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Did you and Erica stay at a Holiday Inn last night?
Now compare the kinds of taxes, and the amounts of taxes, that TriMet uses to finance light rail vs. what ST is proposing.
I'd love light rail too if I lived in Portland. The people there don't pay for it unless they ride it. In contrast, ST plans on imposing tens of billions of regressive sales taxes, for less of a system.
Once a city gets light rail, support for it surges. The same will happen in Seattle, just like Denver, Washington DC, San Diego, and yes, Portland. After RTID is crushed, let's just please find a way to get it done in less than 20 years!
Nice switch from the Times' "Portland area" to your "People of Portland" for determining whether measures have been approved or denied. Even I could sound as super-smart and convincing as Josh wishes he were if I made a living writing pieces that define things as I see fit as well.
Nice analysis! Facts are facts. If I lived in Portland, I would write a letter to the editor like this:
Dear Seattle Times,
Kiss my pale Oregonian ass!
Yours Truly,
Another Portlander who voted FOR light rail
I think the key point to remember about this editorial is that it's anti-transit, pro-roads perspective reflects a viewpoint that is widely held among the taxpayers that will be voting on and potentially paying for proposition 1. So the idea that if the powers that be simply get rid of roads spending then what is left--transit spending--will be wildly popular and easily win funding approval is not a realist assessment of the political reality today. I hope the stranger's endorsement takes this into account and recognizes that the proposition is the work of years of negotiations and that we're unlikely to get anything more pro-transit than this for a long long time.
And how did the people in the zip code in the exact center of Portland vote?
@4 -- Josh is responding to the Times' attempt to frame the story as Portlanders-with-light-rail rejecting more of it. The term "Portland area" only has weight because it's got the word "Portland" in it. Josh is being precise -- the Times is being mealy-mouthed to make an assertion that the facts don't support. They're the ones doing linguistic gerrymandering here.
@8 -- Yay! The fanboys have fought back! If you want to take the Times to task for "factual errors" (Josh's words), you've got to fight them on their turf. If you want to change the framing of the story, make that your point. He didn't.
Light rail in the city (and to the airport) is wonderful.
Still voting No on the fake RTID/ST2 ballot issue.
That was the one sentence from the Times editorial that made me do a doubletake: Many Portlanders are proud of light rail, but the last three times new light-rail plans have been on the ballot in the Portland area, the people rejected them.
I appreciate Josh and Erica's attempt to clarify this, although I think it takes a dubious bit of parsing to not count the 1998 vote as a defeat by Portland area voters. If the statewide 1996 measure was approved by a majority of TriMet region voters, then, apples to apples, it was TriMet region voters who defeated the 1998 measure.
I notice now that a MAX extension is being built. It may only be a small one to Union Station for all I know, but they're building it. I'm wondering now how that got approved. Anyone have any insights on that?
The lesson I take away from MAX expansion's statewide 1996 defeat and regional 1998 defeat are that you really, really can't take any mass transit expansion votes for granted. I mean, we're going on 10 years now since that last TriMet vote.
@4 -- dood, I'm an official Enemy of Slog. I just don't see your point. The Times quote starts with "Portlanders" and then substitutes "Portland area" when they grab for voting results. Josh points out that "Portlanders" didn't vote against light rail. How much clearer can this be?
Well, to clarify my post @11, Josh and Erica weren't referring to Portland area voters. But they should have been if they wanted to ding the Times editorial board.
I think I want to get back to arguing for Prop. 1 instead of arguing over semantics.
The fact is, lots of people who like trains do not care what they cost, or who would be paying for them. They are zealots, flushed with the fever of a fanatic. They are a small group - best to let them carry on. Most folks care about cost.
The first four Max segments cost the locals all of about $400 million for 44 miles - most of that local money is a payroll tax that the voters don't pay directly.
I will support all the rapid rail we can build for a cost of under $40 million per mile local cost.
Either ST is incompetent or LR just doen't pencil out here.
Minneapolis built 12 miles 17 stations in less than four years finishing in 2004 with 2 miles of tunnels (not in a previous transit tunnel) for $720 million total and over $400 paid by the Feds. And this was the first line they built - so they had to build the maintenance facility and put together their team from scratch.
MvB @12, I see your point. Whatever way you slice it, the Times was not being upfront.
I really would like to know more about that 1998 vote and how it managed to fail. One could interpret that rejection by Clackamas and Washington counties against the support by Multnomah County as an argument that King County should go it alone without Snohomish and Pierce counties in trying to build light rail.
If you want to make that case, then I totally disagree.
Let's put aside for a moment the incredible unlikelihood of this sort of Ron Sims/Sierra Club vision coming to reality.
Even then, if you're trying to fight sprawl, just retreating to the cozy confines of Seattle or even King County is a losing strategy. If you don't give a viable alternative to auto-dependent development across the whole metro area, then you're just effectively encouraging auto-dependent development in those places that don't have a viable alternative. Forgive the overblown metaphor, but this is a war that is being fought on many fronts. You don't willingly surrender entire swaths of territory.
Fuck the Times.
Still, I don't read their editorial to say Portlanders rejected the ballot measures. They say "the people" which usually in the papers means voters. Josh added the modifier "of Portland" I don't think you can say they had a factual error but you can say that they're dicks.
Fran's Chocolates @14:
The fact is, lots of people who like trains do not care what they cost, or who would be paying for them. They are zealots, flushed with the fever of a fanatic. They are a small group - best to let them carry on. Most folks care about cost.
God forbid someone should inject a little perspective here, but let me make use of my Masters in the Obvious for a moment. There's no shortage of zealotry on all sides. I'm sure our region has far more pro-roads and anti-tax zealots who are unwilling to compromise with the evil enemy than it does pro-transit zealots who are unwilling to compromise with the evil enemy.
Sadly, roads vs. transit in the Puget Sound region has become like Jew vs. Arab in the Holy Land, a religious conflict. And sadly, religious conflicts don't lend themselves to pragmatism and compromise. In other words, religious conflicts don't lend themselves to getting resolved.
P.S. Etymology note for the day. The word "zealot" has its roots in the Holy Land. The original Zealots were also terrorists actually. Needless to say, things didn't work out very well for them.
If The Seattle Times didn't mean the people of Portland then what point would they be trying to make exactly?
Here's the whole paragraph, which begins: "Consider Portland..."
"Consider Portland. That city opened its first light-rail line two decades ago, and has built several of them, all of which replaced bus lines. Overall, Greater Portland is no less car-dependent than Seattle. Its congestion has gotten worse, just as it has here. Many Portlanders are proud of light rail, but the last three times new light-rail plans have been on the ballot in the Portland area, the people rejected them. Maybe they learned something."
The implication is that Portland rejected light rail.
And that's not true.
I suspect that the air is coming out of the RTID balloon awfully fast right now. Now is the time for light rail supporters to start framing the debate in anticipation of RTID's defeat -- climate changing highways dragged down light rail. That will help get good transit back faster.
Well, Josh, the implication is that the Seattle Times is the paper for Seattle - but it's not, it's the paper for the suburbs. Everyone knows that, except n00bz in other states.
good point @20. Because, to be frank, it is exactly the environmental bastion of Seattle, centered mostly in the 43rd, that is going to be the margin of defeat for RTID/ST2 - and precisely because they tried to force us to vote for new highways we don't need and that will make things worse.
Next time the legislature disses Seattle, it better wise up we're the margin of victory for these issues - PERIOD.
Rtidstinks @20:
I suspect that the air is coming out of the RTID balloon awfully fast right now. Now is the time for light rail supporters to start framing the debate in anticipation of RTID's defeat -- climate changing highways dragged down light rail. That will help get good transit back faster.
Dear rtidstinks, I notice you've been trying quite desperately lately to turn this debate into a presidential campaign. With the current presidential campaign, the pundits can't stop talking about momentum and strategy and spin and electability; they can't seem to be bothered with the candidates' actual proposals and positions.
Last we heard, the Elway Poll was showing Prop. 1 winning by at least six points. I forget if it was 53 or 54 % support. It takes quite a bit of spin (to put it charitably) to take winning margin that and frame it as air coming out of the balloon. But I can understand why you would rather do that than argue this thing on its merits. The more you have to argue this thing on its merits, the more you get exposed as the delusional Naderites that you are.
The Seattle Times considers The People to be those who reject transit and all other forms of Communism. Those who voted for light rail are The Rabble, not The People. So 100% of The People have rejected light rail, and in a lot more than the last 3 times. They were being charitable.
It's just that sometimes The People lost. Which wouldn't happen if The Rabble were put in their place.
Rabble? My. Interesting viewpoints you have outside of Seattle.
We believe in this thing called Democracy here.
I've got a friend from the "Portland area" (Oregon side) that moved here 5+ years ago and finally has registered to vote up here just to vote NO on Prop 1. :O
Like me, this person would love to vote for a transit-only plan (regional or inner-city or whatever). We both love density and all that and even though it'd do nothing to fix congestion we'd vote for it because we would want to live close to a train station and use it.
They still won't hire either one of you. Neither will the P-I.
The polling was done before the Sims' break and the publicizing of the Sierra Club and the weak PI endorsement and the Times rejection. What costs did Elway use?
Traditional Dems are telling me they are voting No both because of the roads in general, a six lane 520 and no controls on the ST 50 year tax scheme.
I'm voting no because I don't think it's all that great and I'm holding out for something better. I'm skeptical of those who say the know there will be no chance to try again next year or ever because their psychic powers tell them so. Reminds me of a cheesy going out of business sale: "Last chance ever for these great prices!"
Now if anybody can prove there will be no new vote next year or the year after that, without resorting to clairvoyance... eh, maybe I'll vote yes.
Vote yes. If somebody can prove to me that it's a good idea to only vote for this section of light rail and let car/shipping traffic become gridlocked for the next 30 years then I'm all ears.
MAYBE if they built the ENTIRE light rail system in 10 years, including the routes they have for study AND implemented congestion pricing. But there is a snowball's chance in hell of a proposal for THAT happening in the next two years.
Years add up people. Nothing better is coming your way.
If you vote this down you're gonna get limited BRT and a line to Northgate. And the road warriors aren't going to stop their quest either.
Don't let the ultimate ideal you have built up in your head stop progress. There will never be a regional package that satisfies everyone perfectly. This is a good compromise. It may not reduce car traffic, but it leaves it near today's level for the next 30 years when 1,000,000 people move here. That's pretty good.
PLUS it give me the option to live in a place where I can ride right past it all!
It's a good package.
Vote yes.
OK, no psychic stuff just some observations-
Look at what Ron Sims is talking about: busses and congestion pricing. Light rail to Northgate.
Gregoire and Chopp are not going to want this on the ballot the same year they are running.
Who is really in the majority here? The environmentalists and rail enthusiasts, or the road warriors?
Would a defeat be read as a defeat for roads or transit?
Historically, transit packages have come back scaled down after being voted against. How many more miles do you want compromised at political whim?
That's all for now.
I'm voting AGAINST Prop 1, but I am pro transit. After Prop 1 fails and they do another election on the roads and rails sections separately (probably in February), I will vote FOR transit and AGAINST roads. Thousands upon thousands of people will do the same as me. The discourse on Slog tends to see the issue in black and white, all or nothing, and it's just not. Let the voters express their appreciation for nuance, and let's not let the pundits get away with saying our votes mean things they don't.
Oh and hey, for those of you who didn't buy our argument that there are FAR worse demons out there putting CO2 into the atmosphere, have some perspective-
(Thank you to Frank from Orphan Road)
the long and short of it-
Tons of annual CO2 emitted due to RTID projects, according to Sightline: 300,000
Tons of annual CO2 emitted from India, the U.S. and China's NEW coal-fired power plants: 2.7 billion
We need an infrastucture upgrade and this is a damn fine way of doing it!
@19 -- Oh my, Josh. They "consider Portland" the same way people who live outside of your tiny sliver of Seattle consider our city - the metro area. Kind of like our current ballot measure does. In fact, you yourself reference areas outside of Portland's city limits as being "the People of Portland"... but only when it helps you make your point.
Let's look again at the paragraph in question:
"Consider Portland. That city opened its first light-rail line two decades ago, and has built several of them, all of which replaced bus lines. Overall, Greater Portland is no less car-dependent than Seattle. Its congestion has gotten worse, just as it has here. Many Portlanders are proud of light rail, but the last three times new light-rail plans have been on the ballot in the Portland area, the people rejected them. Maybe they learned something."
Key line here is "all of which replaced bus lines".
The right questions for the Times and others to be asking right now would be:
1) how is the LRT ridership performing vis a vis the bus lines that were there before (and if it's higher or lower, why?)?
2) what would Portland's congestion profile be in the absence of the MAX system?
I don't have the answers, but we can look at parallels in this region.
When Central Link opens in the I-5 south corridor 21 months from now, travel time will be three times faster than the bus routes currently operating in that corridor. Ridership will be twice as high.
When University Link opens, the current 22-minute bus ride between downtown and the U-Dist will be replaced by a six-minute train ride. Ridership will be greater than what's on the Viaduct today.
Looking at two key ST2 segments, the trend continues: Lynnwood to Seattle, rail beats bus by 21 minutes; Bellevue to Seattle, rail beats bus by 14 minutes.
And before you go saying tolling is the answer, keep in minds these forecasts were developed assuming 50-mph speeds by buses, something they rarely achieve today and could probably only achieve thru a regional-wide tolling networking.
That's right, toll the heck out of the freeways and the train will always beat the bus on travel time and ridership. Why? Because it has vastly higher capacity, is easier to use, and way more reliable.
Cressona @23
I am just giving a piece of friendly advice, you are free to ignore it.
As for the merits, please. Makes global warming worse, doesn't address congestion, doesn't take care of real safety needs, continues to defer maintenance, builds new highways we can't afford to maintain, encourages sprawl, locks spending into place for decades, and relies on regressive taxes. This thing is dying the death of a thousand cuts. The merits argument is over. The only question now is who gets credit for killing it -- those who care about global warming, or those who oppose light rail. Start sewing your polar bear costume, the more visuals of climate warriors on election night the better.
Will @ 10 & 22 illustrates the Sierra Club board's Seattle-centric view of the region. Will in Seattle(!) says, "Light rail in the city (and to the airport) is wonderful"
Which he follows up with, "it is exactly the environmental bastion of Seattle, centered mostly in the 43rd, that is going to be the margin of defeat for RTID/ST2 - and precisely because they tried to force us to vote for new highways we don't need and that will make things worse. Next time the legislature disses Seattle, it better wise up we're the margin of victory for these issues - PERIOD"
In Will/Sierra Club land all culture and worth flows from the 43rd legislative district. The rest of you are irrelevant. We will tolerate you Ballard folks in the 36th or our friends in the 46th up north, but not South Seattle. There is just something about those neighborhoods we don't like...
These are the folks who term trains to the Rainier Valley as trains to nowhere. For Will it makes more sense to send light rail to Seattle neighborhoods (his beloved zoo hood) than to the rest of the region. Yet he defends the 70% single family zoning of Seattle. I fail to see how he intends to pay for that with regional money.
Will, you and your Sierra Club board friends may well defeat Prop. 1 with your overblown rhetoric. You may indeed provide the "margin of victory" to defeat roads and transit. I can guarantee you that you can't stop most of those roads from being built. The state builds roads and will find a way.
Your signal achievement will be to have set light rail back another five years in this region, continuing our dependence on on the car and the bus. Folks who aren't wealthy like you will continue to have to drive to qualify for housing they can afford.
This package serves the interests of people throughout Seattle and Puget Sound, not just the 43rd. And that is why Will and the Sierra Club board don't like it. 50 miles of light rail will create dozens of new dense, walkable communities around the Sound. Many of these will be far more affordable for those of us not as fortunate as Will. And with Sounder, ST buses, Metro, and light rail the region will truly have a robust transit system.
I am not a road building fan either and didn't approve of the forced marriage. But when I look at the project list I see a lot of good things in there. The money for Mercer, the Lander SODO overpass, and the Spokane Street improvements all will help make a surface/transit option possible (Sorry Will--I know you want an elevated viaduct to help with global warming) The 520 contribution is a reasonable local match for a state project that must be termed as a safety need. The South Park Bridge, HOV lanes on 167 and elsewhere, and new bus ramps off the freeways are all in the package.
I really hope that all of the good people in the 43rd aren't as self absorbed as Will and the Sierra Club board. This is a good regional package for the region, not just Seattle.
Rtidstinks @36, I see. You really, really don't want to argue the merits, do you? It's like somebody threw you a hot potato and you want to toss it to somebody else so you can get back to your spin.
And now you've reduced your global warming argument to two words: "global warming." Like the immigration bill foes reduced that bill to one word, "amnesty." Or the NAFTA foes reduced that to one word, "jobs." Never mind that the absence of an immigration bill will wind end up leading more illegal immigrants to skirt the system. Never mind that NAFTA created more American jobs than it cost.
Those are arguments for economists and educated people, not for the fearful, lazy, shortsighted, and selfish conception of Americans today's lowest common denominator campaigning is meant to appeal to. Sorry, but I have a much higher conception of Seattleites; I believe a lot of Seattleites have perspective and respond to reasoned debate, not to hysteria and spin.
Well, maybe you don't want to debate the merits, but I do...
Let's talk about global warming
It gives me no satisfaction to say this, but I can absolutely guarantee that this measure's defeat will do much, much greater damage when it comes to climate change than its passage will. Killing this measure won't do anything to stop most of those roads. The state legislature will still find a way to do a good road like 520. It will still find a way to do a bad road, like expanding 405 to 10 lanes to the south after they've already made their bed expanding it to 10 lanes to the north.
The only thing killing this measure serves to accomplish is to kill the opportunity for regional light rail, and to delay any light rail expansion. The monorail opponents always wanted to slow things down, take a breath. They knew that they could delay the project to death, make it more expensive, subject it to our inevitable political inertia and to dissatisfaction with the delays themselves. At some point we lose our political and economic momentum to build light rail.
Most important, killing this measure doesn't prevent people from doing that most sinful of deeds, driving. People will simply drive somewhere else, because they will be living somewhere else. And their jobs (our jobs) will be somewhere else. Unfortunately, that somewhere else by and large doesn't get its electricity from hydropower, so not only will they still be driving, they'll be contributing even more greenhouse gases just by living.
And y'know, whatever impact we might have on global warming is dwarfed by the impact global warming will have on us, and the impact peak oil will have on us. If we don't commit to a real mass transit system and regional density now rather than waiting five or 10 years, in 20 years we're just going to be screwed. Or you're going to be screwed because all the pragmatic people who care about the economy and the environment will have already left.
Yeah, great two-word argument, rtidstinks, "global warming." But the fact that you "no" folks keep talking about saving cute polar bears, rather than saving us, just goes to show how shallow your understanding of global warming really is.
Josh, this is the height of intellectual dishonesty. The Times distinctly said "Portland area," and the facts support that assertion. There is no "factual error" as you assert.
If you want to hijack the argument as specifically the people of Portland itself, that's fine. But your tactics are straight out of the O'Reilly-Limbaugh-Malkin school of fact-twisting.
Plus, you're simply acting as a mouthpiece for Light Rail Now.
Two comments:
1. It would be interesting to have a person from the Stranger's sister publication, The Portland Mercury, weigh in on this question: "why did voters three times vote no on paying more for the Portland MAX extensions?" One can argue over whether the voters who voted no live in "portland" or "portland area" or "clark county" (never mind that Clark County has mostly Democrats representing them in Congress and Olympia).
2. I think the solution to handling CO2 is tolling. With tolls, you can price in the cost of removing the CO2. You can have variable prices: electric cars pay less than old clunkers that pollute a lot. There's a lot of flexibility.
A question then: does the passage of RTID/ST2 make tolling more likely, or less? I think less, because Olympia and voters will not have an easy way to switch from the tax increases over to tolling. I don't think imposing tolls after a tax increase of this magnitude will be feasible.
One other comment: people still have to get to a rail station to ride the train. Now some people will move into new housing that's right next door, but the percentage of people who will be close (5 min - 10 min walk) compared to the total number of residents even within 2 miles of a station will probably be quite low. So how do these people get to the station? My understanding is there are not going to be big mega garages that can hold a lot of cars, at least paid for in this measure. There's also no funding for local shuttles that can go around and pick people up, as far as I can tell.
The point is: there are a lot of unknown costs that have not been discussed. There are just a lot of assumptions which may or may not be correct.
"Now some people will move into new housing that's right next door"
I wouldn't. I lived for a while near a train station on the East Coast. It was a bad neighborhood, and the commute option did not make up for that.
Actually @41: There are several new park-and-ride lots included in this measure.
We need less roads and better public transportation.Fix the roads we have, but donnot encourage more conjestion. It is bad enough already. And with all the rabbit hutch-er- condos being built it will congest our roads even more. We need some city wide tough love. Infact why not shut downtown to communter traffic? Have a special permit if you live or deliver downtown, but make it so there is not option BUT rail or tram.
Why are the folks at the Times so anti public transit? We need less suburbanites and more urbanites running the scene people!
Sometimes i believe it is all a Bellevue conspiracy.
Yes I know there are park and rides. However, the brochures don't seem to indicate they are next to the rail stations. Look at this, specifically page 2.
The parking is at Mukilteo, Puyallup, Sumner, Auburn, Burien and Renton. There are parking structures and lots in some of the areas where light rail might go, like the Federal Way Transit Center, but if light rail is to have a major impact with a lot of riders, a lot more parking will be needed - or there will be a need for shuttles to get people to the station. There's a mention in the pamphlet of "more bus service" but it is kind of vague, it seems like they're talking about longer distances.
And of course the other big issue is "what is first priority and what's lower priority if there are cost overruns." So I think anything in here is subject to change from plan because construction costs keep going up, look at the Seatac parking garage for example, up from $300 some million to $400MM (PI story of the other day).
Cale @ 33
This sort of bargaining makes me sick. It's also a really lame argument - because we're nowhere near as bad as the absolute worst polluters on the planet, we should be given a pass to make our emissions worse?
In Washington, over 51% of our emissions come from transportation.
Washington State alone emits more than the Philippines, the 18th most populous nation on earth.
What we do matters, and we can't shirk our responsibility by shrugging and saying "well, they're worse than we are."
tiptoe timmy @37 - Seattle centric? No, the Sierra Club is far more concerned with the regional impacts of RTID, actually.
But I myself live in Seattle and most SLOG readers live in Seattle, so I am talking about Seattle.
Reality is that the RTID/ST2 is a negative on many counts: global warming, salmon destruction, wetlands destruction, air pollution, water pollution, land pollution, and increased single occupancy vehicle to transit ratio.
Yeah, you heard the last one: More Cars Per Capita under RTID/ST2.
Facts is what Sierra Club deals in. Not mushy "anything with transit must be good" stuff like Cressona pushes.
Transit itself is usually very good. But you have to measure all the pros and cons.
The irony, Cressona. You take RTIDStinks to task for avoiding the details of Prop 1, then spew yet another post that has nothing to do with evaluating Prop 1. I don't know why RTIDStinks or Sierra Club members bother debating you anymore. You're your own worst enemy.
And by the way, RTIDStinks has more information than you. Recent polls show it's neck and neck, and the hand-wringing among supporters is indeed about how legislators are going to interpret a defeat.
@29 and everyone else who thinks that a better plan is just around the corner.
I'm voting no because I don't think it's all that great and I'm holding out for something better. I'm skeptical of those who say the know there will be no chance to try again next year or ever because their psychic powers tell them so.
We are not psychic. Look at the votes we've had. That's the best predictor of future voting.
We started voting for transit projects in 1958, and they kept failing in the next four elections, all the way until 1995. Finally, victory in 1996. That was the year we supported RTA. It was passed by just 0.1 percent in Pierce County. If it had failed there, it would killed it in all three counties.
Betting a "pure" measure will pass next is like betting on a Bush/Gore election. Pierce County is our Florida.
The latest Elway poll data show that a transit-only package would fail miserably. Sad, but true. Which is exactly why the legislature joined roads and transit.
Don't mean to lecture, but we live in a pretty messed up state.
Cale@33, Surely, you are smart enough to drive a truck through the gigantic hole in your own argument.
The number of projected ST2 riders is in the thousandths of a percent of the number of the NEW! car drivers in the US and China.
Ergo, we should save ourselves $11B and not build ST2; the number of cars it takes off the road is insignificant! Similarly, for highway fans, we should not build the RTID roads because they will carry an insignificant amount of traffic. Also, we should not pay taxes or vote.
Or maybe all arguments of this type are transparently foolish.
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In a savage world of man vs nature, are you the hunter or the hunted? The creators of Left 4 Dead, Turtle Rock Studios, bring you Evolve, the next-generation of multiplayer shooters where four hunters face-off against a single, player-controlled monster. Stalk your prey, execute your attack, and prove you are the apex predator in adrenaline-pumping 4V1 matches. Grab three friends and hunt the monster or stalk the humans as the evolving beast. Whichever side you choose, you will have access to powerful weapons and abilities that deliver balanced, competitive gameplay.
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Need an Android app made. Looking for an experienced Android coder to create a nice looking, emulator mobile app of Draw Something.
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I am running Parallels 4.0 on my iMac. I recently cloned over my work PC as a virtual machine. The VM is XPsp3. The VM starts fine. But shortly after login the wmiprvse.exe process pegs the CPU out at 100%. No other applications can start and the desktop response becomes extremely slow.
I can go in and manually kill the .exe via Task Mgr. A new instance starts shortly that behaves properly.
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Jimi Hendrix to get his own 'Rock Band' video game
From the Department of We Can't Believe This Doesn't Exist Already, Jimi Hendrix is finally getting his own guitar-based video game, courtesy of "Rock Band."
According to the L.A. Times and Billboard, the late guitar god's sister Janie accidentally revealed that she and Hendrix's estate will be working with MTV Games/Harmonix on the title, due before the year is out.
This all on the heels of the announcement in December that "Rock Band" was working on another artist-centered title for Green Day, after the success of "The Beatles: Rock Band" in September.
There is no word, yet, which songs will make the cut; Hendrix's famous covers of tracks like "All Along the Watchtower" and "Hey Joe" could possibly complicate their licensing.
If Harmonix is also developing a game-specific controller replica of Hendrix's Strats, we look very much forward to playing on them. But just how will the game tell you when to play behind your back, or strum with your teeth?
As previously reported, a new collection of Hendrix tunes, "Valleys of Neptune," will be released March 9.


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It's Women's Weekend Out at Mayfair
I know what you're thinking: when is it not a weekend for women at the mall?
But this event includes an array of vendors of products and services for women not regularly sold at the mall. Some of the products include items typically sold through home parties, such as Tupperware, Lia Sophia and Tastefully Simple.
The vendors are in the mall during regular hours today through Sunday, May 2.
- Two new Ross Dress for Less stores set to open Saturday
- Meijer store in Sussex to open Tuesday
- National Business Furniture grand opening set for June 14
- Men's retailer Richard Bennett Tailors moving to Brookfield Square from Mayfair
- Bon-Ton Stores Inc. planning to sell, lease back three more stores
- Hallmark aiming for another touchdown: Packer Jordy Nelson is 2016 Keepsake ornament
- Wisconsin's first Akira store opens Friday at Brookfield Square
- Downtown Boston Store's new furniture department debuts Thursday
- Meijer partners with Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin network
- Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly lands meat contest awards
Profits slide 9.3% for National Presto Industries
Lending up at Wisconsin's biggest credit unions in first half of 2016
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Southwest clashes with investors on best path to revenue growth
New faces, new places for July 29
Hamburger Mary's moving to La Perla site
Aviation and aerospace center proposed for Milwaukee
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Volkswagen retakes spot as world's largest automaker
Expansion in India is paying off for Amazon
U.S. homeownership rate drops to lowest Since 1965
Gearbox Express raises $1.5 million
Railroads might have to let rivals use their tracks
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Amazon.com Inc. projected revenue for the third quarter that may beat analysts' estimates, after a second Prime Day event led to record device sales and an expansion in India is paying off.
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■ Revenue in the current quarter will be $31 billion to $33.5 billion, the company said Thursday in a statement. Analysts estimated $31.6 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.


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Miguel Cabrera has had two days to rest his sore body and it is uncertain if the 2012 Triple Crown winner will be in the lineup when the Detroit Tigers visit the Kansas City Royals for Friday's opener of a three-game set. Cabrera sat out Wednesday with abdominal and groin injuries and manager Jim Leyland is hoping Thursday's day off will help his slugger. Cabrera has missed four of Detroit's last five games.
Kansas City is one of the teams trying to chase down the Tampa Bay Rays for the American League's second wild-card spot and can't afford too many setbacks. The Royals won for the ninth time in 12 games on Thursday when third baseman Mike Moustakas hit a walkoff homer in the 13th inning for a 7-6 win over the Seattle Mariners. AL ERA leader Anibal Sanchez, who will pitch the opener for the AL Central-leading Tigers, has allowed three total runs in four career starts against Kansas City.
TV: 8:10 p.m. ET, FSN (Detroit), FSN (Kansas City)
PITCHING MATCHUP: Tigers RH Anibal Sanchez (12-7, 2.68 ERA) vs. Royals RH James Shields (10-8, 3.03)
Sanchez has split two decisions against the Royals this season and is 2-2 with a 0.92 career ERA against them. He has won five consecutive decisions, including a victory over Cleveland in his last turn when he gave up three runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings. Sanchez's last defeat was against Kansas City on July 19, when he allowed one run and four hits in six innings.
Shields tossed seven innings of three-hit shutout ball against Toronto in his last outing for his fourth straight victory. He has 24 strikeouts over his last three outings and has pitched seven or more innings in each of his last five starts. Shields is 6-2 with a 3.27 ERA in 13 career starts against Detroit - and is 1-1 with a 2.48 ERA in four outings this season.
1. Royals 1B Billy Butler went 5-for-5 on Thursday for his second five-hit game of the season and third of his career.
2. Cabrera is batting .421 with two homers and six doubles in 38 career at-bats against Shields.
3. Kansas City leads the majors with 131 steals and recorded nine thefts in last month's five-game series in Detroit.
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Dean Smith won a hell of a lot of basketball games and coached some of the greatest players in the history of the sport. But Smith, who died overnight at age 83, is remembered as much for his outspoken activism and emotional generosity off the court as for his exploits on it.
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After finishing their highly-lauded pop punk concept trilogy, The Wonder Years expand upon their pop punk sound with their fifth album, "No Closer to Heaven."
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Soderberg, Hamilton, and now Lucic. Interesting summer for Beantown.
29 March 2015 - 01:13 AM
Similar to the Kevin Hayes and Blake Wheeler situation.
Here's the low down on Hyman:
- 22yrs old
- 6'2" 195 lbs
- 2014-15 Hobey Finalist (Michigan)
"Hyman has above-average speed and is a smooth and shifty skater. He has good lateral quickness and excellent stability on his skates. Hyman has shown dramatic improvement in his defensive and physical play during his college career and plays a disciplined, hard hitting game in his own zone. He has become a quality possession player who takes a lot of defensive zone starts and converts them into up-ice pressure." - Hockeys Future
He's one of the leading scorers in college hockey with 54 pts in 37 games, 22 of those being goals. Now the interesting thing is that he plays alongside Dylan Larkin. Clearly there is some great chemistry between the two of them because Hyman had never put up more than 17 pts in his previous 3 seasons before Larkin became his centerman. Hopefully that can be an aspect that the Wings can use to there advantage to lure him.
Anyone know anything more about this kid? Other than his Dad, not looking to go down that road for obvious reasons.
20 March 2015 - 07:24 PM
Watching the game tonight got me thinking about Filppula and his time with the Wings, as well as Hudler. Both of them were young, promising players that ended up leaving during the prime years of their career. No matter how you feel about the two players, at some point or another we could've used them since they've left. There have certainly been numerous occasions the last two seasons that the offense has been asleep for stretches.
My question is, what are the reasons you think Tatar and Nyquist will be any different when it comes to their future contracts?
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For some sexual matters, a quick fix may be enough. For others, you may need a two- or three-pronged approach.
Start with your doctor. About 80% of women with diabetes don't bring up sexual issues with their doctors. Don't be one of them. Your doctor can narrow down the possible causes of your sexual problems and suggest treatments. If you don't feel comfortable talking to your doctor about sex, ask for a referral to a doctor who specializes in sexual medicine.
Sexual issues can have many causes, and some may not even be related to diabetes. Medications, like some antidepressants and antibiotics, can cause sexual side effects. Other health issues or habits, like smoking and drinking too much alcohol, can also have an impact.
Ease vaginal dryness. Prescription or over-the-counter vaginal lubricants can smooth the path to better sex. But don't just reserve them for sex. It may help to use one regularly. Ask your OB/GYN doctor to suggest a lubricant, especially if you are trying to get pregnant. (Some can interfere with sperm.)
If you are in menopause or postmenopause, a prescription low-dose estrogen ring or cream that you apply in your vagina can help. Taken in this form, your whole body doesn't absorb the estrogen. So heart disease, stroke, and cancer are less of a risk. There is also a non-estrogen pill that may help with painful sex after menopause. Ospemifene (Osphena) acts like estrogen to help make the vagina thicker and less fragile. It does carry warnings about increased risks of stroke, deep vein thrombosis, and endometrial cancer.
Explore your pleasure zones. New techniques or sex toys may help if you have lost sexual desire or sensation. Explore areas of your body beyond your genitals. Spice up intimacy with oral sex, a vibrator, stroking, or a massage. Also, slow down sex if you need to. "Your body responds more slowly because of diabetes," Roszler says. "Tell your partner if you need more time."
Move your body outside of bed. Exercise can improve your sex life in many ways. It reduces stress, improves flexibility, releases feel-good hormones, and keeps you looking and feeling good.
Consider depression. "Be aware that depression is an issue for many women with diabetes," Marrero says. "Get screened for it if it's a concern. Get treated if you have it." Counseling, antidepressants, or a combination of both can help. Counseling may also help if you're anxious about sex because of pain, Roszler says.
Try a Mediterranean diet. In a 2010 study, women with type 2 diabetes who ate a diet focused on fruits, vegetables, potatoes, beans, and whole grains reported being more satisfied in all areas of sex than women with type 2 diabetes who did not. A Mediterranean diet also appears to improve blood sugar levels more than a standard low-fat diet and protects against diabetes-linked health issues. So it may be a win-win for you.
- Get your diabetes under control. Keep your blood sugar levels, blood pressure, and cholesterol in check. Among other benefits, you'll have less chance of getting urinary tract and vaginal yeast infections. You may still have some sexual challenges. But just as sex is good for diabetes, staying healthy is good for sex.
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Journal of Molecular Evolution
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Comparison between the complete mtDNA sequences of the blue and the fin whale, two species that can hybridize in nature
- Úlfur ÁrnasonAffiliated withDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Lund, The Wallenberg Laboratory
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The sequence of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) molecule of the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) was determined. The molecule is 16,402 by long and its organization conforms with that of other eutherian mammals. The molecule was compared with the mtDNA of the congeneric fin whale (B. physalus). It was recently documented that the two species can hybridize and that male offspring are infertile whereas female offspring may be fertile. The present comparison made it possible to determine the degree of mtDNA difference that occurs between two species that are not completely separated by hybridization incompatibility. The difference between the complete mtDNA sequences was 7.4%. Lengths of peptide coding genes were the same in both species. Except for a small portion of the control region, disruption in alignment was usually limited to insertion/deletion of a single nucleotide. Nucleotide differences between peptide coding genes ranged from 7.1 to 10.5%, and difference at the inferred amino acid level was 0.0–7.9%. In the rRNA genes the mean transition difference was 3.8%. This figure is similar in degree to the difference (3.4%) between the 12S rRNA gene of humans and the chimpanzee. The mtDNA differences between the two whale species, involving both peptide coding and rRNA genes, suggest an evolutionary separation of ⩾5 million years. Although hybridization between more distantly related mammalian species may not be excluded, it is probable that the blue and fin whales are nearly as different in their mtDNA sequences as hybridizing mammal species may be.
Key wordsMitochondrial DNA Mitochondrial species differences Molecular phylogeny Cetaceans Whalebone whales Species hybridization
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- Comparison between the complete mtDNA sequences of the blue and the fin whale, two species that can hybridize in nature
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Journal of Molecular Evolution
Volume 37, Issue 4 , pp 312-322
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- Mitochondrial DNA
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Washington, DC-The American Immigration Council's Legal Action Center (LAC) is pleased to announce the release of an updated practice advisory, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. This advisory includes the latest information about DACA adjudication trends and agency policies contained in the DACA Standard Operating Procedures Manual. It also offers strategic advice for attorneys representing potential DACA requesters whose cases involve potential gang-related issues and certain drinking and driving offenses. The LAC issued this advisory jointly with the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild.
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"The Campaign" made me think of "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" if it had been written by the Onion staff. It involves a Congressional election in North Carolina in which both campaigns are reduced to gaffes and dirty tricks, until the tide is turned at the last moment by an uncontrolled outburst of honesty. Will Ferrell stars as Cam Brady, the four-term incumbent who runs basically because he likes being a congressman. Zach Galifianakis is Marty Huggins, the doofus who runs the local tourism board and is backed by billionaire brothers who want to "insource" cheap labor by buying the district and then selling it at a profit to China.
The movie is technically nonpartisan, although there is no mistaking the billionaire Motch brothers (John Lithgow and Dan Aykroyd). They're clearly intended to be the Koch brothers, architects of changes in our laws about political contributions that allow corporations to pour fortunes into campaigns.
The Motches have no particular ideology except that it is a good thing for them to get richer. Candidates Brady and Huggins stand for the Flag, our men in uniform and Jesus — although in a debate, when Huggins challenges Brady to recite the Lord's Prayer, he has to improvise.
The movie uses their campaign as a showcase of political scandals that have become familiar in both parties, missing only one: Neither candidate is caught adopting a wider stance in an airport restroom. Brady tops that, however, by seducing Higgins' tubby wife, Mitzi (Sarah Baker), filming it with his phone and then posting their rumpy-pumpy as a video that goes viral. This is not so much a campaign strategy as an outburst of savage rage, but it does give him a two-point bump in the polls.
The Ferrell character has a John Edwards hairstyle, and also borrows from Ferrell's "Saturday Night Live" performances as George W. Bush. If Galifianakis is inspired by anybody, it may be Newt Gingrich, although his Huggins is way too clueless to be Newt. During the course of the contest, he becomes inflamed with new insights, however, and is coached by campaign manager Tim Wattley (Dylan McDermott), who the Motches send in to provide him with a makeover so complete it even replaces the family dogs.
Brady's campaign manager is Mitch (Jason Sudeikis), who wants Brady to win primarily because he wants to hang onto his own cushy job. His loyalty runs deeper, however, than that of Brady's blond poster wife, Rose (Katherine LaNasa), who will put up with a lot but draws the line when her husband posts the porn of himself online. Brady also has a fondness for emailing photos of his penis; that's the kind of detail we wouldn't have been able to believe until — well, it happened.
The movie has been directed by Jay Roach, who seems to draw both from the broad schtick of his "Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery" and "Meet the Fockers" movies and the political outrage of his "Recount" and "Game Change." He should get some credit for guiding both Ferrell and Galifianakis in playing characters who are at a certain distance from their usual screen personas.
Would a Republican enjoy this movie as much as a Democrat? Possibly. Party affiliations mean nothing to the characters, nor does the plot approach them.
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Rick's Thai Cucumber Salad
Total Time
Prep 15 mins
Cook 30 mins
This a compilation of Thai cucumber salad recipes. Vary vinegar, salt, and chili to your own taste.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 cucumber, sliced and seeded
- 1⁄2 onion, yellow sweet, sliced thin
- 1 jalapeno pepper, chopped
- 2 tablespoons cilantro, fresh chopped
- 6 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt
- Mix water, vinegar, sugar, and salt.
- In a serving bowl arrange the cucumber, pepper, cilantro, and onion in layers.
- Pour the vinegar mixture over the salad.
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Running Time: 180
Director: Tony T.
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Cast: Scott Nails, Jada Fire, Asia (I), Katin, Brian Surewood, Chaquita Lopez, Nautica Thorn, Mary Jane (II), Melissa Lauren, Ariana Jollee, Kayla Marie, Lucy Lee, Tony T., Joel Lawrence, Katja Kassin
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At its roughest, and this one gets very rough, I Wanna Get Face Fucked is the porn equivalent of being punched out. That's how hard-hitting - literally at times - and well, in your face it is.
As you might guess from the title (and the production company), IWGFF, directed by thug stud/neophyte director Tony T., is an unholy concoction of deep throat tonsil thrashing, cacophonous circus sealing, anaconda-like drool snakes, distended cheeks, teary eyes, smeared mascara, bitch slapping, nose pinching and of course, spunk splattered faces.
And just to make sure that all-oral rigor mortis doesn't settle in, Mr. T., who directs as hard as he fucks, varies the drill by tossing in generous amounts of high-voltage cunt and crapper pounding, d.p.s. and double A's.
Definitely not girly-man porn, as the rear box cover warns.
Four of the 10 scenes just scald with demonic-like energy. Tony and a strap-on-wearing Jada Fire gang up on slave girl Katin in scene two, while Brian Surewood and Scott Nails do the same to Chaquita Lopez in scene five. Tony, meanwhile, returns in scene eight for a blistering grudge bang with German wild woman Katja Kassin. As tough as that act is to follow, the barnburner that ensues, in which Surewood and Joel Lawrence piggishly pummel French fuck Melissa Lauren into submission, pulls it off. It may not be pretty, but it's as hard-edged as anything you've likely ever seen.
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Amy Donaldson: Cyclists ride to raise awareness, offer hope about mental illness
"He didn't quite have that same zip," said Sadowski. A few times during Sadowski's commute, he saw his old friend, still battling his weight gain, out there on the road.
"He was out there exercising," he said of Ludlow's desire to fight depression with physical activity. "He had a passion for cycling. He was doing what he loved best."
It wasn't until April 2009 that Sadowski's wife told Sadowski she'd heard Ludlow had passed away that previous December. He was stunned. "I thought, 'When did this happen? How did I miss it?'" said Sadowski.
He called a mutual cycling friend who'd spoken at the funeral. That's when he learned Ludlow had successfully taken his own life at his home in early December. Sadowski's sadness turned to resolve when he decided that it wasn't too late to do something for his friend.
He organized that first ride as a way to honor Ludlow, and what better way to do that than in the saddle? He kept organizing it because friends and family found solace and comfort riding in Ludlow's memory. It gave them a chance to talk about him, remember his accomplishments, and feel a little of his passion for the sport.
It became clear to Sadowski that there was more happening at these gatherings than exercise and storytelling. A couple showed up at registration one year and told him how they'd lost a child to suicide. They'd never cycled before, but they were looking for a place to express their grief in a positive way. They were looking to talk to people who understood their loss, their pain, and the stigma associated with mental illness.
The third year, Sadowski hoped to make enough money to donate to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Utah chapter. He ended up donating his own money, but last year they made enough money to donate to the organization.
Suddenly his small ride was growing into a movement. Last winter, a NAMI official who coordinates fundraising cycling events around the country contacted him and asked him to make his event part of their circuit. He was thrilled to work with an organization that might be able to offer more than comfort to people struggling with mental illness and their families.
This year, the event's name has been changed to reflect their greater mission: NAMIBikes Utah: The GLMR. The lengthy name makes Sadowski laugh, and he felt compelled to tell former participants that they can still refer to the July 27th event as the "glimmer."
Sadowski hopes the ride, which has three different lengths for participants: 42 miles, 68 miles (a metric century) and 100 miles (a full century). Their motto is simple: Fight the stigma and ride. Professional cyclist Chase Pinkham from Team Bissell will give up competing in a race to ride with participants, Sadowski said.
"He understands the value of our cause," he said. "We want people suffering from mental illness to know there is hope. There is help out there. It's OK to talk about it, and that will allow others to help."
If riding a bike can bring relief, understanding and healing, Sadowski hopes the conversations that occur will bring real help, real solutions to those struggling with misunderstood illnesses.
He is the first to admit people don't understand mental illness and don't know what to say. So many of us end up saying nothing. Sometimes we walk away from the person. People struggling with these diseases feel alone because sometimes we leave them alone.
Fear and shame create a rift when we should be desperately building bridges.
"There's a stigma associated with mental illness and that leads to people feeling ostracized," Sadowski said. "I want them to know they're not alone, that there is hope, there is help."
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That expenditure goes on 2.2 zettabytes of information, with an average of 563TB costing $332,000 for SMEs, and 100,000TB and $38 million for enterprise-scale organisations. Balancing those numbers, respondents said digital information accounts for 49% of the value of their organisations. Locally, the fraction was slightly smaller at 45%.
Information expenditure per employee doesn't vary much with the size of the organisation. Symantec reports an average of $3670 for SMEs and $3297 for enterprises.
Sean Kopelke, Symantec's director of specialist solutions for the Pacific region, told iTWire that the growth in information being stored plus its increasing complexity was outstripping the reduction in costs for storage devices and any economies of scale that might be achieved. He suggested there were two things that businesses should consider to help get their information management and storage costs under control.
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Watch: Regina Spektor is scared in 'All the Rowboats' music video
I like Regina Spektor's new single "All the Rowboats" an awful lot, and now the track from "What We Saw From the Cheap Seats" went and got itself a matching music video.
The singer-songwriter isn't the most convincing pantomime (or lip-syncer), and the animation is a little touch-and-go, but much like that song, it seems to be more about atmosphere than anything else. The serious and ominous track puts Spektor's beautiful mug under a very large bed of hair and sets to work on causing her much discomfort. Sometimes the rocking of a boat is the only comfort.
"My beautiful friends Adria Petty, Peter Sluszka and Ivan Abel co-directed it! It was like getting the band back together- I love their brains and hearts! So many people worked very hard on this and it was really interesting to make. I hope you enjoy!!!!!" she enthused on her Facebook page.
"What We Saw from the Cheap Seats" is out on May 29; another song from it, "Don't Leave Me- (Ne Me Quitte Pas)," bowed last week. You can also find the tracklist via that link. The pre-order for the iTunes digital deluxe version of the album is open today.
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LeGo s new kite box.He make self.
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Ronny, Gerard, Germain. The best in the verliezersround.
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HOUSTON (AP) - Former first lady Barbara Bush is back home after her discharge Friday from a Houston hospital.
Doctors at The Methodist Hospital discharged the 83-year-old former first lady nine days after she underwent surgery to replace an aortic valve in her heart. A statement issued by the hospital Friday said she left with her husband, former President George H.W. Bush.
In the hospital statement, her heart surgeon said Mrs. Bush will have to restrict her activities for at least another three weeks. Dr. Gerald Lawrie of the Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center said she could then resume normal activities.
Lawrie called Mrs. Bush "a remarkable patient" and said her recovery "was very quick for this type of procedure."
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After six nonstop days of watching the NBA come back to life, here's what we all should have learned:
1. The Portland Trail Blazers are jinxed. Bill Walton, Sam Bowie, Greg Oden. Jinxed.
2. Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni is either a damn fool or a genius. By the All-Star break we'll know which one.
3. Even if they get Allen Iverson, the Pistons are a "true" center away from being the best team in the East.
4. This might be the last season we see the Iverson and Steve Nash we've grown to love.
5. Shaq worked on his free-throw shooting over the summer. (Hey, he's at 61 percent so far!)
6. Dwight Howard still needs to work on his "dominating" skills.
7. Although Elton Brand was the big offseason transaction, Jermaine O'Neal's move to Toronto might have a bigger impact on the East.
8. Something's wrong in San Antonio (besides Manu's injury) that might not be fixable.
9. Al Thornton is about to become the next Al Jefferson.
10. The Grizzlies' experiment of starting three rookies (O.J. Mayo, Marc Gasol and Darrell Arthur) and a second-year player (Mike Conley) could actually work.
11. The Stephon Marbury Era is officially over.
12. The Chicago Bulls (the worst-shooting team in the NBA last season at 43.5 percent) still don't get it. Even though Derrick Rose has shown more promise than any other rookie, the team's shooting percentage so far is 38.8 percent.
13. Matt Barnes might be the new Shawn Marion.
14. Shawn Marion might not be in Miami by the end of the season.
15. EA Sports' NBA LIVE 09 "Made Fresh Daily" commercials are the best 60-second basketball ads since Nike's "Freestyle" spots from 2001.
16. Kevin Durant is in the first stage of fading into obscurity.
17. The "new" Carmelo Anthony (devoid of braids, focused on defense, putting the DUI behind him, etc.) might not be enough change to change what needs to change in Denver.
18. Nick Young -- if the Wizards put him in the starting lineup while Gilbert Arenas is out -- will make Ernie Grunfeld think twice about why he re-signed GA to that contract over the summer.
19. With the NBA announcing the 2010 All-Star Game will be in Dallas (albeit at the Cowboys' new stadium), David Stern and Mark Cuban don't dislike each other as much as we all thought. Kinda.
20. After watching Adam Morrison in-depth for two games, two conclusions can be drawn: (1) He's not the answer, and (2) because of that, people are going to start questioning Michael Jordan's GM skills out loud.
21. It's going to take more than a week to get used to Phil Jackson's and Gregg Popovich's extreme makeovers.
22. The Raptors are for real. But having to play Jose Calderon 40 minutes a game -- Roko Ukic is the backup at point -- is going to come back to haunt them.
23. Something serious -- besides Udonis Haslem playing out of position at center and having a rookie point guard -- is wrong in Miami.
24. Despite the jinx in Portland, Rudy Fernandez will end the season as the second-best player on the team behind Brandon Roy. Even with a "questionable" Greg Oden the Blazers will be the team no one wants to play in the first round.
25. The way the Kings have looked (0-3, outscored by 15 points per game), the Maloofs and GM Geoff Petrie must be trying to give the NBA no choice but to move the team to Vegas.
26. The East might not be worse than the West.
27. The Southwest Division will replace the NFL's NFC East as the best division in sports.
28. The Pacers -- with Larry Bird making his second solo executive decision (his first was distancing the organization from Jamaal Tinsley) -- are going to officially build their franchise around Danny Granger, not Mike Dunleavy and Troy Murphy. Smart move.
29. Jamaal Tinsley will wind up being the NBA's version of Daunte Culpepper.
30. The Avery Johnson interview process for a coaching job in 2009-10 began Oct. 29.
31. Lawrence Frank will be the first coach whose name will be mentioned as not lasting as coach past the All-Star break. (With George Karl's name not far behind.)
32. The "Vince Carter: RIP" T-shirts as seen after a 105-97 home loss to Golden State will soon be on eBay. And probably in popular demand.
33. Eddy Curry and Kirk Hinrich will both be dealt by the trading deadline. Al Harrington by the end of November.
34. The Hawks will not miss Josh Childress.
35. Muted gray suits with off-powder blue shirts seem to be the new favorite sideline choice for coaches. Not a good look.
36. LeBron James versus Chris Paul (they meet again Jan. 16) is the new best "must-see" matchup in the league.
37. Amare Stoudemire is the most slept-on future Hall of Famer in the game.
38. Finally ... the Lakers, the Rockets and the Celtics could all win more than 65 games, with one of them winning 70.
Scoop Jackson is a columnist for ESPN.com.


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Back in October of this year, the PC driving genre received a massive boost with the release of GTR 2, a simulation of the World GT racing series. It was a game that combined an incredible array of options with stunning visuals and great, realistic gameplay.
Just a month on, and Simbin, the team behind that game, is preparing to release another racing game, Race, this time featuring the FIA World Touring Car Championship.
Anybody that played the GT game will understand the new game perfectly, as although the interface looks different, it features many of the same options. The single-player content actually features three racing championships--the main WTCC, with accurate driver and team data from the 2006 season; a 1987 series; and a Mini series.
The single-player content revolves around the real-life calendar of races, which features 10 different stages. Racing stalwarts will recognise every twist of circuits such as Monza and Magny-Cours, but there are plenty of lesser-known tracks to keep you busy, as well.
The initial options include a quick race, in which you jump straight into the action; a race weekend, which simulates everything from practice to qualifying to the race itself; and a full-blown championship. Each stage of a race event is re-created from real life, with accurate session lengths and qualifying rules. Additionally, it's possible to play the game via a LAN or Internet connection with up to 25 other drivers, which could make for some really intense multiplayer racing.
Attention to detail has been a recurring theme in Simbin's work, and this is reflected in not just the visual quality of the game, but also the amazing array of car setup details. The development team was able to get hold of the computer-aided design drawings for all of the 2006 cars, which meant the possibility of re-creating every nuance of the individual vehicles. Although we only had time for a few races, the difference between the 2006 Peugeot 407 and the 1987 BMW M3 was immediately noticeable in the handling of the two cars.
For more advanced racers, and probably those with degrees in automotive engineering, the option to change so much on the car will be of great interest. The gear ratio, differential, clutch, ride height, brake pressure, and antiroll bar settings are all customisable, and this list only covers a fraction of the total option settings. It's even possible to set up each wheel in symmetry with its opposite number, or individually--although quite why you'd want to, we're not really sure.
While most players wouldn't know where to begin with all of these settings, it's nice to have the option to tinker around with them, even if it's just to see how altering some aspects of a race car can change its performance and handling. It's possible to save your favourite setups to your hard drive, too, and it's more than likely that not long after the game's release, various third-party Web sites will host a whole array of these to give beginners a helping hand.
Overall game options are comprehensive, too, with three standard levels of difficulty that turn off some of the computer aids as you advance. It's possible to adjust all kinds of settings here, from race length and damage levels to traction control, stability help, and antilock brakes.
In terms of the action itself, Race is very satisfying. We were lucky enough to play the game using a force-feedback steering wheel and pedals, and after a few laps, we were beginning to acclimate to the various braking points and acceleration techniques around speedy Italian circuit Monza.
First up was a five-lap race in a Peugeot 407, and straight away the game looked and felt the part. With trees flashing past as we coursed around the circuit, our first priority was to stay on the track. The traction control prevented too much sliding, although it was clear that the car was a little heavy under braking.
A few trips through the gravel later, and we crossed the line in last place, although we'd cut our lap times considerably by the end of the short race. Playing these types of games require a certain amount of dedication, and previous knowledge of a circuit sure helps. However, nothing could have adequately prepared us for a trip around the same circuit in a 1987 BMW M3 in the pouring rain.
First up, the suspension of the car was completely different, so we felt the circuit's bumps a lot more than in the 2006 car. On top of that, without the benefit of modern traction control and antilock brakes, keeping the car facing the right way even on the straights was tricky, let alone tiptoeing around slippery corners. In that race, too, we came last, but the results by no means quenched our thirst for more.
The game also features a full damage model, flags, four different camera views, and a full replay system. While we weren't able to try it out using the keyboard, there's no doubt that--despite its obvious similarities to GTR 2--Race is shaping up to be a great game. It's due for release on November 24 in Europe and will be available to download via Steam, as well as being on store shelves. Stay tuned for more on the game in the near future.


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