Monday 22 August 2011
Sunday 21 August 2011
NBA lockout..
Whats with this NBA lockout for next year? Is it just the not-so famous teams complaining that they don't have enough fans and money. Like seriously if they wanted more fans and money wouldn't they just try and become better?
Heres an article:
http://www.nba.com/2011/news/06/30/aschburner-lockout/index.html
Heres an article:
http://www.nba.com/2011/news/06/30/aschburner-lockout/index.html
Wednesday 15 June 2011
Terraria
I been currently playing this game on steam. It is currently $10.00. It is Minecraft combined with Maplestory.
I was playing with my friend the other day it was really fun. Time passed very quickly. I really enjoy playing with friends but it is not very fun playing by mine self. Overall it is a great game and is worth the buy.
Monday 16 May 2011
Crabs
there are many different types of crab i recently cooked at home a mud crab and i think a blue swimmer crab. the swimmer crab has small claws unlike the mud crab which has big claws. I prefered the mud because it had juicer meat and had more :P.
Monday 25 April 2011
From Dust - game
This game look really good and interest me. You like play the creator and mold the surroundings to help your villagers to the exit. the Graphics look really really good.
Here is a couple of site:
Saturday 23 April 2011
Swallowing pills
Well I for some weird reason haven't been able to ever swallow a pill. I know it sounds weird i just can't. So i just like mash the pill with a spoon until it dust I then put it in my mouth and it taste like really bad medicine.
Any tips on swallowing drugs?
Friday 22 April 2011
Black ops Call of Duty
Well i recently been play black ops zombies with by friends it been fun voice chatting and shouting when the zombies swamp you from behind. There is one thing i don't like about black ops zombies is that it is like impossible to "finish" unlike left for dead 2 it lacks a goal to finish or get to the end.
Black ops Multiplayer is not fun if you don't play with some RL friends. I play with my friends clan they are always online and are pretty good it is fun to play with them. Multi player isn't the best because the weapons and everything else looks pretty ugly and stuff. i personally use ak47/commando with ghost, slight of hand pro and hacker pro i am not very good at this game though.
Black ops single player had good graphics it was a fun to play through 1 time but i am not playing to play it again though.
Summary: Black ops is a good addition to my collection of games and is quite fun :)
PS3 vs XBOX360
Hey, everyone at school seems to argue about which one is better and stuff, like the games, hardware, online, stuff like that.
Lakers coaches looking for maximum effort in Game 3 against New Orleans
Assistant coach Jim Cleamons says the Lakers must play hard, defend against the pick-and-roll and Hornets guard Chris Paul, and pound the ball inside to big men Andrew Bynum, Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom.
Wednesday 16 February 2011
With new TV deal, Lakers are taking the little guy out of the picture
Starting with the 2012-13 NBA season, the team's games apparently will no longer be available on free TV. Think only a small number of viewers will be disenfranchised? Think again — try 1.6 million.
Slowly, forcefully, chillingly, like Ron Artest leaning on Paul Pierce in the paint, the Lakers have been pushing their average fans into irrelevance.
First, they nudged them from Staples Center courtside. Then they dragged them out of the lower level. Soon, even the price of nosebleed seats required the opening of a vein, and the heart of Laker Nation was dumped into the street.
Well, the thinking was, at least they can still watch them for free on television.
Not so fast, as the long, cold arms of the Lakers are now preparing to shove their average fans out of their own homes.
In striking a 20-year agreement with Time Warner Cable that begins in 2012, the Lakers are removing themselves from free TV for all but the occasional national network telecasts, a stunning move by a team whose popularity was built by the of sort of grass-roots fans on whom they are pulling the plug.
Beginning in 2012, only those rare Lakers games found onABC will be free, as most of the schedule will be accessible only through a pay-TV service — cable or satellite providers such as Time Warner, DirecTV, Charter and Cox. For the several million in town who have such services, this will probably mean a small monthly increase in their bill, but it shouldn't dramatically change their viewing habits.
But did you know that about 620,000 homes in this area do not have a pay-TV service? Based on the 2000 U.S. census average of 2.59 people per household, that's roughly 1.6 million people, or a city roughly the size of Phoenix, and imagine if none of those people could ever watch the Suns on television? How long do you think the Suns would continue to exist?
The Lakers have no such worries, apparently, viewing a mere 1.6 million people as no more important than a scratch onLamar Odom's head.
"They became the Los Angeles Lakers on the backs of average Los Angeles fans who loyally built their brand," said Steve Fisher. "Now they've forgotten about Los Angeles and become the Time-Warner Lakers."
Fisher, a middle-aged Montrose marketing executive, does not have cable television, preferring instead to work with a roof antenna, Netflix, and about a $75-a-month savings.
He has enjoyed watching the Lakers this season on Channel 9 — the free channel will show 41 games — and in a couple of other games on national network television. He is able to follow the team and talk about the team without having to spend the big money to actually watch the team in person, which is not only good for his wallet, but good for that Lakers brand.
And in less than two seasons, his home team will voluntarily become dead to him.
"I don't know how you continue to build a brand by continuing to eliminate your audience," Fisher said. "What does it mean for a team to be part of a city? Can that team really lock out anyone in that city that doesn't want to pay to watch any kind of game?"
These are all questions I needed to ask Tim Harris, the Lakers' senior vice president of business operations and chief marketing officer. In the past, he's been viewed as a community-minded guy and is usually very accessible, but on Tuesday he wasn't available, so spokesman John Black emerged to take the heat.
Under the new deal, are there any plans to make any games available on free TV?
"No plans," said Black. "But we fully expect Time Warner to come up with a distribution plan to make our games available to the largest number of people."
But how can you ignore 1.6 million people?
"As technology changes the world, the number of people who only have over-the-air television is getting smaller and smaller," Black said. ''We have to look at the big picture, and how that one disadvantage is being outweighed by other advantages."
Black argued that the Lakers are one of the last teams to have a significant number of games on free TV, and, indeed, several other NBA teams have already eliminated free TV.
"In a lot of ways, we're a dinosaur," he said.
Yeah, but they're also the Lakers, a professional team as closely tied to a community as any team outside of Green Bay, Wis. Is it really worth it to exclude a sizeable portion of that community simply because their interest is no longer profitable?
"It's a bad move if the Lakers don't put at least some of their games on free TV," said Marc Ganis, president of the Chicago-based Sportscorp Limited consultant group. "Basketball games on free TV can be looked at as a free three-hour commercial. To ignore that opportunity is to make a big mistake."
Ganis, noting that even the super-rich New York Yankees show a spate of games on free TV, said the Lakers need to air about a dozen marquee games per season on free TV to keep the average fan interested.
"If you cut it down to zero, you are hurting the brand," he said. "I don't blame the Lakers for making the deal, but they are shortsighted if it doesn't include some free TV, and teams like that will invariably pay a price."
Oh, yeah, speaking of price, this deal could be worth as much as $3 billion to the Lakers, and good for them, as it will allow the continued building of championships that can be shared by folks throughout the Los Angeles community.
Well, all but about 1.6 million of them.
First, they nudged them from Staples Center courtside. Then they dragged them out of the lower level. Soon, even the price of nosebleed seats required the opening of a vein, and the heart of Laker Nation was dumped into the street.
Well, the thinking was, at least they can still watch them for free on television.
.
Not so fast, as the long, cold arms of the Lakers are now preparing to shove their average fans out of their own homes.
In striking a 20-year agreement with Time Warner Cable that begins in 2012, the Lakers are removing themselves from free TV for all but the occasional national network telecasts, a stunning move by a team whose popularity was built by the of sort of grass-roots fans on whom they are pulling the plug.
Beginning in 2012, only those rare Lakers games found onABC will be free, as most of the schedule will be accessible only through a pay-TV service — cable or satellite providers such as Time Warner, DirecTV, Charter and Cox. For the several million in town who have such services, this will probably mean a small monthly increase in their bill, but it shouldn't dramatically change their viewing habits.
But did you know that about 620,000 homes in this area do not have a pay-TV service? Based on the 2000 U.S. census average of 2.59 people per household, that's roughly 1.6 million people, or a city roughly the size of Phoenix, and imagine if none of those people could ever watch the Suns on television? How long do you think the Suns would continue to exist?
The Lakers have no such worries, apparently, viewing a mere 1.6 million people as no more important than a scratch onLamar Odom's head.
"They became the Los Angeles Lakers on the backs of average Los Angeles fans who loyally built their brand," said Steve Fisher. "Now they've forgotten about Los Angeles and become the Time-Warner Lakers."
Fisher, a middle-aged Montrose marketing executive, does not have cable television, preferring instead to work with a roof antenna, Netflix, and about a $75-a-month savings.
He has enjoyed watching the Lakers this season on Channel 9 — the free channel will show 41 games — and in a couple of other games on national network television. He is able to follow the team and talk about the team without having to spend the big money to actually watch the team in person, which is not only good for his wallet, but good for that Lakers brand.
And in less than two seasons, his home team will voluntarily become dead to him.
"I don't know how you continue to build a brand by continuing to eliminate your audience," Fisher said. "What does it mean for a team to be part of a city? Can that team really lock out anyone in that city that doesn't want to pay to watch any kind of game?"
These are all questions I needed to ask Tim Harris, the Lakers' senior vice president of business operations and chief marketing officer. In the past, he's been viewed as a community-minded guy and is usually very accessible, but on Tuesday he wasn't available, so spokesman John Black emerged to take the heat.
Under the new deal, are there any plans to make any games available on free TV?
"No plans," said Black. "But we fully expect Time Warner to come up with a distribution plan to make our games available to the largest number of people."
But how can you ignore 1.6 million people?
"As technology changes the world, the number of people who only have over-the-air television is getting smaller and smaller," Black said. ''We have to look at the big picture, and how that one disadvantage is being outweighed by other advantages."
Black argued that the Lakers are one of the last teams to have a significant number of games on free TV, and, indeed, several other NBA teams have already eliminated free TV.
"In a lot of ways, we're a dinosaur," he said.
Yeah, but they're also the Lakers, a professional team as closely tied to a community as any team outside of Green Bay, Wis. Is it really worth it to exclude a sizeable portion of that community simply because their interest is no longer profitable?
"It's a bad move if the Lakers don't put at least some of their games on free TV," said Marc Ganis, president of the Chicago-based Sportscorp Limited consultant group. "Basketball games on free TV can be looked at as a free three-hour commercial. To ignore that opportunity is to make a big mistake."
Ganis, noting that even the super-rich New York Yankees show a spate of games on free TV, said the Lakers need to air about a dozen marquee games per season on free TV to keep the average fan interested.
"If you cut it down to zero, you are hurting the brand," he said. "I don't blame the Lakers for making the deal, but they are shortsighted if it doesn't include some free TV, and teams like that will invariably pay a price."
Oh, yeah, speaking of price, this deal could be worth as much as $3 billion to the Lakers, and good for them, as it will allow the continued building of championships that can be shared by folks throughout the Los Angeles community.
Well, all but about 1.6 million of them.
Tuesday 15 February 2011
Manchester City held to goalless draw in Greece
City had the lion's share of the game but Salonika's defence held meaning Roberto Mancini's side must finish the job in the return leg.
New signing from Wolfsburg Edin Dzeko might have struck first blood before the break but he could not convert from Aleksandar Kolarov's low cross, the Bosnian's header well saved by home keeper Michalis Sifakis.
Mario Balotelli, on as a late substitute, then sent an overhead kick wide in the closing stages as the Greek side's record of never having lost in 24 European matches at its Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium remained intact.
Even so, the history books show that previous English visitors Chelsea and Ipswich were similarly unable to score a success at the venue - but then landed the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1970 and the Uefa Cup in 1981 respectively.
Nike Controversy
Nike has long been known for their commercials, and the new Tiger Woods Nike commercial is no exception. Unlike almost every other commercial that has come out the Nike/Woods marriage, or either of those participants, this new Nike Tiger Woods commercial has generated a mixed bag of reactions. Some even say it goes beyond controversial because it was made for the wrong reasons, but who is to know for sure?
For those who haven’t seen the commercial, it appears mundane at first as it is a straight ahead shot of Tiger Woods from the chest up. The expression on his face is a sullen mix of anguish, shame, and maybe a hint of remorse. Adding to that dark vibe is that the commercial was shot in black and white. There is no fist pumping Tiger Woods in his red shirt, no smiles, just pain.
A voice enters, and lo and behold it is the voice of Earl Woods, Tiger’s late father. The message it conveys is something important he must heed:
“Tiger, I am prone to be inquisitive, to promote discussion. I want to find out what your thinking was. I want to find out what your feelings are. Did you learn anything?”
Did Tiger learn anything?
Some people see this as a way of conveying the universally felt concern a father has for his son whenever they are faced with overwhelming issues that could change the course of their life. Then there is of course another camp that believes that Woods is using the spot to buy sympathy for himself and not have to open his mouth to get it. Some have even gone so far he is using the ad to capitalize on his infidelity and make a few bucks. While things are getting better for Tiger Woods to some degree, corporate sponsors aren’t exactly fighting with each other in heated bidding wars to win his endorsement right now.
There is still another theory that Nike perhaps pressured Woods to do this commercial as rebuilding his image in the eyes of the public improves their bottom line financially. It is no secret that Nike has made a lot of money from their business relationship with Tiger Woods and basically centered their entire line of golf products around him. While the general public may never know if that is true or just rumor gone wild, it wouldn’t be the first time such a thing has happened, so it is a legitimate possibility.
Whatever the reasons for the ad are, or how people feel about the words of the late Earl Woods being played in the 30 second clip, it is for each person to decide what they feel about it. Is this a genuine Tiger Woods reaching out, or is it just business as usual playing the only logical angle to get his face and name back on the TV screen with a pair of Nike logos on display?
No matter what anyone takes from the Tiger Woods Nike commercial, people are talking about. Whether they like it or dislike they are tracking it down on Youtube, searching for answers as to why this particular type of ad was made, and wondering at least a little bit if maybe it is time to forgive and move on. Personally. I’d like to believe this is the final chapter and Tiger can go back to golf and his life, and the rest of us can let him do just that keeping in mind he’s human and that humans will always make mistakes.
Some people see this as a way of conveying the universally felt concern a father has for his son whenever they are faced with overwhelming issues that could change the course of their life. Then there is of course another camp that believes that Woods is using the spot to buy sympathy for himself and not have to open his mouth to get it. Some have even gone so far he is using the ad to capitalize on his infidelity and make a few bucks. While things are getting better for Tiger Woods to some degree, corporate sponsors aren’t exactly fighting with each other in heated bidding wars to win his endorsement right now.
There is still another theory that Nike perhaps pressured Woods to do this commercial as rebuilding his image in the eyes of the public improves their bottom line financially. It is no secret that Nike has made a lot of money from their business relationship with Tiger Woods and basically centered their entire line of golf products around him. While the general public may never know if that is true or just rumor gone wild, it wouldn’t be the first time such a thing has happened, so it is a legitimate possibility.
Whatever the reasons for the ad are, or how people feel about the words of the late Earl Woods being played in the 30 second clip, it is for each person to decide what they feel about it. Is this a genuine Tiger Woods reaching out, or is it just business as usual playing the only logical angle to get his face and name back on the TV screen with a pair of Nike logos on display?
No matter what anyone takes from the Tiger Woods Nike commercial, people are talking about. Whether they like it or dislike they are tracking it down on Youtube, searching for answers as to why this particular type of ad was made, and wondering at least a little bit if maybe it is time to forgive and move on. Personally. I’d like to believe this is the final chapter and Tiger can go back to golf and his life, and the rest of us can let him do just that keeping in mind he’s human and that humans will always make mistakes.
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