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Friday Five: Five Great Films Narrated by Their Own Main Character
By Amanda Koprowski
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Welcome to Friday Five, a column dedicated to all things pop culture. Every week, we'll put together five recommendations for you from the worlds of film, television, books and music, each curated to a different theme.
First-person narration has long been a staple of written fiction, so it's no surprise that it's spilled over into the worlds of cinema and TV. However, unlike a book, a film is a visual medium, so the verbal narrative requires a balance with what's seen onscreen, a more difficult trick than you might think. When done poorly, the voiceover feels superfluous, even distracting. But when done well, it becomes an essential part of the characterization and plot, unable to be extricated from the rest of the movie.
With Enola Holmes set to hit Netflix next week, adding another fourth wall-breaking narrator to film canon, now seems like a good time to look back on some other movies where the main character spent just as much time talking to the audience as they did to the rest of the cast.
5. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Joe Gillis (William Holden), a down-on-his-luck screenwriter, ends up inadvertently working for Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), a past-her-prime silent film star. Believing the clean-up project he's performing on her screenplay will be easy money, Joe instead ends up in a co-dependent and toxic relationship with Norma that heads toward an inevitable tragic conclusion.
It takes some guts to start your movie with the murdered body of your main character and even more to let the murdered man narrate your film for you, but Sunset Boulevard's opening and narration have become iconic moments in the noir genre. Unlike many film noirs which focus on crime and corruption, Sunset is more concentrated on the damage fame and the pursuit thereof does on a person's psyche. Joe's sardonic and occasionally cruel narration gives us a front-row seat into his thoughts and motivations, while Gloria Swanson plays Norma as a combination of delusional arrogance and a fearful terror that she has become irrelevant. From its hard-boiled dialogue to its memorable characters, Sunset Boulevard is a film still well worth the watch.
4. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
High school senior Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) decides that it's time to take a day off from the drudgery of public education. Using his wits, his inventiveness and the help of his best friend and girlfriend, he schemes to have the greatest day in Chicago a teenager could ever have, all while dodging the pursuit of his school's dean.
While Ferris Bueller opens in prototypical fashion, with its protagonist lying sick in bed and doted over by his caring parents, the moment Matthew Broderick turns to directly address the camera – and the audience behind it – we know we're in for a very different sort of teenage comedy. Though the film was hardly the first to break the fourth wall (both Jack Benny and Tom Jones got there first), it's the movie's easy flip between traditional comedy and audience address that gives it its unique flair. Buoyed along by a great supporting cast, including Alan Ruck, Jeffery Jones and a pre-Dirty Dancing Jennifer Grey, Ferris Bueller has remained a classic of adolescent fantasy for a reason.
3. Fight Club (1999)
A man (Edward Norton) working as an unhappy corporate cog has a chance run-in with Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), an anarchic soap dealer who proposes putting together an underground fight club in order to reconnect to something lost by the modern American male. But as the club grows more blatant and violent, the narrator discovers not everything is as it seems.
Beyond its most famous line – about which we won't talk – what makes Fight Club stand out so much as a narrated film is the fact that its narrator is completely unreliable. What we see and what is actually happening don't necessarily align, which director David Fincher uses to great effect as the film progresses. As events seem to spin more and more out of control, Norton's uneasiness rises to greater prominence, with the audience experiencing the same level of disquiet while stuck within his narrow viewpoint. Additionally, the use of unreliable narration helps to undergird Fincher's gleeful deconstruction of late 20th century masculinity; after all, if we can't rely on the protagonist's own memories to be true, what are we supposed to make of his analysis of the male experience?
2. Deadpool (2016)
Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) has exactly what any mercenary with flexible morals could want out of life: a girlfriend, Vanessa (Morena Baccarin), who shares his dark sense of humor, an apartment that isn't entirely terrible and a decent living as a vigilante-for-hire. But a cancer diagnosis and an experimental treatment send him spiraling down into some of the more twisted and stranger sections of the X-men universe.
Deadpool wears its inspirations directly on its red spandex sleeves. Where Ferris Buller is what happens when teenage comedies start talking about themselves, Deadpool is what happens when superhero films start doing the same. Taking a comics character already known for breaking the fourth wall, Deadpool the film simply follows that idea to its natural conclusion, with Wade not only talking directly to the audience but to his own flashbacks as well. The film, with its hyperactive violence and more than occasionally juvenile sense of humor, is definitely not for everyone. But if you're in the mood for a truly funny deconstruction of superheroes in general and Marvel Comics in particular, you could do a lot worse.
1. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)
Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) declares her official breakup with the Joker in the most public way possible: by blowing up his favorite spot in Gotham City. This subsequently sets off a chain of events, ending with Harley on the run from nearly everyone in Gotham's underworld, including gangs, ex-henchmen and the world's most unpleasant nightclub owner.
You may have noticed a pattern with a lot of these films: most of the narrators are men. Birds of Prey proves the exception to the rule, with Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn grabbing the baton from Deadpool and taking off in her own chaotic direction with it. A colorful, hyperkinetic film that feels more of piece with neon-drenched eighties movies like The Warriors than modern superhero productions, Birds of Prey nevertheless is a movie made with women in mind. Not only does it give Harley centerstage to display her own specific worldview to the audience, it allows the other characters the chance to breath as well, whether it's burnt out detective Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez) or pickpocket Cassandra Cain (Ella Jay Basco). Hitting just before the pandemic shutdown, Birds of Prey was overshadowed a bit by current events, but if you missed its theatrical run, it's absolutely worth a watch on DVD or VOD.
And that's the list for the week. What other famous film narrators do you think deserve more discussion? Comment below and let us know your thoughts!
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Amanda Koprowski spent nearly ten years working in non-profits and community organizations before deciding to pursue a career in her primary passion, writing. She previously worked as an editor for Drama Around the Globe, ABF Journal and Monitor, having written and edited articles on such eclectic topics as Marxist actors, women in equipment financing and lawyers who specialize in turnaround management for troubled companies. She currently contributes articles to 4b.world. Amanda lives in Philadelphia, with two cats, several bottles of wine and an embarrassing number of books.
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HIT: The First Case is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language action suspense-thriller film written and directed by Sailesh Kolanu, being a remake of his 2020 Telugu film of the same name. The film is produced by Dil Raju Production and T-Series. It stars Rajkummar Rao and Sanya Malhotra. It was released on 15 July 2022.

Plot

Vikram Jaisingh aka Vicky is a cop who works in the Homicide Intervention Team HIT, and is sharp person, who solves crucial cases with his ability to capture even the smallest of details, thus earning the trust of his senior Ajit. He is in love with Neha Mehta, his colleague and a forensic official.

Rohit is Vikram's close friend and his colleague, who accompanies him in most of his cases. Vikram is constantly in an argument with Akshay, another officer, who crosses lines with Vikram. Vikram occasionally suffers from PTSD due to his past experience and refuses to take pills as he believes it slows down his abilities.

Meanwhile, a girl named Preeti is driving on the highway, and her car stops to the side because it suffers a malfunction. Officer Ibrahim Sheikh, stops to help her, and she calls her father since she forgot her phone at her home. When her father comes to pick her up, he sees that she has gone missing and Ibrahim says that she got into a blue car and he thought it was his car.

When Preeti's parents approach Ibrahim demandingly, he remains firm and insults them. Being a good friend of Preeti' parents, Ajit decides to suspend Ibrahim because of how he acted and since he does not believe him. Vikram decides to take a six-month break to relieve his PTSD attacks. After two months, Vikram gets a call that Neha goes missing. He decides to go back to Ajit and ask for the case file for Neha going missing, but he says Akshay is dealing with the case, and he cannot give it to him.

Vikram decides to ask Saxena, who is Neha's colleague, about the cases Neha has dealt with the past two months. Vikram and Rohit connect Preeti's and Neha's missing case and deduce that the same person is involved in both cases. Vikram decides to investigate, and he asks Srinivas for Preethi's case, and he takes over the case.

Meanwhile, Akshay has suspicions that Vikram was the one who kidnapped Neha. Vikram decides to go to Preeti's college, and he asks Ajay and Sandya about what happened the previous night, and they say the same response how they were at a pub. Vikram and Rohit ask both Preeti's parents, and they say that her parents died in a plane crash and she was living with them and Preeti's neighbor Sheela about her.

Vikram and Rohit start deducing the case, and they come to a conclusion that Sheela kidnapped Preeti after they see Sheela's blue car and a note forged by Sheela indicating the whereabouts of Preeti's corpse. Ibrahim then sees the car and says that Sheela was not the one who kidnapped Preeti. Vikram and his team dig up the body behind the house and find that it is unnoticeable and it has a few DNA samples on it.

Vikram suspects Ajay because he said that Preeti was his girlfriend. While searching for the evidences Vikram gets a call from a stranger named Eesha who is stalked by a man in a car telling her to stop so that he can talk, but she drives fast and reaches the outskirts and contacted Vikram. Vikram begins his investigation in the toll booth in the highway. Vikram using the toll gate security cameras he deduces that the man who kidnapped was Fahad. After Vikram, Akshay, and Ibrahim find Fahad, Ibrahim is shot dead by Fahad while Vikram and Akshay capture him. Fahad takes them to the house where he received the money to kidnap Preeti. Vikram finds out that it was Rohit's house, and before Rohit shoots him, he shoots him dead.

Akshay goes upstairs and gets Neha. During the funeral of Rohit Sapna explains how Preeti and Sapna belonged to the same orphanage. Sapna had started developing feelings for Preeti since the age of 14. Saraswati Ma'am from the orphanage had tried to separate them. A couple came to adopt a child and were interested in both of them. But in the end they choose one and Preeti gets selected and adopted. Saraswati Ma'am asked her to suppress her feelings.

Sapna explains how she saw Preeti at a club and suddenly all the pent up feelings came out. Sapna tries to tell Preeti but Preeti rebukes Sapna. To express her feelings to Preeti, Sapna kidnaps Preeti with the help of Fahad and then Preeti dies in a scuffle. Rohit tries to protect Sapna by burying  her and planting the DNA evidences. Sapna explains the whole story and Sapna gets arrested. Vikram attends the funeral of Both Preeti and Ibrahim. the Unidentified DNA on Preeti was of Rohit . He knew he would be caught and wanted to die at the hands of Vikram.

When Neha and Vikram are talking, Vikram almost gets shot, hinting at a sequel.

Cast
 Rajkummar Rao as Inspector Vikram Jaisingh (Vicky), Neha's love interest
 Sanya Malhotra as Dr. Neha Mehta, Vikram's love interest
 Akhil Iyer as Rohit Shukla, Vikram's colleague
 Shilpa Shukla as Sheela
 Dalip Tahil as Ajit Singh Shekhawat, Vikram's senior officer
 Sanjay Narvekar as Shrikant Saxena
 Milind Gunaji as SI Ibrahim Sheikh
 Jatin Goswami as Akshay
 Rose Khan as Preeti Mathur
 Raviraj as Fahaad
 Madhur Arora as Anirudh
 Dishita Sehgal as Young Preeti
 Nuveksha as Sapna Shukla, Rohit's wife & Preeti's obsessed lover
 Kirti Kapoor as Geetha
 Karan Mehta as Shiva
 Noyrika Bhatheja as Dr Ritika

Production
Principal photography commenced on 12 September 2021 and wrapped up on 18 April 2022.

Soundtrack

The music of the film is composed by Mithoon and Manan Bhardwaj while the lyrics are written by Sayeed Quadri and Manan Bhardwaj. The film score is composed by John Stewart Eduri. The first single was released on 29 June 2022.

Reception

Box office
HIT: The First Case earned 1.35 crore at the domestic box office on its opening day and 5.59 crore on opening weekend.

, the film grossed  in India and  overseas, for a worldwide gross collection of .

Critical response
HIT: The First Case received mixed to positive reviews from critics with praise towards the performance of Rao and Malhotra, pacing and direction. Chirag Sehgal of News 18 rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Rajkummar Rao shines bright in the movie. The film also looks very similar to Kunal Kemmu's web series Abhay". A critic for Bollywood Hungama rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "HIT THE FIRST CASE is a decent watch thanks to a superlative performance, whodunit element and a story". Shubham Kulkarni of Koimoi rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Rajkummar Rao needs his glory back where the entire movie somehow complimented his talent and hardwork. This is not it but is not entirely bad either". Tushar Joshi of India Today rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "If you are looking for a solid performance from Rajkummar Rao, then HIT won't disappoint. It is gripping in parts but we hoped the writers had put in more efforts to go beyond just remaking another south film". Renuka Vyavahare of The Times of India rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Rajkummar Rao lends gravitas to the dawdling crime mystery. He has the ability to elevate a scrambled script and he does that here as well. He ensures you are on his team despite the misfires. HIT is more of a hit-and-miss"  Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "HIT: The First Case hits the jackpot with Rajkummar Rao.
Nothing escapes his discerning eye. Nothing comes in our way of admiring it". Devesh Sharma of Filmfare rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Rajkumar Rao is the best thing about the film and keeps you invested in the project through sheer dint of effort". A critic for Pinkvilla rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "HIT: The First Case hits the bulls eye in the first half, but falls flat in the second. It's an honest attempt to bring the thriller for the Hindi audience".

Home media
The film started streaming on Netflix from 28 August 2022.

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The Best Steven Spielberg Movies Of All Time
Steven Spielberg was born on December 18, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Considered to be one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era, he started his amazing career directing television projects, and he is one of the most successful and popular directors and producers in film history. The Academy Award winner has directed LOTS of fan-favourite films in the past years. Why don't we take a look at some of them?
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Many people wonder what kind of weather they can expect in November in Canada. Is this month a good time to go to Canada? To answer that question we created this page with all the information you need.
What is the weather like in Canada in November?
The weather conditions in Canada in November range from poor to unpleasant depending on the destination.
During November in Canada, the average maximum temperature ranges from very low in Alert with -23°C (-9°F) to low in Ucluelet with 11°C (51°F). Minimum nighttime temperatures generally drop to 4°C (39°F) in Ucluelet and -30°C (-22°F) in Alert.
Precipitation in November ranges from low in Komakuk Beach with an average of 8mm (0.3inch) snow/rainfall to heavy in Ucluelet with 493mm (19inch). It is also generally a dark period with an average of 88 hours of sunshine in Toronto during the entire month.
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The Port of Qingdao (also spelled Tsingtao) rests at the entrance to Jiaozhou Bay on the south coast of Shadong Peninsula overlooking the Yellow Sea in eastern China. The Port of Qingdao is located some 94 nautical miles northeast of the Port of Liayungang and about 300 nautical miles west-southwest of the Port of Incheon in South Korea. Offering one of northern China's best natural harbors, the bay is open year-round for large vessels. The Port of Qingdao is an important cultural center with several important universities. It is also a major center for marine sciences and technology. In 2007, over 2.8 million people lived in the urban area surrounding the Port of Qingdao.
In 1984, the government of the People's Republic of China named part of Qingdao a Special Economic and Technology Development Zone, supporting the city's growth with secondary and tertiary industries. As one of China's fourteen open cities, the Port of Qingdao supports a local economy that thrives on international trade and foreign investments. Japan and South Korea have made significant investments in the city, and about 80 thousand South Korean citizens live there. The hinterlands of the Port of Qingdao contain more than 20 hectares of arable land, so agriculture is an important part of the regional economy. Marine resources like fish, shrimp, and other ocean products are also important to the economy. Minerals mines and paper mills also contribute. The Port of Qingdao is home to three industrial zones: Qingdao Economic and Technological Development Area, Qingdao Free Trade Zone, and Qingdao High-tech Industrial Zone.
Humans have lived in the area of the Port of Qingdao for at least six thousand years. One of China's first peoples, the Dongyi, lived here and established the Dongyeshi, Longshan, and Dawenkou cultures. Before the 17th Century, the Port of Qingdao was little more than a small fishing village. Under the Qing Dynasty (1891), the Port of Qingdao was called Jiao-ao.
In 1891, the Qing Dynasty government began to improve the fortifications at the Port of Qingdao, making it a defensive base against possible naval attacks. Unfortunately, the German navy overcame these defenses, and Jiaozhou Bay was ceded to Germany in 1898.
The German occupiers transformed the poor fishing village into an important port and based their Far East Squadron in the Port of Qingdao where their ships could operate throughout the Pacific region. They made the Port of Qingdao a free port in 1899. The German government built the first streets and infrastructure for the city and introduced electricity, a sewer system, and a supply for healthy drinking water. German merchants established the Tsingtao Brewery and many other commercial ventures throughout the province.
Before World War I began, German naval vessels gathered in the Marianas to return to Germany before they could be trapped by the Allies. After Japan declared war on Germany as part of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance (and to take the Port of Qingdao), the Japanese occupied the Port of Qingdao and surrounding area during the Siege of Tsingtao and held it until 1922.
The Port of Qingdao returned to Chinese rule in 1922 as part of the Republic of China, and it became a directly-controlled municipality under the national government in 1929. In 1938, the Japanese again occupied the Port of Qingdao as it invaded the Republic of China at the beginning of World War II. During Japanese occupation, new industries were developed. The Japanese established cotton mills, train works, engineering shops, repair facilities, and factories manufacturing chemicals, matches, rubber, beer, and dyestuffs.
When World War II ended, the Chinese Nationalist Party allowed the US Navy's Western Pacific Fleet to use the Port of Qingdao as its headquarters; however, the Red Army entered the city in 1949, and the Port of Qingdao has been under the control of the People's Republic of China since then, and it has become a center for heavy industries like iron and steel.
In 1984, China began its open-door policy and named the Port of Qingdao as one of its 14 open cities, opening the door to foreign investment and trade and locating its own navy's northern fleet there. In 1984, three US Navy ships visited the Port of Qingdao, making the first US port call to China in over 37 years.
Today, the Port of Qingdao is an important manufacturing center. The city is undergoing a period of rapid growth, with a new central business district added to the older business district. A large industrial zone is located outside the Port of Qingdao's city center. The industrial zone includes facilities that process chemicals and manufacture rubber and heavy machinery. There is also a blossoming high-tech industry in the industrial zone.


I have a Haier flat screen and a Sony Vaio CW series. I used to have them set up via HDMI at my old house. I would plug it into both my tv and laptop and the screen would switch to the tv. Now I've moved and after setting everything up again, I plug in the cord to both the tv and the laptop and nothing happens. The TV works fine, it's plugged in and I've tried every input. The HDMI cord works as I've hooked up my Xbox with it and it worked fine with the same TV. My laptop works on its own and it's definitely got some issues, but nothing that should keep it from not working. It's just slow and temperamental. Everything is plugged in correctly and on the right channel, as I've said I've had this working before. Any ideas?
your motherboard needs to be replaced. the hdmi inputs on your laptop seems to be the problem.
did you make sure to change the display mode on your laptop so that it exports to a second monitor? on laptops normally you press the FN key and one of the F keys (forget which) to swap through the modes. you should be able to in display properties also.
also make sure you are on the correct input on the television.
if everything worked at the old house, you moved, and are setting it up again i very highly doubt that there is anything wrong with the hdmi port on your computer.
i repeat, i doubt anything is wrong with your motherboard at this point.
I've tried the Fn route. Nothing happens when i press FnF7 (F7 has a picture of two monitors w an arrow between them). I know for a fact it has nothing to do w being on the wrong input. Also, i know my Fn key works because the other hotkeys respond. I never had to press anything when i had it set up before it just switched automatically. I've checked the display menu to switch monitors too but it only shows the laptop's monitor and no other choices. The only thing i can think is my hdmi port went bad or a necessary program gotdeleted somehow. Idk how it could be my motherboard tho if everything else works on my laptop, granted I don't know anything about motherboards.
well if you were just using the hdmi port, i doubt it went bad overnight. i am not saying it couldnt happen, just that it sounds unlikely.
the fnf7 route is what i use when i connect up to a tv.
i still seem to think it is some combination of tv input, fnf7 and win display options. i've had issues before that required a bit of fiddling around.
i suppose it could be corrupted drivers or the like....you can try a system restore to when the machine was working or just update your display drivers.
i would assume that the port is still good until all other options have been exhausted. after all, replacing the motherboard in a laptop means that the laptop goes in for service. not exactly the cheapest option to you.
Try switching order you turn on TV monitor and computer. By turning both off and then restarting old TV monitor first and then my new PC connected by HDMI I finally got mine to work. Worth a try.
Managed to solve it by using the windows projector settings. Either press 'Windows+P' or look for the 'connect a projector' option under the display settings in the control panel. Cycle through the options and it should get the display to work though the HDMI cable.
I too was able to get the HDMI output to work and then later on stop working. I don't know why this happened, but I solved this after some fiddling around. I have an icon (Intel Graphics Media Accelerator) on the taskbar. Right clicking, Graphics Options->Output to -> Intel Dual Display Clone -> Notebook + Digital Television.
The screen on my laptop stopped working so I connected it to the HDTV and it has been running perfectly even when I've booted up with different sequences (as opposed to the TV manual instructions to turn TV on first). I didn't need to do anything special in order for the connection to be made, but did need to adjust the aspect ratio for the HDTV display to appear normal. Last night the power to the laptop was interrupted and the machine shutdown before having a chance to reconnect the power supply. Now the connection will not work AT ALL. I've tried every startup configuration, changed ports, and I'm certain the computer is functioning (all the correct lights are on, the computer is detecting the WiFi connection, and the DVD player is working as well.
I'm pretty sure the HDMI handshake was terminated when the laptop shutdown, but I cannot force the PC to recognize the display using the Windows key + P or the Fn + F5 because I am unable to view the laptop's screen to input anything. Can anyone help with this?
I've been having the same problem with a new build.
I've been having to switch inputs on both TV and PC, troubleshoot mode on TV, etc., till it comes on at random.
Whatever combo corresponds with the Function 7 (on my Logitech its Fn1), or export display, is a proper first try. Worked for me first time.
I have had the same problem with my sony vaio and my samsum TV. if your search and find your Windown mobility center, open it and then connect your laptop to the TV it will give you some display options. Choose whatever is good for your, i chose the option that allows you to see the display on both screens (laptop and TV) that solved the problem for me.
your solution sound logical, but I cannot find the input settings on my Toshiba... and the settings for my Surface aren't any help either. I realize this is likely a "me" problem, but can you suggest how I might find the input settings on my Toshiba? I tried switching channels btw.
I recently had this happen to me. I have a Dell XPS 15 and on their support website it shows you multiple recommended downloads. I advise you not to download any of these unless you're having an issue with something on your computer. I downloaded the "recommended" Dell Driver under Drivers for OS Deployment and then could not connect to my 32' vizio.
TO SOLVE MY PROBLEM, after reading on here I simply went to my downloads history where I had downloaded the driver and saw that I had the old driver from 2012 right next to it. I simply unzipped the 2012 driver and my computer worked perfectly. A friend of mine suggested that you may have to clear your local files if this doesn't work or if your new driver wasn't conveniently saved next to the old file.
NOTE: I saw someone post it may be a motherboard issue... to rule this out simply try to connect your computer to another system via HDMI (mine connected to my 50' Sharp no problem that's how I knew there was no issue with the mother board or HDMI internal connection).
Hi there, I had same problem to connect laptop to TV with hdmi and then saw yr post today (nob 5,2014). Don't know what I selected on intel graphics, some thing with monitor, and now my laptop( screen is toTally blank. Do u hv any answer to that. Only thing I can see on blank black screen is while mouse. Pl help.
hi all. i've just had this same issue and found a solution. put tv in hdmi source until you see the not connected message then turn off tv. turn off pc and wait a couple of minutes (don't know if waiting does make a difference its just what i did) then turn on pc and wait until your 99% sure it will have booted up to your desktop. then turn on tv and it connects.
after that just remember to turn on pc and let it boot up before switching on tv.
this worked for me and my luxor hd tv.
if you have geforce graphic card at least with my 760 oc card it allows me to adjust position by opening control panel for geforce !!!! not windows program .just hit size tab check enable resize then hit gray box that says re size your set .. i just toying with new hdmi cable got thought i try it on pc hdtv works fine i have toshiba was running vga coughs now got .. bat my eyes ask my spouse if he let me order another one since wanted for roku to start with laughs ..
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I do a fair amount of liveblogging in my job. Okay, that's an understatement. I do a lot of liveblogging. So as you can imagine, attending webcasts on my "day off" isn't really something I typically do for kicks. However, yesterday's webcast on direct marketing for small businesses was one I knew I shouldn't miss and so I thought I'd share it with the lot of you lazy bums too. Why? Because I love you.
The gang was in town to talk about the ins and outs of direct marketing and how small businesses could leverage it to see big results. Here's a bit of what I took away from the seminar.
The goal of direct marketing has not changed with the fads.
One of the questions first posted by John was whether or not direct marketing has altered over the years. The panelists seemed to agree that it hasn't, even if everything else around it has.
Direct marketing is NOT those boring postcards you get in the mail and write phone messages on. Direct marketing is using valuable information to create a need. It's using that information to educate, to establish trust and to build yourself as an authority. It's very much what we see companies trying to do every day. And it can be done through site copy, a one shot piece of direct mail, or even a series of articles that build on one another. It's the act of starting a relationship with your customer by first giving them something valuable. It's the best kind of relationship; it's where you give before you worry about receiving. Direct marketing is like Christmas.
Janine commented that it's why things like white papers are so effective as direct marketing tools. Customers buy from people and companies that they like, trust or that they view as an expert on a topic. From that perspective, sales is really about education. You need to educate someone on your product or service so that when they need that product, they'll buy it from you. You don't convince someone to buy something they don't want (that's advertising!) You give them enough information to decide that you're the right choice.
John agreed that a big part of direct marketing was to "create like and trust". Business owners are trying to establish an awareness that often means educating first and then creating a second step where you direct them to a place where they can see what you have to offer. That's where the next phase of the relationship starts.
Direct marketing starts with the small business owner.
If direct marketing is about educating your market about a need, then there's no one more qualified to do that than a small business owner. They're the ones who will know their audience and what they'll find unique, irresistible and compelling. They're the best people to craft the message. Everything else in the organization can be outsourced, but the knowledge that a small business owner has about the people they serve, that can't be replicated.
Be an expert on their market.
Know how to engage and inform.
Select the best medium to do that.
Brian really rang home that idea that you have to know where your market is. You want to be anywhere that you know *your* people are going to be. You need to understand your business. Anita spoke a bit about bringing social media networks into the mix. If your audience is on Facebook or LinkedIn, those sites give you the power to send messages to your group. Use those outlets.
Janine instructed business owners to be aware of the power of an option form. Whether it's all over your site or you have an offline business, you want to develop that relationship with your customer. That's when you describe what kind of value you're going to be giving them in return for their info. Tell them how often you'll be sending them emails (she advises monthly) and what you're about. There has to be an exchange of real value or no one's going to care.
Direct marketing is a more subtle form of advertising. It's not like an ad on TV. When done right, someone shouldn't even realize they are being marketed. Like most other things today, it's about creating direct relationships with people to lay the groundwork for a purchase down the road. And it's up to the small business owner to know how to make that offer unique. They're the center of the whole process. I'm just the center of my own universe.
Your direct marketing efforts should be focused on accountability.
Small business owners are consumed with buzzwords like Return on Investment Advertising because those are the things that resonate with them. They want to hear about the return. They don't have a lot of money to throw around. The 'response to act' is key. If there's a need to act, then there's accountability. And accountability is like cupcakes. You can never have too much!
Janine advised looking at things from a customer retention point of view. Look at things like the Open Rate. Look to see how many people took the time to open your email. If your open rate this week was 22 percent and last week it was 28 percent, take the time to see what changed. We're all busy and wearing a bunch of different hats, but even just noting if it's the subject line that changed, what links were clicked on, etc, can give you insight and help you figure out how to gear your campaign.
You shouldn't run any advertising unless you can hold it accountable.
Good sales techniques haven't changed.
One of the best pieces of advice came from Anita who said that even if you don't have a marketing plan, you need to write down everything you hope to achieve in your direct marketing campaigns. Because that's how you're going to get it. By writing it down It'll serve as your road map for where you're headed and will keep you on track. You want to build direct marketing into all of your marketing activities, that means creating marketing touch points in in-person events, finding ways to repurpose content, etc.
I want to thank Brian, Janine, Anita and John for putting together a great panel yesterday afternoon. The next installment of the Small Business Marketing Guide series will take place on May 6th in a webcast called Taking Your Brand Online with John, Chris Brogan, our BFF Guy Kawasaki and David Meerman Scott. You can sign up on Brighttalk, if you're interested. I already have.


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Can you handle it?
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Mwa-hahahaha. That Blue Dragon Plus "review." Man oh man, what a riot. Like I'd ever play that game.
Anyway. Hello, and welcome to the forty-sixth edition of Hey! Look! Listen! That's right folks, I've written 46 of these things. Or… well, almost. Ethos wrote a few. But we'll ignore that fact.
For your convenience, starting with issue #50 I'll probably start putting the issue number in the title.
But yeah, that's about it. I'm still unemployed. Let's read some stories!
Xbox 360 to Receive USB Hard Drive Support
Well, it took them long enough but here it is. On April 6 Microsoft will release a system update for the 360 that will allow it to recognize USB hard drives, as well as flash drives. You'll be required to specially configure the drive in the Xbox menu, and you can format up to 16 GB of space. You can have up to two drives connected at one time.
That's… still slightly lame, but better than nothing. According to Microsoft, gamers will be able to transport "profiles, game saves, demos and more."
As you can imagine, this announcement prompted a lot of Sony fanboys to gloat over the fact that the PS3 has had this capability for years, with no limit. However, a certain resident of the IGN boards named "tdgirard" swiftly shut them all down with this stinging, backhanded comment:
Ouch. (IGN)
Thanks to GamerLimit
Michael Atkinson Steps Down as Attorney General; R18+ Rating On the Way
Well damn it. I wrote about him once. ONCE. And he fucking throws in the towel. Mr. Thompson was far more tenacious than you've proven to be, sir Atkinson; I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little disappointed.
Ahem. Not entirely sure what the specific reason behind Mr. Atkinson's resignation was, but from what I can gather, he was rather mired in the poor political decisions of his past. His stance against the R18+ rating was just one of many controversies he was involved in.
Stepping up to replace Atkinson is John Rau, who apparently is fully supportive of an R18+ rating for videogames. Speaking to Chris Prior, president of the Gamers4Croydon party, he "indicated to me that the lack of an R18+ for games seemed absurd, and that it was really just common sense to introduce it, considering the vast majority of adult content is already available under the MA15+ classification."
Well. Sounds like it's just a matter of time. Good for Australia! (Kotaku)
The Future of Video Game Controllers… is YOU!
Sorry, I couldn't resist that title. Speaking frankly, this is really neat. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon have created a device that's capable of turning your own skin into a touchpad for electronic devices. Tapping your arm, for example, produces acoustic waves, which the device recognizes and turns into input commands. Watch the video for more information; it totally shows a dude playing Tetris with it, as well as Frogger. (Kotaku)
Final Fantasy IX is Probably Coming to PSN
This isn't confirmed, but I mean hell, why wouldn't they? Apparently, one of Square Enix's producers Shinji Hashimoto has been gathering public opinion on a Final Fantasy IX PSN release. Speaking on the Square Enix Japanese Twitter, he had this to say:
"Thanks to everyone for your opinions on FF9. Regarding an FF9 download release, everyone is so passionate about it that I'll be proposing it at the next board meeting. Look forward to next week!"
Well, there you have it. He's going to propose it to the next board meeting. I'm guessing it won't be too long before we see it join Final Fantasy VII and VIII on the PlayStation Network. (VG247)
Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 3 Cancelled
Bummer. I never actually got around to playing episodes 1 or 2, but I've heard good things about them, and I've always liked Penny Arcade. In an interview with Joystiq, Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik confirmed that there wouldn't be a third entry in the videogame series. But not all is lost; they supposedly plan on finishing the story somehow.
So, what brought about this cancellation? The developer behind the series, Hothead Games, is working on an EA game called Deathspank. (Yeah, no, that's the actual title). I've never heard of Deathspank before in my life, but it's the reason why Penny Arcade Adventures is being prematurely killed.
"They definitely could've done both games," Holkins said. "I think they could've made DeathSpank and Episode 3 but I think Episode 3 would've suffered. I mean, I know it would have suffered. So we'd rather not do it than do it half-assed and so we're going to finish that story but it's going to be on our website."
And that, as they say is that. No more Penny Arcade Adventures. They did, however, just release their 11 1/2 anniversary commemorative book, which you can see excerpts from here.
Ah, it's so nice to have Friday night off.
Tags: Final Fantasy IX, Michael Atkinson, Penny Arcade, Xbox 360
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Saturday, March 6th, 2010
1:32 a.m. on a Friday night, and what am I doing?
Nothing FUN, that's for sure. I'm at my desk, surrounded by empty bottles of cheap lager, writing an article for you fucks. I hope you enjoy it.
Actually, I hope you don't, because that would SHOW you.
Anyway. Let me grab another Yuengling, and we'll get started.
Activision Vs. Zampella/West: Things are Getting Heated
You guys should pay attention to this, because it's one of the juicier, more scandalous stories to emerge from the game industry since Jack Thompson was disbarred.
In the previous edition of HLL, I reported on the unceremonious canning of Infinity Ward's two main men, Jason West and Vince Zampella. I also reported that Activision had filed an SEC suite against both of them, citing "insubordination" and "breaches of contract."
Well, the (seemingly) dynamic duo of West and Zampella aren't taking this one lying down. They're counter-suing Activision, claiming that the company owes them royalties for work on the massively popular Modern Warfare 2, and that they were fired without proper cause. They're not playing small-time here either: their suit demands 36 million USD in damages, as well as the rights to the Modern Warfare brand. (Not Call of Duty, mind you; but Modern Warfare.)
Said West: "We were shocked by Activision's decision to terminate our contract. We poured our heart and soul into that company, building not only a world class development studio, but assembling a team we've been proud to work with for nearly a decade. We think the work we've done speaks for itself."
Said Zampella: "After all we have given to Activision, we shouldn't have to sue to get paid."
Said Activision: (full commented blockquoted for douchery)
"Activision is disappointed that Mr. Zampella and Mr. West have chosen to file a lawsuit, and believes their claims are meritless," the company said in a statement e-mailed to Kotaku by a spokesperson. "Over eight years, Activision shareholders provided these executives with the capital they needed to start Infinity Ward, as well as the financial support, resources and creative independence that helped them flourish and achieve enormous professional success and personal wealth.
"In return, Activision legitimately expected them to honor their obligations to Activision, just like any other executives who hold positions of trust in the company. While the company showed enormous patience, it firmly believes that its decision was justified based on their course of conduct and actions. Activision remains committed to the Call of Duty franchise, which it owns, and will continue to produce exciting and innovative games for its millions of fans."
Well. If anything's clear at this point, it's the question of appearances. West and Zampella look like two creative geniuses who've been thrown under the bus, while Activision continues to look like a grand, huge, massive, gargantuan, money-grubbing bag of douche.
And, frankly, I wouldn't be too surprised if that turned out to be exactly the case. I have no proof, of course, but the pieces fit. Why the hell would Activision fire their two golden boys? Either they were doing something awful, like, say, money laundering – or Activision just wants them out of the way. Creative differences, perhaps? Arguments over what direction the Modern Warfare brand should take? Understand, as the heads of Infinity Ward, West and Zampella had complete control over the Modern Warfare subseries.
There are countless rumors and nuances to this story, and I'm not going to try to sum them all up here. It's honestly deserving of a site feature in and of itself. I've given you the basic facts. Choose your side, place your bets, and we'll see where this goes.
Portal 2 Unceremoniously Announced
I don't care about Portal. I've never played it. I actually have it sitting on my PC's hard drive somewhere if I'm not mistaken, but I've yet to give it a go. Regardless, a lot of people like Portal. So. All of those people can now officially get excited.
I say "unceremoniously" because rumors have been flying around for a while, and it was revealed the next month's Game Informer would feature a Portal 2 cover story. After all of this happened, Valve confirmed it through steam.
So yeah, that's pretty much it. Maybe we'll see a reveal trailer at GDC? It is next week, after all – and Valve's very own Gabe Newell will be receiving a "pioneer award" (whatever the fuck that is) at the show. (VG247)
Oh Snap: DSi XL and iPad to Hit Retail Within Days of Eachother
C'mon, isn't this at least kinda interesting? The DSi XL and the Apple iPad, two devices that a) are catered to people who like… uh… large things, and b) don't need to exist for any reason are both hitting North American retailers within the same week. You can grab a DSi XL on March 28, and then an iPad on April 3.
All of you "size matters" people should be in heaven. Me? I'll be sitting back and laughing at anyone dumb enough to purchase either device. Unless they're really old and have problems seeing things properly. I'll still be laughing then, but for different reasons.
Here, I'll Up the Ante: Michael Atkinson is a Stupid, Melodramatic, Misguided, Fame-Seeking Fuck.
Note: I did NOT call him a crook.
Everyone other than SiliconNoob is probably wondering what the hell I'm talking about. Well, it goes like this: there's this little island nation called Australia. Australia likes to ban a lot of games. They're sensitive like that. Left 4 Dead 2 is one of the most recent examples. One of the reasons for this is that Australia's most "mature" rating for games is MA15+. After L4D2′a banning in Australia, a bunch of sensible people decided that it might be time to introduce an R18+ rating for Australia, so we could end this nonsense of banning and/or altering games once and for all.
For the hell of it, South Australia's Attorney General, Michael Atkinson, decided he didn't like the idea. He's opposing it tooth and nail. He just doesn't understand WHY Australians crave more sex and violence in their interactive media! From a letter he wrote to… uh… someone:
"It does not follow that a game is more interesting to an adult simply because it contains extreme violence, explicit sexual material, or highly offensive language. Indeed, with all the effort and money that goes into game development, coupled with the effects and graphics now available, there is no need to introduce these extreme elements. I am baffled and worried about why proponents of R.18+ games are putting up their hands and saying 'Give us more cruel sex and extreme violence!'"
Cruel sex…?
Anyway. The above was just a crash-course in Michael Atkinson, seeing that I've never mentioned him on the site before. In a nutshell: he's an idiot. The real story is this: sometime last year, a dude named Dean McQuillan submitted a comment on an Adelaide-based website. Somewhere in the comment, he called Atkinson a "crook."
Because the comment was "highly defamatory," Atkinson is now suing McQuillan for $20,000.
Yes, you read that correctly. An Australian attorney general is suing a civilian for calling him a "crook" online. And that's, quite literally, all there is to it.
Atkinson's head must be one hell of a place to be. Obviously the guy has some serious issues of self-worth, because he seems to be doing his very best to simply be noticed – to hell with what he's being noticed for. But hey, I suppose we should thank him. It's been too long since we gamers have had a public figure outside the industry than we can love to hate. (Kotaku)
NERD ALERT: Yoko Shimomura to Score Xenoblade
What? You don't know who Yoko Shimomura is?! Where is your nerd card, sir?
Anyway. Yoko Shimomura wrote all the pretty music for Kingdom Hearts. She's damn good at what she does, and if Famitsu via Destructoid is to be believed, she'll be providing the music for the upcoming Wii RPG, Xenoblade.
I've actually been fairly interested in Xenoblade for some time now, if only because I'm the world's biggest Xeno-fanboy. (Xenoblade is, for the record, written and directed by Tetsuya Takahashi, the mastermind behind the Xenogears/Xenosaga games.) Shimomura's musical presence only sweetens the deal. I was actually just listening to the final boss themes from Kingdom Hearts II. Absolutely fantastic stuff. Xenoblade is set for release in North America sometime this spring.
Look at All the Final Fantasy XIII Reviews
That pesty embargo for Final Fantasy XIII reviews has been lifted, so now the internet is practically swelling with verdicts on Square Enix's first current-gen entry in the beloved series. Go to GameRankings. You might be a little surprised at what you see.
Having said that, I haven't actually read any of the individual reviews, and I have good reason for it: I don't want to go into Final Fantasy XIII with any more negativity than I've already acquired. I know for a fact that I'm going to be disappointed with some of the decisions they've made. I know that it's not going to be the same as it was all those years ago, when I was young and Final Fantasy was the greatest thing in the world. But, regardless, I want to give Final Fantasy XIII a fair shake. I want to try to re-capture some of that magic that I felt as a kid, when I didn't read or care about reviews. Impossible? Maybe. But I'll give it my best.
As a closing thought, I leave you with indisputable proof that the Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII is superior to the PS3 version.
Thank god for Destructoid. And to think, I was about to go buy it for the PS3! Silly, silly me.
Well. It's now 3:19 a.m. on a Friday night. Or… Saturday morning. Whatever. Point is, I'm still not doing anything fun. I'm at this same desk, with the same empty lager bottles. Plus a few new ones.
'Till next time!
Tags: Activision, Apple iPad, DSi XL, Final Fantasy XIII, Infinity Ward, Michael Atkinson, Modern Warfare 2, Portal 2, Xenoblade
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I love Nintendo, but I hate when they do this.
Understandable, they are the IP owners, but it's kinda unfair that (excuse me for the strong language) those bastards take down Fan tributes that make no money from it at all. Of course, if they were using ads, then Nintendo would've been obviously taking action. But what if the fangame in question was making no money at all (no ads)?
Sorry for the long rant, but Nintendo needs to respect it's fans better. As long as they are no making money out of it, fangames and the like are fine IMO.
P.S.: Hey Isao, saw your comment and made the topic myself.
"I hate when mods don't let you ask for help."
Re: Pokemon Essencials bites the dust due to DMCA.
Also, the word is "essentials".
If they had made something called monster capture essentials and not copied... most assets (maybe there would be a nice external pack that conveniently did the rounds) then I would be upset at the takedown.
This seems like a straight up case of infringement though. Nothing to get particularly upset about.
If they wanted to get a bit hazy and start something for copying mechanics then that could be fun. Doubt they would risk having that come back to bite them though.
As I've said in the past elsewhere, I'd care more if there was a genuinely GOOD game made in the engine, not a bugfest like some I've seen or a 2edgy5me game like Insurgence or Reborn.
To tell the truth, some of you are right. They're using assets made by Nintendo. Had they used custom ones, no problem.
Also, some companies like Sega actually encourage fangames. But of course, this is Nintendo we're talking about.
I find that perfectly normal. The fans were apparently making a "Pokémon" game, when this belongs to Nintendo. Nobody wants someone else to release fan games using the same name as yours, creating possible confusion this would be a geniune "Pokémon" game and not a generic, fan "Pokémon-like" game. Had they used a different name and different assets, it would have been fine. Again, this is perfectly normal, and there's nothing new about this - Nintendo had acted like that since the mid 1980s.
The GitHub is still up, but honestly I find this a pretty cut and dry case. It was named Pokemon, everyone was making Pokemon out of it (PokeCommunity has a whole fangame subforum dedicated to it), it was using Pokemon's assets, and not one thing could've changed that.
The only thing new here is that they made a claim on the Wiki too, as if they're attempting to erase knowledge of how to make Pokemon games on RPG Maker in general. Nope.
Did they include the graphics, etc. with the program?
If that is the case, they probably could've gotten around that by asking users to supply ROMs that it could rip the data from.
They included graphics, fonts, music, sounds, scripts, etc.
It seems pokecommunity is down now as well.
Edit: Apparently it just had some heavy traffic and is working again.


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Бибић је учествовао на јуниорском хокејашком турниру -{TV-pucken}- у округу Даларна 2007/08. где су га запазили скаути екипе Лександа за чији јуниорски тим је и дебитовао током исте сезоне. За сениорски тим Лександа дебитовао је током 2010. године одигравши укупно 15 утакмица, од чега 6 у квалификацијама за СХЛ лигу. Од 2014. игра за екипу Реглеа са којом је дебитовао у најјачој шведској лиги у сезони 2015/16. У сезони 2017/18. постављен је на позицију заменика капитена екипе Реглеа.

У Реглеу игра са млађим братом Алменом.

Види још
 ХК Регле
 Алмен Бибић

Референце

Спољашње везе

Рођени 1991.
Шведски хокејаши на леду
Српски хокејаши на леду
Сјеничани
Срби у Шведској
Бошњаци у Србији


If you've seen even just one episode of this sitcom, I can pretty much guarantee that you've seen Eddie. Eddie is a Jack Russell Terrier who belongs to Martin, Frasier and Niles's father. The premise of the show is that Frasier, a rather pompous yet kind of person who might use Kitchener limo rentals for his travels, a posh radio psychiatrist with a good heart shares his apartment with his much-less-sophisticated father, Martin. Along with a number of other accommodations Frasier must make when his father moves into his swanky, modern apartment, Frasier has to accept Eddie the dog into his home.
Of course with Martin and his oversized armchair and his unwanted terrier all staying in Frasier's apartment with Martin's carer Daphne and the frequent visits by Frasier's brother, Niles, much hilarity ensues. It is, after all, a situational comedy, and quite a situation we've got going here. Eddie adds an extra, fun dynamic to the household. The writers made really good use of him, basically as a representation of Frasier's annoyance with Martin-y things imposing upon his ordered, modern life. Eddie, for example, always obeys Martin. He follows Martin to bed when Martin calls, he obeys Daphne, Martin's carer, when she asks him to do anything, but it's quite a different story with Frasier.
Eddie just stares at Frasier. Frasier will be doing something in the apartment, going about his business, and Eddie the dog will be sitting on the couch, watching his every move. My favourite, though, is when Frasier is trying to relax on the couch, or sitting and reading something, and the Eddie will hop up beside him and fixate his eyes on him. This, of course, drives Frasier mad. He feels like he can't just relax in his own home anymore, that he's always being watched and judged and irritated. And this, of course, is kind of true.
It's the point of the show, as I see it. As I said above, Eddie, for me, represents everything about Frasier's life that he feels he's lost control over since his baseball-enthusiast, fishing-trip-loving, ex.cop father moved into his apartment. The audience, of course, loves Martin and all his quirks. Martin, you see, if most of us. Martin sees the absurdity of the way Frasier and Niles carry themselves, and the unfairness of the elitism they feel when they encounter anyone who can't immediately differentiate between Mozart and Beethoven.
And that's not to say that those members of the audience who appreciate Martin aren't allowed to enjoy the finer things, or that they don't sometimes look down on others for this reason or that. But Martin is such a good, down to Earth man, that we can all relate to him when he's looking at Frasier and Niles incredulously when just can't believe the cheapness of the chardonnay that was served at the last party they attended. We love Martin and, in turn, we love Eddie. We love that Eddie represents the chaos that Martin has brought into Frasier's life, because we know that Frasier needs that grounding force in his life so badly, even though he'd rarely admit it.


GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Spring Break will become Spring Blake this March in Gatlinburg!
Country star Blake Shelton's Ole Red Gatlinburg is planning a week-long grand opening celebration from March 11-17 but there will be some shows happening as early as Monday, March 4.
The restaurant and performance venue is located at 511 Parkway in Gatlinburg near the Margaritaville resort. It will be the third Shelton-inspired bar, restaurant and music venue owned and operated by Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. The first was in his home town in Oklahoma and the second in Nashville.
According to OleRed.com/Gatlinburg, The Reunited will have a show at 11:30 a.m., Stephen Goff performs at 2:30 p.m. and Mike Snodgrass at 5 p.m. on Monday, March 4.
There will be multiple events throughout the week, including a grand opening private concert with Blake Shelton that you could win tickets to!
Starting Monday, March 11, you can catch live music starting at 11:30 a.m. and try the full menu, including signature items, such as the "Champagne of Fried Chicken," and Gatlinburg-only specialties, like the "Ober Gatlin-burger," plus Blake-approved cocktails and a great selection of local beers.
There will also be a "Spring Blake" scavenger hunt, in-venue giveaways and prizes, including a chance to see Shelton's private concert.
If you don't get to go to the show, you can watch a portion of it streaming live on the Ole Red Gatlinburg Facebook page.
Also that week, several former contestants on NBC's "The Voice" will perform, including Knoxville's Emily Ann Roberts.
Ole Red is currently open, but their grand opening isn't until March 13, 2019. Organizers with Ole Red said this has been a long time coming, but their excited to finally get the ball rolling.
As for the city of Gatlinburg, Marci Claude said this is just one more venue that makes the city special.
"We're just thrilled that Blake Shelton and his brand have chosen our little mountain town for his restaurant," Marci Claude, the public relations manager for the city of Gatlinburg, said.
For more information on Ole Red, hours, performance times, etc, visit the Ole Red Gatlinburg website.


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There's never a shortage of things to do in arguably the greatest sports city in the world. Melbourne boasts attractions all over the city that will entertain and amaze you. Melbourne proudly host the Australian Open every year as tennis stars come from all over the world to showcase their skill and compete for the ultimate reward: a Grand Slam title. Don't forget to also visit the National Gallery of Victoria which puts on display multiple different exhibitions of art across the summer – one of many ways to captivate the mind and dazzle the eyes!
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A dad-of-two who miraculously survived two heart transplants as a teenager has died suddenly at the age of 25.
Adam Allbutt, of Norton, hit the national headlines at 13 years old after he underwent life-saving surgery - twice - when his heart failed.
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Now his devastated family have confirmed he passed away on Thursday (January 3). He leaves behind his two young daughters, Maci and Esme.
Friends have launched a campaign to raise £1,000 to help meet the costs of the former Holden Lane High School student's funeral.
Medics first discovered Adam's heart was twice the size it should have been with a hole in his aortic valve back in 2007.
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Q: Gamma integrals Is anything known about these integrals? Textbook suggestions are welcome
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f(n,p)=\int_{x=-0.5}^p \frac{n!}{x!(n-x)!} dx,
\end{equation*}
$n>0, p\le n+0.5$.
For instance, as $n$ grows $2^n-f(n,n+1/2)$ seems to be positive and monotonically decreasing...how would I find the limit?

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A: Not a full solution, but maybe enough for you to get a handle on the problem:
Using $\Gamma (x+1) = x \Gamma (x)$ and $\Gamma(x) \Gamma(1-x) = \frac{\pi}{\sin \pi x}$, one obtains
$$
\Gamma(x + 1) \Gamma(n - x + 1) = \frac{(-1)^n \pi}{\sin \pi x} \prod_{k=0}^{n} (x - k) .
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Thus,
$$
f(n, p) = \frac{(-1)^n n!}{\pi} \int_{-0.5}^p \frac{\sin \pi x}{\prod_{k=0}^n (x-k)} d x .
$$
Using partial fractions, you can now transform $f$ into a sum of values of the sine integral.
Addendum: Computing the sums yields
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f(n, n+\frac{1}{2}) = \frac{2}{\pi} \sum_{k = 0}^n \binom{n}{k} Si (\pi k + \frac{\pi}{2})
$$
Note, that $Si (x) = \frac{\pi}{2} + O(x^{- 2})$. However, I have no idea how to leverage this to find the limit.

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If you are feeling like you are under psychic attack, entities are in your your energy field or you are picking up other people's emotions as though they are your own… Not only are you an empath. – You have horrible boundaries!
People used to say to me that I needed better boundaries, but I had no idea what that really meant, much less how to solve it. They made it sound like I needed to tell people off and stand up for myself. That may well be true! But I don't know why it would make a difference in the spirit realm of things.
Spiritually speaking, when you have no boundaries, your energy drifts out and around pretty much like smoke on the wind.
In order to keep us healthy, mentally, emotionally and physically, our energy should be pulled up tight against us and held in a sphere around us by a layer of energy much like the film on a soap bubble.
Imagine blowing smoke into a soap bubble. You could easily see the boundaries that separate the smoke from the air around it. When you pop the bubble the film layer bursts and falls away. You would then see how quickly that smoke would dissipate and spread out far and wide.
When things happen to us that "Bursts our bubble." And weakens our boundaries, look how quickly our energy spreads out.
How far do we go? I have no idea! But we get very scattered and feel like we have no energy. It leaves us open and vulnerable to receiving everybody else's information.
You've all heard me say that once you're in alignment with your name, saying your name three times will bring your energy back to you and ground you in your name. I still stand by that statement! However… I've come up with an idea to shield our energy in a blessing to help protect us.
As far as I know there are no protective Shields that we can place on us that last more than a few hours. I'm interested to find out how long this will last.
I place myself (say your full name)_____________ in a full court of atonement with myself (say your full name)________________ for the purpose of having strong healthy boundaries. I ask to have my guides purged with light and evaluated by my guardian guide given to me at birth. Any guides who no longer serve my highest and best are to be dismissed. I ask that they be blessed with light and granted any treatment necessary for their advancement as my parting gift to them.
I ask to disconnect and remove any and all energies that do not belong to me or that no longer serve my highest and best. I ask to move these energies completely out of my entire energy system and place them in Full Courts of Atonement to correct and heal their energy at their points of origin.
I ask to purify and sanctify my energy system to be entirely and uniquely my own! I ask to search and find all of my energy I have lost or sent out. I ask to bring my energy back to me purified and sanctified and anchor it at my core!
I ask to purge my entire energy system with divine, holy, love and bind my energy to me magnetically. I ask to seal my energy with a strong healthy boundary! I ask to wrap my energy field in blue green light that only divine guidance can pass through. I insist that only those guides, entities, energies, properties, emotions, ideas, thought forms and beliefs that are filled with light are allowed in my space!
I ask to charge this boundary with a blessing; Anyone or anything that bumps up against or attempts to pass through this shield, is to be filled with light and placed into a full-court of atonement to correct their energy as needed!
I place myself (Say your full name) _____________in a Full Court of Atonement with all levels of my consciousness as well as my guides, and I ask to be aligned with feeling safe to feel safe.
I, _____________, ask to be aligned with feeling safe to be me!
Now if you want to "Step into someone else's energy to see what is happening" You can intend to do it. But be sure to step out and close the door behind you…. Put that boundary back in place.
If you would like to have even more clarity, check out my article on the "Lost Twin" Some people have had a sibling die in the womb and their "Ghost" is caught in their energy field causing major feelings of being "Unwanted, unloved, unappreciated and even feelings of being unheard and unseen." It causes empaths horrible feelings that a dark entity is in their space and that they can't seem to clear their energy field.
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Thank you for sharing this! I love witnessing how our lives are being orchestrated!
This is Fantastic Amy…. Thank you.
Thank you sooo much, blessings to you !!! This is so useful and very much appreciated !
Also wanted to add an element of shooting unnecessary quarrels with family members, when they might not have shielded theirs?
You can also do this for your family members. Include them everyday if you like.