Friday, August 2, 2013

iPhone App Video Review: A Ride Into the Mountains

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The archery controls are relative. You can touch and pull anywhere on the screen and your bow will aim in the same relative direction. The longer you hold the string back, the farther your arrow will fly upon release. Tilting the device lets you steer your horse to avoid enemies and set up attacks. Soon enemies are using tricky patterns, or you have to deal with things like strong wind currents. You'll also get a focus shot ability, which charges up over time over constantly. This slows everything down and adds a trajectory line for your shot.

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Backstage Shenanigans With the Kids of London's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Musical

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PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Backstage Shenanigans With the Kids of London's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Musical

By Matthew Blank
29 Jul 2013

The world premiere of a new musical version of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, featuring a score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, plays London's West End. Jack Costello and Tom Klenerman, two of the young actors who share the role of Charlie, were armed with cameras to show their fellow cast members at work and play backstage.



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Directed by Tony, Olivier and Academy Award winner Sam Mendes (Cabaret, "American Beauty"), it has a book by David Greig (Damascus, Outlying Islands), with music and lyrics by Shaiman and lyrics by Wittman ? the Tony Award-winning songwriters of Hairspray and "Smash." It has choreography by Tony and Olivier winner Peter Darling (Matilda, Billy Elliot).

??The cast is led by Tony and Olivier winner Douglas Hodge (La Cage aux Folles,?Cyrano de Bergerac) as Willy Wonka, with Nigel Planer as Grandpa Joe, Clive Carter as Mr Salt, Jasna Ivir as Mrs Gloop, Paul J. Medford as Mr Beauregarde, Iris Roberts as Mrs Teavee, Billy Royle as Grandpa George, Roni Page as Grandma Josephine and Myra Sands as Grandma Georgina.

??Also in the company are Joe Allen, David Birch, Alex Louize Bird, Michelle Bishop, Mireia Mambo Bokele, Simon Campbell, Matthew Clark, Alex Clatworthy, Ross Dawes, Jennifer Davison, Luke Fetherston, Nia Fisher, Kate Graham, Derek Hagen, Clare Halse, Mark Iles, Daniel Ioannou, Kieran Jae, Jane McMurtrie, Natalie Moore-Williams, Sherrie Pennington, Damien Poole, Antony Reed, Paul Saunders, Jack Shalloo and Jay Webb.

According to the creators, "When Charlie wins a golden ticket to the weird and wonderful Wonka Chocolate Factory, it's the chance of a lifetime to feast on the sweets he's always dreamed of. But beyond the gates astonishment awaits, as down the sugary corridors and amongst the incredible edible delights, the five lucky winners discover not everything is as sweet as it seems... A chocolate garden, an army of squirrels and the curiously peculiar Oompa-Loompas must be believed to be seen in this spectacular new musical that is choc-full of fantastical treats to dazzle your senses."

??The production is designed by Mark Thompson, with lightng by Paul Pyant and sound by Paul Arditti. Video and projections are by Jon Driscoll, with puppet and illusions by Jamie Harrison. The musical director is Nicholas Skilbeck.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?is produced by Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Neal Street Productions and Kevin McCormick.

??To book tickets, contact the box office on 0844 858 8877 or visit CharlieandtheChocolateFactory.com







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Found some $10 Diamond Millionaire, bought two but they both lost. Nice start... It has the same prize structure as $1M Fortune, hope it plays better.(none of that 5@ $2 ridiculous prizes)

Also got some $5 Smokin' Hot Cash:

0, 0, $20, $15 - both wins were in the Bonus Game

I see a trend here, all my wins so far in Smokin Hot were in the Bonus Game. The prize structure is the same as $5 Calif Lottery Black, but it certainly plays differently.

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was going to avoid $10 games for a while but then saw the diamond millionairs and couldn't resist its call !!

bought 2x

32 - $0

33 - $10

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Fortune rape continues...Got 2 $10 Fortunes from a LA downtown coffee shop near Angels flight in Bunker Hill and won zitch....But check the next post...

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Got my first 2 $10 diamond millionaire from same downtown LA shop and won $100 on first ( got the diamond win all ) and $15 on second one.

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Got my first 2 $10 diamond millionaire from same downtown LA shop and won $100 on first ( got the diamond win all ) and $15 on second one.

diamond mil

Congrats on your win! Nice!

Party

So far I got zilch on Diamond Millionaire after a couple days play.

I go to Grand Central Market about every other week for lunch, right across from Angels Flight.

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congrats ...

bought three more diamonds? - $0 return

bought 6x fortune 55 - $0 return

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sad day ...

can't find them smokin hots ...

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Jon

We go there once a year with my daughter just for a change and have some fun in the Angels Flight..I had lunch at Grand Market at the Japanese place near the entrance on the left side once you get down the steps inside. I ate sushi...Wife and daughter are vegetarians so their choices are few so they ended up with some salad. To top it off we have lots of icecream at Jose's icecream at the end of the market on left side. I had the icecream first time about 18 months back when I was there and I was surprised with the huge portion and low cost. We 3 had 2 scoops each and paid like $8.

I got my lotto at Famima in the Two California Plaza building on top of Bunker Hill.

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nice win mnsweeps!? havent tried the new diamond millionaire yet, might pick up some during the week.? still playing the smokin hot cash.

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My losing streak continues on Diamond Mil, bought two, both lost. Angry

Made up for it with Smokin Hot:

(#79-76) - $10, 0, 0, $50 - $10 in Bonus Game, $50 was 10X $5.

Machine was loaded backwards, so this was start of a fresh roll.

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Folks

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I see a lot of veterans on this board buying Hot smoking cash..any reason why? Is it just because its new? Just curious as I have not bought any of those..

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Got 2 $10 Diamond and 4 $5 LFL from a 7-11 in Saugus.

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Won a $10 on Diamond and $10 each on 2 of the LFL..Total $30 back on a $40 investment..Not bad...

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Folks

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I see a lot of veterans on this board buying Hot smoking cash..any reason why? Is it just because its new? Just curious as I have not bought any of those..

not a veteran, but i'm buying it becasue it is new

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The Fortune anal rape continues.... Got 2 $10 Fortunes from a Shell in Van NUys and won ziltch ...On way back home, I got 3 $10 Diamond from a Vons vending machine in Stevenson Ranch ...haven't scratched them yet as the anal pain is untolerable..

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The Fortune anal rape continues.... Got 2 $10 Fortunes from a Shell in Van NUys and won ziltch ...On way back home, I got 3 $10 Diamond from a Vons vending machine in Stevenson Ranch ...haven't scratched them yet as the anal pain is untolerable..

won a ticket on the 3 Diamonds

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Pope and change? How Francis is building a more accessible Church

Pope Francis talks with journalists as he flies back Rome following his visit to Brazil July 29, 2013. (Photo by Luca Zennaro/Pool/Reuters)

Pope Francis talks with journalists as he flies back Rome following his visit to Brazil July 29, 2013. (Photo by Luca Zennaro/Pool/Reuters)

Pope Francis made headlines this weekend when he told reporters that if a priest is gay and seeks the Lord, ?who am I to judge??

On Tuesday, the Morning Joe panel weighed in on the shift and what it means for the future of the Church.

?I think this statement goes not only to gay priests in the Catholic Church, but a much larger world view that the pope is willing to express,? host Joe Scarborough said. ?The statement ?who am I to judge?? is an unassailable statement, because it comes straight out of Matthew.?

The New York Times? Jeremy Peters agreed, remarking that the pope?s wording hinted to a more accepting and open view than the pope conveyed.

?I found it so striking,? Peters added. ?He used the word gay, the English word gay. He was speaking in Italian and that?s a word that even some of our own Supreme Court justices won?t use because?they get too squeamish about it and they use the word a lot of gay people consider to be pejorative which is homosexual.?

MSNBC?s Thomas Roberts added that the move may help bring disenchanted Catholics back into the fold.

?LGBT people are born, Catholics are raised, there?s a distinction here,? Roberts said. ?There are a growing number of disenfranchised Catholics refreshed by what Pope Francis has to say. Instead of the tightening grip we saw under Pope [Benedict XVI], you know, we?re seeing the wide embrace from Pope Frances who?s willing to talk about things.?

What do you think about the pope?s remarks? Watch the discussion below and tell us what you think in the comments!

Source: http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/07/30/pope-and-change-how-francis-is-building-a-more-accessible-church/

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Saturday, July 27, 2013

China Aims to Help Small Businesses

BEIJING?China has rolled out temporary tax cuts and promises of fresh credit for small businesses that have been hit hard as economic growth slows, but the move will have only a limited impact on the economy, analysts said.

The measures are aimed at giving small firms a helping hand and in turn boosting economic growth as the economy appears to lose steam.

On Friday, the central bank said it would encourage banks to lend more to smaller firms and it would encourage these companies to tap the bond market for financing. That followed an announcement by the State Council, or China's cabinet, on Wednesday that it would temporarily suspend business and value-added taxes for companies with monthly revenue under 20,000 yuan ($3,260) starting Aug. 1.

Small and medium-size enterprises account for 80% of China's urban jobs, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. But they often find themselves hard-pressed to get financing, with banks preferring to make loans to larger companies.

Still, economists said the move wouldn't significantly open up new channels of credit. "The reality is the banking system is not set up to serve SMEs," said Liu Li-Gang, at economist at Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, referring to small and medium-size enterprises. "This will probably not be that effective."

The central bank said on its website that it would use monetary tools to support smaller firms. It didn't give specifics on its plans and ultimately the banks will decide for themselves where to lend. But the central bank delivered the same message in a commentary by People's Bank of China Gov. Zhou Xiaochuan in the Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily on Friday, adding weight to the move.

In an apparently related development, China Citic Bank, the country's seventh-biggest lender by assets, said Thursday it had received regulatory backing to issue 30 billion yuan of bonds to support small businesses.

Earlier in the week the State Council said that its tax cuts would benefit six million firms and tens of millions of workers. That suggests that the government's target is very small businesses indeed, as the average operation affected by the move would have only a handful of employees.

An executive with a small media company in north China's Gansu province said the revenue threshold is extremely low and likely to limit the impact of the tax measures.

"It's really symbolic," said the executive. "I believe there is no manufacturing company in China that will benefit from the policy."

Other business executives generally agreed the effects would be limited.

"These measures are aimed at very small businesses, or businesses that have just been set up," said Florence Mo, a manager at Lamkin Golf Products, a manufacturer in the southern city of Guangzhou. With about 500 workers, Lamkin is too large to benefit from the tax cut.

The tax cut will add up to some 36 billion yuan per year, or 0.3% of fiscal revenue, HSBC estimates. But the bank's economists argue the revenue is worth sacrificing because the tax cut will produce political benefits, helping to "maintain social stability and uphold consumer spending."

The measure could boost employment and shore up confidence, said Lu Ting, chief China economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

China's policy makers are debating how best to prop up an economy that grew by 7.8% in 2012, its slowest pace in more than a decade, and looks set to decelerate further this year.

A program to replace the business tax with a lighter value-added tax is also intended to benefit businesses. The change has lowered the tax burden on more than 95% of taxpayers in the regions that have made the switch so far, according to the State Administration of Taxation. The agency estimates the change lowered the overall tax burden in those areas by some 23 billion yuan in the first five months of the year.

The State Council on Wednesday also unveiled a batch of measures to support exporters, including simplifying customs procedures and suspending some fees. The government hinted too that it will resist further appreciation of China's currency, saying it wants to maintain a "basically stable" exchange rate.

Tax breaks, targeted lending support and supply-side measures like cutting red tape offer the government a way to give the economy a helping hand without resorting to the all-out stimulus it used to get through the financial crisis, and again, on a smaller scale, to weather a slowdown in 2012.

"The planned changes will definitely contribute to speed and will reduce cost" when clearing shipments at customs, said Jasper Schouten, a manager at International Flavors & Fragrances, a U.S. maker of ingredients for food and other products with operations in China. But he added that the fee cuts would not be a game-changer unless made permanent. "Temporary changes are nice but will have limited impact," he said.

?Yajun Zhang contributed to this article.

Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324564704578629414042494522.html?mod=asia_home

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Friday, July 26, 2013

Inside the Air Canada Centre for Justin Bieber

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Canadian singer Justin Bieber performs on stage during a concert as part of his "Believe" World Tour at the Sevens Stadium in Dubai May 4, 2013. Bieber will perform another concert in Dubai on Sunday. (REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh)

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The image is tarnished but the hometown love will no doubt still be there as Stratford's own Justin Bieber pulls into the Air Canada Centre Thursday night for the first of two back to back shows of the pop star's neverending Believe tour.

Music writer Jane Stevenson is inside the ACC Thursday night tweeting all the action from Justin Bieber's Toronto tour stop.

Bieber is scheduled to go on at 8:25 p.m. with opening acts Cody Simpson and Hot Chelle Rae preceding him.
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The image is tarnished but the hometown love will no doubt still be there

as Stratford, Ont's own Justin Bieber pulls into the Air Canada Centre

Thursday night for the first of two back to back shows of the pop star's

neverending Believe tour.

Music writer Jane Stevenson will be inside the ACC Thursday night tweeting

all the action from 7 pm onwards.

Bieber is scheduled to go on at 8;25 pm with opening acts Cody Simpson and

Hot Chelle Rae preceding him.

Source: http://www.torontosun.com/2013/07/25/inside-the-air-canada-centre-for-justin-bieber

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Lea Michele & Cast Honor Cory Monteith on 'Glee' Set

The Glee cast and crew mourned their friend Cory Monteith at a memorial service Thursday, where they shared "memories and music in an emotional celebration of [his] life," according to a statement from Twentieth Century Fox. The venue itself -- Paramount Studios -- brought added emotion to the tribute; it's where the cast films the show's auditorium scenes. 

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