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VANCOUVER, BC – Darren Mattocks didn't steal the headlines in Vancouver Whitecaps FC's 4-1 win over New York Red Bulls on Saturday at BC Place.
But the 23-year-old made the starting lineup, picked up an assist and put in a workmanlike performance as the lone striker in Vancouver's 4-2-3-1 formation. In a word, he was relevant.
This came after a disappointing 2013 campaign, in which the Jamaican international scored three goals and started just eight matches.
So to come back into the starting lineup for new head coach Carl Robinson's first game in charge meant a lot to Mattocks – a sign of trust, and an opportunity to prove that his explosive first season was no fluke.
"It was always there, even last season," Mattocks told MLSsoccer.com when asked if he's rediscovered an enthusiasm for the game. "But I think this season, the different style – I've adjusted to it really well.
"At the end of the day, I'm just going to try and put my best foot forward each and every time."
But beyond the intangibles – Mattocks is smiling once again, seems hungrier off the ball and pressed opponents to great effect on Saturday – there is a greater diversity to his game.
Over the weekend, he no longer simply looked to get in behind the Red Bulls backline – an understandable yet predictable tactic given his explosive pace – but switched things up by showing for the ball and playing with his back to goal.
"As a centre forward, it's really important to get my teammates involved in the game," Mattocks said after a training session at the University of British Columbia on Tuesday. "Holding up the ball to get my teammates to join in, that's really huge."
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The varied approach kept his opponents guessing, and indeed his most effective moment in the match came through demonstrating that ability to link up with his teammates when he played a part in Sebastian Fernandez's goal to bring the score to 2-0.
"If he's going to play in that role, it's important that he does hold the ball up," Robinson said on Tuesday. "The second goal came from him holding the ball up, being a platform to build with his movement, Kenny Miller's vision and then Darren running into space and then playing a simple pass to Seba, who obviously used his magic to create a good finish.
"Seba gets all the headlines, but it was Darren's hold-up play and movement that created the chance."
While Robinson stresses he will judge Mattocks on his overall performance, and that goals don't tell the whole story about a center forward's value and contribution, the player himself knows he had two quality chances in the first half and insists that finish will return.
"I'm not worried about scoring goals because I know what I'm capable of doing," said Mattocks, who scored five goals in his last four matches prior to Saturday's season opener. "As soon as the first one goes, hopefully things start to open up for me. But at the end of the day, we've got a lot of guys here who can put the ball in the back of the net."
Martin MacMahon covers Vancouver Whitecaps FC for MLSsoccer.com.
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"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," based on the first chapter of Swedish author Stieg Larsson's "Millennium Trilogy," offers a scathing condemnation of both capitalism and statism, an intelligent look at the nature of memory, and a toe-curling exploration of the horrors visited upon children by their parents. Fortunately, it comes packaged in the guise of a gripping thriller.
The film opens with Mikael Blomkvist (Mikael Nyqvist), a nationally-known investigative journalist being sentenced to jail. Luckily, he has six months before he has to serve his time, leaving him plenty of time to be contacted by Henrik Vanger, a wealthy industrialist, who wants him to look into the mysterious disappearance some 40 years ago of his then 16-year-old niece.
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The film takes a long hard look at the squishiness of memory. Blurry, photos, mistaken identities, memories both faulty and all too good... and particularly the ephemeral nature of computer drives vs. the tedium of hard copies. As with the differences between our protagonists, these are not pitted against one another, rather their comparative values are celebrated.
Stieg Larrsson was a career journalist himself who wrote this trilogy at night for fun. He was also a devout communist, making his narrative's attacks on the state/parents all the more jarring. Throughout the film's 40-year arc, the government fails most everyone -- crimes go unsolved, bad guys go free, good guys go to jail and one of the film's darkest monsters -- and there is no shortage of monsters -- is a state official.
The film's only real weakness are the mountains of table-setting and -clearing that are done in the name of preparing the viewer not just for this story, but the next too chapters. It makes for a slightly overlong movie that offers a good 20 or so minutes that have little to do with the story at the heart of the film. The benefit of the doubt is warranted however, because the payoff will presumably arrive on our shores soon enough.
"The Girl With the Dragon Tatto" is a haunting, Agatha Christie-esque whodunit that leaves you more than ready for "The Girl Who Played With Fire."


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Countries Where Workers Get the Most Vacation
The U.S. is the only developed country in the world without a single legally required paid vacation day or holiday. MarketWatch's Rex Crum takes a look at the countries where workers get the most vacation. (Photo: Getty Images)
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Potato Salad: By the Numbers
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When you work at Kickstarter, you come across amazing projects all the time. But in the site's five-year history we've never seen anything quite like Zack Brown's potato salad project.
It wasn't the project's ambitions that blew us away, because... well, it wasn't very ambitious, at least at first. It was the reaction Zack got from all corners of the Internet: head-scratching, laughter, loud harrumphing, pure delight. And it was Zack's graceful handling of a project that quickly became far too big to fit in a bowl.
The potato salad project ended Saturday with $55,492 in pledges from 6,911 backers. Here's a look at how it got there.
Zack's project started popping up in the press almost immediately. On July 6th, three days after it went live, Zack was on local TV news in Columbus, Ohio, expressing amazement at how the thing had blown up. At the time he had fewer than 200 backers.
Traffic to the project page quickly took off and eventually reached 4.1 million visits.
That made it the fourth-most-viewed project page in Kickstarter's history. The top ten:
- Ouya game console
- Pebble watch
- Veronica Mars movie
- Potato Salad
- Double Fine Adventure
- Project Eternity
- Penny Arcade
- Reading Rainbow
- Mighty No. 9
- Oculus Rift
It's funny to think that more people have seen the potato salad project than Oculus Rift, but hey, the Internet is a crazy place.
Despite all the traffic, the project received fewer pledges than anything else on that list. Here's a breakdown of pledges by day, showing a big surge at the start and then a flurry of backers getting in just before the deadline:
Hunger for potato salad knows no borders: people in 74 countries supported the project. Here are the top ten:
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Among countries with more than five backers, Norway had the highest average pledge at $12, followed by South Korea and Sweden.
About two-thirds of Zack's backers were from the US, and they pledged a total of $41,166. Here is a breakdown showing what percentage of that total came from each state:
Ohio, California, and New York pledged the most to the project. Ohio was no surprise, as it's Zack's home state. In fact, if we zoom in on Ohio, there's particular strength around Columbus, Zack's hometown, where his friends and neighbors wanted to come along for the ride. More than 62% of the money in Ohio came from Franklin County, which includes Columbus. Columbus is now gearing up to host PotatoStock 2014 next month.
As you might expect, most pledges to this project were small. Backers averaged $8.03 per pledge, compared with a Kickstarter-wide average of $77.51.
Most of the project's backers were not new to Kickstarter: 72% were repeat backers. In fact, even when you include the newcomers, potato salad backers have backed an average of 15 projects on Kickstarter! So while this was a global joke on the Internet, backing the project became an inside joke among core Kickstarter fans.
Here are the projects that people backed the most before they backed the potato salad project:
- Reading Rainbow - 868 backers
- Double Fine Adventure - 437 backers
- Ouya - 343 backers
- Mighty No. 9 - 340 backers
- Torment: Tides of Numenera - 293 backers
- The Veronica Mars Movie Project - 276 backers
- Project Eternity - 262 backers
- Pebble - 245 backers
- Wasteland 2 - 239 backers
- Kung Fury - 230 backers
...and those they've backed since potato salad:
- Coolest Cooler - 101 backers
- Sense - 99 backers
- Bunch O Balloons - 95 backers
- Electric Objects - 39 backers
- Litographs Tattoos - 36 backers
- The Deer God - 36 backers
- Bibliotheca - 34 backers
- NudeAudio Super-M - 30 backers
- The Resistance - 29 backers
- Timespinner - 27 backers
The project also received an incredible amount of press. According to the media analytics service Meltwater, it got 2,068 media mentions in 54 countries.
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Some of our favorite features were in The New Yorker, Good Morning America, Columbus Alive, and The Verge (and also The Verge).
Tons of people would have watched Zack's project video — except that he didn't make one. Here's our favorite of his video updates:
Zack's project inspired some handwringing about What It All Means. Here's one take: Kickstarter is a good place to aim high and go big, but small projects are great too. If you want to make something to share with others, maybe you just need ten or 20 or 50 people to get your idea off the ground. And if it turns out that 6,911 people share your vision for potato salad… then you're going to need some more potatoes.
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TROVE on
This is some great number crunching guys! It was both and funny and inspiring to watch the Potato Salad project take off the way it did, but this data gives some real insight into how much influence media coverage can have on a project like this. Do you have or can you do an analysis on new projects that have tried to mimic Potato Salad or parody it? It would be interesting to see how many there were and how well they did.
Jason A Kreiger on
Isn't Kickstarter worried about credibility after a project like this. I search "potato salad" on kickstarter and came up with over 200 copy cat potato salad kickstarters... Why is there no regulating these projects? I saw a kickstarter the other day for drawing the worlds largest penis. Cmon, it's a slap in the face for any serious creators out there and muddles up the credibility of having a Kickstarter.
Andy Jennings on
And how about the hundreds, if not thousands, of stupid copycat projects that the project inspired? Or the media attention Kickstarter garnered as "do some goofy s*** and you'll blag some money" instead of "here's where you can get your great idea funded by the people who want to see it brought to life."
Since the submission guidelines were relaxed, I no longer trust Kickstarter's interest in the quality of the projects they host.
Loretta Fontaine Castagna on
Bravo Danger Brown!
As a member of Team COOLEST, I backed potato salad.
74 countries. Awesome! Zach, speak my name out loud!
Brad Summey on
Does Kickstarter not see an issue with this, and other projects like it? These sort of things completely dilute the validity of every other project on the platform and were one of the worst ways to introduce the website to the mainstream media. The fact that Kickstarter allowed it to continue, as well as allowing project creators to create projects with zero oversight is laughable.
What you've done is polarize well-intentioned project creators with the means to bring valid ideas to life via your platform. I hope someone over there rethinks the move to forgo reviewing projects prior to them going live.
Lucy on
Guys, Kickstarter is not going to regulate / delete projects like this because "validity" is in the eyes of the funder. Remember, KS is not just a fun platform, it's a business. KS has no ads; instead, they make 100% of their revenue from taking 5% from successful projects. This means that for hosting the Potato Salad page, kickstarter made $2750.
They ALSO got a TON of publicity. Yes, people already knew about kickstarter, but people already know about Coca-Cola and they still run ads for it. Suddenly kickstarter is in international news, not as an annoying advert you tune out, but as central to the plot of a news story people are actually talking and arguing about.
I seriously doubt the few creators who leave KS as a platform because they're offended by the project outweigh the benefit of all the $$$ and publicity this project got them. Even if from now on 100% of projects become hipster jokes (which, frankly, is hyperbolic), if those jokes make more money than serious projects, KS is absolutely savvy to pursue that angle.
Bottom line: KS was never in the business of being elitist. Just like publishing houses known for Great Literature, like Penguin, are smart to also have their line of mass-market paperback thrillers and erotic romances that make money but'll be forgotten in a week, KS is smart to indiscriminately host art films, gadgets, and pranks alike, to hit as broad an audience as possible.
Terrance Grace on
If KS is not careful and does not rein in some of the ridiculous, they and us (the creators) might soon be in the midst of a trash-sourcing platform. The reason I chose KS over indiegogo in the first place was the fact that KS held creators to a seemingly stronger ethic of accountability. Once you start allowing dumb in... then all of a sudden it's just a big wasteland of crap that no potential backer will want to wade through.
I understand that this is a business, but it's better business in the long run, if you maintain quality over quantity.
Minerva McJanda on
Putting aside the issue of 'validity', doesn't this project make a mockery of kickstarter's policy of enforcement on pledge rewards? If I've got the numbers right this guy is going to have to say 6911 names while making the salad, give 3573 people a bite of the salad (with no shipping charge), add 2301 ingredients to the salad, and let 484 people into the kitchen while he makes the stuff. How this project was approved given the recent restrictions on physical pledge rewards, I have no idea. An article like this on how he plans on fulfilling all those pledges would be pretty interesting.
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Latham Conger on
What is this guy doing with the money he raised? He can't give it to charity, right, because that's against your rules? How are people stupid enough to give this guy money and undermine what this site is supposed to be about? More importantly, why is Kickstarter complicit in this moronic exercise.of how to take advantage of mass hysteria?
Dale Taylor on
The problem with unleashing the virus of dumb, is what are you going to do now that your brand is destroyed? Are you going to embrace being the Monty Python of crowdfunding now? Your competitors must be delighted.
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I don't mind projects like Potato Salad. Even though I didn't pledge for it, I was amused. We need to be able to laugh at ourselves sometimes. I much prefered Potato Salad than the perpetual motion projects on Kickstarter. I also love the core community that understands what Kickstarter is about: funding dreams and enabling the common man to accomplish something he couldn't do by himself. Hooray for Kickstarter!
Michael Klaus Schmidt on
This shows the nature of the human condition more than anything specific to Kickstarter. It remains a great way to fund projects. Just because a lot of people backs a silly project (or was it genius?) that does not undermine the effectiveness or validity of the site.
I really wish people would get this excited and generous about more serious things, like homeless children in war torn countries, but this sort of thing goes on all the time, right? People spend large sums of money on designer clothing, toys and other "frivolous" things all the time. Why not potato salad?
Erin Keely on
Why are so many people too serious, and don't like to have fun? The potato salad thing is hilarious. If you don't like it, go back and art project and stop policing people who enjoy humor.
Scott Rehm on
I know that, in the past, you've mentioned that once people back one project, they tend to browse Kickstarter and find other projects to back. Do you have any data on how many of the new backers this project garnered went on to fund other things? It'd be interesting to see the "rising tide" effect in action here. Obviously, the Potato Salad project was good for Kickstarter and everyone on it. I'd be curious to see how good.
Joe Sutliff on
Potato salad came at a particularly bad time for me... I had just cancelled my campaign due to lack of interest. I put a lot of hard work into my novel, and only made 20% funding, so I was annoyed at the huge success of PS. Ultimately, I realized that PS was proof that crowd funding works - a lot of happy people giving up a buck just for the laugh. What KickStarter has to do now is build on that and encourage the philanthropic side of this - if half the 7,000 backers made it a habit to drop a dollar a month on something, then I'll be happy (unless my next project doesn't get funded, in which case I will be REALLY annoyed.)
Film GRIT on
Yeah this kind of bums me out. First I as annoyed when Directors with money were doing projects to fund a film they could afford and giving out crappy rewards (after all they will make money off the project in the end) and now we go to the other end of stupid with joke projects. Why don't you just setup up a new dot com for these projects richstarter.com and jokestarter.com - that way everyone knows where they supposed to find "real" projects you know... on kickstarter.com
Kate Stafford on
I almost gave a couple bucks, back when the potato salad was < $1k. I think we sometime undervalue humor in our lives. But since it blew up to a ridiculous size, I didn't. I don't begrudge him for his haul - how could he have expected this? And if someone felt this was a worthy use of a few bucks, good on them.
But what is killing me now are the copycats. First, it is just lazy. It isn't original anymore. Come up with your own attempt at humor. Nobody is going to fund a recycled joke. Second, and far more obnoxious, I'm tired of wading through all the variations of "I'm going to do something mundane" no matter what I search for on Kickstarter.
Jonathan Hummer (何林) on
I'm torn on how to feel about this. It was humorous and entertaining, if not depressing (it just corroborates Ben Franklin: "A fool and his money are soon parted"). But I also see the concerns other have voice, as now nonsense projects are cropping up all over the place, making it difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff. We'll let the Futurists decide how it will affect the brand and the business long-term, but it sure makes things annoying short-term.
Andy Jennings on
People arguing on the basis that "it's a joke, we need a laugh every now and then, lighten up" didn't see a month's worth of poutine, sandwiches, kimchi, cookies, and other HILARIOUS "im makin food giv me munee" projects. A joke isn't funny when it's told a hundred times. And it's even less funny when someone keeps telling it to you when you're trying to do something you actually enjoy.
Kickstarter's new automated approval system is supposed to weed out fake projects, but it just doesn't work. Under the old system, a perpetual motion machine wouldn't even have made it through filling out the form, let alone made it onto the site.
Never mind the number of projects which are basically "I can't afford a new computer/Xbox, help fund me buy one... so I can stream gameplay videos!" No, I'm not going to pay for you to buy a new computer, everyone else who streams videos bought their hardware with their own money, kindly bugger off.
Geoffrey Hebel on
I have funded a few projects on KS ranging from custom marshmallows (which were delicious) to mens underwear for bigger guys (larger generally not er yeah i'll stop now) I saw this and, as long as he fulfills his agreements to his backers who cares what the project was about.
The people complaining about all the copycats are forgetting that this is a user generated site, meaning don't like them don't fund them and they will go away when the fad runs it's course.
What i consider worth giving money to is probably different than what everyone elses. The copycats are a fad and, will vanish in short order when nobody funds them.
Brandon 'Link' Copp-Millward on
@Latham, he actually IS starting a charity with the money, launching his own for-profit business, and some other things. It all falls into that grey area of Kickstarter not caring about what you do with all that overfunded money.
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Miguel Ortega on
This completely ruins kickstarters credibility. What a shame and mockery for the legit projects.
I can't believe they do not see how band this tarnishes the brand.
Crystal Bass on
I'm on the side of this being what finally has made kickstarter jump the shark. Its basically a joke now. Legit projects will be taken less seriously. Its already starting.... tons and tons and tons of ridiculous people trying to copy those crap ideas, clogging up bandwidth. But of course they didnt cancel it because it went viral enough that their cut of the money was worth hanging on to.
DapperDevil on
I didn't think potato salad was very funny, and I didn't back it, but all of these comments about ruining the KS brand and worrying about a flood of stupid imitation projects are way off the mark. Let's be honest, there were a lot of stupid projects before potato salad, and a lot of projects that imitated other successful projects. That's the nature of commerce, really, and complaining about it accomplishes nothing.
Krystal Mack on
I'm sorry but I totally agree this kind of made me hate Kickstarter. As a creator who ran a project while this whole potato salad BS was going on I wished I had used a different site like Go Fund Me Or Indie Go Go. This project should have been featured on a site like that. Thats why I chose Kickstarter because I thought it was a site for serious well-thought out projects. Not a site to make a mockery of its project creators. Fortunately I exceeded my goal BUT there are still a lot of projects on this site probably kicking themselves wishing that they had chosen another crowdfunding site. I won't make the same mistake of choosing Kickstarter for my next project.
Jason Gleim on
Kickstarter's job is to connect people looking for funding with people who have money to invest... Nothing more and nothing less. It isn't KS' job to determine if a project is "worthy" or to police how the project will spend the money or anything like that. They have a disappointingly low bar in fact to get a project posted it lets a lot of questionable projects through. Just look at sites like KickFailure or Drop Kicker who specialize in weeding out the fakes and cons and you'll see this.
At least Zack's project is legit. He isn't breaking the laws of physics or claiming some amazing new process nobody has ever thought of before or trying to cobble together some "amazing MMO" game with absolutely no programming experience. He is going to produce something he can actually deliver and I'm sure the backers know that the rewards are tongue-in-cheek and likely dubious at best. Nobody is going to cry because they can't confirm he said their name while making the salad. Those that have a problem with the project or with KS allowing the project can exercise their freedom of choice and either not visit the site or not back the projects. Don't claim this is the downfall of society or KS has no credibility when, in fact, they never claimed any cred in the first place. If you think they somehow had some sort of credibility in whatever metric you think they might have had it in, just search for Brony projects and your illusions will quickly evaporate.
Jonathon Dalton on
I think Kickstarter does have an obligation to regulate the projects that get hosted on the site, to vet them for fraud, appropriateness, etc. From everything I've seen Kickstarter do so far, it looks to me like they take that responsibility seriously.
Potato salad is a joke, but, it's not fraudulent! Anyone who pledged to potato salad knew exactly what they were getting. They were "in on the joke," and if they weren't, they didn't pledge. So I certainly don't think this undermines Kickstarter's legitimacy as a platform.
Nova ClarkeSuperbackeron
I agree with some of the other comments about the ridiculous projects that are showing up. As a backer it dilutes the good projects out there when I am searching and makes me more likely to give up on looking for good projects - especially in the food category lately
Moe LaneSuperbackeron
Speaking as a regular backer of both Kickstarter projects, and a specific backer of this one... I don't have a mystical appreciation for the process, sorry. This service is a great way to get otherwise difficult-to-fund webcomics and roleplaying games published by independent small businesses. As long as it keeps doing that, everything is golden.
Besides, it was *my* $25, and I wanted a hat that announced that I am a backer of potato salad. Kickstarter made that possible. Go you, Kickstarter.
Leshia DoucetSuperbackeron
Waaaah, someone made a joke and tons of people loved it, this website is ruined! Bull. Yeah, all the copycat campaigns are annoying, but they'll go away when people realize it's not that simple. And in what universe does one page on a user-submitted site ruin the site's credibility? Kickstarter is a platform for people to use as they will, not some high-and-mighty bastion of elite art projects. If a project is worthwhile, people will back it, same as they ever did, and if not, you can always try again in search of that elusive viral audience.
The projects that get funded are the ones that, for whatever reason (even if it's dumb), resonate with people. PS was the 100th kickstarter I've backed, I've seen all types make it. Don't hate on Potato Salad because a lot of so-called "legit" projects just didn't click with people on the same level that a silly joke did.
Cerity "Legendary Bottlejak" Silverhawk on
@Kickstarter how are you getting location data... From all the logged saved data for all these returning backers from other projects' surveys.. Or from the smattering of information on profiles which is non-mandatory??
Kickstarter isn't the only crowdfunding site, but it is the largest brand, hence their 5% cut. You guys don't get it if you think kickstarter will start controlling whats on here. once that happens their profits diminish substantially. Unless laws continue to ignore runaway creators and kickstarter still keeps their cut... No way would kickstarter thrive were it required to keep a minimum bar of presentability, respectability, or actual product. Fit within the guidelines and you can get your trip paid for as long as you do something at the end. I truly hope zach follows through with all his backers.
Maricriz Perea & Jazz Tigan on
I'd be really curious to see the amount raised over time chart - if I recall, it actually got up above $70k at one point and then experienced a big drop down to $40k before stabilizing. That's is certainly a unique phenomenon for this project and speaks to the dynamics of a joke campaign. I feel any discussion of the stats that doesn't include this is a little bit insincere in terms of really understanding the data available. Still, fascinating seeing all of this play out. :)
Vicki Pracht on
I agree with many of the commentators that this is a poor use of the Kickstarter platform and I am sorry that KS is giving it even more attention. I appreciate that people don't have to back what they're not interested in, however I would appreciate KS using more of that 5% they collect to keep some standards, rather than letting everything go.
Penny Brewster on
All I hear from you haters is "blah blah blah I'm jealous" trust me if kickstarter starts regulating projects some of yours are not going to pass either, I heard a guy who asked for money for a burito before so ya there were "dumb" projects before but lucky for everyone you don't have to back something you dont like. This is funny and obviously people like it. When joke stores opened up selling fake poo and stupid t shirts did that stop people from shopping in other stores? No.
Eric Stover on
What, Kickstarter isn't going to discuss this project that happened on their own platform? Potato Salad guy lucked out. He had a laughable small goal and people loved it. It snowballed into something completely bigger than it was ever supposed to be and the guy ran with it. While I didn't back the project, and I didn't really like the message it sent about crowdfunding, I think it's a little immature to threaten to leave KS because of it.
KS polices projects that are scams, and I wish they'd police all the copycat rip offs that they backers are a bunch of suckers waving wads of cash around, but they had no reason to shut down the Potato salad project. It's a legitimate project that managed to get attention and a budget most of us are jealous of if we're honest.
Instead of complaining about the Potato salad project, see what they did right, see what's wrong with your project. I've had projects fail, seen worthy causes fall short of their goal. It sucks, but usually it's because something was off about the project. Maybe the message was too general, the rewards lackluster, the concept too mundane, a project can fail or succeed for a million different reasons.
That all being said, I do worry about all the half-brained "parody" and rip off projects popping up. As far as I can see, none of them are doing anywhere near as well as the original Potato Salad, but we'll see what the future brings. Hopefully crowdfunding will still remain a strong option for creators of creative projects to find support for their work.
Catherine Todd on
This silly potato salad project has ruined Kickstarter for me. Yes, it's funny and I too am amazed that this guy could bring in so much money, but I remember when very worthwhile projects were turned away from Kickstarter for "not meeting the criteria." Now it's turning into a joke. Not where I'd like to put my money or association. Why not make another Kickstarter Parody" site if you want to be funny? Either way, until you do, it's over for me.
Catherine Todd on
PS: Eric, I get your point, but I am neither "immature" or "jealous." I am simply a donor to worthwhile Kickstarter projects, and if there is to be silly ones, fine, but make a separate site for them. Kickstarter used to insist that projects fit into specific criteria, and I always helped fun movies, documentaries, education, music and the like. Not "making potato salad and maybe sending donors one bite." It really turns Kickstarter into eBay instead of Amazon. Perhaps that is OK and that's where Kickstarter will end up, but I hate to see their reputation and others who participate here ruined because of one joke. The guy definitely earned his money - thanks to the MEDIA ATTENTION he got - and I have no problem with that, but I won't take Kickstarter seriously any longer as long as "projects" like this are up here. I am really sorry to see a good idea go bad and so quickly. Kickstarter shouldn't be a game show to me, at least. And that's what it is now, just another internet joke.
SoftStorms, LLC on
I agree with most of the comments here. We've backed (a paltry) 3 projects since discovering KS in April, and also run a campaign whose last week overlapped with Zack Danger Brown's PS (yes, that was a 'P'). We struggled to raise $6K, and just made it to target in our final hours. Meantime, I watched in stupefaction as PS rocketed to about 50K that overlapping July 4-11 week! I do think that his tongue-in-cheek project, FOR SOMETHING HE CLEARLY COULD HAVE AFFORDED TO FUND OUT OF POCKET, did draw undue attention from other, meritorious, projects out there whose creators could NOT have self-funded. I hope a vetting system is reinstated or instituted by KS simply to help folks feel confident that the site isn't just another almsgiving forum or worse. All that said, maybe my next KS should be a project to study how much satisfaction Zach's backers got, got from eating gastronomically speaking,from eating the 4,000-ingredient PS. See you soon on CNN when we Ho viral at $50K.
Michele Galla on
As a backer of many projects, I like this Potato Salad Kickstarter. If I had known about it before it closed, I would have backed it. That's the thing about Kickstarter. It is, at its very essence, a free market venue. We back what we back because something about the project appeals to us individually. We don't need to defend our pledges to anyone. There no reason to get miffed at any project that succeeds. Instead, learn from it. Know that whimsy, too, can be inspirational in its own way, and not everything, all the time, must be ardent and serious to get support. With Kickstarter, you get to appeal to the world and the myriad of perspectives out there. And if you have an idea that some might deem worthless, you just might find as many or more who think it's worthwhile. There's no harm in asking the global crowd for help. Good for you, Zack and backers. Enjoy your potato salad!
Gavin Maxwell on
I'm all for a good joke - the Death Star project was a great example - which I backed. What I don't like though is the direction KS is heading, nothing to do with PS Boy above, but more to do with the scam artists out there who are taking advantage of the "no rules" nature of KS projects. You can come up with some BS project that defies the laws of physics and if there are enough stupid people who believe your BS then ta-da - cash - with no commitment! There are multiple projects like this live right now on KS, and no matter how many people report a project KS simply don't care - and why should they - it's money in the bank for them no matter how many people get scammed. KickScammer - you heard it here first.
Stephanie McGillis on
I think it stands to reason that people just need some fun .. and this was just that, fun .. but like I have read, with others it make those of us with projects running look a little ridiculous now as it seems that we" just put one on" just to make money. I worked for months on the planning of mine and it just happened to launch AFTER PS and I dunno I feel like the stall is because people are doubting the seriousness of any project that was after PS
Latham Conger on
For all the people telling others to "have a sense of humor", you are missing the point. That's OK, though, because now you've set yourselves up to be hypocrites. Since "sense of humor" is subjective, make sure you keep that point of view through "anything else anyone comes up with that is ludicrous to you but not to others". I was told Kickstarter had a good internal community, and, after much work and dedication, put my film project up, hoping to get many backers. Eventually, I found myself struggling to meet my goal, and ended up only hitting it due to generous friends and family. Some people I had never met donated (and ended up being very kind people), but they made up less than 10% of my donations. If this site is populated by people who would rather back some guy making potato salad than people trying to realize their dreams, then the people above are right. Time will tell whether you like it or not.
Daniel on
It seems to me that many of the people who were/are angered by potato salad are reacting to their own misfortune after their own projects didn't succeed.
I strongly believe that these two things are not alike. One was a self depreciating joke that tickled the collective internet funnybone, the others are just projects that failed to garner attention or interest.
Perhaps instead project creators should be happy when a project goes viral because ultimately it brings more traffic through Kickstarter which gives other ventures more opportunities to attract attention.
When potato salad was launched I very much doubt that the creator was rubbing his hands with glee at the megabucks he was about to make. That he did well is less about him and more about the people who backed the project.
If you are going to complain about what other people decide what to spend their money on I suggest you think about how you might feel if they told you how to spend your money.
Also, there is already a system that filters out much of the dross like the coleslaw project and that is the rankings based on interest. Projects that haven't been marketed well or just don't interest people soon drop to the bottom of the scrolling page.
Meanwhile, if you want your project to do well, make it interesting, make it seem feasible and social network it like crazy. Don't get grumpy and entitled because of someone else's success.
I think some folks are making some faulty assumptions. First, KS is not a zero-sum game. Is there any proof that those who backed Potato Salad for $1 decided not to back another project due to budgetary concerns? Hardly. This meta-hipster-ironic joke probably didn't take money from the pockets of struggling independent filmmakers. Nor did it steal donations from starving children.
Copycats, flops and joke projects have been around for a long time. Remember the "graph my burrito" guy? And how many minimalist wallets and bottle openers have you seen? There has always been, and will always be junk and good projects. It's up to the backer to decide.
The reality is that good projects will continue to come to Kickstarter, and I (and I firmly believe most backers) will continue to back them.
PS - No matter how bad KS gets, it's still not as bad as IGG.
Alexandre Barret on
I think it shows that backers have a sens of humour and can make fun of themselves. Projects like these must exist and had to be created. The issue here is more about the people who backed projects before the potato salad. They believed in backing projects for the greater good and just find this one offensive. It is humour, it might hurt but it is some type of art. Deal with it.
Melissa Chambers on
A few years ago when I was heavily vetted for my kickstarter campaign I was spurred on by the idea that I had a responsibility to my backers to show them something worthwhile. And deliver what I promised. I really got behind the idea that great things can happen from small gestures in big amounts and that the quality of you and your promotion was the point. I took pride in that.
This represents the death of that idea. Now I am embarrassed to contact my backers through the Kickstarter platform. By allowing this project onto the platform Kickstarter is taking pride in the fact that for a small gesture, you can instead be a part of something stupid. There's a difference between variety and stupidity. This re-enforces a culture that you should invest your spare change in being part of a fad that helps nothing and no-one and rewards irony alone.
A really great brand just became useless to legitimate people. It's so hard to raise money for new ideas. Congratulations Kickstarter. This just made it harder.
Tony Gruber on
Congrats to the Potato Salad guys for launching a successful project! And thanks (Fred and David) for putting these stats together!
Opinion time:
Potato Salad was funny, but I think it's a silly thing to back. My partner found it hilarious, and he backed it. I don't think anyone should be mad at at my partner, jealous of Potato Salad, or upset with KickStarter.
"KickStarter should be better regulated"? Regulate yourself, and let the rest of us regulate ourselves as well!
One might argue that KickStarter should be family-friendly; but beyond that, let's be careful what we ask for. BTW; I found some copycats to be funnier than Potato Salad, but I didn't back them either.
I want to back serious projects that could have a long-term impact; but that's just me. I know there are plenty in the KickStarter community who feel as I do, and I'm not bothered by those who feel differently.
For those who have had failed projects, I'd suggest learning what you can from Potato Salad, which probably isn't much: But also take a look at successful projects that are similar to yours.
Own your situation!
KickStarter's awesome! Keep up the good work!
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The Neuroscience Curriculum
Graduate students who specialize in neuroscience will acquire a broad background in the concepts and techniques of neuroscience through an integrated program of laboratory research, advanced course-work, and seminar and journal club attendance. The Graduate Program in Neuroscience is designed to provide students with a strong academic background, state-of-the-art experimental approaches, and the analytical skills necessary to conduct independent research.
The typical course of study for a student pursuing a PhD through the program in neuroscience is shown below.
Graduate students are admitted into the Basic Biomedical Sciences (BBS) Division of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) without regard to Program interests.
In the first year, all BBS students complete the BBS Core Curriculum and participate in Laboratory Rotations to explore their interests, working under the supervision of faculty. Students are free to select Rotation labs without regard to Program affiliation. Students must complete rotations in at least 2 different laboratories.
Program affiliation occurs when student and thesis mentor agree to commit to each other, in late Summer prior to the second year of study. In practice, many students know where they will affiliate by Spring of the first year, register to "rotate" again with the same faculty member, and get a jump ahead in the lab.
The Qualifying Exam is taken in the second year of study. Qualifying Exam Policy and Procedures
Formal course work is generally completed within the first 2-3 years, after which students are expected to transition to learning from literature and lab, integrating these activities and showing the self-motivation that is a predictor of success in research. Most faculty welcome senior students that wish to sit in on individual lectures or even entire courses. The emphasis is on learning, not grades. From year 3 on, most students register for Thesis Research/ Graduate Research and participate in classes and Journal Club informally.
Curricular Requirements:
Students in the Graduate Program in Neuroscience are required to:
- complete the GSBS Core Curriculum
- Take a minimum of three Advanced Topics courses. One of these Advanced Topics courses must be BBS 760 "Introduction to Neuroscience," which is typically taken in Spring semester of the student's first year. The other two courses may be any two BBS Advanced Topics courses (courses of at least 2 credits), from any program. The offerings for advanced courses vary based on faculty availability and student demand. Most advanced topics courses are offered every other year.
Advanced Topics courses frequently taken by students in the Neuroscience Graduate Program include "Bases of Brain Disease" (BBS 782), "Genetic Basis of Behavior" (BBS 783), "Molecular and Cellular Basis of Neural Development" (BBS 784), "Stimulus-Secretion Coupling: An Exo(cyto)tic Point Of View" (BBS 746), "Developmental Biology" (BBS 739), "Cell Physiology of Excitable Membranes (BBS 747), "Genetic Systems" (BBS 762), "Using Animals in Biomedical Research" (BBS 701), "Eukaryotic Gene Expression" (BBS 738), "Biostatistics for the Biomedical Sciences" (BBS 702), "Nuclear Structure & Function in Disease" (BBS 734), "The Cell Works: Principles of Cell Physiology" (BBS 743), and "Cytoskeleton & Disease" (BBS 733).
Several Tutorial and Special Topics courses (Addiction; fMRI; G protein coupled receptors) are also offered, and with permission of the Program Director, two of these 1-credit courses may be substituted for one advanced topics course.
- Complete at least two semesters of BBS 808 "Journal Club in Neuroscience." Journal club (NE 800) is mandatory for Neuroscience students in their second year, and is encouraged for first-year and senior students.
- Participation, through regular attendance, at the Neuroscience Program Seminar Series (Thursdays) is expected of all students in the Program.
A Typical Course of Study
Below is a typical Neuroscience Program student's curriculum. * Asterisks indicate BBS Core Curriculum (Course Required of all BBS Division students).
Pre-Year 1, Summer (early start option).
Laboratory Rotation.
Year 1, Fall Semester
* BBS 601. Responsible Conduct in Research.
* BBS 611. Biomedical Sciences Block I.
* BBS 611R. Reading, Analysis and Problem Solving (RAPS, Block I).
* BBS 612. Biomedical Sciences Block II.
* BBS 612R. Reading, Analysis and Problem Solving (RAPS, Block II).
* BBS 850. Laboratory Rotation. Two 8-week or one 16-week rotation.
Year 1, Spring Semester
* BBS 613. Biomedical Sciences Block III.
* BBS 613R. Reading, Analysis and Problem Solving (RAPS, Block III).
BBS 760. Introduction to Neuroscience
BBS 808. Journal Club in Neuroscience.
* BBS 851. Laboratory Rotation. Two 8-week or one 16-week rotation.
Year 1, Summer
* BBS 602. Scientific Writing.
* BBS 850. Laboratory Rotation. Two 8-week or one 16-week rotation.
Thesis Advisor and Graduate Program Selection due August 1
Year 2, Fall Semester
BBS 782. Bases of Brain Disease.
BBS 808. Journal Club in Neuroscience.
* BBS 860. BBS Qualifying Exam (Exam to be completed before June).
* BBS 870. Pre-Qualifying Research.
Year 2, Spring Semester
BBS 808. Journal Club in Neuroscience.
* BBS 870. Pre-Qualifying Research.
Year 2, Summer
* BBS 900. Thesis Research.
Year 3, Fall Semester
BBS 784. Molecular and Cellular Basis of Neural Development"
BBS 808. Journal Club in Neuroscience.
* BBS 900. Thesis Research.
* BBS 880. Thesis Research Advisory Committee Meeting.
Year 3, Spring Semester
* BBS 900. Thesis Research.
Year 3, Summer
* BBS 990. Graduate Research.
Year 4-5-(6)
* BBS 990. Graduate Research - each semester.
* BBS 880.Thesis Research Advisory Committee Meeting – annually.
Endgame. After the student has completed a sufficient body of original, scholarly work whose novelty and rigor warrants publication, the TRAC Committee recommends that the student end bench work and write the dissertation. The TRAC then disbands. The student has up to 4 months to write and defend the dissertation. The Dissertation Defense Committee, including a scholar from outside the institution, is appointed, evaluates the written thesis and (after a public presentation) conducts a closed-door examination of the candidate. Successful candidates often make minor revisions to the dissertation before being awarded the Ph.D. degree.
UMass Medical School Graduate Program in Neuroscience
Curriculum Page updated 09 August, 2010; D.R. Weaver/ T. Keegan


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Thatâs fake news, says Kasolo
ZAMBIA Consolidated Copper Mines-Investment Holdings (ZCCM-IH) chief executive officer Pius Kasolo has denied reports that President Lungu directed the
institution to withdraw a fraud court case against First Quantum Minerals (FQM) in which it is demanding US$1.4 billion from the mining giant.
Dr Kasolo said the President has never issued such instructions to ZCCM-IH and that the case is still active in court.
âPresident Lungu didnât direct us to withdraw the matter. We are still in court against FQM but we are not happy to take our partners to court just like in marriage, when you cannot resolve a dispute with a spouse wife, you involve a third party and in this case, it is within the rights of ZCCM-IH to engage the courts.
âThe position is that the case is active but we are also negotiating, and if they provide certain financial documents we have requested for to meet our claims, then maybe we can settle the matter out of court,â he said.
ZCCM-IH has a 20 percent stake in FQM and started legal proceedings last November in the Lusaka and London high courts, claiming that FQM took out a loan from Kansanshi Mines at non-commercial interest rates and used it for company operations outside Zambia and to develop the Kalumbila Mines without the consent of ZCCM-IH as a shareholder in Kansanshi mine.
FQM is accused of fraud and ZCCM-IH is seeking as much as US$1.4 billion, including US$228 million in interest and 20 percent of the principal amount or US$570 million.
Last May, social media reports emerged that President Lungu directed ZCCM-IH to discontinue the case.
Dr Kasolo dismissed assertions that ZCCM-IH is spending a lot of money in legal fees to pursue disputes that can be resolved amicably.
âThe FQM case is still active, so we have not reached a conclusion to arrive at the fees. For Konkola Copper Mines [KCM], a similar incident occurred and the London Court awarded ZCCM-IH US$103 million, and KCM was ordered to refund 80 percent of the legal fees amounting to £180,000,â Dr Kasolo said.


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A man has been charged with the murders of three prostitutes.
Stephen Griffiths, 40, was charged with the murders of Suzanne Blamires, Shelley Armitage and Susan Rushworth.
The remains of Ms Blamires, 36, were found in the River Aire at Shipley on Tuesday. She disappeared from Bradford last week.
At a press conference outside Trafalgar House police station in Bradford, Peter Mann of the Crown Prosecution Service said there was sufficient evidence to charge Griffiths with all three murders.more....


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It's a dangerous time of year for driving. Even if you're skilled at navigating the rain and snow, many other drivers are not as able to handle the conditions, or their cars may not be in the best shape. But just try not to embarrass yourself.
Today's AOTD was the 10 worst things you could do while driving in winter. Share this list if you want to prevent loved ones from pulling an orlove this winter.
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Moderator: Carleas
Some Guy in History wrote:There's a philosophy forum totem pole, like there are more than just this message board and they're far more active? Can you post some links?
I still, personally, find it inspiring that for the 'restrictions' that you say impede activity that activity continues anyway and some of our posts here have gained over 10,000 views, some far more, in short periods of time, i.e. a couple years. That shows a popularity in viewing audience beyond just the posting and vocal minority. Also, personally, I find success to be measured in more ways than people who post simple criticism as piece of advice can manage to admit other than to act out in certain patterns of action; a pattern of patterns that I didn't fully begin to notice until spending some time here among these forums. These forums practically gave birth to a lot of actual thinking and getting somewhere with it.
But, as for it being a piece of advice, I do find; again personally; that I like my advice given to me in pieces. That way it takes a while to put it together to any way that can be made sense or use of and in the mean time, are caught having to act and maintain anyway with the conclusion and sum of the thinking matter usually being solved by simple action in much shorter length of time and fashion than it takes the conscious mind to work it out or have it be able to be brought to a conclusive whole for it to act on.
I remember when it used to be easier to destroy communities with posts like this, though.
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For Immediate Release
Patricia Kiernan Johnson;
New York, NY —
OPERA America
, the national service organization for opera, announces the next sessions of its ongoing Making Connections series, a professional development and networking program nurturing the next generation of performing and creative artists.
Making Connections
is geared toward early-career artists, including singers, composers, librettists, designers, directors and others who work in or would like to work in the field of opera.
OPERA America presents a total of 17 different sessions during the course of the full 2008-2009
Making Connections
season, which runs from September through May. Each begins with an hour-long panel discussion followed by an informal reception where attendees are able to meet one-on-one with the panelists, providing a unique networking opportunity.
"One of the most exciting aspects of Making Connections is this direct exchange between the participants," stated Marc A. Scorca, president & CEO of OPERA America. "In the increasingly competitive arts community, often, it's not only what you know but who you know that can make a difference. Through
Making Connections
, OPERA America is able to foster a real dialogue between aspiring artists and decision-makers in the opera community."
In the next session,
Marketing and Media
, on Tuesday, March 24, all artists will benefit from advice on promotional materials and ways to generate buzz through smart marketing and public relations choices. Speakers for this session include
Sean Bickerton
, formerly vice president at Columbia Artists and now managing partner at Kulture Shock Media;
Kristin Cowdin
, artist manager at Guy Barzilay Artists, a boutique firm representing singers of international and national acclaim at all career levels; and
Mindi Rayner
, founder of Mindi Rayner Public Relations, a high-level public relations service for instrumentalists, composers, singers and arts institutions.
Patricia Kiernan Johnson
, marketing and media manager at OPERA America, will moderate.
Panelists for
Having a Career Beyond the Young Artist Program
on Wednesday, March 25, will discuss important steps to take after completing a program and tips on carving out a career without attending a young artist program. Speaking at this session are
Jesse Blumberg
, baritone;
Carol Kirkpatrick
, author of the best selling book
ARIA READY: The Business of Singing
; and
Leah Wool
, mezzo-soprano.
Janice L. Mayer
, founder of Janice Mayer & Associates LLC, an international artist management company dedicated to advancing and serving the vocal arts, will moderate.
In addition to these sessions, OPERA America's
Making Connections
program will present two more workshops in May 2009:
Fundraising 101
Designing for the 21st Century Opera
Making Connections
sessions take place from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and are held in the OPERA America offices at 330 Seventh Avenue at 29th Street. A reception follows each panel discussion. Admission is $5 per session for OPERA America members and $10 for non-members. For additional information on individual sessions and speakers, contact OPERA America at 212-796-8620 or
. Those interested in attending any of the sessions may register online at
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
Upcoming OPERA America
Making Connections
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Marketing and Media
Speakers: Sean Bickerton, Kulture Shock Media; Kristin Cowdin, Guy Barzilay Artists; Mindi Rayner, Mindi Rayner Public Relations. Moderator: Patricia Kiernan Johnson, OPERA America
Workshop: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Reception: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Having a Career Beyond the Young Artist Program
Speakers: Jesse Blumberg, baritone; Carol Kirkpatrick, author; Leah Wool, mezzo-soprano. Moderator: Janice L. Mayer, arts consultant
Workshop: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Reception: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Fundraising 101
Workshop: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Reception: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Designing for the 21st Century Opera
Workshop: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Reception: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Photo (L-R): Panelists Katherine Keyes, Dr. Doonam Kim, Brian Gill and Megan Young speak at OPERA America's January 28, 2009
Making Connections
panel discussion, Maintaining Your Health amid a Hectic Schedule. Photo by Katherine L. Ehle/OPERA America.
OPERA America leads and serves the entire opera community, supporting the creation, presentation and enjoyment of opera.
Artistic services help opera companies and creative and performing artists to improve the quality of productions and increase the creation and presentation of North American works.
Information, technical, and administrative services to opera companies reflect the need for strengthened leadership among staff, trustees and volunteers.
Education, audience development and community services are designed to enhance all forms of opera appreciation.
Founded in 1970, OPERA America's worldwide membership network includes nearly 200 Company Members, 300 Associate and Business Members, 2,000 Individual Members and more than 16,000 subscribers to the association's electronic news service. In 2005, OPERA America relocated from Washington, D.C. to New York as the first step in creating the first-ever National Opera Center. With a wide range of artistic and administrative services in a purpose-built facility, the Opera Center is dedicated to increasing the level of excellence, creativity and effectiveness across the field.
OPERA America's long tradition of supporting and nurturing the creation and development of new works led to the formation of
The Opera Fund
, a growing endowment which allows OPERA America to make a direct impact on the ongoing creation and presentation of new opera and music-theater works. Since its inception, OPERA America has made grants of nearly $11 million to assist companies with the expenses associated with the creation and development of new works.


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Hair vs. Hat Edit
I always thoguth the "black color" on his head is a kind of head, the hair is light-colored when you look on it. VolteMetalic (talk) 10:09, August 16, 2011 (UTC)
- The black thing is a hat and his hair is dark coloured. Although even in the tankōbon version, his hair looks light-coloured in one frame, but that's at an odd angle. For the rest of the panels his hair is dark-coloured.--Cerez365™ 11:59, August 16, 2011 (UTC)
- It isnt mentioned here he has a hat. VolteMetalic (talk) 16:17, August 31, 2011 (UTC)
- "...and a stylised forehead protector in the form of a hat."--Cerez365™ 16:28, August 31, 2011 (UTC)
- It isnt mentioned here he has a hat. VolteMetalic (talk) 16:17, August 31, 2011 (UTC)
Infobox image Edit
So, we were introduced to him in a flashback, but we know have him in his current appearance. I believe his current, aged look should be in the infobox. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 21:59, August 31, 2011 (UTC)
- I agree.--Deva 27 22:02, August 31, 2011 (UTC)
- Ah, it was like that before but I was under the misconception that it was the other way around. Either way is fine, no information is lost.--Cerez365™ 22:04, August 31, 2011 (UTC)
Name Edit
Like Darui, Samui, Atsui etc., Dodai's name can also have a meaning that is an adjective, right? If so, what can it mean? I guess it should be noted. --kiadony --talk to me-- 14:01, September 1, 2011 (UTC)
- We dunno yet, Shounen normally gives us titbits like that, but we'll need the raws first.--Cerez365™ 14:07, September 1, 2011 (UTC)
- Barring any unusual kanji, Dodai can really only mean two things:
- 'Rough draft' (土代); and
- 'Foundation' (土台).
- The spoiler script used katakana for the name, so either one can apply. —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 14:16, September 1, 2011 (UTC)
- Non of them is adjective. --VolteMetalic (talk) 23:23, September 2, 2011 (UTC)
- Barring any unusual kanji, Dodai can really only mean two things:
- Yeah, I should have mentioned that… Dodai isn't an adjective in Japanese. Despite having a similar form, Dodai doesn't follow the established theme. When meaning 'foundation', it can be and adverb, though. —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 01:03, September 3, 2011 (UTC)
I think, we should add Lariat to his jutsu, because he showed how to use it.GothicWarrior (Dyskusja) 18:47, September 7, 2011 (UTC)
Kumo vs KiriEdit
The latest chapter has Inoichi say that Dodai is from the Mist Village. Does the linked page have a mistranslated word in it or did we all just assume he's from Kumo due to his outfit and knowledge of the Raikage? ¥ Super Novice ↔ Talk 2 Me ¥ 13:29, September 13, 2011 (UTC)
- He was also seen selecting a partner for A, so I guess manga reader is wrong. And [1]. Jacce | Talk | Contributions 13:37, September 13, 2011 (UTC)
- We saw him in a flashback using a Kumogakure headband. This shouldn't even be an issue. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 22:29, September 13, 2011 (UTC)
Rubber Tentacle Edit
Isn't this an unamed jutsu? Somekind of a rubber tentacle? geohound (talk) my ideas 11:58, September 17, 2011 (UTC)
- To me, it just seems like basic manipulation of his kekkei genkai and could just be mentioned in his article.--Cerez365™ 13:01, September 17, 2011 (UTC)
the name this technique is lava release: rubber rope —This unsigned comment was made by Chghjik (talk • contribs) .
- Is it now… —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 14:59, September 24, 2011 (UTC)
Rubber Dummy Edit
Are the rubber dummies used to train B for his lariat made by Dodai and if so shouldn't they be added to his jutsu list?--220.127.116.11 (talk) 04:53, October 12, 2011 (UTC)
- While possible, nothing indicates those are created by him. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 04:58, October 12, 2011 (UTC)
Lava Release: Rubber Wheel Edit
Lava Release: Rubber Wheel is a technique with which Dodai save Naruto clone!!!—This unsigned comment was made by Chghjik (talk • contribs) .
- Well we do see them protected by a rubber tech...but if its to make a new tech it should be Lava Release: Rubber Cylinder, cuz it appears much more like a cylinder. Any ideas, opinions, etc? Darksusanoo (talk) 17:35, October 27, 2011 (UTC)
- I say Rubber Wheel... it's more.. understandable.. wheels are made out of rubber...so umm.. idk up to you guys, im just putting my 2 cents in..cheahh Kevin krash (talk) 21:37, October 27, 2011 (UTC)
- Rather than "wheel", if the page is to be created, I'd go for something more along the lines of "Rubber Tube". It is still suggestive of a cylinder while being an actual object, yet doesn't imply that it can roll, unlike the use of wheel. Blackstar1 (talk) 21:46, October 27, 2011 (UTC)
- I don't think it looked much like a cylinder. It looked like an open version of Lava Ball. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 23:11, October 28, 2011 (UTC)
- That's exactly what I was thinking. It could be chalked up to a variant of the Rubber Ball.--Cerez365™ 23:13, October 28, 2011 (UTC)
- I don't think it looked much like a cylinder. It looked like an open version of Lava Ball. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 23:11, October 28, 2011 (UTC)
Its shape is more of a concrete pipe only made of rubber. [2]Umishiru (talk) 05:19, October 30, 2011 (UTC)
why not just say rubber shield--Charmanking2198 (talk) 19:10, December 8, 2011 (UTC)
Lava/Rubber? Edit
Is it just me who is totally confused here or what? Just what does Rubber have to do with Lava? I would have guessed Rubber was a unique ability like Kimimaro's bone Kekkei Genkei, or Kidomaru's Spider web. (BTW i wonder why we don't see more of those Kekkei Genkei). But making it a Lava Release, seems a little wierd or is it just me? —This unsigned comment was made by 220.127.116.11 (talk • contribs) .
It has to do with the process of vulcanization. Skitts (talk) 18:30, November 6, 2011 (UTC)
(edit conflict) He doesn't use hot lava he uses the "cooled down" version. Giving it its rubbery properties.--Cerez365™ 18:32, November 6, 2011 (UTC)
And just so you know, Kidōmaru's spider web techniques aren't kekkei genkai, they're hiden. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 19:00, November 6, 2011 (UTC)
Yes it it is lava but its a more cooler version, just like Skitts said. There is a lot of transformations that the lava goes through after it cooles down. but in my oppinion i think it would be a lot easier if Masashi kishimoto just named it "Rubber release" its no diffrent.--Charmanking2198 (talk) 19:11, December 8, 2011 (UTC)
Missing Edit
you don't have dodai in the browse character section for kumogakure. just darui. sleuther (talk) 12:45, May 19, 2012 (UTC)
- Those drilldown lists are faulty. Nothing that Narutopedia can do to fix them on our own.--Cerez365™(talk) 11:36, May 19, 2012 (UTC)
Eyepatch Edit
If no one noticed, Dodais eyepatch were round in the manga and square in the anime, just saying. --Zakata (talk) 20:40, March 1, 2013 (UTC)
In ep 479 Edit
wasn't he released from the Jutsu in episode 479 along with Genma and Raido and Iwashi ? Fanking (talk) 00:50, December 19, 2016 (UTC)


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Caputo: Red Wings only have themselves to blame for letting Blackhawks back in
If the Red Wings weren't "living on borrowed time," then they were "playing with house money." Or "living a charmed life."
Many sports adages suggesting "in the midst of an upset" have been used to describe the Red Wings' unexpected playoff run. It's been better than anticipated.
But a sense of doom set in Monday night. The mighty Blackhawks flexed their scoring muscle in the third period. The Red Wings capitulated to the moment.
Now, there is a strong possibility Detroit's playoff run will end in as distasteful a manner as possible.
Up three games to one, and leading 2-1 in Game 6 on their home ice, rather than seal the series, the Red Wings, inexplicably, collapsed. Their 4-3 loss has set up a Game 7 Wednesday night in Chicago.
End of the world? The Red Wings did rally from a three games to two deficit to win their opening round series against Anaheim by taking Game 7 on the road.
"We'll prepare, gather together and come out and play a good game," Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg said. "We've been in this position before. It's made us stronger."
Red Wings' coach Mike Babcock took a similar glass half-full view.
"It's not like they came in here and squashed us," Babcock said. "If I told Detroit, Michigan before this series we'd play in Game 7 in Chicago, they'd be excited about it. I'm excited about it. We have a chance to push them out of the playoffs."
Third period goals in rapid-fire succession by Chicago's Michael Handzus, Bryan Bickell and Michael Frolik - the latter on a penalty shot - changed the course of the game.
The Red Wings have not been a steady line this season. Their performance level has been prone to wild swings. Sometimes, this has happened week-to-week. Other times, it has been game-to-game. Within those games, it's often been period-to-period. Also, it's occurred far more than usual within periods.
The Red Wings were relatively flat at the beginning of Monday's game. Jakub Kindl, the defenseman, who has been such a pleasant surprise this season, took an ill-advised interference penalty early in the game. The Blackhawks cashed in with a power play goal, taking an early lead and quelling a super-charged crowd at Joe Louis Arena.
But by the end of the first period, the Red Wing had settled down. The game was tied at a goal apiece. The Blackhawks did a horrible job of getting the puck out of their own zone, essentially ringing it around the boards to set up the Red Wings perfectly. Patrick Eaves scored the goal.
The Red Wings were back on track again after seemingly badly derailing.
The second period played out the same way. It began with the Red Wings taking back-to-back penalties. The first one was embarrassing, really, for referees Dan O'Halloran and Chris Rooney. The Red Wings' Johan Franzen actually avoided slamming into Chicago defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson, but Hjalmarsson took a dive, put his glove to his head to fake injury, and Franzen was sent to the penalty box. It was soccer on ice. Then, after killing off that penalty, the Red Wings got a bench penalty for too many men on the ice. They killed that one off, too.
Then, like a lightening bolt, rookie Joakim Andersson took an innocent-looking shot from the right wing. Blackhawks' defenseman Brent Seabrook got his stick in front it. The shot fooled Chicago goalie Corey Crawford. Not only did the Red Wings take the lead. They started carrying play. The up-and-down aspect of the first two periods fit the Red Wings' modus operandi exactly.
The Red Wings were living good going into the third period. It's amazing how the night turned out so badly.
Could the same unpredictability hold for Game 7?
It's the Red Wings' big hope because right now because, honestly, it doesn't look good.