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University Park, Pa. - April 30, 2011 - The Springfield College men's volleyball team's season came to a close on Saturday night as it dropped a three-set match to host Penn State University in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) Championship in Rec Hall on Saturday evening. Springfield's season comes to a close with an 18-15 record as its bid for its first trip as a Division III program to the NCAA Division I Final Four came to a close.
"We'll use this as a learning experience to get here again and do a little better," explained head coach Charlie Sullivan. "Overall, a really good season, a good performance, but we just needed a little more tonight unfortunately."
The Pride had two honorees to the EIVA All-Tournament Team as seniors Alberto Bravo and Cal Palumbo took home the impressive recognition. Palumbo capped off his career with yet another milestone as he became just the eighth player in program history to record 1,000 career kills. Needing eight coming into the match, the AVCA Division III National Player of the Year posted eight kills on 16 errorless attempts.
Bravo posted a team-best nine kills, while Greg Falcone chipped in with eight kills on 11 errorless, hitting .727, to go along with a match-high five blocks. Mike Becker handed out 28 assists and Nick Ferry tallied a team-best eight digs.
Senior Dennis Del Valle was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. He was joined on the all-tournament team by redshirt junior Joe Sunder, junior Ryan Wolf, Springfield's Palumbo and Bravo, Eric Lucas of George Mason and Jeff Zornig of Rutgers-Newark.
Sunder led the Nittany Lions with 13 kills, while Wolf and sophomore Tom Comfort had 11 apiece. Redshirt junior Edgardo Goas dished out 36 assists, while Del Valle had a match-high 14 digs. Sophomore Nick Turko had a team-best four blocks.
The Nittany Lions opened the match taking a 7-1 lead forcing a Springfield timeout. The Pride tallied two straight points before a 6-2 PSU run had Penn State leading 13-5 and Springfield heading back to the bench. The break failed to faze the Nittany Lions as their lead grew to nine, 17-8, after kills from Turko and Wolf. A kill by Palumbo sparked a 7-2 run that brought the Pride within four, 19-15. Penn State called a timeout and kills from Sunder, Turko and Comfort had Penn State back up by seven, 23-16. Two kills from Springfield's Bravo and two PSU errors held Penn State at set-point and had the Pride within four, 24-20. A Springfield service error gave set one to PSU, 25-20.
Penn State came out strong again in the second frame, taking a 5-1 lead, and Springfield burned a timeout early. The Nittany Lions maintained control and had a six-point advantage, 11-5, when Springfield called a second timeout. Penn State's momentum only continued to grow. With an eight-point lead, 18-10, a 3-0 run had Penn State's lead in double-digits, 21-10. The Pride registered two points, but an error prevented Springfield from embarking on a run. Penn State had a 22-13 lead when kills from Comfort and Wolf and a Springfield error secured set two for the Nittany Lions 25-14.
Springfield grabbed the early lead in the third and final stanza, 7-3, and Penn State would trail the Pride for almost the entirety of the set. Penn State called a timeout and fought to within three, 9-6. Springfield continued to control the set with the Nittany Lions coming no closer than two points, 18-16, near the midpoint of the set. A Sunder kill and a Springfield error had the Lions within one, 20-19, and the Pride calling a timeout. Sunder tied it up at 20-20 with a kill and Goas gave the Lions their first lead of the set with a kill. Penn State called a timeout and a block by Goas and sophomore Ian Hendries gave Penn State a two-point edge. However, the Pride didn't give up and pounded two kills and had a block to knot the score at 23-23. Penn State used its second timeout, but Jeff Gutmann put down a kill to put the Pride back in front, 24-23. Sunder posted back-to-back kills to move the Lions back into the lead, 25-24, before Wolf closed out the set and the match with a kill, 26-24.


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I interpreted the right-most column as Megan fantasising about being with Cueball, but finding her fantasy dissatisfactory as she imagines Cueball will continue to long for Ponytail. 188.8.131.52 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
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Gabriel Cordell, a Long Island man who is paralyzed from the waist down, made a cross-country wheelchair ride to inspire people.
On Monday night, Cordell returned home to West Hempstead after being on the road for 99 days.
The long and grueling trip began in California, through 13 states with some 3,300 miles traveled.
Cordell was struck by a car at the age of 23 that left him permanently disabled. He turned to drugs after his accident.
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Saturday Live plays a key role in fundraising for Billings public schools and organizers say this year's event has some fresh entertainment on tap.
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Her alleged abductor, 22-year-old Jesus Ramirez, is in custody facing initial charges of aggravated assault and three counts of kidnapping.
"The family is ecstatic that their daughter's been recovered," said Mount Pleasant police Chief Wayne Isbell at a news briefing late Monday afternoon.
Investigators said the two were found Monday in a wooded area about eight miles east of Mount Pleasant following a 30-hour manhunt. Police, sheriff's deputies, Department of Public Safety troopers and water district employees formed a line near the site where a car stolen from the victim's mother was discovered and combed through the area until Ramirez and the girl were found.
"We're extremely lucky that this girl with him was not injured," Chief Isbell said. "We have her at the hospital to see if any assault occurred."
Ruby, her mother and her three-year-old sister were abducted a knife point Sunday afternoon as the three left church. Ramirez later released the mother and the three-year-old and fled with Ruby.
Isbell said Ramirez had been obsessed with the girl he secretly dated. Isbell said Ramirez was charged with sexual assault of a child after the girl's family learned the two had a relationship and forced them to break up.
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Manorlands hospice in Oxenhope is celebrating a massive coup for the Sue Ryder charity which runs the hospice.
The national organisation has been chosen by Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons as its new charity partner.
A huge range of fundraising activities will now be staged by staff at the company's 500-plus stores.
Sue Ryder bosses said the announcement was a major boost for the care provider, which opened its Oxenhope hospice 40 years ago.
"I'd like to say a huge thank you to Morrisons for choosing us," said Heidi Travis, for the charity.
"We're very excited to be working with such a fantastic company and we're committed to supporting customers and colleagues with their fundraising every step of the way."
Dalton Philips, chief executive of Morrisons, said: "Working with Sue Ryder we want to make a real difference to families affected by terminal illness across the country."


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LAKE GEORGE — Easing the steamship Minne-Ha-Ha out of its dock and into Lake George, John McDonald Jr. begins a running commentary to the more than 300 passengers over the ship's public-address system.
"Good morning and welcome to the Minne-Ha-Ha," the Ticonderoga resident says as he dodges parasailers and small boats and steers the huge paddlewheeler into the open water.
McDonald is not just captain of the Minne-Ha-Ha, one of three vessels operated by the Lake George Steamboat Co. — he's also the superintendent of Ticonderoga Central School District.
This has been McDonald's part-time summer job for 25 years, ever since former Ticonderoga High School guidance counselor William Connors told him about all the fun he was having as another summer captain for the Steamboat Co.
McDonald shares the helm of the Minne-Ha-Ha with retired Ticonderoga Central School teacher and curriculum coordinator Stephen Boyce, who's been a captain for the steamship line for 32 years.
"I feel like the kid who grew up to drive the firetruck," Boyce said. "It's something different happening all the time. I like it a lot."
Swinging the wheel to get closer to the shore and start a mini tour of some million-dollar camps, McDonald said he shares a love for the captain's job.
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Lake George Steamboat Co. was started by the Dow family in 1945, and they have three ships today: the Minne-Ha-Ha, Mohican and Lac du Saint Sacrement.
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Virtually every school system in our viewing area is operating on a two hour delay Tuesday. The kids may be happy, but some parents are questioning the decision.
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We spoke with Henrico, Richmond, and Chesterfield officials about the decision to delay school.
"Each decision is made differently," said Andy Jenks with Henrico County Schools. "In this case, the two hour delay is built to anticipate the unexpected."
School officials are confident in their decision.
"When we saw a forecast for wind chills below zero degrees that certainly is a marked change from what we've had in years past," said Shawn Smith with Chesterfield Schools.
There are 60,000 students in Chesterfield alone. 45,000 of those students ride school buses. Chesterfield, Henrico, and Richmond school officials all note starting diesel vehicles in cold weather can be challenging.
"What you don't want to have is a group of students standing out in the cold with no sun in their face at say 7 AM freezing because their bus isn't going to get there," said Jenks.
The concerns do not just center around diesel vehicles.
"We don't want our students in a very cold building," said Felicia Cosby with Richmond Public Schools. "We apologize for any inconvenience, but we are doing this for the well being of our students."
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This article was previously published in The Loop Magazine, but as today is the 30th Anniversary of the Mac, and it was such an integral part of my early gaming experience, I thought I'd put it out there.

One of the first computer games I can actually remember playing was Asteroids. I was sitting on the carpet of my best friend's room and we were taking turns on his machine, probably a Victor 9000, which sported a monochrome green phosphor monitor.

I remember the experience so vividly. The pebbled texture of the 5 ¼" floppy, the ka-chunk sound of the drive lock, the burping and whirring as the machine read the disk and executed the program. The keys had that beefy tension and satisfying clack that you can only find in boutique keyboards now. The games rules were incredibly rudimentary, but there was the beginnings of a real physics engine there, with coast and thrust involved.

For those of you not familiar with these older machines, it's important to remember that many of them used the disk you inserted as their only program. There was no internal storage and the game essentially took over and became the only function of the device. As limiting as this sounds, it's actually a very similar concept to the Information Appliance theory that informed the creation of the iPhone, which 'becomes' the app you're running.

It seems silly to think that a game I played so long ago would stick in my head the way it has. I've played thousands of games since then that ran the gamut from text adventures to shooters and strategy and more. I even got to play a pre-release build of the very first level of Quake, totally unaware that I was looking at something that would change the face of gaming forever.

But the first few years of my gaming life continue to set the tone for how I play, how I approach creativity and even how I think. And the organization that I have to thank for that, more than any other, is LucasArts.

Founded by George Lucas as Lucasfilm Games in 1982, the studio would go on to publish some of the best games ever made for many platforms including the PC and Mac. The level of artistry, attention to detail and commitment to pushing games forward was and is unparalleled. The company was full to the brim with insane levels of talent and drive.

Last month, new Lucasfilm parent company Disney announced that it would be shutting down LucasArts and shipping off the Star Wars titles to EA. It was a sad day, to be sure, but any gamer can tell you that the studio's output had been anything but regular over the past few years. A decent title or two popped up here and there, but it was mostly producing weak jobs based on Lucasfilm licenses, with very little hope for great original content.

But it wasn't always that way. For a stretch of time beginning in the late 1980's and essentially ending in 2000, LucasArts produced both licensed titles and original properties that set the gold standard for games. More specifically, it produced three titles that I feel exemplify its 'golden age': The Secret of Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle and Full Throttle.

Beginning in 1990 with Monkey Island and continuing through 1995's Full Throttle, a team of designers and writers at LucasArts created some of the best moments of my gaming life. Though there were a lot of contributors to the games and many deserve mention, there are three common threads: Designers Ron Gilbert, Dave Grossman and Tim Schafer.

Through those three, the games took on life that far surpassed their mechanics or their pixels. The writing was witty and engrossing, the puzzles were clever without being frustrating or self-important and the themes were both universal and unique.

Monkey Island was one of the first games I can remember actually buying at a software store. The equivalent of a GameStop that sold PC and Mac titles, Egghead Software was a prime example of the breed. Established in the late 80's, boomed through the 90's and crushed by online distribution. But for many years it was my store. Just a few blocks away from my home and filled with box upon box of possibilities. The games section, of course, held a particular thrall for me.

I still remember the vibrant Monkey Island box art, with its promise of swordplay, pirates and adventure — and it delivered. Though the graphics are primitive by today's standards, they were particularly sumptuous for the time, with detailed backdrops and a few hand-painted interstitial cards that functioned as cutscenes of sorts.

But the game's design, led by Gilbert, and the writing done by Grossman and Schafer, was what really got me. Like many LucasArts games of the era, it was filled with clever jokes and culture references, but a recent replay showed me just how enduring those turned out being. The script still holds up 20 years later, it's actually pretty incredible.

One of the things that always stood out for me in the games from that particular crew of creators is the powerful roles for women. Though both Monkey Island and Full Throttle had male protagonists, the women in all three games were smarter, funnier and more capable as a rule. They didn't need your help, but they were comfortable with things like love and partnership.

The lead female role in Monkey Island is island Governor Elaine Marley, who ends up being kidnapped by the ghost pirate LeChuck. This seems like a typical video game scenario on the surface — another damsel in distress. But there are clues that she's not as helpless as she appears, including the fact that the pirates make references to her escaping multiple times. And in the denouement (stop reading if you don't want it spoiled), the player's character Guybrush Threeepwod shows up to break up her undead wedding only to find that she had already escaped and was about to spring her trap on the unsuspecting groom.

It was a powerful twist for me when I first played it, and drove home that this woman was not an object to be retrieved, but an actor in her own play. A play in which you might be a co-star, rather than a lead. The lessons carried on in my own relationships with women, including my wife, who is very much a star and not in need of rescue.

When you compare Monkey Island to modern titles like the latest Tomb Raider, for instance, you begin to see just how special those games were. Yes, Tomb Raider has a strong female lead, but it also drives home the point in a cloddish, heavy-handed way. The main character is brutalized both emotionally and physically in her journey to becoming a 'hero', and that transformation is demonstrated via gruesome death scenes and disturbing character interactions. I'm not saying Tomb Raider isn't an interesting and entertaining game, because it is. But I'm also not sure how comfortable I'd be with my daughter perceiving a path of pain and brutality as the way that women are converted from meek and indecisive beings into ones of power and purpose.

But women's roles weren't the only bit of cleverness buried in this trio of games. The puzzles in both Monkey Island and Day of the Tentacle probably taught me more about problem solving than any 100 hours of physics or geometry in high school. I honestly think that there should be a class called Logic 101 that has students run through early adventure games for the computer with no outside help.

Day of the Tentacle — a sequel to the original Maniac Mansion game, which was more of a 'horror' sendup — with its protagonists split across three different eras and puzzles that dealt with aging items and shuffling them back and forth through time, was a perfect example.

It featured dozens of brain testing situations, but one of my favorites comes when quirky Laverne is stuck in a future ruled by the mutant Purple Tentacle, and incarcerated along with other humans inside the titular mansion. Nerdy Bernard is stuck in the present and can't help her, but rock and roll roadie Hoagie has been shuttled off to a moment in the past when America's founding fathers were on a retreat to the mansion. Laverne must have a tentacle costume to blend in and move about, but only has access to a doctor's office chart of a tentacle. Hoagie has no sewing skills, but happens to be in the same house as Betsy Ross, the seamstress for the first American flag.

Through the use of the Chron-o-Johns (toilets which can flush things back and forth through time), Laverne sends Hoagie the chart. Hoagie slips the chart to Betsy as an updated pattern and poof, the American flag has now been altered to look like a tentacle. Laverne retrieves the flag from the roof in the future and wears it as a costume. It's a brilliant use of the 'split across time' mechanic and still feels completely logical.

There have been other games since that have captured the same spirit of logic and effort — The Longest Journey is a prime example. But the art seems to have been largely lost in modern gaming, which has taken some of the mechanics from these early games, and lost much of the challenge and wit. The LucasArts games, for instance, were one of the first to remove 'dying' from the games entirely, and to carefully design them so that you couldn't reach a dead end. This wasn't to make them easier — they were plenty hard — it was to remove player frustration and to encourage exploration.

Many games now also remove or mitigate player death through instant reloading or restart points, but they've lost the heart of it. The frustration has been removed but it hasn't been augmented by challenge and delight. And they've become less art and more product because of it.

When I say 'less art', I am implicitly acknowledging that games are art. Whatever your argument, it's something that I believe and Full Throttle is the game that made me believe it.

Over a dozen games at LucasArts in this era used the SCUMM (Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion) engine that gave players verbs like 'pull' or 'look at' to use on in-game objects. When the time came to build Full Throttle, the engine was tweaked and prodded to remove the list of verbs from the screen and place them into a contextual menu that resided under a mouse click. This opened up the full screen for visuals, greatly improving the scope. It was also one of the first games to be distributed only on CD-ROM, as it featured a full soundtrack of music and voiceover work.

If you enjoy any of the games today that feel almost like a playable movie, you can thank Full Throttle, because this is where it all started. The player takes on the role of motorcycle gang leader Ben, in an age where cars and bikes are on their way out and hovercars are on their way in. Ben is framed for murder early in the game and must repair his bike and earn the trust of the dead man's daughter to save the day. But despite the fanciful setting, the themes are universal.

Full Throttle touches on the themes of nostalgia and loyalty, on the relationships between fathers and daughters and the fine line between progress and destruction. It goes about as deep as you want to dig, even though it's really just a game. And the themes are augmented by a great voice cast that includes Roy Conrad and Mark Hamill, great songs from honest-to-goodness rock band The Gone Jackals and simply gorgeous art from Peter Chan.

Full Throttle was one of the first games that totally qualified as an 'experience', rather than something to pass the time. And once that rubicon was crossed, it opened up the door for more cinematic and immersive experiences in gaming.

It's easy to reminisce about games like Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle and Full Throttle, and to wish for a return to this caliber of gaming. But you have to acknowledge that there may be no way to do so, largely due to how connected we are. These games were largely pre-internet experiences, and they were made powerful because of that. Every person experienced them differently, solved puzzles in their own way and communicated solutions back and forth in person. Sitting at the same computer with a friend working out how to hurdle a particular challenge is still totally possible, but also far less likely than it used to be.

But we shouldn't give up hope entirely. Though LucasArts is dead, its spirit lives on both in those who grew up playing those games and those who created them. It's not surprising that this small group has managed to find a way to continue making great stuff. Dave Grossman is now at Telltale Games, which makes Monkey Island and Sam and Max titles and was founded by ex-LucasArts members. Schafer founded Double Fine productions, which recently broke Kickstarter records with $3.3M raised to make, you guessed it, an adventure game. Ron Gilbert teamed up with Schafer again for the recent release The Cave and has now gone on to work on his own new game for Apple's iOS platform called Scurvy Scallywags.

I don't know if we'll ever see a powerhouse studio like LucasArts in its prime making the kinds of soulful games that once did. The pressures of performance and budget are enormously high and more and more focus is being put on franchise-ready, salable material then ever.

But I'm glad that it happened once and that I was there to see it. And I'm more hopeful than ever that dozens of other indie developers that are making games for iOS, Android, computers and the Web will carry on in their footsteps.
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This week is my last working at The Next Web. It's a pretty big change for me, as it really feels like family in a way that a lot of employers jabber about but few actually mean. I've only been writing for 4 years but that's about 50 in blog years, and I feel fortunate that I got to be a part of an organization with great people like Zee, Patrick, Boris, Brad, Matt, Martin, Alex, Courtney, Amalia, Anna, Jon, Ken, Emil, Harrison, Josh, Paul, Nick and so many others.

It's been a genuine pleasure working at TNW. For just over two years I was able to wake up every morning and love where I was going to work. That's an absolutely invaluable thing and I hope I get to experience it again somewhere else. Everyone there is fantastic and I know they'll do just fine moving along without me. I know without a doubt that TNW has one of the deepest benches in the blogging business, and I'll be following along with pride.

As for what's next? I don't know but I'm exploring that now.

My stats so far go something like this:

2,948 Posts at TNW

4,788 Posts Total

~ 3.5 Posts a workday

~ 500+ Words per post

Longest post: Mountain Lion Review, 24,356 words

Shortest post: Instagram's business plan, 0 words

A good start.
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So, it's been a week since Apple announced iOS 7. I've written a bit about it and I'll end up writing more. I've got a few things I'm working on right now.

But there's already been some smart chat about it, and a lot of super dumb stuff. I won't link to the dumb stuff here but I thought I'd round up some things that are actually intelligent.

iOS 7: Thoughts and Questions by Viticci

iOS 7 is not about the icons, labels as buttons, translucency, questionable Lock screen gestures, or a new Spotlight as design choices taken individually – it's about a single, precise idea: to make iOS simpler and more enjoyable, but at the same time more useful.

Fertile Ground by Marco Arment

Apple has set fire to iOS. Everything's in flux. Those with the least to lose have the most to gain, because this fall, hundreds of millions of people will start demanding apps for a platform with thousands of old, stale players and not many new, nimble alternatives.

iOS 7 by Matt Gemmell

Press coverage is disproportionally focusing on the Home screen (about which more in a moment), but the reality of day to day usage is that you'll spend time in apps. Where there were previously gloomy cubbyholes and low ceilings, there are now floor-to-ceiling windows, skylights, and clean surfaces.

'This Is Our Signature': iOS 7 by John Gruber

There is a deep intellectual rigor to the design of iOS 7, and it's hard not to see it as being profoundly informed by Ive's background in hardware. In hardware, design is limited by physics: weight, density, size, connections, seams. Software doesn't face those design limits. The old design of iOS 6 took advantage of that lack of limits, to its detriment.

iOS 7 is the most skeuomorphic, most liberating version ever by Rene Ritchie

iOS is now an object inside and out, one that exists to drive focus to the content, media or app, or both, but still and always delight to the user. It's just taken it all to a much more visceral level. It's scary, but it's the future.

Real by Matt Drance

Apple has kept all the right things, and built a new experience celebrating the values behind them. iOS 7 is truly the sum of its parts. On their own, many of these new elements — parallax, translucency, animations, motion — might seem out of place, even gimmicky. Together, they put forth a clear vision, one that's reinforced by one of the best marketing videos I think Apple has ever made.

Don't worry about iOS 7 by Jim Dalrymple

There are a few things you need to remember about iOS 7. First, it's nowhere near finished in terms of design or functionality. Apple engineers stopped adding or changing the operating system before WWDC so they had a stable build to show during the keynote. It's not done.

Apple's confidence by Jim Dalrymple

One thing that became very clear to me early on in today's keynote is that Apple was having fun again. They were really enjoying themselves.

Oh and if you're interested, here's a couple of things I wrote last week about it:

iOS 7 and the evolution of the information appliance

Why does the design of iOS 7 look so different?

Why developers need Apple to add 'video screenshots' to the iOS 7 App Store

 tag:robottuxedo.net,2014:Post/farewell-matt 2013-03-11T10:29:18-07:00 2013-03-11T10:29:18-07:00 Farewell, Matt
My friend and colleague Matt Brian is moving on from The Next Web to The Verge. I've had a wonderful time working with him, it's been an excellent couple of years and I can't wait to see what he gets up to in his next phase.

Matt has contributed so much to TNW over the years that it was hard for me to find something perfect to share on his exit. But I think the time he threw up in a plane demonstrates his dedication to getting the story. And it's super embarrassing.

See ya Matt, have fun being a Vergein!
 tag:robottuxedo.net,2014:Post/did-you-know-apple-preannounced-its-ipad-sales 2013-02-28T14:52:47-08:00 2013-02-28T14:52:47-08:00 Did you know Apple pre-announced its iPad sales?
Just kidding. It does not.

And yet! Several sites are using an analyst's estimated split of iPad and iPad mini sales in 2013 to say that Apple is totally surprised that it could end up selling more of the lower-margin mini than it is the higher-margin full-size tablet.

The report the stories are using is from DisplaySearch. The full quote from DisplaySearch's David Hseih is this:

Apple had planned to sell 40M iPad minis (7.9") and 60M iPads (9.7") in 2013. However, the reality seems to be the reverse, as the iPad mini has been more popular than the iPad. We now understand that Apple may be planning to sell 55M iPad minis (7.9") and 33M iPads (9.7") in 2013.

That's great. Only one problem: Apple never announced any such plans of any sort. I'm sure that Apple planned to sell a certain amount of both models, but it never reveals those estimates publicly. In fact, it has become even more conservative in its forecast reporting in an endeavor to halt projection inflation.

DisplaySearch estimated those numbers from what it saw as a shift in a specific split of component orders. In fact, these estimates based on a single component (TFT LCDs).

Apple CEO Tim Cook, obliquely referencing rumors of the iPhone 5 slowing production based on a single component (LCD displays):

I'd also stress that, even if a particular data point were to be factual, it would be impossible to interpret what that data point means to our business. Our supply chain is very complex and we have multiple sources for our components. Yields can vary…supplier performance can vary. There's an inordinate list of things that would make any single data point not a great proxy for what's going on.

If you're going to flat out state, as a fact, that Apple's plans are being upset, you should probably know what its plans were in the first place. If you're going to guess what those plans are, just be honest and say so.

Also, Battletoads.
 tag:robottuxedo.net,2014:Post/why-twitter-introduced-photo-filters 2012-12-10T21:01:49-08:00 2012-12-10T21:01:49-08:00 Why Twitter Introduced Photo Filters
I wrote a long thing about Twitter's new photo filters today. But if you want to know why they did it, here's that bit boiled down into one image:

Instagram emptied out my Twitter profile's photo gallery in one flick of the switch. As photos and other media become a bigger part of Twitter's strategy in the future, it can't have this kind of thing completely at the mercy of a service owned by a competitor. Those galleries started out on partner pages, then they showed up in profiles and now search. Soon, they'll be on the website everywhere as well, not just the Discover tab.

If Twitter's future is a rich service that is attractive to both celebrities and regular people as a way to share every bit of media that they create — and I believe that it is — then it has to safeguard that status. Photo filters and galleries are one way of doing this. Video is next.
 tag:robottuxedo.net,2014:Post/squares-gift-card-gift-to-small-merchants 2012-12-10T18:48:00-08:00 2012-12-10T18:48:00-08:00 Square's Gift Card Gift To Small Merchants
Square recently introduced Gift Cards to its Wallet and Register apps. This lets users purchase and redeem these cards both via the app and through Apple's Passbook if they're on iOS. It's a slick addition, very interesting given that this was exactly how I predicted Square might dip its toes into leveraging Passbook.

But it stands to have a pretty big impact on tons of small vendors that use Square for payments via smartphones and tablets in their shops or at their kiosks.

If you've never had to choose and set up a gift card solution for a business or company, you might not know that it's a pretty big pain in the butt. Sure, you can go with the old hand-written certificates, like the olden days. But they're hard to track and nearly impossible to update or analyze accurately. The only real option is to choose a provider that you can oder customized plastic cards from and who will process, track and manage the cards for you.

Most of the time, this is done via your credit card machine, though there are sometimes dedicated terminals that are installed. Either way, there is normally a fee per card and sometimes per redemption, the machines must be rented and the service typically has a monthly or yearly fee. It's a big additional expense in both money and administration hours just to keep the cash spent at your store.

With this addition to Register and Wallet, every Square merchant just got a gift card system without having to invest any additional money or time. The people out there running one, two or few-man operations that are using all of the resources that they have to keep things rolling and growing now have to worry about one less thing. It's going to have a huge impact for these folks.

My favorite local coffee roaster Café Corazón, for instance, tweeted out that customers could now send those cards out to anyone using Wallet. And if the recieving party is on iOS, that card can go right into Passbook. Leo uses Square to process all of my purchases from an Android device right in the shop, and now he has a full on gift card system, without having to lift a finger.
 tag:robottuxedo.net,2014:Post/the-daily 2012-12-04T00:51:00-08:00 2012-12-04T00:51:00-08:00 The Daily
It sucks that The Daily is going away. If you're rubbing your hands with glee over its closure, then you're dead inside. Maybe the parent company, an intensely old-world corporation in many ways, deserved to have its butt handed to it. But the experiement was completely worth undertaking and News Corp gets credit for doing it.

In fact, I think it was incredibly brave and ambitious to launch that thing in the first place. As with many crazy and risky ventures, there were a lot of folks that were quick to predict ruin even as it was being announced. Those same folks trotted out those months-old predictions yesterday, nodding and stroking their metaphorical goatees.

But what about those negative predicitons made about similar ideas that went in the opposite direction? A crazy idea for a quick SMS-based messaging system that you can view and use on a computer. Silly, useless, good only for sending poop status? Or a real-time layer for the web, nearly indispensible now? You pick that one in 2006 please, thanks.

The Daily deserves credit for a couple of things. One was embracing the iPad , not as a validation of Apple's dominance (which it still maintains) but as a vote for the tablet as the future of our news consumption. Whatever operating system or form-factor of tablet we're going to be using a couple of years from now, it's clear that these things are super-effective platforms for reading and watching. The Daily was a bet on tablets, and that's a smart one.

The other thing it deserves credit for is trying very hard to make the old-world newspaper model translate to the tablet world. It deserves credit for it because it definitively proved that this does not work. At all.

Now, the next publication to try a widely-focused news publication on the iPad (or across tablet ecosystems) knows with certainty that it will have to be a leaner, meaner beast. The days of trying to squeeze the bloated carcass of a traditional news organization into the strictures of tablet publishing are grinding to a close. I know that The Daily's app wasn't in the best place when it started, but it got pretty good by the end. It wasn't the technical prowess of the organization that killed it, it was the staffing, marketing and mentality.

I don't buy that there was no compelling content either. I've saved The Daily articles for reading later, the magazine had scoops. Remember the Microsoft Office on iPad/denied by Microsoft thing? That was The Daily.

Unfortunately, that stuff was drowned out in the inane filler that the publication felt it had to caulk every crevice with. Instead of The Daily being stripped down and presented with sparse, in your face content of the highest quality, it felt very much like the newspaper, with 2-3 articles worth your attention and a lot of white noise.

But all of that is still something to be thankful for. The Daily did it. It tried very hard to make a 'digital newspaper' for tablets. This does not work, and now we know it. Time for something new.
 tag:robottuxedo.net,2014:Post/itunes-11s-mysterious-cloud-icon 2012-12-03T21:43:00-08:00 2012-12-03T21:43:00-08:00 iTunes 11's Mysterious Cloud Icon
One of the things I've seen a lot of conversation about with regards to iTunes 11 is the cloud icon that appears to the right of the Library button on the left side of the main window. This button takes the place of the sidebar, allowing you to switch between Movies, Music, etc.

Just to the right of the button almost anyone who is signed into iTunes will see a small cloud icon appear. Clicking on it does nothing, there is no tooltip and it sometimes animates in various ways. This has led to confusion about its purpose. When I saw it I felt I knew right away what it was, but thought I'd do a little testing to make sure my hypothesis was correct.

If you're wondering what the cloud icon is, it's actually very simple: It means that some part of your library is in Apple's cloud.

This could be via iTunes in the Cloud, which is active automatically from the moment you purchase any song or bit of media from Apple. It could also be via iTunes Match, which matches your songs with Apple's stored songs OR uploads your songs in order to mirror them for your other devices. Either way, this means that there are songs (or other media) in 'the cloud'. That's why there's a cloud icon there, period.

And no, it's not the same as the old iTunes Match icon. This icon merges the status indicator of iTunes Match and iTunes in the Cloud into one.

To test this I did a couple of things. First, I deleted the iTunes library from my computer entirely and installed iTunes 11. This resulted in a fresh library, but iTunes still immediately found my music in Apple's cloud because my computer — and therefore iTunes — was still signed into my Apple ID. So I signed out completely using the iTunes Store interface and deleted it again.

This time, when I started iTunes, I was rewarded with a Music button which had NO cloud next to it. Not surprising as there was nothing in the library. I then downloaded a single MP3 (careful to remain logged out) and added it to the library. The cloud icon remained absent:

Then, I toggled the store interface and signed in and toggled back. Immediately, an animated cloud showed that iTunes was scanning for cloud content associated with my Apple ID.

Once it was done, I had the cloud icon back, along with my local MP3 and all of the iTunes in the Cloud content available. I am an iTunes Match subscriber as well, so these songs are presumably present as well.

So, the cloud icon is simply an indicator that at least one of the items in your library is available in Apple's cloud infrastructure somewhere. Whether by purchase or by 'match', it's not just on your physical hard disk.

Confusing? Maybe, but there it is.

There are still some other interesting things about the way that iTunes displays downloaded iCloud content. The way that the cloud next to a downloaded song disappears, though it's still cloud-available content is interesting. It has a download icon, then you click it, then nothing. iTunes 10 would still show you a cloud, letting you know it was available out there.

The fact that a cloud song is treated as 'normal' says a lot about the changing paradigms of iCloud in relation to iTunes. The cloud is standard, not worthy of a special designator on a per-item level once it has been cached locally. Having a song on your hard drive vs the cloud is no longer worthy of a special designator. Interesting.

Update: I've been playing with it a bit more, after reader Ahmad Afiq pointed out that it could also be an iCloud status icon. And I think he might be right.

To test this theory, I logged out of my iTunes account, which has access to both iTunes Match and iTunes in the Cloud content. I then deleted the library and signed in with my wife's iTunes account, which has zero purchase history. It's just used to sync her iCloud data between her devices, keeping it separate from mine. This means that she has NO iTunes cloud content at all.

Even without adding anything to the library, the icon was still there. All I had done was sign in to an iCloud (Apple ID) account.

Then, to test his hypothesis further, I turned off my internet connection. Boom, a cloud with a lightning bolt displayed, showing that it had no connection to iCloud.

So, it seems that I missed this use of the icon, largely because I'm an iTunes Match subscriber and have purchased songs from the store. I attributed the appearance of it to me having 'something in the cloud', when it seems that it also meant that I was 'connected to the cloud'.

Note: Though I think that the 'status' use of the iCloud icon is indeed a part of its purpose, it is still most definitely an indicator of 'something in the cloud'. As many emailed me and pointed out, disabling the 'Show iTunes in the Cloud Purchases' option in preferences makes that cloud icon go poof. This indicates that it is both a status indicator and a notification that you've got cloud content in your library. So, all of the above.
 tag:robottuxedo.net,2014:Post/why-is-apple-charging-329-for-the-ipad-mini 2012-10-24T23:06:46-07:00 2012-10-24T23:06:46-07:00 Why Is Apple Charging $329 For The iPad Mini?
Because Apple likes to sell things that actually make it money, so that it can continue to make more things for you.


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LONDON (AP) -- Newcastle and Sunderland say they have accepted misconduct charges by the Football Association following their ill-tempered 1-1 draw in the Premier League.
Both clubs were charged by the governing body over a flare-up that followed Sunderland winger James McClean's late challenge on Newcastle's Danny Simpson in the first half of the March 4 match.
The players were both booked for touching foreheads as they confronted each other.
The northeast clubs will be handed sanctions at personal hearings requested with the FA at a date yet to be confirmed.
Sunderland had Stephane Sessegnon sent off during the match for elbowing Demba Ba before teammate Lee Cattermole was red-carded after the final whistle for foul and abusive language.


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Cooperstown Crier
---- — The Glimmerglass Festival, Central New York's opera and musical theater company, has announced its 2014 season.
The 2014 Festival will focus on 100 years of music and includ new productions of Puccini's "Madame Butterfly," Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel," Strauss' "Ariadne in Naxos"and Tobias Picker's "An American Tragedy." The productions run in repertory July 11 through Aug. 24 in the Alice Busch Opera Theater in Cooperstown.
Glimmerglass Festival Artistic and General Director Francesca Zambello said she wants to remind people that the music of the last century is extremely audience friendly and that contemporary music does not have to be intimidating.
"The 2014 productions will show you how quickly we go from Puccini to Picker, all with a sense of character and story, and with inspiring melodies," she said in a media release.
Soprano Christine Goerke will serve as the company's 2014 artist in residence. Goerke is known for her many Strauss and Wagner roles, including Elektra, Ariadne, Brünnhilde and Senta. As artist in residence, Goerke will work closely with members of the Glimmerglass Festival Young Artists Program, the company's apprentice program for emerging artists.
"I was a Young Artist 20 years ago at Glimmerglass, and it was my first apprentice program," Goerke said in the release. "What this company does for young singers, you can't begin to know ... This program is so special; this place is so special."
"Madame Butterfly" (Giacomo Puccini/Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, 1904) will open the season in a new production. According to the release, Puccini's unforgettable heroine, delicate and vulnerable yet possessed of a steely resolve, risks ostracization to be with Pinkerton, a handsome American naval officer. When he proves untrue, she unflinchingly chooses the only honorable path available to her.
"Puccini is the ultimate 20th-century melodist, and the chance to see his heartbreaking work with young singers in our intimate theater is a remarkable experience," said Zambello, who will direct the production. "The story of a young mother who hopes to find a better life for herself and her son in America is still relevant today, as we continue to wrestle with issues around immigration."
Joseph Colaneri will conduct. Colaneri is conducting the Glimmerglass production of Verdi's "King for a Day."
"Madame Butterfly is one of my favorite Puccini scores," Colaneri said in the release. "The relationship of the drama, text and music is just about perfect. The opera has a magically atmospheric orchestration and Puccini's sense of dramatic pace allows the story to sweep from its exotic opening to a shattering conclusion."
Scenery will be designed by Tony Award-winner Michael Yeargan, whose designs have been seen on Broadway as well as at the Metropolitan, Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco operas. His last Glimmerglass production was the world premiere of "Central Park" in 1999. Robert Wierzel, who has designed more than 35 Glimmerglass productions, including the 1997 production of "Madame Butterfly," will design lighting. Cio-Cio San will be sung by Yunah Lee. Lee has been praised for her portrayal of Cio-Cio San, seen in the role recently at Dallas, Central City and New York City operas. Former Glimmerglass Young Artist Aleksey Bogdanov will return for the role of Sharpless.
In line with Zambello's desire to include a great American musical each season, Glimmerglass will present a new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel," with full orchestra and no amplification.
Pegged as the "best musical of the 20th century" by Time magazine, "Carousel" tells the story of a carousel barker's struggles to rise above challenging circumstances. The musical includes such favorites as "If I Loved You," "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" and "You'll Never Walk Alone."
Doug Peck will conduct, and Charles Newell will direct. The pair is known for their work at Chicago's Court Theatre, which includes productions of "Porgy and Bess;" "Caroline, or Change" and "Carousel," all of which won Joseph Jefferson Awards. The production will be choreographed by Daniel Pelzig, whose career highlights include a Boston Ballet production of "The Nutcracker," a Metropolitan Opera production of "Armida" and the Hollywood Bowl's "Carousel."
Glimmerglass will welcome back costume designer Jessica Jahn, who worked on the company's 2009 production of "La Cenerentola." Mark McCullough will design lighting; he made his company debut in 1995 and has designed more than 10 Glimmerglass productions, as well as many productions for opera and theater companies around the world.
"Ariadne in Naxos" was last performed at Glimmerglass in 1994. This opera within an opera features both lighthearted comedy and heroic grand opera, as two different performing troupes compete for the attention of a wealthy patron.
The opera will be conducted by Kathleen Kelly, who worked with the company's Young Artists Program in 2001. Former Head of Music Staff at Vienna State and Houston Grand operas, Kelly has served as assistant conductor at Metropolitan, San Francisco and Seattle operas. Zambello will direct. Troy Hourie will design sets for the production. Award-winning fashion designer Bibhu Mohapatra, whose designs were seen in Glimmerglass' 2012 production of "Aida," will return to design costumes. Mohapatra's designs have been worn by Michelle Obama, Gwyneth Paltrow and Glenn Close, to name a few. Mark McCullough will design lighting.
2014 Artist in Residence Christine Goerke will sing the role of the grieving Ariadne, and Rachele Gilmore will sing the role of the charming and intriguing Zerbinetta.
A former Glimmerglass Young Artist, Gilmore made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 2009 as Olympia in "The Tales of Hoffmann," went on to her La Scala debut in the same role, and has performed with Portland Opera, Florida Grand Opera and Opera Philadelphia, among others. The trouser role of the idealist Composer will be sung by 2012 Young Artist Catherine Martin, who has performed with Houston Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company and more. Corey Bix, another former Glimmerglass Young Artist, returns for the role of Bacchus, Ariadne's love interest. Bix recently performed the role of Erik in Los Angeles Opera's "The Flying Dutchman."
The prologue will be sung in a modern adaptation by Kelley Rourke, while the opera within the opera will be performed in the original German.
Based on the Theodore Dreiser novel inspired by a true story, Tobias Picker's "An American Tragedy" tells the story of a small-town boy's pursuit of the American dream. Blinded by ambition, the promising young man, Clyde Griffiths, makes a series of unfortunate choices that culminate in a death in the Adirondacks.
"Theodore Dreiser's novel 'An American Tragedy,'" Picker wrote, "is a powerful portrayal of the dark side of the American dream. It was my father's favorite book. I remember him being profoundly moved by the conflict between ambition and morality depicted in the novel, a conflict that remains one of the central challenges at the core of the American experience. When the opportunity arose to write an opera for the Metropolitan Opera I immediately knew that Drieser's book had to be my subject. I am thrilled that The Glimmerglass Festival has brought together such a wonderful production team and I look forward to working with them to bring a newly revised version of 'An American Tragedy' to the stage."
"An American Tragedy," Picker's fourth opera, premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in 2005 to great acclaim. The Glimmerglass production celebrates the composer's 60th birthday and marks the premiere of the newly revised version by the composer and librettist.
Anthony Tommasini of The New York Times wrote, "The opera is accomplished, dramatically effective and thoroughly professional. Many composers ... could learn from Mr. Picker's know-how about the theater."
The new Glimmerglass production will be conducted by George Manahan, a leading advocate of Picker's music, who conducted the world premiere of Picker's first opera "Emmeline" at Santa Fe Opera in 1996, as well as "Emmeline's" New York premiere at New York City Opera in 1998. Manahan will conduct the world premiere of Picker's fifth opera, "Dolores Claiborne," at San Francisco Opera in Sept.2013.
Manahan served as music director for New York City Opera for more than a decade, and currently serves as music director of the American Composers Orchestra and Portland Opera. A versatile conductor, Manahan has conducted a wide range of operas, including Edward Thomas' "Desire Under the Elms," which received a Grammy Award nomination.
The production will be directed by Kate Whoriskey. Whoriskey directed the Broadway revival of "The Miracle Worker," and her many off-Broadway credits include "How I Learned to Drive," "The Piano Teacher" and "Ruined,"for which she won a Drama Desk Award.
"As a fan of the Dreiser novel, I am thrilled to be working with one of America's great composers, Tobias Picker," Whoriskey said in the release. "Tobias has taken this complex portrait of American life and translated it into a vivid and extraordinary musical event. I am excited by the opportunity to stage such a rich, expansive piece."
Alexander Dodge, who received a 2012 Tony Award nomination for his designs for "Present Laughter," will design sets. Robert Wierzel will design lighting. The role of Clyde Griffith's mother, Elvira Griffiths, will be sung by award-winning soprano June Anderson. The role of the upstate New York factory owner will be sung by Aleksey Bogdanov. Recent roles for Bogdanov include Escamillo in "Carmen" at Atlanta Opera and Masetto in "Don Giovanni" at Washington National Opera.
The mainstage productions will be complemented by special concerts, lectures, backstage tours and question-and-answer sessions with the creative teams. More information on these events will be released next year.
For more information on the 2014 Glimmerglass Festival and performance dates and times, call the Box Office at 547-2255 or visit www.glimmerglass.org.
The company's 2013 summer season runs July 6 through Aug. 24 with new productions of Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman;" Lerner and Loewe's "Camelot;" Verdi's "King for a Day" and "Passions," a double bill of David Lang's "the little match girl passion" and Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater."


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U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court: CEO's Big Judicial Contributions Require Judge's Recusal
Posted Jun 8, 2009 9:36 AM CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Constitution required the recusal of a West Virginia Supreme Court justice who was elected with the help of more than $3 million in contributions from a coal mining executive.
The 5-4 ruling said Justice Brent Benjamin should not have participated in a case involving the CEO's company, Massey Coal Co., SCOTUSblog reports. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote in the majority opinion that due process required recusal.
Benjamin had twice voted with a 3-2 majority to overturn a $50 million verdict against Massey Energy, despite the large judicial campaign contributions made by CEO Don Blankenship.
"Not every campaign contribution by a litigant or attorney creates a probability of bias that requires a judge's recusal, but this is an exceptional case," Kennedy wrote. He said the peculiar circumstances of the case, "extreme by any measure," serve to refute suggestions that courts will be flooded with recusal motions as a result of the decision.
"We conclude that there is a serious risk of actual bias—based on objective and reasonable perceptions—when a person with a personal stake in a particular case had a significant and disproportionate influence in placing the judge on the case by raising funds or directing the judge's election campaign when the case was pending or imminent," he wrote.
"The inquiry centers on the contribution's relative size in comparison to the total amount of money contributed to the campaign, the total amount spent in the election, and the apparent effect such contribution had on the outcome of the election."
ABA President H. Thomas Wells Jr. issued a statement applauding the ruling, but cautioning that "the standards laid out by the court must not be viewed as the final word on this issue." He said the ABA will refine the standards by developing recommended guidelines for recusal.
"The ABA's amicus brief to the court identified factors that could be considered to determine when judges ought to withdraw from ruling on a case," Wells said. "We agree with the court that the size and importance of a contribution, the timing of the gift, and the relationship between the donor and a pending case are all significant. The ABA Standing Committee on Judicial Independence, working through its Judicial Disqualification Project, will continue to refine those and other factors into a series of guidelines for courts to assess whether contributions to judges' campaigns implicate the due process rights of parties appearing before them."
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote in a dissent that he shares concerns about maintaining an impartial judiciary, the Associated Press reports. "But I fear that the court's decision will undermine rather than promote these values," Roberts said.
The chief justice said the case "will inevitably lead to an increase in allegations that judges are biased, however groundless those charges may be. The end result will do far more to erode public confidence in judicial impartiality than an isolated failure to recuse in a particular case."
Roberts listed 40 questions—some of them multipart questions—that will be raised by the majority opinion. No. 1: "How do we determine whether a given expenditure is 'disproportionate'? Disproportionate to what?"
Roberts wrote: "Today's opinion requires state and federal judges simultaneously to act as political scientists (why did candidate X win the election?), economists (was the financial support disproportionate?),and psychologists (is there likely to be a debt of gratitude?)."
Roberts was joined in dissent by Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr.
The case is Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co.
Prior coverage:
ABA Journal: "Caperton's Coal"
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The Star Wars Trilogy: Uncut
I know this is a Star Trek forum, but since we have an off-topic area I'd like to discuss Star Wars storyline glitches and continuity problems AKA what happened behind the scenes. Since the prequel glitches are countless
I'm going to focus solely on the original trilogy for now.
--In the original STAR WARS, Darth Vader seemed to have limited power.
Grand Moff Tarkin appeared to "hold Vader's leash" as Leia put it. So when
did Vader get as all-powerful as he was in EMPIRE STRIKES BACK? Was it
after Governor Tarkin died? Or was there yet more of a status ladder
climb that occurred between the two films?
--Han Solo really, REALLY wanted the money to pay off Jabba the Hutt in
STAR WARS, but three years later, in EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, he still hasn't
payed it off. WTF? It must not have been that important after all! Or was
it? Did Han actually try to pay it off, but never got the chance?
--When was the freaking Super Star Destroyer built? Don't tell me that thing
took only three years to build!!!
--Robot Chicken even parodied this next one. Was the Emperor pissed off at
Vader when the Death Star blew up? Or was it the standard kindly grandpa
approach that was used in the prequels "Oh my poor lad, thank heavens
you are all right!" I think the latter idea is BS, but how did the Emperor
really respond? Did he even care? Or was it a "necessary loss"?
--Expnding on the previous idea, how did the Emperor treat Darth Vader?
Was it the same way he treated Darth Maul, brutally and abusively? Or
was Vader like his pride and joy son sort of thing? Did Vader ever get in
trouble with the Emperor? If so, what was his punishment?
--How did Darth Vader eat or drink? Was it in that Isolation chamber?
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Athens, Greece, August 23, 2004 - The rankings were proven to be correct as the top two-seeded teams for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games won as expected here Monday as the teams of Misty May/Kerri Walsh of the United States and Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede of Brazil will play for the gold medal.
The top-seeded May and Walsh scored a 21-18 and 21-15 win in 41 minutes over fourth-seeded Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs in an All-American semi-final. It was the ninth international meeting between the two teams with May and Walsh holding a 7-2 edge.
Prior to the United States match, Adriana and Shelda helped erase the memory of their gold medal defeat at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games by scoring a 21-17 and 21-16 win over Cook and Nicole Sanderson in 42 minutes. The Brazilians lost to Cook and Kerri Pottharst in the Sydney finale.
The Australia-United States bronze medal match will open Tuesday's action at 7:30 p.m. followed by the gold medal match at 9 p.m. at the 10,000-seat Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre where a sold out crowd watched Monday action.
Both of the finalists will bring 6-0 Olympic match marks into the Tuesday final as the Americans lead the series between the two teams 13-7. May and Walsh have won the six-straight matches after losing to the Brazilians in the the bronze medal match in Berlin last season.
"This is what we have worked hard for the past four years," said Walsh about advancing to the gold medal meeting. "We have played Adriana and Shelda a lot over those four years. We have been successful against them lately, but it is not easy. They are very experience and know how to prepare for the big game. They have play for an Olympic gold before, so they will know how to handle the pressure."
For Adriana, the Sydney gold medal match "is in the past. We don't think about it anymore. Yes, it was disappointing, but it is over. Tomorrow is another day, another big match against another quality opponent. Whoever we play, we must be ready."
Tuesday's finale is also rematch of the 2003 FIVB World Championships in Rio de Janeiro last October where May and Walsh scored a 21-19 and 21-19 win over Adriana and Shelda, who captured the worlds in 1999 and 2001.
The two teams have meet three times this year with the Americans winning each time, including gold medals in Fortaleza (Brazil in March, 21-10 and 21-19) and in Gstaad (Switzerland in June, 26-28, 21-17 and 15-10).
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Aortic stenosis is a narrowing of the heart valve, frequently from a buildup of calcium. The only cure is to replace the faulty valve- until recently that required open-heart surgery.
"You have to actually crack the chest or open up the sternum, stop the heart and put it on bypass and physically go in open the valve, remove the calcium and then sew in a new valve," says Dr. Priest.
About a third of patients who need a valve replacement are too weak to withstand it. That's where TAVR comes in. It allows surgeons to implant a new valve without opening the chest. The 'transcatheter aortic valve replacement' threads a catheter from the groin to the heart and places the artificial valve.
This new approach already has a new twist. Making it available to sick patients who also have clogged arteries.
"It becomes more dangerous for them to try to put a valve up through those diseased blood vessels in the groin. So the new approach has allowed us to take those high risk patients and go directly in through the chest and avoid all of those potential vascular problems," says Dr. Paul DiGiorgi, cardiothoracic surgeon on the medical staff of Lee Memorial Health System.
Called a transapical approach, the catheter and valve is inserted through a small incision in the chest. It pierces the heart and implants the valve.
"This has allowed us to do patients who were not candidates before and are actually probably sicker patients," says Dr. Priest.
Catheter-based approaches may be the next big thing. But are still being measured against the gold standard of an open-heart replacement.
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Folks in Albany hit the ground running early on Saturday. Sherwood Baptist held its annual Legacy Run. This is their third year holding the event and all of the proceeds will go to the Alpha Pregnancy Center.
Kids of all ages and adults came out to participate in the event. The 5k kicked off at 9:30 in the morning, the toddler trot and one mile run got underway shortly after. In many competitions, runners hope to finish first, but the third annual Legacy Run is about far more than taking home a gold medal.
Amy Parr one of the event organizers, tells me that this is their best turnout yet. "Attendance has done really well, it's gone up every year that we've done it, and I think this is the biggest year yet," said Parr.
One college student says she woke up today, and she just felt like running so she headed to the event. She just happened to cross the finish line first in the 5k run. "I feel good, like I've accomplished something, I go to college so I'm always stressed out but it was nice to get up on a Saturday morning and I just feel like I've accomplished my week's goal," said Elena Oslund.
Running isn't the only thing these folks are accomplishing today, they're also giving back to a center that has been helping young mothers to be for over 20 years. "There are lots of girls out there that get into a situation, they don't know what to do and they need help so we can give them that," said Parr.
Although the race was tough on some, the reasons to put one foot in front of the other were enough to keep going. Joe Strength is on the board of directors for The Pregnancy Center in Lee County and he says it's important for the community to band together for such a great cause, but there are other reasons to come out.
Waking up early on a weekend to run takes dedication. Finishing the race takes commitment. Knowing that they're investing in a cause greater than themselves is priceless. In addition to the run there were plenty of other events. Folks could listen to music, go rock climbing, or go fishing in the pond. There was a little something for everyone and a lot of family fun.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Red Sox have traded starter Jake Peavy to the San Francisco Giants, according to a baseball source. The Red Sox will receive two minor-league pitchers, according to ESPN.com: right-handed reliever Heath Hembree, a 25-year-old with 46 strikeouts in 39-1/3 innings for Fresno (Triple A) this season and left-handed starter Edwin Escobar...
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---- — TIPTON — Since major flooding in Tipton in April, the Tipton County Foundation has received approximately $65,000 in flood relief donations.
Numerous fundraisers have been conducted in the community and added to a $25,000 contribution from the Chrysler Foundation. The Chrysler Foundation also donated $25,000 to the United Way of Howard County for floor relief efforts.
A motorcycle ride was the third major event organized by a group of local businesses and the Tipton County Chamber of Commerce, which collectively raised over $16,000 including sponsorships.
The other community events were a Better Luck Sally Band Concert and Dinner ($1,600) at the Tipton Elks Lodge and a Cruise-in at Tipton Park that included food and a silent auction ($6,500).
"There have been 155 recorded donors of 164 gifts, besides all those who gave anonymously through organizations or collections," Frank Giammarino, executive director of the foundation said. "About $15,000 has been contributed directly to the fund by individuals, and the other $25,000 (besides Chrysler's gift) comes from churches, clubs, organizations, professional offices, and other businesses.
"This is the fastest and biggest fundraising through the foundation during the past nine years, when the records were computerized," he said.
Giammarino said this was not a planned campaign and was a spontaneous outpouring of support from the community.
"People felt there was a need and choose to support this effort," he said. "Some people, who have not donated recently, decided to make a donation while others increased their giving."
Tipton County Emergency Management Agency officials have organized committees that are working with residents on federal and state assistance and for the distribution of local aid.
Each case is being individually reviewed and approved. So far, $35,000 for repairs, replacement and reimbursement has been paid from the fund, with many more cases still to be addressed.
"The goal is for each affected resident with financial need to have a safe, sanitary, and secure home," Giammarino said..
Any remaining funds may be made available to local government for directly related costs or they may be reserved by the foundation until needed for the next such disaster, he said.
Checks of any amount should be made to Tipton County Foundation and for the memo state flood relief. Mail the donations to TCF at PO Box 412, Tipton, IN 46072. Donors will receive a receipt for their gift, which they may use to itemize a deduction on income taxes.
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(VATICAN TV/CNN) - Pope Francis has called for a cease-fire in the Middle East.
The pope prayed with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli President Shimon Peres at the Vatican in June.
The leaders committed themselves to the quest for peace during the visit, but violence in the region has escalated since then.
Before the Sunday Angelus prayer, Pope Francis said he does not believe their meeting was a waste of time.
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