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Paul W. Mosher, M.D., Private Practice Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
This presentation will describe the 60 year history of the divergence between the increasingly weak legal protection of ordinary medical information and the increasingly stringent protection of the confidentiality of psychotherapy information. Special attention will be given to the origin of the "psychotherapy notes" provision in the HIPAA Privacy Rule and the way that provision circumscribes disclosures in insurers. The limitation of disclosure of other information to third party payers to the "minimum necessary" amount will also be explained.
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Do You Live to Eat or Eat to Live?
Women are not only passionate about food-they actually prefer food to passion. That's one of the startling responses we received to a recent lhj.com survey on dining and dieting. The women in our poll also confessed that they love eating so much that they think about it almost all the time. Yet, for all their gourmandizing tendencies, they're honest about how much they weigh, and if they absolutely had to choose, they'd rather be richer than thinner. Here's what else they had to say:All that junk
In our fast-food nation, it's very hard not to resist temptation, but most of those polled do try to maintain some sort of balance. Forty-two percent say that unhealthy foods make up between 10 to 25 percent of their daily diet; 26 percent say their menus are less than 10 percent junk. The bad news: Twenty-two percent say junk makes up a quarter to one half of their meals, and 9 percent admit to filling up on empty calories 50 to 75 percent of the time.Fear of fat
Though we may not like to admit it, we still harbor personal biases against obese people. Asked what would be their reaction to seeing a very overweight woman, 43 percent hope they never get that fat themselves. Another 19 percent would wonder how she could "let herself go like that," and 17 percent would assume the obesity was a medical problem. On the other hand, 21 percent say they would know exactly how the heavy woman felt.Decisions, decisions
Food may be a source of joy, but it doesn't beat a little extra in the bank account. Given the choice, 64 percent of women would rather win $1,000 than lose 10 pounds. When asked whether they'd rather have a great restaurant meal or great sex, 56 percent would go gourmet and 44 percent would hit the sheets.Big fat liar
True, it's a touchy subject, but the majority (53 percent) of respondents say they never lie about their weight! A less honest 31 percent admit to fudging all the time. Nine percent confess they shave off pounds when they're among friends who are thinner than they are.Food = bliss
Nearly two thirds of those polled -- 73 percent -- consider food to be one of life's greatest pleasures. The rest say food is nothing but sustenance.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee State University has received a $600,000 donation to be used for scholarships.The school said in a news release this week that the estate of late alumna Vernice Marie Taylor Gray and her late husband, Elbert Gray Jr., donated the money to help students who want to attend TSU.School officials say the money will fund two "financially disadvantaged" male and female students from Tennessee each year.Vernice, a Memphis native, attended San Diego State University for one year before transferring to TSU.In 1950, she graduated with a B.S. degree in social administration and a minor in Spanish.She died in 2004. Her husband passed away last year.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Ryan Dempster, Alex Rodriguez, and Waking the Monster
It's an innocent line in a game recap, but of course it was so much more than that. On Sunday Night Baseball (between—wouldn't you know it—the Yankees and Red Sox) at Fenway Pawk, Ryan Dempster had a pitch slip out of his hand and, unfortunately, strike the batter at the plate, thus entitling that batter to first base. He may or may not have been having difficulty with his pitch location on the first three pitches of the at-bat. Major League Baseball seems to think so, by virtue of the five-game suspension that it handed out over the matter. Apparently they believe that Dempster was trying to hit the batter, but couldn't quite aim it right.
Coincidentally, the batter at the plate was Yankees third baseman Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez. I think I heard something about his having been involved in something controversial lately. Not sure. Rodriguez's Yankees, who were down by two runs at the time, went on to win the game 9-6.
On Wednesday, Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz went on the record to say that he didn't appreciate his teammate's actions.
"I didn't like it. I don't think it was the right thing to do,'' Ortiz told USA TODAY Sports. "But we don't all think alike, and the guy who did it, Dempster, is a great guy. It's not that I didn't think it was right because Alex and I are friends, because once you cross the white lines, everyone's on their own.
"But we've got Tampa right on our heels, and that pitch woke up a monster in the Yankees' team at that moment. You saw how the game ended up. CC (Sabathia) was throwing 91 (mph) and started throwing 96. Alex later hit one way out there. You're talking about a good team that you can't wake up. But we learn from our mistakes.''
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Maybe Ortiz was simply trying to say that it's better to focus on winning games when your in a tight pennant race and putting the lead-off hitter on base is not an action that contributes to wins.
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On December 14, 2007, Governor Matt Blunt announced that for 2008 he was proposing a 27.5 million dollar increase in the Access Missouri Scholarship Program, a state-funded need-based scholarship program. If the Missouri General Assembly supports the proposal, $100 million dollars will be available annually for Missouri residents attending the States private and public colleges and universities.
The College Boards Trends in College Pricing, 2006 and 2007, reports that for the past thirty years college costs have significantly increased over inflation and that the largest increase has been in the past five years. Compounding the problem, in the past several decades, the federal and state governments and colleges and universities have reduced funding for low income students.
Although this proposed increase in available funds for needy students will not meet the needs of Missouris low income students; this is a step in the right direction and a recognition that the state is aware of and responding to the problem.
We need to contact our state senators and representatives and ask them to support Governor Blunts proposal to increase funding to the Access Missouri Scholarship Program.
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Sidescroller: It's an eShop extravaganza for Nintendo
Nintendo's eShop has grown in leaps and bounds since it was first unveiled on the 3DS last year. It's not quite as full-featured as the App Store, but it is getting there as surely as a Goomba has night terrors about Mario's feet. Here are two recently released gems you can download now.
'Crosswords Plus'
Console: Nintendo
Where to buy: 3DS eShop/Retail
Price: $30
Grade: 4/5
Ah, the humble crossword puzzle. Fads come and go, but the allure of feeling smart is eternal. Nintendo's take on Will Shortz's dominion is simple, elegant and fun. "Crosswords Plus" contains more than 1,000 puzzles along with loads of bonus content, including a word search, anagram puzzles and more. The handwriting recognition system, used with the system's stylus, is also spot-on.
The only downside to this package is the price. It seems odd, in the age of the cheap app, to pay $30 for a collection of crossword puzzles. Still, this game is filled to the brim with content and crossword fans will be kept busy for months.
'The Denpa Men: They Came by Wave'
Console: Nintendo
Where to buy: 3DS eShop
Price: $8
Grade: 4/5
To old-school gamers, there is something genuinely comforting about the pace and rhythm of turn-based RPGs. You walk around, buy new equipment and then grind, grind, grind. What's not to like? Still, this underrated genre has hit on hard times as of late. Not that many new titles get released, particularly in the West. JRPG nerds, take note: There is a charming new game in town.
"The Denpa Men: They Came by Wave" is the genre distilled to its very essence. The good? The game plays fast. Battles take around five seconds and there are no random encounters. This is an RPG in which grinding is a joy. The bad? There is no story to speak of. It's all about leveling up and finding new equipment. That's pretty much it. For some, that will be more than enough.
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during the last week, access to RDA service has been troublesome. Sometimes the apu.ndhub.net host hangs and doesn't serve the device list, while other times shows a 500 error. Also the service itself doesn't work as usual, i.e. reserved phones don't work. For example, opening the phone's web browser shows only an empty screen or emulation waits indefinitely for the phone to initialize.
I've been using the RDA service in the past and have experienced none of the above.
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Cross country teams from across the area visited PikeView High School on Thursday for the Region III AA/A Cross Country race.
A trip the state cross country championship was on the line.
On the boy's side, PikeView sophomore Jason Weitzel won the event with a time of 17:32.
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Dream now reality for Brennamans
Father and son combo broadcasts first Reds game together
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Marty and Thom Brennaman have always been, and always will be, father and son.A new dimension to that tightest of bonds was added Thursday. Broadcasting partners. The long-awaited teaming of Marty and Thom became officially realized when the two called the Reds' Grapefruit League opener against the Pirates together on WLW radio. "It's surreal in a lot of ways," said Thom Brennaman, who signed on with the Reds in October. Details of most Spring Training games are forgotten not long after their completion. But this was a special day for the Brennamans, and Marty admitted to having some pregame butterflies. "I'm nervous as [heck], because I want it to work," said Marty Brennaman, a 2000 Ford Frick Award winner. "I want him to be good. I want the chemistry to be there, which I know it won't be instantaneously. It's something you have to work at. The same holds true for [Jeff] Brantley and I, or Brantley and Thom. "All I've ever dreamed about the last 10 years is wanting him to come home and work with me, and then ascend to my position when I retire." Coincidentally, Marty's first game for the Reds in 1974 was also at McKechnie Field, the spring home of the Pirates. Marty and Thom worked together only one other time. It was a Reds-Cubs game on television in the early 1990s for The Baseball Network. Thom, who grew up in Cincinnati and went to Anderson High School, was in the middle of a six-season stint as a Cubs announcer for WGN-TV. He then spent the last nine seasons calling Arizona Diamondbacks games and is also a national broadcaster for FOX television. Thom's professional career started as a weekend sports anchor on WLWT-TV and he later called Cincinnati Bearcat college basketball games on WXIX-TV. He remains a versatile broadcast voice and still does NFL and BCS college football games for Fox. Claiming not to be a sentimental fellow, Marty still couldn't help being proud of his son.
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"The fact [is] he's come all this distance and has become a success on a local and national stage and is a genuinely good guy," Marty said. "He has no ego hangups like a lot of guys in our profession. He's a good guy. The fact that he wanted to come home as much as I wanted him to come home, that's the thing that continues to blow my mind."He still thought enough of my profession to go into it without any push from me. We never talked about. He just casually said to me going into his junior year at Ohio University that, 'I want to do what you do.'" On most games, Marty Brennaman will be paired with Brantley as his primary partner in the radio booth. Thursday was Brantley's first official day on the job, and he also worked a couple of innings in the booth. Brantley, who had a 14-year Major League career including 1994-97 with the Reds as a reliever, spent the past five years as an analyst for ESPN. "It's just exciting to be back down here on the field, hearing the sound of the bat," Brantley said during pregame batting practice. "You don't hear that in the studio. I'm looking forward to working with all the guys: Marty, Thom and George Grande. We will have some fun." Brantley will call approximately 120 games on WLW radio and 25 more games for FSN. But like the players in camp, the first-time local broadcaster will have to use the next month of games to get himself ready.
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"The way that I see it is very similar to the way that I looked at it when I was pitching," Brantley said. "There are so many changes now in baseball, players from team to team, guys moving league to league. That's the part you have to learn. You have to learn their tendencies, what they do how they carry themselves, what kind of players they are, talk to them, watch them on the field. There's a lot you can learn from keeping your eyes and ears open and not necessarily from doing interviews. Just watch what they do."Thom Brennaman is slated to work 90 games this season for WLW and Fox Sports Net Ohio. He will continue to be one of the lead announcers for FOX's Game of the Week telecasts. "This is a very big day for me, and, I think, our whole family -- not just personally speaking, but professionally," Thom said. "To come back and have a chance to broadcast for the team I grew up rooting for every single day as a kid and living and dying with them, to know the day is finally here ... it finally hit home today."
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The members of the Jasper Fire Department worked for more than 12 hours Friday night and into Saturday morning battling a devastating fire at Jasper's First Church of the Nazarene. That was following a day that included a horrific traffic accident on U.S. 78 and a separate structure fire on Arkadelphia Road, in addition to the routine daily calls.
The firefighters battled not only the fire but severe thunderstorms in an effort to save one of Jasper's picturesque churches. Unfortunately, the church was a total loss. But, without the effort of the firefighters, it could have been much worse. And, luckily, there were no injuries reported.
We need to take a minute when we can to thank not only our Jasper firefighters but also the hundreds of volunteer firefighters throughout Walker and Winston counties. Without them putting their lives on the line every time they go to work, our lives would be in far more danger.
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Gloucester Daily Times
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When doing research for my undergraduate thesis in American Studies, I came across a theory that stated that, without Gloucester's fishing industry, the Plimoth (Plymouth) Plantation could not have survived.
And without Plimoth's spirituality and hope for a better future in the new world, Gloucester could not have survived. Hence, without the two together, we would not be here today.
Maybe it's a little much to say that all of America is founded on these two communities, but I find it intriguing to think about. Without Gloucester and its fishermen, there would be no United States of America.
Over the past year, I have been studying for a master's degree in peacebuilding and conflict resolution. I've found that even in the most trying of circumstances, between terrorists or perpetrators of genocide and their victims, there is still a high likelihood of them being able to come to some reconciliation.
However, one of the fundamental lessons taught to us is that the practitioner must be creative in attaining this reconciliation so that both party's needs are met.
What does this have to with I-4, C-2 and Cape Pond Ice, you may ask? I believe the removal of I-4, C-2 from the Designated Port Area is not the solution but a reaction.
There is no evidence that there is a lack of business opportunities within the DPA. What we lack, instead, is the creativity to find a solution that balances both the needs of our fishermen and the needs of our city and businesses.
We need to protect what limited coastal industrial land we have. Yes, it is a challenge to find the appropriate use for I-4, C-2, but it is far from impossible.
There has not been nearly enough brainstorming and creative thinking as to what might be possible. In fact, we are extraordinary lucky to have a DPA, because it allows us access to seaport bond money otherwise unavailable. We need to apply for these types of monies.
With the city as the owner of I-4, C-2, we have the ability to make changes using the seaport bond money that few other cities have eligibility for. Additionally, the city has hired the Gulf of Maine Research Institute for a feasibility study of I-4, C-2. The Gulf of Maine Research Institute could potentially offer science and marine research based at this site. Why throw these opportunities away?
Also there are 435 towns and cities in Massachusetts that benefit from the DPA and preserving this asset. My questions are as follows: Why has the city not requested money from the Seaport Advisory Council? What do we need to do as a community to get money from the Seaport Advisory Council and other agencies?
Only a few weeks ago, I had a conversation with a visitor to Gloucester who told me why they love coming here as opposed to other seaside towns.
They said that they prefer to come here because of the working waterfront. They liked to see the fishermen at work, and they like seeing a city supporting their fishermen. I've heard it a million times from visitors and residents alike, that what draws people to Gloucester is what has drawn people here for centuries … the fishing.
If we accept the concept that Gloucester's first industry is the foundation for America, then I fear what will happen if we stop investing in Gloucester's fishing community.
By removing the DPA, we give up. All hope of a better future is lost; the fishing regulators have won. There is no reconciliation in this conflict, and it is clear that our city officials do not support those fishermen still working hard out at sea. They are still out there and we still owe it to them to stand by them.
By finding a creative solution that maintains the Designated Port Area and with continued investment in our maritime industry, we not only continue to draw visitors and residents to Gloucester's unique heritage, but we also tell them that we as a city are investing in that heritage no matter what happens. It's who we are, and who we have been for centuries.
Please tell our fishermen and all the businesses in the maritime industry not to lose faith. Remind them they are the backbone of this city.
Tell the fishermen that, as long as they are casting nets, lines and traps into the sea, that you will support them and continue to invest in them. Tell them this city will not remove the DPA.
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Although the prosecutor is viewed as a quasi-judicial official whose duty "is to seek justice, not merely to convict," the reality is often different. Public prosecutors are frequently ambitious, aggressive, adversarial, and biased. "Prosecutors act like prosecutors" because a successful conviction rate is important to them and because their mental attitude often conditions them to believe unquestioningly that the defendant is guilty and that society's welfare demands a conviction. Contending against an aggressive advocate for the defendant, the prosecutor not surprisingly will subordinate his function as a minister of justice to appear as an overzealous champion of the people.–Bernard Gershman, Prosecutorial Misconduct § 10.1 (1995).
The fair way is the safe way, and the safe way is the best way, in every criminal prosecution. The history of criminal jurisprudence and practice demonstrates generally that if everyone prosecuted for crime were fairly and fully conceded all to which he is entitled, and if all doubtful advantages to the state were declined, and if adventurous forays into dangerous and unknown fields were shunned, and if the beaten paths were heedfully followed, there would be secured as many convictions of the guilty, and such convictions would be succeeded by few or no reversals.–Hill v. State, 72 Miss. 527, 534-35, 17 So. 375, 377 (1895) (Woods, J.).


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11:30am Monday 24th February 2014 in Local News By Will Lodge, Senior reporter
AN EXTRA bus will run between Tiptree and Colchester on school day mornings after the Easter break.
First Buses agreed to put on an additional 75 service from April 22 in a bid to tackle congestion.
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I know that James Cameron is invested in the future of 3-D, but it pains me that having set the highest possible 3-D standard with the glorious global blockbuster Avatar, the filmmaker is making Paramount and his home studio Twentieth Century Fox happy by retro-fitting the second-highest-grossing film of all time, 1997's Titanic, in 3-D. The studios plan a worldwide rerelease on April 6, 2012 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the ship's sailing.
The filmmaker and studio promise top-of-the-line quality, of course, but even though Cameron and longtime Lightstorm producing partner Jon Landau are overseeing the 3-D conversion, the bottom line is: real 3-D quality comes from films that are filmed that way from in front. Why can't we remember this fabulous winner of eleven Oscars in 2-D? I, for one, will not go.
Said Cameron:
"There's a whole generation that's never seen 'TITANIC' as it was meant to be seen, on the big screen. And this will be 'TITANIC' as you've never seen it before, digitally re-mastered at 4K and painstakingly converted to 3D. With the emotional power intact and the images more powerful than ever, this will be an epic experience for fans and newcomers alike."
Nathan Chase | May 19, 2011 12:43 PM
If anyone can do a proper 3D conversion, it's Cameron. It'd be worth seeing just to see how a post-conversion can be done right for a change.
FRANCIS | May 19, 2011 8:59 AM
THOR was a bad conversion, lazy incompetent work. And the public paying to see it in 3D have no idea they were bamboozled.
The tecniques for proper conversion are readily available but the man-hours to do it right are very heavy.
But I have faith that Cameron will make the proper effort.
Mark | May 19, 2011 6:53 AM
@Kagan: Batman and Star Trek are not the cultural events that Titanic and Avatar were, there is no point in re-releasing them, especially Star Trek.
The only reason The Dark Knight was such a huge hit was because of the 'ghoul' factor surrounding Ledger's death. Box-office for the forthcoming third Nolan flick will not be on the same level as the second one, more likely somewhere between 'Begins' cume and that of 'Dark Knight'.
Now shall we talk about how Abrams destroyed the soul of Star Trek by robbing it of its poetic and allusive qualities and turning it into a dumb shoot-em up clone of Star Wars was the grandest job of milking an idea/franchise ever?
Brian | May 19, 2011 3:25 AM
"having set the highest possible 3-D standard with the glorious global blockbuster Avatar,"
I saw AVATAR in 3-D and if that's the "highest possible standard," 3-D will die the lingering death it deserves. That was the last 3-D movie I've seen and it was painful. I did not experience the 3-D the way it was apparently supposed to be experienced. I even got up and walked around the entire theater to see if I just happened to be in the wrong seat. No change. Granted, it was most likely a problem with the theater and its digital projection system and the bulb they used, but how would I know WHERE the best place to see it was? And it wasn't a good enough movie to make me want to see it again somewhere else. (For one thing, it was, like TITANIC, way too LOOOOONNNNNNGGGGGG!)
So, count me out on this wave of 3-D.
Kagan | May 19, 2011 2:11 AM
Titanic came out 14 years ago and James Cameron is still milking it. Until recently, he was still milking Avatar as well. Anyone who goes to see this is living in the past.
He has got to be the greediest man in Hollywood. All those billions of dollars are not enough for him and he is still not satisfied.
You don't see Nolan and Abrams milking Batman and Star Trek.


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Bear Trap Dunes Villa in Bethany Beach
- bedrooms 2
- baths 2
- sleeps 6
- pool yes
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed no
- type Villa
- community Bear Trap Dunes
rates (USD)
/ night
$ 650 - $ 1,390 / week
vacation rental description
This is a spacious, bright and modern ground level villa (handicap accessible) with 2 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms and a furnished screened-in back porch that overlooks a large scenic pond. Located in "The Village at Bear Trap Dunes", this is a family oriented vacation community reflecting the charm of a quaint historic neighborhood while providing all modern amentiies. The community has 2 outdoor swimming pools, one indoor pool, tennis courts, a 27-hole championship golf course and driving range, and a full fitness center. We are located just 3 miles from the Bethany Beach Boardwalk! Experience the best of all worlds and make the most of your vacation experience!
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Last modified on 08-21-2014 at 11:09 AM.
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Bill Erny 202-734-1240
villa rental amenities
We have all modern conveniences including a full kitchen, microwave, dishwasher, electric range and a large breakfast nook. We have a large dining/living area and a screened-in back porch with a pond view. It has a full size clothes washer and dryer, central AC, 3 TVs including one flat panel LCD in the livingroom, DVD/VCR/CD surround sound system and a gas fireplace. The master bedroom has a queen and private bath. The guest bedroom has one full and one twin bed. The living room has a day bed and pull out trundle. We sleep six comfortably. Cleaning, bed and bath linens are included in the weekly rental.We also have HD cable and WIFI internet.
activities and attractions in Bethany Beach Delaware
The Village at Bear Trap Dunes has a host of leisure amentities for everyone. The 27-hole links-style, John Jacobson designed championship golf course weaves its way through the community for spectacular views. There is a a full size driving range, indoor & outdoor swimming pools, fitness center, jacuzzi, tennis courts and basketball courts. The compliementary beach shuttle provides transportation to and from Bethany Beach during peak season. You may also want to walk to the on-site "award winning" restaurant called "The Bistro." And for the little ones, make sure to visit the tot lot. For more information about the Village at Bear Trap Dunes, go to their website at www.beartrapdunes.
vacation rental rates
2014 Rates - Saturday to Saturday Bookings
January 1 - April 17:
$120 per night ( 3 night minimum)
$750 per week
April 18 - June 13:
$160 per night (3 night minimum)
$990 per week
June 14 - July 4:
$1250 per week
July 5 - July 18:
$1325 per week
July 19 - August 22:
$1390 per week
August 23 - Sept. 5:
$1300 per week
Sept. 6 - Sept. 26:
$1250 per week
Sept. 27 - Oct. 31:
$160 per night (3 night minimum)
$990 per week
Nov. 1 - Dec. 31:
$120 per night (3 night minimum)
$750 per week
Bill Erny 202-734-1240
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Prior to paying a reservation deposit, always verify payment instructions by calling the phone number displayed on this listing page. By contacting the owner directly and paying by an approved method - credit card, paypal, check or bank transfer - your reservation payment will be protected up to $1,000.Learn more in our Security Center
Top things to do in Bethany Beach
- Beach
- Boardwalk
- Shopping
- Golf
- Tennis
Top things to do on a budget
- Biking
- Sun Bathing
- Hiking
- Resting
Top things to do with a family
- Boardwalk
- Beach
- Water Park
Bill Erny , owner


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A FALL and leaving behind a shoe were among the incidents as teams from St Helens Sutton contested the final Manchester Area Cross Country League event at Wythenshawe Park in Manchester.
Although the course is flat parkland, the conditions were cold, wet and windy.
Elizabeth Greenall ran well and led the under 11s girls home in 36th place with 10mins 49secs, shortly followed by Ellie Doyle 38th in 11mins 2secs.
Harriet King completed the 2,200m course with one shoe on and finished 46th in 12mins 1sec and Amber Escoffery ran consistently for 50th in 12mins 35 secs. The team finished 11th overall.
Next was the combined race for under 11s boys and under 13s girls over a 2,400m course.
Michael Brussels ran a determined race to finish 28th in 11mins 35secs, while Beth Haughey led the girls home in 49th place in 12mins 28secs.
She was followed by Chloe Orrick, who finished two seconds slower in 50th position, and Lucy Price brought the team home in 51st place in 12mins 43secs as the team finished 13th overall.
The club's sole under 13s boy runner was Joe Houghton, who was 22nd over the 3,150m course in 13mins 20secs.
Running in the same event were the under 15s girls, with Samantha Price 22nd in 14mins 50 secs. Alex Glynnwas 31st in 17mins 10 secs.
Next was the under 15s boys' race over 4,300m. Anthony Walker crossed the line 26th in 21mins 44 secs, with Joseph Woods one place behing in 23mins 8secs. Connor Whalley completed the team home in 28th spot in 23 mins 25secs for the team to finish sixthth overall.
Running at the same time were the under 17s ladies, led home by Rachel McGoldrick in 13th place in 20mins 39secs. Maria McGoldrick finished 18th in 21mins 21secs despite falling over in the muddy conditions, with Maddie Williams 19th in 22mins 30 secs. The girls finished fourth team overall, the club's best performance.
For the senior ladies, Gemma Connolly ran excellently in the 6,250m race, finishing a well deserved second in 25mins 2secs.
The senior men raced over 9,350m and John Greenall was the club's first finisher in 50th position in 37mins 56secs. Barry Graney was 90th in 39mins 41 secs, Ian Costello 116th in 41mins 21secs, Andy O'Connor 159th in 43 mins 10secs and Johnny Ford 209th in 45mins 33 secs. The senior men's veterans team finished 10th overall.
Nineteen of the club's youngsters have been selected to represent Merseyside in the County Sportshall Finals in Manchester on March 15.
For the under 13s, they are Jorden Pilkington, Lauren Marshall, Kaitlin Naylor, Mia Langton, Ethan Murray and Daniel Dobson.
For the under 15s, they are Matthew, Daniel and Christopher Lamb, David Barrow, George Asson, Lewis Cowan, Jacob Beesley, Megan Lang, Emily Smith, Caitlin Young, Erin Makin, Zoe Pye and Olivia Harwood-Moss.


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Rookie quarterbacks mostly belong only on dynasty league rosters. I can't remember the last time a rookie came in and set the league on fire by being an elite fantasy quarterback. It usually takes a few years minimum to become an elite fantasy quarterback.
Let's take a look at some of the better rookie prospects and where they stand.
One note and an important one: I took the time to read and review Pro Football Weekly's 2011 Draft Preview — no, really, I did! Understanding a player's role, his skills and the team around him always gives you an edge over your fellow owners because you understand the bigger picture. The Draft Preview gives you everything you need on a rookie's strengths and weaknesses entering the league.
While I've written a few sentences on the pros and cons of each rookie listed, you should check out PFW's book, as that's where I garnered the information. I've been buying the Preview every year since my career in the industry began. Surprisingly, you can still find it in some bookstores. They're also great reference books, but if you don't go that route, PFW also has a great draft prospects section on its site, as well.
Cam Newton, Panthers
Newton will start the third preseason game, which could decide whether he becomes the regular-season starter. While he has been impressive so far, head coach Ron Rivera says he is improving his mechanics and decision-making ability, and playing three quarters this week allows the coaching staff to see how he handles it for a full game.
Newton is big at 6 feet 5 inches, 248 pounds, with excellent arm strength that can go deep. His athleticism allows him to throw off balance while moving, he has great composure and is clutch, especially with his legs as he's a strong runner. He faces a learning curve, having come from a run-first offense that worked out of the gun. He can be too quick to run, has limited vision and inconsistent mechanics. He's also streaky, can be inaccurate, throws into coverage and relies too much on upper-body strength.
Newton's legs are what make him interesting. Many expect him to start, but even then, I don't draft him. Sure, in dynasty and large leagues with rosters of 18 or more, you can stash him as a third quarterback. Rushing yards and touchdowns can equalize and make an average NFL quarterback an elite fantasy quarterback. That's what makes him intriguing. He's a late-round pickup at best but a better waiver-wire grab as he's someone to watch once the season begins. He's currently going undrafted in most leagues, and when taken, it's as a flier pick toward the end.
Christian Ponder, Vikings
When the Vikings brought Donovan McNabb to Minnesota by trade, it was to start. Unless the team falls flat on its face, expect to see Ponder riding the pine while learning the offense. It's not a given who wins the backup job between Ponder and Joe Webb, but I can see Ponder in games if the team falls out of playoff contention.
Ponder is intelligent, mentally tough and has the intangibles a team likes. He does everything well: He's confident, plays through pain, gets rid of the ball quickly and understands timing. He can move with his feet, has composure to respond to pressure and is the player you want with the ball at the end of the game. He does have questionable arm strength and physical limitations. He also suffered through injuries in college and took unnecessary risks.
Ponder's well-suited for the West Coast offense, but he only has value in dynasty leagues. If the Vikings fall out of playoff contention, the team will begin to play him as he's the future, not McNabb. I won't draft him, and neither will many others, as he's going undrafted in most leagues.
Andy Dalton, Bengals
Dalton and the Bengals are struggling this preseason, and they've been dreadful offensively. Dalton should enter the season as the starter, but offensive coordinator Jay Gruden is installing his West Coast offense, which everyone needs to learn. That's just the playbook, as you also have to develop chemistry, cohesion and efficiency to be successful.
Dalton is smart and plays tough with a discipline in his approach. He is confident, commanding and delivers under pressure with a quick release. He can be clutch and fits a West Coast offense. Despite decent size (6-2, 215 pounds) he does not have above-average athleticism or arm strength. He can force the ball into coverage and doesn't plant his feet at times, resulting in bad decision making.
A new offense and new coordinator with a rookie quarterback means it's going to be a long season for this team. I'm not sure head coach Marvin Lewis will survive. The West Coast offense is not the easiest to learn, and despite Dalton becoming the likely starter, I won't draft him and neither have other owners, as he's going undrafted. Making it worse, Carson Palmer and Bruce Gradkowski are still being drafted!
Jake Locker, Titans
The plan is for Locker to sit behind Matt Hasselbeck and learn. He's had his moments and was solid in his first preseason game yet shaky in the second. Knowing he's not starting, the team is happy with his progress and indicate he's having a solid camp. He'll see some time on the field to give him experience. Don't forget, Hasselbeck has missed time over the years because of injury, so the odds are Locker will get some playing time this year.
Locker has great arm strength, plays tough, is athletic with quickness and speed and can come through in the clutch. At 6 feet 2½ inches, 231 pounds, he has excellent feet, can avoid the rush and move the ball with his legs. However, he struggles with his reads, forces the ball and is not accurate (54 percent completion mark in college).
I envision Locker seeing time but with the team picking his spots depending on the score and situation. They will not make the mistake of putting him on the field too soon, especially if RB Chris Johnson (holdout) is not around to help take pressure off the position.
It's his legs that make him a difference maker in fantasy football. If he does get an opportunity, he'll provide fantasy points rushing as Vince Young used to do. Despite this, I won't draft him but watch him once the season begins. Owners agree: He's rarely drafted, and even if he is, toward the end of the draft.
Blaine Gabbert, Jaguars
Gabbert may have the best chance of the rookie quarterbacks to see the playing field this year, other than perhaps Newton. He's in a battle with veteran David Garrard and looked solid in the first preseason game but ordinary in the second. He lacks the experience needed to assume the starter's job right now. Everything equal, you go with the veteran who's been to war, and good or bad, Garrard's a veteran unless you are in complete rebuilding mode. The Jaguars believe they're not, though some would disagree. Unless Gabbert blows by Garrard for the remainder of camp, it's Garrard's job to lose.
Gabbert's big at 6 feet 4 3/8 inches, 234 pounds. He has a strong arm, quick release and is able to deliver it from various angles. He can throw on the move accurately, is mentally tough, plays through pain and is a team player who cares about winning more than his own stats. At times he can throw sidearm, he worked only out of the shotgun and struggles through his reads. He can also lose his poise and get rattled.
Gabbert seems to have a long learning curve, but the team is happy and feels he's ahead of its expectations. I view him as raw but with great upside. Yet, if Garrard begins to struggle, I could see the team giving Gabbert a shot. Garrard would probably have to completely collapse or the team fall out of contention. This team goes through RB Maurice Jones-Drew, counts on a strong defense to keep the scoring low and has untested wideouts. Too many fantasy negatives to consider, and thus, I'll pass on Gabbert. He's currently not being drafted in most leagues.
Colin Kaepernick, 49ers
Kaepernick has played well in the first two preseason games, and head coach Jim Harbaugh has heaped praise on him in camp. He's still a rookie, and the praise is more about his progress than playing lights-out football. Although veteran Alex Smith hasn't played particularly well in the first two preseason games, Harbaugh will stick with him as long as he doesn't regress. He'll let Kaepernick adjust to the NFL in the form of a clipboard. Why? It took Harbaugh a few years before becoming a legitimate NFL quarterback. I believe he understands the bad situation he's inheriting and how raw Kaepernick is.
Kaepernick is a sponge, absorbing all the knowledge he can. He's a hard worker and competitor who can avoid the rush, does not panic and can run. He has good size at 6 feet 4 5/8 inches and 233 pounds but is slender, lacking upper-body strength. He did come from an offense that didn't require reads as in the NFL. At times he doesn't realize he puts too much velocity on the ball and needs to learn to soften his throws. He palms the ball when moving, creating potential turnover scenarios, and posted inflated numbers without facing top-level competition.
Smith has his own issues, but he's never had great coaching and played in too many different offenses, struggling along with everyone else. Barring bad play, Smith will be the every-week quarterback, relegating Kaepernick to the bench. I don't see Kaepernick playing much this year as Harbaugh is installing a new offense and will rebuild this team. It's better for Kaepernick to learn how to play in the NFL. Once this team has a stronger nucleus, it can help someone raw like him succeed. I'll pass on him as other owners are. He's not being drafted in fantasy leagues.


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Take some time this summer to collaborate on digital projects that accomplish, organize, and communicate. As a bonus these projects build in connected world conversations and help parents learn much more about the digital world that children take for granted, but remember that generational collaboration is key.
- Start a family blog or construct a family website (Weebly or Google Sites). Decide what family members will have access — grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins — and invite them to help with content. Ask lots of extended family members to contribute.
- Teach yourselves a bit about coding. If no one in your family knows much about the topic, MIT Scratch (free download or use the website) offers a basic graphical coding introduction. Scratch is easy and user-friendly, and you and your children can have fun designing mini-video games.
- Organize the family's digital photos. Adults and kid picture-takers can get together a few times to download, sort, label, and back-up the photos on all of the digital devices in the the house. Think about turning some of the picture albums into picture books or calendars (gifts or mementos) at sites like iPhoto/iTunes, Shutterfly, or Blurb. Consider uploading some of these pictures to a digital frame and give it to a grandparent as a gift.
- Clean up everyone's digital profiles. Find out what happens when you Google yourself or check Facebook, Instagram and other social media sites where you share, upload, and leave comments. You probably need to get to work deleting at least some of your content that doesn't need to be online. A Platform for Good, part of the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) posts this handy digital profile clean-up checklist.
- Help a senior citizen or elder in your family or community to become more confident on a computer mobile phone, or iPad. Check out the iPad for Dad series over at AsOurParentsAge. Or help them learn more about the scams that cause so many problems for elders.
- Plan a few device-free times for the family — hikes, meals, or read aloud together times when everyone agrees to leave the gadgets alone and not make or accept phone calls unless it's an emergency. Read this New York Times article to get started.
- Clean off each person's digital device. Not using certain apps? Then retire them even if it is just temporarily. Are there pictures that on the devices that can be deleted?
- If you child goes to away to summer camp, agree ahead of time about how you will communicate and perhaps agree to write at least a few old-fashioned letters — though you may first need to explain how to use a letter and envelope. While it's easy to use digital communications to stay in touch, constant communication with a summer camper may thwart the growth of independence — what summer sleep-away is supposed to foster.
- Download a kindness app such as KINDR on all family devices and engage in random acts of kindness. Have fun keeping track of the neat things people do on the web and in daily life by sharing kindness with others, and this app may help your children start the next school year with KINDR digital habits.
- Construct a family charging station where all family devices can charge at night.
Summer digital projects set the stage for family members to discover new connected world information, model positive behavior and provide lots of conversation opportunities — moments when information-sharing occurs because people are interested and not because of a concern. And, of course, have fun in the process. So when the next digital world issue does arise — probably in the fall after school begins — you will know much more about your child's digital life than you did when school ended in June. The increased perspective can help everyone solve problems more thoughtfully — and more equitably.


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Investigators in Tennessee say the arrest of a homeless man, caught videotaping kids at a high school, led to child porn charges for an assistant principal at a South Carolina middle school.
According to a detective in Nashville, officers started to investigate a "suspicious" homeless man who was allegedly videotaping kids at a Nashville High School.
Officers arrested the man, later identified as 35-year-old Earl Arnold, as he was posting those images on the internet. He is being held on a $75,000 bond.
That's when officers say they confiscated Arnold's cell phone and found child porn on it. He was trading the illegal porn with people through his phone.
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That's when investigators say they came across 32-year-old Darin Pearson, assistant principal at Sullivan Middle School in Rock Hill.
Pearson, the administrator over the 6th grade class and former "Teacher of the Year," was arrested on Friday and charged with five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.
He was later released after posting bond.
"[I] had no clue," Rock Hill School District #3 Spokesperson Elaine Baker said. "No nothing, thought he was a great guy."On Thursday, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department received information from the Metro Nashville Police Department's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The information involved Pearson, who was involved in trading child pornography photographs, according to the release. Police, along with agents from the State Bureau of Investigation searched Pearson's residence. After the seizure and examination of several electronic devices, evidence was located connecting Pearson to child pornography.
The school district says officers notified officials on Friday morning about the arrest.
School officials told WBTV that Pearson, who has served as an assistant principal at Sullivan since July 2007, has been placed on paid administrative leave.He has also served as a teacher at Sullivan from August 2002 until May 2007 and was a substitute teacher prior to that time. Pearson was named Sullivan Middle School's "Teacher of the Year" in 2007.School officials say they have no evidence students at Sullivan were victims.
Baker says his work iPad was at his home and it is now in evidence with CMPD. Two computers and an iPad touch found in his office were brought to the district offices for security reasons.
Rock Hill police issued a warrant and picked up the equipment on Monday."We don't expect it involves any student at Sullivan," Baker said. "And we hope it does not." According to CMPD, there is currently no information that leads detectives to believe any assaults on children have occurred in Charlotte. CMPD is now working with the US Attorney's officer concerning this case.
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The dark and haunting opening instrumental track "Ascendant" acts as a preview for the twisted tale that awaits you. "Evading" exploits acoustic guitars and experimental tones to their darkest potential. Vocalist Burton C. Bell is a hell of a lot more melodic than his Fear Factory days. He still has that ominous tone to his delivery. Remember the sound a record made when no music played? That was always creepy. "Canon for My Beloved" uses that sound to sandwich it's powerful insides. "Moonshine" breaks out of the sadness and sorrow with more of an upbeat acoustic tone. "On the River" feels like the alien attack is soon upon us. The trippy groove reminds me of some of the avant-garde rock pieces from the 60s and 70s. Simon and Garfunkel's"Sounds of Silence" never sounded so eerie or so good for that matter.
The Bad
I wish I could understand what Bell is saying in the songs. They are just so faded and soft. I mean, it fits the music perfectly, but it's a little frustrating.
The Verdict
Don't expect Fear Factory. Bell channels his inner Porcupine Tree with his Ascension of the Watchers project. The tale is haunting and dark and most likely about alien invasions of some type. At times you don't know where the story is going to take you, but overall it's an adventure trying to put the pieces together. You have to hand it to Bell for having the balls to try something completely different than what he is used to. His Ascension of the Watchers sound seems to suit him well and he manages to create a homage to the twisted and trippy deep albums of the 60s and 70s.


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2009 OU Football In Photos: Meltdown In Miami
And then, with 29 seconds left in the half, Alabama kicked a field goal to add to the lead, making the score 17-6. It had to be hard for Texas players and coaches to watch Alabama just grind them into submission. But there really wasn't much to be done about it. McCoy was in so many ways the soul of this Texas team. The Longhorns clearly lost all hope of winning when they realized he would not play. All Texas coaches could really hope to do was get to halftime and try to infuse some belief and energy back into the players. The kickoff was returned to the Texas 28. There were 23 seconds left in the half. There was no reason to think Texas, with its backup quarterback, was going to score against Alabama with 23 seconds left. The Longhorns just wanted to run out the clock. Texas' Tre' Newton took a handoff and ran for nine yards -- enough to discourage Alabama from calling timeout. The clock ticked: 17, 16, 15 ... and then it stopped. Texas had called timeout. Texas ... had ... called ... timeout. Inexplicable? No, that word doesn't quite cover it. Mack Brown called timeout. Why? Was he thinking his team could score against Alabama in the last 15 seconds of the half from his own 37? His quarterback was 1-for-9 with an interception for minus-four yards. Well, anyway, who notices clock management at the end of halves? No, the timeout made no sense. But, hey, so what? Texas would undoubtedly pull out some safe play -- soon it would be halftime. There was no reason to get up in arms about it all. Then, Gilbert dropped back and, as the rush came on, he indeed tried to throw the safest pass in the game: the shovel pass. Some call it the shuttle pass. Others the shuffle pass. Whatever it's called, nothing bad can happen. It can't be intercepted. If the ball is dropped, it's counted as an incomplete pass. It's safe.
For the first time in my life I truly felt sorry for a Texas football player, but not the fans. I immediately thought of those Texas fans (and there were several thousand of them) who openly...
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Public school systems are closed Friday in six of eight counties where a do-not-use-water advisory has been issued after a chemical leak in the Elk River.
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Sawyer Michael Halsey died Oct. 10.
He is the son of Mark and Kelsey Halsey. They survive.
Additional survivors include a sister, Delaney Ellen Halsey; grandparents, Charles and Vicki Ruhmann and Mike and Maryellen Halsey; great grandparents, Bob and Jackie Royer, Jim and Nancy Ruhmann, George and Eugenia Jackson, and Clay and Hilda Halsey; aunts and uncles, Brodi and Chad LaRoche, Garrett and Brittni Ruhmann, and Tony and Melanie Halsey.
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When $900,000 isn't much money: the story of Planetary Annihilation's Kickstarter
Uber Entertainment's Jon Mavor wrote the graphics engine for Total Annihilation and was the lead programmer on Supreme Commander. His current project is Planetary Annihilation, a game that is trying to bring back the epic scale and feel of Total Annihilation.
Mavor knows how to work within a budget, and recalls the early years of his time in game development. At one point he and his friends rented office space that cost $2,000 a month. "I thought this is ridiculous. We're paying like two grand a month for this tiny office, what can we rent for that?" he asked. The group found a townhouse with three bedrooms, a basement, and a garage for $1,000 a month. Plus, they could live there together, further cutting down on their costs. It was more space, and the living expenses were shared between three or four people.
Meals were nothing fancy: Kraft [Mac & Cheese], hamburger meat, salsa, and bags of cheap french fries. "It wasn't great. It wasn't fun. That's the lifestyle. There's nothing wrong with that," Mavor explained.
Knowing how to live and work with a budget is an important skill in modern game development. Uber Entertainment raised the budget for Planetary Annihilation via an ongoing Kickstarter campaign, and the total now sits at $974,000, with around two weeks to go. It may not seem like it, but that's a very small amount of money for the budget of an ambitious real time strategy game.
Designing a game that's fun, but inexpensive to develop
"We did a lot of homework on Kickstarter, but we didn't realize just meeting our goal would make us one of the most funded game Kickstarters ever," Mavor told me. We sat across from each other at a Cheesecake Factory a day or so before PAX Prime began and, after hearing the stories of the dinners Mavor referred to as "sludge" from the early days of his career, even the food at the 'Factory looked good.
"I looked at a lot of the guys that did other stuff, like the Shadowrun guys, and they asked for $400k and ended up at $1.8 million. I looked at all the successful guys, because that's what I wanted to emulate, but I never looked at the whole picture and realized there haven't been too many games that have raised $900,000. Even Castle Story, they only asked for $250,000, and they hit six or seven hundred now, I think?" I looked it up, Castle Story actually began with a goal of $80,000.
Asking for $900,000 upfront was a risky move; many Kickstarters begin with a much lower initial goal and then raise additional money through stretch goals. That wasn't the case with Planetary Annihilation, as that initial amount was the minimum the team needed to create the game. "If we couldn't raise $900k, we couldn't do the game. It was really that simple. Even 900, that's not a huge budget," Mavor explained.
"I priced, honestly, as cheaply as I could. I was originally thinking about coming at $1.5 million, but I thought that might be a little too much. But I'd like to be there," he said. This is the disconnect with Kickstarter; $900,000 sounds like a lot of money, and by some metrics it is, but in game development it's a modest budget, especially after you remove Kickstarter's cut and the budget needed to fulfill the rewards.
"It is a very small amount of money, actually," he admitted. "I'm pretty confident in my ability to write the game by myself. We can keep the team small enough that the budget is realistic. The game is very much designed to be cheap to make. We could spend $3 million on a single player campaign without breathing hard, and that's why there's no single-player campaign. There is only one faction, procedurally generated planets, all these things make it cheaper. And if there's one thing we're good at, it's the tech stuff."
Even the game's art style, created by Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander alumnus Steve Thompson, was designed to be easy to implement while looking strong. "Look at the art style, it's readable, which is a really big component of it, but it's also very stylized to the point where we can build things quickly and cheaply. It's the game play that's the important part," Mavor said.
The conceptual video on the Kickstarter page took about three months to put together, and that's going from pencil sketches to the final artwork and animation. They had to figure out the size of planets, how units would look, all the things that make up the nuts and bolts of the game. "Keep in mind, Steve worked on Total Annihilation, it's not like we're starting from scratch. We worked on Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander. We were on the same page. He drives the artistic vision, and I'm driving the technical side."
Real-time strategy games have been overrun by the DoTA paradigm, with hero units being leveled up and sent into combat. "In a lot of the other RTS games, you look at Dawn of War, or pretty much anything actually, they're taking a very zoomed in approach to the game where it's more about controlling your guys and leveling up your guys."
Planetary Annihilation is for people who want the opposite experience. "There's no time to upgrade your guys in Planetary Annihilation, because you send them off and they get blown up and you build more. And you build more really really fast and you build a lot of them. It's just a different kind of game."
Keep the budget small, and the turnaround fast
The Kickstarter campaign could continue to draw money at a rapid pace, and Uber does have the ability to add funding themselves. "We could always put in more money, although hopefully not a ton, because we don't have a lot of money sitting around," Mavor said. He's also blasé about the amount of responsibility he'll shoulder getting the game to market. "And I can always work harder, you know. Whatever it takes. I can do twice as much work if I put in twice as many hours."
They're shooting for a launch next summer, and it's important that the game is released as quickly as possible. Players will be able to mod the game, and Uber is making sure they expose the scripting and the game files can be overridden. They're going to continue to build on the game after launch, and fans will be able to iterate on the game as well. Once the core gameplay and technology is done, it will grow and be shaped by the fans, the people who gave the money to make sure the game was made.
Jon Mavor has been thinking about Planetary Annihilation for years and, if the Kickstarter hadn't been successful, it never would have become an actual project for the studio. He also understands how to plan a game around a limited budget, and execute on those designs. In the world of Kickstarter, those are precious skills for developers hoping to work on their dream projects. "I have a fairly good idea of what stuff costs, and what it takes to do things in this kind of genre," Mavor said.
$900,000 may sound like a lot of money, but it doesn't go as far as you'd think when developing a video game. After my conversation with Mavor I very much wanted to play Planetary Annihilation so, thinking that every bit helps, I picked up the check.


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Mixed Goats Cheese Salad with Aspall Cyder Vinegar Classic French Dressing
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- Dressing : 1 tbspn Aspall Organic Cyder Vinegar
- 3 tbspn Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Freshly Ground Sea Salt and Black Pepper
- Salad : A mixture of soft and hard Goats Cheese (allow 100-200g per serving)
- Mixed Salad Leaves (including Rocket and herbs)
- Toasted Pumpkin or sunflower seeds
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Last week, Gartner unveiled the 2013 edition of its yearly Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management. Gartner Magic Quadrants are evaluations of vendors in a specific market. As a refresher, Gartner looks at WCM vendors against two sets of criteria:
Acquia Cloud Site Factory Helps Drive Digital Government Transformation for Municipality
Think you know your site visitors? Think again. The majority of site traffic is anonymous, which makes it the job of the digital marketer to get to know visitors on a more personal level. What complicates this is that more often than not, 70% of the decision-making process is complete before a lead even reaches out to sales.
By Rohan PearceQueensland public transport agency finds value in Drupal community
It was an aging bespoke application that drove TransLink to seek a new content management system, but it was the strength of the community surrounding the open source project that helped the Queensland public transport agency choose Drupal.
Prior to the switch to Drupal, which began last year, the former TransLink site was partly based on static files and partly on a "home-grown CMS that managed a lot of our custom content such as service disruption and events, so that we could do a little bit of distributed authoring within the organisation," said Natalie Gorring, manager, online products and services, at TransLink.
The old CMS, based on the Yii Web framework "was a few years old and needed updates," Gorring said. "As the TransLink website was evolving, we weren't able to keep up with updating the CMS that we had." As a result, TransLink started looking for alternatives.
"We didn't want to keep putting Band-Aids on our old CMS," Gorring explained.
The organisation reviewed a number of open source and proprietary CMSes, and Drupal came out on top. The open source project's active community was a factor in the decision, Gorring said. In addition, the TransLink team had in-house PHP skills, and that was also a factor in choosing the new CMS.
For the transition, TransLink relied heavily on its in-house skills but partnered with Acquia, the Boston-based company founded by Drupal creator Dries Buytaert, for hosting. The TransLink site is hosted in Acquia's cloud service, Gorring said.
"The [Queensland] government at the moment is very supportive of cloud and data sharing," Gorring said.
(An IT strategy update released by the Queensland government in May this year placed cloud computing "at the centre of government ICT reform" in the state.)
Going with a cloud service "took some pressure off our business systems team, and we have a contract with Acquia for 24-hour support," Gorring said. The TransLink site gets around 130,000 unique visits daily.
The initial scope of the Drupal project was a 'like for like' transition, replicating the organisation's existing website using the open source CMS. "We didn't have the time to add new features at the time," Gorring said. "For customers there was no difference, except maybe a few URL changes."
The transition took place over a period of around nine months, beginning late last year.
By Jason Hibbets
To a technology director at the White House, the State of the Union is like the Superbowl. While the world is watching the President of the United States deliver an address to the nation, Leigh Heyman and his team are managing the media technology behind the scenes to create an enhanced and interactive experience for the viewers. How many of you watched the State of the Union on YouTube this year?
As the Director of New Media Technologies at the Executive Office of the President, Heyman uses strong leadership to chart new technical territory for the White House. If you ever get to meet him in person, the first thing that will likely grab your attention is the presidential lapel pin on his suit. It's a little intimidating, but his broad smile and confident handshake tell the whole story.
It's one of confidence and openness, and it's what struck me when I met Heyman for the first time at the Palmetto Open Source Conference in Columbia, South Carolina. He was presenting a talk about We The People, the White House online petition platform. It is one of many tech projects with a nod towards a more open and transparent government that Heyman and his team have led, including WhiteHouse.gov which runs on Drupal and various White House hackathons held at the White House itself.
Though no less extraordinary, it's somewhat old news that the White House has been using open source technologies in it's efforts. At DrupalCon San Francisco, the White House revealed their first contributions to Drupal. What's exciting now is they are consistently giving back to open source projects and writing web APIs.
This marks a new era for the government's relationship with open source, and is due in part to the work the New Media Technologies team does to promote a more transparent, collaborative, and participatory government.
In this interview, Leigh Heyman gives me some of the backstory on how he came to work for the Executive Office of the President and some fun facts about the famous Death Star Petition. He also discusses recent new media projects at the White House, shedding light on how they might live beyond the current administration and forge a new relationship with US citizens.
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By Rohan Pearce
AGIMO wants Drupal delivered from the cloud to be the standard CMS
The federal government is eyeing the introduction of a government-wide content-management system. The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has indicated its preference is to use the open-source Drupal Web platform and to have the CMS delivered as a cloud service.
"The Government Content Management System (GovCMS) is envisaged as an important service offering for Australian Commonwealth Government agencies," the Australian government CTO, John Sheridan, wrote in a blog entry.
"GovCMS is intended to support more effective web channel delivery functions within Government, and enable agencies to redirect effort from non-core transactional activities, towards higher-value activities that are more aligned with core agency missions," a draft statement of requirements issued by AGIMO states.
An analysis by AGIMO found that between 182 and 450 websites could be transitioned to GovCMS over four years. The use of an open source solution means that Drupal modules could be shared between public sector agencies and the community, the draft states.
A transition to GovCMS will begin with Australia.gov.au and Finance.gov.au, the document states. The target go-live date is September this year.
By Maria Korolov, Network World
It's hard to imagine a company these days that isn't using open source software somewhere, whether it's Linux running a company's print and web servers, the Firefox browser on user desktops, or the Android operating system on mobile devices. In, fact, there are now more than a million different open source projects, according to Black Duck Software, a maker of open source management tools and owner of the Ohloh open source software directory. And open source continues to grow. According to an SAP research report, the number of open source projects roughly doubles every 14 months. But not all open source projects are created equal. According to Ohloh, for the 100,375 projects for which activity information is available, around 80 percent were listed as having low activity, very low activity or were completely inactive...
The success or failure of any particular open source project depends strongly on the community surrounding it – the developers who contribute code, the testers, the documentation writers, the people who answer questions in support forums, and the end users. There are a number of ways to gauge the size and activity level of an open source project's community. Ohloh offers one tool. Another approach is to go to the project's home page or the site where it's hosted and check out the history of code commits and the activity on the discussion boards.
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By Mike Johnson
Within the CMS industry, we are very fortunate. Every year, thousands of developers work their fingers to the bone to deliver highly capable free CMS to the market. When it comes to selection, the CMS industry is definitely not hurting for choices. For this reason, selecting a winner for the Best Free CMS award has been a tough decision. What it has come down to, however, is the flexibility and capability of the platform.
In the end, when it comes to being flexible, it would be foolish to select any other CMS on the market. For a free content management system to be as capable and widely used in such an incredibly amount of environments is nothing short of amazing and without further adieu, we're pleased to announce the winner of the 2013 Critic's Choice Award for Best Free CMS goes to...
One of the most flexible content management systems available for free today, Drupal is a powerhouse that can be used to power all kinds of different platforms. It's so flexible that it is often discounted as a CMS and referred to strictly as a Content Management Framework.
DENVER, Oct. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Imagine one of the largest school districts in the country reducing their software costs from $90 a student to $1 per student. By creating a complete set of applications built on Drupal, and replacing or repurposing licensed tools, the district would be able to reduce 50+ different applications down by over half, while simultaneously adding substantial new features and functionality, all with a single, main interface for 800,000 students and 84 schools. With one Drupal platform there is less maintenance, less training needed, and fewer updates… plus, an ongoing savings of millions of dollars a year.
Web development companies like NewMedia in Denver are putting Open Source tools like Drupal on steroids to create transformative enterprise solutions for school districts, state governments, and large companies. They are pushing the boundaries of where Drupal can go in the enterprise and changing how business looks at open source software.
Steve Morris, Director of Business Development at NewMedia says, "Drupal itself cannot run a billion dollar enterprise, but it can link together and control the things that do and interface many of those things along the way. It can be a stand-alone entity that does things all by itself or a connector for five other entities, so they can all work together. It can be a controller of five other entities and run them all at once, by modifying it in new and previously unintended ways. That's the flexibility of Drupal."
NewMedia has been pumping up recent projects with Drupal both as a framework and/or a component for complex enterprise needs:
- The University of Colorado was introduced to Drupal when NewMedia redeveloped their 7000 page static website with it, and the experience has dramatically changed how CU operates its websites ever since. What used to take 5 full-time people to maintain, now takes one person 20 hours per week, and CU has gone on to become a recognized leader in Drupal among educational groups.
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Allows the user to select the packs he wants to install. This panel also allows grouping of packs. Look at InstallationGroupPanel description to get more details.
IzPack automatically sets reserved variables depending on the packs selected by the user or an unattended installation (auto-install.xml) to be installed:
<packname> is the name attribute of the according pack. If the appropriate pack
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The contents of PacksPanel can be translated, in order to present a different name and description of the packs for each language you support.
In order to provide internationalization for the PacksPanel, you have to add a resource packsLang.xml_xyz to the installation descriptor (install.xml) where xyz is the ISO3 code of the language in lowercase, referring to an according IzPack translations file using reserved IDs for the single translation items.
For translating the short name of the packluse the pack id as the
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PREVIEW: Quantum and Woody Return... to ComiXology (Sorta)A comics news article
by Danny Djeljosevic
Quantum and Woody was a comic book by Christopher Priest and M.D. Bright about two racially mismatched childhood friends who, as a result of an accident that gave them superpowers, were forced to slam their respective metal bracelets together every 24 hours lest their atoms break apart, so they couldn't be apart for long. Which means they argued a lot. Eventually, a goat with a mask and a cape came on the scene. It was like reading a Shane Black buddy cop movie in superhero comic book form, it was one of the best and funniest comics of the 1990s, and I was sad to see it go.
Until '90s nostalgia has gotten so bad that a Quantum and Woody relaunch by Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente is deemed necessary, Valiant Entertainment has done the best thing and announced that they will be re-releasing Quantum and Woody on ComiXology.
The series will be broken up in two release dates:
- October 24th: Quantum & Woody #1-12 – including Quantum & Woody #1 for FREE
- October 31st: Quantum & Woody #0, #13-21, #32 and Quantum & Woody Special: GOAT – H.A.E.D.U.S. #1
There's a reason there's a #32 -- at some point Acclaim Comics (owner of Valiant properties at the time) pulled a stunt where every series jumped forward a bunch of issues for one month, and part of the fun was seeing what had changed in the comics' status quo and following the books to see how that happened. I guess that wasn't enough to keep Quantum and Woody alive.
Despite my Pak and Van Lente idea (which would actually be pretty spectacular now that I think about it) I don't necessarily need to see any new Quantum and Woody, because Formerly Known as the Justice League has taught us and the return of Arrested Development (probably) will teach us that underrated things that made us laugh aren't the same when nostalgia trots them back out.
But apparently there are two completed, unpublished issues of Quantum and Woody from the original run that will likely make their debut on ComiXology, too, and that's exciting.
Here's a preview of Issue #1:
Danny Djeljosevic is a comic book creator, award-winning filmmaker (assuming you have absolutely no follow-up questions) and Co-Managing Editor of Comics Bulletin. Follow him on Twitter at @djeljosevic or find him somewhere in San Diego, often wearing a hat. Read his comic with Mike Prezzato, "Sgt. Death and his Metachromatic Men," over at Champion City Comics and check out his other comics at his Tumblr, Sequential Fuckery. His webcomic The Ghost Engine, with artist Eric Zawadzki, updates twice a week.


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Can someone please explain to me a short example of how to move the screen in the X-axis on the canvas? - As this is a gaming platform.
I know how to move the image/object canvas, of course, with the help function setInterval() and var keyCode.
Example: I have a canvas object, where the width is 500, the height is 300, and for that I have a map generated at 2000px.
I created a form/image to move. I would like the arrow keys to move screen.
function KeyDown(e) { switch(e.keyCode) { //left case 37: x_right -= 5; // instructions to move the screen... break; //right case 39: x_right += 5; // instructions to move the screen... break; } }


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Rock Garden Retreat - Luxury Home in Cathedral City
- bedrooms 3
- baths 2
- sleeps 6
- pool yes
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Rock Garden Retreat is a wonderful get away in the desert for your friends and family. A beautifully appointed 2000 sq. foot home, we provide a wonderful, restful, relaxing environment for our guests. This is our luxury vacation home, and we have kept all of the original features and furniture, including cable television and DVD players in each room, a 200 CD player and stereo in the living room, beautiful tiled floors through out the residence, Eddie Bauer leather couch and sofa, a gas fireplace, a fully appointed kitchen and pantry, a dining table that comfortably seats 8 guests, remote controlled lighting and overhead fans in each room, and a fun, Hawaii themed guest bathroom.
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