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Wedding Video Editing: How To Use Slow-Motion Properly

Wedding video editing can be fun and exciting. This medium can offer the editor a lot of effects to experiment with, one of which is slow motion.

All special effects should be used sparingly in order to maximize their impact (if used too much, they simply become annoying to the viewer), and slow motion is no exception. There are two kinds of slow motion effects. Those that were done properly in-camera, and those that the editing program creates.

In-Camera Slow Motion

Video in the United States is recorded and plays back at 30 frames per second. (actually 29.97fps, but we use 30 as a round number). This means that there are thirty still images in one second of video. Now, if we were going to shoot true slow motion, we would do it with the camera. If we want the footage to be twice as slow as it is in real life then we shoot 60 fps. Since playback remains at 30fps, it takes two seconds to play back just one second of video recorded in this mode. This is true slow motion, because there are 60 individual frames being shot at that second.

Not all video cameras allow you to change the frame rate to achieve slow motion, and sometimes you are unable to shoot slow motion because of exposure problems. Since there shutter speed increases in slow motion, you need to have more light to compensate for the exposure, which is not always an option in dark situations.

Creating Slow Motion in Your Editing Program

Most editing programs allow you to change the speed of your clips. To increase a clip's speed, the program takes away frames, and to decrease the speed, like for slow motion, they add frames.

For example, if you were to make a one-second clip play back as two seconds in slow motion, then the program automatically adds frames. Each frame is simply repeated, so it takes up one fifteenth of a second instead of a thirtieth. Thus, it looks like slow motion, but it is not the same as the slow motion you get when you do it in camera.

When To Use Slow Motion

Slow motion should always be used sparingly, or the audience will quickly tire of it. This is even truer with slow motion created in the editing program, because its quality is not as high. Reserve the slow motion effect for special moments, montages, and close-ups. If it is used with a purpose other than looking cool, then you will have some beautiful sequences.

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Letter(s) from Karrie Lamore to Todd (USA)

Letter 1

Hi Honey,
I am writing you these email just to let you know am deeply in bad mood,this whole thing is wired...My credit card is loaded with a sum of two hundred and fifty thousand US dollars but i can't use it here..Have travelled to many countries but i haven't experience what am going through here...Have called my bank to figure things out for me from the states but i think there is a delay,Todd i must confess to you,you are adding more pains to these whole thing going on with me here,why is it now you are bothering me with question and you never thought of me,thought of what am going through here...Believe me have not been myself,i could have travell back to the states,if i have my way of neglecting the contract..But have been paid in advance and i have to complete it...Hey am ready to tell you everything about my company and my business,but that has to be in a meantime not at this point cause i have alot on my head..I hope you understand,my PA told me he called you,he can hear you but he told you couldn't hear him...I'm getting mad at him cause i asked him to figure out some funds from his account,he was unable to do that due to the custody on his kids.
Right at these moment am short of cash,you could try and send me some funds through western union...OK? All you need is my full info and i can pick it here with my I.D
Take your time for me honey,i wish you were here to see what am going through...Act fast so you can make me smile again,i don't meant to bother you over anything,financially...I dedicate all i have own for our love,i await to meet you and let you take over everything then i will got your back...
I need to rest my head honey,i look forward to talk to you soon!!!
Yours faithfully,

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Good evening my love,

I know it's morning over there, hope you had a lovely night and sweet dreams about us? Baby I can't wait either, to see us having fun together in our house and laugh at each other when we do anything funny. I wonna do with you, anything that would make you happy baby, because I wonna see you happy all the time. I wonna be the woman that would make you smile all the time, even when you return from work unhappy.
Our dreams will definitely come true sweetie, we are meant to be together and we will surely work things out and see us as the best couples in life that nothing on earth will never change that. Baby I want you to know that we have found each other and nothing will ever take us from each other.
You are so funny baby...Lol. I wonna be your silly girl too...smiles. Want you to spoil me and you alone. I wonna be with you all day and night and watch us doing silly things around our house...smiles. I wonna fall asleep in your arms at night and wake up in the morning in your arms... baby, you are the reason I'm happy now, the reason I can go on with my life because you have filled me with joy that would never be taken from me and I know you would always be there for me like you have promised.

We will be bold enough to hold hands and even kiss each other in the public, if that would be fine by you silly boy...Lol. My work will not be any problem to our relationship as I cherish and adore you more than everything in the world now baby. Like I have said before, this is gonna be my last contract traveling outside the states and I can even retire just to face our future, build a solid home for us and love each other till eternity.
Sweetheart I'm ready to teach you everything about me when we finally get together and also wonna learn everything about you aswel. You are the one I think of every second and the thought of you run in my brain all day and night, even I'm at work (bad boy)Lol. You make me the happiest woman on earth with the sweet things you always say to me and deep down my heart I love you baby, always I will till eternity. Sweetheart, so I await to read your letter everyday because they brighten my day, Thank you so much for coming into my life and make me smile all the time.

In all the dreams I've had in life, being with someone as great of a person as you, seemed impossible to find. You are everything I dreamed of and even more. I am writing this to you to tell you in front of the world... I CHERISH YOU my love. I will give you my life, my love and share everything I have to offer with you. I will Honor you, adore you, be loyal to you, and put no one else before you, forever! Because you are just the man my heart has chosen for me and I want to be with you for the rest of my life.
Baby, I said it before and will never stop saying it, I will do everything to make it up to you ok. And I'm promising you deep down my heart that, after my contract we are traveling straight to your place.

I will like to use this opportunity to notify you that the project is going on pretty fine, with the experience specialist I have here. But right now we need an underground and Aluminum MC cables, which we can not get the quality here. So I would have to travel to a west african country called nigeria where we contacted a cable company and they told us they have the graded cables. So I should be on the next available flight to the company tomorrow. I don't want you to be worries at all ok, I promise you. I will be fine and everything is under control and I would contact you immediately I get there to let you know. Make sure you take good care of yourself for me my precious man and I LOVE you deep down my heart...Hugs and Kisses. Yours loving

P.S. Baby it's 9:51 pm here and I'm looking at your lovely pics with a great and charming smile you attached with the email, waiting to talk to you on yahoo instant messenger. I attached pics of I and Junior for you baby


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Stories Untold: Jewish Pioneer Women 1850-1920: The Art of Andrea Kalinowski
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married Levi Spiegelberg in 1848, and arrived in Santa Fe in the 1860s. Her story is narrated by her sister-in-law, Flora Spiegelberg.

"To protect his wife, Levi's three brothers slept in an adjoining room with loaded guns to ward off any attempt to kidnap her. My brother-in-law forbid his wife even to look out of her bedroom window."

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Brewery Road is a street in the settlement of Greenwich which is within the electoral area of Glyndon Ward in the administration area of Greenwich London Boro Council within Greater London Authority Council located in the London Euro Region of the UK.

Brewery Road is located 8.45 miles East from the centre of London, 23.86 miles North West from the centre of Maidstone, 23.96 miles South West from the centre of Chelmsford and 25.95 miles South East from the centre of St Albans.

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The Central point of Brewery Road is approximately 32 Metres above sea level
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Area Code: 01322 - Dartford
Area Code: 01708 - Romford
Area Code: 01689 - Orpington
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Situated 5 km from O2 Arena in London, this apartment features free WiFi. The unit is 6 km from Greenwich Park. Free private parking is available on site. There is a dining area and a kitchen as well as a private bathroom.
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Located in London\'s Greenwich district, the Quiet Riverside Apartment offers self-catering accommodation with free WiFi and free onsite parking. The ground-floor apartment includes a living room with a flat-screen TV, a DVD player, and 2 sofas.
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Set 6 km from O2 Arena in London, this apartment features a balcony with river views. The apartment is 6 km from Greenwich Park. Free private parking is available on site.
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Located in London in the Greater London Region, this semi-detached holiday home is 6 km from O2 Arena. The holiday home is 7 km from Greenwich Park. Free WiFi is provided throughout the property.
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ONS Area Code: E01001636
Ons Area Name:Greenwich 007E
Average Age : 35.37
Population: 1722.00
Male Population: 961.00 (55.81%)
Female Population: 761.00 (44.19%)
Number Claiming Benefits: 52 (3.02%)
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OS Reference: 544871, 178342
OS Grid Reference: TQ449783
Latitude and Longitude: 51.484963720654, 0.08671220503358
Approximate distance to the Coast: 0.88 miles

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Plumstead Rail Station is 0.48 Kilometers away (0.3 miles)
Woolwich Arsenal Rail Station is 1.21 Kilometers away (0.75 miles)
Woolwich Dockyard Rail Station is 2.21 Kilometers away (1.37 miles)
Welling Rail Station is 2.57 Kilometers away (1.6 miles)
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King George V is (Zone 3) 2.41 Kilometers away (1.5 miles)
Gallions Reach is (Zone 3) 2.84 Kilometers away (1.76 miles)
Cyprus is (Zone 3) 2.95 Kilometers away (1.83 miles)
London City Airport is (Zone 3) 3.23 Kilometers away (2.01 miles)

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London City Airport is 3.23 Kilometers away
Biggin Hill Airport is 17.37 Kilometers away
London Heathrow Airport is 37.39 Kilometers away
London Gatwick Airport is 40.45 Kilometers away

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Woolwich Arsenal Pier is 1.48 Kilometers away
Woolwich Ferry South Pier is 1.93 Kilometers away
Woolwich Ferry North Pier is 2.17 Kilometers away
Barrier Gardens Pier is 3.21 Kilometers away

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Brewery Road is approximately 4.78 miles from the A2

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Junction: M25 J2/A2(T)/A282(T) - 12.52 Km Away
Junction: M25 J31/A13(T)/A282(T)/A1090 - 12.60 Km Away
Junction: M11 J4/A406 - 12.74 Km Away

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Telephone: 020 88546444
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Telephone: 020 83165472
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Attraction Name: Woolwich Borough Museum
Distance: 0.78 (km)

Attraction Name: Firepower- The Royal Artillery Museum, Greenwich Heritage Centre
Distance: 1.26 (km)

Nature Reserve

Attraction Name: Oxleas Woodlands Nature Reserve
Distance: 2.39 (km)

Historic Place of Worship

Attraction Name: Lesnes Abbey (remains of)
Distance: 2.96 (km)

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South Rise Primary School

Distance: 0.29 Kilometers
Type: Primary
Address: Brewery Road, Plumstead, London, SE18 7PX
Telephone: (020) 88551050

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

Distance: 0.33 Kilometers
Type: Primary
Address: Griffin Road, Plumstead, London, SE18 7QG
Telephone: (020) 88543881

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Distance: 0.35 Kilometers
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Address: Robert Street, London, SE18 7NB
Telephone: (020) 83177659

Plumstead Manor School

Distance: 0.40 Kilometers
Type: Secondary
Address: Old Mill Road, London, SE18 1QF
Telephone: (020) 32603333

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The Criminalization of Marijuana

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The issue of criminalization of marijuana in the United States is becoming a big one. Marijuana was first federally prohibited in 1937, when very few Americans had even heard of what it was. To this day, there are between 95 to 100 million Americans admitting that they have tried using marijuana before. Out of these, 15 million of them said that they have used within the last month. In addition to this, there was a study released in December, 2006. The study found that now marijuana is the leading cash crop in the United States. The value of marijuana in the U.S. exceeds the value of wheat and corn combined. High school seniors consistently report every year, that approximately 85% consider marijuana “fairly easy” or “very easy” to obtain, according to government funded researchers (Marijuana Prohibition Facts, 2008). With all of these facts at hand, we can see that there is a huge problem concerning the non-taxation of marijuana in the United States. Regardless of whether one agrees or disagrees with the idea of marijuana use, it will continue to remain a huge cash crop in the U.S. By criminalizing its use and not putting a federal tax on it, our country is ultimately missing out on a huge cash market and a potential boost in the economy. The criminalization of marijuana has become a real, legitimate problem in the United States that needs to be addressed before it gets any worse.

On top of the U.S. missing out on the taxation of the large cash crop, it continues to pour astronomical amounts of money into the “war on marijuana”. The U.S. government spends more than $12 billion dollars a year on drug control programs. Because federal budgets do not separate spending by drug, there is not a precise figure for the amount spent on marijuana alone. Although, it is estimated that the amount spent on marijuana alone is well over a billion dollars a year (The price of keeping marijuana illegal, 2006). From 1995 to 2008, there were nearly 9.5 million marijuana arrests in the United States, including 872,720 arrests in 2007 alone. That is an all time record. That number is more than the amount of all arrests for violent crimes combined. Someone is arrested for marijuana every 36 seconds, and about 89% of all of these arrests are for possession, not for distribution or manufacture of marijuana (Marijuana Prohibition Facts, 2008). This shows the astronomical amount of time and money that the U.S. government is spending on the “war on marijuana”.

Even though we can see from these facts that legalization of marijuana would definitely benefit the economy positively, there are still other issues that people may have with the legalization of marijuana. People may feel that marijuana is a medical risk. Even if this was the case, would it be right for anyone to try to keep someone else from smoking the plant or natural herb of their choice? No, it would not be right. If someone wants to use any one of the natural herbs of the earth to their benefit, it should be their choice, and is their God-given right. We know that physical health concerns are not the reason for criminalization of marijuana though. If this were the case, then both cigarettes and alcohol would be illegal as well. Studies have proven that carcinogens in tobacco cigarettes can cause cancer. Studies have also proven that regular alcohol use can cause liver damage, ulcers, and alcoholism, among other problems as well. Unlike alcohol and tobacco, marijuana has no addictive properties either. While a person can become psychologically addicted to anything, marijuana has no physically addictive properties and will not cause any withdrawal. The results of the largest study of its kind ever done, showed that smoking marijuana, even chronic regular use, does not lead to lung cancer. This may be due to the fact that THC found in marijuana kills...
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After reading the essay by Woody Hochswender, “Did My Car Join Al Qaeda,” I found that it was very persuasive because he had convincing support for his point of view. Being a SUV using a lot of gas doesn’t make him a bad person or responsible for what’s going on in Al Qaeda no more than me standing in a garage makes me a car. It is no secret that SUV’s burn a lot of gas

Hochswender really applied a lot of emotional appeal (pathos) to his witting. When he started off he went straight to the heart to ask, “Does that mean I’m a bad person,”(pg.154) because he drove an SUV. No, this does not mean that. Then he goes on to talk about how bad the conditions are where he lives and how having a SUV allows parents to transport their children safely to school and sporting events. Most people are very sensitive when it comes to the needs and safety of children and he appealed to that emotion.

As it relates to ethical appeal (ethos), Hochwender suggests that Americans are in some way responsible for the events of 9-11 by stating “Those who implicate Americans... validate the terrorists as essentially right.” This statement alone strengthens his argument that being the owner of an SUV does not make you an enemy. Being the driver of an SUV in no way indicates that you agree with 9-11 or any other terrorist related activities.

In addition the author appeals with reason (logos). He explains that they had 70 inches of snow last winter and to make things worst when it melted it would re-freeze into black ice, justifying why it was more than necessary to own a SUV.
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RUNNING HEAD: Behavioral Aspects of the Project Management Paper

Behavioral Aspects of the Project Management Paper: The Dysfunctional Project Team Lee Jernigan
Lavina Hield
Roderick Robinson
Naomi Brown
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Atlanta Campus, Georgia
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Project Management in the Business Environment
Dr. Abdel Mahdi Al-Husseini, MBA
July 24, 2004

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Behavioral Aspects of the Project Management Paper: The Dysfunctional Project Team
The Dysfunctional Project Team
This paper will discuss how to make a dysfunctional project team successful. Project managers sometimes go through experiences of great success and dysfunctional failure. Some projects become "behind schedule, over budget, members quit due to disgust, team moral plummets, and fears of extra work without compensation" (Syllabus, 2004, p. 7). The authors will address in the paper how organizational culture and human behavior influences the success of projects (Syllabus, 2004, p. 7). First, the authors will discuss how organizational culture influences the selection, sponsorship, prioritization and ultimate success of projects. The authors will also discuss ways organizational culture creates conditions that could lead to project failure and success. Second, the authors will discuss how project leadership plays to the success of a project. The authors will discuss the changing of the roles and conditions for the success and failure of projects. Third, the authors will discuss how project mangers build and manage a successful project team. The authors will discuss how the project manager leads to the failure or success of a project. Last, the authors will discuss some strategies that could be used by a project manager to successfully manage the relationship among project team members and the relationship among the project team and external resources. The authors will discuss how the strategies would differ to the project manager under successful and failing conditions. Good and Bad Organizational Culture Conditions

Project selection depends on the financial needs of the company. A project manager must find the needs of the company to influence a project selection to the management staff. Some common project selection criterion practices are the "matrix agreement, adequate resources, equipment, financial payback, net value analyses, present value analysis, lowest cost and having a strong comment focus to the project" (Gary-Larson, 2003, p.36; 66-67). A project manger must use the matrix agreement with the project team to analyze workload, prioritization, and ultimate project success with a Backlog Curve (Goldberger and Kaminsky, 2002, Appendix 1). A backlog curve will show how to appropriately delegate resources to team members by looking at the current backlog with a project task demarcation line and by analyzing available resources. When analyzing committed man hours verses duration, if the available manpower is in an acceptable range beneath the project task demarcation line then the project team has a low back log. If the available manpower is slightly above the project task demarcation line then the team has a backlog that needs to be addressed with overtime. If the backlog is out of the acceptable range then there are not enough man-hours to get back on schedule with over time (Goldberger and Kaminsky, 2002, Appendix 1). This is how a project matrix works in the project management field to help task prioritization and this also helps tasks smoothly, budget, and projects receive funding. Last, a project manger could sell a project for funding and sponsorship by "reviewing and defining the organizational mission, help set long-range and objectives, help analyzing and formulate strategies to objective, and implement to strategies through projects" (Gary-Larson, 2003, p.25). Organizational Behavior Failure and Success

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Fake dope law 'a complete failure'

Last updated 05:00 06/12/2013

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A prominent New Plymouth barrister has slated this country's new synthetic cannabis laws as a failure.

The artificial products, which can still be freely bought, are addictive, cause serious crime and are destroying young people's lives as well as those of their families, criminal lawyer Paul Keegan said.

"There has been a complete failure of central government to regulate the most basic functions to ensure the products sold in New Zealand are not harmful," he said.

His frustration followed the jailing of two young men, aged 17 and 20, in separate arson cases heard in the New Plymouth District Court yesterday. Both had longstanding addictions to artificial cannabis, Mr Keegan said.

"The two sentencings today involved very young men whose lives have been profoundly affected and in no small part this was due to the fact that they have been addicted to the use of synthetic cannabis."

The 20-year-old Taranaki man, who has permanent name suppression, set fire to his family's house in April after his parents remonstrated with him about his addiction.

The fire caused $187,000 damage to their nearly new home.

As a direct result of the artificial cannabis addiction, he developed an extreme drug-induced psychosis and has since been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.

His jail sentence is to be served in the Henry Bennett Centre, a forensic hospital in Hamilton and it is not known how long he will spend there.

The 17-year-old, Joseph Ernest Avey, of New Plymouth went out on an all nighter with his mates, torched a car then robbed and assaulted youngsters on their way to school in the morning.

"It is a serious concern that the product is still available and also affordable," Mr Keegan said.

The Psychoactive Substances Act, effective since July, bans the sale of legal highs in dairies and supermarkets but allows some "low risk" drugs to continue to be sold through speciality licensed shops.

The drug was readily available in some New Plymouth shops, he said.

"The changes in legislation seem to have only achieved very little and the formulas are just adjusted and it continues to be sold - but more discreetly ."

While the general public believed the law had dealt with it they needed to be aware that was not the case because it was still be seen in the courts as a significant issue. The harmful effects of the drugs were unpredictable because the changing formulas, he said.

Judge Allan Roberts said the 20-year-old defendant's parents' victim's impact statement showed their son had clearly been unwell at the time of the offence.

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The parents were indeed forgiving and loving, the judge said. Even though they suffered emotional and financial loss they still wanted to support him.

"In the long term everyone wishes you to return to full health."

After deductions from a three-year prison sentence, the defendant was sentenced to 18 months in the secure forensic unit.

Similar support was shown by Avey's father during his son's sentencing in the afternoon before Judge Lynch. Avey admitted charges of arson, car conversion, assault, and theft of two cellphones on June 25 and 26.

Avey was sentenced to six months' jail followed by counselling for drug addiction.

He was ordered to pay $395 for his share of the reparation for the torched car.

Judge Lynch told Avey he had "done bad" but with the support of his family in future he could put it behind him.

- Taranaki Daily News

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Last updated 12:29 22/01/2013
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DOWN AND OUT: Midfielder Leo Bertos reacts after one of the seven goals the Wellington Phoenix allowed in their 7-1 loss to Sydney FC.

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Gareth Morgan and Mike Hesson should get together for a coffee and discuss the merits of timing.

OPINION: Hesson's decision to tell Ross Taylor he would be ditched as New Zealand cricket captain just four days out from a test match was bizarre, but Morgan's public assertion to Phoenix coach Ricki Herbert and his players that they should forget, mid-season, what they've known and developed for five years and attempt to play like Barcelona for the rest of the A-League season was equally preposterous.

Morgan's desire is laudable. We'd all like to see the Phoenix play a better brand of football, pass other teams off the park, bang in three goals and draw in another 5000 punters because of it.

But the timing of his comments and the way the co-owner went about it - some players read about it in the newspaper - was not the call of the astute man he obviously is.

Essentially, the Phoenix don't know what they are doing. They have been asked to go against what they know and what has been moderately successful for them, at the drop of a hat.

Herbert has maintained, publicly at least, that he agrees with Morgan and wants to implement the new strategy. There have even been suggestions it was his idea, though Morgan has not portrayed that. Truth is, playing a possession-based passing game is as foreign to Herbert as it is his players.

So the players are being told on one hand to play a certain way, but their instincts as professional sportspeople tell them they just need to win, no matter what, and the way they have won in the past is not the way they are playing football now.

They appear rudderless, the midfield looks confused and directionless, and defenders like Andrew Durante and Ben Sigmund are being made to look second-rate - they are not, but they are lacking support. The attackers have lost confidence.

Wouldn't it have made more sense to make this seismic shift in philosophy in the off-season?

They could then take time to look at their roster, decide which players fit the bill, which ones need to go, and bring in players to both the first team and the academy who suit the new style.

They could also assess whether Herbert is good enough to implement the new system. If they decide he's not suited, they have time to go searching for someone who is. The A-League off-season is long and it would have given them a chance.

Now, they are staring down their worst season yet and a huge loss in credibility, both on and off the pitch.

Instead of building on a solid foundation next season, they will be re-starting from scratch and, at this stage, it looks like there will be much rubble to clear first.

The club has never been in a worse position.

But to heap their current status all on Welnix, as some are doing, is wrong.

It would also not be holding Herbert and his players to account. The signs were on the wall even before Morgan's directive and they have to shoulder responsibility.

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You cannot simply write a season off as a "blip" season, as Herbert did even before the halfway mark, and expect to have a job at the end of it. His team should be fighting for wins and it can't be a good look when players read such defeatist talk.

I'm not accusing them of lying down, but performances during the past month, culminating in Saturday's club-worst 7-1 loss to Sydney, suggest there are underlying issues other than just a team struggling to implement a new playing style.

Herbert and the Phoenix are known as fighters, and it would be no surprise if they bounce back in the next month. But given the way they are being pulled in opposite directions - owners and coach saying one thing, players wanting to do the other - it's hard to see them turning around the season enough to make a serious impact.

Sure, they could sneak into sixth or even fifth, but they'd still have to win four playoff matches on the road, and they find it hard enough to win one.

It's simply not good enough for a team which many of us thought good enough to be top-four material, or even better, at season's outset. And forget excuses such as "the league has improved" or "the club doesn't have the same sort of money as others".

They shouldn't wash.

If the league has improved, and it has, every club needs to improve, not just stagnate and settle for a blip season.

There is a A$3 million salary cap, remember, so budgets don't differ hugely. And anyway, Central Coast are doing fine without spending big.

Morgan's other bizarre piece of timing was coming out last week on radio and saying Herbert will be the coach for the next two years.

Shouldn't that be discussed at season's end? His team is last when they should have been challenging for the title. They haven't seriously threatened the title into their sixth season.

If this was a professional football club in any other part of the world, Herbert would be fighting for his job. Instead, he's been told he's got one for another two years. Herbert might be the right man to go forward, but he might not be. There needs to be rigorous and informed debate at board level.

And as for the fact nobody from the ownership, coaching or playing staff was available to justify and front up over Saturday's debacle to The Dominion Post on Sunday - the team's local newspaper which is widely read by the same fringe punters they are trying so desperately get through the turnstiles? Ridiculous.

- Fairfax Media

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Serena Williams double-bagels opponent

Last updated 08:03 04/09/2012

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Serena Williams demolished unseeded Czech Andrea Hlavackova with a 'double bagel' 6-0 6-0 victory at the US Open today and gave the rest of the women's field even more reason to lose their appetite with an assessment of her play.

"I honestly don't think I started out strong in the tournament. I feel like today I'm getting more comfortable with the court and comfortable with the conditions," said the 30-year-old Williams, who has lost just 12 games in four matches.

"I'm getting back (more) to my game, which is good. You know, I like to play better during the second week. Hopefully I can do that."

Williams, who basked in a London summer that added a fifth Wimbledon crown and first Olympic singles gold to her glittering resume, will look to reach the semi-finals when she meets former world number one Ana Ivanovic of Serbia.

Blasting eight aces and winning more than three-quarters of her first serves put into play, Williams again rode her power from the service line and registered 31 winners while allowing Hlavackova just 29 points in their 57-minute match.

Again, the 30-year-old Williams said she had room to improve on her devastating serve.

"I hit unbelievable serves at Wimbledon and the Olympics," said Williams, pursuing a fourth US Open title and first since 2008. "I'm not in that level yet, but I always try to play better in my last matches of a grand slam.

The 12th-seeded Ivanovic, the 2008 French Open champion, beat Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria 6-0 6-4 to advance.

Williams, who has beaten Ivanovic in all three of their previous meetings including twice at the US Open, said she would not be taking the Serb lightly.

"She's playing well. Every time I play her in particular she plays really well," Williams said. "She goes for a lot of shots. She's such a big hitter. Obviously being number one, having that grand slam under your belt, she knows what it's like to win."

Williams, winner of 14 grand slam titles, knows about being in a winning mode and believes she is closing in on top form.

"I feel good. I feel like I'm playing better," she said. "I felt like I hit better today than I had in my other matches. As each match goes on I want to try to get better."

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Maynard gave the annual State of the City address during Tuesday night's Stuttgart City Council meeting

The past year was a productive one in Stuttgart, according to Stuttgart Mayor Marianne Maynard who gave the annual State of the City address during Tuesday night's Stuttgart City Council meeting.

“Feb. 14 was election day for our 12 item bond issue and it passed with flying colors,” she said of the beginning months in 2012. “Standard and Poor came to visit our city to see what we are really about.”

Standard and Poor is a company whose main function is to rate bonds. The company toured Riceland Foods, Producers Rice Mill, Lennox Industries and Mack's Prairie Wings while in town.

“Thanks to the foresight of Jack Trumper at Stephens for asking them to come to Stuttgart. We got an 'A' rating on our bonds,” Maynard explained.

The vote extended the previous sales tax voters approved in 2005. The money became available on June 6 for needed equipment and updates for each department city wide.

“The biggest problem — everyone wanted to bid out their equipment at the same time,” she said with a laugh. “(We) finally got it spaced out.”

Moving on to other top 2012 items, Maynard said the city hosted two e-waste days.

“Which were very successful!” she said. “Thanks to Lennox, members of the street department, the county and SEAEDD.”

The city along with Stuttgart Unlimited hosted the Arkansas Economic Development Commission for the quarterly meeting at the Grand Prairie Center. The meeting included a tour of Stuttgart businesses including Lennox, Producers, Riceland, Stratton Seed and the Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie. It concluded with dinner at Five Oaks.

“A most successful meeting — great tour,” Maynard explained. “Great food and fantastic meeting places. Thanks to Jim (Craig) for coordinating everything and to Suttgart Unlimited for funding the majority of expenses.”

This concluded Maynard’s prepared speech before moving onto each City of Stuttgart department yearly reports. See tomorrow's Daily Leader for the update on each.


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