLC. For some reason that was a taboo and should never be done. But TRS did say all maps and new modes are free, and the only thing really wrong with Evolve was that the hunter and monster DLC was a bit over priced. However, people see an overpriced DLC and they think its P2W because the new hunters are better, when they arent, and they get drawn away because they cant play new hunters. But every single game of Evolve is different. They lowered the prices though now, and some of the first hunters are the best. It was just people whining about wanting free stuff because they think they deserve it since its a game with a new concept. I mean COD you had to pay for maps. MAPS! And no one complained. And Evolve does not have lack of content, people just didnt wanna look at what was there. Most people played hunt, not Evacuation, and Evacuation had more possible outcomes and challanges than Hunt. everyone judged Evolve saying there was no content because they thought "Hunt is the game mode we play and its the only one. 4 hunters Vs 1 monster, same thing every time." Obviously that is wrong because there are 12 hunters to choose from, 3 monsters and about 8 maps. The combinations are endless, there are perks, and many ways you can play. Its not just run after monster, hope to catch it and kill it. It has a very high skill cap and requires teamwork, but people dont want to do that.
With For honor, i doubt they will do that. Seeing as its also a new concept people are going to very hyped for it. However, they will not have the same problem as Evolve, i doubt they would have different classes, let alone DLC classes. Also, if they do have cosmetic DLC i hope people wont get angry over that. I have a strong feeling that For honor wont make mistakes like that. The only 2 things im worried about is 1. It will have a high skill cap, which people hate because they want a game they can just pick up and be good at. And 2. they dont have many modes so people think there is a lack of content. I would like to see what other modes they have, and what each class can do. If each class can only do limited things then it might get stale fast, but im hoping that wont happen.
i'm so sorry, Mr.Shade-senpai :(
yeah, Jason VandenBerghe stole my heart with his incredible passion and enthusiasm throughout E3 and after a whole decade of pitching, i'm sure he's not going to let this opportunity go to waste. however, he's still under the influence of the higher ups at Ubisoft, so if they demand DLC, microtransactions, or cut corners to meet the release date, that's what's gotta happen. but fingers crossed.
Don't get me wrong, I love both Evolve and Titanfall. I have a soft spot for new and original IPs, and I absolutely loved the betas for both games. I've spent almost 100 hours on Evolve and 150+ hours on Titanfall. Both games did a phenomenal job of delivering the gameplay experience the devs promised, however, 3 monsters (or titans), a dozen hunters (or weapons in Titanfall's case), and several maps aren't enough to charge $60, IMO. Especially for MP focused games. CoD and Battlefield offers more content in their MP, and they still included a full-fledge campaign mode. Right now, with all of the new features, improvements, add-ons, and price drop, the games are well-worth their asking price, but they certainly weren't during their initial release, IMO.
During an interview, Jason VandenBerghe confirmed several heroes (classes) for each faction. There's a chance some of those may be DLC. I mean, it isn't like Ubisoft to release a AAA game w/o a Season Pass, and besides maps and cosmetics, there's not much else they can offer to justify the asking price. But yeah, I do certainly hope they don't make the same mistakes. Another reason I made this thread are so the devs may be aware and try not to make the same mistake Evolve and Titanfall had.
shyWolverine
I hope it doesn't become the next Titanfall/Evolve. I strongly believe it wont though because you can feel the passion from Jason and the other developers. For Honour also has a campaign/Story that they can build off and add to the game. That aside the most important thing will be the online multiplayer. Hopefully we'll have dedicated servers, balanced matchmaking, and a healthy amount of starting content. If they nail that then I have no doubt For Honour will do well.
VoidWalker-
I fell for the titanfall trap and knew exactly what was going to happen for evolve so i didnt buy it. But this to me is a different matter. Its not another generic third person multiplayer shooter and its has tons of potential even on its early stage. This is my most anticipated ubisoft title. Even more than the division.
Dead1y-Derri
I think the problem with Evolve was 1) The confusing Marketing - You had like 3 different season passes, all gave you different content 2) They had basically a £100 worth of DLC on the in game store on DAY ONE which put so many people off, I mean its basically saying "Hey we know you've spent £50 on the game but we want you to spend more. In fact why don't you come down to our offices and we'll personally turn you upside down and empty your pockets."
So consumers didn't feel they were getting the full experience and that annoys many people
Titanfall was a great game and launched really well, I never got to play it on launch as I'm not an Xbox owner or PC owner, I'm a PS guy but I did have a friend who was going away on business for a couple months and he gave me his Xbox One to have a go with and I played Titanfall for two months and LOVED IT. I think what put so many off after a month or so was the lack of weaponry and overall content.There wasn't enough.
Now I kind of can't trust Ubisoft and I do apologize for what I'm going to say as it might sound harsh but I just have lost faith in the company after last year. I mean Watch Dogs launched rather well on PS but it launched horribly on PC and with the whole graphical downgrade drama and what not made me feel uneasy. Secondly the launch of AC Unity was so BAD. I mean they really fudged up on that, the game could have done with about another 6 months in development, especially on PC. I mean on Console it has issues but if you were PC gamer you must have felt so screwed. I mean the Devs knew it wasn't ready, I suppose that's why they had a review Embargo set for was it 12 hours after the game launched?
12 hours after the game launched. Ladies and Gentlemen may I present Corporate Censorship !!!!
Then the games that launched with no problems like Far Cry 4 were just lack luster games, you know they were GOOD but they weren't anything special. Oh and I'm wondering does a Dev on the Far Cry team have a fetish for Radio and Bell Towers? Is that a thing?
I've lost all faith in the company and I want to love the content again but I'm sceptical.
Things they need to have in the game.
1) A close to flawless launch of the game - No Downed servers - I can understand day one lag but they need to full functional and working on day one
2) They need to avoid having too many Micro Transactions in game because that can put people off, especially in an online MP game
3) They need to be honest and inform consumers if they game will have launch issues and address them head on.
I have hope that the game will be excellent but after last year my hope is somewhat diminished by previous years performance. If they can restore my faith with the next couple of Ubisoft titles that I'm getting such as AC Syndicate, I think I will be excited for this but I'm remaining conservative.
Mr_Moonstone
as for the shortage of maps problem: i would suggest somewhat randomized maps, meaming texture sets, day times with light setting and weather (there's a thread in feedback & suggestions).
Some games already had or will have procedural levels. As far as i can imagine it's hardly possible for a game like this to go all procedural but slightly randomized maps would most definitley up the replayability (unlike titanfall:p)
WYRDB0Y
Interesting game modes is a must. Bigger and/or progressive maps like battlefield rush could also improve the replayability. Multiple objectives (which could also be randomized) so it's not the same every match could also help, heard it in the interview that they might do map objectives if it works.
Beas7ie
I never had any interest in Evolve or Titanfall simply because of the first person perspective. I hate having to play a viewpoint that cheaps out on animations and basically forces me to wear horse blinders.
As for the other stuff, even if For Honor isn't completely ground breaking and amazing, I'm sure that so long as they don't release it as a buggy mess like they did with AC Unity, it will be well worth the $60 price tag.
Rain-Dragon
You have to give them credits for not Hyping the game up beyond reason.
But after playing the Tech Test 2 and the Closed Beta, I can say I am no longer as confident as I was at the beginning.
I had high hopes for it, but the more I played it, the more I saw 2 major problems crystallizing before my eyes:
A) The terrible connection Ubisoft is infamous for.
B) The wishy-washy course they chose. It seems they try to please as many people as possible at the same time, franken-stitching together something that is supposed to have a little bit of something for everyone, inconsistent and shattered like a puzzle where each piece is borrowed from a different puzzle set.
For the realism nerds: A few realistic moves.
For the fantasy guys: A few unrealistic, flashy moves.
For the creative people: A little visual customization.
For the authenticity nerds: A few authentic looking visual pieces.
For theory-crafters: A little bit of stat customization.
For the hardcore competitives: Stats-free game modes.
It's just too many bits of everything and too little of anything to make a coherent experience that would really satisfy anyone.
CommanderFlynn1
yeah, Jason VandenBerghe stole my heart with his incredible passion and enthusiasm throughout E3 and after a whole decade of pitching, i'm sure he's not going to let this opportunity go to waste. however, he's still under the influence of the higher ups at Ubisoft, so if they demand DLC, microtransactions, or cut corners to meet the release date, that's what's gotta happen. but fingers crossed
To be fair this is why I have high hopes for For Honor. It's rare to see such passion from a developer especially in the Triple A industry that get's me hyped.
For me it also helps that I love melee comabt in any game be it MMO, RPG or FPS. (Yep...I'm /THAT/ guy running with a shotgun/SMG and meleeing all the things) For me this game is a complete love letter for me.
However We do have to be aware that this is Ubisoft. I've heard rumours circulating that the Steel currency will be buy-able with real world money (which in turn can net you better gear) as for the Season Pass. I'm just done with the whole thing. It's here to stay and I';m fed up of shouting at brick walls about them. If a game I enjoy has one and I know I can play it more down the line, I'll gra one.
You're all forgetting that Titanfall/Evolve had one crucial thing missing when they first launched, and that was a campaign. For Honor includes one at launch, which I think will help.
But it'll be up to the Dev's to keep For Honor alive. I know alot of people will feel that the game will get repetitive real fast.
But as someone who has put over 300 hours into Chivalry...I think I'm fine personally.
I mean c'mon...when was the last time a MELEE ORIENTATED multiplayer game release in the Triple A industry?
I honestly cannot answer that myself
Dezlow-
Needs dedicated servers.
Needs Ranked modes.
The only thing that holds most competitive gamer's attention is a proper ranked mode with divisions, season, etc.
I could see myself playing this for over a year if there was a ranked mode. If not, then craigs list will most likely have my copy within 3 months.
Oh, and any proper MP focused game where milliseconds made all the difference need dedicated servers, this is just a joke right now.


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Ronda española  es una película comedia española protagonizada por José Suárez, Clotilde Poderos, Manolo Moran, Elena Salvador entre otros. El director es Ladislao Vajda. Se estrenó en 1952.

Sinopsis
Muchas mujeres de la Sección Femenina de Falange en los años 50, marcharon a América en barco para mostrar en todos sus países el folklore de España. El espectáculo era un entretenimiento para los emigrados que estaban al otro lado del Atlántico. Las mujeres abandonaron sus hogares y se embarcaron en el "Monte Albertia". En el trayecto en barco la relación entre todos los tripulantes fue de lo más divertida, aunque muchas de ellas añoraran su lugar de origen. En todos los lugares que recorren, la suerte está de su parte.

Contexto
La película está basada en la época de los años 50. Muchas de las protagonistas pertenecieron a la agrupación de «Coros y Danzas» de la Sección Femenina. La Sección Femenina pertenecía a la Falange Española, y consistía en que las mujeres tenían que realizar la formación militar de más corto tiempo que los hombres, y para ello, realizaban bailes y cantos por muchos países. Muchas mujeres embarcarían rumbo a América, aunque algunas no eran actrices. La Sección Femenina, estaba dirigida por Pilar Primo de Rivera y llegó a durar más de cuarenta años.

Reparto
 José Suárez como Pablo.
 Elena Salvador como Ángeles.
 Manolo Morán como Morgan.
 Esperanza Navarro como Ana.
 José María Rodero como Juan.
 Carolina Giménez como Mercedes.
 José Isbert como Capitán del barco.
 Milagros Leal como Lola.
 Clotilde Poderós como Victoria.
 Barta Barri como Jefe de los saboteadores.
 Elvira Quintillá como Magdalena.
 Adriano Domínguez como Andrés.
 Margarita Alexandre como Diana.
 Roberto Zara como Giulio.
 Julia Martínez como Rosita.

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Nintendo switches platforms, gaming style
By Juan Betancourt
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Nintendo Co. Ltd. is set to release its seventh home video game console, the Nintendo Switch, March 3. The console will combine aspects of the company's previous consoles.
Nintendo showcased details on its new gaming system during a livestream presentation Jan. 12. The presentation focused on the consoles three new game modes – TV, handheld and tabletop, according to nintendo.com.
Nintendo Switch will have a 6.2-inch tablet, a docking station and two controllers, according to Nintendo.com
TV mode is the traditional TV plug-and-play option that will allow players to play with the new, removable controllers, called Joy-Con grip remotes. Joy-Con controllers are similar to Nintendo Wii's wireless remotes. The Wii remote uses motion control, which follows a person's hand movements. The Joy-Con will have a 20-hour battery life and will take about three hours to charge, according to polygon.com.
The console will have 32GB of internal memory and a 720p resolution. TV mode offers the full 1080p, according to ign.com.
Game cartridges, which have replaced disk media for the system, will be inserted into the tablet as in the Nintendo DS system.
"It looks like a cross bridge between the Nintendo DS and the Nintendo Wii," Bobby MacIntyre, president of Brookhaven College's Gamers United Club, said.
Nintendo's description of its new system really does make it seem like a combination of its previous consoles. The Switch looks unique, but the whole concept really isn't necessary.
While the Nintendo Switch is docked, players will attach the two Joy-Con controllers into the home gamepad called the Joy-Con grip for a traditional-style controller.
Players will be able to take the system on the go with handheld mode. Players will remove the handheld tablet from the Switch dock and attach the Joy-Con controllers to the tablet.
The third mode will provide tabletop gameplay. Players will flip the tablet's kickstand and remove the Joy-Cons to play solo or with another player.
The tablet will have a two-hour battery life and will take the same amount of time to charge as the Joy-Cons, according to polygon.com.
But, Nintendo already has a handheld system, the Nintendo 3DS, which has sold over 65.3 million units and is beating the Wii U in sales, according to ign.com. Nintendo's previous home console, the Wii U, was a financial failure with only 13.5 million units sold, according to ign.com.
Nintendo needs to understand a gamepad tablet is not what gamers want. The Wii U's gamepad has almost the exact same functions as the tablet. The Wii U consoles were expected to sell 100 million units, but is now the worst selling Nintendo home console of all time, according to nintendolife.com.
Besides the two-player mode allowed with the Switch's tablet, the Wii U's gamepad allowed players to play on the gamepad, but was limited in the system's area range.
MacIntyre said the 3DS sales will probably fall if the Switch is successful.
The 3DS is selling more units than every home game console in the market. There really is no need for the Switch to become a handheld hybrid system since the 3DS is doing well on its own. Nintendo should focus on being a home console.
The gimmick may be complicated, but the lineup of upcoming games is something to look forward to.
Sixty games are set to be released within the first two years, according to gamespot.com. Games such as "The Legend of Zelda: The Breath of the Wild" will be released on launch date and "Super Mario Odyssey" will be released during the 2017 holiday shopping season.
Since the release of the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1983, both the Mario and The Legend of Zelda franchises have been successful. As of 2016, the Mario franchise has sold over 560 million games and The Legend of Zelda has sold almost 85 million games, according to vgsales.com.
Be prepared to spend a lot of cash on March 3. The Switch will cost $299 and games will cost $59.99. Extra Joy-Con remotes will cost $49.99 individually or $79.99 for a pair. I am not saying to avoid buying the Switch, but people should probably wait until prices drop.
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