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I drive a Suburban. I drink two Venti Mochas from Starbucks every day out of paper cups and I never remember to re-use the sleeves. My boys wear regular old diapers and drink out of bottles that contain BPA. I drink soda out of a can, water out of a plastic bottle and seldom buy organic food.
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To light a fire under me, my friends here at MightyNest have dared me to take on something we call The MightyNest Eco-challenge. Starting October 5, I'll be taking on one eco-challenge per week until I'm no longer an embarrassment. These challenges will be simple but impactful changes I can make in my every day life.
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Hampton & Richmond Borough striker Charlie Moone may be responsible for 47 per cent of his side's total goal return this term, but he feels no added pressure to keep finding the net.
The 24-year-old netted four times in Tuesday's 5-2 Ryman Premier League win over Hendon at the Beveree, as the Beavers put Saturday's FA Cup heartache behind them in some style.
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Mark your calendars! Saturday night the Perseid meteor shower will reach its peak, displaying up to 100 meteors each hour in the early Sunday morning hours. This year will be a great opportunity for seeing the Perseids, as the Moon will be in its crescent phase and rises at 1am, remaining low in the sky during the peak activity around 3-4am.
To observe the Perseids, you need not endure staying up till 3am. This is a massive meteor shower producing bright shooting stars from 10pm onward at rates of one every 2-5 minutes. And with the Moon out of the picture in the evening so that we can see fainter meteors, the rate may be somewhat higher. When you go outside around 9-11pm to look for these beautiful shooting stars, sit comfortably facing east and scan the skies. You will not be disappointed if you are patient.
Of course clouds, or just haze and fog, can cripple the ability to see the shower. But the Perseid meteor stream is so vast that the shower actually lasts well over a month, from mid-July through August 22nd, though the rate of meteors is substantially lower away from the peak on the night of the 11th. Certainly if next Friday or Sunday night is clear at least a dozen meteors will be observable in the evening of those nights, should Saturday night prove to be cloudy.
Meteor showers are caused by comets when their orbits cross or nearly-cross Earth's orbit. A comet is composed of frozen gas, water ice, and rock – a "dirty snowball", as described by astronomer Fred Whipple in 1950. As these objects approach the sun, the ice melts creating a stream of gas and dust that forms the comet's brilliant tail.
Long after the comet has passed round the sun and is traveling back out into the frozen regions of the outer solar system, a trail of sand and dust persists in its orbit. Even after the main body of the comet has dwindled to a size which we cannot easily see from Earth, this trail will continue in the original orbit.
In the very rare case that a comet's orbit comes very near Earth's orbit, the sand particles in the comet's orbit will be attracted by Earth's gravity as the Earth travels through that area of its orbit each year, and will fall toward the Earth at great speeds. As the particles of sand enter the atmosphere, they heat to many thousands of degrees, glow intensely, and vaporize dozens of miles above the ground. What we see is a bright point of light suddenly streaking across the sky, growing faint and vanishing. It is one of the most fascinating natural sights we can experience in our lives, and first-time observers feel the excitement deep within their souls.
Because the point of intersection between the comet's orbit and Earth's orbit is a fixed location in Earth's orbit, the meteor shower associated with a particular comet peaks on the same day of every year. For the same reason, the direction from which the shower hits Earth is the same each year. From Earth, the meteors in a certain shower appear to come from a common center in the sky, and the constellation in which that center is found gives its name to the meteor shower. Hence, the Perseid meteor shower next weekend has a center (scientifically, a "radiant") located in the constellation Perseus.
There are over 50 known meteor showers occurring throughout the year; however, many consist of very dim meteors (very small bits of sand), or the rate of the shower is very slow – maybe 5 an hour. Among the 50 or more showers, 6 peak at a time of the year when the radiant is in the daytime sky. These showers have never been seen by eye – we only recently have discovered them using radar. There are 9 major meteor showers each year easily visible from the northern hemisphere.
Other showers are highly variable in their rates, as the particles in their orbits are not evenly distributed, but are clumped into groups separated by large distances. An extreme example of this is the Leonid meteor shower, which peaks in mid-November. Usually producing a mere 15 bright meteors an hour, the Leonids have a history of producing meteor storms. During the storm of 1833, an estimated 100,000 meteors per hour were seen!! That is a rate of about 30 per second, which must have looked like the largest (silent) fireworks display ever seen.
The Perseid meteor shower is the most reliable shower over a long history (the Geminids, occurring in December, have recently been cited as more reliable, but being outside in Connecticut after midnight on December 12th is a whole lot different than staying out in August!).
The Perseids are associated with the comet currently designated "Swift-Tuttle", named after the two gentlemen who independently discovered it in 1862. It is more properly stated to have been re-discovered by Swift and Tuttle, as the comet has a very regular orbit of 133 years. Historian astronomers have found observations of the comet back to the year 69BC in Chinese annals. The first known appearance of the Perseids was in 36AD, again as recorded in a Chinese annal.
The most recent passage of Swift-Tuttle was in 1992, and was followed by a strong surge in Perseid meteor rates in August, 1993, with 300-500 occurring per hour. Since that year the shower has become more modest, though we can still expect 60-100 meteors per hour at the peak.
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Jackson, who had served on the DDA board for about two years before leaving to serve on the city commission and returned to the DDA in 2008, wasn't happy about the decision.
"I'm just extremely disappointed," he said. "I've worked very hard for the DDA, and I was hoping really to have one more term."
Estes pointed to his record of filling board positions with "new blood," though only Di Giacomo would seem to fill that bill. Judson has long been active in city business and Korndorfer, as a former DDA chairman, is hardly an "outsider."
Jackson highlighted the DDA's work to open two public parking decks, add streetscapes and support other business and nonprofit projects downtown. He also praised the upcoming park redesign at the bayfront, funded partly by the DDA.
"It's really rewarding, and it would have been nice to just finish those things," he said.
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Georgia Power representatives said about 10,000 customers lost power as the storm system crossed the area Monday night. Georgia Power officials said service had been restored to about 2,500 customers as of 9:30 p.m., and crews were working to address 110 separate outages.
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Weekly Photo Contest: Panoramas with iOS 6!
One of the huge new features of iOS 6 is the ability to take panoramic photographs with the built-in camera app and what a better excuse to use it than to enter iMore's next photo contest! The only rule for this contest is that you must use Apple's new built-in panorama feature in iOS 6 to take the photo -- the subject matter is completely up to you. Just be creative and, most importantly, have lots of fun!
The prize: $30 iTunes gift certificate
In addition to a thumbs up from the iMore crew and all of us yelling about how great of a photo star you are, the winner of this week's photography contest will receive a $30 iTunes gift certificate allowing you to stock up on some of those photography apps you've been dying to buy!
The rules
The rules of entry are very simple. The photo must have been taken with an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch (we'll check the EXIF data of the original file to verify) using the built-in panorama feature of iOS 6 and any edits must have been done with an iPhone or iPad app. No Photoshop CS6! If you have external lens accessories you are more than welcome to use them. You can submit as many photos as you'd like, but remember, this is a contest, so make sure you submit your best work!
Now, before you run off to take your photo, remember that it's not technical skill alone that will claim this prize. Even if you're not the best photographer (yet!), a great eye and a great subject can still get you the win.
However, a little help can never hurt, so make sure you check out these articles from our iPhone photography series for some tips.
- How to take stunning panoramas with your iPhone
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That's it! Now go out and shoot!
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Kewl!! Looking forward to trying out iOS6 soon and all the features/improvements it has to offer... seriously considering selling off my Galaxy S3 (It's good but Android is... well Android) and purchase an iPhone 4S again. I would love to get my hands on iPhone 5 but man, it's like uber-expensive here!
I took 3 before I mailed my iPhone 4S away, can't wait to take some more with the new iPhone.
I'm new to iPad, but I had the impression that panorama portraits were an iPhone5 feature using iOS6. I can't seem to find how to do it on my iPad3 running iOS6. Is this an error in the contest rules or am I not seeing the option on my iPad?
That's not exactly fair for the people with iPhone 4, 3GS, iPod touch 4th gen. Just because we are not on the latest doesn't mean its OK to exclude us from this.
I don't see any possible way to do this on an iPad. If this is in fact only possible on an iPhone 5, then it's unfair.
I just checked the apple website, and the 6th footnote says:
"Panorama is available on iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, and iPod touch (5th generation)."
Since the 5th generation iPod touch isn't coming out until October, this contest is ONLY for people who own iPhone 4S or iPhone 5 devices.
That leaves me out!
Thank for the contest Leanna! Loving the panorama feature.


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You will hear the music in the background, but sense the rhythm of Greek dance.
You will feel the embrace of our staff, but most importantly of our culture.
People, food, music….united.
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"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it" (Proverbs 22.6).
Either our childhood has lasted too long or we who've passed the half-century mark failed to learn as we ought to have when we were young. For the older we get these days, the more we're having to be retrained and having forced upon us the notion that the old values and old ways are no longer valid.
Today's older generation of Christians learned the essentials of faith through catechisms and in Sunday School where they were taught that the key to successful living was to follow Jesus by faithfully adhering to the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule. A clear, but demanding bit of wisdom noteworthy for this simple fact: it works.
Today's younger generations have largely thrown away that key, declaring in effect, it will no longer open modernity's most inviting doors.
They think they're right. We firmly think they're not. In fact, there are many reasons to believe that the younger folks are not coping so well without a time-tested formula for dealing with unexpected hardships, or with widespread family and job insecurities not to mention their having to figure out how to pay off huge piles of plastic-made debt absent sufficient income.
Without a sturdy rudder, sailing in stormy seas can get mighty, mighty rough.
Jesus' closest disciples were on dry land the night he was betrayed, but they were in grave danger of being blown away by the the anger-driven emotions of an envious religion competing in a corrupt, pagan world. Yet, he said to the those endangered followers, "I will not leave you comfortless" (John 14:18).
He didn't, and he hasn't. Despite the gross hypocrisy and heresies within our established churches and the pervasive secularization of American society of our troubled 21st Century, the living, loving Spirit of Jesus Christ remains as comforting and as sure and as certain in its guiding ability as it ever has.
Jesus Christ remains the Model of Perfection, the Epitome of Truth and Wisdom. Jesus' teachings are, as the apostle Paul once said, "the more excellent Way."
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It took me only a few weeks after having my first child to realize there were things my mother never told me about having a baby.
She never told me that nursing hormones were worse than pregnancy hormones; that I was responsible for cleaning the black, protruding stub of an umbilical cord jutting from my little six-pounder's belly; and that staying up all night with a newborn pales in comparison to dancing the night away with friends and booze and a free morning to indulge your hangover.
Yes, there are things my mother never told me about raising a baby. And as I hit the "big kid" mark with my oldest son, it appears there are secrets my mom chose to keep about raising boys as well.
Saturday marked Opening Day for San Carlos Little League. It was a huge display of patriotic balloons, proud moms, dads, grandparents and coaches. It was a day of sunshine, community, hot dogs, popcorn, grounders, pop flies and smiles. The smell of oil on leather lingered as the Little Leaguers skipped around in their oversized jerseys and cleats, giddy about the day ahead of them. White baseball pants, jumbo baseball hats and the hopes of home runs propel this day to the top of the year for some.
And for me, it came with a bit of anticipation, embarrassment and curiosity. For the day prior to the Little League's Opening Day was an opening day of sorts for me. It was my personal opener into a world I am hesitant to venture into. It is the world of discomfort between a mom and son and one that in a few years will be all too familiar and uncomfortable still.
It was time to gear up my son for baseball. He had outgrown his cleats, needed an undershirt, a batting helmet and for the first time -- a cup.
It happened to be a day off for my grade-schoolers, so we took to the sporting goods store ready to purchase the items we needed with swift retailing.
We tried on cleats with ease, an undershirt that matched, and then came the dreaded cup. I stood there, awkwardly grasping the shoebox of cleats, shirt on a hanger and oversized helmet looking at the rack, reading the signs for Youth. I found the cups and went counter-clockwise, not sure what I was really looking for.
I was stunned. Some cups under the Youth header were as big as my child's head. I made sure they weren't catcher's masks and then proceeded to open a few packages to make sure I was in the right section. Jock straps, boxers with a pocket and a huge silicon hockey mask that would fit perfectly on a newborn's face … I was spinning with all the choices.
I finally found one of average price and style, measured the waist of my child to make sure it fit and was ready to go.
Equipped for check out, I brought my loot to the distracted checker. She beeped each item until she reached the cup and then languidly commented, "These are usually the ones that girls use for softball."
"Really," I said, clearly not having played softball enough as a young girl to ever warrant a cup of my own. "Well, which one do you recommend," I asked.
"I'll ring someone to baseball," she said, with a gum-chomping drawl.
So off I went to meet an enthusiastic salesclerk who might know what I needed. While I waited, two of my three children played on the treadmills and exercise bikes.
Up came a boy, nearing 17 at most, stuffed in a shirt and tie and most likely having no baseball experience himself.
He told me that all the youth cups are the same size, always based on the size of … the waist.
"Hmmm," I said, as he held up another cup the size of a large pear.
"Uh, have you seen my boy," I asked with a bit of a tongue-tied chuckle, hoping to solicit a bit of sympathy and true assistance in the matter.
He didn't sway.
I raised my eyebrows as he held up something likening my size in ladies shoes – "Really," I asked, now blushing and sort of hoping he was kidding. How will this even fit inside his baseball pants?
I finally spoke up, hoping he had something to curb my skepticism. But at this point, Connor finished his workout and joined the discussion, unbeknownst to me.
"I am looking for more of a pee-wee cup," I stated.
It was not the stalky salesman that piped up this time, rather my son, who loudly pronounced, "Mom, pee-wee – I'm not a pee-wee!" He was not talking about his size under the cup, but rather making the entire store aware that he is a big kid and not a little one.
As my son reared his defensive head, I looked above him at the long line of rifles and BB guns in the hunting section. I momentarily contemplated what he might do to me if I had pronounced the same message while buying him a cup when he's closer to age 16 instead of two months into the age 7.
This reflection left me with little determination to see eye to eye with my salesclerk. I went back to the front of the store, purchased my original selection and left, but not before desperately calling a friend who has two boys herself. She must have gone through this.
"Which one did you buy," I asked in a low voice, my teeth clinched. She paused, laughed and said, "I bought out every size at Goetz Brothers." Between the two boys, she said she'd need them.
Perhaps I too could have handled my situation equally as diplomatically. Instead, I made a mental note to talk to my daughter about this, should she someday have a boy. My advice to her will be: Most certainly have your husband take your son for his first and every cup fitting.


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Jeffersonville will kick-off the holiday season Dec. 1 with a host of special events.
A cookie stroll will begin at 3 p.m. on Spring Street downtown with holiday treats provided by Jeffersonville merchants.
The Light Up the Holiday Parade featuring Santa will begin at 5 p.m. on Spring Street and will travel north to Seventh Street at Warder Park.
Immediately following the parade, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Light Up Jeffersonville will be hosted in Warder Park were the illumination of the twinkle lights will transform the park into a holiday wonderland. There will also be plenty of festive music, plus dancing and refreshments.
Mayor Mike Moore will be on hand to welcome Santa Claus, who will arrive in grand style on his sleigh, plus there will be free rides on Jeffersonville's trolleys to the outdoor ice rink at the corner of Spring and Market streets.
For more information contact Sara Schultz, assistant superintendent of special events for Jeffersonville's parks department at 812-285-6440 or by email at email@example.com.
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A couple of other Leaf models have seen a price cut as well. The Leaf SV will drop from last year's price of $35,200 to $31,820 this year. The Leaf SL is also going from $37,250 last year to $34,840 this year.
"With nearly 50,000 Leafs on the road globally, we are the leaders in zero emissions vehicles and our class-leading product just got better," said Billy Hayes, Global vice president of Leaf sales for Nissan. "From the very outset, Nissan has continuously advanced and refined the affordable zero emissions vehicle ownership experience. Now customers won't have to pay a premium for owning a green car that's really fun to drive, and that's exciting."
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The drop in prices is mainly due to the fact that Nissan has moved Leaf production from Japan to Tennessee. It also has its lithium-ion batteries and motors manufactured there. Nissan announced that it began Leaf production at a new plant in Smyrna, Tennessee last Thursday. It will build the Leaf and gasoline vehicles in this plant, while building batteries at a separate plant next door. The plant is the result of a 2010 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) loan for $1.4 billion. According to the DOE, Nissan can build up to 150,000 Leafs and 200,000 batteries annually at the Tennessee plants
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The nation's second oldest music camp will mark its 78th season this summer at Eastern Kentucky University.
The annual Stephen Collins Foster Music Camp will open Sunday, June 9 and continue through Friday, June 28 and feature options in band, orchestra, vocal, piano and world percussion for students grades 5-12.
The campers, expected from as many as a dozen states, will spend an intense week of more than 40 hours of instrument- or voice-specific instruction, and present free public concerts as well.
This year's camp already boasts more than 535 registrants, an all-time high. To accommodate the growth, EKU has expanded several camping options. Registration and enrollment will remain open until five days prior to each particular camp's start date or until maximum capacity has been reached. For more information, including camp schedules, pricing, online registration, and more, visit www.fostercamp.org. The site also includes testimonials from previous campers as well as a means by which to make donations.
The first week is dedicated solely to younger middle school-age musicians, while the second and third weeks spotlight the more experienced and older high-school campers. The cost for a one-week resident camper is $395; for a commuter, $275.
Only the famous Interlochen Music Camp in Michigan has a longer history in the U.S. than EKU's Foster Camp. Many young musicians return year after year to the Richmond campus.
The camp's first director, in 1936, was Henri Schanbl, a former member of Kaiser Wilhelm's personal band. Other directors through the years have been the camp's founder, Joseph Van Peursem, 1940-63; Nick Koenigstein, 1964-67; Dr. Robert Hartwell, 1968-99; and Dr. Joe Allison, 2000-07, before the current director, Ben Walker, took the reins in 2008.
From 1948 to 1964, a certain canine was on hand to greet the campers. The music department's mascot, Mozart, was buried in a grave immediately behind the outdoor pavilion used for many concerts and named for Van Peursem.
Students in all camping options are housed in air-conditioned residence halls under the supervision of counselors selected and overseen by the camp administrator. Meals are provided in Powell cafeteria. All rehearsals and other musical activities are held in the air-conditioned Foster and Campbell buildings. Planned recreational activities are provided on all evenings a musical event is not scheduled.
For more information, visit www.fostercamp.org or call the EKU Department of Music at 859-622-3266.


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City of Lockport
STOLEN PROPERTY: Glenn L. Fariss, 47, 270 Lake St., Wilson, was arrested Sunday on charges of unauthorized use of a vehicle and criminal possession of stolen property. According to the report, Fariss had brought his vehicle to Image Collision for repairs March 10 and had received a loaner vehicle valued at $3,000. Police were called to the business Tuesday to assist in a repossession of Fariss' vehicle, due to non-payment. He was notified of the incident and advised to return the loaner vehicle, which he said he would do. He was contacted two more times and was advised that he is not to be in operation or possession of the vehicle. Fariss was located by police Friday and brought to LPD for processing. He is scheduled to appear Monday in City Court.
HYPODERMIC NEEDLE: Nathaniel D. Smith, 32, 198 Lock St., Apt. 3, was charged Saturday with false personation and criminal possession of a hypodermic needle. According to the report, police observed an impaired man wearing a hooded sweatshirt walking at a fast pace at the corner of Lock and Washington streets. When questioned, he allegedly gave police a false name, but the officer recognized the man as Smith, who had outstanding warrants. He was arrested and placed in the back seat of the patrol car, but reportedly began to move from side to side while being transported. A search of the back seat revealed a white/orange syringe and a cellophane container with a small quantity of off white substance beneath the seat cushion, according to the report. The items were not there when the vehicle was inspected earlier in the day. The report said Smith denied the needle was his, but later told police "I may have had two on me, I'm not sure, but I have a needle exchange card." He was unable to produce the card, police said. Smith is scheduled to appear Monday in City Court.


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Erik Kain, Contributor
I write about video games: the industry and the culture.
Tim Schafer writes candidly about his game 'Broken Age' running out of money, but this is just the nature of the beast.
Once upon a time, there was a website designed to crowdfund small, creative projects—a garage band's new self-recorded album; a short film; a dance video. That website was called Kickstarter.
Then, along came Tim Schafer and Double Fine Adventure, the video game now known as Broken Age, which transformed the site into an indie video game crowdfunding platform overnight. Kickstarter termed it the "Blockbuster Effect."
Well, not just a video game funding platform, but these days many of the biggest projects—from the Ouya to Star Citizen to Torment: Tides of Numenera—are video games or video game accessories. And these projects all have, at least in part, Schafer and his game to thank. Broken Age was the catalyst, the trailblazer, the portent of things to come.
And now, despite the $3.3 million the game raised on Kickstarter (and the additional $1.2 million Double Fine raised for its second Kickstarter game, Massive Chalice) Broken Age is out of money.
Turns out, even games not developed the traditional publishing route over-budget and over-promise.
"Even though we received much more money from our Kickstarter than we, or anybody anticipated, that didn't stop me from getting excited and designing a game so big that it would need even more money," Schafer writes in a letter to backers posted at Gamasutra.
"Asking a publisher for the money was out of the question because it would violate the spirit of the Kickstarter, and also, publishers," writes Schafer. "Going back to Kickstarter for it seemed wrong. Clearly, any overages were going to have to be paid by Double Fine, with our own money from the sales of our other games. That actually makes a lot of sense and we feel good about it. We have been making more money since we began self-publishing our games, but unfortunately it still would not be enough."
So they've struck upon a "strange idea:" Release the first half of the game in January and charge for it as a Steam Early Access product to raise funds to finish the second half of the game the following summer. The second half would come as a free update to anyone who purchased the first half and, of course, to all of the initial backers of the game.
This way, Double Fine can avoid asking for more money from backers or a publisher and doesn't have to cut content.
"I want to point out that Broken Age's schedule changes have nothing to do with the team working slowly," Schafer assures us. "They have been kicking ass and the game looks, plays, and sounds amazing. It's just taking a while because I designed too much game, as I pretty much always do. But we're pulling it in, and the good news is that the game's design is now 100% done, so most of the unknowns are now gone and it's not going to get any bigger."
So, a few thoughts on all this.
First, that the "world of video game design is a mysterious one. What really happens behind the closed doors of a development studio is often unknown, unappreciated or misunderstood." That's from the Double Fine Adventure pitch way back in 2012.
Second, Kickstarter is a risk. People are upset with Schafer and Double Fine right now, but if you've been paying even the slightest bit of attention the past year and a half you'll know that Kickstarter doesn't guarantee any of the projects funded at the site. There is no contractual obligation for any of these companies to give you anything that they promised.
Third, if you want to fund an idea, be prepared to fund an idea.
If Tim Schafer designs "too much game" and sails over-budget, well that's something that you probably should have counted on funding a game by Tim Schafer. Video games go over-budget with publishers, too, and publishers either can the projects, rush them out the door, or provide more funding.
Why should Kickstarter be any different?
People want to have their cake and eat it, too, of course. They want to fund a risky project but suffer no consequences of that risk; they want to skirt the publisher model but don't enjoy the position that puts them in as de facto "publishers" of a game.
The fact is, Kickstarter doesn't magically make every problem with game development go away. Just because it circumvents EA or Activision doesn't also mean that every Kickstarter game will release without a hitch.
There's no magic fix to all the industry's problems, and Double Fine's game is quite literally one of the very first projects to use crowdfunding—this early into the game we're bound to hit some snags. Experimentation involves degrees of failure.
For my part, I see the Kickstarter video game revolution as a decidedly mixed bag.
On the one hand, we're (hopefully) getting games like Project Eternity and Wasteland 2. On the other hand, people are way too optimistic about an industry without publishers. Not every game you want to play can be funded this way; and the games funded this way won't always be a success. Nothing about a good idea ensures a good execution of that idea.
When it all comes down, the budget issues with Broken Age are just business as usual. If you're upset with that, you should probably avoid funding risky business ventures with no guarantee of success.
As developer American McGee put it in his defense of Schafer, you can't have it both ways.
"You can't complain about big publishers and their bad business models – highlighting all the times they've pushed overpriced, buggy, unfinished product onto the shelves in hopes of a quick buck. Then when an indie developer lays bare their business model and struggles, crucify them for taking risks and being honest."
Even programs like Sony's Pub Fund, which opens the gates for self-publishing on Sony devices, have an experienced team working to vet each project before being accepted into the program. With Kickstarter, all we have is our faith in the developers and the quality of the pitch.
McGee continues:
"The games you play cost huge amounts of money to develop and market. Productions are insanely complex, which means there are many places where they can breakdown or fail. Outcomes aren't predictable, so that money to fund these things is nearly impossible to come by. Simply put, this sh** is hard.
"Things are going to go sideways and sometimes horribly wrong. Instead of wanting to murder someone when they level with you about these facts, embrace them. The choice is yours – support transparency, honesty and constructive involvement… or don't complain when the industry shrugs and shifts back to a model dominated by monolithic, uncaring publishers."
McGee, fresh off the heels of Akaneiro Demon Hunters, is attempting to fund both an Oz themed zombie game (OZombie) and the film rights to his Alice game series. And yes, he's using Kickstarter.
On a side note, I don't think McGee is necessarily right that criticism is unhelpful, though I do agree that hyperbole is the worst and least helpful form of criticism.
(This, in response to McGee's graph on all the things gamers rage over and then this:
"Developers aren't your enemies. They're just people, like you, trying to make a living doing what they love. Publishers aren't the spawn of Satan. They're just corporations trying to compete with other corporations for your wallet, soul and first born. Accept these things and the world around you. Not everything should be answered with criticism, negativity and buckshot to the face."
Again, I would point out that there is a vast divide between criticism and negativity that McGee is glossing over, and that many gamers also don't understand when they show up in the combox of a critical video game review….)
The reason I've been a skeptic of Kickstarter is precisely the sort of unreasonable expectations that people have surrounding crowdfunding and this "new" business model for video games. These high expectations can transform quickly from hype to hyperbole; from sky-high optimism to crushing, bitter disappointment.
Kickstarter represents a great deal of promise for indie game development, but we need to have reasonable expectations about outcomes and risk. When the crowd funds something, they're taking on the risk publishers and investors would normally take—but with fewer legal protections.
So far as I can tell, designing a bigger, better game than originally planned is far from the worst offense imaginable.
Allowing more people to be part of the funding via Steam Early Access is a reasonable idea, especially considering many other projects like Star Citizen continue to keep their crowdfunding doors open to this day.
In the end, only one thing will matter: Broken Age will either be a good game, or it won't. We'll know (sort of) when the first half of the game releases.
It's a real shame this happened as this was the flagship for Kickstarter and it kind of taints people's view on it now. It's definitely going to have repercussions for smaller indies who are dependent on Kickstarter though.
Also it may mean what Kotick said about Tim a few years back rings true.
Indeed, Kickstarter needed to have a black sheep, I just kind of feel bad for the people who invested. It's also kind of shady that Double Fine launched a second successful Kickstarter before announcing this information.
Also McGee isn't the best to comment as besides Alice most of his games have been flops that for some reason he branded his name onto like he's Sid Meier.
Akaneiro: Demon Hunters being the latest example.
Kickstarter became the wrong solution for the right problem.
I blame Tim and his game for making it that.
In short, the expectation that video game Kickstarters have created for crowdfunding is killing the concept.
Once Tim and his crew took the stage the -funding- became -preorder-
Of course its not -just- Tim's fault, but he started the trend.
Here you had, for the first time, a large company with clout behind it that would offer you a product at a discount. Nobody really questioned if they will deliver, it's Double Fine, it's Tim Schaefer, of course they will deliver, its not some indie dev in a basement, right?
The risk-assessment went out the window because of the rep of the company and lead designer.
Before Broken Age (the irony) pledges were treated far more carefully because the participants did not have this kind trust in the Projects. Essentially they treated the pledge as lost money, disposable income in the truest sense of that word. If it worked, great, if it didn't well crap, better luck next time.
With DF and Tim we have a different expectation because the companies and people involved have a different rep, so we pledge more frivolously, but also expect solid results because thats what we expect from high the high clout that is running it.
In effect we have created a situation where the perception of Kickstarter and crowdfunding has shifted towards GUARANTEED PURCHASE instead of UNCERTAIN DONATION.
Tim and DF are to blame here for shifting this perception, they are however not the only ones responsible.


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Faye Nichols Long, 91 of Campobello, S.C. went home Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. She was the wife of the late Wilbur Wright Long and the daughter of the late Willie Johnson and Rebecca Glidewell Nichols.
Born on Feb. 1, 1921 in Clover, Mrs. Long graduated from Clover High School in 1938. She worked at McGuire Memorial Hospital in Richmond until she married in 1945 and became a homemaker. She and her husband lived in Columbus Ohio, Waycross Ga., Orlando Fla., Nashville Tenn., and Birmingham Ala., before retiring to South Boston in 1980. She will be remembered for her love of family, her hospitality, grace, and style. She was a member of Clover Baptist Church.
Mrs. Long was preceded in death by five sisters, Catherine Walker, Ada Kuhn, Inez Chandler, Esther Tuttle and Myra Lawrence. She is survived by a brother, Dunnie Nichols and wife Carolyn of South Boston; a son, Terence Long and wife Jane of Nashville, Tenn.; a daughter, Donna Roper and husband Julien of Campobello; three grandchildren, Caroline Felix, Jud Roper and Kyle Long; and five great -grandchildren.
The family will be at the home of Charles and Pam Parrett on Cherry Hill Church Road.
A memorial service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, at Clover Baptist Church. Burial will be in Clover Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, 130 Forest Glen Drive, Columbus, N.C. 28722.


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Jan 18th @ 4:48 pm
Colorado lawmakers are back to work and the main topic is budget cuts. KJCT reports highlights this week include a visit by a Colorado jurist whose writings about water derailed the gubernatorial hopes of a Republican last year. It was his writings on water law that was plagiarized by Rep. Scott McInnis who lost the [...]


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Stop killing the dolphins/stop documentary propaganda: The Cove
Who doesn't love dolphins? And who doesn't love spy thrillers? Well, documentary "The Cove" combines both in a bloody, moving piece about annual dolphin hunting in Taiji; what could be wrong with that?
I have become more and more disgusted with documentaries lately. Similar to "Waiting for Superman", "The Cove" presents its case through heart-wrenching footage of dolphin slaughter, juxtaposed with cute shots from TV-show "Flipper!" – it is a masterful work of propaganda, and it is so one-sided that I am hesitant to trust any of it.
Ric O'Barry was the man who captured and trained the dolphins who starred in "Flipper" – he blames himself for starting the dolphin-fad that has since resulted in the capture and killing of thousands of dolphins. He has been arrested countless times, banned from conferences, and is now a full-time activist against dolphin-captivity. He is eccentric, driving around Japan fully masked so as not to attract attention of authorities, who all know who he is and what trouble he brings.
O'Barry, along with director Louie Psihoyos, gather what they call an "Ocean's Eleven Team" of volunteers, including champion free-diver Mandy-Rae Cruickshank, kids from "Surfers for Cetaceans" (includes Hayden Panettiere who cries when they get arrested), and professional camouflage artists to hide high definition cameras in rocks, to get hidden footage. Using heat-sensitive cameras, and going to the cove in the dead of the night black ops style, the documentary momentarily transforms into a Mission Impossible styled film, with the divers running for their lives when fishermen show up with flashlights.
The film portrays locals quite negatively – there is one specific man referred to only as Private Space because "those are the only words he knows in English"; fishermen are shown harassing the cameramen and blocking filming with signs, hats, and their bodies. The film makers are smart enough to cast blame onto the government however, casting these fishermen as "misinformed" and "lied to" – they instead focus on politicians at International Whaling Commission meetings. The director is intelligent; he knows that an audience is hesitant to blame regular people, and so even goes so far as to interview people on the streets of Tokyo, who claim to know nothing about the dolphin catching activities at Taiji, nothing about the toxic mercury levels in dolphin meat, which are going into schoolchildren's' lunches. The film portrays the activities as a conspiracy, with a complex cover-up.
I'm not saying we should kill dolphins; everyone loves dolphins – they are intelligent, interactive, and cute! To be fair, there was a great deal of unexpected and applaudable cooperation in this movie – people were brought together, united by a common cause. At one point, one member of the team set up some DNA analysis equipment in a hotel room; pretty snazzy. But everything was over-exaggerated, there was so much hand-holding, as if the audience couldn't make their own decisions and opinions. When a Japanese magazine and news show accused crewmembers of antagonizing locals in order to get good, angry shots, Psihoyos immediately claimed these were due to fear of profit compromise. Since acquiring the footage, O'Barry has walked around with a TV taped to his chest on several occasions – he even entered a conference on the whaling industry and was immediately escorted out by security; at the Academy Awards, he even had a banner that said "Text DOLPHIN to 44144". (What is it with texting as the new thing?)
Despite controversy surrounding the portrayal of Japanese officials, "The Cove" did screen in Japan. And of course, it screened to great success in the US, snagging the Sundance Audience Award, as well as the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
You can watch it on Netflix or read the script here (http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/c/the-cove-script-transcript-documentary.html) and decide for yourself.


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Whether attendees paid $250 for general admission tickets or $1,000 for premium seating, everyone in the Fox Theatre were bursting with excitement during .
From the moment President Barack Obama said "Hello Redwood City," the cheers and applause would not subside the entire night.
As part of a re-election fundraiser, the President Wednesday evening after landing in Moffett Field. He attended a fundaiser dinner in Atherton where plates cost $38,500 then ultimately to Redwood City for a rally.
The night was a combination of the President recounting his accomplishments and mobilizing the audience to help him with his re-election campaign.
"I may not be a perfect man or a perfect president," Obama said. "But I wake up every day thinking of you and how to make each and every one of your lives better."
Any mention of re-election was answered with an eruption of applause and chants of "four more years."
The attendees, some who paid as much as $12,500, were quick to jump to their feet and to sustain their applause until the President had to continue on his with 20-minute speech.
When Obama mentioned the continuing fight to ensure a quality education for all, the audience cheered particularly raucously.
"Education is not a luxury, but a necessity," he said. "And everyone should have that chance at higher education."
The President made several mentions of the necessity of innovation and risk-taking, emblematic of Silicon Valley, where attaining dreams was also a reality.
"We can see it in Redwood City, where there are people from every corner of the world," he said. "If we work hard, we can create the life we want, no matter who you are."
He suggested that rather than funding $4 billion subsidies to oil companies that this money burgeoning start-ups, like in Silicon Valley, or renewable energy.
Obama touched on topics like the economy and the war in Afghanistan while encouraging the audience's support to help him win in the upcoming election.
This election would be harder than the last, Obama said, because this time around there is an atmosphere of "nastiness and sometimes plain foolishness."
Tickets for Wednesday night's rally started at $250, with premium seating for the event starting at $1,000 per person with some paying as much as $12,500.
This morning, the president is expected to attend an 8:30 a.m. fundraiser at the Fairmont San Jose, which cost $35,800 per person.
The president is scheduled to fly out from Moffett Field today at around 10 a.m.


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Ah, summertime…vacations, sun and barbecues. The time of year where kids can be kids and parents have sleepless nights trying to figure out how to keep their kid's brains from turning into mush and healthy habits flying out the door to a distant galaxy. When kids miss out on the opportunity to flex their brain power during the summer months it can be as harmful to their physical health as it is to their academic health. So, as a parent what can you do to keep your kids healthy and sneak in some education at the same time? HealthyEating.org to the rescue!
Games like Power Up Your Breakfast, where kids learn how to eat a healthy and balanced breakfast, and the MyPlate Match Game that teaches kids about the five food groups can help keep learning on the menu this summer. Teens can get involved too by using TeenBeat to track their daily physical activity. Our interactive games are a great way to keep your kids focused on nutrition throughout the summer months – and beyond!
Summer is also a great time to introduce your child to planning and preparing meals to reinforce learning and nutrition. While children as young as 3 can help scrub potatoes or tear lettuce, once children reach school age, they can take a more active role in meal preparation. Learning to follow a recipe is a life skill that all children need and is applicable to many aspects of life even out of the kitchen. Some of my favorite summertime memories involve being in the kitchen with my Mom and two older brothers (I had to really stand my ground with my brothers if I wanted to help at all) making ice cream during those hot California summers.
Start by having your child choose from an array of kid-friendly recipes and gather all of the ingredients. During preparation, discuss each food group food that is being used and why it is important for them to eat every day. For "extra credit" ask your child how many servings of that food they need every day to be strong and healthy. Having your child measure out the ingredients and reading food labels is a great way to reinforce math skills. Involving your child in meal preparation is a perfect learning opportunity and a great way to spend time with your family!
While summer is a time for kids to be carefree, it' not a time to take a vacation from good nutrition and learning! How will you keep your healthy kids active this summer?
Megan Mirijanian, Community Nutrition Adviser
Whether the sun is scorching or rain is pouring down, what do we do with energetic children who are eager to play outdoors? We asked moms how they keep their tots active indoors during our "Eat, Play, Love This Summer with Your Tot" #Tips4Tots Twitter Party.
Here are the Top 15 most creative and fun indoor activities for healthy kids shared by the moms who know them best!
What tips would you add to this list? Add them in the comments below and stay tuned for our next #Tips4Tots chat in August.
Best wishes for a healthy, hydrated and happy summer!
Mackenzie Gomes, Dairy Council of California Intern
Recently we have published a number of blogs on childhood feeding around the topics of sugar and getting kids to eat their vegetables.
My registered dietitian nutritionist friend and colleague Marcia Crawford teaches nutrition to university students. Toward the end of the spring quarter, she published a blog that describes her dialogue with the students on recommended versus not-recommended strategies to help children grow up at a healthy weight.
Here is one of the "not-recommended" ideas:
Read her blog, More on Kids and Weight to learn more.
This is especially important in the summer since a recent Harvard study found that children gain more weight in the summer than during the school year.
What are your suggestions to help children develop and grow to a healthy weight?
Visit our Healthy Kids section for more articles, tips, recipes, presentations and a webinar on feeding children.
Maureen Bligh, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
My San Jose dietitian's book club met recently to discuss our latest read, The Inside Tract by Gerard Mullin, M.D. and Kathie Madonna Swift, registered dietitian nutritionist. We were thrilled to see a popular nutrition book penned by both a medical doctor and a dietitian!
We had high attendance at our meeting since dietitians so often see clients with stomach disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome and gastric reflux. Antacids are one of the most commonly taken over-the-counter medications, which is a clear indicator of the scope of the problem.
The book's intended audience is someone who is suffering from gastric distress and is ready to dramatically change their lifestyle. Based on the severity of the distress, the book recommends one of three diet tracks. Track 1 is pretty much a standard, healthy diet based on the principles listed below. Tracks 2 are 3 are designed to give the GI tract a rest, then slowly add foods back to discover and isolate food sensitivities.
Research is quite clear that digestion is very complex and one-size-fits all solutions just don't work. We wondered however, if more consumers actually followed these basic healthy eating principles, the more restrictive food plans would be increasingly unnecessary.
We started to deviate with the authors' perspectives on these topics:
I find the emerging research on gut health to be fascinating and suspect our knowledge on this topic is still in its infancy. Health professionals should stay current on the emerging research and not accept any book currently in print as "the answer".
Book club members, since I couldn't hear all of the conversations around the table, please feel free to add your comments/perspectives below!
Maureen Bligh, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
Celebrate Fourth of July with favorite American dishes and other Red-White-and-Blue themed recipes.
Read on for a complete family meal menu, shopping list and additional recipe selections.
Mom's Mac + Cheese, Dairy Council of California.
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