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How do you get someone to buy your streaming-video puck when everything already streams Netflix?
That's the question Roku has answered definitively with the Roku 3 ($99), by serving up more content sources than anyone else, with lightning-fast navigation and an onscreen interface that's finally competitive with the Apple TV. The Roku 3's updated processor and always-on design means you go from "TV off" to "House of Cards" much faster than alternative streamers, and the overhauled interface and improved cross-platform search lets you quickly find the content you want to watch. And there's a lot to watch, with more than 1,000 channels including Netflix, Amazon Instant, HBO Go, Pandora, Hulu Plus, MLB.TV, PBS, and (finally) YouTube. Add in the Roku's neat remote with a built-in headphone jack -- a killer feature for anyone with roommates or a late-night movie habit -- and there are more than enough reasons buy the Roku 3 when you can already stream Netflix.
The Roku 3 isn't without faults. Those with hard drives full of digital media will also find the Roku 3's paltry file-format support lacking, and Apple fans will still want to give a long look at the Apple TV ($99), which is so tightly integrated with the Apple ecosystem.
But those faults are easily forgotten once you pick up the remote, start streaming, and maybe even plug in the included earbuds. The Roku 3 is the best streaming-video box yet, earning CNET's Editors' Choice Award for the category.
Editors' note: This review was originally published March 6, 2013. It has been updated to account for recent software updates and its Editors' Choice award has been reaffirmed.
User interface: Fully redesigned
The Roku 3 was the company's first streamer to feature its updated interface. The first thing you'll notice is that you can see nine channels at once -- compared with just five on the old interface -- and even more once you navigate further into the menus. The new layout also reveals three more channels with every click, which lets you zip through all your channels in a fraction of the time it used to take.
Roku's Channel Store is also now integrated right into the main menu, instead of pushing you to an entirely separate interface, which took forever on the old Roku boxes. There's a persistent menu bar on the left for selecting categories, which makes it much quicker to find the channel you're looking for. Also new are menu items for Movies, TV Shows, and News, which lets you quickly jump to those sections.
There are other little design touches that add to the feeling of polish, such as a small check mark indicating a channel is installed, and smooth, animated transitions between menus. Overall, the new look seems better in just about every way, and for the first time it's on par with the Apple TV's interface.
Design: Smaller, heavier, glossier
Roku boxes have tended to look "fine," but the Roku 3 is the first one I'd say looks good. Compared to older Roku boxes, it has a more striking look with a glossier finish and nicely rounded edges.
Roku also purposefully added weight to the Roku 3, which comes in at 5 ounces -- a little heavier than the 3-ounce Roku 2 XS. That extra heft gives the perception of higher build quality, but it also has the real-world benefit of keeping the Roku 3 planted -- even with heavy HDMI cables hanging off the back. There's also additional nonskid rubber on the bottom to help keep the box from sliding on a tabletop.
It all adds up to a much nicer Roku box, although its plasticky cabinet keeps it from being in the same league as the Apple TV. Personally, I don't think it matters much for a puck that sits under your TV.
The back panel is more compact than ever, with an Ethernet port, HDMI output, microSD slot, and power plug. There's also a USB port on the side, which can be used for playing back digital media files, although not nearly on the same scale as competitors like the WD TV Play.
Noticeably missing is the standard-def AV output that was included on the Roku 2 XS, but that feature survives on the Roku LT, Roku 1, and Roku 2 if you need it. My only complaint is the Roku 3 still requires a "wall wart" AC adapter, unlike the Apple TV's sleeker integrated power supply. But even that adapter is on the small side.
Remote: Built-in headphone jack, plus Wi-Fi Direct
The Roku 3's marquee feature is the remote's private listening mode: plug a pair of headphones into the remote's headphone jack and you can listen to whatever's playing on your Roku. Plugging in the headphones also automatically mutes your TV, and headphone volume can be adjusted using the rocker on the right side of the remote. Another smart feature: the headphone volume leaves the TV volume unaffected, so cranking it up in private-listening mode won't mean you blast the room when you pop out the headphones.
It's essentially a makeshift wireless-headphones solution, which ends up being pretty useful -- consider spouse-friendly late-night viewing or kids' programming that can remain seen but not heard in the room at large. Roku is even including a pair of earbuds in the box with the Roku 3, which should encourage new buyers to give the feature a shot. (The freebie earbuds are surprisingly decent, too.)
Part of what makes the private listening mode possible is that Roku's remote works via Wi-Fi Direct, rather than standard infrared or even Bluetooth. That means you don't have to point the remote at the box, plus you're free to stash the Roku in a cabinet. Roku even sells a $10 mount if you want to stick the box on the back of your TV. And if you're using a universal remote, such as a Harmony, note that the Roku 3 still has an infrared receiver, so it's still compatible.
And new tech aside, Roku deserves credit for keeping its remote simple, especially when there's always a temptation to add more buttons. The buttons are well laid out, with the exception of the OK button, which I'd prefer in the center of the directional pad. The remote can do motion-sensing (a la the Wiimote), but aside from Angry Birds, I haven't seen that feature used anywhere else.
Finally, the Roku 3 can also be controlled by Roku's excellent smartphone app. Rather than merely providing the same buttons available on the remote, Roku's app lets you browse your channels directly, stopping you from having to constantly look from your phone to your TV. There's even an option to "push" photos, videos, and music saved on your smartphone to the Roku, delivering a limited AirPlay-like functionality.


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Let's take as starting point the following simple model:
- Entity type 'Party'- Entity type 'Partner', subtype of 'Party- Entity type 'Customer', subtype of 'Party'- Entity type 'Consumer', subtype of 'Customer' - Entity type 'Business customer', subtype of 'Customer'
When making a relational mapping, I have one entity type 'Party'. That's OK.
Now I would expect in the entity type 'Party' a way to indicate what kind of party it is.
What is my wrong reasoning?
Do I have to add to the ORM model a fact type 'Party is of Party_Type' (with possible values of 'Party_Type': Partner, Consumer, Business customer)?
Hi Jacob,
You're not missing anything. Single-table relational mapping with asserted subtypes that play no other roles is an undone in NORMA. The only way to generate this data right now is to push the asserted subtypes into a separate table. This can be done by choosing the subtype connector and setting the Relational Mapping AbsorptionChoice property to 'Not Absorbed' (selecting the subtype and setting the AbsorptionChoice to 'Separate' is an equivalent action).
The general solution to this problem is far from trivial because 'isSubtype' column falls into one of three categories:
In most models, subtypes will actually play additional roles. In fact, Terry recommends not creating subtypes if they subtype plays no additional roles. The end result is that as the model matures, in practice you get very few subtypes with no role players.
If you find that you have a large subtype tree where the subtypes play no roles, you may want to consider a PartyType style fact type on the supertype.
The NORMA RMAP is still relatively basic. This is one area that those funding NORMA-related development have had little interest in for the past few years, but that is rapidly changing, so Terry (SQL guru) and I will be spending more time on this area in the next year.
Matt -
Can you offer any guidance on the relative value of having / not having an 'isSubtype' column in the supertype table when a non-absorbed subtype has a mandatory role? I am delving into MS Entity Framework (EF) on my project and am looking for 'good' practices. ('Best' practices will come over time).
I have chosen (for the time being) to not have any of my subtypes absorbed into their supertypes, (in order to reduce the number of nullable columns that will be generated), with the expectation that EF will easily reconstitute the appropriate entities. It is my suspicion that the EF object hierarchy will have no great need of an explicit supertype->subtype relationship that an 'isSubtype' column would provide, i.e., that the implicit subtype->supertype relationship will suffice.
I appreciate any observations that you might be able to make. (I have read selectively from Ch 6 and have only skimmed Ch 11 of the big brown book, so I apologize if my answers are contained there.)
- Chris
p.s. One thing that I have really been enjoying is the ease with which I can modify my conceptual model, regenerate my database, and then regenerate my EF classes.
Hi Chris,
I can only comment on this from a NORMA perspective, not EF, which I haven't needed to touch since its beta days. One of the final student projects at Neumont (2007 timeframe) was to directly generate entity framework xml from an ORM model, without needing to import from the database. I'm pretty sure I still have the code, but it was against a beta version of the framework, not quite finished, and never got checked in.
For NORMA, the problem challenge with subtype columns in a supertype table is that absorbed subtypes can be asserted, derived, or semi-derived depending on the situation in the model. For a normal subtype that actually plays some roles, you will generally get some additional columns in the supertype table. If an asserted subtype plays no roles, then you currently get nothing. Obviously, this is bad on my part. However, it is also generally considered poor modeling to introduce a subtype that plays no roles, so this is a relatively rare occurrence.
In an absorbed subtype, the 'isOfSubtype' column would be asserted if the subtype plays no roles beyond the subtype relationship, semi-derived if it plays no mandatory roles, and fully derived otherwise. Of course, the derivation is easiest if a mandatory played role is actually in the table (as opposed to in a join table, for example). Basically, I've punted this issue until I can generate derived columns because I can only do it half-baked without derivation support. So, if you have a subtype with no role players, use a unary fact type instead and you'll get an absorbed column, or separate the subtype table.
Having said that, if you have a separated table for the subtype then I see very little reason to have an 'isOfSubtype' column in the supertype table. In a query, the check is trivial and fast with an indexed join to the subtype table. If EF can be told to recognize the subtype without adding the noise in the database, then by all means do it.
Of course, you need to be very careful when translating ORM subtypes into anything in the OO space to be sure that the OO subtypes mean the same thing as in ORM. ORM subtypes imply that the subtype and supertype are the same instance and always of compatible conceptual types, whereas the OO subtyping paradigm can be used behaviorally, allowing an object to look and act like a duck even if isn't really a duck. The impedance mismatch is not as bad with single-inheritance systems (VB, C#) as with multi-inheritance, but it still requires care in translation.
Oops, I just noticed that I'm repeated myself and had said much of that earlier in this thread. Sorry about the excess verbosity.
Matt -
The problem with ignorance is that one answer generates another question...but I will try and contain myself.
Matthew Curland:If an asserted subtype plays no roles, then you currently get nothing. Obviously, this is bad on my part.
How is this bad, let alone obviously so? If all that pertains to a subtype instance is the assertion that it is a subtype, then what more could you provide? Are you anticipating generating the IsOfSubtype column from the subtype's derivation note rather than explicitly adding it to the model via a role, or am I completely missing something?
In any case, I will remove my 'has IsOfSubtype' fact types and see where EF takes me. And, there is no need to apologize for verbosity - reading a slightly different explanation helps my comprehension.
- Chris
Hello Chris,
Subtypes fall into two categories in ORM. Asserted subtypes don't need a derivation rule based on elements in the supertype: you just assert that you are of the supertype, and you are one. For a subtype that plays no other roles, another way to think about this is as a derived subtype based a unary fact type on the supertype. So, if 'A is a b' is a unary on A, then B can be a derived subtype with a derivation rule for the unary. So, when I say a subtype gets no columns if it plays no roles, in effect I'm saying that you don't get this unary, so there is no way to declare that you are of the subtype.
Note that in the future all of the derivations will be formally done, not just notes like they you have now. The notes are for your benefit only; the tool can do nothing with them. Definitions for formal derivation rules are already supported (loaded, verbalized, etc.) in the open source tool (the underlying structure is the same as with automatic join paths), but the current (and future) editors are not yet available. There's more info on what I'm doing behind the scenes at http://www.ormfoundation.org/forums/p/1054/3321.aspx#3321, but I think most people didn't read it because of the header (regarding shape coloring).

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As many as 30,000 jobs are to go at Royal Bank of Scotland over the next few years as part of plans to shrink the bailed-out bank, it was reported today.
The group is expected to use annual results next week to announce its exit from many of its riskier investment bank activities, as well as much of its overseas business.
RBS employs 120,000 staff but the Financial Times said the downsizing by chief executive Ross McEwan will lead to a reduction of about a quarter in the group's headcount over the next three to five years.
The bank, which is just over 80%-owned by the Government, will refocus its activities on retail customers, small businesses and larger corporates.
Mr McEwan said in a video posted on the company's website this week: "My aspiration is not to run the world's biggest bank. My aspiration is to run the best bank in the UK - nothing to do with size. A lot of our costs are old costs related to a big global group that we are not any more."
The group's annual results on Thursday are set to reveal an annual loss of close to £8 billion for 2013 after it stunned the City last month by revealing a string of scandal-related financial charges worth more than £3 billion.
RBS is expected to make heavy cuts to the 11,000 jobs in its investment bank, including a retreat from its US and Asian markets businesses. The planned sale of its US retail bank Citizens will remove 18,500 jobs, while further reductions will come from its float of Williams & Glyn's, which employs about 4,500 staff.
The group has axed an estimated 40,000 jobs since its taxpayer-backed rescue in 2008.
The Unite union said it planned to meet RBS next week to demand clarity over staffing levels in the UK.
National officer Rob Macgregor said: " The constant leaks and media briefings that appear to be coming from RBS are having a terrible effect on workers and their families and it needs to stop.
"Ross McEwan has now told staff that there will be no big announcement on jobs next week. But after over 30,000 job cuts and constant reorganisations, morale is low, workloads are increasing and staff feel there is still no end in sight.
"According to the chief executive, next week's results will be about explaining the bank's ambition to become a great bank for customers.
"Our message to RBS is that if it wants to deliver on that commitment then it needs all its staff and they need to be treated with respect, rather than being used as disposable pawns."


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I am looking for an answer to the following questions:
Are there infinite-dimensional Banach spaces $X$ and $Y$ for which there are non-split extensions $0 \to X \to E_1 \to Y \to 0$ and $0 \to X \to E_2 \to Y \to 0$ such that $X$ is complemented in $E_1$ but non-complemented in $E_2$?
Also, let $\Delta \subset X \times X$ be the diagonal. Is $\Delta$ complemented in $X \times X$? Is the extension $ 0 \to \Delta \to X \times X \to X \times X/{\Delta} \to 0 $ split-exact?
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Here's a Golden Retriever puppy being driven completely mad with excitement over TV footage of the 2014 Australian Open. If you're wondering if watching a dog watch something for two minutes will get boring, the answer is a resounding NO.
Every once in awhile (okay; about once every day) a video comes along of a dog doing adorable stuff that makes me want to throw caution to the wind, sprint to the nearest animal shelter, and adopt the mutt-iest looking dog in the joint. Today, this is that video.


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If there is one thing that unites the vast diaspora that is the green lobby, it is the incredible earnestness of its messages. Of course, like all fanatics — Tea Partiers, herbal medicine practitioners or anyone who has ever tried to defend the teachings of the good Reverend Terry Jones — devotees will claim such evangelical zealotry is required; nay, mandatory. After all, when the world as we know it is about to end if we don't immediately start composting our own poop, one does tend to get very serious. Whether the matter at hand is the end of days or the right to life, there is just no room for jocularity. Neither Chicken Little nor Rick Santorum, you may have observed, were known for their sense of humour.
It makes for dull discourse. All debate becomes dogmatic. Yes, you will enjoy bicycling through the entire Canadian winter. No, you can't take those Birkenstocks off. And if you really, really must use the dishwasher, will you at least install a windmill in your backyard? What started as a righteous movement to clean up after ourselves has quickly become humanity's newest religion, and with it has come a gospel that knows no deviation.
Automobile manufacturers have bought into this claptrap lock, stock and organically cured barrel. The introduction of any alternatively fuelled vehicle is often a tortured affair with many solemn pronouncements and sincere promises that salvation is at hand if we just adhere to the virtuous path. The only thing missing is the "Yea, though I walk through the valley of …" Electric vehicles, by corollary, demand the most fanaticism. Attending the introduction of an EV is to know religious fervour without ever being Catholic.
Unless you're Mitsubishi or, more specifically, Mitsubishi Canada, whose Electriphobia Research Institute (viewable to all at Electriphobia.com) is taking a shot at bringing levity to the entire saving-the-planet thing (though, at the Institute's unveiling, it couldn't help handing out pamphlets noting that its electric i-MiEV is "a breath of fresh air" and "the intelligent road to a friendly future"). Rather than piously addressing the EV's many pitfalls with solemn messages of affirmation, the little Japanese auto company that could is — there's really no other legitimate way to say this — taking the piss out of us all, EV absolutists and naysayers alike.
The automaker's primary weapon is some incredibly funny YouTube media messages, all addressing consumers' fears and phobias regarding electric cars.
Shock Therapy, for instance, has the lab-coated therapists of the Electriphobia Institute dealing with the public's unfounded fear of being electrocuted by an EV. The therapists' solution? Place the unsuspecting skeptic in a padded room (hey, he's in for "re-education," geddit?) where everything — the walls, the floor, even the doctor holding the mandatory flip chart — is highly charged. Only the grounded i-MiEV provides succor from errant electrons. Success is achieved when "the subject realizes that the Mitsubishi i-MiEV is nothing to be afraid of but rather a thing of sheer, unelectrocuting beauty."
The second mockumentary, Treating Electriphobia, deals with the withdrawal symptoms drivers of conventional gas-powered vehicles undergo when faced with the i-MiEV's lack of a tailpipe. The Institute quickly jumps into substance abuse action, using the tried-and-true methadone model for addiction reduction by slowly weaning the subject off his emissions-spewing dependence with an ever-decreasing dosage of a "tail patch." With the help of the Institute's ingenious therapists, the patient soon "makes a transition to an emissions-free life and is so over tailpipes." Well, perhaps with a tinge of latent recidivism.
But the best spot regards the Institute's most esoteric cognitive behavioural therapy. Worried that motorists "fear the electric car for its silent motor," the researchers use "positive association" to teach their subject to love silence in circumstances normally noisy. However, their test subject proves baffled when shown a taciturn purse poodle, its incessant yap somehow tongue-tied. Nor is he — obviously not yet a parent — seen to appreciate a completely mute baby. But, when a mimed-up, ahem, exotic dancer suddenly starts, er, gyrating her very bodacious, uhm, posterior in his face, our now much-animated schmo finds himself "loving both the Mitsubishi i-MiEV and silence." Not surprisingly, he'd like "to take them both for a drive."
It's must-see TV. Well, almost. Right now, the spots are only available at Electriphobia.com. But, Peter Renz, director of national marketing at Mitsubishi Canada, promises the hilarious spots will be coming to a television screen near you. OK, maybe not the silent stripper spot.


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Nativism doesn't appear to be on much of a rise
There's been plenty of overheated rhetoric and creative paranoia on display this year, but nativism has been, to me, the dog that didn't bark. The Tea Parties haven't been very focused on immigration, and while abortion and socialism both became major issues during health-care reform, fears that the bill would cover illegal immigrants (it won't, incidentally) never became a marquee issue.
But in The American Prospect, Gabriel Arana suggests that the situation has worsened for immigrants, even if it's been a quiet deterioration: "Since the 2006 protests, membership in anti-immigrant groups has increased 600 percent," Arana reports. "The number of these groups has also risen from around 40 in 2005 to over 250 today." He also notes that most of the moderate Republicans who once seemed friendly to immigration reform have abandoned the issue, with Sen. John McCain being the most visible example.
Is that evidence of broader shifts in public opinion, though? The polling I can find -- and there's not that much of it -- paints a cheerier picture. A CNN poll asked whether respondents would like to see the number of illegal immigrants in the country increased or decreased. Between 2006 and 2008, "decreased" got between 65% and 69% In October of 2009, it got...73%. An increase, but nothing catastrophic.
Perhaps more on point, a Washington Post poll asked "Would you support or oppose a program giving illegal immigrants now living in the United States the right to live here legally if they pay a fine and meet other requirements?" At various points in 2007, support for this ranged from 48% to 59%. In April of 2009 -- which was well into the recession -- support hit 61%.
I wouldn't draw any overly firm conclusions from these numbers. But they don't paint a picture of nativism on an unchecked rise. And perhaps that's to be expected. People blame this recession on Wall Street. Illegal immigrants, love 'em or hate 'em, aren't at the forefront of people's minds.
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"membership in anti-immigrant groups has increased 600 percent"
Is that anti-immigrant groups, or anti-illegal immigrant groups? There is a difference, you know, and it's a pretty important one.
Posted by: Kevin_Willis | March 30, 2010 9:14 AM | Report abuse
Once again, it's the welfare state that is the problem at the root of "illegal" immigration. There's no reason we couldn't have open borders, if there weren't a pile of freebies on this side acting as inducements to come and partake.
Posted by: msoja | March 30, 2010 9:35 AM | Report abuse
Normally I'm a liberal Democrat, but I don't want any more immigration from Africa or the Middle East. Enough is enough. No more muslims, for Heaven's sake. Minneapolis and the Somalis there should be a situation that screams warnings like bombblasts. No more Muslims! We've got enough homegrown nuts without importing them too.
As far as you ideas on immigration, you don't have to a rightwinger not to want any more of those people here.
Posted by: webmaker02 | March 30, 2010 10:18 AM | Report abuse
Thanks for a very balanced and non-liberal paranoid take on this Ezra. It is tiring when liberals attribute any resistance to their policies as rooted in racism and I'm glad that you have gone a different direction here.
Posted by: panza2mil | March 30, 2010 10:26 AM | Report abuse
Clearly you haven't been paying attention to Tom Tancredo, among others.
Nativism -- and its attendant racism -- are very much alive and well.
Every time a Teabagger screams about wanting "their" country back, or talks about a certain person (or persons) not being "American" enough (or at all), that's nativism. When they are complaining about "people trampling their Constitutional rights" or what the (all white male) "Founding Fathers" would want or would do, that's nativism.
Don't kid yourself or your readers. It is right there in very plain sight.
Posted by: jade_7243 | March 30, 2010 10:41 AM | Report abuse
one doesn't have to be a "nativist", to know a difference between a lawful immigration, and illegal crossing. I am a naturalized American, it took me many years to become one. It drives me crazy when see on voting cards subtitles in Spanish (I live in TX). To become a citizen, one has to speak English, so why there is another language on the voting cards? Why do we establish a law, then say, never mind, we have to pander to a huge "minority", which is not a minority, but foreign nationals? Why our Congress panders to foreign nationals more than listening to own people? I support rights of minorities, but why should I support people who disregard the law of this country, come illegally, "settle" here, like migratory birds, then complain about dividing families when caught? All I want is the law being respected. People come here from all over the world, to become "one people", Americans, not Mexican - Americans, etc. Our melting pot has unmelted chunks, because the very people who pass the laws, the Congress, is unwilling to enforce them. It makes me sad, angry, and very disappointed. That's all.
Posted by: wggodek | March 30, 2010 10:47 AM | Report abuse
"People blame this recession on Wall Street. Illegal immigrants, love 'em or hate 'em, aren't at the forefront of people's minds."
Thanks Ezra, now some enterprising marketing manager at one of the "Too Big" banks is going to realize how to get their bonus back.
Posted by: Jaycal | March 30, 2010 10:52 AM | Report abuse
Many if not most of the illegals in the USA have come to work, not to obtain "freebies" as many of you complain about. I worked 4 yrs for the SSA and 4 yrs with the IRS and speak from experience when I say this. First and foremost, most if not all illegals pay taxes, yes even FICA taxes that most of them NEVER collect on i.e. SSA retirement, SSA survivors benefits and SSA death benefits. This is because their FICA taxes are credited to a bogus SSN or someone else's SSN account resulting in what we call a "scrambled earnings" case. Also, survivors of deceased illegals fail to file for survivors benefits because they are not aware of their eligibility and in many cases do not have the paperwork to piece together the FICA taxes paid by the wage-earner. In many cases, we found illegals injured on the job left the country without knowing about or filing for SSA disability benefits. Needless to say, illegals have contributed more to our revenues than they have taken out and have done so without complaining about it like Americans.
Posted by: NotAJoke | March 30, 2010 11:01 AM | Report abuse
@jade: "When they are complaining about "people trampling their Constitutional rights" or what the (all white male) "Founding Fathers" would want or would do, that's nativism."
Whenever anyone doesn't agree with me, or vote the way I do: that's nativism. Any time anybody complains about the agenda of my ideological brethren: that's nativism.
Anything I want to call nativism, because it labels people I don't like in a way that makes them easier to ignore, insult or dismiss? I'll call that nativism. Without the slightest hint of irony.
Posted by: Kevin_Willis | March 30, 2010 11:38 AM | Report abuse
Kevin, you must be using the same dictionary that defines conservative use of terms like socialism, fascism, and Armageddon.
The real definition of nativism: the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants, or the policy or practice of preserving or reviving an indigenous culture. I don't see anything in your use of the term that suggests anything about protection of native culture or inhabitants.
Jade's view is not a slap at conservatives or Tea Partiers, but a position I've heard articulated on cable, and read most recently in Frank Rich's piece, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/opinion/28rich.html?src=tp. I think they've got a valid point. It may not apply to every individual conservative or Tea Partier, but there's defunitely an nativist undercurrent present in many of the signs and statements of those who affiliate with these interests, and no denouncement of such extremism by politicians (and some who actually encourage it with calls to "take the country back").
It's an idea worth some thoughtful discussion, not distorted name-calling.
Posted by: reach4astar2 | March 30, 2010 12:58 PM | Report abuse
---some who actually encourage it with calls to "take the country back"---
I don't know if you remember clear back to the summer of '08, but that was one of the major themes of the Obama campaign.
It's political gibberish, nothing more.
And Frank Rich is only slightly a bigger moron and propagandist than Klein.
Posted by: msoja | March 30, 2010 1:21 PM | Report abuse
---First and foremost, most if not all illegals pay taxes, yes even FICA taxes that most of them NEVER collect on---
Well, it's not like they do that *voluntarily* or anything. They only do that because the federal government has its boot on the neck of every employer in the country, forcing them to do its dirty work.
Posted by: msoja | March 30, 2010 1:26 PM | Report abuse
reach4astar2: "Kevin, you must be using the same dictionary that defines conservative use of terms like socialism, fascism, and Armageddon."
I'm not entirely sure what point you're trying to make with that, but if you're suggesting that socialism, fascism and Armageddon mean specific things and that it becomes difficult to have a dialog when the congress passing a piece of legislation that has some things that you don't like in it "Armageddon", then I agree.
"Jade's view is not a slap at conservatives or Tea Partiers"
I didn't say it was. Or imply. I implied that it was a too broad application of a specific term. Wanting to "take your country back" is not inherently nativist, unless followed up with "from foreigners". Worrying about having your constitutional rights trampled might be hyperbole, but how is that nativist? Given the specific definition you provided, how can you say that that is necessarily nativist? Even opposition to illegal immigration is not inherently nativist, if you favor legal immigration and expanding legal immigration? Even wanting English to be the official language of the United States is more monolingualist that nativist.
"It's an idea worth some thoughtful discussion, not distorted name-calling."
Whose calling names? Technically, I'm rebutting name-calling. If perhaps my tone was a little too laced with attitude, I apologize. But the point was such a broad application of "nativist" implies a generality that covers almost any political position or statement the user doesn't like.
If you want thoughtful discussion, then when certain words are used in an overly-broad sense, one should be able to point that out.
Posted by: Kevin_Willis | March 30, 2010 1:51 PM | Report abuse
@msoja: "I don't know if you remember clear back to the summer of '08, but that was one of the major themes of the Obama campaign."
But Obama can't be considered a nativist, because he's a Democrat. Even more than that, he's a liberal. So liberals and Democrats can repeatedly use the sort of language that, when it comes from conservatives or Tea Party types, is referred to as "coded racism" and "nativism".
Because it can't be coded racism or nativism from liberals or Democrats, because they can't be racist. They can't be nativist. It's just not possible, so it would prima facie absurd to suggest that Obama's campaign of "taking the country back" or the Democrats 2006 campaign of "taking the country back" was nativist or racist.
While, on the other hand, it is understood by all right-thinking people that most if not all conservatives are racists and xenophobes (otherwise, they would agree with liberals), so almost anything they say that expresses an opinion or preference can be interpreted as nativism, racism, sexism, or some form of mental retardation.
Posted by: Kevin_Willis | March 30, 2010 1:56 PM | Report abuse
For people who refer to undocumented immigrants as 'illegal', I'd be interested to hear just what you think makes you a legal citizen. Are you a Native American? Or were you just fortunate enough to be born in the U.S. in a time far enough removed from the illegal land purchases and seizures that formed the modern United States that no one talks about it anymore?
One can refer to the need for increased border security or a better system of immigration and documentation without debasing the status of people who came here to live and work.
Posted by: andrewbaron78 | March 30, 2010 2:22 PM | Report abuse
America generously allows a million LEGAL IMMIGRANTS in each year. We are a target for the scofflaws of all nations that come as ILLEGAL ALIENS, such as the Russian Mafia, Salvadoran MS-13 and the 9/11 terrorists. Most LEGAL IMMIGRANTS and ILLEGAL ALIENS come from Mexico.
In the last 15 years millions of legal immigrants from Mexico have followed their dream to America. They respect our laws, culture, freedom, opportunity and people. They have gladly submitted to extensive criminal background checks and health checks. They have paid $1,000s in fees, proven financial responsibility, agreed to not be a financial burden on our nation, learned English and waited patiently to become citizens of the U.S. and pledge their allegiance to our nation. They are honest, have integrity and good character and are welcome additions to our community.
During the same time millions more have come from Mexico illegally to make more money. They have overstayed visas and stolen across our borders like sneak thieves, disrespecting our laws, culture and citizens. They are anarchists, further breaking our laws by using stolen Social Security numbers, fraudulent identity documents, driving without valid licenses or insurance, lying on I-9 forms and taking American jobs in an unholy alliance with criminal employers. They suck services and tax dollars from our economy and could care less about the very real and very extensive economic damage they have caused to American workers through lost jobs and reduced wages. They are dishonest with poor integrity and tarnished character. They have proven themselves to be unworthy of the most valuable citizenship in the world.
Posted by: Estoban | March 30, 2010 2:44 PM | Report abuse
Uh, webmaker02, I don't pretend to know your stances on any number of issues, but the style of thinking that you displayed is far more indicative of a populist (a strand of thought with a long and sordid history in both parties) than a liberal. You may be a very, very loyal Democrat, but there is little chance that a true liberal could have made the statements you did about "those" people... not to mention that the majority of people in Africa are Christians... and far more devout than the average American Christian (so your statement on that account was pure nonsense).
Posted by: orgbluspider | March 30, 2010 2:53 PM | Report abuse
People who are in the US illegally are in my opinion criminals not immigrants and should be treated as such.They should never be rewarded for their criminality by granting Amnesty and eventual citizenship.
Posted by: cropsey71 | March 30, 2010 3:26 PM | Report abuse
"I support rights of minorities, but why should I support people who disregard the law of this country, come illegally, "settle" here, like migratory birds, then complain about dividing families when caught?"
Because there's nothing more American than cheap chicken and cut-price lawn work paid in cash?
Posted by: pseudonymousinnc | March 30, 2010 3:30 PM | Report abuse
CNN Poll: 3 out of 4 want illegal immigration decreased
WASHINGTON (CNN) – A new national poll indicates that nearly three-quarters of all Americans would like to see a decrease in the number of illegal immigrants in the country.
Seventy-three percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Thursday morning called for a drop in the number of illegal immigrants, with 22 percent saying the number should remain the same and just 3 percent stating that there should be an increase in the number of illegal immigrants. That 73 percent figure is the highest number since CNN started asking this question four years ago.
According to the poll, 37 percent want to see all illegal immigrants deported, also the highest number since the questions was first asked in 2006, and another 23 percent say that the number of illegal immigrants in the country should be decreased significantly.
Posted by: zeezil | March 30, 2010 3:33 PM | Report abuse
Rasmussen Reports: 67% Say Illegal Immigrants Are Major Strain on U.S. Budget
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
As the country wrestles with a future of historic-level deficits, 67% of U.S. voters say that illegal immigrants are a significant strain on the U.S. budget.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 23% disagree and do not believe illegal immigration is a strain on the budget.
Two-out-of-three (66%) voters say the availability of government money and services draw illegal immigrants to the United States. Nineteen percent (19%) think otherwise and do not believe government money and services are a magnet for illegal immigration. Another 15% are not sure.
These findings help to explain why 68% say gaining control of the border is more important than legalizing the status of undocumented workers already living in the United States. Twenty-six percent (26%) think legalizing illegal immigrants is more important.
Posted by: zeezil | March 30, 2010 3:36 PM | Report abuse
Poll: 78% of Americans Oppose Obama's Immigration Plans
Posted by: zeezil | March 30, 2010 3:37 PM | Report abuse
85% Say Govt Services Should Go Only To Those Here Legally
Posted by: zeezil | March 30, 2010 3:38 PM | Report abuse
Kevin, I don't think your initial response to Jade clearly conveys a claim of overbreadth in Jade's use of the term "nativist". And, perhaps it was the tone and level of attitude that made your use of the term sound like an insult, whereas Jade was pointing out some specific examples associated with the Tea Party and conservatives that do suggest actual elements of nativism. (Did you listen to Tancredo's opening speech at the Tea Party's convention, for example? And the cheers it received from the crowd? Or certainly you have seen the signs challenging Obama's citizenship, as well as the signs that portray him as an African witch doctor? While those sentiments are certainly not held by all Tea Partiers, nor all conservatives, the fact that neither has disavowed such statements does, like it or not, taint the movement or philosophy. I keep waiting for someone in either group to step forward, and, like Buckley did for conservatism in the 60's, state that fringe elements like birthers and others are not welcome in either the Tea Party or among conservatives, but no one has done that.)
As for claims that "taking your country back" is just a form of political rhetoric used by both parties, I do not remember it being a part of the last President campaign (and I live in Iowa, where the campaign started years before the rest of the country). Even if it was, its use by Democrats in that context would have carried a very different conotation. Not because Democrats nor liberals can never be guilty of nativism or racism, but because the issues of nativism were not relevant to Bush or his brand of conservatism: no one ever challenged his citizenship or portrayed him as an outsider to native culture. (No one really did that with McCain either, even though he was born on a military base in Panama.) A Democrat who might have said something about taking back the country could not reasonably be construed to even suggest that Bush was an outsider because he was not an American, because the issue just wasn't there.
Note again that, in spite of your comments to msoja, no one is assuming every individual who claims to be a Tea Partier or conservative holds such views. But if those movements/philosophies want to claim more legitimacy among Americans as a whole, they need to draw a bright line between themselves and the fringes. Until then, pointing out specific speakers within the group that espouse nativist themes is a valid point for discussion.
Posted by: reach4astar2 | March 30, 2010 4:07 PM | Report abuse
"They only do that because the federal government has its boot on the neck of every employer in the country, forcing them to do its dirty work."
What a rugged, manly man you are.
(Why is it that only white losers stay Rand devotees into adulthood.)
Posted by: pseudonymousinnc | March 30, 2010 4:10 PM | Report abuse
@reach4astar2: "Or certainly you have seen the signs challenging Obama's citizenship, as well as the signs that portray him as an African witch doctor?"
These are not the same things as saying constitutional rights are being trampled. Or even that we need to "take our country back". You want to argue that those outliers nativists, then that's a reasonable argument. I don't know that the birthers are nativists so much as they are paranoid conspiracy theorists, but, fine. Those folks are nativists. Some people are. Not everybody who supports Republicans, conservatives, or the tea party movement is a nativist, and perhaps not even the majority. There are clearly more important issues to most of those people.
"Until then, pointing out specific speakers within the group that espouse nativist themes is a valid point for discussion."
And I was discussing it. There is a vast difference between suggesting that "take our country back" (i.e., let's win the next election) is "nativist" and suggesting the birthers and folks with Obama was a witch doctor are nativists.
When it comes down to it, Obama could a white southerner advancing the same agenda, and he'd still get 99.9% of the same opposition (maybe even the witch doctor signs: you know, healthcare and stuff) because most of these people either object to policy, what they think is policy, or on general ideology or partisan grounds.
And Howard Dean was the big "let's take our country back" guy. It was more of a 2004 thing. When you get old, the election cycles run together.
Posted by: Kevin_Willis | March 30, 2010 4:31 PM | Report abuse
undocumented immigrants? Where did they leave their documents? In their country? It is interesting how the language evolves to sometimes ridiculous extent. Since when illegal alien sounds offensive? I was a "legal alien" written on my green card till became a citizen. To answer the question what makes me a citizen of this country, I may answer. I came here legally, have been working legally, have learned English, studied the constitution, respect the law, pay taxes, raise my children to be Americans, not hyphenated ......./Americans, my loyalty, my heart and soul is here, not in my old country. The process of becoming a citizen takes time. I care about my country, take offense when hear someone speaks ill about her, esp. a foreigner. Please, do not cheapen the citizenship. It doesn't matter now how the United States obtained her territories. This way, we can question the map of Europe, Lithuania and Ukraine can be claimed by Poland, Parts of France by Germany, Belgium by France and Holland, etc. And where it would lead? The borders have been established by wars and treaties. Let's not go back to the beginning of the humanity, but try to resolve problems rooted in our times.
Posted by: wggodek | March 30, 2010 5:17 PM | Report abuse
Ezra is right. Suffices to google "immigration reform" to find tons of articles on the need for immigration reform now. There are surprisingly few articles opposing legalization of the illegal immigrants.
Interestingly enough, few Republicans have spoken out against immigration reform recently. Moreover, there are currently at least ten Republican US senators who either voted for immigration reform in 2007, or who have otherwise indicated that they favor a path to legalization for the illegal immigrants.
What is lacking is leadership from Obama. The votes are there!
Posted by: mehuwss | March 30, 2010 7:34 PM | Report abuse
---(Why is it that only white losers stay Rand devotees into adulthood.)---
Pseudo plays the race card and brands "losers" those who aren't willing to steal from their neighbors to pay for their sundry needs and druthers.
Tell me what you think of this, pseudo:
"You can't vote against health care and call yourself a black man." -- Jesse Jackson
Who's the freaking racist?
Posted by: msoja | March 30, 2010 9:16 PM | Report abuse
---What a rugged, manly man you are.---
Says pseudo as he runs behind the skirts of his nanny state.
Posted by: msoja | March 30, 2010 9:36 PM | Report abuse
Many if not most of the illegals in the USA have come to work, not to obtain "freebies" as many of you complain about. I worked 4 yrs for the SSA and 4 yrs with the IRS and speak from experience when I say this. First and foremost, most if not all illegals pay taxes, yes even FICA taxes that most of them NEVER collect on i.e. SSA retirement, SSA survivors benefits and SSA death benefits. This is because their FICA taxes are credited to a bogus SSN or someone else's SSN account resulting in what we call a "scrambled earnings" case. Also, survivors of deceased illegals fail to file for survivors benefits because they are not aware of their eligibility and in many cases do not have the paperwork to piece together the FICA taxes paid by the wage-earner. In many cases, we found illegals injured on the job left the country without knowing about or filing for SSA disability benefits. Needless to say, illegals have contributed more to our revenues than they have taken out and have done so without complaining about it like Americans.
Get back to us when you start receiving mail & phone calls about your late payments on a credit account opened in a state you've never been,and let us know how difficult you life is after your disability or Social Security is cut off due to the wages you're earning in a job you've never worked-all courtesy of an illegal using your SS#
Posted by: VirchowsHarlot | March 31, 2010 6:42 AM | Report abuse
Every time a Teabagger screams about wanting "their" country back, or talks about a certain person (or persons) not being "American" enough (or at all), that's nativism. When they are complaining about "people trampling their Constitutional rights" or what the (all white male) "Founding Fathers" would want or would do, that's nativism.
Make certain you work that homophobic slur in your rant....follow the script!
Posted by: VirchowsHarlot | March 31, 2010 6:46 AM | Report abuse
Using the word "Nativist" as a pejorative to try to put those who support enforcement of our immigration law on the defensive is just a ruse to take everyone's minds off the real problem of Illegal Immigration. Per the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Unemployment Report of March 5, 2010:
Construction and extraction occupations = 26.5% Unemployment
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations = 22.7% Unemployment
Production occupations = 15.4% Unemployment
Transportation, material moving occupations = 15.0% Unemployment
Service occupations = 10.7% Unemployment
Total US Unemployed Citizens and Legal Residents = 14,871,000
This figure excludes 6,170,000 Persons who want a job but are not included for various reasons.
Total Number of Americans Looking for Work = 21,041,000
But before seasonal adjustment Americans looking for work = 22,077,000
The most recent Pew Center estimates of Working Illegal Immigrants indicate that there are 7.5 million working Illegal Immigrants in the USA. Pew Center data also shows most of them work in agriculture, office and house cleaning, construction, and food preparation. Only in Agriculture with the highest percent of working Illegal Immigrants at 25%, is the unemployed rate for Americans lower.
Meanwhile Management, professional, and related occupations = 4.8% Unemployment
It is plainly evident from easily available statistics the those Americans who work in the lower end of the pay spectrum pay the highest price due to an Illegal Immigration driven oversupply of workers. And the price is unemployment. Free labor markets do not work when a huge global supply of under employed and unemployed labor meets the limited supply of US jobs. But I guess those who support Illegal Immigration would rather obfuscate the obvious by calling those who want our laws enforced various pejoratives.
Posted by: Norski | March 31, 2010 12:05 PM | Report abuse
It's urgent to understand that fixing the broken immigration system is important both for the economy and for the security of this country. We need workable solutions that unite us together - and reform that respects due process and fairness allows us to celebrate the values that we hold dear - fairness, opportunity and due process. When we deny due process to some people, ultimately it will affect all of us. To take action go to www.restorefairness.org.
Posted by: RestoreFairness | April 2, 2010 3:53 PM | Report abuse
It's urgent to understand that fixing the broken immigration system is important both for the economy and for the security of this country.
There is nothing "broken" about our immigration system. The only thing that is "broken" about it is that the American people were cheated out of the border security and enforcement we were promised in 1986.
Immigration systems are for the natives of the country, NOT for the sake of the immigrants. We do not need to be "fair," we need to do what is right for our country and for the people who already here.
Giving the La Raza crowd everything they want on a silver platter will NOT fix the economy or improve our security -- it will make them both much, much worse.
Posted by: MaryJessel | April 3, 2010 12:23 PM | Report abuse
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Gov. Jay Nixon is reviving a commission that recommended widespread changes to Missouri's tax credit programs.
Nixon says the growing cost of state tax credits is reason to reconvene the Missouri Tax Credit Review Commission on Sept. 12.
The panel released a report in late 2010 recommending that Missouri eliminate some of its 61 tax credit programs and reduce or change others.
But lawmakers have done little because of a disagreement among those who want to pare back Missouri's tax breaks and others who want to create new incentives for businesses.
Nixon says Missouri set an all-time high during the 2012 fiscal year by waiving $629 million of revenues through tax credits. That's up from about $523 million of tax credit redemptions during the 2010 fiscal year.


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IAC to turn Match.com into a separate business
IAC/InterActiveCorp, the Internet holding company controlled by billionaire Barry Diller, plans to turn its Match dating services into a separate business with its own chairman, setting the stage for a potential spinoff.
Greg Blatt, IAC's chief executive, will become chairman of the new business, called Match Group, according to a statement Thursday. In addition to Match.com, a popular dating website, the company will include Tutor.com, DailyBurn and IAC's investment in Skyllzone. Sam Yagan, who is currently CEO of the Match division, will continue that role at the new company.
The move is meant to bring a sharper focus to the sprawling Internet empire assembled by Diller, the former television executive who helped create the Fox network earlier in his career. It also would make it easier to turn Match into a separately traded company, a strategy he has used before. IAC spun off travel service Expedia Inc. in 2005.
"It seems to be a fairly significant step toward a spinoff of Match or some kind of breakup situation," said John Blackledge, a New York-based analyst at Cowen Group Inc. "They are effectively aligning the best management resources in the best way possible."
Shares of IAC jumped 14% to $68.49 at the close, a record high. That was the biggest one-day increase since September 2008. The shares have climbed 45% this year.
As part of the changes, New York-based IAC will no longer have a CEO. Instead, the executives in charge of search services and the Vimeo streaming-video business will report directly to Diller, the chairman.
"A less centralized operating structure, pushing talent and decision-making closer to the businesses, is now the best way to achieve our growth objectives," Diller, 71, said in the statement.
IAC acquired full control of Match.com's former parent company, Ticketmaster, in 2003. Diller's company retained the dating site when it spun off Ticketmaster five years later.
By gaining users and acquiring competitor OkCupid in 2011, the Match unit's sales expanded to $713 million last year from $366 million in 2008.
Blatt, 45, has been part of IAC almost as long as Match. He joined the company in 2003 as general counsel after holding the same position at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc.
In his new role, he'll leave management of most of the dating business to Yagan and focus primarily on Match Group's other units, such as education site Tutor.com and fitness platform DailyBurn, Blatt said in an interview. While the reorganization is only meant to join similar businesses to help them grow, a spinoff isn't out of the question, he said.
"There will come a day where I'm sure IAC does spinoffs again," he said. "We have not made the decision to do that, but of course it is a possibility."
Along with the new Match Group, IAC will have two other business segments. The search and applications business, its biggest division, includes sites like About.com and Ask.com. It will be led by Joey Levin as CEO. Kerry Trainor, the CEO of IAC's video-sharing site Vimeo, will remain in his post within the media unit.
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When I strike a string on my guitar and look at the audio spectrum, I can see the fundamental frequency as a large peak. I can also see the harmonic frequencies as a train of little peaks at increasingly higher frequencies. When I tune an oscillator to produce a pure tone and drive a speaker, predictably I don't see any harmonics.
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This is #4439, should be fixed now.Tig Weld wrote:Campaign crash can not go to the start of Beta just get this in log after load up transporter
and press continue? it will only work from new game and select Beta Campaign?
nfo |03:16:53: [res_parse:102] stats/research/cam2 is not a directory!
info |03:16:53: [res_parse:102] Assert in Warzone: resource_parser.ypp:102 (PHYSFS_isDirectory(aCurrResDir)), last script event: 'N/A'
fatal |03:16:53: [WzConfig:85] Missing required file stats/research/cam2/research.txt
Release 3.2.0!
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Hey, do we have an idea when we can promote 3.2.0? I would like to announce it on the Facebook Page when its ready. In the mean time I am a bit concerned that the download link is for 3.2.0 but most players are still playing 3.1.5 and cant as easily download 3.1.5(its there, but not as obvious as the link for 3.2.0, had a player confused in irc today)Per wrote:While this is a big occasion, please hold off spreading word of this release a little bit just yet. We still want to fix up some things with the homepage, such as displaying it in the news feed and fixing the broken SSL certificates, as well as write a proper what-has-changed-since-3.1 list here. Thanks.
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I think we would like to put out a quick bugfix release, mostly for the campaign bugs that have recently been fixed, before we start to promote it seriously.
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Hey, I know I am hardly ever here, but I always keep a copy of Warzone with me at all times and still regularly play. I came to post this time to say thank you. Thank you for your efforts to keep the game up to date and still just as good to play. I've spent countless continuous hours in battle and I love this game as much now as when it came out. I continue to be a loyal Warzone fan and I'm sure there are many out who are the same. You may not get acknowledged as much as you should, but I'm coming here today to give mine. Thank you.
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Any chance that we could remove the changing cursors when scrolling around the map with the arrow keys? It's visually distracting and doesn't provide any useful information to the player (I already know that I am pressing an arrow key).
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Looks like it is melting like Frosty
More or less grey
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This bug was already fixed in 3.2.1.
3.2.1 Changelog wrote: 2016-07-28: Version 3.2.1
- Fix: Cursor flickering on some hardware (ec3eb89550, #4450)
- Fix: Assert on burning babas in campaign (31d9772e4c)
- Fix: Assert when placing artefacts (commit:commit d3f56e0be196a1ed0f4f7c20f8a71cd144d70ffb)
- Fix: Crash on transition between alpha and beta campaign (75778395a1, #4439)
- Fix: Disappearing commander designs in campaign (5a1142606b, #4438)
- Fix: Wrong hit chance for cyborg grenadier, changed from 70 to 65 (8a929fcbd2, #4436)
- Fix: Reorder libs to fix linker error (ff9631198c)
- Fix: Incorrect rendering of structure turrets (d1bfaa32c3, #4453)
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The ordeal and humiliating scrutiny to which women are subjected in the course of rape trials is well documented. Overcoming prejudicial attitudes towards the dress and behaviour which lead to women being blamed is crucial for change.
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NYC Prepares for First Gay Weddings
New York City will hold a lottery for the first day of gay weddings.
New York City will hold a lottery for couples who want to get married on first day same-sex marriage will be legal, the mayor announced Tuesday.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that more than 760 couples will be selected to get married on Sunday in the city clerk's five borough offices.
Couples can register for the lottery online or by calling 311 in the 48 hours beginning noon Tuesday. Winners will be notified by Friday at noon.
The steps are being taken to keep the day special and to avoid situations in which people wait for hours only to be turned away.
"We want to make sure that Sunday is not like a trip to motor vehicles,'' said City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.
Couples will not be given a specific time to arrive and should expect for the process to take about an hour. Couples who wish to get married somewhere else can enter the lottery and receive the license and waiver on Sunday, then leave for their ceremony.
For couples who do not land a spot through the lottery, the city clerk's office will continue expanded operations next week, bringing in extra judges and staff and staying open two extra hours each day, to handle the anticipated demand.
Starting Monday, those weddings will be performed first-come, first-served, but Bloomberg said he doesn't expect people to be camping out overnight to get married.
"It's not buying an iPad 2,'' he said.
"It's way better,'' added Quinn.
Officials said 2,661 couples have already preregistered for marriage licenses online, and they believe about half of them wish to be married on Sunday. In all, officials expect about 2,500 couples to enter the lottery.
Officials expect the majority of couples who enter the lottery to be local residents, although couples who live out of state can also apply.
On Sunday, judges will perform three steps all at once: granting a marriage license, granting (on a case by case basis) a waiver of the waiting period, and performing a ceremony.
Generally, Quinn said, judges refuse to grant waivers only in cases where an individual appears to be under duress or under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Each couple must register under the names that will appear on the marriage licenses. The step is being taken to prevent people from giving away or selling their spots.


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Also, please hold the people that were in attendance to the Sugarland Concert at our State Fair on Saturday evening. I had several friends that were in attendance when the stage collapsed. Several that were close to the stage. One that was in the roll right behind where the stage fell on people. She is really struggling with what she seen, heard and is still feeling very emotional as she tries to process through it all. I am certain there are many more, as well as the families that lost loved ones. We were not at the fair that evening, but I went outside to roll my car windows up when those straight line winds came through. They were instant, severely strong and came from no where. It was a sad way to end the day with such news from the fair. I had a hard time sleeping after seeing it on the news, so I can only imagine witnessing it in real life was just horrid. So, please lift up all those individuals and families suffering such trauma and loss.
Here is to a good week and a "big" shout out to my lovely mom as she celebrates her Birthday today! Happy Birthday Mom, I love you!!


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Inflation in Ireland: Higher Food Prices Could Mean Fewer Indulgences
Everybody needs to eat, but rising food prices may cause consumers to change their shopping habits—and limit their discretionary spending—to put food on the table. In Nielsen's Inflation Impact Online Survey 2013 report, 85 percent of all global respondents say that higher costs impact their choice of grocery products. For Ireland, however, the effects of the tough recession remain on people's minds and will likely continue driving the direction of their shopping carts.
Two-thirds of Irish respondents (66%) indicate they cannot afford a rise in food prices without making difficult choices elsewhere (ranking 18 out of 58 countries surveyed). To counterbalance an increase in prices, Irish consumers say they would price hunt more in-store, take advantage of deals by stocking up, reduce the number of shopping trips and amount spent per trip, plus shop more in discount stores and look for deals online.
A key measure of buying power is spending flexibility, or the elasticity in the household budget to afford a rise in food prices without having to make difficult spending choices elsewhere. In Ireland, 61 percent indicate, in the past year, they have only had enough money for shelter, food and basics (versus global average of 44%, Europe average of 52%). Just under one third of Irish respondents (31%) say in the past year they were able to live comfortably and bought some things just because they liked them. Only 9 percent say they were able to spend freely (versus a global average of 14% and a Europe average of 11%), indicating the Irish household budget is still under pressure.
How Can Retailers Reach Shoppers with More Limited Budgets?
Irish consumers are making trade-offs. While many plan to buy fewer indulgences—such as alcohol, convenience food, soft drinks and confectionery—shoppers will still buy stables. Dairy products (78%), fresh fruit and vegetables (64%), meat and poultry (67%), bread and bakery goods (68%), packaged foods (68%) and fish and seafood (58%) will remain in consumer's carts.
However, shoppers will search for better deals on these goods. To find the best prices, the majority of Irish respondents say they're willing to try new brands—56 percent indicate they would experiment with new brands. In addition, value-driven private-label brands have a potential advantage as consumers become more discerning and lower-priced alternatives proliferate. Forty-seven percent of Irish respondents say they would buy more private label if food prices increased, compared with only 11 percent saying they would buy more national brands.
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Want to live where the air is sweet, the water is pure and the streets are clean? Try the country. But what if you don't like the sticks? Then try Florida.
Led by Miami, the Sunshine State dominates our 2008 list of America's Cleanest Cities with four metro areas in the top 10--Jacksonville (No. 3), Orlando (No. 4) and Tampa-St. Petersburg (No. 8) all make appearances. Clearly, a state that relies so heavily on tourism and part-time snow-bird residents knows the value of keeping itself spruced up for company.
With the built-in advantage of weather patterns that blow out smog, these large metropolitan areas, together with No. 2-ranked Seattle and No. 5 Portland, Ore., top our 2008 list. But it's more than just sea breezes pushing these metros up the list. These big cities are also reaping the rewards of investing in efforts to keep clean, even as their populations boom.
In Pictures: America's 10 Cleanest Cities
In recent years, Florida's Department of Environmental Protection has launched programs aimed at providing power plants with the equipment needed to scrub out harmful emissions before they're discharged. The agency has singled out the
On the water side, the agency has aimed its budget not only on fighting direct discharges into public waters but on indirect spillage from things like storm drain runoff.
The same is true elsewhere. Portland, for example, is 10 years into a 14-year, $2 billion investment aimed at cleaning up the Willamette River. In addition, the city's added more light rail, sidewalks and biofuels to its bus fleet. It's gone a long way toward reducing air pollution in the region.
"The investments we've made on land use and transportation over the past two decades are paying off," says Portland city council commissioner Dan Saltzman.
Air quality is a huge health factor for urban dwellers, so we made it a very big deal in our study. To determine the cleanest major cities in the U.S., we initially measured the rankings for air pollution and ozone levels among all 49 U.S. metro areas with populations exceeding 1 million, using data from the American Lung Association. After eliminating those areas that ranked poorest in air quality, we measured the remaining 29 cities on the additional but less-weighted factors of water quality and per-capita spending on Superfund site cleanup and solid-waste management. From this list, we drew our top 10.
All figures were based on Metropolitan Statistical Areas (which include the city and surrounding area) with the exception of waste-management spending, which was based exclusively on the city proper.
Water cleanliness rankings were derived from statistics compiled by the University of Cincinnati from local reports of EPA violations. Metros were ranked based on reports of bacteria, chlorine byproducts and chemicals or metals such as arsenic, copper and lead in the drinking water. Operational expenditures for solid-waste management are recorded at city-data.com.
Beyond health, cleanliness appears to have an important economic impact. While nine of our 10 cleanest cities showed population increases between 2000 and 2006, major metro areas losing residents over that period tend to rank near the bottom of the cleanliness list; they include Philadelphia, Chicago, Buffalo, N.Y., and Detroit. Many factors, notably economic ones, go into a person's choice to move, of course. But a reputation for clean air, water and streets seems to count as well.
The migration has been most pronounced in the Sunbelt, with Jacksonville growing its population 8% and Miami 11.5% since the start of the decade. Can they keep clean with all this growth? That's the challenge of the coming decades. Here's hoping they can.


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Good luck getting back to normal Bryce! My uncle has the electronics room in the basement and, since he lives in the country side, this happened once as well
Thanks, Luckily I blocked some of the water with a big parcel that arrive just this week via GLS.... Oh wait, I shouldn't be telling you that! Bryce.
After having my town flooded recently, no electricity and water (it seems odd saying you had no water during a flood) for 3 days I can attest to how annoying things can get but that's without my home being flooded.I'm in a top floor flat so I was safe that way.At my work we still haven't gone back into our main building because of repairs happening for a flood that happened 6 months ago.It'll pass and you'll be fine. People are oddly resilient whilst being incredibly fragile.
We all know how is going to end...
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