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A historic package of bills heading for the Legislature would propel New Jersey to the forefront of the autism crisis by adding millions of dollars for research and a slew of services lasting a lifetime. The half?dozen measures, to be introduced in the Assembly as early as next week, would form the state's most cohesive autism policy ever. The legislation comes at a critical time: On Thursday, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded that New Jersey has the nation's highest autism rate, with 1 in 94 children affected.
"I'm like everyone else in New Jersey in that I know so many people who have had family members, particularly children, diagnosed with autism," said Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, (D)Camden, who spearheaded the legislation. "We may be unclear in terms of why we have ranked with the highest documented cases of any state it could be we're doing a better job detecting and reporting but at the very least it's a wake-up call for action."
Autism is a neurological condition whose cause is unknown, although both heredity and environmental factors are suspected. It has no cure.
People with autism can lack communication, learning and social interaction skills. Some have symptoms so mild that they are not diagnosed until adulthood if ever while others go a lifetime focusing on redundant tasks, unable to speak. The CDC based its findings on 2002 data from 14 states. The overall rate in those states was one in 150 children surpassing the earlier baseline of one in 166. Researchers said they were not certain why the rate appears to be worsening. It is possible that more individuals could be developing autism, but it's also possible that doctors are just better at diagnosing the disorder.
About 14,000 New Jerseyans ages 3 to 21 have autism, the study found. Boys here are three to four times more likely than girls to have autism.
Roberts said that work on the bills began in early fall, when The Record's "In Autism's Grip" series examined the state's rising rate. In light of the CDC findings last week, he said he intends to introduce some of the bills during an Assembly session Feb. 22. "We want to get them introduced and passed within the next several months," he said. One part of the legislation would add $4 million in research and clinical funding grants under the Governor's Council on Autism. Beyond that, Roberts could not estimate what the legislation could cost ?? or how much taxpayers would have to pay for it. Some of the funds could come from federal grants, but the bulk would have to be added to the state budget.
Similar versions of the Assembly proposals have come before the Legislature in the past, never to move beyond committee. Roberts said there is a new urgency this time. "The CDC report really underscored the importance of New Jersey being on this issue," he said. Autism advocates welcomed the proposals, particularly those for adults. "For many years, we've been leaders in early identification. Now we're looking beyond that," said Paul Potito, executive director of the Center for Outreach and Services for the Autism Community. Linda Walder Fiddle, whose Ridgewood?based Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation funds autism programs, called the legislation "dramatic and positive." "I am pleased that they are recognizing the lifespan issues relating to autism," she said. "It also seems as though there are good educational aspects to these bills, such as emergency training to let the EMS workers know more about autism and more effectively treat individuals in those situations."


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The Denver Broncos locked up Peyton Manning's blindside protector Sunday, signing left tackle Ryan Clady to a five-year deal worth up to $57.5 million.
The Broncos and Clady have been at odds over a long-term contract for more than a year. Had he not signed by 4 p.m. today, he would have played under a one-year, $9.823 million deal because of the franchise tag.
Instead, Clady has a deal that guarantees him at least $33 million and should keep him in Denver through the end of Manning's playing days.
It's a better deal than the one the tackle turned down last season, when the guarantees the Broncos offered came in at about half of what he'll make under his new contract.
There are seven remaining NFL players with the franchise tag who are facing today's deadline for a long-term deal, including Buffalo Bills safety Jairus Byrd. If no deal is reached, Byrd and the others can only sign for one year, and they won't be able to renegotiate that deal until the 2013 season is over.
The Bills and Byrd have not done much talking in recent days, according to reports.
The missed deadline would not force Byrd to accept the franchise-tag figure of $6.916 million for safeties, as he could agree to a deal above or below that number.
He also is not obligated to report to the team, since he is a free agent and does not have a contract.
Byrd does have to sign a contract with an NFL team by Nov. 12. Otherwise, he will be ineligible to play until the 2014 season.
The other "franchised" players facing today's deadline are defensive tackles Henry Melton of the Chicago Bears and Randy Starks of the Miami Dolphins, defensive end Michael Johnson of the Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys linebacker Anthony Spencer, Kansas City Chiefs offensive tackle Branden Albert and Indianapolis Colts punter Pat McAfee.
Clady, a first-round draft pick in 2008, is still recovering from surgery to his right shoulder and is expected to miss the start of training camp, which begins July 25.
If he returns to full health, it will resolve one of Denver's many issues on the offensive line.
Left guard Zane Beadles was the only starting offensive lineman to come out of last season unscathed. Orlando Franklin (toe, shoulder), Chris Kuper (ankle) and J.D. Walton (knee) also needed operations, and of the three, only Franklin was at full health during team minicamps this spring.
The Broncos signed Dan Koppen to fill in at center for Walton, who isn't expected back until midseason. Their biggest free-agency signing outside of Wes Welker was right guard Louis Vasquez. If Kuper recovers from his second surgery in as many years, he'll likely compete for a backup spot.


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Resident Evil 4 Review
Aside from some visual cutbacks this PlayStation 2 version has it all: Extended content, smooth controls, proper widescreen support and superb audio. Everyone should experience Resident Evil 4.
If you weren't already aware, Resident Evil 4 has been available for the GameCube for some time now. It is, without doubt, one of the finest games ever made and its existence alone made purchasing a GameCube worthwhile. Despite the fact that 99% of people who've played it agree, for many people, this PlayStation 2 release will be the first they've seen of it. While this is a sad fact, it's good to know that Capcom's classic will reach a wider audience this time around.
What makes Resident Evil 4 such a great game is its amazing atmosphere. From the moment you start, walking alone into a quiet village, nothing seems right. Straight away you feel like you're entering a part of the world that has been cut off from visitors for good reason, but you don't know for sure what lies ahead. As Leon Kennedy you must find the President's daughter, Ashley, and return her safely. It's just typical that she's fallen in with the wrong crowd.
Resident Evil 4 really feels like a modern action adventure title, and breaks away from its typical survival horror roots. There are still scares, but now it's more about you against the odds, taking on more enemies than ever before. And what enemies they are, boasting some of the best design I've ever seen. Forget about your bog-standard zombies, these guys are so much more. I won't ruin the surprise by going into too much detail, but expect to wowed at regular intervals.
The game is a big departure from previous games in the series in terms of controls as well. Resident Evil 4 does away with the fixed camera angles and clunky controls from years gone by, adopting a new third-person over-the-shoulder viewpoint and a more modern dual analogue stick control system. You still don't have the level of control found in an FPS, but the new system works very well, limiting your control for good reason. You can't strafe so there's no quick way to scope out a room, and you can't move and shoot, making you vulnerable to multiple enemies. It all makes the game more intense and keeps the essence of Resident Evil alive.
'... environments you'll work your way through vary immensely...'
It's an epic adventure, too, compared to previous games in the series at least. The environments you'll work your way through vary immensely and each has been thought out and created with such care. There's some backtracking at points, but it's never a chore and the game seems to fly by, with its 12-hour playtime passing in a few extreme, unstoppable gaming sessions. Few games have the ability to draw you in and keep you there like Resident Evil 4. Whether it's a stunning set-piece or a much needed rest in the company of a bizarre travelling salesman, the game always knows what you need.
Seeing as this is a port, it's worth talking about how the PlayStation 2 has handled one of the GameCube's most stunning games. To put it simply, it doesn't look as good, but that's not to say it doesn't look great. If you've never played the GameCube version I seriously doubt you'll care, as what you'll see will still blow you away, particularly if you only own a PlayStation 2. Some detail has been lost in textures, environment detail and polygon count, but not drastically so. The frame rate falters a little here and there, but never enough to hurt the experience, and on the whole PlayStation 2 owners will be amazed at what the game throws at them.
It's got a great pace too, never throwing too much at you (although it might seem like it) and it's always fair. Save points are frequent and can be used as many times as you like (there's not a ribbon shortage this time, just magical inkless typewriters) and should you die a while after your last save, checkpoints prevent you from losing too much progress. Action sequences are nicely interspersed with general exploration and puzzle sections, and Quick Time Events provide some stunning interactive cutscenes. You'll think you've seen it all, only to be faced with such an awesome boss battle that you simply must play on to see what else the game dishes out. It's truly an immense game.
PlayStation 2 owners do get a few benefits for waiting this long, too, with proper anamorphic widescreen support (no nasty double stretching when played on a widescreen TV) and exclusive Ada bonus missions. Ada appeared in Resident Evil 2 and her appearance in Resident Evil 4 made many fans very happy. On top of the unlockable Ada mission that GameCube owners could play, PlayStation 2 owners get to play with Ada for an additional six hours (or thereabouts) in 'Separate Ways', a brand new side quest that takes place along side Leon's main adventure. This gives players a greater idea on what Ada's reasons for being there are, and helps flesh out the overall story.
You also get a new weapon in the main game, a new weapon for Ada, and all the extra unlockable stuff from the GameCube version. It's a real bumper package - not that the original version needed anything more to make it worthwhile. In fact, aside from the visual cutbacks (and they really don't hurt the game much) this PlayStation 2 version has it all: Extended content, smooth controls, proper widescreen support and superb audio. You could argue that there's not enough here to warrant buying the game again, but if you fancy another run through (and it's just as good the second - or third - time) the PlayStation 2 version gives you a fair bit of new content to play through as well.
Resident Evil 4 should have set the world alight when it was originally released on the GameCube earlier in the year, but barring a disaster the masses should finally see what the fuss is about with this PlayStation 2 port. Purists will cling onto their GameCube copies, proclaiming that no one should buy anything other than the sacred original, but the fact that the average bloke browsing games in his local store will now have a chance of taking this home (rather than not noticing it at the back under a shelf of kiddy GBA titles) makes me very happy. This is one of the greatest games ever made and should be experienced by as many people as possible.


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Friday, August 8, 2014
A group of Summerville educators hiked, biked, paddled and bushwhacked their way through a section of the Blue Ridge Mountains last month.
Oakbrook Middle School Principal Brion Rutherford, Beech Hill Elementary School teacher/coach Eric Seitz, Summerville High School administrator Preston Giet and SHS teacher/coach Joe Call are the members of the Trident Pain Center Adventure Racing Team that participates in a handful of adventure races each year. On July 19, the team won the 4 Person Male Division of the Odyssey Blue Ridge Bear Epic Adventure Race held in Buchanan, Va. With the win, the team qualified for the national championship adventure race to be held in Maryland in October.
Formerly known as the Blue Ridge One Day Adventure Race because teams compete for approximately 24 hours, the Bear Epic event requires participants to trek, bike and canoe through a course that covers approximately 90 miles. Participants have to use their navigation skills to reach as many checkpoints as they can and receive points for each checkpoint reached.
Team TPC team reached 20 of a possible 30 checkpoints to win its division.
This race is widely regarded as one of the top adventure races in the country, Rutherford said. It was pretty challenging, but it felt good when we were done. Finding checkpoints in the dark adds to the challenge so our basic strategy was to push hard to reach as many as we could before the sun went down and that paid off.
Obstacles between checkpoints for the race include sections of forest with heavy underbrush so participants have to determine if it would be faster to fight their way through such a section or trek on to take a less direct but easier route.
Part of the fun is seeing how many shortcuts you can find, Rutherford said. You want to push straight through whenever possible but if you see a group ahead of you struggling or think a section will tangle you up then it might be best to find another way.
The paddling section of the race includes approximately 15 miles of moving water in the Class 1 and Class 2 categories. Rutherford said that part of the race was a little harder than some of the canoeing his team has done at other events.
Weve paddled sections as long as that before, but for this race there was more continuous paddling, he said. There were only two stops and for half of the paddling we had our bike strapped to the canoe so balance was a problem.
To stay in shape for races, the team trains year round, typically two to three times a week. Sometimes they train separately due to their hectic schedules, but they like to get together whenever possible, especially for some of their longer training sessions.
The teamwork reminds us of when we were growing up and played on some of the same teams, Rutherford said. Thats mainly why we do it and you get a feeling of accomplishment when you complete a race. I cant run as fast as I used to but I can do this and it motivates me to stay in shape.
One of their more epic training days started with a five-mile run, transitioned into an hour in the weight room followed by another run and ended with a bike ride from Summerville to Sullivans Island. They took the back roads for the bike ride.
The members of Team TPC werent the only athletes from Summerville who participated in the Blue Ridge Bear Epic Adventure Race.
DuBose music teacher Mike Greer teamed up with A.J. Brumfiel to compete in the 2 Person Male Division and Summerville resident Jeff Cisar competed in the Solo Division.
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CHARLESTON - West Virginia legislators began a legislative session Wednesday that's expected to be dominated by proposals to improve the state's schools and ease its overcrowded prison system.
The 60-day session began just after noon and quickly adjourned in anticipation of Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's State of the State address in the evening.
Tomblin was expected to introduce legislation to address the state's public schools, which are highly funded by national standards but also underperforming. West Virginia ranks eighth nationally in education spending relative to income, but students rank well below average on national standardized testing.
A recent audit of the education system concluded that the state's schools are burdened with a rigid central bureaucracy and inflexible rules. Among the potential changes being discussed is reorganizing the Department of Education to eliminate redundancies and giving local communities more control over how best to structure the school schedule. State law mandates a minimum of 180 days of instructional time, although the education audit found that last year students averaged only 170 days of instructional time.
Jim Phares, the new state superintendent of schools, told a group of lawmakers on Tuesday he was working on easing burdensome regulations.
"We are committed to removing layers of bureaucracy and barriers to enable local initiative," Phares said.
Other bills are expected based on a recent report that recommended releasing some state prisoners six months early into supervised programs. It also recommended spending $3 million on new substance abuse programs. It's estimated that the crimes of 80 percent of state inmates are somehow drug-related.
The state's prison commissioner has said overcrowding is at "crisis level." Every one of the state's 5,400 prison beds is filled, and an overflow of about 1,700 state prisoners are being housed in regional jails that are meant for convicts with shorter sentences on less serious crimes.
Making the changes recommended in the report would save the state $116 million over five years, according to budget estimates.
House Minority Leader Tim Armstead has said that he agrees prisoners need more supervised release, but sentences should not be cut short. Armstead said last week that he would not support making all the changes recommended by the report.
Tomblin can expect to face reinvigorated Republican opposition in the House of Delegates. Republicans gained 11 seats in November's elections and are now just five votes short of a majority. Just five years ago, only 28 of the 100 delegates were Republicans.
While the first day of the legislature is largely ceremonial - both the House and the Senate adjourned after less than 30 minutes - there was one substantive piece of business: The Senate created a special committee to study ways to address childhood poverty. One in four West Virginia children lives in poverty, according to U.S. census data.
The committee is the brainchild of Senate President Jeff Kessler, who will appoint its members. The committee, which will meet year-round and not just during the legislative session, likely will be chaired by Senate Majority Leader John Unger. In introducing the committee on the Senate floor, Unger told a story of visiting his wife's third-grade classroom in Berkeley County and finding a majority of the students who would have liked an extra lunch so that the rest of their family could have more to eat at night.
"Here is the wealthiest country in the world, and this is happening," Unger said. "How can we expect our children to learn and perform in the classroom if they're thinking about what they're going to be eating that evening?"
The legislative session is scheduled to run through April 13.


text: Zella C. Grodes, 98, a resident of Cambria Care Center, Ebensburg, died Thursday. She was born in Gallitzin, daughter of the late John and Amelia (Stepanovich) Grodes. Surviving are numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by three brothers: Vincent, Anthony and Valentine; and a sister, Alice Bendon. At the request of the deceased, there will be no viewing or visitation. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday, March 25, 2013, at St. Demetrius Catholic Church, Gallitzin. Arrangements are by Gibbons Funeral Home, 301 Church St., Gallitzin.


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Indiana Workers Ask to File Amicus Brief Defending Hoosier Right to Work Law
Union lawyers seek to shut workers out of the proceedings
Hammond, IN (April 2, 2012) – Today, a group of Indiana workers from across the state filed a motion for leave to file an amicus brief in federal court in support of their newly-enacted Right to Work freedoms.
With free legal assistance from the National Right to Work Foundation, the four workers – David Bercot, a certified wastewater operator for ITR Concession Company which services Indiana toll road rest stops in the Fort Wayne-area; Joel Tibbetts, a Minteq International assistant manager in Valparaiso; Douglas Richards, an employee with Goshen-based Cequent Towing Products; and Larry Getts, a Dana Holding Corporation tube press technician in Albion – all joined in the brief defending the law against a union-boss challenge.
International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 150 headquartered in suburban Chicago, Illinois filed the federal lawsuit in late February challenging the law and requesting an injunction against its implementation.
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Gretta Stahl, 10, rolls over the top of water at the WOW Bobbles ride at Fiesta Days at the La Plata County Fairgrounds. WOW stands for Walk on Water. The bubble enclosure allows riders to walk, roll or run across water without getting wet.


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February 2001 Volume 4, Issue 3
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A message from IMF President Susie Novis
Myeloma In The Millenium
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The Orca Project: Accessibility
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By Jennifer (Jen) McGinn on Oct 01, 2007
Jen McGinn is an interaction designer in xDesign who is working to improve the user experience with the Java Enterprise System installers. She has an MS in Human Factors in Information Design and works out of Sun's campus in Massachusetts.
Will Walker is a senior staff engineer in the Accessibility Program Office. He has worked on software for people with disabilities for almost two decades and currently leads the Orca screen reader project.
At the end of August, I had a chance to sit down with Will Walker, and learn more about the Orca project. To quote their GNOME project page, Orca is a flexible, extensible, and powerful assistive technology for people with visual impairments. Using various combinations of speech synthesis, braille, and magnification, Orca helps provide access to applications and toolkits that support the AT-SPI. AT-SPI stands for "assistive technology service provider interface" and the GNOME desktop implements this API.
Will has had a long history working with assistive technologies. First, at Digital Equipment Corporation, he worked on making the X Window System accessible to people with disabilities, which included work on RAP, one of the first service-based approaches to accessibility. Then, at Sun, he helped author the Java Accessibility API. Next, he joined Sun Labs to work on speech synthesis and recognition, before moving back into the Accessibility Program Office (APO) to lead Orca.
Jen: Will, tell me about your involvement in the Orca project.
Will: The first thing we did was to hire Mike Pedersen, a usability expert in screen reading who also happens to be an end user. I was really tired of people without disabilities defining the user experience for people with disabilities. It was important to have a person with a disability in a leadership role to define the user experience. I put Mike in that role. We then formed the Orca advisory board. This was a small group of friends and family who had visual impairments and different use patterns: some people used braille, some people used speech, some people with low-vision used magnification and then we had combinations of all of those.
We asked them, "What do you want a screen reader to do?" "What's your typical day like?". We developed some form of personas and adopted the mantra of the User Experience will drive the architecture, not the other way around. This focus created wins across the board:
- Any decision we made was based on direct user experience
- We avoided over-generalization, but instead solved specific user problems
- We did rapid prototyping all the way
Every so often, we'd stop and refactor as necessary to support new user experience patterns as they emerged. From a modularity standpoint, we used the rule that "we will generalize when the use case exceeds 1".
We also asked ourselves questions to help us make some simplifying assumptions. Did we want Orca to be all things to all people? Did we want to cover more than one platform? We decided to focus Orca on providing access to the GNOME desktop for the professional. This allowed us to simplify by keeping the problem space limited to office productivity applications such as email, web browsing and content management; we didn't have to worry about CD players or games. While this may seem limiting, it is still a huge task with a wide spectrum of problems. As such, we felt like we could generalize to other areas once we better understood the office productivity problem space.
A couple years later, Orca is the official screen reader for GNOME and we are getting a lot of positive feedback from around the world. Mike continues to play a pivotal role -- anything to do with user interaction involves consultation with Mike and our new public list, firstname.lastname@example.com, which has over 200 members.
Jen: What's happening with the Orca community?
Will: A big portion of the project involves building "the community." In our sense of the word, "community" isn't restricted to developers. More importantly, it is mostly users. As part of building the community, we wanted to let users know the team members are accessible, they listen, and they "get it." This was done by making a concerted effort to establish effective communication channels for the community.
The primary communication channels we use are the email@example.com list and the #orca IRC channel on irc.gnome.org. The team monitors these and regularly engages users in productive conversations. More recently, we have also seen users frequently help other users, which is a great sign of a community that is growing and thriving. I often try to remind myself not to jump into a conversation, but to instead let it happen. Letting people have the freedom to talk can help them emerge as experts.
We have some ground rules for communicating: problems have to come with a constructive suggestion; new members will be treated with respect; and abusive people get private warnings. By keeping a positive atmosphere, we can have an open dialog. We can ask users what they want and why they want it. We can ask what tasks they are trying to accomplish, and then explore different interaction models to arrive at the best solution.
Finally, I need to say that the other team members employed by Sun are also part of this big community. Rich Burridge, for example, is a very valuable member of the team and is well respected in the Orca community. It's just great to be surrounded by such a good crew of folks.
Jen: So what do you think the biggest benefits are or were of having that kind of direct access to your users?
Will: That direct contact has paid off in many ways: users began to have direct personal relationships with the developers and with each other. As a result, the users felt empowered that their requirements were valued and that their voices were being heard.
Direct access also helped the development team understand the domain better. While we all have been involved in accessibility for some time, there is still always a lot to learn, and what better way to learn than to talk directly with end users.
Direct access to our users also helped grow our virtual team. We have an early adopter in Spain, Francisco Javier Dorado Martínez, who helped push Orca adoption throughout Spain. He gives us patches and is thrilled to see his name in the change log. We had worked for months via e-mail, and I finally met him in person at Software Libre 2007. One of the first things he told me was that he was amazed he could mention a bug or feature request and see it in a build later that day.
The respect and thrill is also a two way street. The reason I was at Software Libre was to give a talk on Orca. Based upon the circumstances at the time -- the conference was in Spanish! -- and my familiarity with Javier, I made a last-minute decision to have Javier join me on stage. He was very effective. I've heard reports that he was the hit of the show. I would not have made the same decision had I not had direct communication with Javier in the months prior to the conference.
Finally, from my perspective, the emails that we get that say "thank you" are what keep me going.
Jen: Will, we've talked about what Orca is, and the involvement of the users, but now I want to know: what's the value of open source?
Will: One value to our users is that they can get updates the second we check in a change; not in six months or a year. The open source nature of the project is also very empowering for our users. All of the bugs and the decision-making processes are public. User requests and bug reports are managed in our public database, so there's a written record that they can follow; they see the discussion and the fix.
From a development perspective, we also get new functionality and bug fixes from the community. There are a lot of contributors to thank, but I'd like to highlight a person on our virtual team: Joanmarie Diggs. Joanmarie produces in her spare time the equivalent of a full-time developer and is responsible for significant portions of Orca. Wow! It's just amazing to get that kind of contribution.
We also have other contributors who are being funded by the Mozilla Foundation. Eitan Isaacson is helping us out a lot with migrating to unified bindings for AT-SPI as well as helping with our regression testing framework. In the coming months, I'm going to be relying upon Eitan to help refactor the speech support and roll in support for contracted braille. Scott Haeger has been focusing on providing access to emerging web technologies such as ARIA. I'm very thrilled that the Mozilla Foundation is involved in Orca -- Aaron Leventhal, if you read this, thanks for your support!
Last, Ubuntu has been instrumental in the success of Orca. Like Sun, Ubuntu has embraced accessibility. For example it has accessible install, which is the ability to install an application without assistance from a sighted person. More and more people migrated to Ubuntu as a result of accessible install. The fact that accessible install was such a huge differentiator was an eye-opener for me; I plan to pursue it aggressively for OpenSolaris.


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means "i love you" in dinosaur.
donovan, rawrrrrrr!
av alo(: 22. august 2009
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Can you define these popular missing words?
Most used by 'traesko' on IRC, quakenet. But it is very common in nature. Example tigers or lions use it most frequently.
So that chick walked right past me, and I was like, rawrr.
av traesko 29. september 2004
Risk Assessment With Risk Reduction ~ Phrase coined as the basis of being aware, understanding, and applying safe practices to reduce risks.
They practice RAWRR when they do certain activities.
av Cigany 26. april 2013
means i want to fuck you in dinosaur.
"holy rawrr you look hot tonight."
av lemmiwinkles 19. mai 2008
Stolen from Traesko, Frag52954 uses this quite commonly.
RAWR YOU GUYS!!111oNE
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a show that really isnt funny. a good analogy is basically when you are bored and are eating just to eat, but all you have in the kitchen is stale crackers, watching this show is that, but in a tv show form. or a way to pass time until family guy or simpsons comes on. a show that relfects whats worst about middle america. all the homophobia, latent racism, general close mindedness. life is too short and frustrating to be deprived ofa genuinly funny show.
this show is somewhat sentamental to me, but i will not be affected if i miss an episode. king of the hill is very dry humor.
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A well-developed and cleverly written animated TV show by the brilliant Mike Judge. Not for kids with short attention spans and who need constant gag after gag, i.e. Family Guy.
KOTH is filled with subtle humor and biting satire, which are lost on some.
KOTH is filled with subtle humor and biting satire, which are lost on some.
Hank (to a "hardcore" christian rock band): "Can't you see you're not making christianity any better, you're just making rock 'n roll worse".
King of the Hill is a great once you get hooked.
King of the Hill is a great once you get hooked.
po Samuel Chase7 Фабруар 21, 2007
good cartoon on fox. created by mike judge(he made beavis and butthead)
www.kingofthehill.com www.kinghofthehill.com
po only$19.99,less s+h Јануар 11, 2004
A smart show. Other reviews here are from stupid people, probably family guy fans. The show is based of off interaction between well developed characters. Dale, Hank, Bill, Peggy, Bobby, and many others are great characters, unlike peter or stewie. A lot of subtle satire, a great comedy.
(greatest king of the hill quote ever)
HANK: Now go start that report.
BOBBY: But which president should I... (Hank glares; Bobby sighs) ...Ronald Reagan.
HANK: Now go start that report.
BOBBY: But which president should I... (Hank glares; Bobby sighs) ...Ronald Reagan.
po penis2.0 Август 11, 2008
The 2nd best show on Fox after the Simpsons.
Fuck American Idol and Juniors Bring on King of the Hill
po JasonMc Август 11, 2003
King of the Hill is an American animated series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, for FOX. It centers on the Hills, a small-town Methodist family in Texas. It attempts to retain a realistic approach, seeking humor in the conventional or mundane aspects of everyday life. Judge and Daniels conceived the series after a run with Judge's Beavis and Butt-head on MTV, and the series debuted on the Fox Network on January 12, 1997, becoming a hit early on. The series' popularity has also led to syndication around the world, including every night on Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim. The show has risen to become one of FOX's longest-running series, and the second longest-running American animated series, behind The Simpsons. In 2007, it was named by Time magazine as one of the top 100 greatest television shows of all time. King of the Hill has won two Emmy Awards and has been nominated for seven since its inception.
I'm so embarrassed to watch King of the Hill now that I've moved to Texas.
po SoHumHallelujah Јул 4, 2009
An animated show on FOX that jumped the shark a few years ago, about 2003 or 2004. Before that it was one of the best comedies, but then they started changing the way characters acted like Hank and Dale, and added that nasty Lucky guy. Some great episodes include when Hank becomes a pimp and when Dale thinks he gets rabies. Ocasionally you'll find a diomand in the rough nowadays. Hank acts like a wussy now, back then he use to tell his buddies to shut up and he was going to kick everyones ass.
king of the hill Peggy: Hank, go see whats wrong with Bobby. Hank: So whats been bothering you son? Bobby: Well dad, I'm a little afraid of being a slut.
po velveteduardo Август 25, 2007
a measurably successful person who is viewed as a leader in their field
He was king of the hill in his heyday but has barely been remembered after he left to work a low key job in the mountains.
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Also, as an absolute clarification, I am not saying and don't think anyone is saying that anyone can have the same kind of youthful drop dead gorgeous, supermodel beauty past the age of 50 or whatever arbitrary age you feel comfortable throwing down. We are just saying beauty takes different forms as you age and people can in fact be beautiful at any age. Again, I just feel sorry for you that you don't see this.
Oh, pooh. Beauty doesn't fade in someone's forties. Not in my experience. Eighties, maybe.
Well, you are not superficial Olympia, but the culture is. It grows worse every day. baby boomers are trying to look young. Paul McCartney at 71 graces te cover of rolling stone. Even as a male, I noticed he went gray when with Linda his ge. Then he died it when he married half his age, blond model, whats her face. Then third wife is maybe 15-20 years younger and of course dyes her hair. Paul cannot get old. It is funny how we have stages full of old Brit rockers, with lots of hair dye(the men) where women who look their age must retire and hide, or risk the platicky plastic surgery.
Only Annette Bening, with a much older hubby seems to resist all this in Hollywood. And Meryl Streep. I think anyway. It is an awful world really, a man's world where we women are losing ground yearly in every way.
Maybe we should not have these superficial beauty threads. As after all, only the 90's stars have gotten to age. And the men never get it stuck to them. Like th bald guys. We seem to accept them. But women are more charitable and smart ones dn't pick a pretty boy alone.
I do think even the most gorgeous women are using expensive treatments by 50 to stay in the Hollywood game. But it is a man's world and the casting couch is no myth. So many Hollywood bombshells start out doing things
they should not have to. So this emphasi on plastic surgery is very bad, and the masses will never have the money to get great surgeons. They are largely clustered in LA, NYC and Miami.
Madonna is a conceited woman whose beauty was never more than skin deep. Having kids humanized her ambition/ego I think. Cher has always been so honest-likable. But she looks nothing like the Cher we knew. She has really railed against aging in Hollywood. Consequently, he look has made her uncastable.
Meryl Streep was a young beauty. Her uncharacteristic natural aging has kept her a sought after actress with many roles still offered. Those incredible cheekbones/eyes in Sophie's Choice are still there but plumper. I still think she is extraordinary looking. Not a bit plast-icky.
Cappellini & Lanotte
Hurtado & Diaz
Riazanova & Tkachenko
People can go on and on about "inner beauty" which is merely a band-aid for inadequate looks. "Inner beauty" is mostly a mythical abstraction. Many people tell themselves that they have strength of character and kindness, thus inner beauty. Unless they've been tested and have proven to have strength of character and kindness under pressure and tough circumstances, I don't think those claims are legitimate.


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Friends, family and members of the community flocked to a Sacramento church Saturday morning to bid a final farewell to three members of the Bukhantsov family, killed Tuesday by a relative.
Denis Bukhantsov lost his wife and two of his three children. His brother, 19-year-old Gregoriy Bukhantsov, faces three murder charges for the deaths.
Denis returned to his Rancho Cordova duplex to find the bodies. His 6-month-old son, Mark, was spared in the attack.
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A Cheektowaga woman admitted stealing more than $17,000 from the Cayuga Heights Elementary School PTO while serving as its treasurer, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday.
Susan Jablonski, 41, a former teacher at the Depew school, pleaded guilty to third-degree attempted grand larceny before Erie County Judge Thomas P. Francyzk.
Jablonski made unauthorized withdrawals from the bank account of the parent teacher organization while serving as treasurer from 2008 to 2010, according to District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III.
Jablonski spent the stolen money to cover personal expenses, the prosecutor said.
The Depew School District brought the matter to the attention of prosecutors.
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With 80 percent of canola being imported into the U.S., farmers like Brad Berk believe the time is ripe to harvest a field of knowledge about growing winter canola on the high plains.
Three dozen farmers joined Berk in his field of early-stage lush green canola plants in rural Cloud County, Kan., during a canola field tour on Oct. 31.
They listened to a canola breeder and agronomy experts from Kansas State University discuss the benefits, as well as the challenges of winter canola as a cropping option in central Kansas.
In the middle of his 80-acre field of vibrant green canola plants, Berk of Concordia, Kan., said this is his first time growing canola.
"We're messing with it, to replace wheat. So far, I'm happy with it. It's a big experiment and it's really not more expensive than corn or beans," said Berk who also farms corn, soybeans and a little wheat. Although, "there's more profit with canola than wheat."
While growing winter canola (think: canola oil for cooking ... like sunflower oil) is still fairly new to farmers in Kansas and other states, agriculture experts say canola is growing in interest and popularity in certain areas of the plains.
"In Kansas, we're seeing winter canola thrive in south central and southwestern Kansas. It can be grown as far north as the Nebraska panhandle, but it's only on limited acres there," said Mike Stamm, canola breeder and associate agronomist with Kansas State University.
Stamm traveled to Berk's farm in Concordia for the canola field day to explain production practices and rotation benefits of canola. In a handbook written in part by Stamm, canola is defined as being, "a type of edible rapeseed, genetically low in erucic acid and glucosinolates. The seeds are sources of healthy cooking oil and high-protein meal for livestock."
So far, winter canola is showing great promise.
"I was really taken aback by how good the canola looks," Stamm told his audience in the middle of Berk's canola field. "We have excellent top growth here, so if it started freezing, we'd still be okay. We've had higher rainfall amounts this fall, and the cooler temperatures have benefitted growth.
"There's a great demand for canola, and that demand is not going away," he added.
Canola crops have been doing extremely well in the region. In fact, this year shows record results.
"We're not seeing as many problems with winter survival, which has typically been a struggle for most areas in the northern part of the state. We're expecting over 50,000 acres in Kansas, whereas last year, there were 30,000 acres in the state," Stamm relayed.
Comparing the cost of canola to wheat, Stamm acknowledged canola takes more fertilizer than wheat, and the seed cost is higher — although he termed it 'very comparable.'
Stamm noted that while canola costs 25 percent more than wheat, the price per bushel is $3.00 to $4.00 higher.
"But following winter canola, farmers say they see a ten-percent increase in wheat yields," he added.
Canola breeder Mike Stamm has grown winter canola through his variety trials at the KSU North Central Kansas Research field west of Belleville, Kan., for the past two years with very good success, noted Kim Larson, crop production specialist with Kansas State University's River Valley Extension District, which hosted the field day.
She was also impressed with Berk's rows of canola.
"It appears that his winter canola crop is well on its way and in good shape as we move towards winter," said Larson.
She relayed that canola — an oilseed — is a benefit that farmers have in adding it to a cropping system because its commodity price is not tied to the price of cereal grains.
"Producers who diversify their cropping systems by producing both cereal grains and oilseed crops can better withstand the risks associated with fluctuating grain markets," said Larson, adding, "It's great to see that nearly 40 people turned out for this canola field day. We're pleased with the turnout."
Canola farmers can improve winter hardiness by selecting varieties that will hold up best to winter's cold, and by taking timely measures to get the seed in the ground.
"We seeded our canola variety trial at Belleville two weeks later this year because we were waiting on rain, so we may get our chance to evaluate winter hardiness there. Sept. 5-25 is the best window for this part of Kansas," Stamm told the farmers.
Generally, winter canola is planted six weeks before the first killing frost, or about one month before wheat planting.
Larson notes an important factor to consider when selecting a winter canola cultivar in this area is winter survival. Cultivars are plant varieties which are intentionally selected and maintained through cultivation. Successful winter survival depends on the genetics of the cultivar, the environment in which it is grown, and the management of the producer.
"There are cultivars developed specifically for the Great Plains that have demonstrated excellent winter survival and performance under stressed environments," said Larson.
Regarding plant growth in the fall:
• On average: 65 percent to 85 percent of seeds planted produce a viable plant.
• Target plant population is: five to 10 plants per foot row.
• Plants should develop a firm crown and an extensive root system to store carbohydrates used during the colder months.
• Survival increases when plants have seven or eight true leaves, and the canopy height is 6 inches to 10 inches above ground.
• Larger plants require more soil moisture and nutrients.
Farmers were alerted to the color stages of canola's growth.
"Although the cold weather will turn the top purple, white and even brown, the lower leaf area will probably remain green, and you want that lower interior to remain green," advised Stamm. "Also, when you drive by a canola field in the early spring, if you smell rotten cabbage, you're actually smelling the sulfur in the leaf tissue. That's just what it smells like."
However, Stamm said that when average temperatures rise into the 40s and 50s, leaves will appear in the center of the canola plant, and the crop will perk-up.
One particular insect concern is the diamondback moth. A researcher who listened to Stamm's presentation in the field, told The Fence Post, he was there to glean information on the pest and to determine ways that a product he's testing, could eradicate it.
"We've already released Prevathon in Oklahoma where it's warmer and it's doing a great job, although canola has been growing there longer," said Bruce Steward, a researcher and field developer for Dupont Crop Production in Kansas. "We're trying to see if this product that we're working on, would help here."
"It's a whole new class of chemicals that just came out this year for canola treatment on the diamondback moth and other caterpillars," added Steward, pointing to a few canola leaves with holes where the diamondback larvae ate through. "Prevathon doesn't kill parasites, predators or lady beetles."
Steward planned to conduct some trials of Prevathon on 10 to 20 acres of canola in central Kansas, and monitor its pest-effectiveness.
Vertical tillage was also used to break up the residue and stir some soil.
Berk used a John Deere 1720 CCS precision planter to plant his canola field.
It's because of canola's early successes, that Berk decided to grow canola for the first time on his farm, following wheat. Currently though, the nearest location to ship harvested canola is a four-hour drive away.
"I'm going to use short-term storage on the farm, and then pretty soon-I'll ship it to either Goodland, (Kan.,) or Oklahoma," said Berk.
One of the farmers listening intently to the presentation, farmer Jason Yarrow told The Fence Post, he's interested in growing canola.
"I'm considering canola for rotational effects," said Yarrow, who grows milo, beans, wheat and hay with his dad Jim Yarrow in Wakefield, Kan., adding, "There will be some marketing challenges though, to transport it."
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Many numbers can be expressed as the sum of two or more consecutive integers. For example, 15=7+8 and 10=1+2+3+4. Can you say which numbers can be expressed in this way?
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The funeral of Niles firefighter Capt. John H. Hughes was held Monday. Hughes was a U.S. Navy veteran and began working at the Niles Fire Department in 1968. He died on Thursday at St. Elizabeth Health Center, at the age of 69, with his family by his side.
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Mike Hallett knew when he arrived at Heidelberg in 2007 that he wanted to recruit local talent.
But the Heidelberg coach just didn't think he'd be able to, at least not right away.
"The issue was, when I first got here, recruiting locally was going to be tough because whereas a kid in Cleveland or Columbus or Dayton or wherever, they didn't hear about Heidelberg a whole lot ... kids locally saw it every week in the paper," Hallett said.
And what those kids read about Heidelberg's football program wasn't good.
When Hallett arrived at the school, the Student Princes had endured a 36-game losing streak.
"I thought the recruitment of local kids would take a little longer, because of the history," Hallett said. "We were gonna have to change the perception of what our program was all about."
Now, with Heidelberg approaching its first playoff game in 40 years, the Student Princes boast a roster filled with area athletes making big contributions.
There's Dawson Gore, a Bellevue graduate who has emerged as a standout linebacker and team leader. A senior, Gore was injured while playing brilliantly at Mount Union, and missed the last two games of the regular season. But the former Redman said he expects to play in Saturday's playoff game against Wittenberg.
There's senior fullback Aaron Kapelka. Once a star rusher at Hopewell-Loudon for then-coach Brian Colatruglio on some excellent Chieftain teams, Kapelka has emerged as one of the Ohio Athletic Conference's best blockers, clearing paths for running backs like Cartel Brooks and Bryan Lacey.
Brooks, himself a Galion graduate, has become one of the best backs in the country, a hair under 1,300 rushing yards on the season, with 16 touchdowns.
Defensive back Austin Bentz, a Columbian grad has emerged as a standout player on special teams, while Tyler Johnson, a Seneca East grad, has seen time on the HU offensive line. Another TC grad Carter Mullins has played on the defensive line.
And there are others just starting their collegiate careers.
Gore said area players tend to have some things in common.
"I'm a local, I've never really been about the show," said Gore, who has three sacks and seven tackles for a loss this season. "I've always been kind of humble, and I feel like a lot of guys in this area are hard workers and they take pride in it just like I do. We've always had a hard working mentality here, and I think a lot of guys in this area are blue collar workers. We have a lot of guys on this team who work hard, and I think that's what's got us to where we are today."
Hard work also defines Kapelka, who Hallett has referred to in the past as the best fullback in the league. As is the nature of fullbacks in this day and age, Kapelka doesn't light up the stat sheet. He just blocks and blocks while Brooks and others do.
"It's all about just knowing your role on this team," Kapelka said. "Knowing your role on this team and taking pride in your role are what makes this team run."
Bentz also has had to transition, from a receiver to a defensive back, and then to a special teams standout.
"I had to re-do everything and start on a clean slate," Bentz said. "There's people who are going to be ahead of me who are going to play, so I accepted the fact that I have a certain role that I have to play on special teams, and I'm gonna do whatever I can to fulfill that role."
Kapelka and Bentz were asked what made them choose Heidelberg, since they grew up in a time when the Student Princes were struggling.
"Just listening to Hallett talk, he really gave me faith that we were going to get here someday," Kapelka said. "Really, to tell you the truth, I didn't have very many options, I wasn't recruited highly by a lot of other people, and this was definitely the best fit for me."
Bentz, a standout at TC, said he also wasn't highly recruited.
"When I came here for my visit, I noticed that Hallett was really big into the team being like a big family, and I'm really big into that as well," he said. "Once I saw the family perspective, that really (drew) me in."
That family meant bringing some players with past rivalries together. Brooks, Gore and Bentz all played against each other in the Northern Ohio League; Kapelka and Johnson met in MAL games.
Kapelka also remembered playoff battles with tight end Brett Wiedemann when the latter played at Norwalk St. Paul.
"I always give him (grief) for taking him out every year," Kapelka said. "I don't think it's that big of a deal. They're our teammates now. What we did in high school doesn't matter that much anymore."
Bentz agreed.
"You've just got to (feel) fortunate that we have these guys on our team now," Bentz said. "You figure you could be going up against Cartel Brooks, but he's here as your teammate."
All part of a team that will play Wittenberg Saturday in a playoff game.
"It's kind of cool; there's a lot of good talent around here," Kapelka said. "The better we do here, the local kids can see the success we're having and see the experiences we're having, and want to join."


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Abdul – out!
Ending speculation about her future on one of the most popular shows on television, Paula Abdul confirmed Tuesday she will no longer be at the judge's table on American Idol.
"With sadness in my heart, I've decided not to return to Idol," Abdul, 47, writes on her Twitter page. "I'll miss nurturing all the new talent, but most of all being a part of a show that I helped from day one become an international phenomenon."
She adds: "What I want to say most, is how much I appreciate the undying support and enormous love that you have showered upon me. I do, without any doubt, have the BEST fans in the entire world and I love you all."
No reason was given for her departure just two days before she was to return to work. Abdul's rep declined to comment except to confirm she was leaving. The highly rated show is about to begin taping segments for its ninth season, with auditions starting Thursday in Denver. The show returns on the air in January.
"Paula Abdul has been an important part of the American Idol family over the last eight seasons and we are saddened that she has decided not to return to the show," FOX TV says in a statement. "While Paula will not be continuing with us, she's a tremendous talent and we wish her the best."
The announcement comes shortly after her manager angrily said there was no contract on the table and that "sadly" it didn't appear she would be returning. Her previous contract ended after the eighth season.
Her departure now returns the number of judges to three, with Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson joined by Kara DioGuardi, who was just confirmed to be returning.
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A Perception Frozen in Time
By John Clingan-Oracle on Mar 28, 2013
I haven't blogged in roughly a year. However, the InfoWorld article "Can TomEE save Java EE" brought me out of my blogging hiatus. Putting the title in context, driving controversy drives clicks and ad revenue. I grok that. The lead-in paragraph, however, talks about Java EE being frozen in time and those who care about appservers sitting in grey cubicles. After reading the article, I picked myself up and dusted myself off. Not from being knocked down, mind you, but from a fit of ROFL at the author's portrayal of Java EE. Now to defend the faith.
As a disclaimer, I lead the Java EE and GlassFish Server Product Management team at Oracle. As another disclaimer, I haven't worked in a cubicle in over 7 years There are two ways I am going to approach an opposing view - the Java EE programming model and Java EE implementations.
From a programming model perspective, there is no doubt that J2SE 1.4 + J2EE had its problems back in 1999-2003. It was complex. EJB 1.x/2.x and the persistence model spawned Hibernate and Spring. In 2006, Java SE 5 + Java EE 5 introduced annotated POJOs, where transactional business logic and persistence were greatly simplified. In 2009, Java EE 6 added the Web Profile, enabling, for example, Caucho Resin and Apache TomEE to more directly influence the direction of Java EE with their own implementations. In 2013, on the verge of Java EE 7, the programming model is simplified even further with new and enhanced features driven by annotated POJOs. It doesn't get much simpler than
@Transactional @WebSocketEndpoint("/myEndpoint" ), does it? IDE's have all these wizards to help you become more productive, yet nine times out of ten I keep falling back to New->Java Class and tacking on the annotations I need. EJBs, Entities, Servlets, CDI - annotated POJOs. This POJO-based approach to development makes solving simple problems easy and the overall platform makes solving the wickedly hard problems possible.
From an implementation perspective, vendors have moved from monolithic J2EE runtimes to modular Java EE runtimes that start in seconds, whether due to OSGi or other innovative modular systems. GlassFish Server, the Java EE reference implementations, introduced modularity in 2008. To put this in perspective, that's 2 years before Apple (re)introduced the world to tablet computing with the iPad. This was partially driven by customer demand and competitive pressures, partially by the introduction of the Web Profile, which required vendors to modularize their appservers if they wanted both full Java EE runtime and Web Profile distributions. Of course, Java EE implementations follow a bit behind the latest standard. Many organizations don't like change due to introduced risk and therefor continue run older versions of appservers. However, Java EE's backwards compatibility and well-defined deprecation strategy makes moving forward as easy as possible. Either way, vendors support them.
I have a tremendous amount of respect for David Blevins for his work in the Java Community Process and taking on TomEE as a Java EE compatible distribution. He also separated himself from the author's position in the article with his own post and takes the high road. Thanks, David.
To sum it up, Java EE is an easy platform to develop to, and implementations have become pretty darn lightweight and modular. What is frozen in time is the author's perception that Java EE needs saving.


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The world of gaming has certainly come a long way. There was a time when games were in the forms of boards with dice and players were required to use a lot of imagination because there were no graphics to support the game's story. Then came consoles with controllers to help you navigate through any game. And now, there's Kinect for Xbox… where all you need is you.
What is Xbox Kinect? Kinect is a motion gaming system that Microsoft originally built for Xbox 360 (it now includes Xbox One and PCs). It enables the user to interact and control the console without the use of a game controller. How is this possible? Using a depth camera, a motion sensor, speech recognition software, and gesture recognition, the system is able to identify players through their face and voice which allows them to use gestures and spoken commands to navigate through the natural user interface.
What does this mean for gamers all over? Well, one obvious impact Xbox Kinect has is that gaming is no longer the realm of the agile-finger-and-thumb crowd. With the absence of a controller, you're no longer using your hands to play a game – you'll be using your entire body. Instead of playing a character in a game, you'll be the character within that game. How cool is that? The absence of a controller also means that the range of users is no longer limited to serious gamers. Kinect offers something for everyone. Children can have fun petting a tiger or some other fantastic pet, teenagers can have fun dancing or playing with dinosaurs, and adults can enjoy watching videos without having to look for the always-missing remote control.
Another obvious impact is that gamers will get much-needed exercise – getting off the couch and moving about is necessary to play a game. To shoot a hoop or defeat an opponent in Kung Fu, you'll need to perform the actions required instead of hitting buttons with your finger and thumb in rapid succession. No need to worry about stiff fingers because you've been holding the controller too tightly. You might strain some other muscle while playing enthusiastically but your fingers will most definitely be safe.
Of course, the best thing about Kinect is how it changes the gaming experience. Since you're interacting without any intermediary device (a.k.a. the controller), you become an actual part of the game instead of being at the sidelines like a master puppeteer. You're more emotionally (and physically) invested in how the game turns out whether you're driving a car to outrun some cops or trying to become the ultimate Jedi. Seeing yourself in the game and seeing your movements copied by your avatar makes the games more real. Your accomplishments seem bigger as well. After all, you needed to utilize your entire body to win or finish a game – not just a thumb and a finger. Even playing a board game like Scrabble or Monopoly is no longer the same. Your living room becomes the board and you can fully participate in the game.
Kinect Games:
Now that we've established what Kinect is and what it means for the world of gaming, what games can you play with it? Quite a lot, apparently. And Microsoft wasn't kidding when they stated that they have something for everybody.
For sports fans, you'll be happy to know that there are several great games to choose from. You've got Forza Motorsport 4, NBA 2K13, Madden NFL 13, Kinect Sports, FIFA Soccer 13, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13, NBA Baller Beats, and Red Bull Crashed Ice Kinect, to name a few. If you like to use your Kinect to stay in shape, there are games for that too! Some examples are Nike+ Kinect Training, Your Shape: Fitness Evolved, Zumba Fitness, and The Biggest Loser: Ultimate Workout.
For RPG (role-playing game) addicts, there are loads of games to choose from. Popular RPGs include Mass Effect 3, Skyrim, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Kinect Star Wars, Fable: The Journey, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, and Crimson Dragon. There are also arcade games available such as Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth, Sonic Free Riders, Kung-Fu, and Dragon's Lair.
What else is there? A lot more. With Kinect, family game night is no longer about playing board games like Scrabble on the floor of your living room. Instead, it's about making your living room into a real, live game show. You can play different game shows on Family Game Night 4 which includes Scrabble Flash and Monopoly. You can also be a participant in Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Minute To Win It, and The Price Is Right. Of course, if the children would rather play by themselves, there are also quite a number of great games available. They can choose to become owners of exotic pets such as tigers, enjoy the magic of Disneyland in Disneyland Adventures, become a character in several Pixar movies, experience life as a wizard with Harry Potter, or explore the world of Sesame Street.
If you want a different kind of entertainment, there are games that cater to those who love to dance, sing, and act. There are even games that help you learn how to be a celebrity! With the game Discovered, you can learn what it takes to be a superstar. For the average Joe and Jane, acting in a movie is now possible with Yoostar 2. Dance addicts will swoon with joy due to the amount of Dance games made available in Kinect. The options include Dance Central 1-3, Just Dance 3 & 4, Just Dance 2014, DanceMasters, Rhythm Party, and The Black Eyed Peas Experience. Then, there are the games that provide players with the opportunity to try out their talents in singing and playing instruments such as Karaoke, Air Band, Victorious: Time to Shine, and Musical Feet.
Since the release of Xbox One (which also has Kinect), there are going to be a lot more games available next year. With the current variety offered, it boggles the mind what kind of game (and game play) they'll come up with next to top what's already in the market. It's certainly something we can all look forward to next year – whether you have an Xbox Kinect or not.


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Fragile (or not)
Happy 65th Birthday Lou Piniella!
I put together some historical perspecitve on how solid or fragile things can be now that the 2008 Cubs are 83-50 (+33) and have the best record in baseball.
The 1984 Cubs finished in first place at 96-65 (+31) and their high water mark was 90-58 (+32) on Sept. 15th.
Go, Dernier, Sandberg and Sutcliffe, Go.
They lost in the NLCS to San Diego, 3-2.
The 1969 Cubs won their 5th in a row and were 84-52 (+32) on Sept 2nd. They had just beaten the Cincy Reds after an 8-2 win, still holding a 5 game lead over the Mets.
This was the high water mark for the season.
Go Williams, Santo and Banks, Go.
They proceeded to lose 8 in a row and 11-12.
They became one of the most remembered teams not to go to postseason competition.
The last time the Cubs had a team that was above +33 games over .500 was 1945.
The 1945 Cubs were 83-50 on Sept 9th. They finished in 1st place at 98-56 (+42).
Go Phil Cavaretta and Hank Borowy, Go.
They lost to the Tigers in the WS, 4-3. The franchise' last appearance in the WS.
The 1935 Cubs finished at 100-54 (+46), they were 83-52 on Sept 7th.
They had a 21 game winning streak in September including winning 21 of their last 23 games.
Go Gabby Hartnet and Charlie Root, Go.
They lost in the WS to the Tigers 4-2.
The high water mark for the 1932 Cubs was 89-60 (+29) on Sept. 20.
Go Lon Warneke and Kiki Cuyler, Go.
They lost in the WS to the Yankees 4-0.
The 1918 Cubs were 84-44 (+40) before losing the last game of that season.
Go Hippo Vaughn, Go.
They lost to Babe Ruth's Redsox in the World Series, 4-2.
The 1910 Cubs were 104-50 (+54) at season end to win the NL pennant.
Go King Cole, Go.
They lost to the Philadelphia A's in the WS, 4-1.
The 1908 Cubs were 99-55 (+44) for the season...including the Merkel tie game.
They were 83-51 on Sept. 13th.
Go Tinker to Evers to Chance, Go.
They beat the Tigers in the World Series, 4-1.
Paradise Lost?
The 1907 Cubs were 106-42 (+64) on Oct. 4th, at their high water mark with 4 games left in the season.
Go Heinie Zimmerman, Go.
They won the World Series, beating the Tigers 4-0-1.
The 1906 Cubs were 116-36 (+80) at season finish. This is the franchise benchmark and the 116 wins was tied by Lou Piniella's Seattle Mariners in 2001 (116-46) although that team's high mark was "only" +71.
Go Mordecai Brown, Go.
They lost in the WS, 4-2 to the Chicago junior circuit franchise.
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thanks, corrected!
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CUBSTER: To be fair to the 1984 Cubs, the team had earned home field advantage due to the record. However, because there were no lights at Wrigley, the Padres got the deciding game 5.
It was bullshit, and frankly, the same bullshit that Miserable Dan Uggla has caused the NL this year.
As I do believe somewhat in unique "Cubbie Occurances", I have dread that somehow Dan Uggla's fuckups will this year cost the Cubs home field advantage in the World Series, where the team has been pretty much unbeatable.
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While it is true that World Series Games would have been moved to Comiskey if the Cubs had won, I don't believe home field was based on records in 1984.
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As I recall it alternated. We did have the best record though. Same in '89.
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We had home field advantange in 1989. Lost game 1, won game 2 at Wrigley, then lost all 3 in San Francisco.
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NEAL, et. al.:
You guys are right, and my memory gets worse each year. HF advantage was alternating, so would not have made that much difference - but it was unfair.
I believe that if you have earned the best record over an entire season in any sport, you deserve the advantage of having the extra potential games in your backyard.
Even in the NCAA March Madness, teams are rewarded based on their records, with regional seeding.
Only a dickhead like Bud Selig would make an exhibition game mean the decisive factor in the all-important post season for his sport.
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I don't mind the HF advantage determined by the all-star game. It wasn't determined by best record before anyway. The all-star game is less arbitrary than altnernating, which is what happened previously. If you give it to the team with the best record, then teams with weak schedules (the Angels, the D-Backs?) have an advantage. If you give it to the league with the best interleague record then the Cubs have to suffer because the Nationals suck.
The Cubs sent a shit load of players to the ASG, so they had an opportunity to influence the outcome. Plus, interleague games had made a joke out of the ASG, so I like the fact that they did something.
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We did what we were supposed to do in August, which is beat up on the weak (18-6). Now it gets alot tougher, other than 3 at Cincy, it's all .500+ ballclubs.
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E-Man: The one important trend I see is that the Cubs have won 13 of their last 14 ROAD games, including Az, Milw and Fla...but even if they friggin' win out...it won't mean a thing when the post-season starts. I do agree though, that Lidge and Uggla should be flogged.
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The Road trend truly is a pleasant new development.
Hope they can keep it going!
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First NL teams to 83 wins:
2008: CHC (?); Aug. 27
2007: AZ (lost NLCS) and NYM (collapsed and missed playoffs); Sept. 12
2006: NYM (lost NLCS); Sept. 1
2005: STL (lost NLCS); Aug. 28
2004: STL (lost WS); Aug. 25
2003: ATL (lost NLDS); Aug. 23
2002: AZ (lost NLDS); Aug. 25
2001: HOU (lost NLDS); Sept. 7
BaseballRace.com and Baseball-Reference.com
Just looking at the decade, does that mean we only have a 1 in 8 chance of a pennant?
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Hmmm...compare our three top starters w/the staffs of the above.
Post Season is about pitching.
If you have the time, it'd be great to see comparisons.
As I have said all year, the only team that gives me pause for thought is the Phillies in the NL.
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Should one use Good Zambrano or Evil Zambrano for the purpose of this comparison?
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ha! good point. maybe "September Z"
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I wonder if Z is like the Talking Krusty Doll from the Treehouse of Horror...
If so, perhaps Fontenot accidentally flipped his switch to evil during a piggyback ride?
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I'm proud owner of that doll.
My kids and I love it.
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I couldn't agree more, the postseason is about shut-down pitching, specifically the top 3 starters and top 3 bullpen guys on the staff.
By that measure, the Phillies though don't scare me. Beyond Hamels and Lidge, and maybe Durbin, they don't have the muscle I don't think.
The teams that scare me are the Brewers, because that's Sheets and Sabathia 4 times in a 7-game series, and Arizona, because Brandon Webb is money.
Are we built for the playoffs? If our pitching is basically Good Z, Demp, Harden, Marmol, Shark, Wood, I like our chances.......
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'08 Cubs are much better equipped for the playoffs than '07 Cubs, imo. Not that '07 Cubs were bad or anything, but they were going to need to hit a hot streak for the playoffs. Instead they hit a cold streak. I think the '08 class will be a little bit more immune to a cold streak.
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You know what's a real kick in the balls? Linking to a Sting video at work. I'd rather be RickRolled.
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Later in the evening...
I'm an orthopod, not a urologist.
I probably better wear a cup.
Maybe it was a reference to Nuts on Clark?
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mark clark disapproves.
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I finally saw the highlights from last night's Cards-Brewers game - Villanueva really pissed off Pujols mightely with all of his jawing. That was just plain stupid. Pujols even said after that he "woke up a sleeping giant". They ended up scoring the next inning to win the game.
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Well if the Cardinals are sleep walking through games agianst the team they're chasing for the wild card slot, they probably deserve to be laughed at.
Sort of reminds me of the time when Bonds said that Zambrano would learn respect. Barry, he's still waiting for his lesson.
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I thought that was Prior? I remember Prior throwing inside on him or possibly hitting him and they're being words. Maybe it was both...
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Upon further review the crew chief has determined that yes, in fact, it was Mark Prior.
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Crew chief may have gotten this one wrong. I remember Prior not backing down to Barry, but I'm pretty sure the respect line was because of a Z fist pump:
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It seems that the MLB umpires are not the only ones who need replay.
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Yeah, I think Rob G. & myself are remembering one incident and you guys are remembering something else. My bad.
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Well, this was Villaneuva walking off the mound after striking out a batter with the bases loaded. So the Cardinals weren't sleep walking, they were in the midst of a rally that came up short. Afterwards, Villaneuva looked right at the Cardinals dugout, threw both hands up in the air, held them up there, said something, punded his chest with both hands, said something else, etc. All while looking at, talking to, and walking towards by the Cardinals on his way off the field. Pujols walked from the on-deck circle towards him and kept telling him to shut the fuck up (easy to read his lips on sportscenter) and the home plate ump had to get between them and had to yell and Villaneuva to get his ass in the dugout.
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More on the Alvarez deal from BP (can read a bit if a non-subscriber)
I hope that the Pirates can find a way to sue and beat Boras. If I were an MLB team I simply wouldn't deal with him. The only possible exception I would make is if I had the #1 overall pick. Otherwise there's just too little difference between a Boras and a non-Boras client to deal with the headache.
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Prior hit Bonds, I think on his mega-elbow pad, and Bonds jawed at him.
Z, I think, got Baroid on a weak liner back to the mound, then pumped his fist and yelled.
I was in favor of both.
Sorry if this has already been covered.
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I remember Wood got Bonds to swing on a strike three but to appeal at third and ump called it a check swing this was at Pac Bell.
Next pitch Bonds either double or homered and Wood got the ball back and you can see Wood looking at the third base ump and said "Fuck You".
And I do remember Prior not backing down to Bonds when he jawed at him.
The Sun-Times
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when jay m. finally dies the sun-times are gonna take a trip to his grave to drink 40s and piss on his corpse after they dig it up.
not often a head writer with constant national exposure leaves and a paper goes head over heels to make damn sure they stick it to him publicly.
those "fan reactions"...wow...yeah i "get it"...but printing a whole list of them that's pretty much nothing but negative...wow.
Cashner promoted
to Daytona...suppose to start tonight. Clearly a move to give him some experience in a more high pressure environment. Daytona is a half game up in the 2nd half standings with 5 to play. The last four against the team trailing them..Jupiter.
after walking 9 batters in his first 2.2 IP. He's "only" walked 9 in the next 13.2 IP. Baby steps...
He did have 16 K's in 16.1 IP.
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Jay Jackson still pitching well in Daytona. 21 K's through 17 IP with a 1.58 ERA and 0 HR's. He's walked a few more folks and has 7 with Daytona.
Between Boise, Peoria and Daytona, he's thrown 50 IP with 72 K's, 13 BB's and 4 HR's with a 2.88 ERA.
Must see TV
had no idea the pitching matchup was Hamels vs Dempster tonight. Sweet.
Fuku's Swing
You can really tell the difference in Kosuke's swing from this clip -- Lou must know what he's doing.
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the clip shows about as much difference as other tape i've seen, fwiw.
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Well whatever Fuku's been doing, I hope he's never going give it up.
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that's the thing...all i see differently is maybe a few inches on his downstride while landing.
he's still got pretty much the same swing unless im missing something..right down to the leg kick and opening up his view "stepping away" from the pitch on his swing.
got a friend who's a little more adamant that he's not doing anything differently, but fuku's got so much unorthodox movement in his swing i dunno if im missing something.
btw, i dont have the numbers so it could all "blow up" on inspection...
the guy seems to really feast on crapballers...and a righty with a good slider is murder to him.
be interesting to see if he starts tonite vs. hamels. hamels is kinda vulnerable vs. lefties with his slider thing. he's always got his curve, his fastball is *meh*, but taking away his slider pretty much takes him down to 2 pitches vs. lefties.
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that's the thing...all i see differently is maybe a few inches on his downstride while landing.
A few inches could make a big difference. Adjusting your swing or step by a few inches is a big adjustment.
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he lands really wide, though. those few inches are in his follow though which leaves him well into 3-4' wide.
he's still got a lot of weird movement in his swing.
its kinda a hybrid of a popular japanese stance where some batters will even go as far as to set up nearly facing the pitcher rather than making it part of their swing. tony bautista had a variation on it if anyone remembers him.
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you need to look at the posted video first.
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Submitted by crunch on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 4:52pm.
the clip shows about as much difference as other tape i've seen, fwiw."
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then you and I saw different things. cause the video i saw didn't have to do with baseball or swings.
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its just a bad joke.
it means any pieces of video ive seen to compare fuku's swing to has lead to nothing.
it was clear as mud, evidently.
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But more importantly, did you get my joke?
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i think everyone who's been rickrolled 10,000 times (78% of america) got it. heh.
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What does rickrolled mean? :D
Recent comments
Pay the man his money...(MVP Talk)
Kris Bryant is going to own the Cubs himself in 6 years :)
Without doing any actual research because this is the Internets, I have a feeling Bryant will break every arbitration record there ever was unless TheJedi can literally use the Force to convince him and Boras to sign a multi-year deal.
Hammel was supposed to pitch Friday, Cubs said it'll be a bullpen day instead.
Tis either a valid excuse for Hammel's recent struggles or a PR game when they try to trade him this offseason. Or possibly both
#Cubs say Jason Hammel has been pitching through elbow tightness and could have started if the team was still playing meaningful games.
Finally made it to Pittsburgh, 6 hour drive can't wait to see the game ....WTF?!?!?
Being young does have its advantages. Not that it helps Addison Russell last season.
Keith Law chat
"Nick: Speaking of players you were wrong about, do you still like the Jason Heyward contract?
Klaw: Yes, actually."
I gives player a year to get acquainted w whole Cub thing,next year will be more telling.Love the d though.
Saw Tito's comment in the last thread. Thought it was a joke.
Bubble wrap the Cubs
that's not important.
the important thing is the cubs seem to have a new defensive whizz at 2nd base according to the stats...sample size warning and all that...but i have faith in him.
imagine him having to do this 20 times a season. 6.2 innings played, 20 assists, DEFENSE GOLD!
That little switcheroo with Zobrist and Rizzo cost me 2 points in the predictions game--damn it.
We'll always have 1985. Nothing else, but we'll always have that.
Nationals 2B Daniel Murphy likely to miss rest of regular season
RVIMPENY: It's raining today so the Cubs will probably play intrasquad game(s) tomorrow and/or Saturday, but it's pretty much a day-to-day proposition, and a lot of times it's decided at the last minute.
Best bet is to check in at Riverview in the morning and ask somebody what's going on that day.
Thanks Phil, I had the Salt River chart, but based on that, it looks like they hardly play and was not on the Surprise on 9/28...I assume they do not really want fans there anyway? Do you know if they play today, Friday or Sat? Sorry to be a pain, but I am only here until Sunday.
John Arguello at Cubs Den with observations & photos from Tuesday's Cubs instructs intrasquad game:
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