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- Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
- Rating: Not Rated
- Number of Discs: 1
- Run Time: 87 Minutes
- Region: 1
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
- Language: English
- Studio: RHI Entertainment
- DVD Release Date: April 6, 2010
- Audio: ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
- Genre: Horror
- Color: Color
- Release Date: 2009
In the High Plains Invaders DVD from the Maneater Series , the hanging of honorable Indian-fighter Sam Phoenix in a small western town is cut short by the unexpected invasion of uranium based insectoid creatures, forcing Sam and a small band of survivors to take refuge in a church. They will need more than a prayer and a pistol to survive, as a Wild West landscape is inundated by a killer force of alien pioneers in this High Plains Invaders movie.
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That's okay, though. The slugger has had to go without a July break before and will be glad to give up those days off again after being voted as the National League's starting catcher for the July 13 All-Star Game at Minute Maid Park in Houston. It marked the 11th time Piazza has earned a trip to the Midsummer Classic and his first since 2002.
But Piazza won't be traveling to the Lone Star State alone. Batterymate Tom Glavine, who leads the Major Leagues with a 2.16 ERA, was chosen by Florida manager Jack McKeon, marking the ninth time he has been tabbed an All-Star.
Piazza received 2,296,667 votes, nearly 800,000 more than runner-up Brad Ausmus. He and Detroit's Ivan Rodriguez also matched Johnny Bench's Major League mark for 10 elections as a starting catcher. In addition, Piazza also passed Carlton Fisk as the all-time votegetter among catchers. He now was 23,381,226 to Fisk's 22,710,613.
Piazza's selection by the fans signals the completion of his comeback from a lost 2003 season. He missed most of last year after severely tearing his groin in May and was not chosen for Midsummer Classic for the first time in his career. But he has returned with a vengeance this season, hitting .309 with 16 homers and 40 RBIs.
"Obviously, I'm honored," Piazza said. "It's something I've always enjoyed. And as long as I'm asked, I'll keep going, especially after missing last year. I never took the game for granted, but I definitely missed it last year.
"After being hurt, it was great that the fans didn't forget about me. It's the fans' game and I'm honored that they chose me."
He became the game's greatest home run-hitting catcher on May 5, smacking his 352nd round tripper as a backstop against San Francisco. Piazza was the top vote getter on three separate occasions, in 1996, 1997 and 2000. He didn't play in the 2000 contest in Atlanta, though, because he was recovering from getting hit in the head with a pitch just three days earlier.
Piazza was named as the game's MVP in '96, taking the honors in his hometown of Philadelphia after going 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBIs at Veterans Stadium.
Glavine, meanwhile, received a huge push from Mets manager Art Howe, who called McKeon on Thursday to stump for his ace.
"I gave Jack the sales pitch and the reasons he should be on the team," Howe said. "To be honest, he agreed."
The veteran southpaw is 7-5, but lack of run support has cost him several victories this season. McKeon recognized that and had no problem choosing Glavine. In fact, according to Baseball Prospectus, Glavine is the top-ranked starter in the National League because he should have nearly four more wins based on the league's average run support.
"I'm not going to say that there isn't a certain amount of vindication in it," said Glavine, who is 0-1 in the All-Star Game, having lost in San Diego in 1992. "You don't just go out here though to have a good season for the All-Star Game or for vindication. But if you get some along the way, that's great.
"I'm pitching now the way everyone thought I was capable of when I came here. You don't want to take anything for granted until I heard I was on the team. And now I'm thrilled about it. It should be a fun time."
Kevin Czerwinski is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Snow Day Winter Ale - New Belgium Brewing
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Ratings: 1,360 | Reviews: 363 | Display Reviews Only:
Reviews by Zraly:
3.83/5 rDev +4.9%
Pours a deep brown with ruby highlights. Nice off-white head and a whiff of pine and citrus predominates upfront.
Nice malty note upfront with lots of citrus and fruit. I get a little chocolate as well, perhaps a hint of chocolate covered orange. A bit of hop juice in the finish with a touch of hemp seed. Clean and relatively light-bodied considering it is a "winter warmer" -- I question the classification a bit, but nonetheless this is a nice beer.
Not the classic winter warmer but a nice beer on a cool night. The 6.2% alcohol is actually well-hidden because I could drink several of these.
11-10-2011 23:47:38 | More by Zraly
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North Carolina
3.88/5 rDev +6.3%
Poured into a standard pint glass a deep dark chocolate brown with a one finger clingy light beige colored head that really stuck like glue as it settled very slowly into a frothy mass.Chocolate malts and piney hops in the nose,a nice mix.A little "fizzy" in the mouth,outside of that little sharpness it was ok,light to medium feel.Quite dry on the palate with unsweetened chocolate and some earthy notes,the piney hops come into the finish along with a tinge of sourness wich I dont really know where it came from,that light sour bite kept the taste score down a little for me.Its not your typical winter ale wich is good and it has a nice hop bite,its missing a biggermore smooth feel,and the sour shot I got I didnt care for,in saying that its a pretty good beer.
11-11-2011 21:11:52 | More by oberon
2.75/5 rDev -24.7%
01-04-2014 02:43:47 | More by mojohawk21
3.25/5 rDev -11%
05-19-2013 22:36:08 | More by Turbo
3.5/5 rDev -4.1%
06-09-2014 21:11:05 | More by tectactoe
3.5/5 rDev -4.1%
03-21-2012 02:05:26 | More by Breen
3.83/5 rDev +4.9%
From BeerAdvocate magazine Issue #60 (Jan 2012):
LOOK: Dark brown, good lacing
SMELL: Brown malt, dates, caramel, bready, carob, faint alcohol, herbal hop, taffy, clean
TASTE: Very smooth, toasted grain, chicory, carob, toast, herbal, floral, modest hop bitterness, raisins, yeast, spice, mint, dry finish
Nothing like dedicating a beer to getting 3 feet of snow: Fort Collins 2003, 37 inches. Here's to being snowed in and hopefully having enough beer to survive! Snow Day pulls it off with its inviting Winter Warmer toastiness and a slight warmth from the alcohol.
08-28-2012 18:55:35 | More by BeerAdvocate
4/5 rDev +9.6%
12-12-2011 01:51:59 | More by Bitzer
3.75/5 rDev +2.7%
03-16-2013 21:04:22 | More by markallmon
3.5/5 rDev -4.1%
08-10-2013 06:22:02 | More by danthehopslamman
3.75/5 rDev +2.7%
05-11-2014 05:46:54 | More by DaftPatrick
4/5 rDev +9.6%
12-15-2013 18:26:36 | More by equinox1
3.58/5 rDev -1.9%
12oz bottle. Pours brown with a medium creamy off white head that retains well and laces the glass.
The aroma is roasted chocolate malts, with some fruit and resiny, piney hops.
The flavor is roasted malts with fruity, resiny, piney hops and a roast bitter finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with smooth carbonation.
Overall, a nice, slightly mellow, black IPA.
11-17-2011 03:24:12 | More by Beaver13
3.73/5 rDev +2.2%
A- Deep brown. Not quite black but it doesn't claim to be, American brown color, with a thin head.
S- Very light, this beer is 6 months past the best by date so... I wasn't expecting much here. Definitely some vague piney hops but very light.
T- Citrus hops up front with some pine and a nice balancing malt with some light roast. Finish is a wash of hop bitterness to take away the sweet malt.
M- Medium low with enough body to balance all the flavors, a bit low in carbonation (again, an old bottle might be to blame).
O- This beer surprised me. A past its prime winter seasonal seemed worth a try, didn't realize it was a hoppy black ale. Even with the age the hops are still refreshing and the overall impression comes through. Looking forward to trying it fresh next winter.
08-24-2012 01:49:27 | More by Guden
4/5 rDev +9.6%
A --- Dark and rusty
S --- Hoppy and smokey malts
T --- Lots of roasted flavors, pepper, earthy
M --- Light carbination and a light/medium body
O --- Very good! It can replace a porter/stodt on nights when you want to enjoy some hoppiness.
I was bummed they decided to postpone brewing of 2 Below for a few years but this is very good. I will definately enjoy this again and again this holiday season! I can't wait to try it on tap.
11-16-2011 03:30:19 | More by mikechance
3.5/5 rDev -4.1%
02-01-2013 01:36:16 | More by Beerswag
3.75/5 rDev +2.7%
03-02-2013 04:35:15 | More by lionnusmb
4/5 rDev +9.6%
12-05-2011 02:57:03 | More by Jason
3.8/5 rDev +4.1%
Bottle served at Onion Creek in Houston.
The beer pours a deep brown to black color with a tan head. The aroma has quite a bit of pine in it, as well as some nice roasted malt notes.
The flavor is similar to the aroma. I get a lot of roasted malt and chocolate notes, as well as some pine from the hops. The bitterness is low to medium.
Medium, creamy mouthfeel and medium carbonation.
11-21-2011 04:17:48 | More by Mora2000
2.5/5 rDev -31.5%
12-05-2013 20:21:40 | More by Mugenlude
4/5 rDev +9.6%
12-31-2011 22:09:04 | More by 1Adam12
3.98/5 rDev +9%
Serving glass: Poured from bottle into Nonic Imperial Pint.
Appearance: Dark brown with just a hint of red. Nice foamy head with strong lacing rings.
Smell: Roasted and caramel malts, with orange, pine and spice floating on top. Fairly pungent. Smells like a Black Ale/IPA.
Taste: Tastes like one as well. Smoke and bitter chocolate co-mingle with orange and grapefruit. Finish is more pine-like and spicy. Seems like this should be a burst of flavor, but is a little subdued, maybe due to the wheat.
Feel: Moderate carbonation with a nice dry finish. Unfortunately, the beer is a little too thin.
Overall: Obviously Winter Warmer is not really the appropriate description. This is a nice Black IPA / American Black Ale that could use a titch more flavor and body. Otherwise, quite enjoyable and better than 2 Below.
11-03-2011 21:44:47 | More by bsp77
3.25/5 rDev -11%
08-12-2013 23:05:22 | More by Hugh37
3.08/5 rDev -15.6%
Bottle with BB date of 26 Feb 2012
A-Poured into a pint glass with 2 fingers of creamy tan head that hangs on stubbornly to the glass. Is clear with a deep brown color with some red tint.
S-Fresh hops (tropical, lemon, and pine like volatiles) are the dominant aromas. A sweet toasted malt backnote is also definitely there.
T-Hoppy character is upfront and lingers a bit into a bitter finish. Fair sweet malt backbone but is overshadowed by hops.
M-A bit oily and resiny from hops but doesn't linger too much. Moderate carbonation and a somewhat thinner body than I would have expected.
D-This one would be tough for me to drink more than a couple.
O-An interesting beer-I'd consider it to be more of a black IPA than a winter warmer. To me the hops dominant and gives an unbalanced taste. I like the nice fresh hop aroma and taste but I tend to prefer a beer more on the malty/sweet side vs. hoppy.
12-07-2011 03:52:35 | More by deebo
3.25/5 rDev -11%
The ale poured out from the bottle and had a blackish ruby color to it. It also had a faint, citrus hop nose to it, but only slightly. It tasted like a red ale to me, and was hopped but not bitter or overwhelming in any way. No significant after taste or lingering flavours.
Would I buy this beer again? Probably.
01-17-2013 20:16:49 | More by NilocRellim
Snow Day Winter Ale from New Belgium Brewing
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Councillor Seán Woodward has given the go ahead to build a much needed roundabout at the junction of Sherfield Road and Campbell Road in Bramley, Basingstoke.
The decision was made at Councillor Woodward's Economy, Transport and Environment decision day, on Tuesday 10 September.
The new roundabout will reduce congestion at the existing junction which has increased as a result of traffic from the new housing development built on former MoD land on German Road.
The junction improvement was considered to be a priority by Bramley Parish Council and was endorsed by local residents at a public consultation exhibition held in the village hall.
It was also agreed to extend the existing 40mph speed limit approximately 80m further east (towards Sherfield on Loddon) from its current position on Sherfield Road, to reduce vehicle speed along the road and on the approach to the new roundabout.
Councillor Seán Woodward, said: "This new roundabout will be a welcome benefit and will improve access for local residents in and out of Campbell Road. Safety will also be improved at this junction by reducing the speed of traffic on Sherfield Road on the approach to the new roundabout. Access to the adjacent bus stop/shelter will also be improved especially for the elderly, mobility impaired and children in push chairs, by the addition of dropped kerbed crossings with tactile paving."
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Post subject: Linux mag
I was in Holland/Netherlands lately and went into a small supermarket and looked in the magazine section just looking for Linux stuff (after seeing a Linux mag in Italy the week before hand). I noticed Linux Starter (or on those lines) one, explaining linux, how to install etc (I can't speak or read dutch so I was just guessing what things said) but I felt that it was a good idea.
Is there such a thing here? I know you have Linux Format but I feel it is more of a higher level magazine than a complete beginner who knows nothing about Linux. I wonder if it would be a good idea to have one published concentrating on a complete beginner. Maybe linux the Windows XP one, not like I've read it but am only guessing, where I'm sure it tells the user about Windows XP. But thinking about it, it maybe on par (of course not as good as Linux Format) as Linux Format. If it were to get into features like coding, learning emacs etc it may be quite difficult to accept. But one which focuses on Linux from the start maybe focusing on one or a few of the bigger name distros, like Ubuntu, Fedora or SuSE.
I just thought I'd mention it,
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:49 pm
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I know exactly what you want. And what's more it's free! Bad news is that it is supplied in PDF form on the net. Even then it is formatted to fit your 4:3 screen, and the latest KPDF or Adobe 7 will view it nicely.
The site you need to go to is:
Near the top left is a pull down menu where you can download the 5 back issues to date, and you can register to have new issues notified to you by e-mail.
The PDFs run full screen. In Adobe Reader 7 you have to press ESC to get back to the normal state to exit the program. In KPDF you need to move your mouse to the top of the screen and the "X" button appears top right to close.
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:22 am
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Sorry, I don't think I was very clear. It wasn't for me but for complete beginners. I just thought if people could see a mag with Linux on in big letters, from them maybe hearing a little about linux or it sounds interesting, that they might pick it up. For that TUX site, you would have to either be directed their or do a search, and to understand what/who is TUX you would have to learn a lot more rather than thinking, ah TUX = Linux.
Thanks for the link,
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Post subject: RE: Linux mag
there is of course the LXF/WHSmith's Special magazine with Mandriva 2005 LE, see this thread:
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:32 am
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I'll jump in here if that's ok?
In W*****s land there is the 'Computeractive' magazine. This deals with people new to computers. And I think Gregoreo is wondering if a similar magazine might be available that does the same for Linux.
I've been wondering that too Gregoreo, especially after purchasing the Linux Format Special that Towy71 mentions above. So a Linuxactive would be most welcome (IMO). I feel sure that as Microsofty gets more and more protective over it's OS, that Linux will eventually come into it's own as a viable alternative. I read the other day, that if your monitor isn't on the approved list for the Vista OS, then nothing shows...only a fuzzy screen! This is progress? LINUX WILL COME GOOD.
The only downside I've found to my use of the Mandriva system, is the adding of missing files for DVD playback. And some files for plug-ins (Firefox). If the Linux community could make the adding of such files easier (though I'm sure it's a doddle to regular users) then the uptake of Linux would surge!
As it stands there does appear to be too many (mostly) complicated ways of installing the files and stuff.
I have written to Computeractive and asked if they could include some basic understanding/use of Linux in their most excellent 'Workshops' series. I'll let you know if they reply. By the way Computeractive is available every fortnight in most newsagents, it comes out Thursdays. But I'm sure most people on this forum don't need it. I only get it because it's like the Dandy and Beano for adults.
Regards all, Pete.
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 12:40 pm
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But I'm sure most people on this forum don't need it. I only get it because it's like the Dandy and Beano for adults.
Don't be too sure of that...
I do get ComputerActive - it's a good source of hints & tips about Windows stuff I don't use myself but get asked about by other people. And they give very good advice on consumer protection issues (ie what to do if your shiny new PC doesn't work and the bozo in the shop says you have to contact the manufacturer to get it sorted).
Also it's eagerly read by the rest of the family, who do still use Windows.
I hope the day will come when the use of Linux has grown enough to make a "LinuxActive" magazine viable.
Note : I also get the Beano every week - officially for my daughter, but guess who gets to read it first
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I wasn't being derogatory about CA Nigel. When I read after posting I realised it could have been interpreted that way. What I meant to say (in a less clumsy manner) is; it reads very easily (much like a comic). Lots of pictures and the crystal mark is well deserved by them.
I bought it from launch. And it was a great help during the early period - however just swapping from the Amiga to Windows was SO much easier in itself.
I still get it and look forward to it (by subscription) every other Monday - due next week.
I'm pleased other people on the forum get it, again being clumsy, it looks like a derogatory statement. But I meant those using the CLI and stuff.
Roll on a Linuxactive I say.
Shiny side up (motorcycle xpression).
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It's OK, Pete, I didn't take your post as derogatory about CA... Just saying don't be so sure that people here aren't reading it
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I know this is blasphemy but LinuxMagazine seems to be a more beginers mag (from what I saw when my LUG got free issues a couple of years ago).
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Linux Magazine (to which I also subscribe) seems to me to have a similar mix of articles to LXF. They tend to have the more newbie oriented stuff near the back in the linuxuser section.
However, they do not have the wonderfull website community that LXF do, though they do have those pdfs of back issues. Swings and roundabouts really.
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I use to buy all three linux mags, Linux Format, Linux Magazine and Linux User and Dev but they stopped selling Linux Magazine in my local WHSmith and the closest place I could find it for sale was in Lakeside Shopping Centre!!
I do find though that Linux Format is a very friendly magazine, for example against the likes of LUD which I find a bit of a struggle to get though, and god forbid a newbie accidently buying it, they would be scared off for years....
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I got a years free subscription to LUD a while back. Its ok, their main problem is the target audiance already knows eveything in it by the time it is released anyway. Although that is a hazzard of all Linux mags, things move so quick most news is old news by the time it is published and software is already 1 version out of date.
I didn't find it too difficult (but I am used to that kinda thing), just boring. I'm gussing it is good for suits to read.
I don't really get the time to read mags anymore, the only subscription I have left is LXF and that is only because Future make it impossible to unsubscribe.
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I got Linux magazine and I thought it was too technical for me so I get Linux Format instead. It would be great if they did have a Linux Active magazine though as it wouldn't make Linux seem so complicated. Linux Format is just right for me as it's a mixture of hard and easy tutorials.
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I've read that LF started off as a more 'Linux Active' type magazine but the demand wasn't there apparently - hence the move to the current style and format.
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PALO ALTO, Calif. — It's difficult to overstate how completely we Americans are ruled by television. On a typical day, you and your fellow countrymen watch about four hours and 39 minutes of live TV, plus an additional 26 minutes of "time-shifted" (i.e., DVR'd) programming, according to Nielsen. That's more time, by far, than we spend with any other technology: more than we surf the Web, more than we use our phones, more than we play video games. In a given week, the average American child will spend more than a full day — nearly 27 hours — in front of the tube. And children don't even watch as much TV as adults. Generally, the older you get in America, the more television sucks you in. The average senior citizen spends more than two full days of every week in front of the TV.
It has been ever thus. In some ways the most astonishing fact about television isn't how much we watch now, but how much we've always watched, and how impervious TV has been to every cultural and technological shift in recent American history. Consider everything that's happened in society over the last few decades. More women went to work, everyone's working hours increased, we quit bowling leagues, we suffered through a handful of recessions and enjoyed a couple booms, and we endured several wars. We also got the Web, mobile gadgets, better game consoles, e-readers, DVRs, BitTorrent, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Other media industries — journalism, music, publishing, video games — have been transformed or decimated by these changes. But TV? Whatever else has happened in American life, TV just kept doing better. If you look at a chart of household TV viewing from 1950 to 2009, it's a straight upward arrow. In the last couple years, live TV-viewing has begun to dip just slightly, but the decline has been offset by a rise in time-shifted viewing. Overall, despite every technology that has come along to usurp or disrupt it, we watch about as much TV in 2013 as we've ever watched.
I shower you with all these stats not to depress you. Instead, the numbers underscore the huge opportunity that's driving Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Google and dozens of startups looking to transform how we watch TV: by giving us more choice over what we see, by adding new interfaces (like voice control), and by unhooking us from a monthly cable bill. But the same stats also illustrate the difficulty of their quest. If nothing has threatened traditional live television so far, what new tech could possibly get us to switch from the tube?
Well, how about YouTube? Over the last couple years, the Google-owned video-streaming site has attempted to transform itself from a vast repository of clips into something more refined and worthy of our sustained attention: the perfectly personalized television network. If the gambit succeeds, one day not long from now you'll think of YouTube as a cable network built just for you, a place you escape to for entertainment, news, learning and voyeurism, no matter what device you're using or where you are.
YouTube has certain natural advantages in its battle to win the TV wars, the most conspicuous of which are scope and scale. The company aims to deliver its videos to every device, from PCs to TVs to phones, in any corner of the world. In May, it announced that people now watch about 6 billion hours of YouTube videos per month, a 50 percent increase over last year. That's more than any other video site on the planet — Netflix, for instance, serves about 1 billion hours a month. But it's far less time than we spend with traditional TV. We watch as much YouTube in a month as we watch TV in a day.
YouTube's efforts to turn itself into the next generation of television have been chronicled before — Fast Company, The New Yorker and Time have documented the firm's $100 million push to create hundreds of new channels by indie producers. (The fund also went to produce video at established sites, including, for a time, some of the offerings on Slate's YouTube channel.) At the same time, YouTube is working on deals to stream the high-budget shows that you get on TV. But two problems have hampered the site's effort to mimic television. The first is speed. Can YouTube ever load its videos as quickly as you can switch channels on TV, and stream them at the same quality you expect on the tube? The second issue is "discovery." Finding what you want to watch on television isn't easy, but it's a problem of manageable scope. On YouTube, the choices aren't infinite, but they might as well be. A given YouTube video tends to be shorter than most TV programming, it appeals to a far more limited and precisely tailored audience, and it's drowned in a sea of millions of other clips. How will you ever find enough stuff on YouTube, then, to make your experience comparable to what you get from the flat-screen on your wall?
This being Google, the solutions to the speed and discovery problems involve lots of engineering tricks. Last year, YouTube began radically overhauling the way it streams videos to users. In the past, when you requested a video from the site, it would send you a single stream containing the whole video. Once the content left YouTube's servers, the company no longer had any control over it; if there was some hiccup along the way, it couldn't serve you a lower-quality video or reroute your request to a different server in another part of the world. So you'd watch the annoying spinner while your video "rebuffered."
Today, across YouTube, rebuffering occurs far too often. Any given video will stop and start around 3 to 5 percent of the time. This differs vastly by country — videos in Japan rebuffer less often than video in India, where the Internet is slower — but the company's goal is to improve these rates everywhere. "Imagine if you got a new television provider and your videos stopped 5 percent of the time, or imagine if it took you five seconds to change channels," says Shishir Mehrotra, a vice president of product at YouTube. "You would get a new television provider, and you wouldn't change channels very much." Mehrorta's goal is to reduce YouTube's rebuffering rate to around 0.1 percent, and he wants videos to start playing within 200 milliseconds of your choosing them, or what he calls "instant time."
The discovery problem is thornier than the speed issue. YouTube's partner program has led to lots of new content on the site. Thousands of channel owners, many of whom have garnered millions of subscribers, now earn money from their YouTube videos. Some of these are quite popular: The comedy duo Smosh have 10 million subscribers, the gaming channel Machinima has 8 million, and a fashion and beauty channel run by Bethany Mota has 2 million. But aside from a few breakout successes, most YouTube channels aren't of mainstream interest; by design, they appeal to niche audiences. To make itself comparable to traditional TV, YouTube needs to fashion these small videos into a larger, more comprehensible viewer experience for viewers. It needs to know what you like, and to serve you a new video that you'll love each time the previous one ends.
To do so, YouTube has been experimenting with ways to encourage more viewers to sign up for more channels. Once people do sign up for a channel, they tend to come back to YouTube more often, and when they do, they watch for longer stretches of time.
The big question is how much like traditional live TV YouTube will become after it makes these improvements — and how much it will stand apart from TV, too. The dream is that when you flip on your YouTube, you'll get popular long-format shows as well as niche-ier stuff that you can watch in line at the supermarket or in a doctor's waiting room.
"If we do a good job of this, the ways people will engage with YouTube will go beyond the reasons they currently turn on their TV," Mehrotra says. "The number of things that compete for users' time has increased enormously in the last 30 years, yet every year the amount of time that people spend watching television has gone up." In other words, as good as YouTube gets, the real tube isn't going anywhere. Instead, YouTube is betting that our overall appetite for screen time will keep increasing. YouTube and live TV will exist side-by-side, and none of us will ever get anything done.
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Electronic Arts Inc., the second- largest U.S. video-game publisher, has announced that Tiger Woods will no longer be associated with its golf title.
The maker of "Tiger Woods PGA Tour" made a mutual decision with the golfer to end their 15-year partnership, Daryl Holt, a general manager for EA Sports, said Monday in a blog posting that showed screen shots of its next version.
"We've always been big fans of Tiger and we wish him continued success in all his future endeavors," wrote Holt, who said the company will continue to use the PGA Tour name.
Sports games, including "Madden NFL" and "FIFA Soccer," are among the company's top-grossing titles. Electronic Arts began selling "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14" in March, along with a historic Masters edition.
John Reseburg, a spokesman for Redwood City, Calif.- based Electronic Arts, didn't immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment.
The stock has risen 71 percent this year as new CEO Andrew Wilson repositions the company from primarily a maker of packaged titles into one that sells more of its products on the Web. Electronic Arts reports fiscal second-quarter results today after the New York close.
Woods, 37, hasn't won a major title since the 2008 U.S. Open. In 2009, he lost endorsement deals with AT&T, Accenture and TAG Heuer watches following a marital scandal. Electronic Arts said at the time that the negative publicity didn't affect sales.
Electronic Arts also has agreed to stop making college football games after settling a lawsuit brought by former players from the National College Athletic Association who said they weren't being compensated for their likenesses.
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This is the time of year when many communities set property tax rates. Invariably, taxes are going up and the discussion will turn to lessening the burden by attracting new business - even if it means those businesses from a neighboring community.
As these situations play out every year, our communities fight over a fast-diminishing pool of manufacturers, the scraps of what was once a robust segment of our economy. We're not alone. It's happening in nations across the world, and the culprit is the same: China.
For 13 years we've been at the losing end of an economic war, one that we have largely refused to fight. Instead we've rattled our rhetoric ineffectively as losses have grown. It's estimated that 57,000 American manufacturers have closed during that time. For many American workers, their final act is boxing up their manufacturing equipment to ship to China.
As of 2011, America is estimated to have lost 2.7 million manufacturing jobs directly to Chinese competition - plus an unknown number of jobs in related sectors.
This economic war began in 2001, after the United States and others championed China's entry into the World Trade Organization. This allowed China, which had a notorious reputation for unfair trade practices, to trade on par with nations that followed the WTO's strict policies. It was naively thought that China's entry would mean it would start following the rules, that its working class would embrace democracy and prosperity, and that other nations would gain equal access to China's economy.
None of those things happened. In the meantime, China continues its old tricks — subsidizing its private sector to destroy foreign competition, manipulating its currency to give itself a trade advantage, and suppressing workers. It has stolen intellectual property from U.S. companies and bullied American businesses attempting to enter its market. All as it continues to buy up our mounting public debt, furthering our dependence on it.
The European Union nearly entered an economic war with China earlier this year in an effort to combat such predatory strategies. China's autocratic government seeks to dominate the world economy and only responds to serious threats, as the recent showdown with the EU proved.
Meanwhile, our internal bickering is distracting us. President Obama skipped a crucial Asian summit last month, a move widely seen as giving China an advantage in efforts to dominate its Asian neighbors. Instead, Obama stayed home to deal with Congress' shutdown of the federal government.
"I'm sure the Chinese don't mind that I'm not there right now," he said. "There are areas where we have differences, and they can present their point of view and not get as much push back as if I were there."
So, as our communities set tax rates and renew a scramble for the scraps of industry, keep in mind the connection between our fates and the global picture. It's up to our federal government to deal with economic threats facing our nation. China is a formidable and predatory force that wants it all.
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A government plan to ban trans fats is good news for our collective health - despite critics' claims that the Food and Drug Administration is overstepping its regulatory authority.
Scientists are unanimous that consuming trans fats raises a person's chances of having a heart attack. So the government is moving toward a decree that food manufacturers may no longer use the artificial additive that gives food have a longer shelf-life and a less greasy feel.
Some doctors consider trans-fatty acids the worst type of fat because they both raise "bad" (LDL) cholesterol while lowering "good" (HDL) cholesterol. These acids are made by hydrogenation, or infusing vegetable oil with hydrogen. It's not clear why but this process increases cholesterol more than in other types of fats.
So the government is trying to save lives with a proposed ban. The Food and Drug Administration predicts it will prevent 20,000 heart attacks and 7,000 deaths a year.
Food manufacturers don't seem particularly upset. They'll go on making their products, with or without trans fats, and continue to realize profits. Alternatives already exist.
But the outrage from others is predictable. Forget the lives being saved, this is yet another example of the government trying to control some aspect of people's lives.
Consider these two elements: Not everybody is equipped to save oneself from nutritional peril, and needless exposure to heart disease costs us all in Medicare and Medicaid expenditures.
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Generator Venice
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TOOL: Scoped Rife RANGE: 48 yards WIND: 15 mph, in your faceFULL STORY
Re-Route Your Deer Drive
Forget everything you thought you knew about driving whitetails.FULL STORY
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Just hanging an elevated platform, even on prime whitetail ground, doesn't guarantee success. The best treestand sites are carefully planned, prepared and maintained.FULL STORY
Playing In The Rain
Do you love hunting with a muzzleloader but fret about rain and moisture rendering your gun worthless? Mark Kayser offers a few invaluable tips for keeping your entire muzzleloader dry and operational, come hell or high water.FULL STORY
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Have you ever blown a shot so easy that trying to make sense of it is actually mind-boggling?FULL STORY
Farmers And Hunters Feeding The Hungry
Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry (FHFH) received more than 175 tons of donated meat during the past year, which is enough to feed 1.4 million servings to the needy. This includes deer and elk donated by hunters, along with livestock and poultry donations from farmers.FULL STORY
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While on location filming and flying around in a chopper, the North American Hunter-TV crew ran across a giant crocodile swimming in the Limpopo River in South Africa.FULL STORY
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Insurance & Financial Issues
The cost of genetic testing ranges from several hundred to several thousand dollars. Costs vary according to factors including:
- whether a previously-identified mutation exists in the family
- whether the family's ancestry suggests the possibility of a particular mutation (for instance Jewish founder mutations or Polish founder mutations)
- which hereditary predisposition is being tested for
- which laboratory performs the test
Most insurance companies will cover the cost of genetic testing in individuals who have either a personal history or family history of cancer and who meet certain guidelines.
Financial assistance for diagnosis or treatment of cancer is sometimes available. Fewer resources are available for those seeking assistance with the cost of genetic counseling or testing, or preventive options such as chemoprevention or prophylactic surgery. Preventive medicine is sometimes considered elective and, therefore, not always covered by assistance programs. Requesting help from a health care professional who is knowledgeable in genetics ensures that the genetic test ordered for you is appropriate. A genetics counselor or expert can also help you request medical reimbursement for testing.
Medicare coverage of genetic services
Under Medicare's new guidelines, BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic testing is covered for people with:
1. Personal history of breast cancer + one or more of the following:
- Diagnosed age ≤45 y, with or without family history
- Diagnosed age ≤50 y or two breast primaries, with ≥1 close blood relative(s) with breast cancer ≤50 y or ≥1 close blood relative(s) with ovarian cancer/fallopian tube/primary peritoneal cancer
- Two breast primaries when first breast cancer diagnosis occurred prior to age 50
- Diagnosed at any age, with ≥2 close blood relatives with breast and/or epithelial ovarian/fallopian tube/primary peritoneal cancer, at any age
- Close male blood relative with breast cancer
- Personal history of epithelial ovarian/fallopian tube/primary peritoneal cancer
- If of certain ethnicity associated with higher mutation frequency, (eg, founder populations of Ashkenazi Jewish, Icelandic, Swedish, Hungarian or other) no additional family history required
- a close relative with a known BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation
2. Personal history of epithelial ovarian/fallopian tube/primary peritoneal cancer.
3. Personal history of male breast cancer.
Medicare does not currently cover the cost of genetic testing in individuals who do not have a personal history of cancer.
Insurance coverage of genetic services
Most health insurance companies will pay for genetic testing if a person meets particular criteria indicating that hereditary cancer might run in the family. Several companies that performs genetic testing, have financial assistance programs. One of the labs, Myriad Genetics has an insurance reimbursement assistance program which facilitates insurance coverage of genetic testing by obtaining preauthorization.
Medicaid coverage of genetic services
Several State Medicaid programs cover BRACAnalysis® for qualifying individuals. State requirements vary. A qualified genetics expert can help determine if you meet state Medicaid guidelines for genetic testing coverage. The states that offer Medicaid coverage include:
New Jersey
New York
New Mexico
West Virginia
Financial assistance for genetic testing
A genetic counselor can help determine if you qualify for a financial assistance program to cover the cost of genetic testing. For more information on genetic counseling and how to find a genetic counselor see our section on this topic.
Some affiliates of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure fund local programs which provide genetic testing to uninsured or underinsured people. You can look up affiliates by state through this link.
The Cancer Resource Foundation offers co-pay assistance for cancer genetic testing.
Some limited research studies cover the cost for genetic testing as part of the study.
Dr. Steven Narod, a researcher in Canada, offers free genetic testing through his research registry for those people who meet the following criteria:
- Under 30 with breast cancer
- Bilateral breast cancer at any age
- Any woman with a known mutation in the family
- Patient agrees to baseline questionniare and follow-up questionnaire.
Turn around time will be six months. For more information, contact Sonia Nanda, the study coordinator at: email@example.com
Genetic testing within research
Some limited research studies cover the cost for genetic testing as part of the study.
Dr. Steven Narod, a researcher in Canada, offers free genetic testing through his research registry for those people who meet the following criteria:
- Under 30 with breast cancer
- Bilateral breast cancer at any age
- Any woman with a known mutation in the family
- Patient agrees to baseline questionniare and follow-up questionnaire.
Turn around time will be six months. For more information, contact Sonia Nanda, the study coordinator at: email@example.com
Financial assistance for medical care
Public assistance, such as Medicaid may be available if you are ineligible for other programs. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services website has a link to state Medicaid programs. There are specific criteria for Medicaid eligibility.
Most hospitals have social workers or financial assistance counselors who can help explain your options and direct you to resources which provide assistance in paying for medical care. Some hospitals designated as Hill-Burton facilities receive money from the federal government. These hospitals must provide a certain amount of free or reduced-cost health services every year to those who cannot pay. Each facility may decide which type of free or reduced-cost care it will provide, and must publish this information in the newspaper, as well as provide a written notice to you upon request for Hill-Burton Assistance.
Patient Services Incorporated (PSI) has a program funded by Right Action for Women which covers the cost for MRI for eligible high-risk women.
Local chapters of organizations sometimes offer free screening or financial assistance for medical screening.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
Signed into law in March 2010, PPACA contains several provisions that impact individuals and families affected by cancer:
- Access to health insurance for all Americans—including those who are currently uninsured
- Elimination of pre-existing conditions as barrier to coverage
- Elimination of annual and lifetime caps on insurance coverage
- Capping out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures
- Coverage of young adults up to the age of 26 on their parent's plan
- Coverage for screening and preventative services including breast, colorectal and cervical cancer screenings—without a co-payment
• Coverage for those enrolled in clinical trials
Below are further details on relevant provisions:
Coverage for Genetic Counseling and Testing
The federal government recently released regulations that clarify which preventive services will be covered under the Affordable Care Act without cost sharing for patients enrolled in private insurance plans. Insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act cannot apply a co-pay or deductible to genetic counseling for inherited breast and ovarian cancer risk and BRCA testing in women with a family history of cancer as outlined by the United States Preventive Services Task Force. For these patients, insurance companies must cover the entire cost of genetic counseling and BRCA testing.
The current regulations do not cover the following:
- genetic counseling or testing in people with a family history indicative of Lynch Syndrome (which is associated with colon, uterine, and ovarian cancer) or other hereditary cancer syndromes;
- genetic counseling and testing for women who have already been diagnosed with cancer;
- risk-management services such as increased surveillance and prophylactic surgery which has been proven to reduce the risk for developing cancer and the risk of dying in high-risk women; and
- genetic counseling and testing in men.
These guidelines are based on USPSTF's Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer in Women recommendations released in 2013.
Elimination of pre-existing conditions
PPACA will eliminate the use of pre-existing conditions to deny or impose waiting periods on insurance coverage. While already in place for children, this provision is not effective for adults until 2014. In the interim, temporary high-risk pools (PCIPs), have been established at the state level or through federal-state partnerships to assist patients with pre-existing exclusions that limit coverage. According to healthcare.gov, 23 states and the District of Columbia elected to have their PCIP program administered by the federal government; 27 states have chosen to run their own programs.
Elimination of annual and lifetime limits
PPACA eliminates annual and lifetime limits on insurance coverage. PPACA bans insurance plans beginning on or after September 23, 2010 from cutting off policyholders when a lifetime benefit was reached. The law phases out annual limits over a period of three years and will completely ban annual caps on January 1, 2014.
Capping out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures
PPACA places caps on how much money insured people will have to spend out of their own pockets for healthcare services that are covered in the new law's essential health benefits package. These caps on out-of-pocket spending will go into effect in 2014. The out-of-pocket spending caps will follow a sliding scale: Those with lower and middle incomes will pay less out of pocket than those with higher incomes. The new caps guarantee that consumers will not have to pay more than a set amount annually in out-of-pocket expenses for covered services.
Coverage for those enrolled in clinical trials
The law requires health plans to pay the routine care costs of patients who participate in clinical trials for the prevention, detection and treatment of cancer and other life-threatening conditions.
For more information on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, visit healthcare.gov.
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