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Games are art: Rock Band, and its history, prove it
"It's art amplification"
The first two Guitar Hero games, and then the entirety of the Rock Band franchise, were developed by a company called Harmonix Music Systems. The staff at Harmonix doesn't just like music: being in a band and going on tour is a major part of the company's culture. The company's CEO, Alex Rigopulos, divided the time in his early years between playing video games, programming on the Apple II, and performing in self-described "crappy bands." He studied music composition at MIT as a young man, which is something that's apparently possible. His graduate years were spent in MIT's Media Lab, where he met a man named Eran Egozy. Egozy had a degree in computer science from MIT and was a talented, classically trained musician. The two men realized that they shared an interesting collision of interests, and they had a dream for how they would like to leverage those interests to share their passions. "We wanted to solve what we perceived to be a big, important problem in the world," Rigopulos told me. "And that is the fact that making music and performing music feels awesome. It's this deeply joyful experience that everyone tries to have, and very few people get to have. We're all born with this innate desire, and most people try to learn an instrument in their life, and most people quit because it's so fucking hard to learn, to get to the point where you get to have that joyful experience. We saw this as a great tragedy." They began Harmonix Music Systems with a small amount of money, and began to experiment with software that would give the user some sense of what it was like to play a musical instrument. The company's first product was a program called The Axe: Titans of Classic Rock, which allowed players to interact with music on their PC using a keyboard, mouse, or joystick. "Basically, you pick an instrument and then press one of four buttons to play along with one of eleven classic rock songs," a review from the website AllGame.com stated. "It takes some getting used to, but after a few practice sessions, you start to pick up on the nuances of the game. When you strip away the video segments, the gist of the game is trying to figure out where to put your cursor so your instrument plays at the right pitch and the right tempo." It was a fun distraction for a few minutes, but failed to sell in any quantity. Harmonix created an interactive experience for Disney's Epcot Center, which allowed people to move their body and trigger sounds and animations. A program called CamJam also gave players the ability to interact with the game with their physical movements. The company was still a very long way from sharing the emotional connection to music that drove them to create the company. "There was a feeling that perhaps we were going down a blind alley," Harmonix programmer Ike Adams said in a 2008 presentation, looking back on this time period. "We really needed to come out with that next 'big thing' in order for Harmonix to survive." The next big thing came from Japan, when video games such as PaRappa the Rappa grabbed the imagination of the Rigopulos and Egozy. They decided to retool the company to become a video game developer. They realized this was the way to share the feeling of music performance with the world: video games. "We gravitated towards the core aspects of game design that lent themselves well to recreating the critical aspects of musical performances in a way that hadn't really been tackled yet in games," Rigopulos told the Penny Arcade Report. The result was Frequency, a psychedelic game released in 2001. The player controlled a ship that moved around the screen, and you hit different buttons on the controller in time with circular gems that raced down the screen.You had to jump from lane to lane to hit all the gems and, if you succeeded, you began to layer different tracks on top of each other to play electronic and techno songs. It was like nothing else on the market, and felt amazing to play; fans of the game would begin to move their body with the music as they played, and the collection of eclectic artists that provided the game's soundtrack added to the experience. Unfortunately, the game had a hard time finding an audience, and the abstract game play didn't help things. Gamers wanted to be able to understand a game when they first picked up the box, and the musical nature of the action and the addictive qualities of the game weren't apparent unless you played it yourself. It was hard to understand what the hell was going on if you just picked up the box or saw a screenshot. The game was a critical hit, and to this day it enjoys a cult following, but it died an ugly death at retail. "That was the beginning of a process of us learning a lot of hard lessons. We thought that if we made something that was really addictive and really compelling and it was brought to market by a well-funded publisher that it could be a successful product," Rigopulos said. "We were insensitive to a number of critical factors, such as the very alien visual aesthetic. It was so hard to describe what the game was. What was the narrative conceit? Who were you as a player, what were you doing there? These were basic questions we didn't have concise answers for." The game suffered from the lack of a single easy hook that could be used to lure players. Rigopulos also admitted the musical selections didn't do the game any favors. "The music was, you know, for the cool kids. It was niche, underground. We though it was great, but it didn't have mainstream brand appeal. All these factors made it an impossible game to market." Despite the soft sales of the first game, Sony Computer Entertainment allowed Harmonix to create a sequel, Amplitude. The game offered multiplayer where up to four players could play at the same time, and the game was even playable online, but it suffered from the same problems as Frequency. "It was the beginning of us learning the process that you can't just make a good game, you need to think about the package, and be able to describe it in a few sentences," Rigopulos said. He realized that games need to fulfill specific wishes of the player, and the wish had to be immediately clear from the first moment the player saw the game.Harmonix took the lessons learned from the commercial failure of its first games and applied them to Karaoke Revolution, a more successful product that allowed the player to sing along to pop songs using a USB headset. The game could tell by the pitch of your voice how close you were to singing the song correctly, and would give players a score based on their performance. Players were also given a human avatar so they could see clearly who they were supposed to be in the game, and the concept was easily explained and fulfilled a wish: You were a pop singer! People knew what Karaoke was, and the song selection was much more welcoming to fans of mainstream pop music. Karaoke Revolution spawned a number of sequels, and became a hit for Konami's "Bemani" line of rhythm games. The company had its first commercial success, but more importantly, everyone now understood how to make music games work in a competitive market. It was time to tackle something more ambitious, a product that was closer to the original vision of sharing the feeling that comes from playing live music. "Guitar Hero was our first opportunity to merge the more successful presentation aspects of Karaoke Revolution with some of the addictive and engrossing rhythm game play we had experimented with in Frequency and Amplitude," Rigopulos explained. It's fascinating to look back and see how many elements of Guitar Hero were already visible and working in Frequency and Amplitude. You had the round jewels that told you when to hit a button, and they traveled down a series of lanes at a speed that matched the tempo of the music. By pressing the buttons in time to the music and hitting the jewels, you began to feel as if you were part of the performance.Harmonix hit the winning formula with Guitar Hero by mixing the successful aspects of Frequency with the wish fulfillment and easily explained game play from Karaoke Revolution. The game play was simplified to one single lane with five slots, corresponding to five buttons on the guitar-shaped controller. Instead of techno music, the focus was shifted to rock and roll. The abstract, moody backgrounds and splashes of color from Frequency were ditched in favor of smoky clubs and epic arenas. Finally, and most importantly, you weren't mixing techno songs, you were playing the guitar. Guitar Hero was released in 2005 and shipped with a plastic guitar featuring five buttons and a strum bar. You had to press the button in time with the music while also strumming the faux instrument to play. It was easy to understand and explain. It tapped into a very common fantasy, and the title itself explained the game. Twisted Pixel's Dan Teasdale did some design work on Guitar Hero 2 and, later, Rock Band, and he explained that they actually de-emphasized many game-like aspects to focus on the music. "We tried not be gamey about things, and allow the game to be representative of how it feels [to play the music.] A lot of things we tried early on, like power-ups and stuff, they didn't make you feel like you were part of a band, which was the goal," he said. The game was created with the help of peripheral designer Red Octane, and it became a monster hit. Guitar Hero began to pop up at parties, in basements, it was played in college dorms… anywhere people used to listen to music. It proved impossible to license the original tracks for the songs in the game, which included a strong mix of modern and classic rock, so Harmonix was forced to license the compositions themselves from the record labels and had an in-house band re-record cover versions of the songs for inclusion in the game. Guitar Hero became a sensation, but the game was only step one for Harmonix. "The idea of the full band predated Guitar Hero. The full band game was the full realization of the dream. The guitar-only game was what was achievable on a shoe-string budget and as a first outing. It was the sensible place to start," Rigopulos stated. Shipping a game the size and price of Rock Band without the proven success of a guitar-only game would have been impossible. "Guitar Hero acted as a beachhead at retail," he said. Harmonix and Red Octane followed the game's success with Guitar Hero 2, which became a monstrous success. Activision, sensing opportunity, acquired Red Octane in 2006 and put Neversoft to work developing Guitar Hero 3. Harmonix was done with guitar-only games, and began working on its dream project: a game that would combine vocals, guitar, bass, and drums to allow players to feel as if they were playing music in an actual, working band. Nailing the physical interaction with the music via all the physical instruments was key. "The important ingredient was the challenge of translating music as an abstract notion, as a score, translating that via a physical interaction to music as sound," Rigopulos explained. If you don't hit the buttons, you don't hear the note, and the songs were set up to mimic what it would feel like to play the actual music on a real instrument. This was done with great accuracy on the drums, where you had to hit the pads in time with the music, just as you would with an actual drum set. The many notes of a guitar were simplified down to five buttons for the game, but with four drum pads and a kick pedal the experience of playing the actual drums could be simulated with great precision. The act of playing with others was also a core part of the experience. "We wanted to make it feel like a group of four people were doing things together," Teasdale said. If a player in the game begins to do poorly on their instrument they can fail out of the game, only to be saved whenever another player in the game activates their Overdrive, a special boost that is gained by playing very well in certain sections of the song. This mirrors life in a real band: when someone doesn't pull their weight, everyone else has to improve to pick up the slack. These elements of the game were working very early on, as Harmonix knew how to do guitars from their work on the early Guitar Hero games, and the Karaoke Revolution games taught them how to handle vocals. The problem was getting everything to work together in a way that felt cohesive. "We spent a year trying to get the communication, the feeling of being in a band, so that everyone felt like they were working together. We tried tons of different things trying to get that back and forth between different people," Teasdale said. "As soon as you start giving people things to pay attention to around themselves, they're not paying attention to that track anymore." The game also required more hardware, and Harmonix had members of the development team flying back and forth to China to take a look at the early versions of the game peripherals, which would look and feel much more like actual guitars compared to the toy-like aesthetics of the Guitar Hero instruments. The team members developing the game at home were stuck playing and testing the early code on primitive versions of the hardware; the prototypes were hacked together at the office. This made for some interesting challenges, and the developer didn't have access to near-final drums until four months before the game was scheduled to ship to retailers. "We did a lot of prototype work, but much of it was crossing our fingers and hoping it would all come together in the end," Teasdale explained. The screen itself was designed around the idea of how real bands were laid out. The singer is out front, so it was put on the top of the screen. The guitar and bass were given the sides, with the drums in the middle. It gave everyone an intuitive idea of where to look on the screen when they were focusing on their instruments. It had to make sense to everyone the first time they looked at it, and this is just one of the aspects of the game that was play-tested extensively. In Guitar Hero 2, there were songs that were so difficult that players became stuck and never saw the final songs, and Harmonix was adamant about wanting to avoid similar mistakes. The difficulty in Rock Band definitely had spikes, but there wasn't nearly as much as a roadblock as there was in the past games. Another important bit of testing was described by Dan Teasdale, and proved prophetic: the team would grab people coming out of clubs and bars to make sure the game was playable even after you've had a number of alcoholic beverages. Teasdale bluntly called it "drunk testing," and stated the importance of a user interface that was easy to navigate even while inebriated. After the game was launched and became a success, many bars actually began hosting Rock Band nights where you could drink while taking turns playing your favorite songs on the stage while your friends belted out the lyrics into a beer-drenched microphone. The drunk testing paid off. This unorthodox play testing also taught them how real people would play the game, and features were added to deal with unexpected interaction. "Everyone felt the need to mash on the strum bar at the end of every song, and that's something we didn't expect," Teasdale said. People would come in, finish a song, and then they would enjoy hitting random notes and strumming the plastic guitars as quickly as possible, which at that point caused your energy to go down, and could in fact lead to someone failing a song at the last minute. "That was where the big rock endings came from, we made some game play where people could wail away and sound awesome." On the other hand, there were design decisions that took a significant amount of time to create that players took for granted. They spent many hours thinking of how to show the kick pedal on the drums, and finally decided on a wide orange bar that stretched across the entirety of the lane. Despite the difficulty of the problem, the solution was elegant; players knew instinctively what to do when they saw that bar. "PAX was when we first showed it to the public, and the two years before that we had been scrabbling [to finish the game], and things were breaking and we had just been looking at bugs and crunching for six months… we were only looking at the bad side of Rock Band," Teasdale said, describing the first time the game had a public exhibition for players and the press. Fans lined up for three hours or more to play the game, and after their session they walked back to the end of the line to wait to play again. "Even now, thinking about, it was like holy shit, we have something amazing here." There was another unknown factor, however: was the market ready for a "game" that included multiple plastic instruments, cost nearly $200, and required four people and an entire room to play and enjoy all the features? "We actually weren't getting much pushback from retail. At that point Guitar Hero 2 was out, and it was selling like crazy," Rigopulos said. That fear took place when they launched the original Guitar Hero, when retailers weren't used to selling games that came in larger boxes, and of course the higher price of the game and the peripherals was also a concern. Retailers were ready to take a chance on Rock Band due to the success of Guitar Hero, but those inside Harmonix itself were scared of the bet they were making. "We were sure Guitar Hero was going to sink at retail because of the price point and the size of the box. We took it to a whole new level with Rock Band, where the price point was almost two and a half times [Guitar Hero], the volume was substantially higher than just the guitar, and at that point resistance was not from retail," Rigopulos remembered. "Retail had a lot of confidence and were eager buyers of the product." To this day, those at Harmonix marvel at the complexity of the product, the size of the box, and cost they were asking gamers to pay to play the game. "We had to put a frickin' powered hub in the box for all the peripherals. It was just an insane proposition," Rigopulos said. They did not know if the consumer was ready to go from a guitar-only experience to the full band. Rigopulos said they were "terrified." The game was another huge hit for Harmonix, with players more than willing to buy the game and instruments, and Rock Band night became a ritual for many families and groups of friends. "I'm impressed that people spent $170 on plastic, looking back and seeing how crazy that bundle was… I mean, it's an awesome game, but for a console-level investment to do that well, it's insane," Teasdale said. Now to answer the final question: Why is Rock Band art?
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The unusual Coin Cable plays a starring role on this hat, running not only around the bottom edge, but in vertical columns; simple ribbed sections set off the coin cables. Crown decreases are worked mostly within the plain ribbed sections, allowing the coin columns to extend almost to the very top of the crown. Worked in the round, this hat knits up quickly in a heavy worsted yarn. I used Adrienne Vittadini "Trina," a wool/microfiber/cashmere blend, on needles one size smaller than suggested for a tighter fabric; possible yarn substitutions include Malabrigo Worsted (wool); Blue Sky Cotton; Cascade 200 (wool); or if you feel like splurging, Lobster Pot Yarns hand-dyed cashmere.
Intermediate: skills required include knitting in the round, cable knitting, decreases, and reading chart.
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Note: Coin Cable stitch pattern looks best when not overstretched; thus "stretched" measurements below represent not maximum diameter possible, but maximum diameter without distorting stitch pattern.
S: 16"/41 cm unstretched; up to 18.5"/47 cm stretched; approx 6.5"/17 cm deep
M: 19"/48 cm unstretched; up to 22"/56 cm stretched; approx 7.5"/19 cm deep
L: 22"/56 cm unstretched; up to 25.5"/65 cm stretched; approx 8.5"/22 cm deep
(Size S should generally fit small-med child; size M large child to med adult; size L large adult. Shown in Size M.)


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From Nadia: Geena Davis has thick skin?
Is Geena Davis still married? If not, I guess that Thick Skin is about her. Dear Nadia, Geena is indeed still married. She also still doesn't know how to dress herself which is thankfully not a problem shared by the beauty you're looking for.


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Marcus Stroman had his best performance of the season in chilly Buffalo where the temperature was 2 degrees Celsius. Dunedin won again bringing their record to 11-2, and Lansing played a double header through some chilly weather as well.
The affiliates were 1-3 today, with the only win coming from Dunedin(8-2) as they continue to play well early in the season. Aaron Sanchez, and Sean Nolin had disappointing starts in AA, and AAA respectively.
The Jays have played ten games under the roof to start the season, that ends tonight with a trip into Baltimore. The Jays face Chris Tillman, Bud Norris and Ubaldo Jimenez. That is one tough match-up and two more favourable ones. Tillman was the O's opening day starter and pitched well last time out. Noriis and Jimenez have not pitched as well and Ubaldo has not lived up to his contract, yet.
The Jays counter with Dustin McGowan, Drew Hutchison and Mark Buehrle. Both McGowan and Hutchison are coming off poor starts and looking to right the ship before Happy Happ shows up.
The affiliates were 4-2 tonight, with double headers for Buffalo, and Dunedin making up postponed games. Dwight Smith continued to be the best hitter for Dunedin with two more strong performances. As well, former First Rounder�s Ricky Romero and Deck McGuire each struggled in their starts tonight.


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GIVAT SHMUEL, Israel, June 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- DSIT Solutions Ltd., an Acorn Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACFN) company, disclosed today the receipt of several follow-on orders for development and production from a number of its customers in Israel. The total value of these orders is approximately $3.4 million. The projects involve both hardware and embedded software.
Benny Sela, CEO of DSIT commented about the orders, "We are always pleased to see our efforts rewarded with customer satisfaction and the return of customers with whom we have ongoing relationships. Customers that work with us find that we meet or beat our deadlines with first-rate solutions to their needs. These orders leverage our technology and experience gained in previous projects with these customers."
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A judge has ruled in favor of a street vendor who protested a city of Atlanta program that required him to pay rent in order to have a stand on a public sidewalk.The city program aimed to do away with free-standing cars and require all vendors to rent a kiosk which would be controlled by a large company.Larry Miller is one of two vendors who sued City Hall. "It was a sharecropper deal and it just didn't go through. Basically, they wanted to take my business, put it inside of a kiosk and rent it back to me and I just couldn't see that," said Miller. The plaintiffs won as the judge raised questions about Atlanta's decision to turn over the public sidewalks to a private firm, which would be akin to allowing the firm to earn public space. Some business owners said that some of the vendors' carts were not attractive. "Well, I'd like to see some improvement on public property. I mean, we're not without fault," said Miller. The judge also tossed out the program. The next step will likely take place in the City Council committee of Michael Bond. "I think we need to return to our previous ordinance and begin to manage the program in-house," said Bond.The city attorney has not made a decision yet on how to respond to the judge's order.
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Tata Consultancy Services
Since 2006, Tata Consultancy Services and its parent corporation, Tata Sons, have been in court battling complaints from non-U.S. citizens that the company made deductions from their wages in breach of their contract while they were working in the U.S.
This week, a U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted class action status to the people who brought the lawsuit. One of the plaintiffs in this case was on an L-1 visa, according to court records. The L-1, which is used for intra company transfers, has been getting much more attention lately in Washington, and that could intensify with these lawsuits.
Business groups, including Indian outsourcing firms, are urging the U.S. to makes changes to the L-1 visa that may make it easier to use the visa. Opponents, including the AFL-CIO, call the L-1 visa "a black box" because policymakers know little about it, such as where L-1 visa workers are and what they earn.
The Tata case may provide insights. In the Tata case, employees complained about a practice that required them to turn over their tax refund to Tata. The lawsuit argues that this practice is against the law.
Sum is greater than the parts
Infosys, Tata and Larsen & Toubro are among five top users of H-1B visas. Each needs L-1 visas as well. The business models of each company are completely dependent on the work visa models. In each of the cases, employees are challenging a practice or behavior. That's how the American system works. Someone takes action in court, and then Congress and regulators step in. That's what will happen here.
The still unfolding legal cases are giving, or have the potential of giving, ammunition to regulators and policy makers that could hurt the ability of these firms to get visas.
At the same time, it is completely possible that the Indian companies may win each of the cases. The grand jury threat may disappear. Federal investigations may evaporate. But it is the sum and not any one case, that is greater than the parts.
The Indian IT industry, as it operates in the U.S., and not any individual company, is being and will be held to account. Unless the industry realizes that, it's headed for a fall.
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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is warning residents about an ATM scam where hackers can gain unauthorized access to your bank information and withdraw money from your accounts.
Federal banking regulators report there has been an increase in the number of illegal withdrawals from banks.
Authorities said hackers are creating fake ATM cards and delete of change systems that alert banks to unusual ATM activity, after obtaining bank employee login information through sophisticated scams.
Madigan's office said Illinois residents should watch their bank and credit card accounts daily and report anything they do not recognize as their own activity.
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Youngstown's mayor says he will not run for the city's top elected position but instead will seek re-election as council president.
Chuck Sammarone tells 21 News that he places God and his family before his work, which he described as a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Sammarone says that in addition to spending more than eight hours a day at city hall, there are other meetings and obligations.
The mayor says his nine-year-old grandson asked him why he hasn't helped him improve his hitting for little league.
Sammarone didn't say whether he would endorse anyone for the mayor's position in a year, however says he will look for the candidate who is committed to adding more accountability in government, someone strong on code enforcement and committed to tearing down blighted properties.
Sammarone is filling the unexpired term of former mayor Jay Williams who resigned to take a job in Washington D.C. with the Obama administration.


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We absolutely loved the Enchantment of the Seas. This was our first real boat so it seemed HUGE to us. However some people that we met said that there was barely anything to do on this boat because it is so small compared to the other boats they have been on. We didn't care, we were loving every minute of it.
It took us a couple days to figure out how to navigate around the boat but that was the fun part of it. The boat was amazing. The artwork throughout was pretty cool to look at.
My favorite part of the boat was the solarium. It was just so warm and cozy that I just laid on the chair and read a book.
Cabin: We had an interior room. We didn't need a big fancy room because all we were going to do in there was shower, change, and sleep. The only thing that I would change is that I would bring an alarm clock because there is no window for the sun to come in to wake you up. We usually use our phones as alarms but we weren't going to pay for the phone charges just for an alarm and the room phone was too far away especially if the volume is too low to hear.
Dining: The Windjammer for lunch wasn't as bad as many people say it is. It is just a drastic change from a fancy dinner to a casual lunch. However, the dinner in My Fair Lady were spectacular! My boyfriend is one of the healthiest people that I know and he was scarfing down 2 to 3 main courses each dinner while I tried a few desserts. We didn't know this at the beginning but if you aren't full you can get more than one dish. Also if you don't like something you can also get something else. Another thing, on "CRUISING DAYS (SEA DAYS)" My fair lady hosts lunch at a certain time so make sure you try and get in that lunch. The salad bar is awesome.
Entertainment: There was always something to do. The games are usually the best. The shows are pretty entertaining. And if you aren't amused by them you can always go to the casino.
Service: The help was probably the best part. They work so hard to please every single person on that ship. Everyone is so friendly, kind, and always giving a warming smile. If you need anything, they are right there to help you in any way they can.
We would do this exact same cruise in a heart beat. This was a great experience. We are actually going on this cruise without key west this coming march. We are looking forward to continuing our new tradition.


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Tyson will deliver a presentation speech and hand Holyfield his trophy when he's inducted next month into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame
Future Hall of Fame fighter Evander Holyfield has finally given up the ghost, retiring from boxing at the age of 51.
Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield sat down for Tribeca Talks to discuss the documentary Champs and more.
Boxing legends Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Roberto Duran got together and brought 700 fans to an autograph session at the Steiner Store on Long Island.
Evander Holyfield may be returning to action this summer if Frank Warren can get him licensed in Britain.
Everyone remembers "Fan Man." 20 years ago today, a powered paraglider stole the show at a world heavyweight title rematch at Caesars Palace.
Who's getting a call to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the years to come? Who has been overlooked over time? Learn about all of that and more in this comprehensive breakdown.
For better or worse, no single image may spring to mind when one thinks of Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield than the night in 1997 when Tyson took a chunk out of Holyfield's ear. George Willis' new...
Steve Farhood of Showtime Sports shares a top ten list: The best pro fighters who came from Team USA since 1976.
Evander Holyfield told TMZ he's done fighting, but is he really retiring from boxing, or is it just the ol' airport chit-chat?
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CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO)- Last week County Executive-elect Ed FitzGerald fired more than 20 people in the auditor's office and this week he set out to meet with every employee in the county.
FitzGerald invited all Cuyahoga County employees who will be within the County Executive's authority to met with him at the Old Courthouse.
Several hundred took him up on it and it was standing room only.
Current officials could not recall the last "all-employee" meeting of this kind.
"It's important that current employees have some idea of what to expect from our new government, for both the short-term and long-term," said Executive-elect FitzGerald.
FitzGerald also noted - "I believe it's important that I communicate with county employees directly during this transition process."
During the voluntary employee meeting Fitzgerald talked about the principals of government. Integrity. Transparency. Honesty. He got a laugh when he told the packed house they don't have to call him your honor, mister county exec-elect or even czar...just call him Ed.
The biggest reaction came when he started to talk about the victims of the corruption scandal, the tax payers, the honest companies in the county and those county employees who had to endure all this corruption.
"Some of you were passed over for promotions or raises while someone else got those because they knew somebody else and those days are over," Ed FitzGerald.
In addition to plans to cut he payroll FitzGerald says he is also looking again at the auditor's office in reaction to 19 Action News' Exclusive investigation that uncovered some double dippers in that office.
"We have to stop beating around the bush on this subject. I am going to talk about it directly. I know you have brought up double dipping. I am going to talk about that directly. I want these employees to know what I expect from them and what the public expects from them as public employees," Ed FitzGerald.
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I recently returned from volunteering at an African Wildlife Sanctuary where one of the volunteer activities included caring for Maximus, the three-month old baboon, at night. He was one-month old when his mother was shot by a farmer.
A three-month old baboon weighs about three pounds. When sleeping don't worry about crushing it. It will scream and you will move. The scream of a baby baboon is enough to make a Marine cry. You will immediately do whatever it takes to make it stop.
Until Pampers® makes a baboon-specific diaper line you are on your own when it comes to tail holes. Punch the tail hole in the diaper before you take baboon possession. On the non-tab side of the diaper measure the width of two fingers up from the bottom center. Punch a hole the size of your index finger. If you're over-nighting with Sheila, the seven-month old, make it the size of your thumb.
Prior to bedding down it is advisable to bathe your baby baboon. Not for him, for you. He's been swinging in trees all day, rolling in the dirt and shitting and peeing himself. While a three-month old baboon is very active during the day at night he's just plain scared. Think: hairy goiter-sized thing super glued to your hip therefore it's difficult to disrobe with a baby baboon clinging mightily. If you try to move it it will scream (see above). Some suggest ripping it off like a band-aid from your hip and placing it on your head but then how to wash its bottom (bottom washing was a high-priority goal for me)? Forget about relocating the baboon and, with your one available hand, simply soap up your clinging monkey like it is just another body part. Afterwards wrap a towel around yourself and your baboon.
Baby baboons are animated and squirmy. Diapering a newly washed one is not easy. Threading the tail through the hole first is advisable (all I can say here is: good luck) then pin its chest down with your palm, endure a scream or two and secure the tabs…in back. Baboons, and all primates for that matter, have opposable digits on all four limbs—imagine having thumbs on your feet—which makes undoing things, especially front-facing tabs, a snap. Who Flung Poo, anyone?
If you have any clue about how to care for a young live thing give your baby baboon its bottle immediately. If you are like me, pretend to sleep until you hear your baboon flying around the tent until it comes to rest on the bedside table where it finds its bottle of formula.
You will need to change a baby baboon's diaper twice during the night. I changed it once and thought I was up for an award. If the award was a pee-soaked mattress then guess what? I won! News alert: A baby baboon lives on formula and therefore its pee does not smell. Its poop, on the other hand, does which just goes to show you some things are universal and understood. While others, like over-nighting with a baby baboon, are not. Good luck!


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FREE Resources to Helping Families Cope with Alzheimer's
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Helping Families Cope with Alzheimer's Disease Local Company Offers Free Resources As one of the most feared diseases, an Alzheimer's diagnosis presents many challenges for families living with this disease. Because an estimated 70 percent of people with Alzheimer's live at home, the responsibility of caring for them usually falls on their families, who frequently face - and dread - the unexpected and unknown. While it may be impossible to predict behaviors exhibited by a person struggling with Alzheimer's, there are free resources available to help area families cope with whatever situation may arise.
"Many family caregivers wake up every day with anxiety and fear because they don't know how a loved one with Alzheimer's will act or react," said Sarah Blackman, owner of the Home Instead Senior Care office serving Wilmington. "We have a network of support including free tools and materials available to help family caregivers navigate the challenges that come with caring for someone with Alzheimer's."
The Home Instead Senior Care network is offering a number of free resources to help local families who are living with Alzheimer's, including workshops where family members will receive a version of the same in-depth Alzheimer's CARE: Changing Aging Through Research and Education® training program training that was developed for the network's professional CAREGivers. The workshops will offer specific solutions for the many common issues that arise when caring for someone with Alzheimer's. The workshops will be offered on Wednesday, November 13, 20 and December 11 from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm at Home Instead Senior Care, 2505 South 17th Street, Wilmington, NC. Also available is a free Confidence to Care at Home kit, an at-a-glance collection of information, tips and resources to help handle difficult situations, avoid household accidents, encourage engagement, and prevent caregiver stress, that is designed for any member of the household to reference, anytime they need it. In addition, Home Instead Senior Care has developed Alzheimer's and Other Dementias Daily Helper, a free smartphone app that families can use to search behaviors and help find solutions when they have to react quickly to a situation. The app, which will be available Sept. 16, is designed to help families manage issues as they arise, whether at home or in public. "According to experts, Alzheimer's either is or may someday be a reality for about one-third of the families in our community," said Blackman. "We want to replace their fears with a sense of confidence that they are equipped to handle any situation."
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An seemingly simple relationship between two mesh entities has consequences for entity membership in parts and derived field relationships.
An entity relation defines a directed relationship between two entities eA and eB. This relationship is directed from the higher ranking entity to the lower ranking entity.
if ( eA.entity_type() > eB.entity_type() ) { // relationship is from eA to eB }
Each relationship has two attributes:
The identifier is local to the from entity of the relationship. For example, a relationship from an element entity to a node entity is given local identifier according to the element topology's local numbering system for nodes.
The kind attribute support and application-defined taxonomy of relationships. For example,
Each entity has a set of relations for which that entity is a member. Relations for which the entity is a from members or a to member are included.
An entity relation stencil is a mapping of a relation type to an integer value.
i = stencil( from_entity_type , to_entity_type , identifer , kind );
If the returned integer value is non-negative then a relation of this type is in the domain of the map. Otherwise it is not.
An entity relation stencil is used to induce entity membership in parts and to induce field data pointer values from entity relations.
An entity is becomes a member of a mesh part explicility via the mesh bulk data change entity parts method, and when it membership is induced by its relationships.
Induced membership occurs as per the following simple type-based rule.
Induced membership may also occur as per the following stencil-based rule.
The negation holds for both of these induced membership rules:
A field relation is used to induce field data relationships between related mesh entities.
If the following field relation conditions are satisfied
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A relation stencil function is the inverse mapping of a contiguous span of non-negative integers to a template of entity relations. For example, a triangle-to-vertex relation stencil would map:
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Café Table with absinthe, 1887
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
Absinthe was popular with many artists, including Van Gogh, although it was a toxic beverage that cost some of them their lives. The exceptional color of a glass of absinthe was also a favorite subject for painters. Here, the light falling through the window causes the green-yellow drink to light up against the brown background.
To this still life Van Gogh has added a glimpse of the street outside the café. Some street furniture can be seen, together with passers-by moving beyond the frame. It is as if the picture is a chance snapshot of everyday reality – as if the viewer has taken the artist's place at the café table.


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Syrian army continue to bombard Damascus suburbs
The following video shows the Syrian army bombarding the Damascus suburb of Douma.
I'm just back from the edge of Douma which the Syrian army continue to bombard. There are regular loud explosions and thick smoke plumes from two sites, with tanks moving forward.
We were stopped filming in Douma by the Syrian army twice. Once we were detained for 45 minutes by troops who said Salafi extremists were fighting in Douma.


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One of the most beloved and recognizable pizza shops in Atlanta is closing its doors after 41 years."Everybody's Pizza" in Emory Village has served pies through eight presidents, seven governors and six mayors.The restaurant's owner said that it's time to move on. He thanked all of his customers over the years.The last day is March 19.
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Cowboys WR Bryant undergoes surgery
Cowboys WR Dez Bryant underwent successful surgery on his left index finger, the team's website confirmed.
Expanding the playoffs a bad idea
Expanded playoffs? Bad idea if the wild-card games were a clue. Plus, how Leslie Frazier and Mike Shanahan handled QB decisions.
Cowboys' defensive interior should get stronger
The Cowboys can take solace that the interior of their defense, led by ILBs Sean Lee and Bruce Carter, will remain strong when they return healthy.
Autopsy: Cowboys player killed in crash was sober
An autopsy has found that Cowboys player Jerry Brown was sober when he was killed in a crash last month.
NFC East Spin cycle: Redskins claim first division title since 1999
The Redskins are in the playoffs and everyone else is home for the rest of the holidays. Surprised? So are we.
Rookies propel Redskins to NFC East title
Robert Griffin III ran for a TD and RB Alfred Morris ran for 200 yards and three TDs as the Redskins beat the Cowboys 28-18 Sunday night.
Key matchup: Cowboys WR Dez Bryant vs. Redskins' secondary
He might be a Pro Bowl snub, but Cowboys WR Dez Bryant might be the hottest receiver in football. Can the Redskins stop him?
Still plenty to determine in Week 17
The "pandemonium at FedEx Field," as DeAngelo Hall is calling the Redskins-Cowboys win-and-in matchup, heads the Week 17 slate.
Week 17 playoff scenarios
Seeding is up for grabs in the AFC, while five teams fight for two spots in the NFC playoffs in Week 17.
NFC East Spin cycle: Setting up a D.C. showdown
The Giants can't win the NFC East. But the Redskins and Cowboys both have a shot to claim the division, and they both could make the postseason.
Redskins-Cowboys flexed to prime time in Week 17
The Week 17 game between the Redskins and Cowboys for the NFC East title has been flex into the primetime slot.
Saints play spoiler in 34-31 victory over Cowboys
Garrett Hartley kicked a 20-yard field in overtime, and the Saints damaged Dallas' playoff hopes with a 34-31 victory against the Cowboys on Sunday.
Key matchup: Saints defense vs. Cowboys RB DeMarco Murray
In Wednesday's key matchup, we look ahead to the Week 16 meeting between the Saints and Cowboys.
Bond lowered for Cowboy NT Brent, must wear monitor
A judge ordered Josh Brent to wear an electronic monitor pending his trial on an intoxication manslaughter charge in the car crash that killed a teammate.
NFC East Spin cycle: Three-team race in NFC East
The NFC East is a logjam at the top: The Redskins, Cowboys and Giants are all at 8-6 with two weeks left to settle things.
Wide receiver Carlton Mitchell has been released by the Cleveland Browns, who trimmed their roster to 80. The 6-foot-3, 215-pound Mitchell was drafted by the Browns in the sixth round in 2010. He played in five games as a rookie but did not catch a pass. He was the most notable player released Sunday, one day before the Browns are required to get down to 75 players.||||||| Mitchell appeared in 11 games last season. He caught three passes for 31 yards and the Browns had high hopes for the 24-year-old. However, after Cleveland selected Travis Benjamin in April's draft and then picked Josh Gordon in the supplemental draft, it became apparent Mitchell's days were numbers. It didn't help that he was slowed by a leg injury in training camp.


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11-year-old, with IQ of 47, fails disability test (From Gazette)
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11-year-old, with IQ of 47, fails disability test
5:30pm Wednesday 5th December 2012 in News By James Cox
THE ADOPTIVE mother of a boy with mental health problems said not enough is being done to help them.
Veronica Ping, 56,wants Jack, 11, to be classified as disabled so he can gain access to specialist clubs, carers and schools.
But despite having severe ADHD and an IQ of just 47, they have been repeatedly refused a social worker under Essex County Council checks.
Essex County Council said it would meet the family to discuss the issue.
Miss Ping adopted Jack from her great-niece in 1992.
His birth mother also has severe learning difficulties and was addicted to Class A drugs during pregnancy.
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Based on the inaction of the Warren County Planning and Zoning Commission at its meeting Tuesday evening, it remains a violation of the county zoning ordinance to possess chickens in residential areas.
The commission expressed an informal desire not to change the ordinance and, in absence of action, current regulations stand.
In many zoning districts, including residential zones, the ordinance currently requires that for the resident to have chickens, they must be kept 150 feet from all property lines according to the county's agricultural regulations.
Many residential parcels are smaller than the 300 feet by 300 feet dimension that would be required, according to the zoning ordinance.
"Personally, I don't see why we should be changing the ordinance to (protect) someone who is in violation," Chairman Dale Forbes said during Tuesday's meeting.
However, Zoning Officer Aaron Kalkbrenner questioned whether the ordinance in its current form is enforceable due to some secondary use language regarding hobby farms.
A hobby farm is defined in the county zoning ordinance as "any parcel of land which is used primarily for the enjoyment of raising agricultural products, livestock and poultry." Such farms are listed in the ordinance as permitted uses in residential 1 and residential 2 districts.
Kalkbrenner said that definition is not relevant because few people own a property "where they only have animals for pleasure." He said the farm is secondary to residential use in most cases.
He asked the commission to review the definition, but no action was taken on that suggestion.
The issue originally came before the commission last August after the Planning and Zoning Office, according to Kalkbrenner, had "received a couple of complaints regarding regulations governing fowl and unconventional pets."


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Spokane -- The Men's Elite 6' & Under Division would crown a new champion this season. Ballerz by Law defeated ES Elite 20-18 to claim their first Hoopfest title.
It was a back and forth game with it knotted up at 17 but then Ballerz pulled away. Ryan Cleaves led the way with 10 points.
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Writing Resources for Students
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- Paper Types & Strategies
- Writing in Particular Disciplines
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Rules and Norms
Common Writing Challenges
Additional Support
- Other O.W.L.s
- Reading & Lecture Strategies
- Making and Analyzing Arguments
- Tools and References for Writing Well
Graduate School & Scholarship Applications
- Reed Fellowships & Awards
- The Center for Life Beyond Reed (formerly known as Career Services)
- Writing Essays for Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships
- Writing the Personal Statement (Purdue OWL)
- Writing Personal Statements (U. of Central Florida)
Grammar help
- Ambiguous Pronouns
- Colons
- Commas
- Diana Hacker (Style and Grammar Guides, requires username/password, free to sign up)
- Elements of Style (William Strunk)
- Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (Purdue OWL)
- LearningExpress (Grammar resources, practice tests, and more)
- It's or Its?
- Passive Voice
- Semicolons
- Transitions
- Word Economy (Guide to concise writing)
- Zipper Comments (Guide to common writing errors)
Making and Analyzing Arguments
- The Evolution of an Argumentative Statement (created by Nathalia King, Professor of English & Humanities)
- Making Academic Arguments (Adapted from a handout by Joseph Williams)
- More Interesting Introductions and Conclusions
- Topic Sentences
- Sample prompts and writing diagnostics
Analyzing Arguments
- Analyzing a Rhetorical Argument (Hum 110)
- Cause and Effect (Hum110)
- Persuasion (Hum110)
- Syllogisms & Inductive Reasoning (Hum 110)
Other OWLS
There are many "OWLS" (Online Writing Labs) but the most comprehensive and reliable is the Purdue site. Go here first!
- LEO: Literacy Education Online (St. Cloud State U.)
- Online Writing Centers (U. of Maine at Orono)
- Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
- Princeton Writing Resources (Princeton - Many definitions of literary and rhetorical devices)
- Writer's Complex (Empire State College)
- Writer's Guide (U. of Victoria)
- Writer's Web (U. of Richmond - "exploring topics by stages of the writing process")
- Writing Center (Colorado State U. - Comprehensive writing resources)
- Writing Guide (U. of Kansas)
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- Writing Program (Dartmouth - Writing in particular disciplines)
- Writing Tutorial Services (Indiana University Bloomington)
Paper Types & Strategies
- Analysis of an Argument
- Close Reading Assignments
- Compare and Contrast
- Definition Essays
- Laboratory Report Instructions
Senior Thesis & Research Papers
- Avoiding Plagiarism (Purdue OWL)
- Problem of the Problem (PDF, Joseph Williams, University of Chicago)
- Research Paper Links (Purdue OWL)
- Writing a Thesis (Dartmouth U.)
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- Writing a Senior Thesis at Reed in:
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- Reed Library Thesis Page
- Senior Handbook (PDF linked on page)
- Formatting Your Thesis
- List of Librarian Liaisons by Academic Dept
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Territory Account Manager
Washington National's largest American marketing company, PMAUSA, is looking for 2 qualified Territory Accounts Managers who have the desire to earn a good living, work a flexible schedule, and service our current rural and urban customers (local farmers, ranchers, and small business owners).
This is an outside Territory Development/Sales/Service position
STABILITY: In business since 1911
LARGE LOCAL CUSTOMER BASE: For servicing current accounts, marketing our products, and gaining referrals to grow our territory in Salt Lake City Utah and the surrounding area.
You will also be involved in our process of expanding the current territory's clientele ultimately resulting in a District Manager opportunity for successful Account Managers.
4 DAY WORK WEEK: Monday through Thursday in the field with Friday through Sunday off
WE WILL TRAIN YOU: 2+ years sales experience a plus
$70,000 - $85,000+ 1st year potential
· Must be able to pass drug and background check - no felonies
· Stable work history
· Management potential within 3-6 months
· Leadership ability
· Excellent interpersonal skills
· Insurance/Financial industry experience a plus
· 2+ years sales experience a plus but not required
· Professional demeanor
· Willingness to learn
· Strong work ethic - this is a full time position requiring 40+hrs a week; Mon.-Thurs.
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I am currently setting up confidential, one-on-one, interviews with our hiring Manager for the week of January 14th thru Friday 18th in Salt Lake City Utah.
The details concerning compensation package, responsibilities, District Manager promotion and our current clientele will be thoroughly discussed in your first interview with our ___________________.
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