Month: August 2022

Homegrown fave Joel Edgerton opens up on the birth of his twins

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Post date August 13, 2022
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Homegrown Hollywood fave Joel Edgerton has opened up on the birth of his twins with partner Christine Centenera and says he wants to bring his kids up 'Aussie'

Notoriously private star Joel Edgerton opens up on the birth of his twins with partner Christine Centenera and says he wants to bring his kids up ‘Aussie’

By A. James For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 00:30 EDT, August 13, 2022 | Updated: 01:54 EDT, August 13, 2022

Homegrown Hollywood star Joel Edgerton has opened up about the importance of family and the birth of his twins with partner Christine Centenera.

The notoriously private 48-year-old Star Wars fan favorite says he wants to bring his children up in Australia, despite the demands of a jet-set career as a major actor.

In a candid interview in Saturday’s Herald-Sun, the Obi-Wan star revealed that he came close to turning down a part in the new blockbuster Thirteen Lives for the sake of his young family.

Homegrown Hollywood fave Joel Edgerton has opened up on the birth of his twins with partner Christine Centenera and says he wants to bring his kids up ‘Aussie’

Based on the 2018 Thai cave rescue, the Amazon Prime movie was filmed in Queensland last year when Christine was expecting.

Joel told the film’s famed Hollywood director Ron Howard that he would only do the part if he could have time off to be with his partner for the birth.

Complicating the situation were pandemic travel restrictions which he said made things ‘tricky’.

‘It was supposed to be: shoot the movie, month off, welcome babies. And they, as twins do, came incredibly early.’

In a candid interview in Saturday’s Herald-Sun, the Obi-Wan star revealed that he came close to turning down a part in the new blockbuster Thirteen Lives for the sake of his young family. Pictured: Joel Edgerton and Christine Centenera in July 18, 2022 in London, England

Joel was able to have a week off to welcome his children, who were born in May, 2021.

Joel plays rescue diver and anesthetist Dr. Richard Harry’ Harris in Thirteen Lives, the latest in a long line of high-profile roles that have been kept away from his home base in Australia.

He recently completed a role in George Clooney’s The Boys in the Boat, which was filmed in London. He has also appeared in Disney+ series Obi Wan Kenobi.

Joel told the film’s famed Hollywood director Ron Howard that he would only do the part of rescue diver and anaesthetist Dr. Richard Harry’ Harris if he could have time off to be with his partner for the birth of his twins. Pictured: A scene from Thirteen Lives

But now, Joel says he is thinking more about trying to plan projects to made in Australia – where his parents are based.

He said he misses Australia when he’s out of town.

‘I would definitely like to be in Australia more, shooting there more, and I really want my kids to sort of sound a bit like us,’ he explained.

‘You know what, it’s not about an accent, it’s about an identity, and I’d love for them to have an Australian identity.’

Christina currently works as the fashion director for Vogue Australia and as a designer for her own line, Wardrobe NYC.

The couple debuted their relationship at GQ Australia’s Men of the Year Awards in Sydney in November 2018.

Joel rose to fame as an actor on the hit series The Secret Life of Us, twenty years ago. Since then he has notched up credits as writer, producer and director, including the US made thriller The Gift from 2015.

Joel and Christina seen in 2019 The couple debuted their relationship at GQ Australia’s Men of the Year Awards in Sydney in November 2018

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Sports

Kangaroos legend Brent Harvey says club ‘can’t get held ransom’ by Jason Horne-Francis

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Post date August 13, 2022
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Kangaroos icon Brent Harvey has backed the club’s decision to drop No.1 pick Jason Horne-Francis ahead of what would’ve been his first AFL match in his home town.

With North Melbourne traveling to Adelaide to take on the Crows, Horne-Francis, a South Australian native, was poised to have friends and family watch him in person, before he was omitted from Leigh Adams’ side.

According to Seven News’ Mitch Cleary, Horne-Francis was “called out” by the Kangaroos’ interim coach and senior teammates after failing to complete a proper ice bath recovery.

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North Melbourne Kangaroos star Jason Horne-Francis has endured a tough first season at the AFL level (Getty)

Technology

LG Unveils Vibrating TV With Speakerless Audio – channelnews

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Post date August 13, 2022
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LG Display has revealed a 97-inch 4K OLED.EX TV panel that is capable of producing sound without the need for built-in speakers.

The new panel makes use of the tech company’s Cinematic Sound OLED technology, which involves a thin film that is applied to the back of the panel that vibrates the display, generating audio for the TV’s 5.1 channel sound system. LG says that the technology delivers a “cinematic level of immersion.”

LG previously implemented the technology on their LG G8 smartphone, the audio performance which was “lackluster” according to TheVerge.

However there is precedent to say that the technology of a vibrating TV generating audio does indeed work, with Sony’s A80K TV amongst others making use of similar Acoustic Surface Audio Plus technology. Sony’s TVs, unlike the LG panel, are assisted by front facing speakers, tweeters and actuators that vibrate the screen, which acts as a main speaker.

Credit: That Home Theater Dude

The lack of additional speakers does raise questions of LG’s claim of a “cinematic level of immersion”, where a surround sound system would make use of speakers around the viewer to pull them into the soundscape of what’s on screen.

It also begs the question of how LG plans to prevent image interference with a panel that vibrates.

Before the mention of speakerless technology, LG debuted its OLED.EX technology in its latest run of flagship G2 OLED TVs, and previously announced the 97-inch 4K panel back in January, which would make it the largest OLED TV ever released.

According to FlatPanelsHD, TV’s with the new panel will cost 25,000 Euro (roughly A$36,318) upon release in Europe, where it is expected to appear late this year. Pricing regarding the vibrating panel is yet to be disclosed.

Entertainment

Where is Garry McDonald now? Inside the very private life of the iconic Australian comedian

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What ever happened to Norman Gunston? Inside the VERY private life of iconic Australian comedian Garry McDonald with his glamorous actress wife after ‘little Aussie bleeder’ suffered crippling depression

By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 02:05 EDT, August 13, 2022 | Updated: 03:35 EDT, August 13, 2022

He became a household name playing ‘little Aussie bleeder’ Norman Gunston and Arthur in the ABC series, Mother And Son.

But iconic Australian comedian Garry McDonald lives a very quiet life these days.

McDonald, 73, was diagnosed with anxiety and related depression in 1993 and now leads to a very private life with his actress wife Diane Craig.

What ever happened to Norman Gunston? Inside the VERY private life of iconic Australian comedian Garry McDonald with his glamorous actress wife after ‘little Aussie bleeder’ suffered crippling depression

The 73-year-old rose to fame thanks to his role in the legendary ABC comedy Aunty Jack in 1973 and his appearance in 1975 drama film Picnic At Hanging Rock.

His famous character Norman Gunston was born on the ABC series, Mother And Son.

He was eventually offered his own program ‘The Norman Gunston show’.

He’s interviewed the likes of Mick Jaggar, Ray Charles, Muhammad Ali, Paul Keating and Paul McCartney on his show and throughout his career.

The 73-year-old rose to fame thanks to his role in the legendary ABC comedy Aunty Jack in 1973 and his appearance in 1975 drama film Picnic At Hanging Rock. Pictured on stage during Guys And Doll

Garry is famous for daubing his face with small pieces of tissue paper and his trademark comb-over hairstyle.

He won the Gold Logie in 1976 for his work on The Norman Gunston Show and was also awarded the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor in 1994.

After the reboot of his popular series was canceled in 1993, Garry was diagnosed with anxiety and related depression.

He told the ABC in 2015, he was ‘mortified’ at the show’s cancellation.

‘I was mortified that I was putting people out of work. But there was nothing I could do. I was a basket case,’ he said.

Garry became a household name playing the ‘little Aussie bleeder’ Norman Gunston and Arthur in the ABC series Mother And Son

Garry also revealed that, once diagnosed, he began cognitive behavior therapy which ‘changed his life’.

A staunch supporter of mental health awareness, Garry was awarded an Order of Australia in 2003 and is also an ambassador of Beyond Blue.

He returned to TV screens in 2012, playing Doctor Philip Noonan on Network Ten drama series Offspring.

Garry currently lives with his wife Diane in Berry on the New South Wales south coast.

The couple, who share are David and daughter Kate, met during production of Let’s Get A Divorce and tied the knot in 1971.

After the reboot of his popular series The Norman Gunston show was canceled in 1993, Garry (pictured here in 2012) was diagnosed with anxiety and related depression

Garry currently lives a quiet life with his wife Diane in Berry on the New South Wales south coast. Pictured: Diane and Garry in 201

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Sports

Why Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley should have thought about moving to Gold Coast Suns

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Post date August 13, 2022
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Surely, now would have been the ideal occasion for the two parties to shake hands and accept that one decade had seen Hinkley lift Port Adelaide out of the mire back to respectability despite having failed to help deliver the ultimate.

Particularly when Koch chose this week to again publicly threaten Hinkley’s job and his off-field football team, in a clumsy attempt to appease his supporter base which appears to have increasingly turned on Hinkley from the start of the season.

No one is suggesting Koch has no right to criticize his team’s performance. Port might have lost seven games for less than two goals this season, but the side has under-delivered in what could prove the team’s worst finish under Hinkley. But to suggest Hinkley and his team he must turn things around in a fortnight or else came over as a hollow threat.

Just as the club backflipped after one season on Hinkley’s dual captaincy strategy due to supporter backlash, the coach has been undermined again to satisfy one of the most demanding fan bases in football. This was not a show of strength by Koch and, in fact, by the end of the week his resolve looked positively flimsy.

Hinkley took a pay cut when his contract was extended for two years at the start of 2021 and as a result refused to entertain the prospect of any performance clauses. The club cannot afford to pay him out, and he has a watertight deal until the end of next season.

Koch backtracked on Thursday but still pointed out that Hinkley had failed to coach Port to a grand finale. Back in early 2016 when Richmond backed Damien Hardwick with a contract extension, president Peggy O’Neal’s blunt assessment was that the club looked around and saw no one better than the incumbent, and when the Tigers’ season capitulated her firm decision to back Hardwick has become a template for situations like Port’s current predicament.

What is surprising is that no club has put out the feelers for Hinkley in recent days despite his winning record. North Melbourne have thrown their entire weight behind Alastair Clarkson and will look no further unless that bid fails, while GWS have stuck to a process in which Clarkson remains their preferred target. The Giants have said they will not approach a contracted coach, but surely Koch’s comments on Monday opened the door.

So, barring a late play, Hinkley stays at Port with the most likely movement at Alberton to see assistant coach Brett Montgomery replaced. Football boss Davies has refused to entertain offers, including one from North, and has maintained his faith in Hinkley and their program.

But this is not the ideal starting point upon which to build season 2023. An uneasy president, a coach under pressure to deliver from round one or else suffer the ignominy of the weekly sacking debate, and a playing group and football department that knows it.

In another country, in a different football competition, Ken Hinkley would be seen as a winning coach. In Australia and in the town of Adelaide he is a coach under pressure. Nothing will change in that department unless he can deliver a top-four finish next season.

No disrespect to Dew or the superb Port team which had the misfortune to come up against one-last-shot champion Richmond in the preliminary final of 2020, but perhaps Hinkley should have walked away at the end of 2017 and coached the Suns.

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Technology

Free-to-play games aren’t necessarily zero cost

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Post date August 13, 2022
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This Week in Games is a weekly column where Vikki Blake pulls apart the biggest stories in gaming each week. This week, she wants to remind you that even though something is “free”, that doesn’t mean it won’t cost you anything…

Yyou know the old saying, right? “If you don’t pay for a product, you are the product”. It started circulating back when we were stupid and naive and downloaded any old shit onto our devices without reading the small print. Were we wary of viruses back then? You bet we were: malware was nothing new. Were we wary about where our data was ending up? Were we fuck.

That’s why EA’s recent decision to turn its fan-favorite skating franchise, skateboarding, into a free-to-play title should raise eyebrows as well as expectations. In a bid to appeal to “Gen Z and Gen Alpha players”, the company announced at its last earnings call that it was switching from a “premium plus live service” to a free-to-play (F2P) model to better match, ahem, “how they consume content”.

Beyond the grimly obvious – each generation of UK kids grow up to be UK adults with less money than the one before it, with increasingly less disposal income with which to indulge hobbies like games and music – it’s an indicator not just about EA’s shifting marketing priorities , but also perhaps how game makers as a whole think about monetisation. After all, F2P titles no longer sit at the edge of the industry, but at the very heart of it.

Take a peek at Steam Charts’ biggest games right now. Of the titles with the most people playing – CS:GO, dota 2, apex legends, PUBG: Battlegroundsand GTA 5 respectively – all but one (GTA, the last-last-gen blockbuster that refuses to die) are free-to-play. It’s not hard to see why the people in suits are clamoring to ensure games with their logos are listed amongst them, is it?

However, there’s nothing inherently wrong with F2P games. Whilst arguably more insidious on mobile (I briefly worked as a copywriter for a Very Well-Known Company and the amount of shovelware I had to write about almost broke me; no, I didn’t last long there), when done right, F2P titles have every right to sit shoulder to shoulder against premium ones. EA’s own apex legends is just one such example. Though not without its issues, it’s still one of my favorite shooters, and a fabulous example of how an F2P model can not just exceed but excel.

Its monetization strategy is a little less fabulous, sure, but I’m not even against that – at least, not in theory, anyways. Apex you have given me many, many hours of unbridled enjoyment, all for the princely outlay of zero pounds and zero pence. I bought the first battle pass not because I particularly wanted it, but because I wanted to support Respawn. I wanted to ensure these servers stay live for a long time to come. Buying a battle pass a couple of times a year seems more than fair reward for a game that’s given me and my pals so many good times.

apex legends — Apex Legends. Credit: Respawn Entertainment

Multi Versus – also free-to-play – seems to be making waves for all the right reasons, too. Sure, we’ve learned the hard way that some publishers sneakily hold back some games’ monetization strategies until they’re out of beta and fully launched, but we’ve spent some time with it, and reckon “the marketplace and in-game transactions are fair, balanced, and nothing you buy with ‘real’ money will enhance your current performance”. Our preview also revealed that “everyone get[s] a fair shot at unlocking the characters they’ve got their hearts set on without parting with their cash, if they don’t want to”. Don’t quibble here, then.

The issue with these cosmetic microtransactions is not a discussion of balance, rather a separate issue – players who find it very hard to ignore the flashing store banners and irresistible pull of completing collections, even if they are “just cosmetic”. That rings doubly true when studies have found links between gambling and gaming – at the end of the day, there is absolutely a subset of players that will struggle to play games for zero cost.

Multiversus Garnet and Jake the Dog — Multiverse. Credit: Player First Games.

In today’s world, a spiraling cost of living crisis means that an increasing amount of gamers will struggle to pay full price for the latest title – and if a game being free means more people can access it, it’s hard to argue with that. However, the issue with microtransactions – really – comes down to what they offer. Gamers quite rightly refuse to accept that those who can afford them should get a competitive advantage against those who cannot, which means for now, these additional costs are chiefly locked to “cosmetic” items. That doesn’t mean we’re not seeing our tolerance tested, though, with those premium mobile “timesaver” shortcuts slowly making their way onto console and PC gaming.

Maybe the idea of paying for “extras” when a game is F2P is more palatable? I know I often think that way, especially as we navigate a gaming world heaving with expansions and DLC and battle passes and premium editions, all of which are designed to get us to part with more of our hard-earned cash even after we’ve paid top whack for the latest game. A freebie can be brilliant for gaming on a budget, but be cautious: just because a game is free-to-play doesn’t mean it won’t cost you in the end.

What else?

A brand new Splatoon card game spin-off was announced during the recent Splatoon 3 Direct for the game, and it’s based on the multiplayer Turf War game mode.
Xbox has announced plans for Gamescom 2022, and it includes five first-party titles available to play at its booth this year: Age Of Empires 4, Grounded, Microsoft Flight Sim, Pentiment, and Sea Of Thieves. There will also be nine third-party titles available at the booth, too.
Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan has revealed there have been “quite a few attempts” at making a video game set within the Breaking Bad universe and while he’s “not much” of a gamer, he’d asked a couple of people “who owns Grand Theft Auto?” with the intention of working together on a project.

Sports

World Series Cricket almost un-balled by Reserve Bank

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Post date August 13, 2022
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The victorious team included Greg Chappell, Rod Marsh, Dennis Lillee and David Hookes. They, and others, would next represent Packer’s WSC Australia at the old VFL Park in Melbourne in December that year.

Kitto wanted approval from the bank under then-existing federal regulations to move money out of Australia. In a formal letter on March 28, he said the aim was to pay “talent” overseas, but he divulged nothing about what the talent would do.

Dennis Lillee bowls to the West Indies' Andy Roberts at one of the early SuperTests of World Series Cricket. — Dennis Lillee bowls to the West Indies’ Andy Roberts at one of the early SuperTests of World Series Cricket.Credit:Fairfax Photography

“One of its functions is to engage the services of persons who are resident abroad and who have talents capable of exploitation in Australia and elsewhere. Our interest in those activities lies in arrangements for coverage for television programming,” he wrote.

“It is not possible to say with whom the contracts are likely to be made or on what terms of conditions.”

The only indication where the money might head was a reference to the West Indies.

The suspicions of the RBA about the proposal were immediately aroused.

In a diary note written the day after Kitto’s letter, senior Reserve Bank staff expressed concern about the lack of information about the entire endeavor. Kitto, it was noted, was “most vague” about the proposal.

“He was unable (or felt unable) to give any details of the sort of contracts these people were to enter into or to give any indication of how much in total might be involved,” the note recorded.

“What Mr Kitto was asking was virtually an authority against a blank check and that his letter was inadequate.”

A phone call that day from Kitto shed a little more light on the situation. He revealed “with some reluctance” that his company was drafting three-year contracts for “persons yet to be named” to “perform sporting or other activities to be specified on a specific number of days or parts of a year”.

The paperwork signed by Imran Khan witnessed by Austin Robertson and Tony Greig.Credit:RBA Archives ECM-A-216

The “performers” would be restricted from taking actions that may be “contrary to the interests of Channel Nine.”

The only inkling that the request was cricket-related was that up to 12 people – the number of a full team – were to be signed.

“Performers would be paid a signing-on fee at the time the contracts were negotiated overseas; and two other lump sum payments for performances while under contract and at the end of the contract period,” the note recorded.

So anxious was Kitto about the issue, that a person was sent to the RBA building in central Sydney to wait on the bank’s final decision.

Bank staff agreed to the request but in return they wanted to see the contracts signed by the various “talents”.

On April 15 – more than three weeks before news of Packer’s cricket revolution broke – the Reserve Bank received a letter saying two people had signed to provide “personal services”.

They were Anderson Roberts, better known as Andy Roberts, and Vivian Richards. Roberts took 202 Test wickets and is an ICC Cricket Hall of Fame inductee. Richards, now Sir Vivian, was named one of Wisden‘s five cricketers of the century.

One of cricket's greatest players, Viv Richards, relaxes after a day's play in one of the early World Series Cricket SuperTests. — One of cricket’s greatest players, Viv Richards, relaxes after a day’s play in one of the early World Series Cricket SuperTests.Credit:Fairfax Media

Three days later, a contract for fast bowler Michael Holding was received. More would soon follow, including those signed by greats such as Zaheer Abbas, Joel Garner, Imran Khan and Alvin Kallicharran.

In many cases, the witness to the contracts was England’s Test captain Tony Greig.

Copies of the contracts held by the RBA show what Packer expected of his team members.

Players had to be available 15 minutes prior to the start, at all times “play to the best of his ability and skill” and ensure they were “physically fit at all times”.

The reputation of the teams, which came under fire from old-school cricketing greats and parts of the media as “pirates” for taking high-paid positions with Packer, was also of paramount importance.

“At all times so conduct himself as to enhance the business and the reputation of The Promoter in promoting professional cricket in Australia and elsewhere and will not do or omit to do anything whereby the good name and reputation of the Promoter or any of its employees or of himself or of any other player taking part in a Tour will or may be likely to be brought into disrepute or ridicule,” the contracts noted.

Not only was the RBA required to facilitate the players’ pay, it was also helped pay for the promotional activities undertaken to highlight the new competition.

On July 18, the bank was contacted saying JP Sport needed to remit money to pay for filming activities in England for a program tentatively called Cricket Circus.

“The company’s management also deems it desirable to obtain, whilst a representative is overseas, action film footage of the West Indian professional cricketers,” it was noted.

All of the documents, which until now have been held in the RBA’s vast archives, are virtually untouched. Only the exact payment to each player has been kept secret on privacy grounds.

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Business

Vauxhall Corsa in Dovecot, Liverpool plastered with angry notes for ‘selfish, idiotic parking’

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The black Vauxhall Corsa, parked in Dovecot, Liverpool, was plastered with angry A4 notes calling out the 'selfish, idiotic parking'. The car is thought to have parked awkwardly blocking a skip collection which the homeowner said cost hundreds of pounds to rebook.

Furious homeowner plasters ‘selfish’ driver’s Vauxhall Corsa with ‘idiotic parking’ notes after ‘stupid’ motorist ‘blocks in a bulging skip that was due to be collected’

An raging homeowner has called out a driver’s ‘selfish idiotic parking’
Notes claimed car, parked in Liverpool, blocked a skip from being collected
Skip owner said rebooking the collection time would cost hundreds of pounds
At least 13 angry notes typed on A4 paper were duct-taped onto the vehicle
But social media users were divided over whether the action was right or wrong

By Eirian Jane Prosser For Mailonline

Published: 04:55 EDT, August 11, 2022 | Updated: 05:44 EDT, August 11, 2022

A raging homeowner has claimed a driver blocked their ‘bulging skip’ from being collected, branding them ‘selfish’ after it cost them hundreds of pounds to book a recollection.

The black Vauxhall Corsa is thought to have parked in an awkward position preventing the skip from being picked up from a residential street in Dovecot, Liverpool.

The furious skip owner went on to plaster the car with the same angry message that warned against ‘selfish idiotic parking’.

More than 13 sheets of A4 paper with the message printed on were stuck on the car’s windscreen and windows with duct tape.

But after the incident was revealed on Twitter, users on social media were divided over whether the action was right or wrong.

The black Vauxhall Corsa, parked in Dovecot, Liverpool, was plastered with angry A4 notes calling out the ‘selfish, idiotic parking’. The car is thought to have parked awkwardly blocking a skip collection which the homeowner said cost hundreds of pounds to rebook.

The angry note read: ‘Selfish idiotic parking! Parking right next to a bulging skip that’s due to be collected today has cost me a lot of time and money.

‘At 0803hrs this morning you parked in front of my property blocking an obviously bulging skip that was due to be collected today.

‘I have spent hours knocking on every house and asking in the shop about the owner.

‘It is now 1400hrs and it’s still blocking the skip; I will now have to pay extra charges because of your selfish stupidity.’

The angry note said: ‘Parking right next to a bulging skip that’s due to be collected today has cost me a lot of time and money.’ At the bottom the skip owner warned the driver to never park in front of his home again.

People on social media, however, have been left divided over who is in the right and who is in the wrong.

One person wrote: ‘It’s not illegal to park in front of somebody’s property.’

Another added: ‘People who think they own the road outside their house are hilarious in fairness.’

People on social media have been divided over whether the skip owner is in the right or the wrong.

Some people pointed out that the duct tape stuck on the car window and windscreen could cause damage.

One said: ‘If that tape peeled the clear coat off my car I’d be f*****g ranging.’

Another added: ‘I’d be knocking on his property informing him he needs to remove that tape … defo grounds for criminal damage if it f***s with the paint.’

Others pointed out the posters taped to the car’s window and windscreen could cause damage to its coat.

Others showed sympathy for the homeowner, agreeing that the driver should have parked in a more considerate way.

One woman said: ‘They have a point to be fair, if it is a driveway, if they’re an on-call health professional someone could be in a lot of trouble by the time they get there.’

Another man added: ‘How about don’t be ap***k and park in front of someone’s drive?’

Others felt sorry for the skip owner and said the driver was in the wrong for parking in awkward position. The homeowner said booking the skip recollection cost hundreds of pounds.

Selina Flowers on Facebook said: ‘People really need to be more aware when parking their car, park where you wish as long as its legal but being aware of your surroundings is common courtesy.

‘Now they have a bill for paint work.’

Kevin Foster added: ‘Why not give the car owner the bill from the skip company for the so-called extra money it has cost the homeowner.

‘Normally it’s a pay on the collection of the skip, if the wagon can’t pick it up then it’s not the homeowners fault it’s the car owner for blocking it.’

Some called on the car owner to pay the bill for recollection of the ‘bulging skip’ while others said people need to be more aware of where they are parking.

Some found the situation laughable.

One woman said: ‘Nothing could make me this embarrassingly angry.’

Another man added: ‘Should’ve just put it in the skip, probably where all Corsas belong to be fair.

‘I’m mildly disappointed he didn’t run out of toner in the printer and then subsequently printed off more to tell the person they now owe them for the toner and fuel to go to the shop and buy it.’

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Technology

Best Galaxy Buds 2 Pro features: Improved ANC, Samsung Seamless Codec HiFi, and more

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Post date August 13, 2022
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Today, Samsung unveiled its latest flagship wireless earbuds, the Galaxy Buds 2 Pro. These earbuds are the successors of the Galaxy Buds Pro that were launched back in early 2021. They bring an improved design, better audio quality, a more stable wireless connection, and brand-new audio codecs.

If you are interested in the Galaxy Buds 2 Pro, here are some of its best features that you should be looking at.

Best Galaxy Buds 2 Pro features

1. Bluetooth 5.3 chip with Samsung Seamless Codec HiFi

The Galaxy Buds 2 Pro is Samsung’s first set of truly wireless earbuds that use a Bluetooth 5.3 chip. They are also the company’s first earbuds to support Samsung Seamless Codec HiFi, the South Korean firm’s near-lossless audio codec. They support 24-bit wireless audio transmission, so if you have access to Hi-Res Audio tracks, you can listen to them in near-lossless quality. However, this feature only works when the Galaxy Buds 2 Pro is paired with a Galaxy device running One UI 4.0 (or newer).

They also support AAC and SBC codecs, similar to previous Galaxy Buds. The Galaxy Buds 2 Pro also supports Auto Switching. This feature switches the connection of the earbuds between Galaxy devices (such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, or smartwatches), depending on which device you are actively using.

2. Dual-driver setup and improved ANC performance

Samsung’s newest wireless earbuds use a set of two drivers (woofer + tweeter) for rich audio quality. Although it might seem similar to the Galaxy Buds+, Galaxy Buds Pro, and the Galaxy Buds 2, Samsung says that it has optimized those drivers and their size for even better audio quality.

The South Korean firm has also improved the performance of ANC (Active Noise Cancellation), so the outside noise will be filtered with even higher accuracy. Plus, when you want to talk to someone, the Voice Pickup unit detects that you’re talking and switches the Galaxy Buds 2 Pro to the Ambient Mode.

3. 360 Audio with Direct Multi-Channel

The Galaxy Buds Pro was the first Samsung product with 360 Audio. It is a head-tracking feature that simulates the direction of audio when you move your head so that you know where the audio is coming from. With the Galaxy Buds 2 Pro, the company has added support for 5.1-channel, 7.1-channel, and Dolby Atmos for even better spatial audio performance.

4. IPX7 rating for water resistance

Compared to the Galaxy Buds 2, the Galaxy Buds 2 Pro offer better protection against water and sweat. The new set of earbuds has an IPX7 rating for water resistance, which means you can use them in the rain or during workouts without any worries.

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Richmond “coming hard” for Taranto as the two genuine contenders emerge

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Post date August 13, 2022
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Richmond is right in the mix for Tim Taranto, reports SEN’s Sam Edmond.

The 2016 No.2 pick is widely tipped to leave the Giants at the conclusion of the 2022 season, with the club reportedly believing they can cover his loss and are against paying a hefty contract for him.

He was drafted out of the Sandringham Dragons and is all but certain to return home to Victoria should he seek a trade. Collingwood was the original front-runner, but Edmund believes the Tigers are “coming hard”.

Geelong is the other club understood to be in the mix.

“Tim Taranto is a really interesting watch at the moment,” he said on SEN’s Crunch Time.

“Richmond are right in the mix here. I know he’s been linked heavily with Collingwood, but Richmond (is) coming hard for Tim Taranto as well.

“So the Pies have a dog in the fight here, Geelong to some extent as well, even though the Cats like the idea of Jacob Hopper in the hoops next year.”

The Tigers’ interest makes sense given Dion Prestia’s and Dustin Martin’s injury troubles this season, while Kane Lambert has retired and Shane Edwards’ best footy is behind him.

Taranto, Hopper, Tanner Bruhn and Bobby Hill are seen as the four Giants set to leave the club in the upcoming trade period.

Taranto and Hopper have both featured as two of the club’s primary on-ballers in recent years and could become elite midfielders of the competition as they enter their prime.

“So they’re slightly different, neither have reached free agent status, Taranto is 24, Hopper is 25, but Taranto is out of contract and Hopper is not,” Edmund continued.

“So logically speaking Jacob Hopper will be harder to acquire, but that’s the path the Cats want to go down.

“So Tim Taranto, if you’re sitting here right now, you’re saying he’s either going to be at Punt Road or Collingwood next year.”

Taranto is averaging 25.9 disposals, 4.1 inside 50s and 3.8 clearances throughout his 15 games in 2022.

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